N-Q 1 d923570dnq.htm AB CAP FUND, INC. AB Cap Fund, Inc.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-01716

AB CAP FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joseph J. Mantineo

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-5672

Date of fiscal year end: June 30, 2015

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2015

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AB Cap Fund, Inc. - Concentrated Growth Fund

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.1%

       

Information Technology - 24.1%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 4.9%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     174,327         $ 10,273,090   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 9.9%

       

Accenture PLC-Class A

     67,546           6,328,385   

MasterCard, Inc.-Class A

     167,211           14,445,358   
       

 

 

 
          20,773,743   
       

 

 

 

Software - 4.5%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     106,783           9,417,193   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.8%

       

Apple, Inc.

     81,452           10,135,072   
       

 

 

 
          50,599,098   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 21.5%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 6.0%

       

Precision Castparts Corp.

     59,527           12,500,670   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 10.0%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     169,325           8,896,336   

Sensata Technologies Holding NV (a)

     211,812           12,168,599   
       

 

 

 
          21,064,935   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 5.5%

       

Verisk Analytics, Inc.-Class A (a)

     162,604           11,609,925   
       

 

 

 
          45,175,530   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 20.8%

       

Biotechnology - 3.7%

       

Celgene Corp. (a)

     67,154           7,741,513   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 5.7%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     256,411           11,879,522   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 5.7%

       

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     179,758           12,038,393   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 5.7%

       

Zoetis, Inc.

     257,402           11,915,139   
       

 

 

 
          43,574,567   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 13.4%

       

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.8%

       

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     128,939           10,150,078   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 8.6%

       

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     62,920           8,273,980   

VF Corp.

     128,448           9,673,419   
       

 

 

 
          17,947,399   
       

 

 

 
          28,097,477   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 6.9%

       

Chemicals - 6.9%

       

Ecolab, Inc.

     127,222           14,551,652   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Financials - 4.9%

       

Capital Markets - 4.9%

       

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     334,697         $ 10,188,177   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.7%

       

Household Products - 3.7%

       

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     112,655           7,811,498   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.8%

       

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     158,347           5,860,422   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $189,157,507)

          205,858,421   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.7%

       

Investment Companies - 1.7%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF
Portfolio, 0.10% (b)(c)
(cost $3,648,255)

     3,648,255           3,648,255   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.8%
(cost $192,805,762) (d)

          209,506,676   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.2%

          335,157   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 209,841,833   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $20,788,918 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,088,004), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $16,700,914.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.


AB Cap Fund, Inc. - Concentrated Growth Fund

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 205,858,421      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 205,858,421   

Short-Term Investments

     3,648,255        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,648,255   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     209,506,676        – 0  –      – 0  –      209,506,676   

Other Financial Instruments**

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     209,506,676      $             – 0  –    $             – 0      $     209,506,676   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Fund recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and assumes the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Fund. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AB Cap Fund, Inc. - AB Emerging Markets Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 82.0%

       

Financials - 25.5%

       

Banks - 13.5%

       

Axis Bank Ltd. (GDR) (a)

     1,970         $ 88,157   

Banco Davivienda SA (Preference Shares)

     4,967           48,333   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     58,000           55,313   

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     98,000           81,212   

Credicorp Ltd.

     466           65,534   

HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)

     2,900           170,781   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     148,000           109,282   

Kasikornbank PCL

     6,900           48,517   
       

 

 

 
          667,129   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.8%

       

Cielo SA

     3,400           48,674   

Premium Leisure Corp.

     1,147,000           37,467   
       

 

 

 
          86,141   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 5.4%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     29,200           183,144   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     8,000           82,217   
       

 

 

 
          265,361   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 4.8%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     110,200           94,724   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     73,000           140,897   
       

 

 

 
          235,621   
       

 

 

 
          1,254,252   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 23.0%

       

Diversified Consumer Services - 5.4%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     11,800           68,547   

Kroton Educacional SA

     11,600           37,400   

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (ADR) (b)

     1,145           25,385   

TAL Education Group (ADR) (b)

     4,112           136,601   
       

 

 

 
          267,933   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.1%

       

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     4,000           18,110   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     16,000           26,924   

NagaCorp Ltd.

