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GERSTEN TITLE TREASURER & CFO EX-99.77Q1 OTHR EXHB 2 amendedbylaws.txt AMENDED BY LAWS AllianceBernstein Bond Fund, Inc. Exhibit 77Q 1A 811-02383 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN BOND FUND, INC. ________________ ARTICLE I. Offices 1 Section 1. Principal Office in Maryland 1 Section 2. Other Offices 1 ARTICLE II. Meetings of Stockholders 1 Section 1. Place of Meeting 1 Section 2. Annual Meetings 1 Section 3. Notice of Stockholders Meeting 1 Section 4. Special Meetings 2 Section 5. Quorum 7 Section 6. Voting 7 Section 7. Proxies 8 Section 8. Organization and Conduct 8 Section 9. Record Date 9 Section 10. Inspectors of Election 10 Section 11. Adjournment 11 Section 12. Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees For Director and Other Stockholder Proposals 12 ARTICLE III. Board of Directors 17 Section 1. Number and Term 17 Section 2. Vacancies and Newly-Created Directorships 17 Section 3. Powers 18 Section 4. Meetings 18 Section 5. Regular Meetings 18 Section 6. Special Meetings 18 Section 7. Notice 18 Section 8. Quorum 19 Section 9. Voting 20 Section 10. Organization 20 Section 11. Telephone Meetings 20 Section 12. Consent by Directors Without a Meeting 21 Section 13. Surety Bonds 21 Section 14. Reliance 21 Section 15. Fees and Expenses 21 ARTICLE IV. Committees 22 Section 1. Number, Tenure and Qualifications 22 Section 2. Powers 22 Section 3. Meetings 22 Section 4. Telephone Meetings 22 Section 5. Consent by Committees without a Meeting 23 Section 6. Vacancies 23 ARTICLE V. Waiver of Notice 23 ARTICLE VI. Chairman of the Board of Directors and Officers 24 Section 1. General 24 Section 2. Tenure of Officers 24 Section 3. Removal and Resignation 24 Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors 25 Section 5. President and Chief Executive Officer 25 Section 6. Vice Presidents 26 Section 7. Secretary 26 Section 8. Assistant Secretaries 26 Section 9. Treasurer 27 Section 10. Assistant Treasurers 27 ARTICLE VII. Certificates of Stock 27 Section 1. Certificates 27 Section 2. Transfers when Certificates Issued 28 Section 3. Replacement Certificate when Certificates Issued 28 Section 4. Record Holders; Transfers Generally 29 ARTICLE VIII. Miscellaneous 29 Section 1. Reserves 29 Section 2. Dividends 29 Section 3. Capital Gains Distributions 29 Section 4. Checks 30 Section 5. Fiscal Year 30 Section 6. Seal 30 Section 7. Insurance Against Certain Liabilities 30 ARTICLE IX. Indemnification 30 ARTICLE X. Amendments 32 ARTICLE I. Offices Section 1. Principal Office in Maryland. The Corporation shall have a principal office in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland. Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices also at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II. Meetings of Stockholders Section 1. Place of Meeting. Subject to Section 4(b)(4) of this Article II, meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Corporation shall not be required to hold an annual meeting of stockholders in any year in which the election of directors is not required to be acted upon under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). In the event that the Corporation is required to hold a meeting of stockholders to elect directors under the 1940 Act, such meeting shall be designated the annual meeting of stockholders for that year and shall be held on a date and at the time set by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law. Section 3. Notice of Stockholders Meeting. Not less than ten nor more than 90 days before each meeting of stockholders, the secretary shall give to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each stockholder not entitled to vote who is entitled to notice of the meeting written or printed notice stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or as otherwise may be required by any statute, the purpose for which the meeting is called, either by mail, by presenting it to such stockholder personally, by leaving it at the stockholders residence or usual place of business or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the stockholder at the stockholders address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Subject to Section 12 of this Article II, any business of the Corporation may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders without being specifically designated in the notice, except such business as is required by any statute to be stated in such notice. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of stockholders except as specifically designated in the notice. Section 4. Special Meetings. (a) Special meetings of stockholders may be called by the chairman, the president or by the Board of Directors and, subject to subsection (b) of this Section 4, a special meeting of stockholders shall also be called by the secretary upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting. (b) Stockholder Requested Special Meetings. Any stockholder of record seeking to have stockholders request a special meeting shall, by sending written notice to the secretary (the "Record Date Request Notice") by registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date to determine the stockholders entitled to request a special meeting (the "Request Record Date"). The Record Date Request Notice shall set forth the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it, shall be signed by one or more stockholders of record as of the date of signature (or their agents duly authorized in a writing accompanying the Record Date Request Notice), shall bear the date of signature of each such stockholder (or such agent) and shall set forth all information relating to each such stockholder that must be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Upon receiving the Record Date Request Notice, the Board of Directors may fix a Request Record Date. The Request Record Date shall not precede and shall not be more than ten days after the close of business on the date on which the resolution fixing the Request Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors, within ten days after the date on which a valid Record Date Request Notice is received, fails to adopt a resolution fixing the Request Record Date, the Request Record Date shall be the close of business on the tenth day after the first date on which the Record Date Request Notice is received by the secretary. (2) In order for any stockholder to request a special meeting, one or more written requests for a special meeting signed by stockholders of record (or their agents duly authorized in a writing accompanying the request) as of the Request Record Date entitled to cast not less than a majority (the "Special Meeting Percentage") of all of the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting (the "Special Meeting Request") shall be delivered to the secretary. In addition, the Special Meeting Request (a) shall set forth the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it (which shall be limited to those lawful matters set forth in the Record Date Request Notice received by the secretary), (b) shall bear the date of signature of each such stockholder (or such agent) signing the Special Meeting Request, (c) shall set forth the name and address, as they appear in the Corporations books, of each stockholder signing such request (or on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request is signed) and the class, series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned by each such stockholder, and the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned by such stockholder beneficially but not of