Exhibit 99(a)(7)


                       ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE SHARES

                               AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO

                    AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST

            The undersigned, being at least a majority of the duly elected and
qualified Trustees of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares, a business trust
organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to an
Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated January 26, 2004, as amended, do
hereby:

      FIRST: Amend Article I, Section 1 of the Agreement and Declaration of
Trust by striking out said Section in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:

            Section 1. This Trust shall be known as "AB Corporate Shares", and
            the Trustees shall conduct the business of the Trust under that name
            or any other name as they may from time to time determine.

      SECOND: Amend Article III, Section 6 of the Agreement and Declaration of
Trust by striking out the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:

            Section 6 Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth
            in Section 5, inter alia, to establish and designate any further
            Series or classes or to modify the rights and preferences of any
            Series or classes, each of the following Series and classes shall
            be, and is hereby, established and designated: AB Corporate Income
            Shares, AB Municipal Income Shares, AB Taxable Multi-Sector Income
            Shares, AB Tax-Aware Real Return Income Shares and AB International
            Focus Shares.

            This instrument shall become effective on January 20, 2015. This
instrument may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all taken together shall constitute one instrument.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this amendment as of
the date set forth below.





/s/ John H. Dobkin                                  Date: 1/19/15
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John H. Dobkin


/s/ Michael J. Downey                               Date: 1/16/15
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Michael J. Downey


/s/ William H. Foulk, Jr.                           Date: 1/15/15
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William H. Foulk, Jr.


/s/ D. James Guzy                                   Date: 1/16/15
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D. James Guzy


/s/ Nancy P. Jacklin                                Date: 1/16/15
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Nancy P. Jacklin


/s/ Robert M. Keith                                 Date: 1/16/15
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Robert M. Keith


/s/ Garry L. Moody                                  Date: 1/16/15
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Garry L. Moody


/s/ Marshall C. Turner, Jr.                         Date: 1/16/15
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Marshall C. Turner, Jr.


/s/ Earl D. Weiner                                  Date: 1/16/15
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Earl D. Weiner