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      <securitiesClassTitle>Class I Common Shares of Beneficial Interest</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>AB Private Lending Fund</issuerName>
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      <reportingPersonName>Equitable Holdings, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
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      <reportingPersonName>AXA EQUITABLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC</reportingPersonName>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>405 COLORADO STREET, 405 COLORADO STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78701.</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>This statement on Schedule 13G is being filed jointly by AXA EQUITABLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC and Equitable Holdings, Inc. (Holdings), pursuant to the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), as separate persons and not as members of a group. See Exhibit 99.1 to this Schedule 13G for their Joint Filing Agreement.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>Equitable Holdings, Inc Holdings, a Delaware corporation, has its principal business office at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105.

AXA EQUITABLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC Equitable Financial Services LLC, a Delaware corporation, is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings. Equitable Financial Services principal business office is located at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105.

All media outlets, please contact Erik Bass (212-314-2476) with any questions.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Equitable Holdings
Delaware

AXA EQUITABLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
Delaware</citizenship>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>4,400,000 shares acquired solely for investment purposes on behalf of client discretionary investment advisory accounts.*</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under &amp;#167; 240.14a-11.

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      <reportingPersonName>Equitable Holdings, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Anthony Bruccoleri</signature>
        <title>Lead Director, Equitable Life Insurance Company</title>
        <date>02/17/2026</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>AXA EQUITABLE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>Glen Gardner</signature>
        <title>Chief Investment Officer</title>
        <date>02/17/2026</date>
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