record, (d) shall be sent to the secretary by registered mail, return receipt requested, and (e) shall be received by the secretary within 60 days after the Request Record Date. Any requesting stockholder (or agent duly authorized in a writing accompanying the revocation or the Special Meeting Request) may revoke his, her or its request for a special meeting at any time by written revocation delivered to the secretary. (3) The secretary shall inform the requesting stockholders of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing the notice of meeting (including the Corporations proxy materials). The secretary shall not be required to call a special meeting upon stockholder request and such meeting shall not be held unless, in addition to the documents required by paragraph (2) of this Section 4(b), the secretary receives payment of such reasonably estimated cost prior to the mailing of any notice of the meeting. (4) Except as provided in the next sentence, any special meeting shall be held at such place, date and time as may be designated by the chairman of the Board of Directors of Directors, the president, the chief executive officer or the Board of Directors, whoever has called the meeting. In the case of any special meeting called by the secretary upon the request of stockholders (a "Stockholder Requested Meeting"), such meeting shall be held at such place, date and time as may be designated by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any Stockholder Requested Meeting shall be not more than 90 days after the record date for such meeting (the "Meeting Record Date"); and provided further that if the Board of Directors fails to designate, within ten days after the date that a valid Special Meeting Request is actually received by the secretary (the "Delivery Date"), a date and time for a Stockholder Requested Meeting, then such meeting shall be held at 2:00 p.m. local time on the 90th day after the Meeting Record Date or, if such 90th day is not a Business Day (as defined below), on the first preceding Business Day; and provided further that in the event that the Board of Directors fails to designate a place for a Stockholder Requested Meeting within ten days after the Delivery Date, then such meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. In fixing a date for any special meeting, the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president, the chief executive officer or the Board of Directors may consider such factors as he, she or it deems relevant within the good faith exercise of business judgment, including, without limitation, the nature of the matters to be considered, the facts and circumstances surrounding any request for the meeting and any plan of the Board of Directors to call an annual meeting or a special meeting. In the case of any Stockholder Requested Meeting, if the Board of Directors fails to fix a Meeting Record Date that is a date within 30 days after the Delivery Date, then the close of business on the 30th day after the Delivery Date shall be the Meeting Record Date. The Board of Directors may revoke the notice for any Stockholder Requested Meeting in the event that the requesting stockholders fail to comply with the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Section 4(b). (5) If written revocations of requests for the special meeting have been delivered to the secretary and the result is that stockholders of record (or their agents duly authorized in writing), as of the Request Record Date, entitled to cast less than the Special Meeting Percentage have delivered, and not revoked, requests for a special meeting to the secretary, the secretary shall: (i) if the notice of meeting has not already been mailed, refrain from mailing the notice of the meeting and send to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked such requests written notice of any revocation of a request for the special meeting, or (ii) if the notice of meeting has been mailed and if the secretary first sends to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked requests for a special meeting written notice of any revocation of a request for the special meeting and written notice of the secretarys intention to revoke the notice of the meeting, revoke the notice of the meeting at any time before ten days before the commencement of the meeting. Any request for a special meeting received after a revocation by the secretary of a notice of a meeting shall be considered a request for a new special meeting. (6) The Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the president or the chief executive officer may appoint independent inspectors of elections to act as the agent of the Corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of any purported Special Meeting Request received by the secretary. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no such purported request shall be deemed to have been delivered to the secretary until the earlier of (i) five Business Days after receipt by the secretary of such purported request and (ii) such date as the independent inspectors certify to the Corporation that the valid requests received by the secretary represent at least the Special Meeting Percentage. Nothing contained in this paragraph (6) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Corporation or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any request, whether during or after such five Business Day period, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation). (7) For purposes of these Bylaws, "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. Section 5. Quorum. At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast one-third of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter shall constitute a quorum, except with respect to any matter which, under applicable statutes or regulatory requirements, requires approval by a separate vote of one or more classes of stock, in which case the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of one-third of the shares of stock of each class required to vote as a class on the matter shall constitute a quorum. The stockholders present either in person or by proxy, at a meeting which has been duly called and convened, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. This Section 5 shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter") for the vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. Section 6. Voting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, or, with respect to any matter requiring a class vote, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast of each class entitled to vote as a class on the matter, shall decide any question brought before such meeting (except that directors may be elected by the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast), unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the 1940 Act, or other statutes or rules or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto or of the Charter a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Section 7. Proxies. A stockholder may cast the votes entitled to be cast by the shares of stock owned of record by the stockholder in person or by proxy executed by the stockholder or by the stockholders duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy or evidence of authorization of such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation before or at the meeting. