N-Q 1 d312303dnq.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, 2017

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2017

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Concentrated Growth Fund

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 94.5%

       

Information Technology - 32.0%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 5.3%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     279,388        $ 19,884,044  
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 7.3%

       

Alphabet, Inc.-Class C (a)

     33,425          27,728,043  
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 14.5%

       

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     164,520          16,845,203  

Gartner, Inc. (a)

     132,359          14,293,448  

Mastercard, Inc.-Class A

     212,269          23,873,894  
       

 

 

 
          55,012,545  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.9%

       

Apple, Inc.

     128,377          18,442,640  
       

 

 

 
          121,067,272  
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 23.2%

       

Biotechnology - 6.1%

       

Celgene Corp. (a)

     186,570          23,214,905  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 6.9%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     585,227          25,989,931  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 5.6%

       

Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. (a)

     261,512          21,059,562  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 4.6%

       

Zoetis, Inc.

     329,055          17,561,665  
       

 

 

 
          87,826,063  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 21.5%

       

Auto Components - 4.8%

       

Delphi Automotive PLC

     227,150          18,283,303  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 8.9%

       

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.-Class A (a)

     35,570          15,847,147  

Starbucks Corp.

     308,180          17,994,630  
       

 

 

 
          33,841,777  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 6.9%

       

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     14,628          26,037,401  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.9%

       

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     11,487          3,276,437  
       

 

 

 
          81,438,918  
       

 

 

 

Financials - 4.8%

       

Capital Markets - 4.8%

       

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     445,075          18,163,511  
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 4.6%

       

Professional Services - 4.6%

       

Verisk Analytics, Inc.-Class A (a)

     216,362          17,555,613  
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Materials - 4.3%

     

Chemicals - 4.3%

     

Ecolab, Inc.

     128,216      $ 16,070,593  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 4.1%

     

Food Products - 4.1%

     

Hershey Co. (The)

     141,680        15,478,540  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $304,775,710)

        357,600,510  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.0%

     

Investment Companies - 4.0%

     

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (b)(c)
(cost $15,258,992)

     15,258,992        15,258,992  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.5%
(cost $320,034,702) (d)

        372,859,502  

Other assets less liabilities - 1.5%

        5,610,177  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 378,469,679  
     

 

 

 

 

(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 shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(d) As of March 31, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $54,592,249 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,767,449), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $52,824,800.

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.

AB Concentrated Growth Fund

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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, 2017:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

 

Common Stocks (a)

   $ 357,600,510     $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 357,600,510  

Short-Term Investments

     15,258,992       – 0  –      – 0  –      15,258,992  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     372,859,502       – 0  –      – 0  –      372,859,502  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments (b)

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (c)

   $     372,859,502     $             – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $     372,859,502  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
(b) Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on the instrument.
(c) 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 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 any 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 comparison 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).

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
6/30/16
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
   Sales
Proceeds
(000)
   Market Value
3/31/17
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$3,772    $86,255    $74,768    $15,259    $33

A summary of the Fund’s investments of cash collateral for securities loaned transactions in shares of the AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
6/30/16
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
   Sales
Proceeds
(000)
   Market Value
3/31/17
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$0    $17,881    $17,881    $0    $5


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Concentrated International Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.0%

       

Information Technology - 29.2%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 9.9%

       

Ingenico Group SA

     12,667        $ 1,194,704  

Keyence Corp.

     2,400          962,815  

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     7,060          1,005,806  
       

 

 

 
          3,163,325  
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 9.1%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     14,050          1,515,012  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     47,900          1,379,975  
       

 

 

 
          2,894,987  
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 6.1%

       

Capgemini SA

     12,222          1,128,159  

Worldpay Group PLC (b)

     219,537          811,677  
       

 

 

 
          1,939,836  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.1%

       

ASML Holding NV

     9,735          1,291,764  
       

 

 

 
          9,289,912  
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 14.2%

       

Building Products - 3.8%

       

Assa Abloy AB-Class B

     59,282          1,218,701  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.3%

       

Park24 Co., Ltd.

     27,400          719,913  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 3.6%

       

Nidec Corp.

     11,800          1,126,953  
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.6%

       

Hoshizaki Corp.

     6,600          521,676  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.9%

       

Ashtead Group PLC

     44,361          918,241  
       

 

 

 
          4,505,484  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 13.0%

       

Beverages - 3.6%

       

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     121,971          1,139,407  
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 6.2%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     11,733          1,071,125  

Unicharm Corp.

     37,700          906,027  
       

 

 

 
          1,977,152  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 3.2%

       

Kose Corp.

     11,400          1,036,042  
       

 

 

 
          4,152,601  
       

 

 

 

Financials - 11.4%

       

Banks - 4.4%

       

HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)

     18,554          1,395,632  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 3.3%

       

Azimut Holding SpA

     60,406          1,048,974  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Insurance - 3.7%

       

Prudential PLC

     56,791        $ 1,199,614  
       

 

 

 
          3,644,220  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 11.2%

       

Auto Components - 2.3%

       

Continental AG

     3,279          718,921  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.4%

       

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     22,129          1,083,855  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 3.3%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA

     277,439          1,041,688  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.2%

       

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     3,213          706,193  
       

 

 

 
          3,550,657  
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 10.6%

       

Biotechnology - 3.7%

       

Genmab A/S (a)

     6,127          1,179,016  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.6%

       

IHH Healthcare Bhd

     377,000          506,673  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 3.0%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     2,211          961,517  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.3%

       

Roche Holding AG

     2,870          733,956  
       

 

 

 
          3,381,162  
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 3.8%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.8%

       

BT Group PLC

     307,024          1,225,983  
       

 

 

 

Materials - 3.6%

       

Construction Materials - 3.6%

       

CRH PLC (London)

     32,195          1,133,881  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $29,793,607)

          30,883,900  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.4%

       

Investment Companies - 2.4%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (c)(d)
(cost $747,222)

     747,222          747,222  
       

 

 

 


               U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 99.4%
(cost $30,540,829) (e)

        $ 31,631,122  

Other assets less liabilities - 0.6%

          200,721  
                

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 31,831,843  
                

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Bank of America, NA

     USD        1,260        EUR        1,186        6/15/17      $ 9,863  

Barclays Bank PLC

     USD        994        AUD        1,301        6/15/17        (972

BNP Paribas SA

     CNY        596        USD        86        6/15/17        (334

BNP Paribas SA

     USD        663        CHF        665        6/15/17        3,323  

Citibank, NA

     GBP        1,308        USD        1,615        6/15/17        (26,827

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CNY        8,764        USD        1,262        6/15/17        (2,885

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR        118        USD        128        6/15/17        1,773  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP        80        USD        98        6/15/17        (2,860

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     HKD        7,476        USD        964        6/15/17        657  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     JPY        51,184        USD        464        6/15/17        3,043  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     SEK        2,636        USD        293        6/15/17        (1,814

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD        50        AUD        66        6/15/17        618  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD        232        AUD        301        6/15/17        (2,823

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD        42        CHF        42        6/15/17        337  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD        70        EUR        66        6/15/17        167  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD        332        EUR        304        6/15/17        (6,129

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD        417        JPY        46,883        6/15/17        5,567  

UBS AG

     USD        1,067        JPY        120,840        6/15/17        21,129  
                 

 

 

 
   $ 1,833  
                 

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security is considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2017, the market value of this security amounted to $811,677 or 2.5% of net assets.
(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 shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(e) As of March 31, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $1,203,124 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(112,831), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $1,090,293.


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
CNY    -    Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN*

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

  23.2%       

United Kingdom

  19.8%       

Japan

  12.6%       

France

  9.2%       

China

  4.4%       

India

  4.1%       

Netherlands

  3.9%       

Sweden

  3.7%       

Denmark

  3.6%       

Australia

  3.6%       

Ireland

  3.3%       

Italy

  2.3%       

Switzerland

  2.3%       

Germany

  1.6%       

Malaysia

  2.4%       

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%       

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2017. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time.


