N-CSRS 1 d407640dncsrs.htm AB CAP FUND, INC. AB Cap Fund, Inc.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT 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: November 30, 2017

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2017

 

 

 


ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


MAY    05.31.17

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

AB ALL MARKET INCOME PORTFOLIO

 

 

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Investment Products Offered  

 Are Not FDIC Insured May Lose Value Are Not Bank Guaranteed

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

This shareholder report must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s prospectus for individuals who are not current shareholders of the Fund.

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge. Simply visit AB’s website at www.abfunds.com, or go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227 4618.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC 0330. AB publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at www.abfunds.com.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (ABI) is the distributor of the AB family of mutual funds. ABI is a member of FINRA and is an affiliate of AllianceBernstein L.P., the Adviser of the funds.

The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.


 

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Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide this report for AB All Market Income Portfolio (the “Fund”). Please review the discussion of Fund performance, the market conditions during the reporting period and the Fund’s investment strategy.

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President and Chief Executive Officer, AB Mutual Funds

 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

July 20, 2017

This report provides management’s discussion of fund performance for AB All Market Income Portfolio for the semi-annual reporting period ended May 31, 2017.

 

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek current income with consideration of capital appreciation.

NAV RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     6 Months      12 Months  
AB ALL MARKET INCOME PORTFOLIO      
Class A Shares      8.08%        12.03%  
Class C Shares      7.72%        11.14%  
Advisor Class Shares1      8.29%        12.34%  
MSCI ACWI (net)      13.37%        17.53%  

 

1 Please note that Advisor Class shares are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

INVESTMENT RESULTS

The table above shows the Fund’s performance compared with its benchmark, the Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index (“MSCI ACWI”) net, for the six- and 12-month periods ended May 31, 2017.

During both periods, all share classes of the Fund underperformed the benchmark, before sales charges. The Fund’s strategic decision to achieve diversification involves holding assets other than equities. Given the equity market’s sharp rise over both periods, this diversification detracted from performance, relative to the benchmark.

For the six-month period, income diversifiers—sovereign bonds and preferred real estate investment trusts (“REITs”)—contributed to absolute performance, delivering positive returns net of hedges. As credit markets delivered positive returns, income producers—investment grade and high-yield credit—also contributed relative to the benchmark, despite high yield detracting. Growers—equities and common REITs—contributed most net of hedges, amid rising equity markets. Developed equities detracted relative to the benchmark, but gains from income equities more than offset these losses.

For the 12-month period, income diversifiers contributed modestly to absolute performance, amid slightly negative returns from global treasuries that

 

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were offset by a small positive impact from other diversifiers, net of hedges. Despite weaker returns from REITs and emerging-market stocks, growers contributed net of hedges, while developed equities detracted relative to the benchmark. Income producers contributed most because of strong market returns and a significant overweight versus the Fund’s typical holdings.

The Fund utilized derivatives in the form of futures, forwards, interest rate swaps, variance swaps, total return swaps, inflation (“CPI”) swaps, credit default swaps and written options for hedging and investment purposes. For both periods, forwards, total return swaps and credit default swaps contributed to absolute performance, and futures and written options detracted. Interest rate swaps detracted for the six-month period and added for the 12-month period; CPI swaps had no material impact for the six-month period and added for the 12-month period.

MARKET REVIEW AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Global equities continued their steady climb during the six-month period ended May 31, 2017. Non-US and emerging-market equities both delivered solid returns. US stocks trailed on a relative basis, while still recording double-digit gains. US President Donald Trump’s administration dominated headlines during the period; markets vacillated between high hopes for pro-growth policies and concerns over policy risk after several false starts on his reform agenda. In general, investors seemed to look past White House turmoil and focus on an improving economic outlook and upbeat corporate earnings. Geopolitics also played a role outside the US. In France, investors embraced the election of centrist, pro-European Union candidate Emmanuel Macron. In contrast, UK investors were taken aback by Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a snap parliamentary election three years ahead of schedule.

In fixed-income markets, global bonds generally rallied in absolute terms (bond yields move inversely to price). Investment-grade credit securities and emerging-market local-currency government bonds rebounded in the period, outperforming the positive returns of developed-market treasuries but lagging the rally in global high yield. Developed-market treasury yields moved in different directions. In the US, Canada and the UK, they rose at the short end, while the opposite was generally the case in core Europe. Australian yields rallied across the board, while Japanese yields underperformed.

At the end of the six-month period, the Fund was slightly overweight equities and credit, and close to strategic targets for bonds.

 

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INVESTMENT POLICIES

The Adviser will allocate the Fund’s investments primarily among a broad range of income-producing securities, including common stock of companies that regularly pay dividends (including real estate investment trusts), debt securities (including high-yield debt securities, also known as “junk bonds”), preferred stocks and derivatives related to these types of securities. In addition, the Fund may engage in certain alternative income strategies that generally utilize derivatives to diversify sources of income and manage risk. The Fund pursues a global strategy, typically investing in securities of issuers located in the United States and in other countries throughout the world, including emerging-market countries.

In selecting equity securities for the Fund, the Adviser will focus on securities that have high dividend yields and are undervalued by the market relative to their long-term earnings potential. The Adviser intends to gain exposure to high-yield debt securities through investment in the AB High Income Fund and may, in the future, gain such exposure through direct investments in high-income securities. It is expected that the Fund will pursue a number of generally derivatives-based alternative investment strategies, such as taking long positions in currency derivatives on higher yielding currencies and/or short positions in currency derivatives on lower yielding currencies.

The Adviser will adjust the Fund’s investment exposure utilizing the Adviser’s Dynamic Asset Allocation (“DAA”) approach. DAA comprises a series of analytical and forecasting tools employed by the Adviser to gauge fluctuations in the risk/return profile of various asset classes. DAA seeks to adjust the Fund’s investment exposure in changing market conditions and thereby reduce overall portfolio volatility by mitigating the effects of market fluctuations, while preserving consistent long-term return potential. For example, the Adviser may seek to reduce the Fund’s risk exposure to one or more asset classes when DAA suggests that market risks relevant to those asset classes are rising but return opportunities are declining. In addition to directly increasing or decreasing asset class exposure by buying or selling securities in that asset class, the Adviser may pursue DAA implementation for the Fund by investing in derivatives and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”).

The Adviser intends to utilize a variety of derivatives in its management of the Fund. The Adviser may use derivatives to gain exposure to an asset class, such as using interest rate derivatives to gain exposure to sovereign bonds. As noted above, the Adviser may separately pursue certain alternative investment strategies that utilize derivatives, and

 

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may enter into derivatives in making the adjustments called for by DAA. As a result of the use of derivatives and short sales of securities, the Fund will frequently be leveraged, with gross investment exposure substantially in excess of its net assets.

Currency exchange rate fluctuations can have a dramatic impact on returns. The Fund’s foreign currency exposures will come both from investments in equity and debt securities priced or denominated in foreign currencies and from direct holdings of foreign currencies and currency-related derivatives. The Adviser may seek to hedge all or a portion of the currency exposure resulting from Fund investments or decide not to hedge this exposure. The Adviser may seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives. The Fund is “non-diversified”.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS

 

Benchmark Disclosure

The MSCI ACWI is unmanaged and does not reflect fees and expenses associated with the active management of a mutual fund portfolio. The MSCI ACWI (free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted) represents the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indices or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed or produced by MSCI. Net returns include the reinvestment of dividends after deduction of non-US withholding tax. An investor cannot invest directly in an index or average, and their results are not indicative of the performance for any specific investment, including the Fund.

A Word About Risk

Credit Risk: An issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives or other contract, may be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The issuer or guarantor may default, causing a loss of the full principal amount of a security. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. There is the possibility that the credit rating of a fixed-income security may be downgraded after purchase, which may adversely affect the value of the security. Investments in fixed-income securities with lower ratings tend to have a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations.

High Yield Debt Securities: Investments in fixed-income securities with lower ratings (commonly known as “junk bonds”) tend to have a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally and less secondary market liquidity.

Interest Rate Risk: Changes in interest rates will affect the value of investments in fixed-income securities. When interest rates rise, the value of existing investments in fixed-income securities tends to fall and this decrease in value may not be offset by higher income from new investments. The Fund may be subject to heightened interest rate risk due to rising rates as the current period of historically low interest rates may be ending. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed-income securities with longer maturities or durations.

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS (continued)

 

money. As inflation increases, the value of the Fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the Fund’s distributions. This risk is significantly greater for fixed-income securities with longer maturities.

Foreign (Non-US) Risk: Investments in securities of non-US issuers may involve more risk than those of US issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

Emerging Market Risk: Investments in emerging-market countries may have more risk because the markets are less developed and less liquid as well as being subject to increased economic, political, regulatory or other uncertainties.

Currency Risk: Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments or reduce its returns.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.

Short Sale Risk: Short sales involve the risk that the Fund will incur a loss by subsequently buying a security at a higher price than the price at which it sold the security. The amount of such loss is theoretically unlimited, as it will be based on the increase in value of the security sold short. In contrast, the risk of loss from a long position is limited to the Fund’s investment in the security, because the price of the security cannot fall below zero. The Fund may not always be able to close out a short position on favorable terms.

Leverage Risk: To the extent the Fund uses leveraging techniques, its net asset value (“NAV”) may be more volatile because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of changes in interest rates and any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments.

Non-Diversification Risk: The Fund may have more risk because it is “non-diversified”, meaning that it can invest more of its assets in a smaller number of issuers. Accordingly, changes in the value of a single security may have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the Fund’s NAV.

Market Risk: The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS (continued)

 

Liquidity Risk: Liquidity risk occurs when certain investments become difficult to purchase or sell. Difficulty in selling less liquid securities may result in sales at disadvantageous prices affecting the value of your investment in the Fund. Causes of liquidity risk may include low trading volumes and large positions. Foreign fixed-income securities may have more liquidity risk because secondary trading markets for these securities may be smaller and less well-developed and the securities may trade less frequently. Liquidity risk may be higher in a rising interest rate environment, when the value and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally go down.

Management Risk: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

These risks are fully discussed in the Fund’s prospectus. As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

An Important Note About Historical Performance

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown in this report represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by visiting www.abfunds.com.

All fees and expenses related to the operation of the Fund have been deducted. NAV returns do not reflect sales charges; if sales charges were reflected, the Fund’s quoted performance would be lower. SEC returns reflect the applicable sales charges for each share class: a 4.25% maximum front-end sales charge for Class A shares; and a 1% 1-year contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares. Returns for the different share classes will vary due to different expenses associated with each class. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    NAV Returns     SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES    
1 Year     12.03%       7.32%  
Since Inception1     7.05%       5.18%  
CLASS C SHARES    
1 Year     11.14%       10.14%  
Since Inception1     6.27%       6.27%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2    
1 Year     12.34%       12.34%  
Since Inception1     7.35%       7.35%  

The Fund’s current prospectus fee table shows the Fund’s total annual operating expense ratios as 4.09%, 4.89% and 3.59% for Class A, Class C and Advisor Class shares, respectively, gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements limit the Fund’s annual operating expense ratios exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and brokerage commissions and other transaction costs to 0.99%, 1.74% and 0.74% for Class A, Class C and Advisor Class shares, respectively. These waivers/reimbursements may not be terminated before March 1, 2018 and may be extended by the Adviser for additional one-year terms. Any fees waived and expenses borne by the Adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund until the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal period in which the fee was waived or the expense was borne, provided that no reimbursement payment will be made that would cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses to exceed the expense limitations. Absent reimbursements or waivers, performance would have been lower. The Financial Highlights section of this report sets forth expense ratio data for the current reporting period; the expense ratios shown above may differ from the expense ratios in the Financial Highlights section since they are based on different time periods and include acquired fund fees.

 

1 Inception date: 12/18/2014.

 

2 Advisor Class shares are offered at NAV to eligible investors and their SEC returns are the same as their NAV returns. Please note that Advisor Class shares are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE (continued)

 

SEC AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS

AS OF THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR QUARTER-END

JUNE 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES   
1 Year      4.94%  
Since Inception1      5.05%  
CLASS C SHARES   
1 Year      7.71%  
Since Inception1      6.08%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2   
1 Year      9.87%  
Since Inception1      7.15%  

 

1 Inception date: 12/18/2014.

 

2 Please note that Advisor Class shares are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

(unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE (continued)

 

 

    Beginning
Account

Value
December 1,  2016
    Ending
Account
Value
May 31, 2017
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
    Effective
Expenses
Paid
During
Period+
    Effective
Annualized
Expense
Ratio+
 
Class A            

Actual

  $   1,000     $   1,080.80     $   4.25       0.82   $   5.14       0.99

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,020.84     $ 4.13       0.82   $ 4.99       0.99
Class C            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,077.20     $ 8.08       1.56   $ 9.01       1.74

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,017.15     $ 7.85       1.56   $ 8.75       1.74
Advisor Class            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,082.90     $ 2.91       0.56   $ 3.84       0.74

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,022.14     $ 2.82       0.56   $ 3.73       0.74

 

* Expenses are equal to the classes’ annualized expense ratios, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period), respectively.

 

** Assumes 5% annual return before expenses.

 

+ In connection with the Fund’s investments in affiliated/unaffiliated underlying portfolios, the Fund incurs no direct expenses, but bears proportionate shares of the acquired fund fees and expenses (i.e., operating, administrative and investment advisory fees) of the affiliated/unaffiliated underlying portfolios. Currently the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fees from the Fund in an amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata share of certain acquired fund fees and expenses of the affiliated underlying portfolios and other expenses of AB High Income Fund. The Fund’s effective expenses are equal to the classes’ annualized expense ratio plus the Fund’s pro rata share of the weighted average expense ratio of the affiliated/unaffiliated underlying portfolios in which it invests, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $63.3

 

 

 

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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS2

 

Security    U.S. $ Value      Percent of
Net Assets
 
AB High Income Fund, Inc. – Class Z    $   23,653,667        37.3
JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN      2,159,233        3.4  
iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF      985,392        1.6  
PowerShares KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio      923,746        1.5  
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series F      745,510        1.2  
PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio      574,857        0.9  
Apple, Inc.      556,199        0.9  
Dominican Republic International Bond      522,871        0.8  
Ukraine Government International Bond      509,767        0.8  
Microsoft Corp.      459,757        0.7  
   $ 31,090,999        49.1

 

1 All data are as of May 31, 2017. The Fund’s security type breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding security lending collateral) and may vary over time. The Fund also enters into derivative transactions, which may be used for hedging or investment purposes (see “Portfolio of Investments” section of the report for additional details).