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months after its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Section 8. Organization and Conduct. Every meeting of stockholders shall be conducted by an individual appointed by the Board of Directors to be chairman of the meeting or, in the absence of such appointment, by the chairman of the Board of Directors or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the Board of Directors, by one of the following officers present at the meeting: the vice chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the president, the vice presidents, or secretary in their order of rank and seniority, or, in the absence of such officers, a chairman chosen by the stockholders by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders present in person or by proxy. The secretary, or, in the secretarys absence, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of both the secretary and assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such appointment, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary. In the event that the secretary presides at a meeting of the stockholders, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, shall record the minutes of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such action as, in the discretion of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, (a) restricting admission to the time set for the commencement of the meeting; (b) limiting attendance at the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and other such individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (c) limiting participation at the meeting on any matter to stockholders of record of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, their duly authorized proxies and other such individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (d) limiting the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (e) determining when the polls should be opened and closed; (f) maintaining order and security at the meeting; (g) removing any stockholder or any other individual who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as set forth by the chairman of the meeting; and (h) concluding the meeting or recessing or adjourning the meeting to a later date and time and at a place announced at the meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. Section 9. Record Date. Subject to Section 4 of this Article II, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date which shall be not more than ninety days and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is to be taken. In lieu of fixing a record date, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not longer than 20 days. If the stock transfer books are closed for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed and the stock transfer books are not closed for the determination of stockholders, (a) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day on which the notice of meeting is mailed or the 30th day before the meeting, whichever is the closer date to the meeting; and (b) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend or an allotment of any other rights shall be the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the directors, declaring the dividend or allotment of rights, is adopted. When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, except when (i) the determination has been made through the closing of the transfer books and the stated period of closing has expired or (ii) the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the record date fixed for the original meeting, in either of which case a new record date shall be determined as set forth herein. Section 10. Inspectors of Election. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more individual inspectors or one or more entities that designate individuals as inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. Each such report shall be in writing and signed by him or her or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof. Section 11. Adjournment. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment was taken. In the absence of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting or the stockholders present in person or by proxy, by majority of votes cast and without notice other than by announcement at the meeting, may adjourn the meeting from time to time. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any action may be taken that could have been taken at the meeting originally called. A meeting of the stockholders may not be adjourned without further notice to a date more than 120 (one hundred and twenty) days after the original record date determined pursuant to Section 9 of this Article II. Section 12. Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees For Director and Other Stockholder Proposals. (a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. (1) Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice by the stockholder as provided for in this Section 12(a) and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with this Section 12(a). (2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 12, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. In any year in which an annual meeting of stockholders is to be held, to be timely, a stockholders notice shall set forth all information required under this Section 12 and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 150th day prior to the anniversary of the Date of Mailing of the Notice (as defined herein) for the preceding annual meeting nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120th day prior to the anniversary of the Date of Mailing of the Notice for the preceding annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the anniversary of the date of the preceding annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 150th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. Such stockholders notice shall set forth (i) as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such individual, (B) the class, series and number of any shares of stock of the Corporation that are beneficially owned by such individual, (C) the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, (D) whether such stockholder believes any such individual is, or is not, an "interested person" of the Corporation, as defined in the 1940 Act and information regarding such individual that is sufficient, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to make such determination and (E) all other information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder (including such individuals written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of such business, the reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder and the Stockholder Associated Person therefrom; (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person, the class, series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned by such stockholder and by such Stockholder Associated Person, if any, and the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder and by any such Stockholder Associated Person; (iv) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person covered by clauses (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (2) of this Section 12(a), the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations stock l edger and current name and address, if different, and of such Stockholder Associated Person; and (v) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such stockholders notice. (3) In any year an annual meeting of the stockholders is to be held, notwithstanding anything in this subsection (a) of this Section 12 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement of such action at least 130 days prior to the anniversary date of the mailing date of the notice of the preceding annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this