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Concentrated International Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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, 2017:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Information Technology

   $ 1,515,012     $ 7,774,900     $ – 0  –    $ 9,289,912  

Industrials

     – 0  –      4,505,484       – 0  –      4,505,484  

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –      4,152,601       – 0  –      4,152,601  

Financials

     1,395,632       2,248,588       – 0  –      3,644,220  

Consumer Discretionary

     – 0  –      3,550,657       – 0  –      3,550,657  

Health Care

     506,673       2,874,489       – 0  –      3,381,162  

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      1,225,983       – 0  –      1,225,983  

Materials

     – 0  –      1,133,881       – 0  –      1,133,881  

Short-Term Investments

     747,222       – 0  –      – 0  –      747,222  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     4,164,539       27,466,583 (a)      – 0  –      31,631,122  

Other Financial Instruments (b):

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      46,477       – 0  –      46,477  

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (44,644     – 0  –      (44,644
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (c)

   $     4,164,539     $     27,468,416     $             – 0  –    $     31,632,955  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 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.
(b) Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on the instrument.
(c) There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming 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 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 any 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 comparison 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).

A summary of the Portfolio’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
6/30/16
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
3/31/17
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$42    $ 29,867      $ 29,162      $747    $1


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Emerging Markets Core Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.3%

       

Financials - 27.9%

       

Banks - 23.6%

       

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     66,000        $ 30,438  

Banco Macro SA (ADR)

     440          38,148  

Bangkok Bank PCL (NVDR)

     12,000          63,387  

Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     201,000          99,953  

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     123,000          99,102  

Credicorp Ltd.

     440          71,852  

Erste Group Bank AG

     4,910          159,879  

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     2,300          75,895  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     148,000          96,843  

Itausa-Investimentos Itau SA (a)

     1,364          2,658  

Itausa-Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     77,770          235,998  

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     5,400          29,716  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     4,110          180,127  

OTP Bank PLC

     6,170          172,386  

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     1,950          81,251  
       

 

 

 
          1,437,633  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.5%

       

BM&FBovespa SA-Bolsa de Valores Mercadorias e Futuros

     5,100          31,425  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.2%

       

Samsung Card Co., Ltd.

     2,080          72,954  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.8%

       

Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

     65,000          106,018  
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.8%

       

Dongbu Insurance Co., Ltd.

     370          21,180  

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA

     3,290          28,851  
       

 

 

 
          50,031  
       

 

 

 
          1,698,061  
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 21.0%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 4.7%

       

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

     47,800          143,357  

Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd.

     14,000          51,724  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     490          59,841  

Tripod Technology Corp.

     12,000          33,809  
       

 

 

 
          288,731  
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 3.3%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     350          37,741  

NetEase, Inc. (ADR)

     400          113,600  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     1,700          48,976  
       

 

 

 
          200,317  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.3%

       

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

     25,000          89,388  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     25,000          156,766  

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.

     16,000          30,469  


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Win Semiconductors Corp.

     9,846        $ 43,817  
       

 

 

 
          320,440  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 7.7%

       

Pegatron Corp.

     20,000          59,207  

Quanta Computer, Inc.

     67,000          136,224  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     150          276,062  
       

 

 

 
          471,493  
       

 

 

 
          1,280,981  
       

 

 

 

Energy - 9.6%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 9.6%

       

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     134,000          109,072  

Cosan SA Industria e Comercio

     9,300          115,440  

LUKOIL PJSC (Sponsored ADR)

     2,680          142,201  

Petronet LNG Ltd.

     17,070          106,090  

PTT PCL (NVDR)

     6,400          72,076  

YPF SA (Sponsored ADR)

     1,620          39,334  
       

 

 

 
          584,213  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 8.3%

       

Automobiles - 0.3%

       

Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd.-Class H

     14,000          15,737  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 2.3%

       

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

     370          22,341  

TAL Education Group (ADR) (a)

     1,130          120,424  
       

 

 

 
          142,765  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.8%

       

Gourmet Master Co., Ltd.

     5,250          49,652  
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.9%

       

Sun TV Network Ltd.

     4,260          51,828  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.4%

       

Lojas Renner SA

     9,600          85,249  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.6%

       

Li Ning Co., Ltd. (a)

     43,000          25,255  

Pou Chen Corp.

     17,000          23,528  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     28,500          111,995  
       

 

 

 
          160,778  
       

 

 

 
          506,009  
       

 

 

 

Materials - 6.3%

       

Chemicals - 3.5%

       

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.

     24,000          74,665  

PTT Global Chemical PCL (NVDR)

     49,600          105,724  

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd.-Class H

     54,000          29,970  
       

 

 

 
          210,359  
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.2%

       

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     1,200          35,012  


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

POSCO

     150        $ 38,959  
       

 

 

 
          73,971  
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 1.6%

       

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.

     69,000          52,775  

Sappi Ltd.

     6,930          46,945  
       

 

 

 
          99,720  
       

 

 

 
          384,050  
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 5.2%

       

Industrial Conglomerates - 3.7%

       

Far Eastern New Century Corp.

     83,000          71,962  

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     3,600          151,236  
       

 

 

 
          223,198  
       

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 1.5%

       

Jiangsu Expressway Co., Ltd.-Class H

     66,000          94,809  
       

 

 

 
          318,007  
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 5.1%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 4.0%

       

China Telecom Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     116,000          56,663  

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.

     22,000          29,549  

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

     11,000          37,355  

KT Corp. (Sponsored ADR)

     7,090          119,325  
       

 

 

 
          242,892  
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     6,000          65,985  
       

 

 

 
          308,877  
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 5.0%

       

Electric Utilities - 3.8%

       

Cia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista (Preference Shares)

     5,400          112,326  

Equatorial Energia SA

     5,200          97,652  

Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA

     2,600          19,060  
       

 

 

 
          229,038  
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 1.2%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     7,000          72,871  
       

 

 

 
          301,909  
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 4.0%

       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.2%

       

St Shine Optical Co., Ltd.

     3,700          75,086  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.1%

       

Odontoprev SA

     6,900          24,906  

Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd.-Class H

     8,800          40,854  
       

 

 

 
          65,760  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.7%

       

Richter Gedeon Nyrt

     4,530          102,884  
       

 

 

 
          243,730  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Staples - 3.9%

       

Food Products - 1.3%

       

Sao Martinho SA

     5,700        $ 31,462  

WH Group Ltd. (b)

     53,000          45,703  
       

 

 

 
          77,165  
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.0%

       

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     830          60,748  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.6%

       

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     880          99,352  
       

 

 

 
          237,265  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate - 1.0%

       

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.0%

       

Aldar Properties PJSC

     99,370          61,157  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $4,971,608)

          5,924,259  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.8%

       

Investment Companies - 3.7%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (c)(d)
(cost $224,910)

     224,910          224,910  
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

Time Deposits - 0.1%

       

BBH, Grand Cayman

       

(0.574)%, 4/03/17

   EUR 1          653  

(0.27)%, 4/03/17

   JPY 48          427  

0.005%, 4/03/17

   HKD 7          952  

0.01%, 4/03/17

   SGD 0        317  

0.05%, 4/03/17

   GBP 0        580  

5.465%, 4/03/17

   ZAR 9          648  
       

 

 

 

Total Time Deposits
(cost $3,539)

          3,577  
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $228,449)

          228,487  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.1%
(cost $5,200,057) (e)

          6,152,746  

Other assets less liabilities - (1.1)%

          (69,628
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 6,083,118  
       

 

 

 


FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2017
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

 

Mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index Futures

     1        June 2017      $ 48,304      $ 48,108      $ (196

 

* Principal amount less than 500.
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security is considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2017, the market value of this security amounted to $45,703 or 0.8% of net assets.
(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 shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(e) As of March 31, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $997,123 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(44,434), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $952,689.

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
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
ZAR    -    South African Rand

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN*

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

  19.3%       

China

  18.4%       

Taiwan

  15.0%       

South Korea

  13.5%       

Brazil

  5.9%       

Hong Kong

  4.5%       

Hungary

  4.4%       

Thailand

  2.6%       

United States

  2.6%       

Austria

  2.6%       

India

  2.3%       

Russia

  1.2%       

Argentina

  1.2%       

Peru

  2.8%       

Other

  3.7%       

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%       

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2017. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.0% or less in the following countries: Poland, South Africa and United Arab Emirates.