 

2 Long-term investments.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 44.7%

      

Funds and Investment Trusts – 44.7%(a)

      

AB High Income Fund, Inc. – Class Z

      2,642,868      $ 23,653,667  

iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF

      21,315        985,392  

JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN(b)

      72,191        2,159,233  

PowerShares KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio

      39,175        923,746  

PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio

      15,845        574,857  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

      145        35,009  
      

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $28,102,890)

         28,331,904  
      

 

 

 
      

COMMON STOCKS – 33.6%

      

Financials – 6.4%

      

Banks – 3.4%

      

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

      5,069        105,349  

BNP Paribas SA(b)

      2,189        154,544  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

      4,500        20,302  

China Construction Bank Corp. – Class H

      95,000        78,416  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

      3,200        47,278  

DNB ASA

      2,650        44,940  

HSBC Holdings PLC

      23,728        206,610  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

      3,183        261,483  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

      9,900        61,433  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

      1,410        31,467  

Nordea Bank AB

      11,586        148,456  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

      4,700        35,608  

People’s United Financial, Inc.

      13,775        228,252  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

      162        19,229  

Royal Bank of Canada

      4,477        309,447  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

      4,600        164,724  

Swedbank AB – Class A

      2,810        67,624  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

      1,170        55,778  

Westpac Banking Corp.

      4,076        92,350  
      

 

 

 
         2,133,290  
      

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 0.7%

      

CME Group, Inc. – Class A

      1,022        119,871  

IG Group Holdings PLC

      2,470        18,583  

IGM Financial, Inc.

      1,788        52,124  

Morgan Stanley

      3,730        155,690  

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

      13,700        81,785  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

      935        40,782  
      

 

 

 
         468,835  
      

 

 

 

Consumer Finance – 0.2%

      

Capital One Financial Corp.

      1,700        130,764  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 0.1%

      

AMP Ltd.

      14,051      $ 52,732  
      

 

 

 

Insurance – 2.0%

      

Allianz SE (REG)

      969        186,387  

American International Group, Inc.

      2,060        131,078  

Aon PLC

      171        22,386  

CNP Assurances

      3,792        83,421  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

      17,750        79,810  

Euler Hermes Group

      155        16,296  

FNF Group

      1,580        67,324  

Mapfre SA

      4,580        16,307  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.(c)

      943        73,139  

Progressive Corp. (The)

      2,080        88,254  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

      1,650        173,002  

Tryg A/S

      1,800        36,995  

UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA

      7,770        17,606  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

      830        244,222  
      

 

 

 
         1,236,227  
      

 

 

 
         4,021,848  
      

 

 

 

Information Technology – 5.6%

      

Communications Equipment – 0.3%

      

Cisco Systems, Inc.(c)

      6,737        212,418  
      

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.2%

      

Corning, Inc.

      2,170        63,147  

Hitachi Ltd.

      9,000        54,283  
      

 

 

 
         117,430  
      

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services – 0.1%

      

Alphabet, Inc. – Class C(d)

      50        48,243  
      

 

 

 

IT Services – 1.5%

      

Amadeus IT Group SA – Class A

      1,035        60,439  

Amdocs Ltd.

      920        59,598  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

      1,792        70,676  

CGI Group, Inc. – Class A(d)

      575        28,506  

DXC Technology Co.(d)

      1,250        96,900  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.(c)

      380        32,631  

Fujitsu Ltd.

      4,000        29,155  

International Business Machines Corp.(c)

      1,812        276,565  

Mastercard, Inc. – Class A

      270        33,178  

Paychex, Inc.(c)

      2,743        162,468  

Total System Services, Inc.

      1,125        66,994  

Vantiv, Inc. – Class A(d)

      390        24,461  
      

 

 

 
         941,571  
      

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.6%

      

Intel Corp.(c)

      7,445      $ 268,839  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

      1,309        62,570  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

      827        68,219  
      

 

 

 
         399,628  
      

 

 

 

Software – 1.7%

      

CA, Inc.

      2,400        76,248  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(d)

      400        44,820  

Microsoft Corp.(c)

      6,583        459,757  

Nice Ltd.

      868        67,551  

Oracle Corp.

      2,110        95,773  

Oracle Corp. Japan

      1,000        58,904  

Sage Group PLC (The)

      9,780        90,870  

Symantec Corp.

      4,428        134,213  

Trend Micro, Inc./Japan

      900        45,218  
      

 

 

 
         1,073,354  
      

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.2%

      

Apple, Inc.(c)

      3,641        556,199  

Konica Minolta, Inc.

      7,000        55,037  

Logitech International SA

      930        33,983  

Seagate Technology PLC

      1,273        55,465  

Western Digital Corp.

      450        40,527  

Xerox Corp.

      2,360        16,685  
      

 

 

 
         757,896  
      

 

 

 
         3,550,540  
      

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 4.0%

 

Auto Components – 0.3%

 

Bridgestone Corp.

      2,700        113,443  

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

      1,415        57,787  
      

 

 

 
         171,230  
      

 

 

 

Automobiles – 0.5%

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

      1,643        154,080  

Toyota Motor Corp.

      2,600        139,528  
      

 

 

 
         293,608  
      

 

 

 

Distributors – 0.2%

 

Genuine Parts Co.

      1,052        97,436  

PALTAC Corp.

      700        24,640  
      

 

 

 
         122,076  
      

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.9%

 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

      3,420        55,375  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

      460        40,908  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

      810        47,895  

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

McDonald’s Corp.

      1,182      $ 178,352  

Sands China Ltd.

      9,600        44,262  

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

      401        40,497  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

      2,175        157,992  
      

 

 

 
         565,281  
      

 

 

 

Household Durables – 0.4%

 

Garmin Ltd.

      1,177        61,251  

Helen of Troy Ltd.(d)

      357        32,487  

Sekisui House Ltd.

      8,600        147,531  
      

 

 

 
         241,269  
      

 

 

 

Leisure Products – 0.1%

 

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

      1,400        49,984  

Mattel, Inc.

      2,210        50,631  
      

 

 

 
         100,615  
      

 

 

 

Media – 0.7%

 

Comcast Corp. – Class A

      1,470        61,284  

Informa PLC

      2,427        20,976  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

      1,829        153,124  

Regal Entertainment Group – Class A

      2,590        53,872  

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. – Class A

      470        31,123  

Vivendi SA

      4,180        90,702  

WPP PLC

      1,460        32,854  
      

 

 

 
         443,935  
      

 

 

 

Multiline Retail – 0.1%

 

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.(b)

      18,336        51,398  

Next PLC

      780        43,884  
      

 

 

 
         95,282  
      

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 0.6%

 

AutoZone, Inc.(d)

      31        18,784  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

      2,027        120,384  

Gap, Inc. (The)

      820        18,450  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)(c)

      340        52,193  

L Brands, Inc.

      570        29,412  

Ross Stores, Inc.(c)

      813        51,967  

Staples, Inc.

      1,810        16,435  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

      950        71,449  
      

 

 

 
         379,074  
      

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.2%

      

Coach, Inc.

      1,140        52,680  

HUGO BOSS AG

      935        70,483  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

      7,000        27,885  
      

 

 

 
         151,048  
      

 

 

 
         2,563,418  
      

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Industrials – 3.3%

 

Aerospace & Defense – 0.5%

 

Boeing Co. (The)

      573      $ 107,512  

Raytheon Co.

      473        77,577  

Saab AB – Class B

      660        34,326  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

      320        85,785  
      

 

 

 
         305,200  
      

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.2%

 

United Parcel Service, Inc. – Class B

      997        105,652  
      

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.1%

      

G4S PLC

      5,240        21,947  

Republic Services, Inc. – Class A

      350        22,264  
      

 

 

 
         44,211  
      

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 0.1%

 

Bouygues SA

      1,675        71,767  
      

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 0.3%

 

Emerson Electric Co.

      3,265        193,027  
      

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.7%

 

General Electric Co.

      4,088        111,930  

Sembcorp Industries Ltd.

      18,300        41,775  

Siemens AG (REG)

      1,850        264,584  
      

 

 

 
         418,289  
      

 

 

 

Machinery – 0.4%

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

      1,268        133,685  

Fortive Corp.

      1,870        116,781  

Kone Oyj – Class B

      450        22,269  
      

 

 

 
         272,735  
      

 

 

 

Professional Services – 0.4%

 

Capita PLC

      2,330        17,487  

Equifax, Inc.

      302        41,314  

Experian PLC

      1,870        39,092  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

      655        25,204  

Randstad Holding NV

      983        56,981  

RELX NV

      3,850        79,888  

Wolters Kluwer NV

      690        30,286  
      

 

 

 
         290,252  
      

 

 

 

Road & Rail – 0.1%

 

MTR Corp., Ltd.

      12,000        68,346  
      

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.4%

      

ITOCHU Corp.

      8,200        116,386  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. – Class A

      418        35,087  

Sumitomo Corp.

      9,000        114,737  
      

 

 

 
         266,210  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure – 0.1%

 

Aena SA(e)

      172      $ 34,756  

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.

      560        43,624  
      

 

 

 
         78,380  
      

 

 

 
         2,114,069  
      

 

 

 

Health Care – 3.3%

 

Biotechnology – 0.8%

 

AbbVie, Inc.(c)

      3,902        257,610  

Amgen, Inc.

      650        100,906  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

      635        41,205  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(d)

      190        87,222  
      

 

 

 
         486,943  
      

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 0.3%

      

Aetna, Inc.

      535        77,500  

Anthem, Inc.(c)

      428        78,046  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

      431        75,502  
      

 

 

 
         231,048  
      

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 2.2%

 

AstraZeneca PLC

      1,130        76,351  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

      1,663        89,719  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

      6,218        136,107  

Johnson & Johnson(c)

      2,131        273,301  

Merck & Co., Inc.(c)

      3,976        258,877  

Orion Oyj – Class B

      2,696        174,274  

Pfizer, Inc.

      2,685        87,665  

Roche Holding AG

      815        223,757  

Sanofi

      535        52,994  
      

 

 

 
         1,373,045  
      

 

 

 
         2,091,036  
      

 

 

 

Energy – 3.2%

 

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.1%

 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

      855        45,024  

Petrofac Ltd.

      3,840        18,854  

Schlumberger Ltd.

      330        22,965  
      

 

 

 
         86,843  
      

 

 

 

Integrated Oil & Gas – 0.6%

 

LUKOIL PJSC (Sponsored ADR)

      2,567        123,032  

Repsol SA

      14,090        236,835  
      

 

 

 
         359,867  
      

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.5%

 

BP PLC

      14,067        84,987  

BP PLC (Sponsored ADR)

      2,260        81,699  

Chevron Corp.(c)

      2,257        233,554  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

      2,080        167,440  

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

LUKOIL PJSC (Sponsored ADR)

      1,630      $ 78,648  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

      2,908        171,368  

ONEOK, Inc.

      330        16,394  

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.

      2,610        47,318  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Sponsored ADR)(b)

      1,480        83,191  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC – Class A

      5,517        149,951  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC – Class B

      2,650        73,358  

Statoil ASA

      9,699        169,131  

Targa Resources Corp.

      940        43,174  

TOTAL SA

      821        43,372  

TransCanada Corp.

      2,221        103,105  

Valero Energy Corp.

      740        45,488  
      

 

 

 
         1,592,178  
      

 

 

 
         2,038,888  
      

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 2.7%

 

Beverages – 0.0%

 

Diageo PLC

      750        22,544  
      

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing – 0.1%

 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

      740        45,622  
      

 

 

 

Food Products – 0.3%

 

General Mills, Inc.

      1,000        56,740  

Salmar ASA

      1,900        51,417  

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

      185        21,959  

Tyson Foods, Inc. – Class A

      770        44,152  
      

 

 

 
         174,268  
      

 

 

 

Household Products – 0.6%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

      427        55,395  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

      3,026        266,560  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

      554        56,821  
      

 

 

 
         378,776  
      

 

 

 

Personal Products – 0.2%

 

Unilever NV

      2,650        150,956  
      

 

 

 

Tobacco – 1.5%

 

Altria Group, Inc.(c)

      4,648        350,645  

British American Tobacco PLC

      1,235        88,355  

Imperial Brands PLC

      335        15,675  

Philip Morris International, Inc.(c)

      2,119        253,856  

Reynolds American, Inc.

      954        64,157  

Swedish Match AB

      5,282        178,140  
      

 

 

 
         950,828  
      

 

 

 
         1,722,994  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Telecommunication Services – 1.5%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.2%

      

AT&T, Inc.

      6,159      $ 237,306  

BCE, Inc.

      2,501        113,326  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

      24,296        42,298  

CenturyLink, Inc.(b)

      1,460        36,427  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. – Class SS

      14,000        18,325  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

      10,100        26,910  

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

      13,720        44,834  

Verizon Communications, Inc.(c)

      5,366        250,270  
      

 

 

 
         769,696  
      

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.3%

      

Tele2 AB – Class B

      6,270        64,451  

Vodafone Group PLC

      41,964        125,320  
      

 

 

 
         189,771  
      

 

 

 
         959,467  
      

 

 

 

Materials – 1.4%

 

Chemicals – 0.8%

 

Agrium, Inc. (Toronto)

      624        57,658  

Covestro AG(e)

      651        48,790  

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

      3,249        201,308  

Johnson Matthey PLC

      900        36,162  

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

      2,700        48,586  

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

      300        18,337  

Praxair, Inc.