     32,000           21,164   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     1,701           133,903   
       

 

 

 
          200,101   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.8%

       

JD.com, Inc. (ADR) (b)

     969           28,469   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (b)

     2,037           59,970   
       

 

 

 
          88,439   
       

 

 

 

Media - 4.7%

       

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     1,279           196,187   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Surya Citra Media Tbk PT

     142,500           36,974   
       

 

 

 
          233,161   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 2.0%

       

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     63,500           95,492   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 5.0%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     17,513           140,834   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     8,000           104,830   
       

 

 

 
          245,664   
       

 

 

 
          1,130,790   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 15.2%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.0%

       

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     8,000           50,412   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 6.7%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR) (b)

     429           35,710   

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (b)

     710           147,964   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     7,800           148,222   
       

 

 

 
          331,896   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.5%

       

SK Hynix, Inc.

     2,294           93,702   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     59,000           274,206   
       

 

 

 
          367,908   
       

 

 

 
          750,216   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 9.0%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 4.8%

       

7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd

     50,400           21,774   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     8,334           64,172   

Magnit PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (a)

     1,683           85,650   

Olam International Ltd.

     43,000           62,058   
       

 

 

 
          233,654   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.0%

       

Unilever PLC

     560           23,365   

Universal Robina Corp.

     5,410           27,327   
       

 

 

 
          50,692   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 3.2%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     3,039           157,372   
       

 

 

 
          441,718   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 4.5%

       

Construction & Engineering - 1.6%

       

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (GDR) (a)

     2,840           78,851   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.2%

       

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

     88,100           52,115   

SM Investments Corp.

     2,830           56,913   
       

 

 

 
          109,028   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Professional Services - 0.7%

       

51job, Inc. (ADR) (b)

     1,084           34,975   
       

 

 

 
          222,854   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 2.0%

       

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.0%

       

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     135,500           98,192   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.6%

       

Construction Materials - 1.6%

       

Cemex Latam Holdings SA (b)

     5,844           30,344   

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (a)

     854           49,432   
       

 

 

 
          79,776   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 1.2%

       

Pharmaceuticals - 1.2%

       

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (b)

     1,930           60,981   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $4,133,294)

          4,038,779   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 18.3%

       

Information Technology - 5.4%

       

IT Services - 4.8%

       

HCL Technologies Ltd., Macquarie Bank Ltd., expiring 9/09/16 (b)

     6,880           108,586   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Macquarie Bank Ltd., expiring 12/12/16 (b)

     3,080           126,623   
       

 

 

 
          235,209   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.6%

       

Just Dial Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 2/06/19 (b)

     1,540           32,766   
       

 

 

 
          267,975   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 4.8%

       

Pharmaceuticals - 4.8%

       

Lupin Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG London, expiring 2/20/17 (b)

     3,560           114,344   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 7/27/18 (b)

     7,580           124,284   
       

 

 

 
          238,628   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 4.5%

       

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 3.0%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd., JPMorgan Structured Products, expiring 5/05/16 (a)(b)

     6,980           147,514   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.5%

       

Muthoot Finance Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 5/22/18 (b)

     6,050           19,917   


Company

         

Shares

       U.S. $ Value  

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 1/30/19 (b)

        3,030           54,216   
          

 

 

 
             74,133   
          

 

 

 
             221,647   
          

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 1.5%

          

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.5%

          

Titan Co., Ltd., JPMorgan Structured Products, expiring 8/24/16 (b)

        11,670           73,277   
          

 

 

 

Industrials - 1.1%

          

Construction & Engineering - 0.9%

          

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG London, expiring 2/12/18 (a)(b)

        11,240           44,124   
          

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.2%

          

Amara Raja Batteries Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG London, expiring 3/14/18 (b)

        650           8,713   
          

 

 

 
             52,837   
          

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 1.0%

          

Tobacco - 1.0%

          

ITC Ltd., expiring 2/14/17 (a)(b)

        9,290           48,553   
          

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $847,607)

             902,917   
          

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.0%

          

Investment Companies - 0.9%

          

AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (c)(d)
(cost $45,318)