Section 12(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation. (4) For purposes of this Section 12, "Stockholder Associated Person" of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Stockholder Associated Person. (b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected (i) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such special meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 12 and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice required by paragraph (2) of this Section 12(a) shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 150th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. (c) General. (1) Upon written request by the secretary or the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, any stockholder proposing a nominee for election as a director or any proposal for other business at a meeting of stockholders shall provide, within five Business Days of delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 12. If a stockholder fails to provide such written verification within such period, the information as to which written verification was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 12. (2) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 12 shall be eligible for election by stockholders as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 12. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 12. (3) For purposes of this Section 12, (a) the "Date of Mailing of the Notice" for the preceding annual meeting shall mean the date of the Corporation's proxy statement released to stockholders in connection with the preceding annual meeting and (b) "public announcement" shall mean disclosure (i) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or comparable news service or (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or the 1940 Act. (4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 12. Nothing in this Section 12 shall be deemed to affect any right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in, nor the right of the Corporation to omit a proposal from, the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act. ARTICLE III. Board of Directors Section 1. Number and Term. (a) The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by the vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors within the limits permitted by law but at no time may be more than twenty; provided, however, the tenure of office of a director in office at the time of any decrease in the number of directors shall not be affected as a result thereof. Directors shall be elected to hold office at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article III, and each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. (b) Qualifications. Directors need not be stockholders. Section 2. Vacancies and Newly-Created Directorships. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors for any cause other than by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors although such majority is less than a quorum. Any vacancy occurring by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office. A director elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. Section 3. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. All powers of the Corporation may be exercised by or under the authority of the Board of Directors except as conferred on or reserved to the stockholders by law, by the Charter or these Bylaws. Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold regular and special meetings. Section 5. Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of regular meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution. Section 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president or by a majority of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of special meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution. Section 7. Notice. Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, United States mail or courier to each director at his or her business or residence address. Notice by personal delivery, telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by United States mail shall be given at least three days prior to the meeting. Notice by courier shall be given at least two days prior to the meeting. Telephone notice shall be deemed to be given when the director or his or her agent is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which the director or his or her agent is a party. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Corporation by the director. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed to be given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Corporation by the director and receipt of a completed answer-back indicating receipt. Notice by United States mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Notice by courier shall be deemed to be given when deposited with or delivered to a courier properly addressed. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws. Section 8. Quorum. The greater of two or one-third of the directors shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that, if less than a quorum of such directors are present at said meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided further that if, pursuant to applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority of a particular group of directors is required for action, a quorum must also include a majority of such group. The directors present at a meeting which has been duly called and convened may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum. Section 9. Voting. The action of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws. If enough directors have withdrawn from a meeting to leave less than a quorum but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws. Section 10. Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the chairman of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, shall act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of both the chairman and vice chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or in the absence of the chief executive officer, the president or in the absence of the president, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence, an assistant secretary of the Corporation, or in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, a person appointed by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting. Section 11. Telephone Meetings. Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. Section 12. Consent by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent to such action is given in writing or by electronic transmission by each director and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors. Section 13. Surety Bonds. Unless required by law, no director shall be obligated to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of any of his or her duties. Section 14. Reliance. Each director, officer, employee and agent of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Corporation, be fully justified and protected with regard to any act or failure to act in reliance in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation, upon an opinion of counsel or upon reports made to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees or by the adviser, accountants, appraisers or other experts or consultants selected by the Board of Directors or officers of the Corporation, regardless of whether such counsel or expert may also be a director. Section 15. Fees and Expenses. The directors may be paid their expenses of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, a stated salary as director or such other compensation as the Board of Directors may approve. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings. ARTICLE IV. Committees Section 1. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The Board of Directors may appoint from among its members an Executive Committee and other committees, composed of one or more directors and one or more alternate members as the Board of Directors shall designate, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Powers. The Board of Directors may delegate to committees appointed under Section 1 of this Article any of the powers of the Board of Directors, except as prohibited by law. Section 3. Meetings. Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice for special meetings of the Board of Directors. A majority of the members or alternate members of the committees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the committee. The act of a majority of the committee members or alternate members present at a meeting shall be the act of such committee. The Board of Directors may designate a chairman of any committee, and such chairman or, in the absence of a chairman, any two members of any committee (if there are at least two members of the Committee) may fix the time and place of its meeting unless the Board shall otherwise provide. In the absence of any member of any such committee, the members or alternate members thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint another director to act in the place of such absent member. Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings. Section 4. Telephone Meetings. Members or alternate members of a committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. Section 5. Consent by Committees without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each member or alternate member of the committee and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee. Section 6. Vacancies. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any committee, to fill all vacancies, to designate alternate members to replace any absent or disqualified member or to dissolve any such committee. ARTICLE V. Waiver of Notice Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes, of the Charter or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed the equivalent of notice and such waiver shall be filed with the records of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice, unless specifically required by statute. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. ARTICLE VI. Chairman of the Board of Directors and Officers Section 1. General. The officers of the Corporation shall include a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chief executive officer, one or more vice presidents, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Board of Directors may from time to time elect such other officers with such powers and duties as they shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, except that the chief executive officer or president may from time to time appoint one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers or other officers. Any two or more offices except president and vice president may be held by the same person. However, no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such instrument is required by law to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers. Election of an officer or appointment of an agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Corporation and such officer or agent. Section 2. Tenure of Officers. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier resignation or removal as provided herein. Section 3. Removal and Resignation. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the notice of resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. Such resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Corporation. Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors if, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the Board of Directors shall be designated by the Board of Directors and shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of the Directors. The chairman shall have such other duties and powers as may be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. The chairman shall not be an officer of the Corporation except as otherwise determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or amendment of these Bylaws. Section 5. President and Chief Executive Officer. The president shall, in the absence of the chairman of the Board of Directors, preside at all meetings of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors. The president or such officer as has been determined by the Directors shall be the chief executive officer. The president and/or chief executive officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors, and for the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she shall execute on behalf of the Corporation, and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to, all instruments requiring such execution except to the extent that signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Section 6. Vice Presidents. The vice presidents shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the president or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Board of Directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents and, in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority. Section 7. Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president he or she shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the Board of Directors when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the Board of Directors. He or she shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the seal or cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it. Section 8. Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the president or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Section 9. Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president he or she shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 10. Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the president or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE VII. Certificates of Stock Section 1. Certificates. Except as may be otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, stockholders of the Corporation are not entitled to certificates representing the shares of stock held by them. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock represented by certificates, such certificates shall be signed by the officers of the Corporation in the manner permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL") and contain the statements and information required by the MGCL. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock without certificates, the Corporation shall provide to record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates. Section 2. Transfers when Certificates Issued. Subject to any determination of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 1 of this Article, upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a stock certificate duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Section 3. Replacement Certificate when Certificates Issued. Subject to any determination of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 1 of this Article, the president, the secretary, the treasurer or any officer designated by the Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing the issuance of a new certificate, an officer designated by the Board of Directors may, in his or her discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or the owners legal representative to advertise the same in such manner as he or she or she shall require and/or to give bond, with sufficient surety, to the Corporation to i ndemnify it against any loss or claim which may arise as a result of the issuance of a new certificate. Section 4. Record Holders; Transfers Generally. