Units Outstanding (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Equity [Abstract]

Changes in Units Outstanding

Changes in AB Units outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

	2021	2020
Outstanding as of January 1,	270,509,658	270,380,314
Options exercised	143,211	5,182
Units issued	3,917,437	3,363,132
Units retired(1)	(3,117,263)	(3,238,970)
Outstanding as of December 31,	271,453,043	270,509,658

(1)During 2021 and 2020, we purchased 5,400 and 1,500 AB Units, respectively, in private transactions and retired them.