      519        68,658  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)(c)

      117        38,817  
      

 

 

 
         518,316  
      

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging – 0.3%

 

Amcor Ltd./Australia

      4,790        54,560  

Bemis Co., Inc.

      440        19,641  

International Paper Co.

      1,211        64,038  

Sealed Air Corp.

      492        21,855  
      

 

 

 
         160,094  
      

 

 

 

Metals & Mining – 0.3%

 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

      3,357        59,013  

BHP Billiton PLC

      1,880        28,409  

Norsk Hydro ASA

      6,320        34,292  

Rio Tinto PLC

      1,690        67,488  
      

 

 

 
         189,202  
      

 

 

 
         867,612  
      

 

 

 

Real Estate – 1.1%

      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.8%

      

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

      20,700        39,173  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

      320        61,197  

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Equity Residential

      895      $ 58,255  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

      717        55,546  

GGP, Inc.

      2,394        53,338  

HCP, Inc.

      2,953        92,547  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

      1,500        26,985  

Kimco Realty Corp.

      900        15,786  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

      470        18,034  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

      327        50,440  

VEREIT, Inc.

      2,260        18,690  
      

 

 

 
         489,991  
      

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 0.3%

      

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

      1,200        189,263  
      

 

 

 
         679,254  
      

 

 

 

Utilities – 1.1%

      

Electric Utilities – 0.5%

      

EDP – Energias de Portugal SA

      6,830        25,130  

Endesa SA

      5,961        148,956  

Fortum Oyj

      4,104        65,304  

PG&E Corp.

      853        58,328  
      

 

 

 
         297,718  
      

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 0.1%

      

AES Corp./VA

      4,943        57,734  
      

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities – 0.5%

      

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.(c)

      3,326        95,157  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

      728        60,271  

Engie SA

      2,520        38,513  

SCANA Corp.

      918        62,608  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

      950        59,622  
      

 

 

 
         316,171  
      

 

 

 
         671,623  
      

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $20,919,057)

         21,280,749  
      

 

 

 
      

PREFERRED STOCKS – 6.0%

      

Real Estate – 6.0%

      

Diversified REITs – 1.0%

      

Colony NorthStar, Inc.
7.15%

      6,000        150,300  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.
7.00%

      2,000        51,580  

Gramercy Property Trust
7.125%

      3,900        103,954  

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

PS Business Parks, Inc.
5.70%

      1,800      $ 45,792  

PS Business Parks, Inc.
6.00%

      2,100        53,277  

VEREIT, Inc.
6.70%

      5,200        135,304  

Vornado Realty Trust(b)
5.40%

      4,100        103,443  
      

 

 

 
         643,650  
      

 

 

 

Health Care REITs – 0.4%

      

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
Series A
7.125%

      4,300        111,112  

Senior Housing Properties Trust
6.25%

      3,000        78,750  

Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp.
5.45%

      1,500        37,575  
      

 

 

 
         227,437  
      

 

 

 

Hotel & Resort REITs – 0.7%

      

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.
7.375%

      2,000        49,360  

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.
7.375%

      1,000        25,000  

Hersha Hospitality Trust
6.50%

      2,300        57,293  

Hersha Hospitality Trust
6.875%

      3,000        76,080  

LaSalle Hotel Properties
6.30%

      2,400        61,704  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
6.375%

      800        20,312  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
6.50%

      3,300        83,094  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.
7.875%

      1,500        38,730  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
6.45%

      1,425        36,815  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
6.95%

      975        25,477  
      

 

 

 
         473,865  
      

 

 

 

Industrial REITs – 0.5%

      

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.
6.125%

      2,300        57,684  

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.
7.875%

      1,800        45,054  

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
5.875%

      2,400      $ 59,760  

STAG Industrial, Inc.
6.625%

      2,200        56,232  

Terreno Realty Corp.
7.75%

      4,100        105,411  
      

 

 

 
         324,141  
      

 

 

 

Office REITs – 0.5%

      

Boston Properties, Inc.
5.25%

      1,500        38,640  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
6.35%

      5,825        157,100  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
7.375%

      2,000        55,960  

Kilroy Realty Corp.
6.375%

      1,500        37,920  
      

 

 

 
         289,620  
      

 

 

 

Real Estate Development – 0.1%

      

LaSalle Hotel Properties
6.375%

      1,400        35,308  
      

 

 

 

Residential REITs – 0.5%

      

American Homes 4 Rent
6.35%

      4,100        103,976  

American Homes 4 Rent
6.50%

      2,600        66,560  

Apartment Investment & Management Co.
6.875%

      3,000        81,330  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
6.75%

      1,400        35,854  

Sun Communities, Inc.
7.125%

      1,300        33,267  
      

 

 

 
         320,987  
      

 

 

 

Retail REITs – 1.6%

      

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
6.625%

      1,300        30,199  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.(b)
7.375%

      2,300        52,187  

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.
Series B
7.25%

      2,000        50,180  

DDR Corp.
0.00%

      3,200        80,090  

DDR Corp.
6.50%

      2,800        70,868  

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

DDR Corp.
Series K
6.25%

      1,400      $ 34,986  

GGP, Inc.
6.375%

      1,100        27,786  

Kimco Realty Corp.
Series K
5.625%

      2,600        65,130  

National Retail Properties, Inc.
5.20%

      1,900        45,866  

National Retail Properties, Inc.
Series E
5.70%

      775        19,646  

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
7.375%

      2,700        67,864  

Retail Properties of America, Inc.
7.00%

      3,800        96,102  

Saul Centers, Inc.
6.875%

      3,300        84,810  

Taubman Centers, Inc.
6.25%

      2,800        70,700  

Taubman Centers, Inc.
6.50%

      1,300        33,020  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.
6.75%

      1,000        25,765  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.
7.125%

      3,375        87,109  

Washington Prime Group, Inc.
6.875%

      1,600        40,000  

Washington Prime Group, Inc.
7.50%

      600        15,000  
      

 

 

 
         997,308  
      

 

 

 

Specialized REITs – 0.7%

      

CoreSite Realty Corp.
7.25%

      3,350        86,095  

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.
6.625%

      3,800        102,182  

EPR Properties
6.625%

      3,400        86,564  

Public Storage
5.125%

      800        20,208  

Public Storage
5.375%

      1,650        41,597  

Public Storage
5.90%

      800        20,256  

 

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Company        

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Public Storage
Series W
5.20%

      3,800      $ 95,722  
      

 

 

 
         452,624  
      

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $3,751,196)

         3,764,940  
      

 

 

 
          Principal
Amount
(000)
        

EMERGING MARKETS – TREASURIES – 2.6%

      

Argentina – 0.4%

      

Argentine Bonos del Tesoro
21.20%, 9/19/18

    ARS       3,700        231,083  
      

 

 

 

Brazil – 1.2%

      

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional
Series F
10.00%, 1/01/21

    BRL       2,427        745,510  
      

 

 

 

Dominican Republic – 0.8%

      

Dominican Republic International Bond
16.95%, 2/04/22(e)

    DOP       19,700        522,871  
      

 

 

 

Turkey – 0.2%

      

Turkey Government Bond
9.40%, 7/08/20

    TRY       541        148,749  
      

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets – Treasuries
(cost $1,692,526)

         1,648,213  
      

 

 

 
      

EMERGING MARKETS – SOVEREIGNS – 1.9%

      

Angola – 0.4%

      

Angolan Government International Bond
9.50%, 11/12/25(e)

    U.S.$       200        214,000  
      

 

 

 

Ecuador – 0.6%

      

Ecuador Government International Bond
9.65%, 12/13/26(e)

      400        404,000  
      

 

 

 

Ukraine – 0.8%

      

Ukraine Government International Bond
7.75%, 9/01/20(e)

      501        509,767  
      

 

 

 

 

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          Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Venezuela – 0.1%

      

Venezuela Government International Bond
9.00%, 5/07/23(e)

    U.S.$       107      $ 53,431  

9.25%, 5/07/28(e)

      67        31,802  
      

 

 

 
         85,233  
      

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets – Sovereigns
(cost $1,181,524)

         1,213,000  
      

 

 

 
      

GOVERNMENTS – TREASURIES – 0.4%

      

South Africa – 0.4%

      

Republic of South Africa Government Bond
Series 2023
7.75%, 2/28/23
(cost $247,022)

    ZAR       3,311        249,465  
      

 

 

 
          Shares         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 7.7%

      

Investment Companies – 7.3%

      

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio – Class AB, 0.64%(a)(f)
(cost $4,629,742)

      4,629,742        4,629,742  
      

 

 

 
          Principal
Amount
(000)
        

GOVERNMENTS – SOVEREIGN BONDS – 0.4%

      

Egypt – 0.4%

      

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc./United States
Series F(e)
(cost $249,605)

    U.S.$       5,000        241,088  
      

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $4,879,347)

         4,870,830  
      

 

 

 
          Shares         

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 96.9%
(cost $60,773,562)

         61,359,101  
      

 

 

 
      

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 3.7%

      

Investment Companies – 3.7%

      

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio – Class AB, 0.64%(a)(f)
(cost $2,326,473)

      2,326,473        2,326,473  
      

 

 

 

Total Investments – 100.6%
(cost $63,100,035)

         63,685,574  

Other assets less liabilities – (0.6)%

         (344,321
      

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

       $ 63,341,253  
      

 

 

 

 

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FUTURES (see Note D)

 

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

Purchased Contracts

         

10 Yr Australian Bond Futures

    12       June 2017     $     1,133,223     $     1,174,145     $ 40,922  

10 Yr Mini Japan Government Bond Futures

    4       June 2017       545,271       544,036       (1,235

Canadian 10 Yr Bond Futures

    4       September 2017       427,782       430,721       2,939  

FTSE 100 Index Futures

    3       June 2017       285,402       290,211       4,809  

Mini MSCI Emerging Market
Futures

    20       June 2017       957,052       1,003,800       46,748  

TOPIX Index
Futures

    4       June 2017       575,737       567,043       (8,694

U.S. T-Note
10 Yr (CBT)
Futures

    6       September 2017       754,556       757,781       3,225  

Sold Contracts

         

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures

    13       June 2017       518,845       518,864       (19

Mini MSCI EAFE Futures

    14       June 2017       1,244,492       1,320,130       (75,638

Mini S&P TSX 60 Futures

    9       June 2017       305,983       301,510       4,473  

S&P 500 E-Mini Futures

    64       June 2017       7,608,730       7,715,520           (106,790

SPI 200
Futures

    16       June 2017       1,740,561       1,706,043       34,518  
         

 

 

 
          $ (54,742
         

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS (see Note D)

 

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

Bank of America, NA

  INR     108,104     USD     1,681       6/15/17     $ 6,414  

Bank of America, NA

  USD     1,665     INR     108,104       9/15/17       (5,451

Barclays Bank PLC

  CHF     613     USD     618       6/15/17       (15,641

Barclays Bank PLC

  CNY     6,570     USD     948       6/15/17           (14,809

Barclays Bank PLC

  TWD     34,758     USD     1,156       6/15/17       2,316  

Barclays Bank PLC

  USD     499     CAD     673       6/15/17       (485

Barclays Bank PLC

  USD     814     IDR     10,844,336       6/15/17       352  

Barclays Bank PLC

  USD     445     INR     30,115       6/15/17       21,784  

Barclays Bank PLC

  USD     553     MYR     2,408       6/15/17       7,822  

Barclays Bank PLC

  USD     125     SEK     1,102       6/15/17       1,704  

BNP Paribas SA

  TWD     12,094     USD     396       6/15/17       (5,254

BNP Paribas SA

  USD     53     PEN     176       6/15/17       346  

Credit Suisse International

  CHF     132     USD     133       6/15/17       (3,325

Credit Suisse International

  CLP     620,451     USD     948       6/15/17       27,436  

Credit Suisse International

  CNY     3,305     USD     478       6/15/17       (6,102

Credit Suisse International

  KRW     754,537     USD     669       6/15/17       (5,571

Credit Suisse International

  NOK     3,949     USD     463       6/15/17       (4,512

 

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

Credit Suisse International

  SEK     2,139     USD     241       6/15/17     $ (5,100

Credit Suisse International

  USD     314     COP     925,128       6/15/17       2,802  

Credit Suisse International

  BRL     871     USD     272       7/05/17       4,801  

Deutsche Bank AG

  USD     512     JPY     56,535       6/15/17       (1,125

Goldman Sachs International

  USD     397     TWD     12,094       6/15/17       4,409  

Goldman Sachs International

  USD     273     BRL     871       7/05/17       (6,029

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

  USD     1,094     INR     70,734       6/15/17       2,097  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

  CLP     429,018     USD     649       6/15/17       12,618  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

  PEN     176     USD     53       6/15/17       (281

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

  USD     166     COP     491,745       6/15/17       2,193  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

  USD     402     COP     1,172,601       6/15/17       (814

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

  USD     501     IDR     6,755,487       6/15/17       6,239  

Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc.

  PHP     8,284     USD     163       6/15/17       (2,871

Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc.