AB Emerging Markets Core Portfolio

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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, 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, 2017:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 377,423     $ 1,320,638     $ – 0  –    $ 1,698,061  

Information Technology

     151,341       1,129,640       – 0  –      1,280,981  

Energy

     296,975       287,238       – 0  –      584,213  

Consumer Discretionary

     228,014       277,995       – 0  –      506,009  

Materials

     – 0  –      384,050       – 0  –      384,050  

Industrials

     – 0  –      318,007       – 0  –      318,007  

Telecommunication Services

     119,325       189,552       – 0  –      308,877  

Utilities

     301,909       – 0  –      – 0  –      301,909  

Health Care

     24,906       218,824       – 0  –      243,730  

Consumer Staples

     191,562       45,703       – 0  –      237,265  

Real Estate

     – 0  –      61,157       – 0  –      61,157  

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     224,910       – 0  –      – 0  –      224,910  

Time Deposits

     – 0  –      3,577       – 0  –      3,577  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     1,916,365       4,236,381 †      – 0  –      6,152,746  

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Liabilities

        

Futures

     – 0  –      (196     – 0  –      (196
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     1,916,365     $     4,236,185     $             – 0  –    $     6,152,550  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

A significant portion of the Fund’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.
* 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 established a 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 any 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).

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
June 30, 2016
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
March 31,  2017

(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$11    $ 1,989      $ 1,775      $225    $– 0 –*

 

* Amount is less than $500.


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Emerging Markets Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.0%

       

Financials - 30.0%

       

Banks - 20.0%

       

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC

     41,760        $ 77,376  

Banco Davivienda SA (Preference Shares)

     11,339          118,005  

Banco Macro SA (ADR)

     180          15,606  

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     108,000          94,849  

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     185,000          149,056  

Credicorp Ltd.

     620          101,246  

Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (ADR) (a)

     670          25,366  

HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)

     690          51,902  

IndusInd Bank Ltd.

     1,890          41,499  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     141,000          92,263  

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Preference Shares)

     5,800          70,217  

Kasikornbank PCL (Foreign Shares)

     8,800          48,402  

Qatar National Bank QPSC

     286          11,476  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC (Sponsored ADR)

     9,155          105,557  
       

 

 

 
          1,002,820  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.2%

       

KRUK SA

     190          11,527  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.1%

       

Cielo SA

     6,700          60,588  

FirstRand Ltd.

     12,760          44,151  
       

 

 

 
          104,739  
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.6%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     20,000          126,239  

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     4,100          38,242  

Max Financial Services Ltd.

     1,600          14,265  
       

 

 

 
          178,746  
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 4.1%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd.

     8,790          203,056  
       

 

 

 
          1,500,888  
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 26.7%

       

Internet Software & Services - 10.9%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     2,469          266,232  

NetEase, Inc. (ADR)

     200          56,800  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     7,700          221,834  
       

 

 

 
          544,866  
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.5%

       

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     1,970          26,575  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.5%

       

SK Hynix, Inc.

     3,290          148,599  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     36,000          225,743  
       

 

 

 
          374,342  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 7.8%

       

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     137          252,137  


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference Shares)

     99        $ 141,806  
       

 

 

 
          393,943  
       

 

 

 
          1,339,726  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 15.9%

       

Diversified Consumer Services - 6.9%

       

China Distance Education Holdings Ltd. (ADR)

     989          10,088  

Estacio Participacoes SA

     9,200          46,638  

Kroton Educacional SA

     22,200          94,172  

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

     1,265          76,381  

Tarena International, Inc. (ADR)

     6,200          115,816  
       

 

 

 
          343,095  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.6%

       

IMAX China Holding, Inc. (a)(b)

     7,300          37,591  

Premium Leisure Corp.

     1,301,000          40,698  
       

 

 

 
          78,289  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 2.2%

       

Basso Industry Corp.

     25,000          75,974  

Cuckoo Electronics Co., Ltd.

     294          34,834  
       

 

 

 
          110,808  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 1.0%

       

Ctrip.com International Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     1,040          51,116  
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.6%

       

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     430          74,094  

Sun TV Network Ltd.

     4,690          57,059  
       

 

 

 
          131,153  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.7%

       

Lojas Renner SA

     3,800          33,744  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.9%

       

Welspun India Ltd.

     34,740          46,647  
       

 

 

 
          794,852  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 8.8%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 3.7%

       

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     10,572          71,890  

X5 Retail Group NV (GDR) (a)(b)

     3,430          115,419  
       

 

 

 
          187,309  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 2.3%

       

Amorepacific Corp.

     235          58,991  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

     78          56,586  
       

 

 

 
          115,577  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.8%

       

ITC Ltd.

     32,160          139,077  
       

 

 

 
          441,963  
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 5.6%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 5.6%

       

CNOOC Ltd.

     63,000        $ 75,305  

LUKOIL PJSC (Sponsored ADR)

     1,733          91,867  

Novatek PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (b)

     710          88,534  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Preference Shares) (a)

     5,200          24,068  
       

 

 

 
          279,774  
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 4.4%

       

Biotechnology - 3.2%

       

Biocon Ltd. (a)

     2,110          36,754  

China Biologic Products, Inc. (a)

     1,240          124,161  
       

 

 

 
          160,915  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.2%

       

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

     3,220          33,473  

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     2,485          26,254  
       

 

 

 
          59,727  
       

 

 

 
          220,642  
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 2.8%

       

Construction & Engineering - 2.0%

       

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

     27,800          101,101  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%

       

SM Investments Corp.

     1,835          25,483  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.3%

       

BOC Aviation Ltd. (b)

     2,800          14,939  
       

 

 

 
          141,523  
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.0%

       

Construction Materials - 2.0%

       

Grasim Industries Ltd.

     480          7,754  

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (b)

     5,860          94,666  
       

 

 

 
          102,420  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate - 1.8%

       

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.8%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     68,200          44,907  

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.

     76,000          42,857  
       

 

 

 
          87,764  
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

       

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     124,000          50,724  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $4,310,108)

          4,960,276  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.5%

       

Investment Companies - 0.4%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (c)(d)
(cost $22,778)

     22,778          22,778  
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Time Deposits – 0.1%

       

BBH, Grand Cayman

       

(1.45)%, 4/03/17

   CHF 0      $ 12  

(0.574)%, 4/03/17

   EUR 0        105  

0.005%, 4/03/17

   HKD  21          2,734  

0.01%, 4/03/17

   SGD 0        41  

0.05%, 4/03/17

   GBP 0        38  

5.465%, 4/03/17

   ZAR 6          476  
       

 

 

 

Total Time Deposits
(cost $3,434)

          3,406  
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $26,212)

          26,184  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.5%
(cost $4,336,320) (e)

          4,986,460  

Other assets less liabilities - 0.5%

          23,287  
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 5,009,747  
       

 

 

 

 

* Principal amount less than 500.
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2017, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $423,039 or 8.4% of net assets.
(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 shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(e) As of March 31, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $832,688 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(182,548), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $650,140.

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:

 

CHF    -    Swiss Franc
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
QPSC    -    Qualified Personal Service Corporation


COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

  24.8%       

China

  17.6%       

India

  13.9%       

South Korea

  9.5%       

Russia

  7.4%       

Brazil

  6.0%       

Taiwan

  3.3%       

Hong Kong

  3.1%       

Philippines

  2.9%       

Indonesia

  2.4%       

South Africa

  2.4%       

Colombia

  2.0%       

Peru

  1.6%       

United Arab Emirates

  1.0%       

Thailand

  1.6%       

Other

  0.5%       

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%       

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2017. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 0.8% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Poland, Qatar and Singapore.


AB Emerging Markets Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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, 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, 2017:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 658,134     $ 842,754     $ – 0  –    $ 1,500,888  

Information Technology

     323,032       1,016,694       – 0  –      1,339,726  

Consumer Discretionary

     462,789       332,063       – 0  –      794,852  

Consumer Staples

     187,310       254,653       – 0  –      441,963  

Energy

     24,068       255,706       – 0  –      279,774  

Health Care

     124,161       96,481       – 0  –      220,642  

Industrials

     – 0  –      141,523       – 0  –      141,523  

Materials

     7,754       94,666       – 0  –      102,420  

Real Estate

     – 0  –      87,764       – 0  –      87,764  

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      50,724       – 0  –      50,724  

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     22,778       – 0 –       – 0  –      22,778  

Time Deposits

     – 0  –      3,406       – 0  –      3,406  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     1,810,026       3,176,434 †      – 0  –      4,986,460  

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     1,810,026     $     3,176,434     $             – 0  –    $     4,986,460  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

A significant portion of the Fund’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.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ An amount of $159,564 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation using third party vendor modeling tools during the reporting period. There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets from Level 1 to Level 2 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 established a 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 any 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).