     

 

45,318

  

    

 

45,318

  

          

 

 

 
            Principal
Amount
(000)
          

Time Deposits - 0.1%

          

BBH Grand Cayman

          

(0.198)%, 4/01/15

     EUR         1           1,149   

0.005%, 4/01/15

     HKD         4           568   

0.005%, 4/01/15

     SGD         1           843   

0.074%, 4/01/15

     GBP         0 **         608   

4.80%, 4/01/15

     ZAR         14           1,139   
          

 

 

 

Total Time Deposits
(cost $4,438)

             4,307   
          

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $49,756)

             49,625   
          

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.3%
(cost $5,030,657) (e)

             4,991,321   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.3)%

             (64,094
          

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

           $ 4,927,227   
          

 

 

 

 


 

** Principal amount less than 500
(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $606,453 or 12.3% of net assets.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(e) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $307,229 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(346,565), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(39,336).

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
ZAR    -    South African Rand

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company

Country Breakdown*

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  25.8%        

India

  16.2%        

China

  8.6%        

Taiwan

  5.7%        

Indonesia

  5.4%        

Philippines

  5.2%        

South Africa

  4.7%        

Brazil

  4.6%        

Hong Kong

  4.1%        

Singapore

  3.6%        

United Kingdom

  3.0%        

Russia

  2.8%        

Switzerland

  2.7%        

United States

  6.6%        

Other

  1.0%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2015. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.9% or less in the following countries: Cambodia, Colombia, Euro Zone Malaysia, Peru, South Korea and Thailand.


AB Emerging Markets Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 503,696      $ 750,556      $ – 0  –    $ 1,254,252   

Consumer Discretionary

     490,275        640,515        – 0  –      1,130,790   

Information Technology

     183,674        566,542        – 0  –      750,216   

Consumer Staples

     85,946        355,772        – 0  –      441,718   

Industrials

     34,975        187,879        – 0  –      222,854   

Telecommunication Services

     98,192        – 0  –      – 0  –      98,192   

Materials

     30,344        49,432        – 0  –      79,776   

Health Care

     – 0  –      60,981        – 0  –      60,981   

Warrants

     – 0  –      902,917        – 0  –      902,917   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     45,318        – 0  –      – 0  –      45,318   

Time Deposits

     – 0  –      4,307        – 0  –      4,307   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     1,472,420        3,518,901        – 0  –      4,991,321   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     1,472,420      $     3,518,901      $             – 0  –    $     4,991,321   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instrument was transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.


The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments, and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AB Cap Fund, Inc. - AB Global Core Equity Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.5%

       

Financials - 27.0%

       

Banks - 1.1%

       

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     26,900         $ 398,869   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.9%

       

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     916           335,110   

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     4,303           348,457   
       

 

 

 
          683,567   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 5.4%

       

American Express Co.

     25,028           1,955,188   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 16.6%

       

BM&FBovespa SA - Bolsa de Valores Mercadorias e Futuros

     171,400           599,340   

Cielo SA

     24,600           352,172   

CME Group, Inc./IL-Class A

     12,763           1,208,784   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     15,490           563,372   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     16,314           1,686,867   

Moody’s Corp.

     8,147           845,658   

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     118,500           702,630   
       

 

 

 
          5,958,823   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.0%

       

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

     7,653           357,778   

Assurant, Inc.

     5,850           359,248   
       

 

 

 
          717,026   
       

 

 

 
          9,713,473   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 17.3%

       

Communications Equipment - 2.8%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     6,132           168,783   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     12,151           842,551   
       

 

 

 
          1,011,334   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.8%

       

carsales.com Ltd.

     48,275           379,820   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     1,110           608,280   
       

 

 

 
          988,100   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.6%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     14,260           932,746   
       

 

 

 

Software - 9.1%

       

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

     8,437           691,581   

Microsoft Corp.

     18,299           743,946   

SAP SE

     25,637           1,852,975   
       

 

 

 
          3,288,502   
       

 

 

 
          6,220,682   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 14.1%

       

Biotechnology - 1.8%

       

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     6,481           635,980   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 8.4%

       

Anthem, Inc.