  USD     108     INR     7,255       6/15/17       4,727  

Standard Chartered Bank

  NOK     2,187     USD     255       6/15/17       (3,552

Standard Chartered Bank

  USD     350     IDR     4,743,134       6/15/17       5,965  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  AUD     68     USD     50       6/15/17       (643

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  CAD     637     USD     465       6/15/17       (6,181

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  CHF     706     USD     707       6/15/17           (23,071

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  DKK     107     USD     16       6/15/17       (502

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  EUR     72     USD     80       6/15/17       (1,352

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP     273     USD     353       6/15/17       820  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP     106     USD     132       6/15/17       (2,686

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  HKD     371     USD     48       6/15/17       (2

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  ILS     668     USD     184       6/15/17       (5,122

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  JPY     19,985     USD     179       6/15/17       (1,135

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  NOK     3,577     USD     415       6/15/17       (8,032

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  SEK     6,291     USD     703       6/15/17       (21,680

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  SGD     145     USD     102       6/15/17       (2,077

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  THB     10,917     USD     313       6/15/17       (7,733

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     51     AUD     68       6/15/17       (186

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     418     CAD     558       6/15/17       (5,054

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     176     CHF     177       6/15/17       6,482  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     7     DKK     46       6/15/17       (2

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     242     EUR     225       6/15/17       10,812  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     810     GBP     634       6/15/17       6,245  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     93     HKD     723       6/15/17       (162

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     87     ILS     307       6/15/17       188  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     719     JPY     80,836       6/15/17       11,096  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     684     MXN     13,496       6/15/17       38,666  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     115     NOK     972       6/15/17       (73

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     322     NZD     463       6/15/17       5,734  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     127     SEK     1,113       6/15/17       862  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     83     SGD     115       6/15/17       80  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     588     THB     20,435       6/15/17       12,334  

 

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

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  AUD     106     USD     78       7/18/17     $ 476  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  CAD     85     USD     63       7/18/17       380  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  EUR     145     USD     162       7/18/17       (352

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP     156     USD     201       7/18/17       1,147  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  NOK     447     USD     54       7/18/17       670  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  SGD     62     USD     44       7/18/17       (142

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     30     AUD     40       7/18/17       (85

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     13     CHF     13       7/18/17       (3

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     98     EUR     87       7/18/17       375  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     53     EUR     47       7/18/17       (19

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  USD     41     JPY     4,478       7/18/17       (24

UBS AG

  BRL     831     USD     261       6/02/17       4,026  

UBS AG

  USD     256     BRL     831       6/02/17       613  

UBS AG

  KRW     311,623     USD     274       6/15/17       (4,866

UBS AG

  PHP     23,176     USD     456       6/15/17       (9,516
           

 

 

 
  $     33,409  
           

 

 

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN (see Note D)

 

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

Euro STOXX 50 Index(g)

    240       EUR       3,525.00       June 2017     $     19,687     $     (15,038

FTSE 100 Index(g)

    50       GBP       7,325.00       June 2017       5,702       (13,011

Nikkei 225 Index(g)

    3,000       JPY       19,875.00       June 2017       7,818       (1,345

S&P 500 Index(h)

    14       USD       2,390.00       June 2017       42,857       (42,980

S&P ASX 200 Index(g)

    30       AUD       5,875.00       June 2017       1,334       (130

S&P TSX 60 Index(g)

    370       CAD       920.00       July 2017       3,481       (3,592
         

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $     80,879     $     (76,096
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS (see Note D)

 

                    Rate Type      

Clearing Broker/
(Exchange)

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

    Termination
Date
    Payments
made
by the
Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     310       8/21/20     3 Month LIBOR   1.620%   $ 875  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      1,050       1/10/22     3 Month LIBOR   1.941%       12,622  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  EUR     990       1/10/22     0.107%   6 Month EURIBOR     (924

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  JPY     14,100       12/22/24     0.519%   6 Month LIBOR     (3,780

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      10,630       1/14/25     0.478%   6 Month LIBOR     (2,512

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

                    Rate Type      

Clearing Broker/
(Exchange)

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

    Termination
Date
    Payments
made
by the
Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  JPY     10,450       2/06/25     0.548%   6 Month LIBOR   $ (2,966

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     310       2/11/25     3 Month LIBOR   2.083%     2,796  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  EUR     120       8/14/25     0.955%   6 Month EURIBOR     (5,295

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CHF     20       9/02/25     0.256%   6 Month LIBOR     (543

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      140       10/02/25     0.210%   6 Month LIBOR     (3,012

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  NZD     400       11/19/25     3 Month BKBM   3.610%       11,490  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CHF     170       11/19/25     0.048%   6 Month LIBOR     (1,293

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     60       11/19/25     3 Month LIBOR   2.202%     590  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  SEK     80       1/12/26     3 Month STIBOR   1.470%     543  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  NZD     90       2/03/26     3 Month BKBM   3.375%     1,962  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  JPY     8,540       4/04/26     0.144%   6 Month LIBOR     352  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  EUR     170       4/04/26     0.564%   6 Month EURIBOR     1,195  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     100       4/04/26     3 Month LIBOR   1.687%     (3,332

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CHF     100       6/09/26     -0.210%   6 Month LIBOR     2,354  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     40       8/19/26     3 Month LIBOR   1.466%     (2,089

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      270       9/26/26     3 Month LIBOR   1.489%     (14,753

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  AUD     160       9/26/26     6 Month BBSW   2.160%     (4,618

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

                    Rate Type      

Clearing Broker/
(Exchange)

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

    Termination
Date
    Payments
made
by the
Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     140       10/11/26     3 Month LIBOR   1.613%   $ (6,192

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      160       10/13/26     3 Month LIBOR   1.633%     (6,799

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  AUD     200       12/02/26     6 Month BBSW   2.955%     4,931  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      150       12/23/26     6 Month BBSW   3.078%     4,830  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  EUR     290       12/27/26     0.729%   6 Month EURIBOR     (1,132

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CHF     250       12/28/26     0.193%   6 Month LIBOR     (3,331

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  NZD     240       12/28/26     3 Month BKBM   3.580%     7,924  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     160       12/28/26     3 Month LIBOR   2.491%     6,235  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  JPY     18,420       12/29/26     0.255%   6 Month LIBOR     (718

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     310       2/06/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.420%     9,581  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      640       2/16/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.434%     20,338  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      420       2/27/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.380%     11,108  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  GBP     290       2/28/27     1.159%   6 Month LIBOR     (2,070

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  AUD     420       3/01/27     6 Month BBSW   2.973%     9,769  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  JPY     35,680       3/02/27     0.248%   6 Month LIBOR     (839

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  NZD     480       3/02/27     3 Month BKBM   3.455%     9,250  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CHF     350       3/02/27     0.038%   6 Month LIBOR     1,938  

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

                    Rate Type      

Clearing Broker/
(Exchange)

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

    Termination
Date
    Payments
made
by the
Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     340       3/02/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.355%   $ 7,219  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      420       3/07/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.490%       13,984  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      140       3/13/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.580%     5,772  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      160       3/16/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.590%     6,715  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      180       3/22/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.488%     5,816  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  EUR     150       3/24/27     6 Month EURIBOR   0.829%     1,460  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     200       3/29/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.365%     4,148  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  GBP     340       3/30/27     1.187%   6 Month LIBOR     (3,194

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  JPY     19,640       4/03/27     0.264%   6 Month LIBOR     (655

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  NOK     10,190       4/03/27     6 Month NIBOR   1.909%     11,293  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CHF     280       4/03/27     0.133%   6 Month LIBOR     (831

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  NZD     260       4/03/27     3 Month BKBM   3.410%     3,999  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $     210       4/03/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.428%     5,528  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      260       4/04/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.421%     6,679  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      150       4/07/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.374%     3,182  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      280       4/21/27     3 Month LIBOR   2.197%     1,258  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CAD     580       4/25/27     1.807%   3 Month CDOR     (3,642

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

                      Rate Type        

Clearing Broker/
(Exchange)

 

Notional
Amount
(000)

    Termination
Date
    Payments
made
by the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    GBP       300       4/25/27       1.131%       6 Month LIBOR     $ (380

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    AUD       470       4/26/27       6 Month BBSW       2.853%       6,487  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    JPY       17,650       4/27/27       0.238%       6 Month LIBOR       (128

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    SEK       7,270       4/27/27       3 Month STIBOR       1.108%       8,847  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    NOK       4,090       4/27/27       6 Month NIBOR       1.935%       5,358  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    EUR       510       4/27/27       0.814%       6 Month EURIBOR       (3,047

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    CHF       430       4/27/27       0.150%       6 Month LIBOR       (1,652

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    NZD       330       4/27/27       3 Month BKBM       3.370%       4,001  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    $       310       4/27/27       3 Month LIBOR       2.326%       4,980  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      150       4/28/27       3 Month LIBOR       2.330%       2,459  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    EUR       230       5/05/27       6 Month EURIBOR       0.790%       634  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    $       290       5/16/27       3 Month LIBOR       2.278%       3,163  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      470       5/31/27       3 Month LIBOR       2.225%       2,652  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    EUR       210       6/02/27       6 Month EURIBOR       0.762%       (433

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    $       220       8/21/45       3 Month LIBOR       2.630%       10,032  

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

      70       9/04/45       3 Month LIBOR       2.708%       4,127  
           

 

 

 
            $ 170,316  
           

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS (see Note D)

 

                Rate Type      

Swap
Counterparty

  Notional
Amount
(000)
    Termination
Date
    Payments
made
by the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Deutsche Bank AG

  $     1,920       10/01/20       1.273   CPI#   $ 48,709  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

    400       11/10/21       1.896   CPI#     2,586  
         

 

 

 
          $     51,295  
         

 

 

 

 

# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS (see Note D)

 

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

         

MS Global Equity Long Index

    154,443      
FedFundEffective
Plus 0.55%
 
 
  $     15,500       6/30/17     $     – 0  – 

Pay Total Return on Reference Obligation

 

   

Citibank, NA

         

iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index

    3,910,000       LIBOR       3,910       3/20/18       9,132  

JPMorgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF

    22,860      
LIBOR Minus
0.15%
 
 
    429       6/15/18           (2,377
         

 

 

 
          $ 6,755  
         

 

 

 

 

(a) 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.

 

(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan. See Note E for securities lending information.

 

(c) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for open futures contracts.

 

(d) Non-income producing security.

 

(e) 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 May 31, 2017, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $2,060,505 or 3.3% of net assets.

 

(f) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

 

(g) One contract relates to 1 share.

 

(h) One contract relates to 100 shares.

Currency Abbreviations:

ARS – Argentine Peso

AUD – Australian Dollar

BRL – Brazilian Real

CAD – Canadian Dollar

CHF – Swiss Franc

CLP – Chilean Peso

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

CNY – Chinese Yuan Renminbi

COP – Colombian Peso

DKK – Danish Krone

DOP – Dominican Peso

EGP – Egyptian Pound

EUR – Euro

GBP – Great British Pound

HKD – Hong Kong Dollar

IDR – Indonesian Rupiah

ILS – Israeli Shekel

INR – Indian Rupee

JPY – Japanese Yen

KRW – South Korean Won

MXN – Mexican Peso

MYR – Malaysian Ringgit

NOK – Norwegian Krone

NZD – New Zealand Dollar

PEN – Peruvian Sol

PHP – Philippine Peso

SEK – Swedish Krona

SGD – Singapore Dollar

THB – Thailand Baht

TRY – Turkish Lira

TWD – New Taiwan Dollar

USD – United States Dollar

ZAR – South African Rand

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

ASX – Australian Stock Exchange

BBSW – Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Australia)

BKBM – Bank Bill Benchmark (New Zealand)

CBT – Chicago Board of Trade

CDOR – Canadian Dealer Offered Rate

CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange

EAFE – Europe, Australia, and Far East

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

ETN – Exchange Traded Note

EURIBOR – Euro Interbank Offered Rate

FedFundEffective – Federal Funds Effective Rate

FTSE – Financial Times Stock Exchange

LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rates

MSCI – Morgan Stanley Capital International

NIBOR – Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate

PJSC – Public Joint Stock Company

REG – Registered Shares

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

SPDR – Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt

SPI – Share Price Index

STIBOR – Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate

TOPIX – Tokyo Price Index

TSX – Toronto Stock Exchange

See notes to financial statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

The following table represents the equity basket holdings underlying the total return swap with MS (Morgan Stanley) Global Equity Long Index as of May 31, 2017.

 

Security Description    Shares  

MS Global Equity Long Index

  

Aena SA

     390  

Aetna, Inc.

     1,264  

Alphabet, Inc.

     117  

Altria Group, Inc.

     2,099  

Amadeus IT Group SA

     2,349  

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     11,379  

Amdocs Ltd.

     2,179  

Anthem, Inc.

     1,007  

Aon PLC

     398  

Apple, Inc.

     1,461  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     8,096  

AutoZone, Inc.

     73  

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

     3,265  

Bemis Co., Inc.

     1,048  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     4,213  

British American Tobacco PLC

     2,938  

CGI Group, Inc.

     1,337  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

     943  

Comcast Corp.

     3,446  

Covestro AG

     1,513  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     7,595  

Diageo PLC

     1,779  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     15,809  

DNB ASA

     6,281  

EDP – Energias de Portugal SA

     15,899  

Endesa SA

     2,241  

Equifax, Inc.

     710  

Euler Hermes Group

     369  

Experian PLC

     4,473  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     892  

FNF Group

     3,748  

G4S PLC

     12,409  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     1,506  

Helen of Troy Ltd.

     835  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     806  

HUGO BOSS AG

     1,364  

IG Group Holdings PLC

     5,894  

Imperial Brands PLC

     792  

Informa PLC

     5,815  

Kone OYJ

     1,055  

Logitech International SA

     2,206  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     2,185  

Mastercard, Inc.

     634  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     2,405  

Microsoft Corp.

     3,604  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     23,221  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

     997  

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Security Description    Shares  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     3,244  

Nice Ltd.

     2,020  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     1,515  

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

     706  

Nordea Bank AB

     6,710  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     1,858  

Oracle Corp.

     4,939  

Oracle Corp. Japan

     2,364  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

     11,173  

PALTAC Corp.

     1,641  

Pfizer, Inc.

     3,829  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     1,743  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     388  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     881  

Raytheon Co.

     1,119  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     1,304  

Regal Entertainment Group

     6,099  

RELX NV

     9,035  

Republic Services, Inc.

     827  

Roche Holding AG

     318  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     1,904  

Royal Bank of Canada

     2,085  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC

     6,172  

Saab AB

     1,533  

Sage Group PLC (The)

     6,076  

Salmar ASA

     4,387  

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

     443  

Sanofi

     1,256  

Schlumberger Ltd.

     782  

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.

     1,092  

Sealed Air Corp.