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
June 30, 2016
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
March 31, 2017
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$5    $ 1,157      $ 1,139      $23    $0*

 

* Amount is less than $500.


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Global Core Equity Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.4%

       

Financials - 22.2%

       

Banks - 8.5%

       

Citigroup, Inc.

     71,450        $ 4,274,139  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     434,300          6,015,880  

Jyske Bank A/S

     148,363          7,503,941  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     81,990          4,563,563  
       

 

 

 
          22,357,523  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 11.0%

       

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     6,346          2,433,754  

Euronext NV (a)

     35,396          1,543,438  

Julius Baer Group Ltd. (b)

     89,540          4,473,064  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     43,396          1,726,486  

Moody’s Corp.

     81,929          9,179,325  

S&P Global, Inc.

     58,783          7,685,289  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     291,900          1,606,733  
       

 

 

 
          28,648,089  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 2.0%

       

American Express Co.

     65,465          5,178,936  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.7%

       

Cielo SA

     215,736          1,950,900  
       

 

 

 
          58,135,448  
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 15.9%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.9%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     69,052          2,333,958  
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 1.4%

       

Alphabet, Inc.-Class C (b)

     4,310          3,575,403  
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.4%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     71,256          6,332,521  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.2%

       

Intel Corp.

     100,070          3,609,525  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     335,000          2,100,662  
       

 

 

 
          5,710,187  
       

 

 

 

Software - 9.0%

       

Microsoft Corp.

     176,149          11,601,173  

SAP SE

     121,807          11,950,239  
       

 

 

 
          23,551,412  
       

 

 

 
          41,503,481  
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 14.6%

       

Biotechnology - 3.5%

       

Biogen, Inc. (b)

     12,870          3,518,916  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     81,411          5,529,435  
       

 

 

 
          9,048,351  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 7.0%

       

Anthem, Inc.

     64,925          10,737,297  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     46,249          7,585,298  
       

 

 

 
          18,322,595  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Pharmaceuticals - 4.1%

       

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     79,812        $ 2,740,659  

Roche Holding AG

     7,210          1,843,840  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     192,150          6,166,093  
       

 

 

 
          10,750,592  
       

 

 

 
          38,121,538  
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 12.6%

       

Airlines - 1.5%

       

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     127,700          4,054,469  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.7%

       

Stericycle, Inc. (b)

     54,280          4,499,269  

Taiwan Secom Co., Ltd.

     859,000          2,547,911  
       

 

 

 
          7,047,180  
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 5.4%

       

Dover Corp.

     99,860          8,023,751  

Kone Oyj-Class B

     141,375          6,210,375  
       

 

 

 
          14,234,126  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 3.0%

       

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

     49,400          2,526,592  

RELX NV

     281,750          5,226,912  
       

 

 

 
          7,753,504  
       

 

 

 
          33,089,279  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.6%

       

Auto Components - 1.0%

       

Autoliv, Inc.

     25,560          2,613,766  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 5.8%

       

Service Corp. International/US

     424,950          13,122,456  

Sotheby’s (b)

     47,020          2,138,470  
       

 

 

 
          15,260,926  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.7%

       

Telepizza Group SA (a)(b)

     332,225          1,688,091  
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.2%

       

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     37,070          3,195,805  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 3.9%

       

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     102,713          5,724,195  

Samsonite International SA

     1,225,500          4,456,485  
       

 

 

 
          10,180,680  
       

 

 

 
          32,939,268  
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 4.9%

       

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 4.9%

       

KDDI Corp.

     249,300          6,556,789  

MTN Group Ltd.

     703,570          6,394,520  
       

 

 

 
          12,951,309  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Utilities - 4.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.8%

       

Enel Americas SA (Sponsored ADR)

     219,682        $ 2,282,496  

Enel Chile SA (ADR)

     451,770          2,484,735  
       

 

 

 
          4,767,231  
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 3.1%

       

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

     5,582,000          7,959,487  
       

 

 

 
          12,726,718  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 4.6%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.8%

       

CVS Health Corp.

     27,300          2,143,050  
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.3%

       

Danone SA

     88,030          5,988,236  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.5%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     45,510          3,858,793  
       

 

 

 
          11,990,079  
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.1%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.7%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     24,360          1,902,516  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.4%

       

ConocoPhillips

     50,180          2,502,477  

LUKOIL PJSC (Sponsored ADR)

     64,689          3,432,398  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class B

     104,410          2,870,170  
       

 

 

 
          8,805,045  
       

 

 

 
          10,707,561  
       

 

 

 

Materials - 3.0%

       

Chemicals - 3.0%

       

BASF SE

     57,054          5,649,127  

Johnson Matthey PLC

     60,870          2,348,489  
       

 

 

 
          7,997,616  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $239,228,260)

          260,162,297  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.6%

       

Investment Companies - 0.5%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB,
0.54% (c)(d)
(cost $1,168,823)

     1,168,823          1,168,823  
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

Time Deposits - 0.1%

       

BBH, Grand Cayman

       

(1.45)%, 4/03/17

   CHF 20          19,990  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

(0.95)%, 4/03/17

   SEK 171        $ 19,135  

(0.60)%, 4/03/17

   DKK 285          40,882  

0.05%, 4/03/17

   CAD 15          11,046  

5.465%, 4/03/17

   ZAR 64          4,786  

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Singapore

       

0.005%, 4/03/17

   HKD 177          22,810  

0.01%, 4/03/17

   SGD 39          27,947  

National Australia Bank, London

       

0.474%, 4/03/17

   AUD 27          20,422  

Sumitomo, Tokyo

       

(0.574)%, 4/03/17

   EUR 23          24,588  

(0.27)%, 4/03/17

   JPY   2,895          26,007  

0.05%, 4/03/17

   GBP 46          57,274  
       

 

 

 

Total Time Deposits
(cost $278,105)

          274,887  
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $1,446,928)

          1,443,710  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.0%
(cost $240,675,188) (e)

          261,606,007  

Other assets less liabilities - 0.0%

          26,832  
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 261,632,839  
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2017, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $3,231,529 or 1.2% 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 shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(e) As of March 31, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $27,676,755 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(6,745,936), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $20,930,819.

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
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
DKK    -    Danish Krone
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
SEK    -    Swedish Krona


SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
ZAR    -    South African Rand

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN*

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

  52.7%       

United States

  6.7%       

Germany

  5.0%       

Japan

  3.9%       

Denmark

  3.6%       

United Kingdom

  3.0%       

China

  2.9%       

Singapore

  2.4%       

South Africa

  2.4%       

Switzerland

  2.4%       

Finland

  2.4%       

Israel

  2.3%       

France

  1.8%       

Chile

  1.8%       

Taiwan

  6.1%       

Other

  0.6%       

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%       

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2017. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.8% or less in the following countries: Brazil, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Russia and Spain.


AB Global Core Equity Portfolio

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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, 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, 2017.

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 35,265,906     $ 22,869,542     $ – 0  –    $ 58,135,448  

Information Technology

     27,452,580       14,050,901       – 0  –      41,503,481  

Health Care

     33,537,039       4,584,499       – 0  –      38,121,538  

Industrials

     15,070,931       18,018,348       – 0  –      33,089,279  

Consumer Discretionary

     28,482,783       4,456,485       – 0  –      32,939,268  

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      12,951,309       – 0  –      12,951,309  

Utilities

     4,767,231       7,959,487       – 0  –      12,726,718  

Consumer Staples

     6,001,843       5,988,236       – 0  –      11,990,079  

Energy

     7,837,391       2,870,170       – 0  –      10,707,561  

Materials

     – 0  –      7,997,616       – 0  –      7,997,616  

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     1,168,823       – 0  –      – 0  –      1,168,823  

Time Deposits

     – 0  –      274,887         274,887  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     159,584,527       102,021,480       – 0  –      261,606,007  

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     159,584,527     $     102,021,480     $     – 0  –    $     261,606,007  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

A significant portion of the Fund’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.
* 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 established a 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 any 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).