     2,367           365,488   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Cigna Corp.

     2,720         $ 352,077   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     5,601           485,999   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     15,444           1,826,871   
       

 

 

 
          3,030,435   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.9%

       

Johnson & Johnson

     9,100           915,460   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     9,187           490,437   
       

 

 

 
          1,405,897   
       

 

 

 
          5,072,312   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 12.7%

       

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.7%

       

Taiwan Secom Co., Ltd.

     226,000           610,327   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 3.6%

       

ABB Ltd. (a)

     43,978           932,950   

Schneider Electric SE (Paris)

     4,685           364,581   
       

 

 

 
          1,297,531   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 4.8%

       

Dover Corp.

     9,657           667,492   

Kone Oyj-Class B

     9,543           423,139   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     5,400           641,412   
       

 

 

 
          1,732,043   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 2.1%

       

Experian PLC

     46,056           762,366   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.5%

       

DSV A/S

     6,222           193,372   
       

 

 

 
          4,595,639   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 11.2%

       

Beverages - 4.3%

       

Ambev SA

     48,300           279,217   

Diageo PLC

     46,498           1,284,941   
       

 

 

 
          1,564,158   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.1%

       

Nestle SA

     5,126           386,000   

Unilever NV

     8,575           358,329   
       

 

 

 
          744,329   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 3.7%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     16,270           1,333,164   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.1%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     4,761           395,925   
       

 

 

 
          4,037,576   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 7.7%

       

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.4%

       

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     376,000           491,084   
       

 

 

 

Media - 3.2%

       

Markit Ltd. (a)

     21,329           573,750   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     7,340         $ 572,373   
       

 

 

 
          1,146,123   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.4%

       

GrandVision NV (a)(b)

     9,534           224,455   

SA SA International Holdings Ltd.

     582,000           285,291   
       

 

 

 
          509,746   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.7%

       

HUGO BOSS AG

     2,581           313,570   

Samsonite International SA

     89,400           312,240   
       

 

 

 
          625,810   
       

 

 

 
          2,772,763   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.6%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.5%

       

Amec Foster Wheeler PLC

     39,540           528,911   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.1%

       

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC (GDR) (b)

     67,380           832,630   

Lukoil OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     6,099           280,127   
       

 

 

 
          1,112,757   
       

 

 

 
          1,641,668   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 2.2%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.2%

       

Enersis SA (Sponsored ADR)

     26,044           423,475   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 1.0%

       

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

     288,000           379,162   
       

 

 

 
          802,637   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.7%

       

Chemicals - 0.8%

       

BASF SE

     3,134           310,252   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.9%

       

BHP Billiton PLC

     14,301           313,840   
       

 

 

 
          624,092   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $35,668,084)

          35,480,842   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.5%

       

Investment Companies - 2.2%

       

AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF
Portfolio, 0.10% (c)(d)
(cost $806,740)

     806,740           806,740   
       

 

 

 


            Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Time Deposits - 0.3%

          

BBH, Grand Cayman

          

(1.00)%, 4/01/15

     CHF         5         $ 5,324   

(0.198)%, 4/01/15

     EUR         6           6,341   

(0.10)%, 4/01/15

     DKK         439           63,195   

0.005%, 4/01/15

     HKD         56           7,291   

0.005%, 4/01/15

     JPY         69           577   

0.005%, 4/01/15

     SGD         8           5,481   

0.074%, 4/01/15

     GBP         8           11,698   

1.212%, 4/01/15

     AUD         8           6,280   
          

 

 

 

Total Time Deposits
(cost $106,198)

             106,187   
          

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $912,938)

             912,927   
          

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.0%
(cost $36,581,022) (e)

             36,393,769   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.0)%

             (353,381
          

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

           $ 36,040,388   
          

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $1,057,085 or 2.9% of net assets.
(c) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(d) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(e) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $456,900 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(644,153), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(187,253).