     1,160  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     275  

SPDR S&P500 ETF Trust

     344  

Swedbank AB

     1,826  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     1,928  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     2,192  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     2,258  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     2,763  

TOTAL SA

     1,936  

Total System Services, Inc.

     2,672  

Tryg A/S

     4,278  

Tyson Foods, Inc.

     1,833  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     1,020  

Vantiv, Inc.

     923  

Wolters Kluwer NV

     1,626  

WPP PLC

     3,376  

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Assets  

Investments in securities, at value

 

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $32,904,257)

   $ 33,075,692 (a) 

Affiliated issuers (cost $30,195,778—including investment of cash collateral for securities loaned of $2,326,473)

     30,609,882  

Cash collateral due from broker

     843,026  

Foreign currencies, at value (cost $1,301,126)

     1,298,491  

Receivable for investment securities sold and foreign currency transactions

     4,319,747  

Receivable for capital stock sold

     1,110,268  

Unaffiliated dividends and interest receivable

     239,530  

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

     215,031  

Receivable for terminated total return swaps

     209,148  

Affiliated dividends receivable

     84,270  

Unrealized appreciation on inflation swaps

     51,295  

Receivable for variation margin on exchange-traded derivatives

     22,227  

Receivable due from Adviser

     12,137  

Unrealized appreciation on total return swaps

     9,132  

Receivable for terminated centrally cleared interest rate swaps

     933  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     72,100,809  
  

 

 

 
Liabilities  

Due to custodian

     4,376,670  

Options written, at value (premiums received $80,879)

     76,096  

Payable for collateral received on securities loaned

     2,326,473  

Payable for investment securities purchased and foreign currency transactions

     1,668,301  

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

     181,622  

Payable for variation margin on exchange-traded derivatives

     22,711  

Payable for capital stock redeemed

     11,505  

Unrealized depreciation on total return swaps

     2,377  

Transfer Agent fee payable

     1,657  

Payable for terminated total return swaps

     1,107  

Distribution fee payable

     769  

Payable for terminated centrally cleared interest rate swaps

     598  

Accrued expenses

     89,670  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     8,759,556  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 63,341,253  
  

 

 

 
Composition of Net Assets  

Capital stock, at par

   $ 616  

Additional paid-in capital

     62,080,513  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (105,747

Accumulated net realized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

     570,749  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     795,122  
  

 

 

 
   $     63,341,253  
  

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES (continued)

 

Net Asset Value Per Share—10 billion shares of capital stock authorized, $.0001 par value

 

Class   Net Assets        Shares
Outstanding
       Net Asset
Value
 

 

 
A   $ 2,650,004          257,973        $ 10.27

 

 
C   $ 259,042          25,202        $ 10.28  

 

 
Advisor   $   60,432,207          5,875,394        $   10.29  

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with a value of $2,257,362 (see Note E).

 

* The maximum offering price per share for Class A shares was $10.73 which reflects a sales charge of 4.25%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six Months Ended May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income     

Dividends

    

Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes withheld of $23,380)

   $     476,780    

Affiliated issuers

     403,750    

Interest

     97,138    

Securities lending income

     852    

Other income

     161     $ 978,681  
  

 

 

   
Expenses     

Advisory fee (see Note B)

     129,776    

Distribution fee—Class A

     2,067    

Distribution fee—Class C

     894    

Transfer agency—Class A

     399    

Transfer agency—Class C

     63    

Transfer agency—Advisor Class

     9,583    

Custodian

     64,063    

Audit and tax

     52,888    

Administrative

     30,967    

Legal

     27,135    

Registration fees

     25,700    

Directors’ fees

     13,069    

Printing

     6,954    

Miscellaneous

     23,039    
  

 

 

   

Total expenses

     386,597    

Less: expenses waived and reimbursed by the Adviser (see Notes B and E)

     (279,293  
  

 

 

   

Net expenses

       107,304  
    

 

 

 

Net investment income

       871,377  
    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment and Foreign Currency Transactions     

Net realized gain (loss) on:

    

Affiliated Underlying Portfolios

       (10,990

Investment transactions

       1,095,411  

Futures

       (282,948

Options written

       (98,630

Swaps

       587,329  

Foreign currency transactions

       48,030  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of:

    

Affiliated Underlying Portfolios

       493,830  

Investments

       (149,733

Futures

       (93,019

Options written

       9,486  

Swaps

       197,909  

Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

       30,706  
    

 

 

 

Net gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

       1,827,381  
    

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

     $     2,698,758  
    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations     

Net investment income

   $ 871,377     $ 946,602  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     1,338,202       (440,811

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     489,179       984,984  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets from operations

     2,698,758       1,490,775  
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from     

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (50,172     (4,571

Class C

     (5,403     (1,299

Advisor Class

     (1,237,413     (1,032,077

Net realized gain on investment transactions

    

Class A

     – 0  –      (158

Class C

     – 0  –      (87

Advisor Class

     – 0  –      (159,892
Capital Stock Transactions     

Net increase

     41,508,828       2,186,940  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase

     42,914,598       2,479,631  
Net Assets     

Beginning of period

     20,426,655       17,947,024  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of ($105,747) and undistributed net investment income of $315,864, respectively)

   $     63,341,253     $     20,426,655  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AB Cap Fund, Inc. (the “Company”), which is a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end management investment company. The Company operates as a series company currently comprised of 27 portfolios. Each portfolio is considered to be a separate entity for financial reporting and tax purposes. This report relates only to the AB All Market Income Portfolio (the “Fund”), a non-diversified portfolio. The Fund has authorized the issuance of Class A, Class B, Class C, Advisor Class, Class R, Class K, Class I, Class Z, Class 1 and Class 2 shares. Class B, Class R, Class K, Class I, Class Z, Class 1 and Class 2 shares have not been issued. As of May 31, 2017, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”), was the sole shareholder of Class C shares. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge of up to 4.25% for purchases not exceeding $1,000,000. With respect to purchases of $1,000,000 or more, Class A shares redeemed within one year of purchase may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1%. Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1% on redemptions made within the first year after purchase, and 0% after the first year of purchase. Effective April 10, 2017, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares ten years after the end of the calendar month of purchase. Advisor Class shares are sold without any initial or contingent deferred sales charge and are not subject to ongoing distribution expenses. All ten classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, except that the classes bear different distribution and transfer agency expenses. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund.

1. Security Valuation

Portfolio securities are valued at their current market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

 

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In general, the market values of securities which are readily available and deemed reliable are determined as follows: securities listed on a national securities exchange (other than securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”)) or on a foreign securities exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange or foreign securities exchange. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the last traded price from the previous day. Securities listed on more than one exchange are valued by reference to the principal exchange on which the securities are traded; securities listed only on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price; listed or over the counter (“OTC”) market put or call options are valued at the mid level between the current bid and ask prices. If either a current bid or current ask price is unavailable, the Adviser will have discretion to determine the best valuation (e.g. last trade price in the case of listed options); open futures are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, the most recent quoted bid price. If there are no quotations available for the day of valuation, the last available closing settlement price is used; U.S. Government securities and any other debt instruments having 60 days or less remaining until maturity are generally valued at market by an independent pricing vendor, if a market price is available. If a market price is not available, the securities are valued at amortized cost. This methodology is commonly used for short term securities that have an original maturity of 60 days or less, as well as short term securities that had an original term to maturity that exceeded 60 days. In instances when amortized cost is utilized, the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) must reasonably conclude that the utilization of amortized cost is approximately the same as the fair value of the security. Such factors the Committee will consider include, but are not limited to, an impairment of the creditworthiness of the issuer or material changes in interest rates. Fixed-income securities, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service or at a price obtained from one or more of the major broker-dealers. In cases where broker-dealer quotes are obtained, the Adviser may establish procedures whereby changes in market yields or spreads are used to adjust, on a daily basis, a recently obtained quoted price on a security. Swaps and other derivatives are valued daily, primarily using independent pricing services, independent pricing models using market inputs, as well as third party broker-dealers or counterparties. Open end mutual funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share, while exchange traded funds are valued at the closing market price per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (including restricted securities) or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value as deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Factors considered in making this

 

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determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents. In addition, the Fund may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities. To account for this, the Fund may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.

2. Fair Value Measurements

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 as described in Note A.1 above). 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,

 

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yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which are 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.

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.

 

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

 

Investments in
Securities:

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Investment Companies

  $ 28,331,904     $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 28,331,904  

Common Stocks:

       

Financials

    1,928,603       2,093,245       – 0  –      4,021,848  

Information Technology

    3,055,100       495,440       – 0  –      3,550,540  

Consumer Discretionary

    1,438,606       1,124,812       – 0  –      2,563,418  

Industrials

    1,116,929       997,140       – 0  –      2,114,069  

Health Care

    1,427,553       663,483       – 0  –      2,091,036  

Energy

    1,139,368       899,520       – 0  –      2,038,888  

Consumer Staples

    1,113,464       609,530       – 0  –      1,722,994  

Telecommunication Services

    655,654       303,813       – 0  –      959,467  

Materials

    471,975       395,637       – 0  –      867,612  

Real Estate

    450,818       228,436       – 0  –      679,254  

Utilities

    393,720       277,903       – 0  –      671,623  

Preferred Stocks

    3,534,550       230,390       – 0  –      3,764,940  

Emerging Markets – Treasuries

    – 0  –      1,648,213       – 0  –      1,648,213  

Emerging Markets – Sovereigns

    – 0  –      1,213,000       – 0  –      1,213,000  

Governments – Treasuries

    – 0  –      249,465       – 0  –      249,465  

Short-Term Investments:

       

Investment Companies

    4,629,742       – 0  –      – 0  –      4,629,742  

Governments – Sovereign Bonds

    – 0  –      241,088       – 0  –      241,088  

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

    2,326,473       – 0  –      – 0  –      2,326,473  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

    52,014,459       11,671,115       – 0  –      63,685,574  

Other Financial Instruments(a):

       

Assets:

       

Futures

    98,307       39,327       – 0  –      137,634 (b) 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

    – 0  –      215,031       – 0  –      215,031  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

    – 0  –      250,476       – 0  –      250,476 (b) 

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

    – 0  –      51,295       – 0  –      51,295  

Total Return Swaps

    – 0  –      9,132       – 0  –      9,132  

Liabilities:

       

Futures

    (183,663     (8,713     – 0  –      (192,376 )(b) 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

    – 0  –      (181,622     – 0  –      (181,622

Call Options Written

    – 0  –      (76,096     – 0  –      (76,096

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

    – 0  –      (80,160     – 0  –      (80,160 )(b) 

Total Return Swaps

    – 0  –      (2,377     – 0  –      (2,377
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total(c)

  $   51,929,103     $   11,887,408     $   – 0  –    $   63,816,511  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 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.

 

(b) Only variation margin receivable/(payable) at period end is reported within the statement of assets and liabilities. This amount reflects cumulative unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of exchange-traded derivatives as reported in the portfolio of investments.

 

(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.

 

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The Adviser established 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 processes 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).

3. Currency Translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under forward currency exchange contracts are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the quoted bid and ask prices of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates of exchange prevailing when such securities were acquired or sold. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at rates of exchange prevailing when accrued.

Net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions represents foreign exchange gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign fixed

 

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income investments, foreign currency exchange contracts, holding of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on foreign investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains and losses from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities at period end exchange rates are reflected as a component of net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

4. Taxes

It is the Fund’s policy to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its investment company taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no provisions for federal income or excise taxes are required. The Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on income and/or capital gains earned or repatriated. Taxes are accrued and applied to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized appreciation/depreciation as such income and/or gains are earned.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years (the current and prior tax year) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

5. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend. Interest income is accrued daily. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Investment gains or losses are determined on the identified cost basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

6. Class Allocations

All income earned and expenses incurred by the Fund are borne on a pro-rata basis by each outstanding class of shares, based on the proportionate interest in the Fund represented by the net assets of such class, except for class specific expenses which are allocated to the respective class. Expenses of the Company are charged proportionately to each portfolio or based on other appropriate methods. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated among the various share classes based on respective net assets.

 

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7. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations and may differ from those determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent these differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require such reclassification.

8. Offering Expenses

Offering expenses of $61,413 were deferred and amortized on a straight line basis over a one year period starting from December 18, 2014 (commencement of operations).

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser an advisory fee at an annual rate of .70% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is accrued daily and paid monthly. The Adviser has agreed to waive its fees and bear certain expenses to the extent necessary to limit total operating expenses, excluding, among other items, the Portfolio’s proportionate share of the advisory fees and other expenses of AB High Income Fund, Inc. (“ABHI”) on an annual basis (the “Expense Caps”) to .99%, 1.74% and .74% of daily average net assets for Class A, Class C, and Advisor Class shares, respectively. Any fees waived and expenses borne by the Adviser through May 10, 2016 are subject to repayment by the Fund until the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal period in which the fee was waived or the expense was borne; such waivers that are subject to repayment amounted to $417,022 for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2015 and $192,023 for the year ended November 30, 2016, respectively. In any case, no reimbursement payment will be made that would cause the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses to exceed the net fee percentages set forth above. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, such reimbursements/waivers amounted to $215,479. The Expense Caps may not be terminated by the Adviser before March 1, 2018.

The Fund currently invests in ABHI, an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fees and/or bear Fund expenses through March 1, 2018 in an amount equal to the Fund’s proportionate share of all advisory fees and other expenses of ABHI that are indirectly borne by the Fund. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, such waiver amounted to $30,793.