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
June 30, 2016
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
March 31, 2017
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$752    $ 47,251      $ 46,834      $1,169    $2

A summary of the Fund’s investments of cash collateral for securities loaned transactions in shares of the AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
June 30, 2016
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
March 31, 2017
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$1,934    $ 21,222      $ 23,156      $0    $4


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB International Strategic Core Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 93.9%

 

Financials - 27.0%

 

Banks - 18.0%

 

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     7,120      $ 172,878  

Bank Hapoalim BM

     31,539        192,204  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     60,500        247,283  

Danske Bank A/S

     6,600        225,033  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     26,300        364,305  

DNB ASA

     21,610        343,136  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     59,500        374,800  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     13,270        337,886  

Nordea Bank AB

     19,640        224,070  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

     24,200        168,093  

Royal Bank of Canada

     4,959        361,302  

Seven Bank Ltd.

     38,500        126,081  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     6,700        243,872  

Swedbank AB-Class A

     10,120        234,161  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     5,180        259,458  
     

 

 

 
        3,874,562  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 3.2%

     

Euronext NV (a)

     6,541        285,220  

IG Group Holdings PLC

     25,397        158,303  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     5,786        250,218  
     

 

 

 
        693,741  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.0%

     

ORIX Corp.

     14,400        213,733  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 4.8%

     

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     71,510        311,128  

Euler Hermes Group

     1,890        173,559  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     893        174,807  

NN Group NV

     3,230        104,901  

Swiss Re AG

     1,125        101,043  

Tryg A/S

     9,420        170,796  
     

 

 

 
        1,036,234  
     

 

 

 
        5,818,270  
     

 

 

 

Information Technology - 17.2%

     

Internet Software & Services - 1.0%

     

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

     53,807        222,614  
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 3.3%

     

Amadeus IT Group SA-Class A

     9,334        472,941  

CGI Group, Inc.-Class A (b)

     5,074        243,121  
     

 

 

 
        716,062  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.9%

     

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.

     3,600        265,646  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     1,300        142,320  
     

 

 

 
        407,966  
     

 

 

 

Software - 8.5%

     

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (b)

     3,713        381,177  

Constellation Software, Inc./Canada

     333        163,639  


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Nice Ltd.

     5,177      $ 351,447  

Oracle Corp. Japan

     5,800        332,509  

Sage Group PLC (The)

     23,839        188,315  

SAP SE

     4,179        409,993  
     

 

 

 
        1,827,080  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.5%

     

Logitech International SA

     11,200        355,924  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     96        176,680  
     

 

 

 
        532,604  
     

 

 

 
        3,706,326  
     

 

 

 

Industrials - 11.6%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 3.1%

     

BAE Systems PLC

     20,260        163,056  

QinetiQ Group PLC

     47,612        166,311  

Saab AB-Class B

     7,886        332,740  
     

 

 

 
        662,107  
     

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.2%

     

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     8,300        263,524  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.9%

     

Kone Oyj - Class B

     4,634        203,564  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 5.4%

     

Experian PLC

     19,652        400,925  

RELX PLC

     23,365        457,444  

Wolters Kluwer NV

     7,424        308,114  
     

 

 

 
        1,166,483  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.0%

     

Central Japan Railway Co.

     1,300        212,342  
     

 

 

 
        2,508,020  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 9.6%

     

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.2%

     

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     25,924        355,847  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     34,036        123,512  
     

 

 

 
        479,359  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.8%

     

Fujitsu General Ltd.

     9,000        178,787  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 1.8%

     

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

     12,600        377,693  
     

 

 

 

Media - 2.8%

     

Informa PLC

     27,412        224,062  

UBM PLC

     17,430        166,899  

WPP PLC

     9,945        217,985  
     

 

 

 
        608,946  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.0%

     

HUGO BOSS AG

     3,800        277,109  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     36,000        141,467  
     

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  
      $ 418,576  
     

 

 

 
        2,063,361  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 8.7%

     

Beverages - 1.5%

     

Diageo PLC

     5,780        165,512  

Royal Unibrew A/S

     3,443        145,005  
     

 

 

 
        310,517  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.0%

     

Ain Holdings, Inc.

     1,500        101,268  

Loblaw Cos., Ltd.

     2,254        122,306  
     

 

 

 
        223,574  
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.4%

     

Nestle SA (REG)

     1,260        96,707  

Salmar ASA

     9,782        210,938  
     

 

 

 
        307,645  
     

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.4%

     

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     3,210        293,046  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco - 3.4%

     

British American Tobacco PLC

     7,261        481,739  

Imperial Brands PLC

     5,166        250,363  
     

 

 

 
        732,102  
     

 

 

 
        1,866,884  
     

 

 

 

Health Care - 5.2%

     

Pharmaceuticals - 5.2%

     

Indivior PLC

     24,270        97,991  

Recordati SpA

     7,164        242,804  

Roche Holding AG

     1,002        256,245  

Sanofi

     5,836        527,547  
     

 

 

 
        1,124,587  
     

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 5.0%

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 5.0%

     

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     88,609        159,137  

Com Hem Holding AB

     18,790        215,356  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.-Class SS

     194,000        251,128  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     6,000        256,520  

TDC A/S

     36,270        186,800  
     

 

 

 
        1,068,941  
     

 

 

 

Materials - 4.3%

     

Chemicals - 2.6%

     

Covestro AG (a)

     4,895        377,104  

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

     2,500        170,598  
     

 

 

 
        547,702  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.7%

     

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     32,099        369,215  
     

 

 

 
        916,917  
     

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 3.6%

     

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.6%

     

Caltex Australia Ltd.

     6,930      $ 156,144  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class B

     13,961        383,780  

TOTAL SA

     4,892        247,356  
     

 

 

 
        787,280  
     

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.1%

     

Electric Utilities - 1.1%

     

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     34,780        117,597  

Endesa SA

     4,930        115,705  
     

 

 

 
        233,302  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate - 0.6%

     

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.6%

     

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

     72,000        126,262  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $19,281,902)

        20,220,150  
     

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.3%

     

Funds and Investment Trusts - 0.3% (c)

     

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

     540        27,810  

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

     870        28,318  
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $52,776)

        56,128  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.6%

     

Investment Companies - 3.6%

     

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government
Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (c)(d)
(cost $778,984)

     778,984        778,984  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 97.8%
(cost $20,113,662) (e)

        21,055,262  

Other assets less liabilities - 2.2%

        473,286  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 21,528,548  
     

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2017
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

                 

Mini MSCI EAFE Futures

     8        June 2017        $699,905      $ 713,141      $ 13,236  

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     AUD        120        USD        92        4/18/17      $ 282  


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     AUD        296        USD        224        4/18/17      $ (2,068

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     CAD        1,545        USD        1,173        4/18/17        11,459  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     CHF        25        USD        25        4/18/17        (259

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     EUR        62        USD        66        4/18/17        84  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     EUR        72        USD        76        4/18/17        (623

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     GBP        26        USD        32        4/18/17        46  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     GBP        396        USD        488        4/18/17        (7,378

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     HKD        1,151        USD        149        4/18/17        347  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     ILS        2,626        USD        692        4/18/17        (33,445

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     JPY        6,193        USD        56        4/18/17        163  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     JPY        25,751        USD        228        4/18/17        (3,258

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     NOK        2,808        USD        331        4/18/17        3,655  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     SEK        737        USD        83        4/18/17        542  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     SEK        942        USD        105        4/18/17        (410

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     SGD        269        USD        188        4/18/17        (4,004

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        310        AUD        416        4/18/17        8,129  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        45        CAD        60        4/18/17        115  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        592        CHF        596        4/18/17        3,048  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        731        EUR        690        4/18/17        5,968  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        365        EUR        340        4/18/17        (2,584

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        459        GBP        373        4/18/17        7,647  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        148        HKD        1,151        4/18/17        (271

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        22        ILS        84        4/18/17        729  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        1,630        JPY        186,804        4/18/17        48,568  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        41        SEK        370        4/18/17        (165

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     CAD        361        USD        269        7/18/17        (2,442

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     GBP        85        USD        107        7/18/17        21  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     GBP        78        USD        96        7/18/17        (1,337

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     ILS        880        USD        242        7/18/17        (1,494

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     NOK        479        USD        56        7/18/17        307  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     NOK        311        USD        36        7/18/17        (47

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     SEK        2,292        USD        260        7/18/17        2,353  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     SEK        159        USD        18        7/18/17        (63

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     SGD        89        USD        64        7/18/17        168  


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        262        CHF        262        7/18/17      $ 1,667  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        134        CHF        133        7/18/17        (497

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        636        EUR        586        7/18/17        (7,636

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     USD        85        JPY        9,416        7/18/17        (389

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     KRW        59,420        USD        53        7/18/17        195  

Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc.