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
DKK    -    Danish Krone
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
JSC    -    Joint Stock Company


Country Breakdown *

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  53.5%        

United States

  9.6%        

United Kingdom

  6.8%        

Germany

  3.6%        

Switzerland

  3.4%        

Brazil

  3.0%        

Singapore

  2.3%        

Kazakhstan

  2.1%        

Hong Kong

  1.9%        

Australia

  1.9%        

Israel

  1.9%        

Denmark

  1.7%        

Taiwan

  1.2%        

Chile

  4.6%        

Other

  2.5%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2015. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.2% or less in the following countries: China, Finland, France, Netherlands and Russia.


AB Global Core Equity Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 8,048,602      $ 1,664,871      $ – 0  –    $ 9,713,473   

Information Technology

     4,367,707        1,852,975        – 0  –      6,220,682   

Health Care

     4,581,875        490,437        – 0  –      5,072,312   

Industrials

     1,308,904        3,286,735        – 0  –      4,595,639   

Consumer Staples

     2,008,306        2,029,270        – 0  –      4,037,576   

Consumer Discretionary

     1,370,578        1,402,185        – 0  –      2,772,763   

Energy

     280,127        1,361,541        – 0  –      1,641,668   

Utilities

     423,475        379,162        – 0  –      802,637   

Materials

     – 0  –      624,092        – 0  –      624,092   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     806,740        – 0  –      – 0  –      806,740   

Time Deposits

     – 0  –      106,187        – 0  –      106,187   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     23,196,314        13,197,455       – 0  –      36,393,769   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     23,196,314      $     13,197,455      $             – 0  –    $     36,393,769   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instrument was transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other


instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments, and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AB Select US Equity Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 95.5%

       

Consumer Discretionary - 20.2%

       

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.6%

       

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     39,287         $ 3,215,641   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     65,362           5,913,300   
       

 

 

 
          9,128,941   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 2.2%

       

Lennar Corp.-Class A

     66,162           3,427,853   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

     8,487           1,576,460   

Toll Brothers, Inc. (a)

     72,396           2,848,059   
       

 

 

 
          7,852,372   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.2%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     2,589           963,367   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     2,994           3,485,465   
       

 

 

 
          4,448,832   
       

 

 

 

Media - 8.0%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     70,979           4,008,184   

Time Warner, Inc.

     148,549           12,543,478   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     114,000           11,957,460   
       

 

 

 
          28,509,122   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 2.7%

       

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     90,774           6,842,544   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     34,329           2,785,627   
       

 

 

 
          9,628,171   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.5%

       

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

     84,606           5,442,704   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     63,695           7,236,389   
       

 

 

 
          12,679,093   
       

 

 

 
          72,246,531   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 18.5%

       

Banks - 8.6%

       

Citigroup, Inc.

     97,309           5,013,360   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     35,604           2,156,890   

US Bancorp/MN

     148,538           6,486,654   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     312,812           17,016,973   
       

 

 

 
          30,673,877   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.8%

       

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     33,429           6,283,649   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.2%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     55,346           4,362,372   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 3.7%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     44,189           6,377,356   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     66,675           6,894,195   
       

 

 

 
          13,271,551   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 2.6%

       

American Tower Corp.

     35,783           3,368,970   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     74,365           6,138,087   
       

 

 

 
          9,507,057   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.6%

       

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

     50,604           2,301,470   
       

 

 

 
          66,399,976   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 15.3%

       

Internet Software & Services - 5.4%

       

eBay, Inc. (a)

     115,372           6,654,657   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     33,978           2,793,501   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     12,420           6,806,160   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     68,131           3,027,401   
       

 

 

 
          19,281,719   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.1%

       

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     82,453           5,144,243   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     39,471           2,581,798   
       

 

 

 
          7,726,041   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.3%

       

Intel Corp.

     62,660           1,959,378   

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

     25,730           2,582,263   
       

 

 

 
          4,541,641   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.8%

       

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     49,196           2,893,462   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 5.7%

       

Apple, Inc.

     110,522           13,752,253   

EMC Corp./MA

     142,865           3,651,629   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     95,912           2,988,618   
       

 

 

 
          20,392,500   
       

 

 

 
          54,835,363   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 13.2%

       

Biotechnology - 1.4%

       

Celgene Corp. (a)

     18,101           2,086,683   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     29,935           2,937,522   
       

 

 

 
          5,024,205   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.0%

       

Medtronic PLC

     139,269           10,861,589   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.2%

       

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     29,618           2,228,162   

McKesson Corp.