 

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The Fund may invest in AB Government Money Market Portfolio (the “Government Money Market Portfolio”) which has a contractual annual advisory fee rate of .20% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets and bears its own expenses. In connection with the investment by the Fund in the Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive its advisory fee from the Fund in an amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata share of the effective advisory fee of Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund as an acquired fund fee and expense. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, such waiver amounted to $1,805. A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the Government Money Market Portfolio for the six months ended May 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value

11/30/16

(000)

    Purchases
at Cost
(000)
    Sales
Proceeds
(000)
    Market Value
5/31/17
(000)
    Dividend
Income
(000)
 
  $    1,099     $     21,109     $     17,578     $     4,630     $     5  

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of ABHI for the six months ended May 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

AB High Income Fund, Inc.  
                                    Distributions  

Market
Value
11/30/16

(000)

    Purchases
at Cost
(000)
    Sales
Proceeds
(000)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
(000)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appr./
(Depr.)
(000)
    Market
Value
5/31/17
(000)
    Income
(000)
    Realized
Gains
(000)
 
  $  7,705     $   16,452     $   986     $   (11   $   494     $   23,654     $   398     $   – 0  – 

Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement, the Fund may reimburse the Adviser for certain legal and accounting services provided to the Fund by the Adviser. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Adviser voluntarily agreed to waive such fees amounting to $30,967.

The Fund compensates AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, under a Transfer Agency Agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the Fund. ABIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. Such compensation retained by ABIS amounted to $8,955 for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, serves as the distributor of the Fund’s shares. The Distributor has advised the Fund that it has retained front-end sales charges of $357 from the sale of Class A shares and received $– 0 – and $– 0 – in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by shareholders of Class A and C shares, respectively, for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

 

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The Fund may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment advisor, common officers, or common directors. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the purchase and sale transactions with an affiliated fund in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were $0 and $104,456, respectively.

Brokerage commissions paid on investment transactions for the six months ended May 31, 2017 amounted to $15,361, of which $0 and $0, respectively, was paid to Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC and Sanford C. Bernstein Limited, affiliates of the Adviser.

NOTE C

Distribution Services Agreement

The Fund has adopted a Distribution Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Agreement, the Fund pays distribution and servicing fees to the Distributor at an annual rate of up to .25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares, 1% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares. There are no distribution and servicing fees on the Advisor Class shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. The Agreement provides that the Distributor will use such payments in their entirety for distribution assistance and promotional activities. Since the commencement of the Fund’s operations, the Distributor has incurred expenses in excess of the distribution costs reimbursed by the Fund in the amount of $– 0 – for Class C shares. While such costs may be recovered from the Fund in future periods so long as the Agreement is in effect, the rate of the distribution and servicing fees payable under the Agreement may not be increased without a shareholder vote. In accordance with the Agreement, there is no provision for recovery of unreimbursed distribution costs incurred by the Distributor beyond the current fiscal year for Class A shares. The Agreement also provides that the Adviser may use its own resources to finance the distribution of the Fund’s shares.

NOTE D

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended May 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

Investment securities (excluding
U.S. government securities)

   $     53,777,604     $     17,590,834  

U.S. government securities

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

 

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The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation (excluding futures, foreign currency and swap transactions) are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $     1,230,937  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (645,398
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 585,539  
  

 

 

 

1. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Fund may use derivatives in an effort to earn income and enhance returns, to replace more traditional direct investments, to obtain exposure to otherwise inaccessible markets (collectively, “investment purposes”), or to hedge or adjust the risk profile of its portfolio.

The principal types of derivatives utilized by the Fund, as well as the methods in which they may be used are:

 

   

Futures

The Fund may buy or sell futures for investment purposes or for the purpose of hedging its portfolio against adverse effects of potential movements in the market. The Fund bears the market risk that arises from changes in the value of these instruments and the imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures and movements in the price of the assets, reference rates or indices which they are designed to track. Among other things, the Fund may purchase or sell futures for foreign currencies or options thereon for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investment in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”.

At the time the Fund enters into futures, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral an initial margin with the broker, as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. Such amount is shown as cash collateral due from broker on the statement of assets and liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Risks may arise from the potential inability of a counterparty to meet the terms of the contract. The credit/counterparty risk for exchange-traded futures is generally less than privately negotiated futures, since the clearinghouse, which is the issuer or counterparty to each exchange-traded future, has robust risk mitigation standards, including the requirement to provide initial and variation margin. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the time it was closed.

 

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During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund held futures for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

 

   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to hedge certain firm purchase and sale commitments denominated in foreign currencies and for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”.

A forward currency exchange contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated forward rate. The gain or loss arising from the difference between the original contract and the closing of such contract would be included in net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions. Fluctuations in the value of open forward currency exchange contracts are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation by the Fund. Risks may arise from the potential inability of a counterparty to meet the terms of a contract and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund held forward currency exchange contracts for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

 

   

Option Transactions

For hedging and investment purposes, the Fund may purchase and write (sell) put and call options on U.S. and foreign securities, including government securities, and foreign currencies that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets. Among other things, the Fund may use options transactions for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions” and may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, for hedging and investment purposes.

The risk associated with purchasing an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the premium and change in market value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. If a put or call option purchased by the Fund was permitted to expire without being sold or exercised, its premium would represent a loss to the Fund. Put and call options purchased are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities. The cost of securities acquired through the exercise of call options is increased by premiums paid. The proceeds from securities sold through the exercise of put options are decreased by the premiums paid.

 

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When the Fund writes an option, the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from written options which expire unexercised are recorded by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from options written. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium received is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium received is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium received reduces the cost basis of the security or currency purchased by the Fund. In writing an option, the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. Exercise of an option written by the Fund could result in the Fund selling or buying a security or currency at a price different from the current market value.

During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund held written options for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund had the following transactions in written options:

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premiums
Received
 

Options written outstanding as of 11/30/16

     1,276     $ 30,954  

Options written

     17,305       401,333  

Options Assigned

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Options bought back

     (14,877         (351,408

Options Expired

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options written outstanding as of 5/31/17

     3,704     $ 80,879  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Swaps

The Fund may enter into swaps to hedge its exposure to interest rates, credit risks or currencies. The Fund may also enter into swaps for non-hedging purposes as a means of gaining market exposures, including by making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions” or in order to take a “long” or “short” position with respect to an underlying referenced asset described below under “Total Return Swaps”. A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference being paid by one party to the other. In

 

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addition, collateral may be pledged or received by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the respective swaps to provide value and recourse to the Fund or its counterparties in the event of default, bankruptcy or insolvency by one of the parties to the swap.

Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap to comply with the terms of the swap. The loss incurred by the failure of a counterparty is generally limited to the net interim payment to be received by the Fund, and/or the termination value at the end of the contract. Therefore, the Fund considers the creditworthiness of each counterparty to a swap in evaluating potential counterparty risk. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying securities. The Fund accrues for the interim payments on swaps on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps on the statement of assets and liabilities, where applicable. Once the interim payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recorded as realized gain/(loss) on swaps on the statement of operations, in addition to any realized gain/(loss) recorded upon the termination of swaps. Upfront premiums paid or received are recognized as cost or proceeds on the statement of assets and liabilities and are amortized on a straight line basis over the life of the contract. Amortized upfront premiums are included in net realized gain/(loss) from swaps on the statement of operations. Fluctuations in the value of swaps are recorded as a component of net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps on the statement of operations.

Certain standardized swaps, including certain interest rate swaps and credit default swaps, are (or soon will be) subject to mandatory central clearing. Cleared swaps are transacted through futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) that are members of central clearinghouses, with the clearinghouse serving as central counterparty, similar to transactions in futures contracts. Centralized clearing will be required for additional categories of swaps on a phased-in basis based on requirements published by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

At the time the Fund enters into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral an initial margin with the broker, as required by the clearinghouse on which the transaction is effected. Such amount is shown as cash collateral due from broker on the statement of assets and liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal

 

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to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Risks may arise from the potential of a counterparty to meet the terms of the contract. The credit/counterparty risk for centrally cleared swaps is generally less than non-centrally cleared swaps, since the clearinghouse, which is the issuer or counterparty to each centrally cleared swap, has robust risk mitigation standards, including the requirement to provide initial and variation margin. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the time it was closed.

Interest Rate Swaps:

The Fund is subject to interest rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Fund holds fixed rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. To help hedge against this risk and to maintain its ability to generate income at prevailing market rates, the Fund may enter into interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional amount.

In addition, the Fund may also enter into interest rate swap transactions to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio, or protecting against an increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date. Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments) computed based on a contractually-based principal (or “notional”) amount. Interest rate swaps are entered into on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments).

During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund held interest rate swaps for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

Inflation (CPI) Swaps:

Inflation swap agreements are contracts in which one party agrees to pay the cumulative percentage increase in a price index (the Consumer Price Index with respect to CPI swaps) over the term of the swap (with some lag on the inflation index), and the other pays a compounded fixed rate. Inflation swaps may be used to protect the net asset value, or NAV, of a Fund against an unexpected change in the rate of inflation measured by an inflation index since the value of these agreements is expected to increase if unexpected inflation increases.

 

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During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund held inflation (CPI) swaps for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

Credit Default Swaps:

The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, including to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its risk exposure to defaults by corporate and sovereign issuers held by the Fund, or to create exposure to corporate or sovereign issuers to which it is not otherwise exposed. The Fund may purchase credit protection (“Buy Contract”) or provide credit protection (“Sale Contract”) on the referenced obligation of the credit default swap. During the term of the swap, the Fund receives/(pays) fixed payments from/(to) the respective counterparty, calculated at the agreed upon rate applied to the notional amount. If the Fund is a buyer/(seller) of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller/(pay to the buyer) of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap (the “Maximum Payout Amount”) and deliver/(take delivery of) the referenced obligation or (ii) receive/(pay) a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation.

In certain circumstances Maximum Payout Amounts may be partially offset by recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, upfront premium received upon entering into the agreement, or net amounts received from settlement of buy protection credit default swaps entered into by the Fund for the same reference obligation with the same counterparty. As of May 31, 2017, the Fund did not have Buy Contracts outstanding with respect to the same referenced obligation and counterparty Sale Contracts outstanding.

Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the referenced obligation directly. Credit default swaps are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. If the Fund is a buyer of protection and no credit event occurs, it will lose the payments it made to its counterparty. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, the value of the referenced obligation received by the Fund coupled with the periodic payments previously received, may be less than the Maximum Payout Amount it pays to the buyer, resulting in a net loss to the Fund.

Implied credit spreads over U.S. Treasuries of comparable maturity utilized in determining the market value of credit default swaps on issuers as of period end are disclosed in the portfolio of investments. The implied spreads serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and typically reflect the likelihood of default

 

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by the issuer of the referenced obligation. The implied credit spread of a particular reference obligation also reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may reflect upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Widening credit spreads typically represent a deterioration of the referenced obligation’s credit soundness and greater likelihood of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced obligation.

During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund held credit default swaps for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

Total Return Swaps:

The Fund may enter into total return swaps in order take a “long” or “short” position with respect to an underlying referenced asset. The Fund is subject to market price volatility of the underlying referenced asset. A total return swap involves commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market linked return based on a notional amount. To the extent that the total return of the security, group of securities or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty.

During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund held total return swaps for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

The Fund typically enters into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar master agreements (collectively, “Master Agreements”) with its derivative contract counterparties in order to, among other things, reduce its credit risk to counterparties. ISDA Master Agreements include provisions for general obligations, representations, collateral and events of default or termination. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund typically may offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment (close-out netting) in the event of default or termination.

Various Master Agreements govern the terms of certain transactions with counterparties, including transactions such as derivative transactions, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements. These Master Agreements typically attempt to reduce the counterparty risk associated with such transactions by specifying credit protection mechanisms and providing standardization that improves legal certainty. Cross-termination provisions under Master Agreements typically provide that a default in connection with one transaction between the Fund and a counterparty

 

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gives the non-defaulting party the right to terminate any other transactions in place with the defaulting party to create one single net payment due to/due from the defaulting party. In the event of a default by a Master Agreements counterparty, the return of collateral with market value in excess of the Fund’s net liability, held by the defaulting party, may be delayed or denied.

The Fund’s Master Agreements may contain provisions for early termination of OTC derivative transactions in the event the net assets of the Fund decline below specific levels (“net asset contingent features”). If these levels are triggered, the Fund’s counterparty has the right to terminate such transaction and require the Fund to pay or receive a settlement amount in connection with the terminated transaction. For additional details, please refer to netting arrangements by counterparty tables below.

During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund had entered into the following derivatives:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivative Type

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value    

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value  

Interest rate contracts

      
Receivable/Payable for variation margin on exchange-traded derivatives
      
$

297,562

      
Receivable/Payable for variation margin on exchange-traded derivatives
      
$

81,395

Equity contracts

  Receivable/Payable for variation margin on exchange-traded derivatives     90,548   Receivable/Payable for variation margin on exchange-traded derivatives     191,141

Foreign exchange contracts

      
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts
   
    
215,031

 
      
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts
   
    
181,622

 

Equity contracts

      Options written, at value     76,096  

Interest rate contracts

      
Unrealized appreciation on inflation swaps
   
    
51,295

 
   

Equity contracts

  Unrealized appreciation on total return swaps     9,132     Unrealized depreciation on total return swaps     2,377  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $   663,568       $   532,631  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

* Only variation margin receivable/payable at period end is reported within the statement of assets and liabilities.

 

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This amount reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) of exchange-traded derivatives as reported in the portfolio of investments.

 

Derivative Type

 

Location of
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Within Statement
of Operations

  Realized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
(Depreciation)
 

Interest rate contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on futures; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures   $ (2,864   $ 61,709  

Equity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on futures; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures         (280,084         (154,728

Foreign exchange contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities     21,961       30,045  

Equity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on options written; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of options written     (98,630     9,486  

Interest rate contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swaps; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps     (12,064     219,240  

Credit contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swaps; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps     45,608       (28,086

Equity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swaps; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps     553,785       6,755  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    $ 227,712     $ 144,421  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table represents the average monthly volume of the Fund’s derivative transactions during the six months ended May 31, 2017:

 

Futures:

  

Average original value of buy contracts

   $     3,572,428  

Average original value of sale contracts

   $ 7,634,573  

 

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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts:

  

Average principal amount of buy contracts

   $ 7,653,297  

Average principal amount of sale contracts

   $ 9,124,632  

Inflation Swaps:

  

Average notional amount

   $ 2,320,000  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps:

  

Average notional amount

   $     12,106,565  

Credit Default Swaps:

  

Average notional amount of sale contracts

   $ 190,773 (a) 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps:

  

Average notional amount of sale contracts

   $ 1,498,980 (b) 

Total Return Swaps:

  

Average notional amount

   $ 7,596,207  

 

(a) Positions were open for less than one month during the period.

