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      <securitiesClassTitle>Class I common shares of beneficial interest</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>09/30/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>AB Private Lending Fund</issuerName>
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      <reportingPersonName>ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.</reportingPersonName>
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      <reportingPersonName>AllianceBernstein International LLC</reportingPersonName>
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      <reportingPersonName>AllianceBernstein Corporation of Delaware</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 AllianceBernstein L.P., AllianceBernstein International LLC, AllianceBernstein Corporation of Delaware, AllianceBernstein Holdings Cayman Ltd and AllianceBernstein Preferred Limited, 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.

AllianceBernstein Preferred Limited is ultimately a wholly-owned subsidiary of AllianceBernstein L.P. through a chain of wholly-owned subsidiaries: AllianceBernstein Holdings (Cayman) Ltd, AllianceBernstein Corporation of Delaware, and AllianceBernstein International LLC.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>AllianceBernstein L.P.

AllianceBernstein L.P., a Delaware corporation, has its principal business office at 501 Commerce St, Nashville, Tennessee 37203

AllianceBernstein International LLC

AllianceBernstein International, a Delaware corporation, has its principal business office at 501 Commerce St, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
AllianceBernstein Corporation of Delaware

AllianceBernstein Corporation of Delaware, a Delaware corporation, has its principal business office at 501 Commerce St, Nashville, Tennessee 37203

AllianceBernstein Holdings (Cayman) Ltd

AllianceBernstein Holdings (Cayman) Ltd, a Cayman Island corporation, has its principal business office at PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands

AllianceBernstein Preferred Limited

AllianceBernstein Preferred Limited, a United Kingdom corporation, has its principal business office is located at 60 London Wall, London, England

All media outlets, please contact Erik Bass (212-314-2476) with any questions.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
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AllianceBernstein International LLC
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AllianceBernstein Corporation of Delaware
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AllianceBernstein Holdings (Cayman) Ltd
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>999,843 shares acquired solely for investment purposes on behalf of client discretionary investment advisory accounts.*</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>16.1% based upon 999,843 Class I Shares outstanding as of September 30, 2025.</classPercent>
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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 acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and 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>ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Kimberly Hanson</signature>
        <title>VP/DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE</title>
        <date>11/14/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>AllianceBernstein International LLC</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>Kimberly Hanson</signature>
        <title>VP/DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE</title>
        <date>11/14/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>AllianceBernstein Corporation of Delaware</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>Kimberly Hanson</signature>
        <title>VP/DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE</title>
        <date>11/14/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>AllianceBernstein Holdings (Cayman) Ltd</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>Kimberly Hanson</signature>
        <title>VP/DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE</title>
        <date>11/14/2025</date>
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        <signature>Kimberly Hanson</signature>
        <title>VP/DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE</title>
        <date>11/14/2025</date>
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