     40,669           9,199,328   
       

 

 

 
          11,427,490   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 5.6%

       

Actavis PLC (a)

     52,179           15,529,514   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Johnson & Johnson

     44,614           4,488,168   
       

 

 

 
          20,017,682   
       

 

 

 
          47,330,966   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 12.5%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 9.4%

       

CVS Health Corp.

     121,235           12,512,664   

Kroger Co. (The)

     227,528           17,442,297   

Sysco Corp.

     98,747           3,725,724   
       

 

 

 
          33,680,685   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.8%

       

General Mills, Inc.

     43,295           2,450,497   

Kellogg Co.

     66,038           4,355,206   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

     37,972           3,307,931   
       

 

 

 
          10,113,634   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.3%

       

Reynolds American, Inc.

     15,012           1,034,477   
       

 

 

 
          44,828,796   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 8.2%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 6.0%

       

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     35,181           7,140,336   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     38,998           6,277,118   

United Technologies Corp.

     69,938           8,196,733   
       

 

 

 
          21,614,187   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.8%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     61,106           2,747,326   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.4%

       

Union Pacific Corp.

     47,619           5,157,614   
       

 

 

 
          29,519,127   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.1%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.1%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     48,696           4,032,516   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     45,214           4,145,672   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     32,644           3,342,419   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     42,435           3,097,755   
       

 

 

 
          14,618,362   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.5%

       

Chemicals - 0.9%

       

Ecolab, Inc.

     27,707           3,169,127   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.6%

       

Sealed Air Corp.

     128,057           5,834,277   
       

 

 

 
          9,003,404   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

       

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     73,538           3,576,153   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $300,202,980)

          342,358,678   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.1%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 1.1%

       

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund
(cost $2,676,703)

     52,417           3,800,232   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.8%

       

Investment Companies - 3.8%

       

AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (b)(c)
(cost $13,794,578)

     13,794,578           13,794,578   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.4%
(cost $316,674,261) (d)

          359,953,488   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.4)%

          (1,414,851
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 358,538,637   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(c) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(d) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $43,969,731 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(690,504), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $43,279,227.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Glossary:

 

SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt


AB Select US Equity Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 342,358,678      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 342,358,678   

Investment Companies

     3,800,232        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,800,232   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     13,794,578        – 0  –      – 0  –      13,794,578   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     359,953,488        – 0  –      – 0  –      359,953,488   

Other Financial Instruments**:

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     359,953,488      $             – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $     359,953,488   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Fund recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instrument was transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Fund. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series


of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments, and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 75.5%

       

Consumer Discretionary - 18.3%

       

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.4%

       

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     236,714         $ 5,759,252   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     147,797           12,097,184   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     245,928           22,249,106   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     78,682           6,193,847   
       

 

 

 
          46,299,389   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.6%

       

Lennar Corp.-Class A

     249,013           12,901,364   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

     31,930           5,930,997   

Toll Brothers, Inc. (a)

     272,474           10,719,127   
       

 

 

 
          29,551,488   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.6%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     30,509           11,352,399   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

     12,979           5,408,219   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     11,266           13,115,314   
       

 

 

 
          29,875,932   
       

 

 

 

Media - 7.8%

       

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.-Class A

     97,948           3,476,175   

AMC Networks, Inc.-Class A (a)

     67,847           5,199,794   

CBS Corp.-Class B

     157,273           9,535,462   

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

     160,371           7,227,921   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     267,141           15,085,452   

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

     142,360           4,828,851   

Regal Entertainment Group-Class A

     178,355           4,073,628   

Time Warner, Inc.

     558,828           47,187,437   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     117,697           8,038,705   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     428,989           44,996,656   
       

 

 

 
          149,650,081   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.9%

       

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     341,484           25,741,064   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     129,146           10,479,552   
       

 

 

 
          36,220,616   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.0%

       

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

     318,285           20,475,274   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     52,281           4,013,874   

GNC Holdings, Inc.-Class A

     130,663           6,411,634   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     239,615           27,222,660   
       

 

 

 
          58,123,442   
       

 

 

 
          349,720,948   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 13.8%

       

Banks - 6.7%

       

Citigroup, Inc.