     KRW        115,658        USD        102        4/18/17        (1,566
                 

 

 

 
   $ 25,557  
                 

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2017, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $662,324 or 3.1% of net assets.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB 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, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $1,136,678 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(195,078), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $941,600.

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
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
ILS    -    Israeli Shekel
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

EAFE    -    Europe, Australia, and Far East
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
REG    -    Registered Shares


COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

       18.8%     

United Kingdom

       15.6%     

Japan

         7.2%     

Australia

         5.9%     

Germany

         5.5%     

Canada

         5.2%     

Israel

         5.1%     

Netherlands

         4.8%     

Sweden

         4.5%     

France

         3.8%     

Switzerland

         3.6%     

Hong Kong

         3.5%     

Denmark

         2.8%     

Spain

       10.0%     

Other

         3.7%     

Short-Term

       100.0%     

Total Investments

    

 

 

    

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2017. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 2.6% or less in the following countries: Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea and United States.


AB International Strategic Core Portfolio

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

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, 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, 2017:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 870,978     $ 4,947,292     $ – 0  –    $ 5,818,270  

Information Technology

     787,937       2,918,389       – 0  –      3,706,326  

Industrials

     – 0  –      2,508,020       – 0  –      2,508,020  

Consumer Discretionary

     – 0  –      2,063,361       – 0  –      2,063,361  

Consumer Staples

     267,311       1,599,573       – 0  –      1,866,884  

Health Care

     242,804       881,783       – 0  –      1,124,587  

Telecommunication Services

     466,484       602,457       – 0  –      1,068,941  

Materials

     – 0  –      916,917       – 0  –      916,917  

Energy

     – 0  –      787,280       – 0  –      787,280  

Utilities

     – 0  –      233,302       – 0  –      233,302  

Real Estate

     – 0  –      126,262       – 0  –      126,262  

Investment Companies

     56,128       – 0  –      – 0  –      56,128  

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     778,984       – 0  –      – 0  –      778,984  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     3,470,626       17,584,636 †      – 0  –      21,055,262  

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets

        

Futures

     – 0  –      13,236       – 0  –      13,236  

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      95,493       – 0  –      95,493  

Liabilities

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (69,936     – 0  –      (69,936
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     3,470,626     $     17,623,429     $             – 0  –    $     21,094,055  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


A significant portion of the Fund’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.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ An amount of $58,655 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation by the third party vendor was not used during the reporting period. There were no transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 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 established a 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 any 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).

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value

June 30, 2016

(000)

 

Purchases

at Cost

(000)

 

Sales

Proceeds

(000)

 

Market Value

March 31, 2017

(000)

 

Dividend

Income

(000)

$62

  $10,830   $10,113   $779   $1


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Select US Equity Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 95.9%

       

Information Technology - 20.7%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.6%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     134,043        $ 4,530,653  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3%

 

Cognex Corp.

     3,347          280,981  

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

     12,197          206,495  

Keyence Corp.

     566          227,064  
       

 

 

 
          714,540  
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 5.7%

 

Alphabet, Inc.-Class C (a)

     10,698          8,874,633  

eBay, Inc. (a)

     114,202          3,833,761  

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     25,439          3,613,610  
       

 

 

 
          16,322,004  
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 3.1%

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     50,619          3,012,843  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     57,480          2,472,789  

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     37,095          3,296,633  
       

 

 

 
          8,782,265  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.7%

 

Broadcom Ltd.

     11,845          2,593,581  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     28,908          2,328,829  
       

 

 

 
          4,922,410  
       

 

 

 

Software - 4.1%

 

Microsoft Corp.

     104,378          6,874,335  

Oracle Corp.

     70,774          3,157,228  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     29,879          1,770,929  
       

 

 

 
          11,802,492  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.2%

 

Apple, Inc.

     67,323          9,671,622  

Western Digital Corp.

     26,938          2,223,193  
       

 

 

 
          11,894,815  
       

 

 

 
          58,969,179  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 17.9%

 

Automobiles - 0.7%

 

General Motors Co.

     60,387          2,135,284  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.4%

 

McDonald’s Corp.

     68,530          8,882,173  

MGM Resorts International

     83,994          2,301,436  

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

     26,442          1,473,877  
       

 

 

 
          12,657,486  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.8%

 

Honest Co., Inc. (The) (Preference Shares) (a)(b)(c)

     4,005          162,523  

Lennar Corp.-Class A

     43,457          2,224,564  
       

 

 

 
          2,387,087  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 2.5%

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     5,529        $ 4,901,680  

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     1,229          2,187,583  
       

 

 

 
          7,089,263  
       

 

 

 

Media - 6.9%

 

CBS Corp.-Class B

     69,874          4,846,461  

DISH Network Corp.-Class A (a)

     24,609          1,562,425  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     103,445          3,350,583  

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     45,113          2,103,168  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     67,941          7,703,830  
       

 

 

 
          19,566,467  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.6%

 

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     2,343          1,694,106  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     67,975          5,588,225  
       

 

 

 
          7,282,331  
       

 

 

 
          51,117,918  
       

 

 

 

Financials - 16.8%

 

Banks - 10.3%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     131,328          3,098,028  

Citigroup, Inc.

     126,178          7,547,968  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     81,857          7,190,319  

US Bancorp

     108,467          5,586,050  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     105,286          5,860,219  
       

 

 

 
          29,282,584  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 3.9%

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     38,881          8,931,743  

KKR & Co. LP

     119,631          2,180,873  
       

 

 

 
          11,112,616  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.7%

 

Synchrony Financial

     63,057          2,162,855  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.9%

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     32,885          5,481,272  
       

 

 

 
          48,039,327  
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 14.2%

 

Aerospace & Defense - 4.3%

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     50,923          12,111,526  
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.9%

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     55,262          2,539,842  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.2%

 

ABB Ltd. (REG) (a)

     8,161          191,013  

Emerson Electric Co.

     3,406          203,883  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     1,207          187,942  
       

 

 

 
          582,838  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 4.2%

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

     96,224          12,015,491  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Machinery - 0.2%

 

FANUC Corp.

     1,120        $ 230,576  

SMC Corp./Japan

     875          259,406  
       

 

 

 
          489,982  
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 4.4%

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     81,884          9,168,551  

Union Pacific Corp.

     32,589          3,451,827  
       

 

 

 
          12,620,378  
       

 

 

 
          40,360,057  
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 11.6%

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.9%

 

CR Bard, Inc.

     8,857          2,201,319  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     26,246          3,204,899  
       

 

 

 
          5,406,218  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.8%

 

Aetna, Inc.

     38,914          4,963,481  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     17,651          2,894,940  
       

 

 

 
          7,858,421  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 6.9%

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

     40,543          3,410,072  

Johnson & Johnson

     79,554          9,908,451  

Pfizer, Inc.

     124,637          4,263,832  

Zoetis, Inc.

     41,239          2,200,925  
       

 

 

 
          19,783,280  
       

 

 

 
          33,047,919  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 6.1%

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.3%

 

CVS Health Corp.

     25,542          2,005,047  

Kroger Co. (The)

     62,168          1,833,334  
       

 

 

 
          3,838,381  
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 3.6%

 

Campbell Soup Co.

     67,708          3,875,606  

Hershey Co. (The)

     21,388          2,336,639  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

     19,618          1,781,511  

Mondelez International, Inc.-Class A

     53,326          2,297,284  
       

 

 

 
          10,291,040  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.5%

 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     15,274          1,295,082  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.7%

 

Altria Group, Inc.

     28,860          2,061,181  
       

 

 

 
          17,485,684  
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 2.6%

 

Electric Utilities - 2.6%

 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     57,377          7,365,485  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 2.5%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.5%

       

Chevron Corp.

     23,991        $ 2,575,914  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     24,306          2,371,050  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     33,008          2,091,387  
       

 

 

 
          7,038,351  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate - 2.1%

       

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 2.1%

       

Crown Castle International Corp.