 

(b) Positions were open for four months during the period.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the statement of assets and liabilities.

All derivatives held at period end were subject to netting arrangements. The following table presents the Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under Master Agreements (“MA”) and net of the related collateral received/pledged by the Fund as of May 31, 2017:

 

Counterparty

  Derivative
Assets
Subject to
a MA
    Derivative
Available
for Offset
    Cash
Collateral
Received
    Security
Collateral
Received
    Net
Amount of
Derivatives
Assets
 

Exchange-Traded Derivatives:

         

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc./Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC*

  $ 22,227     $ (22,227   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 22,227     $ (22,227   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTC Derivatives:

         

Bank of America, NA

  $ 6,414     $ (5,451   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 963  

Barclays Bank PLC

    33,978       (30,935     – 0  –      – 0  –      3,043  

BNP Paribas SA

    346       (346     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Citibank, NA

    9,132       (2,377     – 0  –      – 0  –      6,755  

Credit Suisse International

    35,039       (24,610     – 0  –      – 0  –      10,429  

Deutsche Bank AG

    48,709       (15,611     – 0  –      – 0  –      33,098  

Goldman Sachs International

    4,409       (4,409     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

    4,683       – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      4,683  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc./ Morgan Stanley And Co. International

    21,050       (16,133     – 0  –      – 0  –      4,917  

Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc.

    4,727       (2,871     – 0  –      – 0  –      1,856  

Standard Chartered Bank

    5,965       (3,552     – 0  –      – 0  –      2,413  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    96,367       (86,318     – 0  –      – 0  –      10,049  

UBS AG

    4,639       (4,639     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     275,458     $     (197,252   $     – 0  –    $     – 0  –    $     78,206
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Counterparty

  Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
a MA
    Derivative
Available
for Offset
    Cash
Collateral
Pledged**
    Security
Collateral
Pledged
    Net
Amount of
Derivatives
Liabilities
 

Exchange-Traded Derivatives:

         

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc./Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC*

  $ 65,691     $ (22,227   $ (43,464   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 65,691     $ (22,227   $     (43,464   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTC Derivatives:

         

Bank of America, NA

  $ 5,451     $ (5,451   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 

Barclays Bank PLC

    30,935       (30,935     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

BNP Paribas SA

    5,254       (346     – 0  –      – 0  –      4,908  

Citibank, NA

    2,377       (2,377     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Credit Suisse International

    24,610       (24,610     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Deutsche Bank AG

    15,611       (15,611     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Goldman Sachs International

    9,621       (4,409     – 0  –      – 0  –      5,212  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc./ Morgan Stanley And Co. International

    16,133       (16,133     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Nomura Global Financial Products, Inc.

    2,871       (2,871     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Standard Chartered Bank

    3,552       (3,552     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    86,318       (86,318     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

UBS AG

    14,382       (4,639     – 0  –      – 0  –      9,743  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     217,115     $     (197,252   $ – 0  –    $     – 0  –    $     19,863
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Cash and securities have been posted for initial margin requirements for exchange-traded derivatives outstanding at May 31, 2017.

 

** The actual collateral received/pledged is more than the amount reported due to over-collateralization.

 

^ Net amount represents the net receivable/payable that would be due from/to the counterparty in the event of default or termination. The net amount from OTC financial derivative instruments can only be netted across transactions governed under the same master agreement with the same counterparty.

2. Currency Transactions

The Fund may invest in non-U.S. Dollar-denominated securities on a currency hedged or unhedged basis. The Fund may seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures and options on futures, swaps, and other options. The Fund may enter into transactions for investment opportunities when it anticipates that a foreign currency will appreciate or depreciate in value but securities denominated in that currency are not held by the Fund and do not present attractive investment opportunities. Such transactions may also be used when the Adviser believes that it may be more efficient than a direct investment in a foreign currency-denominated security. The Fund may also conduct currency exchange contracts on a spot basis (i.e., for cash at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market for buying or selling currencies).

 

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NOTE E

Securities Lending

The Fund may enter into securities lending transactions. Under the Fund’s securities lending program, all loans of securities will be collateralized continually by cash. The Fund will be compensated for the loan from a portion of the net return from the income earned on cash collateral after a rebate is paid to the borrower (in some cases, this rebate may be a “negative rebate” or fee paid by the borrower to the Fund in connection with the loan), and payments are made for fees of the securities lending agent and for certain other administrative expenses. It is the policy of the Fund to receive collateral consisting of cash in an amount exceeding the value of the securities loaned. The Fund will have the right to call a loan and obtain the securities loaned at any time on notice to the borrower within the normal and customary settlement time for the securities. While the securities are on loan, the borrower is obligated to pay the Fund amounts equal to any income or other distributions from the securities. The Fund will not be able to exercise voting rights with respect to any securities during the existence of a loan, but will have the right to regain ownership of loaned securities in order to exercise voting or other ownership rights. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the Fund in the case of default of any securities borrower. Collateral received and securities loaned are marked to market daily to ensure that the securities loaned are secured by collateral. The lending agent currently invests the cash collateral received in Government Money Market Portfolio, an eligible money market vehicle, in accordance with the investment restrictions of the Fund, and as approved by the Board. The collateral received on securities loaned is recorded as an asset as well as a corresponding liability in the statement of assets and liabilities. When the Fund lends securities, its investment performance will continue to reflect changes in the value of the securities loaned. At May 31, 2017, the Fund had securities on loan with a value of $2,257,362 and had received cash collateral which has been invested into Government Money Market Portfolio of $2,326,473. The cash collateral will be adjusted on the next business day to maintain the required collateral amount. The Fund earned securities lending income of $852 and $1,071 from the borrowers and Government Money Market Portfolio, respectively, for the six months ended May 31, 2017; these amounts are reflected in the statement of operations. In connection with the cash collateral investment by the Fund in the Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of the Fund’s share of the advisory fees of Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund as an acquired fund fee and expense. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, such waiver amounted to $249. A principal risk of lending portfolio securities is that the borrower may fail to return the loaned securities upon termination of the loan and that the collateral will not be sufficient to replace the loaned

 

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securities. A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of Government Money Market Portfolio for the six months ended May 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value

11/30/16

(000)

    Purchases
at Cost
(000)
    Sales
Proceeds
(000)
    Market Value
5/31/17
(000)
 
  $    – 0  –    $     3,079     $     753     $     2,326  

NOTE F

Capital Stock

Each class consists of 1,000,000,000 authorized shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

             
     Shares           Amount        
     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
     Year Ended
November 30,
2016
          Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
       
  

 

 

   
Class A              

Shares sold

     222,768        39,129       $ 2,252,750     $ 388,454    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     3,896        271         39,363       2,687    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (9,007      (904       (90,451     (8,893  

 

   

Net increase

     217,657        38,496       $ 2,201,662     $ 382,248    

 

   
             
Class C              

Shares sold

     16,718        9,225       $ 168,685     $ 93,415    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     500        84         5,005       842    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (2,326      – 0  –        (23,361     – 0  –   

 

   

Net increase

     14,892        9,309       $ 150,329     $ 94,257    

 

   
             
Advisor Class              

Shares sold

     4,207,356        231,019       $ 42,589,992     $ 2,294,022    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     40,184        5,321         406,469       52,028    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (382,603      (63,366       (3,839,624     (635,615  

 

   

Net increase

     3,864,937        172,974       $ 39,156,837     $ 1,710,435    

 

   

NOTE G

Risks Involved in Investing in the Fund

Interest Rate Risk and Credit Risk—Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed-income debt securities such as bonds or notes. Increases in interest

 

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rates may cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, will be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. Credit risk is greater for medium quality and lower-rated securities. Lower-rated debt securities and similar unrated securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”) have speculative elements or are predominantly speculative risks.

High Yield Debt Securities—Investments in fixed-income securities with lower ratings (commonly known as “junk bonds”) tend to have a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally and less secondary market liquidity.

Inflation Risk—This is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the value of the Fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the Fund’s distributions. This risk is significantly greater for fixed-income securities with longer maturities.

Foreign (Non-U.S.) Risk—Investment in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors. These risks may be heightened with respect to investments in emerging market countries, where there may be an increased amount of economic, political and social instability.

Emerging Market Risk—Investments in emerging market countries may have more risk because the markets are less developed and less liquid, and because these investments may be subject to increased economic, political, regulatory, or other uncertainties.

Currency Risk—Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments or reduce its returns.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund may enter into derivative transactions such as forwards, options, futures and swaps. Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments. Derivatives may result in significant losses, including losses that are far greater than the value of the derivatives reflected on the statement of assets and liabilities.

 

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Short Sale Risk—Short sales involve the risk that the Fund will incur a loss by subsequently buying a security at a higher price than the price at which it sold the security. The amount of such loss is theoretically unlimited, as it will be based on the increase in value of the security sold short. In contrast, the risk of loss from a long position is limited to the Fund’s investment in the security, because the price of the security cannot fall below zero. The Fund may not always be able to close out a short position on favorable terms.

Leverage Risk—When the Fund borrows money or otherwise leverages its investments, its performance may be volatile because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may create leverage through the use of reverse repurchase arrangements, forward currency exchange contracts, forward commitments, dollar rolls or futures or by borrowing money. The use of other types of derivative instruments by the Fund, such as options and swaps, may also result in a form of leverage. Leverage may result in higher returns to the Fund than if the Fund were not leveraged, but may also adversely affect returns, particularly if the market is declining.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund may have more risk because it is “non-diversified”, meaning that it can invest more of its assets in a smaller number of issuers and that adverse changes in the value of one security could have a more significant effect on the Fund’s NAV.

Liquidity Risk—Liquidity risk occurs when certain investments become difficult to purchase or sell. Difficulty in selling less liquid securities may result in sales at disadvantageous prices affecting the value of your investment in the Fund. Causes of liquidity risk may include low trading volumes, large positions and heavy redemptions of fund shares. Over recent years, liquidity risk has also increased because the capacity of dealers in the secondary market for fixed-income securities to make markets in these securities has decreased, even as the overall bond market has grown significantly, due to, among other things, structural changes, additional regulatory requirements and capital and risk restraints that have led to reduced inventories. Liquidity risk may be higher in a rising interest rate environment, when the value and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally go down.

Indemnification Risk—In the ordinary course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and expects the risk of loss thereunder to be remote.

 

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NOTE H

Joint Credit Facility

A number of open-end mutual funds managed by the Adviser, including the Fund, participate in a $280 million revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with abnormal redemption activity. Commitment fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are included in miscellaneous expenses in the statement of operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the six months ended May 31, 2017.

NOTE I

Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions to be paid for the year ending November 30, 2017 will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year. The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended November 30, 2016 and November 30, 2015 were as follows:

 

     2016      2015  

Distributions paid from:

  

Ordinary income

   $ 1,046,479      $ 686,508  

Long-term capital gains

     151,605        – 0  – 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total taxable distributions paid

   $     1,198,084      $     686,508  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of November 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 348,906  

Undistributed capital gains

     (603,760 )(a) 

Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

         109,208 (b) 
  

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)

   $ (145,646
  

 

 

 

 

(a) As of November 30, 2016, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $603,760.

 

(b) The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the tax treatment of swaps and passive foreign investment companies (PFICs), and the recognition for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain derivative instruments.

For tax purposes, net realized capital losses may be carried over to offset future capital gains, if any. Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses for an indefinite period, and such losses will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. As of November 30, 2016, the Fund had a net short-term capital loss carryforward of $431,813 and a net long-term capital loss carryforward of $171,947, which may be carried forward for an indefinite period.

 

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NOTE J

Other

In October 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amended existing rules (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017. Management has evaluated the impact of the amendments and expects the adoption of final rules will be limited to additional financial statement disclosures.

NOTE K

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an Accounting Standards Update, ASU 2017-08, Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (the “ASU”) which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium, shortening such period to the earliest call date. The ASU does not require any accounting change for debt securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity. The ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the financial statements.

NOTE L

Subsequent Event

Management has evaluated subsequent events for possible recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the date the financial statements are issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements through this date.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class A  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    December 18,
2014(a) to
November 30,
2015
 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  9.90       $  9.75       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

     

Net investment income(b)(c)

    .23       .39       .35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .79       .37       (.24
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    1.02       .76       .11  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

     

Dividends from net investment income

    (.65     (.52     (.36

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      (.09     – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.65     (.61     (.36
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  10.27       $  9.90       $  9.75  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

     

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    8.08  %      8.20  %      1.04  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

     

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $2,650       $399       $18  

Ratio to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(e)

    .82  %^      .78  %      .77  %^ 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(e)

    2.19  %^      3.91  %      3.92  %^ 

Net investment income(c)

    4.49  %^      4.04  %      3.67  %^ 

Portfolio turnover rate

    50  %      94  %      88  % 

See footnote summary on page 73.