     366,069           18,859,875   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     134,466           8,145,950   

US Bancorp/MN

     558,959           24,409,740   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1,430,542         $ 77,821,485   
       

 

 

 
          129,237,050   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.2%

       

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     125,761           23,639,295   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.9%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     208,208           16,410,955   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.6%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     166,239           23,991,612   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     250,830           25,935,822   
       

 

 

 
          49,927,434   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.9%

       

American Tower Corp.

     134,611           12,673,626   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     279,801           23,094,774   
       

 

 

 
          35,768,400   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.5%

       

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

     190,459           8,662,075   
       

 

 

 
          263,645,209   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 11.4%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.3%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     196,458           5,407,506   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 3.9%

       

eBay, Inc. (a)

     434,021           25,034,331   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     127,826           10,509,215   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     46,726           25,605,848   

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

     162,462           2,633,509   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     256,306           11,388,957   
       

 

 

 
          75,171,860   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.5%

       

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     310,181           19,352,193   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     148,490           9,712,731   
       

 

 

 
          29,064,924   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.9%

       

Intel Corp.

     235,721           7,370,996   

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

     96,798           9,714,647   
       

 

 

 
          17,085,643   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.8%

       

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     225,287           13,250,255   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     98,000           2,494,590   
       

 

 

 
          15,744,845   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.0%

       

Apple, Inc.

     415,775           51,734,883   

EMC Corp./MA

     537,445           13,737,094   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     360,815         $ 11,242,996   
       

 

 

 
          76,714,973   
       

 

 

 
          219,189,751   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 10.2%

       

Beverages - 0.2%

       

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     22,572           3,123,852   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 6.6%

       

CVS Health Corp.

     456,079           47,071,914   

Kroger Co. (The)

     855,939           65,616,284   

Sysco Corp.

     371,480           14,015,940   
       

 

 

 
            126,704,138   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.5%

       

Boulder Brands, Inc. (a)

     160,423           1,528,831   

General Mills, Inc.

     214,641           12,148,681   

Kellogg Co.

     249,723           16,469,232   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

     146,035           12,721,839   

Mondelez International, Inc.-Class A

     130,702           4,717,035   
       

 

 

 
          47,585,618   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.3%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     74,957           6,141,976   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.3%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     70,893           5,895,462   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.3%

       

Reynolds American, Inc.

     85,982           5,925,020   
       

 

 

 
          195,376,066   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 10.1%

       

Biotechnology - 1.0%

       

Celgene Corp. (a)

     68,096           7,850,107   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     112,612           11,050,615   
       

 

 

 
          18,900,722   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.1%

       

Medtronic PLC

     523,918           40,860,365   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.6%

       

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)

     184,067           6,950,370   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     111,423           8,382,352   

McKesson Corp.

     152,999           34,608,374   
       

 

 

 
          49,941,096   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 4.4%

       

Actavis PLC (a)

     196,325           58,430,247   

Johnson & Johnson

     167,834           16,884,100   

Mylan NV (a)

     64,567           3,832,052   

Pfizer, Inc.

     138,727           4,826,312   
       

 

 

 
          83,972,711   
       

 

 

 
          193,674,894   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Industrials - 5.8%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 4.3%

     

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     132,350       $ 26,861,756   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     146,713         23,614,925   

United Technologies Corp.

     263,102         30,835,554   
     

 

 

 
        81,312,235   
     

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.5%

     

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     229,879         10,335,360   
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.0%

     

Union Pacific Corp.

     179,139         19,402,545   
     

 

 

 
          111,050,140   
     

 

 

 

Energy - 2.9%

     

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.9%

     

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     183,191         15,170,047   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     170,095         15,596,010   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     122,807         12,574,209   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     159,639         11,653,647   
     

 

 

 
        54,993,913   
     

 

 

 

Materials - 2.3%

     

Chemicals - 0.9%

     

Axiall Corp.