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Maryland. Transfers of shares of any class of stock will be subject in all respects to the Charter and all of the terms and conditions contained therein. ARTICLE VIII. Miscellaneous Section 1. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve. Section 2. Dividends. Dividends upon the stock of the Corporation may, subject to the provisions of the Charter and of applicable law, be authorized by the Board of Directors and declared by the Corporation at any time. Section 3. Capital Gains Distributions. The amount and number of capital gains distributions paid to the stockholders during each fiscal year shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Each such payment shall be accompanied by a statement as to the source of such payment, to the extent required by law. Section 4. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Section 6. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Maryland." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in another manner reproduced. Whenever the Corporation is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word (SEAL) adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Corporation. Section 7. Insurance Against Certain Liabilities. The Corporation may obtain liability insurance for its directors and officers to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. ARTICLE IX. Indemnification To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Corporation shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in any such capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in any such capacity. The Corporation may, with the approval of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to a person who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation. The termination of any claim, action, suit or other proceeding involving any person, by judgment, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that such person did not meet the standards of conduct required for indemnification or payment of expenses to be required or permitted under Maryland law, these Bylaws or the Charter. Any indemnification or advance of expenses made pursuant to this Article shall be subject to applicable requirements of the 1940 Act. The indemnification and payment of expenses provided in these Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, regulation, insurance, agreement or otherwise. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Bylaws or Charter inconsistent with this Article, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. ARTICLE X. Amendments The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to make, alter and repeal Bylaws of the Corporation. EX-99.77E LEGAL 3 legal.txt LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AllianceBernstein Bond Fund March-06 Exhibit 77E Legal Proceedings As has been previously reported, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of New York Attorney General (NYAG) have been investigating practices in the mutual fund industry identified as market timing and late trading of mutual fund shares. Certain other regulatory authorities have also been conducting investigations into these practices within the industry and have requested that the Adviser provide information to them. The Adviser has been cooperating and will continue to cooperate with all of these authorities. On December 18, 2003, the Adviser confirmed that it had reached terms with the SEC and the NYAG for the resolution of regulatory claims relating to the practice of market timing mutual fund shares in some of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. The agreement with the SEC is reflected in an Order of the Commission (SEC Order). The agreement with the NYAG is memorialized in an Assurance of Discontinuance dated September 1, 2004 (NYAG Order). Among the key provisions of these agreements are the following: (i) The Adviser agreed to establish a $250 million fund (the Reimbursement Fund) to compensate mutual fund shareholders for the adverse effects of market timing attributable to market timing relationships described in the SEC Order. According to the SEC Order, the Reimbursement Fund is to be paid, in order of priority, to fund investors based on (i) their aliquot share of losses suffered by the fund due to market timing, and (ii) a proportionate share of advisory fees paid by such fund during the period of such market timing; (ii) The Adviser agreed to reduce the advisory fees it receives from some of the AllianceBernstein long-term, open-end retail funds until December 31, 2008; and (iii) The Adviser agreed to implement changes to its governance and compliance procedures. Additionally, the SEC Order and the NYAG Order contemplate that the Advisers registered investment company clients, including the Fund, will introduce governance and compliance changes. In anticipation of final, definitive documentation of the NYAG Order and effective January 1, 2004, the Adviser began waiving a portion of its advisory fee. On September 7, 2004, the Funds investment advisory agreement was amended to reflect the reduced advisory fee at the annual rate for AllianceBernstein Bond Fund U.S. Government Portfolio at .45% of the first $2.5 billion, .40% of the next $2.5 billion and .35% in excess of $5 billion, AllianceBernstein Bond Fund Corporate Bond Portfolio at the annual rate of .50% of the first $2.5 billion, .45% of the next $2.5 billion and .40% in excess of $5 billion, of the average daily net assets of each Portfolio. A special committee of the Advisers Board of Directors, comprised of the members of the Advisers Audit Committee and the other independent member of the Advisers Board, is continuing to direct and oversee an internal investigation and a comprehensive review of the facts and circumstances relevant to the SECs and the NYAGs investigations. In addition, the Independent Directors of the Fund (the Independent Directors) have initiated an investigation of the above-mentioned matters with the advice of an independent economic consultant and independent counsel. The Independent Directors have formed a special committee to supervise the investigation. On October 2, 2003, a purported class action complaint entitled Hindo, et al. v. AllianceBernstein Growth & Income Fund, et al. (Hindo Complaint) was filed against the Adviser, Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. (Alliance Holding), Alliance Capital Management Corporation, AXA Financial, Inc., the AllianceBernstein Funds, certain officers of the Adviser (Alliance defendants), and certain other defendants not affiliated with the Adviser, as well as unnamed Doe defendants. The Hindo Complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by alleged shareholders of two of the AllianceBernstein Funds. The Hindo Complaint alleges that certain of the Alliance defendants failed to disclose that they improperly allowed certain hedge funds and other unidentified parties to engage in late trading and market timing of AllianceBernstein Fund securities, violating Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Sections 206 and 215 of the Advisers Act. Plaintiffs seek an unspecified amount of compensatory damages and rescission of their contracts with the Adviser, including recovery of all fees paid to the Adviser pursuant to such contracts. Since