Exhibit(a)(8)


                              AB CORPORATE SHARES

                               AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO

            AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST

      The undersigned, being at least a majority of the duly elected and
qualified Trustees of AB 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 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, AB International
            Focus Shares and AB Impact Municipal Income Shares.

      This instrument may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all taken together shall constitute one
instrument, and shall become effective as of the time it is filed with the
Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.






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

                                          Date:
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John H. Dobkin


/s/ Michael J. Downey                     Date: 6/6/17
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Michael J. Downey


/s/ William H. Foulk, Jr.                 Date: 6/6/17
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William H. Foulk, Jr.


                                          Date:
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D. James Guzy


/s/ Nancy P. Jacklin                      Date: 6/6/17
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Nancy P. Jacklin


/s/ Robert M. Keith                       Date: 6/12/17
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Robert M. Keith


/s/ Carol C. McMullen                     Date: 6/7/2017
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Carol C. McMullen


/s/ Garry L. Moody                        Date: 6/8/17
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Garry L. Moody


/s/ Marshall C. Turner, Jr.               Date: 6/12/17
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Marshall C. Turner, Jr.


                                          Date:
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Earl D. Weiner