     63,627          6,009,570  
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

     31,830          2,055,900  
       

 

 

 

Materials - 0.7%

       

Containers & Packaging - 0.7%

       

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (a)

     39,221          1,904,964  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $237,387,566)

          273,394,354  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 2.2%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 2.2% (d)

       

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF
(cost $5,618,501)

     20,810          6,102,949  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.3%

       

Investment Companies - 2.1%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (d)(e)
(cost $5,867,577)

     5,867,577          5,867,577  
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
          

Time Deposits - 0.2%

       

BBH, Grand Cayman

       

(1.45)%, 4/03/17

   CHF 147          146,562  

0.05%, 4/03/17

   CAD 0        7  

0.05%, 4/03/17

   GBP 0        4  

Sumitomo, Tokyo

       

(0.27)%, 4/03/17

   JPY  56,616          508,541  
       

 

 

 

Total Time Deposits
(cost $658,045)

          655,114  
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $6,525,622)

          6,522,691  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.4%
(cost $249,531,689) (f)

          286,019,994  

Other assets less liabilities - (0.4)%

          (1,000,118
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 285,019,876  
       

 

 

 

 

* Principal amount less than 500.
(a) Non-income producing security.


(b) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(c) Illiquid security.
(d) To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB at (800) 227-4618.
(e) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(f) As of March 31, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $37,870,965 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,382,660), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $36,488,305.

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:

 

CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
GBP    -    Great British Pound
JPY    -    Japanese Yen

Glossary:

 

ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
REG    -    Registered Shares


AB Select US Equity Portfolio

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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 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, 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, 2017:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Information Technology

   $ 58,742,115     $ 227,064     $ – 0  –    $ 58,969,179  

Consumer Discretionary

     50,955,395       – 0  –      162,523       51,117,918  

Financials

     48,039,327       – 0  –      – 0  –      48,039,327  

Industrials

     39,679,062       680,995       – 0  –      40,360,057  

Health Care

     33,047,919       – 0  –      – 0  –      33,047,919  

Consumer Staples

     17,485,684       – 0  –      – 0  –      17,485,684  

Utilities

     7,365,485       – 0  –      – 0  –      7,365,485  

Energy

     7,038,351       – 0  –      – 0  –      7,038,351  

Real Estate

     6,009,570       – 0  –      – 0  –      6,009,570  

Telecommunication Services

     2,055,900       – 0  –      – 0  –      2,055,900  

Materials

     1,904,964       – 0  –      – 0  –      1,904,964  

Investment Companies

     6,102,949       – 0  –      – 0  –      6,102,949  

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     5,867,577       – 0  –      – 0  –      5,867,577  

Time Deposits

     – 0  –      655,114       – 0  –      655,114  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     284,294,298       1,563,173       162,523       286,019,994  

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     284,294,298     $     1,563,173     $     162,523     $     286,019,994  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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 following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

      Common Stocks -
Consumer
Discretionary
    Total  

Balance as of 6/30/16

   $ 179,985     $ 179,985  

Accrued discounts/ (premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation

     (17,462     (17,462

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers into Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/17

   $     162,523     $     162,523  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 3/31/17

   $ (17,462   $ (17,462
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser established a 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 any 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).

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
June 30, 2016
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
   Sales
Proceeds
(000)
   Market Value
March 31,  2017
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$9,588    $134,834    $138,554    $5,868    $23


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 64.1%

 

Information Technology - 14.1%

 

Communications Equipment - 1.1%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     298,625        $ 10,093,525  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2%

 

Cognex Corp.

     7,457          626,015  

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

     27,173          460,039  

Keyence Corp.

     1,254          503,071  
       

 

 

 
          1,589,125  
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 4.2%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     10,372          1,118,413  

Alphabet, Inc.-Class C (a)

     23,839          19,775,881  

eBay, Inc. (a)

     254,387          8,539,771  

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     56,673          8,050,399  

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

     123,991          1,464,334  

Yelp, Inc. (a)

     22,985          752,759  
       

 

 

 
          39,701,557  
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.0%

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     112,676          6,706,476  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     128,060          5,509,141  

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     82,640          7,344,217  
       

 

 

 
          19,559,834  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.1%

 

Broadcom Ltd.

     26,393          5,779,011  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     64,407          5,188,628  
       

 

 

 
          10,967,639  
       

 

 

 

Software - 2.7%

 

Microsoft Corp.

     232,535          15,314,755  

Oracle Corp.

     157,613          7,031,116  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     66,569          3,945,545  
       

 

 

 
          26,291,416  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.8%

 

Apple, Inc.

     149,948          21,541,529  

Western Digital Corp.

     59,924          4,945,528  
       

 

 

 
          26,487,057  
       

 

 

 
          134,690,153  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.4%

 

Automobiles - 0.5%

 

General Motors Co.

     134,416          4,752,950  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.0%

 

McDonald’s Corp.

     152,573          19,774,986  

MGM Resorts International

     187,047          5,125,088  

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

     58,915          3,283,922  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     6,659          763,188  
       

 

 

 
          28,947,184  
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Household Durables - 0.6%

 

Honest Co. (The) (a)(b)(c)

     20,767        $ 842,725  

Lennar Corp.-Class A

     96,795          4,954,936  
       

 

 

 
          5,797,661  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 1.7%

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     12,313          10,915,967  

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     2,738          4,873,558  
       

 

 

 
          15,789,525  
       

 

 

 

Media - 4.9%

 

CBS Corp.-Class B

     155,667          10,797,063  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

     18,169          805,613  

DISH Network Corp.-Class A (a)

     54,827          3,480,966  

Manchester United PLC-Class A (d)

     142,092          2,401,355  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     230,218          7,456,761  

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     100,514          4,685,963  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     151,259          17,151,258  
       

 

 

 
          46,778,979  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.7%

 

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     5,225          3,777,936  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     151,440          12,449,883  
       

 

 

 
          16,227,819  
       

 

 

 
          118,294,118  
       

 

 

 

Financials - 10.7%

 

Banks - 6.8%

 

Bank of America Corp.

     291,777          6,883,019  

Citigroup, Inc.

     281,101          16,815,462  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     182,354          16,017,975  

US Bancorp

     241,525          12,438,538  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     234,512          13,052,938  
       

 

 

 
          65,207,932  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.1%

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     86,616          19,897,428  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.5%

 

Synchrony Financial

     140,478          4,818,395  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.3%

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     73,266          12,211,977  
       

 

 

 
          102,135,732  
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 9.4%

 

Aerospace & Defense - 2.8%

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     113,446          26,981,997  
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.6%

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     123,112          5,658,228  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

 

ABB Ltd. (REG)

     18,179          425,489  

Emerson Electric Co.

     7,591          454,397  


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     2,689        $ 418,704  
       

 

 

 
          1,298,590  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.8%

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

     214,373          26,768,756  
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.1%

 

FANUC Corp.

     2,453          505,002  

SMC Corp./Japan

     1,915          567,730  
       

 

 

 
          1,072,732  
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 3.0%

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     182,405          20,423,888  

Union Pacific Corp.

     72,556          7,685,131  
       

 

 

 
          28,109,019  
       

 

 

 
          89,889,322  
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 7.7%

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.3%

 

CR Bard, Inc.

     19,736          4,905,186  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     58,467          7,139,405  
       

 

 

 
          12,044,591  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.8%

 

Aetna, Inc.

     86,697          11,058,202  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     39,321          6,449,037  
       

 

 

 
          17,507,239  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 4.6%

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

     90,276          7,593,114  

Johnson & Johnson

     177,229          22,073,872  

Pfizer, Inc.

     277,674          9,499,228  

Zoetis, Inc.

     91,871          4,903,155  
       

 

 

 
          44,069,369  
       

 

 

 
          73,621,199  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 4.1%

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.9%

 

CVS Health Corp.

     56,905          4,467,042  

Kroger Co. (The)

     138,449          4,082,861  
       

 

 

 
          8,549,903  
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.4%

 

Campbell Soup Co.

     150,847          8,634,482  

Hershey Co. (The)

     47,656          5,206,418  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

     43,709          3,969,214  

Mondelez International, Inc.-Class A

     118,799          5,117,861  
       

 

 

 
          22,927,975  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.3%

 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     33,997          2,882,606  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.5%

 

Altria Group, Inc.

     64,299          4,592,235  
       

 

 

 
          38,952,719  
       

 

 

 


Company

     Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 1.7%

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.7%

 

Chevron Corp.

 

     53,403        $ 5,733,880  

ConocoPhillips

 

     16,513          823,503  

EOG Resources, Inc.

 

     54,138          5,281,162  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

     73,395          4,650,307  
          

 

 

 
       16,488,852  
          

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.7%

 

Electric Utilities - 1.7%

 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

 

     127,821          16,408,382  
          

 

 

 

Real Estate - 1.4%

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.4%

 

Crown Castle International Corp.