October 2, 2003, numerous additional lawsuits making factual allegations generally similar to those in the Hindo Complaint were filed in various federal and state courts against the Adviser and certain other defendants, and others may be filed. The plaintiffs in such lawsuits have asserted a variety of theories for recovery including, but not limited to, violations of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), certain state securities laws and common law. All state court actions against the Adviser either were voluntarily dismissed or removed to federal court. On February 20, 2004, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred all federal actions to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the Mutual Fund MDL). All of the actions removed to federal court were also transferred to the Mutual Fund MDL. The plaintiffs in the removed actions have since moved for remand, and that motion is pending. On September 29, 2004, plaintiffs filed consolidated amended complaints with respect to four claim types: mutual fund shareholder claims; mutual fund derivative claims; derivative claims brought on behalf of Alliance Holding; and claims brought under ERISA by participants in the Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of the Adviser. All four complaints include substantially identical factual allegations, which appear to be based in large part on the SEC Order and the NYAG Order. The claims in the mutual fund derivative consolidated amended complaint are generally based on the theory that all fund advisory agreements, distribution agreements and 12b-1 plans between the Adviser and the AllianceBernstein Funds should be invalidated, regardless of whether market timing occurred in each individual fund, because each was approved by fund trustees on the basis of materially misleading information with respect to the level of market timing permitted in funds managed by the Adviser. The claims asserted in the other three consolidated amended complaints are similar to those that the respective plaintiffs asserted in their previous federal lawsuits. All of these lawsuits seek an unspecified amount of damages. The Alliance defendants have moved to dismiss the complaints, and those motions are pending. On February 10, 2004, the Adviser received (i) a subpoena duces tecum from the Office of the Attorney General of the State of West Virginia and (ii) a request for information from West Virginias Office of the State Auditor, Securities Commission (the West Virginia Securities Commission) (together, the Information Requests). Both Information Requests require the Adviser to produce documents concerning, among other things, any market timing or late trading in the Advisers sponsored mutual funds. The Adviser responded to the Information Requests and has been cooperating fully with the investigation. On April 11, 2005, a complaint entitled The Attorney General of the State of West Virginia v. AIM Advisors, Inc., et al. (WVAG Complaint) was filed against the Adviser, Alliance Holding, and various other defendants not affiliated with the Adviser. The WVAG Complaint was filed in the Circuit Court of Marshall County, West Virginia by the Attorney General of the State of West Virginia. The WVAG Complaint makes factual allegations generally similar to those in the Hindo Complaint. On May 31, 2005, defendants removed the WVAG Complaint to the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. On July 12, 2005, plaintiff moved to remand. On October 19, 2005, the WVAG Complaint was transferred to the Mutual Fund MDL. On August 30, 2005, the deputy commissioner of securities of the West Virginia Securities Commission signed a Summary Order to Cease and Desist, and Notice of Right to Hearing addressed to the Adviser and Alliance Holding. The Summary Order claims that the Adviser and Alliance Holding violated the West Virginia Uniform Securities Act, and makes factual allegations generally similar to those in the Commission Order and the NYAG Order. On January 26, 2006, the Adviser, Alliance Holding, and various unaffiliated defendants filed a Petition for Writ of Prohibition and Order Suspending Proceedings in West Virginia state court seeking to vacate the Summary Order and for other relief. On April 11, 2006, the Court dismissed the Writ and later granted defendants a 30-day stay to file an appeal. The Adviser intends to vigorously defend against the allegations in the WVAG Complaint. On June 22, 2004, a purported class action complaint entitled Aucoin, et al. v. Alliance Capital Management L.P., et al. (Aucoin Complaint) was filed against the Adviser, Alliance Holding , Alliance Capital Management Corporation, AXA Financial, Inc., AllianceBernstein Investment Research & Management, Inc., certain current and former directors of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds, and unnamed Doe defendants. The Aucoin Complaint names certain of the AllianceBernstein mutual funds as nominal defendants. The Aucoin Complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by an alleged shareholder of an AllianceBernstein mutual fund. The Aucoin Complaint alleges, among other things, (i) that certain of the defendants improperly authorized the payment of excessive commissions and other fees from fund assets to broker-dealers in exchange for preferential marketing services, (ii) that certain of the defendants misrepresented and omitted from registration statements and other reports material facts concerning such payments, and (iii) that certain defendants caused such conduct as control persons of other defendants. The Aucoin Complaint asserts claims for violation of Sections 34(b), 36(b) and 48(a) of the Investment Company Act, Sections 206 and 215 of the Advisers Act, breach of common law fiduciary duties, and aiding and abetting breaches of common law fiduciary duties. Plaintiffs seek an unspecified amount of compensatory damages and punitive damages, rescission of their contracts with the Adviser, including recovery of all fees paid to the Adviser pursuant to such contracts, an accounting of all fundrelated fees, commissions and soft dollar payments, and restitution of all unlawfully or discriminatorily obtained fees and expenses. Since June 22, 2004, nine additional lawsuits making factual allegations substantially similar to those in the Aucoin Complaint were filed against the Adviser and certain other defendants. All nine of the lawsuits (i) were brought as class actions filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) assert claims substantially identical to the Aucoin Complaint, and (iii) are brought on behalf of shareholders of the Funds. On February 2, 2005, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended class action complaint (Aucoin Consolidated Amended Complaint) that asserts claims substantially similar to the Aucoin Complaint and the nine additional lawsuits referenced above. On October 19, 2005, the District Court dismissed each of the claims set forth in the Aucoin Consolidated Amended Complaint, except for plaintiffs claim under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act. On January 11, 2006, the District Court granted defendants motion for reconsideration and dismissed the remaining Section 36(b) claim. Plaintiffs have moved for leave to amend their consolidated complaint. It is possible that these matters and/or other developments resulting from these matters could result in increased redemptions of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds shares or other adverse consequences to the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. This may require