     103,215         4,844,912   

Ecolab, Inc.

     104,235         11,922,399   
     

 

 

 
        16,767,311   
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.1%

     

Sealed Air Corp.

     481,740         21,948,074   
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.3%

     

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (a)

     345,366         5,701,993   
     

 

 

 
        44,417,378   
     

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

     

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     276,643         13,453,149   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,427,898,021)

        1,445,521,448   
     

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.7%

     

Funds and Investment Trusts - 0.7%

     

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund
(cost $14,200,848)

     197,190         14,296,275   
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 25.9%

     

Investment Companies - 25.9%

     

AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. -
Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (b)(c)
(cost $495,656,469)

     495,656,469         495,656,469   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Securities Sold - 102.1%
(cost $1,937,755,338)

      $ 1,955,474,192   
     

 

 

 


      Shares     U.S. $ Value  

SECURITIES SOLD SHORT - (5.5)%

    

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - (4.0)%

    

Funds and Investment Trusts - (4.0)%

    

CurrencyShares Euro Trust (a)

     (70,291     (7,430,462

CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (a)

     (53,287     (4,317,313

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

     (297,189     (7,165,227

PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio

     (1,203,122     (28,983,209

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     (136,557     (28,189,461
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(proceeds $76,501,784)

       (76,085,672
    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS - (1.5)%

    

Consumer Discretionary - (0.6)%

    

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.0%

    

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)

     (35,825     (377,237
    

 

 

 

Media - (0.4)%

    

Discovery Communications, Inc.-Class A (a)

     (31,656     (973,739

Discovery Communications, Inc.-Class C (a)

     (22,624     (666,842

Gannett Co., Inc.

     (118,337     (4,387,936

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     (78,107     (2,643,141
    

 

 

 
       (8,671,658
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - (0.2)%

    

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     (42,700     (2,946,727
    

 

 

 
       (11,995,622
    

 

 

 

Information Technology - (0.6)%

    

Internet Software & Services - (0.3)%

    

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (a)

     (24,363     (2,027,976

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     (13,214     (2,614,126

GrubHub, Inc. (a)

     (37,250     (1,690,777
    

 

 

 
       (6,332,879
    

 

 

 

Software - (0.3)%

    

SAP SE (Sponsored ADR)

     (27,879     (2,012,028

VMware, Inc.-Class A (a)

     (38,622     (3,167,390
    

 

 

 
       (5,179,418
    

 

 

 
       (11,512,297
    

 

 

 

Industrials - (0.3)%

    

Professional Services - (0.3)%

    

Robert Half International, Inc.

     (82,107     (4,969,116
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(proceeds $27,829,541)

       (28,477,035
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short
(proceeds $104,331,325)

       (104,562,707
    

 

 

 


      U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments, Net of Securities Sold Short - 96.6%
(cost $1,833,424,013) (d)

   $ 1,850,911,485   

Other assets less liabilities - 3.4% (e)

     64,175,965   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

   $ 1,915,087,450   
  

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sold Contracts

              

Russell 2000 Mini Index Futures

     39         June 2015       $ 4,688,898       $ 4,870,710       $ (181,812

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $33,736,687 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(16,249,215), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $17,487,472.
(e) An amount of U.S. $596,700 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2015.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt


AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 1,445,521,448      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $  1,445,521,448   

Investment Companies

     14,296,275        – 0  –      – 0  –      14,296,275   

Short-Term Investments

     495,656,469        – 0  –      – 0  –      495,656,469   

Liabilities:

        

Investment Companies

     (76,085,672     – 0  –      – 0  –      (76,085,672

Common Stocks*

     (28,477,035     – 0  –      – 0  –      (28,477,035
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     1,850,911,485        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,850,911,485   

Other Financial Instruments** :

        

Assets

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (181,812     – 0  –      – 0  –      (181,812
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     1,850,729,673      $             – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $     1,850,729,673   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Fund recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and assumes the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Fund. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.


The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-Q:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

3 (a) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
3 (a) (2)   Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant): AB Cap Fund, Inc.

 

By:   /s/     Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   May 21, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/     Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   May 21, 2015
By:   /s/     Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   May 21, 2015