 

     141,751          13,388,382  
          

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.5%

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.5%

 

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

 

     70,913          4,580,271  
          

 

 

 

Materials - 0.4%

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.4%

 

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (a)

 

     87,376          4,243,852  
          

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $596,108,117)

 

       612,692,982  
          

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.4%

 

Funds and Investment Trusts - 1.4% (e)

          

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (d)
(cost $12,962,589)

 

     46,364          13,597,170  
          

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 34.9%

 

Investment Companies - 34.4%

 

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (e)(f)
(cost $328,088,936)

 

     328,088,936          328,088,936  
          

 

 

 
        Principal
Amount
(000)
          

U.S. Treasury Bills - 0.5%

 

U.S. Treasury Bill
Zero Coupon, 5/18/17 (g)
(cost $4,996,625)

   U.S.$        5,000          4,996,625  
          

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $333,085,561)

 

       333,085,561  
          

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.4%
(cost $942,156,267)

 

     $ 959,375,713  
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 1.4%

 

Investment Companies - 1.4%

 

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government Money Market Portfolio-Class AB, 0.54% (e)(f)
(cost $13,308,067)

     13,308,067          13,308,067  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Securities Sold Short - 101.8%
(cost $955,464,334)

 

       972,683,780  
       

 

 

 

SECURITIES SOLD SHORT - (12.9)%

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - (11.5)%

 

Funds and Investment Trusts - (11.5)% (e)

       

iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF

     (11,978        (1,639,668

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     (458,938        (108,190,044
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(proceeds $109,289,120)

          (109,829,712
       

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS - (1.4)%

 

Real Estate - (0.1)%

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - (0.1)%

 

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     (21,399        (763,302
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - (0.2)%

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.0%

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     (7,334        (437,840
       

 

 

 

IT Services - (0.1)%

 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

     (15,567        (1,057,778
       

 

 

 

Software - (0.1)%

 

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     (13,438        (475,705
       

 

 

 
          (1,971,323
       

 

 

 

Health Care - (0.3)%

 

Health Care Providers & Services - (0.2)%

 

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     (8,802        (783,290

McKesson Corp.

     (7,887        (1,169,327
       

 

 

 
          (1,952,617
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - (0.1)%

 

Cerner Corp. (a)

     (12,523        (736,978
       

 

 

 
          (2,689,595
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - (0.3)%

 

Automobiles - 0.0%

 

Tesla, Inc. (a)

     (2,041        (568,010
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - (0.1)%

 

Papa John’s International, Inc.

     (9,841        (787,674
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - (0.1)%

 

JD.com, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     (24,905        (774,795
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares     U.S. $ Value  

Media - (0.1)%

    

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     (8,901   $ (767,355
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%

    

Under Armour, Inc.-Class A (a)

     (27,496     (543,871
    

 

 

 
       (3,441,705
    

 

 

 

Industrials - (0.5)%

    

Aerospace & Defense - (0.2)%

    

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     (5,632     (1,507,960
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - (0.1)%

    

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     (9,693     (803,453
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - (0.2)%

    

CSX Corp.

     (48,422     (2,263,404
    

 

 

 
       (4,574,817
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(proceeds $12,927,560)

       (13,440,742
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short
(proceeds $122,216,680)

       (123,270,454
    

 

 

 

Total Investments, Net of Securities Sold Short - 88.9%
(cost $833,247,654) (h)

       849,413,326  

Other assets less liabilities - 11.1%

       105,796,768  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 955,210,094  
    

 

 

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

Description

   Contracts      Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Month
   Premiums
Received
     U.S. $ Value  

S&P 500 Index (i)

     132      $ 2,350.00      April 2017    $ 571,774      $ (351,780

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Counterparty &
Referenced Obligation

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid/
Received
  Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return on Reference Obligation

 

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

 

KKR & Co. LP

     86,046      FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
  USD  1,468        1/11/19      $ 97,911  

KKR & Co. LP

     59,955      FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
    1,022        1/11/19        68,859  

KKR & Co. LP

     16,582      FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
    291        1/11/19        10,498  

KKR & Co. LP

     6,027      FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
    104        1/11/19        5,969  

KKR & Co. LP

     20,303      FedFundEffective
Plus 0.35%
    365        1/11/19        5,078  

KKR & Co. LP

     23,916      FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
    432        1/11/19        3,801  

KKR & Co. LP

     19,707      FedFundEffective
Plus 0.35%
    355        1/11/19        3,589  


Counterparty &
Referenced Obligation

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid/
Received
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

KKR & Co. LP

     7,617       
FedFundEffective
Plus 0.35%
 
 
  USD  136        1/11/19      $ 3,147  

KKR & Co. LP

     5,547       
FedFundEffective
Plus 0.35%
 
 
    98        1/11/19        2,767  

KKR & Co. LP

     2,468       
FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
 
 
    42        1/11/19        2,563  

KKR & Co. LP

     4,558       
FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
 
 
    81        1/11/19        1,828  

KKR & Co. LP

     9,857       
FedFundEffective
Plus 0.35%
 
 
    179        1/11/19        714  

KKR & Co. LP

     3,939       
FedFundEffective
Plus 0.30%
 
 
    72        1/11/19        (434
             

 

 

 
              $ 206,290  
             

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(c) Illiquid security.
(d) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(e) To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB at (800) 227-4618.
(f) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(g) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding.
(h) As of March 31, 2017, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $24,555,771 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(8,390,099), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $16,165,672.
(i) One contract relates to 100 shares.

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
FedFundEffective    -    Federal Funds Effective Rate
REG    -    Registered Shares
SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt


AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio

March 31, 2017 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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.

Options are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options generally will be classified as Level 2. For options that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2017:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Information Technology

   $ 134,187,082     $ 503,071     $ – 0  –    $ 134,690,153  

Consumer Discretionary

     117,451,393       – 0  –          842,725       118,294,118  

Financials

     102,135,732       – 0  –      – 0  –      102,135,732  

Industrials

     88,391,101       1,498,221       – 0  –      89,889,322  

Health Care

     73,621,199       – 0  –      – 0  –      73,621,199  

Consumer Staples

     38,952,719       – 0  –      – 0  –      38,952,719  

Energy

     16,488,852       – 0  –      – 0  –      16,488,852  

Utilities

     16,408,382       – 0  –      – 0  –      16,408,382  

Real Estate

     13,388,382       – 0  –      – 0  –      13,388,382  

Telecommunication Services

     4,580,271       – 0  –      – 0  –      4,580,271  

Materials

     4,243,852       – 0  –      – 0  –      4,243,852  

Investment Companies

     13,597,170       – 0  –      – 0  –      13,597,170  

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     328,088,936       – 0  –      – 0  –      328,088,936  

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      4,996,625       – 0  –      4,996,625  

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     13,308,067       – 0  –      – 0  –      13,308,067  

Liabilities:

        

Investment Companies

         (109,829,712     – 0  –      – 0  –          (109,829,712

Common Stocks (a)

     (13,440,742     – 0  –      – 0  –      (13,440,742
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     841,572,684           6,997,917       842,725       849,413,326  

Other Financial Instruments (b):

        

Assets:

 

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      206,724       – 0  –      206,724  

Liabilities:

 

Call Options Written

     – 0  –      (351,780     – 0  –      (351,780

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      (434     – 0  –      (434
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (c)

   $     841,572,684     $     6,852,427     $     842,725     $     849,267,836  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
(b) Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include options written which are valued at market value.
(c) 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 instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

      Common Stocks     Total  

Balance as of 6/30/16

   $ 933,269     $ 933,269  

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (90,544     (90,544

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/17

   $     842,725     $     842,725  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 3/31/17

   $ (90,544   $ (90,544
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 any 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 comparison 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).


A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
6/30/16
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
   Sales
Proceeds
(000)
   Market Value
3/31/17
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$411,826    $390,512    $474,249    $328,089    $966

A summary of the Fund’s investments of cash collateral for securities loaned transactions in shares of the AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value
6/30/16
(000)
   Purchases
at Cost
(000)
   Sales
Proceeds
(000)
   Market Value
3/31/17
(000)
   Dividend
Income
(000)
$0    $144,851    $131,543    $13,308    $24


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 24, 2017

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 24, 2017

 

By:  

/s/    Joseph J. Mantineo

  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 24, 2017