the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds to sell investments held by those funds to provide for sufficient liquidity and could also have an adverse effect on the investment performance of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. However, the Adviser believes that these matters are not likely to have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform advisory services relating to the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds. EX-99.77C VOTES 4 shareholdermeetingcorp.txt SHAREHOLDER MEETING AllianceBernstein Bond Fund, Inc. Exhibit 77C Corporate Bond Portfolio 811-02383 77C Matters submitted to a vote of security holders RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETING (unaudited) A Special Meeting of the AllianceBernstein Corporate Bond Fund (the Fund) was held on November 15, 2005 and adjourned until December 6, 2005, and December 19, 2005. At the November 15, 2005 Meeting, with respect to the first item of business, the election of Directors, the required number of outstanding shares were voted in favor of the proposal, and the proposal was approved. At the December 6, 2005 Meeting, with respect to the third item of business, the amendment, elimination, or reclassification as non-fundamental of the fundamental investment restrictions, and the fourth item of business, the reclassification of the Funds fundamental investment objective as non-fundamental with changes to the Funds investment objectives, the required number of outstanding shares voted in favor of each proposal, and each proposal was approved. At the December 19, 2005 Meeting, with respect to the second item of business, the approval of the amendment and restatement of the Charter, the required number of outstanding shares were voted in favor of the proposal, and the proposal was approved. A description of each proposal and number of shares voted at the Meetings are as follows (the proposal numbers shown below correspond to the proposal numbers in the Funds proxy statement): 1. The election of the Trustees, each such Trustee to serve a term of an indefinite duration and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Voted For Withheld Authority Ruth Block 110,504,373 7,480,789 David H. Dievler 110,556,798 7,428,365 John H. Dobkin 110,592,166 7,392,996 Michael J. Downey 110,616,030 7,369,133 William H. Foulk, Jr. 110,599,038 7,386,125 D. James Guzy 119,874,613 8,933,392 Marc O. Mayer 120,554,662 8,253,343 Marshall C. Turner, Jr. 120,537,225 8,270,780 Voted For Voted Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 2. Approve the Amendment and Restatement of the Charter 96,828,067 2,835,603 9,283,228 0 3.A. Diversification 29,920,262 1,319,008 796,402 8,253,923 3.B. Issuing Senior Securities and Borrowing Money 29,901,581 1,353,192 780,899 8,253,923 3.C. Underwriting Securities 29,958,846 1,291,714 785,112 8,253,923 3.D. Concentration of Investments 29,921,234 1,327,093 787,345 8,253,923 3.E. Real Estate and Companies that Deal in Real Estate 29,901,530 1,340,424 793,718 8,253,923 3.F. Commodity Contracts and Futures Contracts 29,894,349 1,366,835 774,488 8,253,923 3.G. Loans 29,899,379 1,359,508 776,785 8,253,923 3.H. Joint Securities Trading Accounts 28,921,420 1,318,800 795,453 8,253,923 3.I. Exercising Control 29,937,005 1,320,489 778,179 8,253,923 3.J. Other Investment Companies 29,924,816 1,341,926 768,930 8,253,923 3.K. Oil, Gas and Other Types of Minerals or Mineral Leases 29,960,209 1,310,093 765,371 8,253,923 3.L. Purchases of Securities on Margin 29,817,821 1,458,934 758,917 8,253,923 3.M. Short Sales 29,885,928 1,385,476 764,268 8,253,923 3.N. Pledging, Hypothecating, Mortgaging, or Otherwise Encumbering Assets 29,872,935 1,401,366 761,372 8,253,923 3.O. Illiquid or Restricted Securities 29,908,672 1,362,462 764,539 8,253,923 3.P. Warrants 29,898,942 1,372,963 763,767 8,253,923 3.Q. Unseasoned Companies 29,845,619 1,431,319 758,734 8,253,923 3.S. 65% Investment Limitation 29,935,014 1,330,235 770,423 8,253,923 3.T. Securities of Issuers in which Officers, or Directors, or Partners have an Interest 29,842,496 1,429,813 763,364 8,253,923 4.B. The Reclassification as Non-Fundamental and Changes to Specific Funds Investment Objectives 28,674,363 1,399,616 1,961,693 8,253,923 EX-99.77C VOTES 5 shareholdermeetinggovt.txt SHAREHOLDER MEETING AllianceBernstein Bond Fund, Inc. Exhibit 77C U.S. Government Bond Portfolio 811-02383 77C Matters submitted to a vote of security holders RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETING (unaudited) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the AllianceBernstein U.S. Government Bond Fund (the Fund) was held on November 15, 2005 and adjourned until December 6, 2005, and December 19, 2005. At the November 15, 2005 Meeting, with respect to the first item of business, the election of Directors, the third item of business, the amendment, elimination, or reclassification as non-fundamental of certain fundamental investment restrictions, and the fourth item of business, the reclassification of the Funds fundamental investment objective as non-fundamental with changes to the Funds investment objectives, the required number of outstanding shares were voted in favor of each proposal, and each proposal was approved. At the December 19, 2005 Meeting, with respect to the second item of business, the approval of the amendment and restatement of the Charter, the required number of outstanding shares were voted in favor of the proposal, and the proposal was approved. A description of each proposal and number of shares voted at the Meetings are as follows (the proposal numbers shown below correspond to the proposal numbers in the Funds proxy statement): 1. The election of the Trustees, each such Trustee to serve a term of an indefinite duration and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Voted For Withheld Authority Ruth Block 110,504,373 7,480,789 David H. Dievler 110,556,798 7,428,365 John H. Dobkin 110,592,166 7,392,996 Michael J. Downey 110,616,030 7,369,133 William H. Foulk, Jr. 110,599,038 7,386,125 D. James Guzy 119,874,613 8,933,392 Marc O. Mayer 120,554,662 8,253,343 Marshall C. Turner, Jr. 120,537,225 8,270,780 Voted For Voted Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 2. Approve the Amendment and Restatement of the Charter 96,828,067 2,835,603 9,283,228 0 3.A. Diversification 48,759,870 2,316,526 4,756,009 13,908,039 3.B. Issuing Senior Securities and Borrowing Money 48,755,525 2,231,781 4,845,099 13,908,039 3.C. Underwriting Securities 48,913,261 2,098,338 4,820,806 13,908,039 3.D. Concentration of Investments 48,908,405 2,158,989 4,765,011 13,908,039 3.E. Real Estate and Companies that Deal in Real Estate 48,797,755 2,249,348 4,785,302 13,908,039 3.F. Commodity Contracts and Futures Contracts 48,447,042 2,592,503 4,792,861 13,908,039 3.G. Loans 48,466,484 2,565,532 4,800,390 13,908,039 3.H. Joint Securities Trading Accounts 48,790,165 2,031,727 5,010,514 13,908,039 3.I. Exercising Control 49,063,991 2,048,591 4,719,823 13,908,039 3.J. Other Investment Companies 48,643,498 2,382,834 4,806,073 13,908,039 3.K. Oil, Gas and Other Types of Minerals or Mineral Leases 48,671,078 2,427,675 4,733,652 13,908,039 3.L. Purchases of Securities on Margin 48,448,206 2,609,429 4,774,770 13,908,039 3.M. Short Sales 48,420,960 2,627,326 4,784,119 13,908,039 3.P. Warrants 48,711,752 2,133,506 4,987,147 13,908,039 3.S. 65% Investment Limitation 48,942,917 2,081,690 4,807,798 13,908,039 4.B. The Reclassification as Non-Fundamental and Changes to Specific Funds Investment Objectives 47,247,353 2,136,052 6,448,999 13,908,039 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----