 

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Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class C  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017

(unaudited)

    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    December 18,
2014(a) to
November 30,
2015
 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  9.90       $  9.75       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

     

Net investment income(b)(c)

    .18       .33       .28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .78       .36       (.24
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    .96       .69       .04  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

     

Dividends from net investment income

    (.58     (.45     (.29

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      (.09     – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.58     (.54     (.29
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  10.28       $  9.90       $  9.75  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

     

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    7.72  %      7.42  %      .31  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

     

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $259       $102       $10  

Ratio to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(e)

    1.56  %^      1.54  %      1.52  %^ 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(e)

    3.13  %^      4.70  %      4.57  %^ 

Net investment income(c)

    3.67  %^      3.34  %      2.89  %^ 

Portfolio turnover rate

    50  %      94  %      88  % 

See footnote summary on page 73.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Advisor Class  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    December 18,
2014(a) to
November 30,
2015
 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  9.91       $  9.75       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

     

Net investment income(b)(c)

    .24       .50       .37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .81       .29       (.24
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    1.05       .79       .13  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

     

Dividends from net investment income

    (.67     (.54     (.38

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      (.09     – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.67     (.63     (.38
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  10.29       $  9.91       $  9.75  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

     

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    8.29  %      8.51  %      1.25  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

     

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $60,432       $19,926       $17,919  

Ratio to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(e)

    .56  %^      .53  %      .53  %^ 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(e)

    2.07  %^      3.40  %      3.52  %^ 

Net investment income(c)

    4.72  %^      5.08  %      3.88  %^ 

Portfolio turnover rate

    50  %      94  %      88  % 

See footnote summary on page 73.

 

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Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

 

(a) Commencement of operations.

 

(b) Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) Net of fees and expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser.

 

(d) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Initial sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges are not reflected in the calculation of total investment return. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Total investment return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(e) In connection with the Portfolios’ investments in affiliated underlying portfolios, the Portfolios incur no direct expenses, but bear proportionate shares of the acquired fund fees and expenses (i.e., operating, administrative and investment advisory fees) of the affiliated underlying portfolios. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fees from the Portfolios in an amount equal to the Portfolios’ pro rata share of certain acquired fund fees and expenses, and for the period shown below, such waiver amounted to:

 

     Six Months Ended
May 31,  2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    December 18,
2014(a) to
November 30,
2015
 

Class A

     .17     .21     .22

Class C

     .18     .20     .22

Advisor Class

     .18     .21     .21

 

^ Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1) , Chairman

John H. Dobkin(1)

Michael J. Downey(1)

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1)

D. James Guzy(1)

  

Nancy P. Jacklin(1)

Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Carol C. McMullen(1)

Garry L. Moody(1)

Earl D. Weiner(1)

OFFICERS

Philip L. Kirstein,

Senior Vice President and Independent Compliance Officer

Morgan C. Harting(2), Vice President

Daniel J. Loewy(2), Vice President

Vadim Zlotnikov(2), Vice President

  

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

Vincent S. Noto, Chief Compliance Officer

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Corporation CCB/5

1 Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

Principal Underwriter

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

 

Transfer Agent

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 786003

San Antonio, TX 78278-6003

Toll-Free (800) 221-5672

  

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

5 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

Legal Counsel

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

 

1 Member of the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Independent Directors Committee.

 

2 The day-to-day management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund are made by its Investment Policy Team. Messrs. Harting, Loewy, and Zlotnikov are the investment professionals with the most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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Information Regarding the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement

The disinterested directors (the “directors”) of AB Cap Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously approved the continuance of the Company’s Advisory Agreement with the Adviser in respect of AB All Market Income Portfolio (the “Fund”) at a meeting held on August 2-3, 2016 (the “Meeting”).

Prior to approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement, the directors had requested from the Adviser, and received and evaluated, extensive materials. They reviewed the proposed continuance of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser and with experienced counsel who are independent of the Adviser, who advised on the relevant legal standards. The directors also reviewed an independent evaluation prepared by the Company’s Senior Officer (who is also the Company’s Independent Compliance Officer) of the reasonableness of the advisory fee, in which the Senior Officer concluded that the contractual fee for the Fund was reasonable. The directors also discussed the proposed continuance in private sessions with counsel and the Company’s Senior Officer.

The directors considered their knowledge of the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to the Fund gained from their experience as directors or trustees of most of the registered investment companies advised by the Adviser, their overall confidence in the Adviser’s integrity and competence they have gained from that experience, the Adviser’s initiative in identifying and raising potential issues with the directors and its responsiveness, frankness and attention to concerns raised by the directors in the past, including the Adviser’s willingness to consider and implement organizational and operational changes designed to improve investment results and the services provided to the AB Funds. The directors noted that they have four regular meetings each year, at each of which they receive presentations from the Adviser on the investment results of the Fund and review extensive materials and information presented by the Adviser.

The directors also considered all other factors they believed relevant, including the specific matters discussed below. In their deliberations, the directors did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and different directors may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The directors determined that the selection of the Adviser to manage the Fund and the overall arrangements between the Fund and the Adviser, as provided in the Advisory Agreement, including the advisory fee, were fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the directors

 

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considered relevant in the exercise of their business judgment. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the directors’ determinations included the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided

The directors considered the scope and quality of services provided by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, including the quality of the investment research capabilities of the Adviser and the other resources it has dedicated to performing services for the Fund. They also noted the professional experience and qualifications of the Fund’s portfolio management team and other senior personnel of the Adviser. The directors also considered that the Advisory Agreement provides that the Fund will reimburse the Adviser for the cost to it of providing certain clerical, accounting, administrative and other services to the Fund by employees of the Adviser or its affiliates. Requests for these reimbursements are made on a quarterly basis and subject to approval by the directors. Reimbursements, to the extent requested and paid, result in a higher rate of total compensation from the Fund to the Adviser than the fee rate stated in the Advisory Agreement. The directors noted that the methodology used to determine the reimbursement amounts had been reviewed by an independent consultant retained by the Company’s Senior Officer. The quality of administrative and other services, including the Adviser’s role in coordinating the activities of the Fund’s other service providers, also was considered. The directors concluded that, overall, they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability

The directors reviewed a schedule of the revenues, expenses and related notes indicating the profitability of the Fund to the Adviser for the period ended December 31, 2014 and for calendar year 2015 that had been prepared with an expense allocation methodology arrived at in consultation with an independent consultant retained by the Company’s Senior Officer. The directors noted the assumptions and methods of allocation used by the Adviser in preparing fund-specific profitability data and understood that there are a number of potentially acceptable allocation methodologies for information of this type. The directors noted that the profitability information reflected all revenues and expenses of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund, including those relating to its subsidiaries that provide transfer agency, distribution and brokerage services to the Fund. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of the profitability of the Advisory Agreement with the profitability of advisory contracts for unaffiliated funds because comparative information is not generally publicly available and is affected by numerous factors. The directors focused on the profitability of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund before taxes and distribution expenses. The directors noted that the Fund was not profitable to the Adviser in the periods reviewed.

 

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Fall-Out Benefits

The directors considered the other benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund, including, but not limited to, benefits relating to soft dollar arrangements (whereby investment advisers receive brokerage and research services from brokers that execute agency transactions for their clients); 12b-1 fees and sales charges received by the Fund’s principal underwriter (which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser) in respect of certain classes of the Fund’s shares; brokerage commissions paid by the Fund to brokers affiliated with the Adviser; and transfer agency fees paid by the Fund to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser. The directors recognized that the Fund’s unprofitability to the Adviser would be exacerbated without these benefits. The directors understood that the Adviser also might derive reputational and other benefits from its association with the Fund.

Investment Results

In addition to the information reviewed by the directors in connection with the Meeting, the directors receive detailed performance information for the Fund at each regular Board meeting during the year.

At the Meeting, the directors reviewed information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an analytical service that is not affiliated with the Adviser, showing the performance of the Class A Shares of the Fund against a peer group and a peer universe selected by Broadridge, and information prepared by the Adviser showing performance of the Class A Shares against a broad-based securities market index, in each case for the 1-year period ended May 31, 2016 and (in the case of comparisons with the broad-based securities market index) the period since inception. Based on their review, the directors concluded that the Fund’s investment performance was acceptable.

Advisory Fees and Other Expenses

The directors considered the advisory fee rate paid by the Fund to the Adviser and information prepared by Broadridge concerning advisory fee rates paid by other funds in the same Broadridge category as the Fund at a common asset level. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of advisory fees because there are variations in the services that are included in the fees paid by other funds. The directors considered the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate against a peer group median.

The Adviser informed the directors that there were no institutional products managed by it that have a substantially similar investment style.

The directors noted that the Fund invests in shares of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), subject to the restrictions and limitations of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as these may be varied as a result of exemptive orders issued by the SEC. The directors also noted that ETFs pay advisory

 

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fees pursuant to their advisory contracts, and that the Adviser had provided, and they had reviewed, information about the expense ratios of the relevant ETFs. The directors concluded, based on the Adviser’s explanation of how it uses ETFs when they are the most cost-effective way to obtain desired exposures or to “equitize” cash inflows pending purchases of underlying securities, that the advisory fee for the Fund is based on services that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided under the advisory contracts of the ETFs in which the Fund may invest.

The directors noted that the Fund invests in investment companies advised by the Adviser, some of which benefit from current fee waivers and/or expense caps by the Adviser. The directors’ continuance of the Advisory Agreement was made subject to the maintenance of such current fee waivers and expense caps for the period of the contract continuance on terms at least as favorable to the Fund.

The directors also considered the total expense ratio of the Class A shares of the Fund in comparison to a peer group and a peer universe selected by Broadridge. The Class A expense ratio of the Fund was based on the Fund’s latest fiscal year. The directors noted the effects of any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as a result of an undertaking by the Adviser. The directors noted that it was likely that the expense ratios of some of the other funds in the Fund’s Broadridge category were lowered by waivers or reimbursements by those funds’ investment advisers, which in some cases might be voluntary or temporary. The directors view expense ratio information as relevant to their evaluation of the Adviser’s services because the Adviser is responsible for coordinating services provided to the Fund by others. Based on their review, the directors concluded that the Fund’s expense ratio was acceptable.

Economies of Scale

The directors noted that the advisory fee schedule for the Fund does not contain breakpoints and that they had discussed their strong preference for breakpoints in advisory contracts with the Adviser. The directors took into consideration prior presentations by an independent consultant on economies of scale in the mutual fund industry and for the AB Funds, and by the Adviser concerning certain of its views on economies of scale. The directors also had requested and received from the Adviser certain updates on economies of scale in advance of the Meeting. The directors believe that economies of scale may be realized (if at all) by the Adviser across a variety of products and services, and not only in respect of a single fund. The directors noted that there is no established methodology for setting breakpoints that give effect to the fund-specific services provided by a fund’s adviser and to the economies of scale that an adviser may realize in its overall mutual fund business or those components of it which directly or indirectly affect a fund’s operations. The directors observed that in the mutual fund industry as a whole, as well as among funds similar to

 

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the Fund, there is no uniformity or pattern in the fees and asset levels at which breakpoints (if any) apply. The directors also noted that the advisory agreements for many funds do not have breakpoints at all. The directors informed the Adviser that they would monitor the Fund’s assets (which were well below the level at which they would anticipate adding an initial breakpoint) and its profitability (currently unprofitable) to the Adviser and anticipated revisiting the question of breakpoints in the future if circumstances warranted doing so.

 

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Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

 

1 Prior to November 1, 2016, Sustainable Global Thematic Fund was named Global Thematic Growth Fund; prior to January 9, 2017, Relative Value Fund was named Growth & Income Fund; prior to April 17, 2017, Tax-Managed All Market Income Portfolio was named Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth Strategy; prior to April 24, 2017, All Market Total Return Portfolio was named Balanced Wealth Strategy.

 

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LOGO

AB ALL MARKET INCOME PORTFOLIO

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AMI-0152-0517                 LOGO


MAY    05.31.17

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

AB ASIA EX-JAPAN EQUITY PORTFOLIO

 

 

LOGO

 

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Investment Products Offered  

 Are Not FDIC Insured May Lose Value Are Not Bank Guaranteed

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

This shareholder report must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s prospectus for individuals who are not current shareholders of the Fund.

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge. Simply visit AB’s website at www.abfunds.com, or go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227 4618.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC 0330. AB publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at www.abfunds.com.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (ABI) is the distributor of the AB family of mutual funds. ABI is a member of FINRA and is an affiliate of AllianceBernstein L.P., the Adviser of the funds.

The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.


 

FROM THE PRESIDENT    LOGO

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide this report for AB Asia ex-Japan Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”). Please review the discussion of Fund performance, the market conditions during the reporting period and the Fund’s investment strategy.

As always, AB strives to keep clients ahead of what’s next by:

 

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For additional information about AB’s range of products and shareholder resources, please log on to www.abfunds.com.

Thank you for your investment in the AB Mutual Funds.

Sincerely,

 

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Robert M. Keith

President and Chief Executive Officer, AB Mutual Funds

 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

July 17, 2017

This report provides management’s discussion of fund performance for AB Asia ex-Japan Equity Portfolio for the semi-annual reporting period ended May 31, 2017.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital.

NAV RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     6 Months      12 Months  
AB ASIA EX-JAPAN EQUITY PORTFOLIO      
Class A Shares      17.61%        28.09%  
Class C Shares      17.10%        27.08%  
Advisor Class Shares1      17.60%        28.32%  
MSCI AC Asia ex-Japan Index (net)      18.41%        28.08%  

 

1 Please note that this share class is for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

Please keep in mind that high, double-digit returns are highly unusual and cannot be sustained. Investors should also be aware that these returns were primarily achieved during favorable market conditions.

INVESTMENT RESULTS

The table above shows the Fund’s performance compared to its benchmark, the Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country (“MSCI AC”) Asia ex-Japan Index (net), for the six- and 12-month periods ended May 31, 2017.

All share classes of the Fund underperformed the benchmark during the six-month period, before sales charges. Despite the 20%-plus gains in the benchmark index since the start of 2017, concerns about the potential fallout of China’s policy tightening and uncertainty over the impact of US President Donald Trump’s economic policies kept investors cautious and value stocks under pressure. At the same time, a steep rally in some richly priced stocks, such as China’s giant internet commerce companies, also created headwinds for value stocks. Security selection in the consumer discretionary and energy sectors detracted relative to the benchmark; however, this was partially offset by security selection in information technology and telecommunications.

During the 12-month period, Class A and Advisor Class shares outperformed the benchmark, while Class C shares underperformed, before sales charges.

 

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Although the Fund was buoyed by a recovery in value stocks in the second half of 2016, this was offset by a setback at the end of the year and toward the end of the 12-month period. Security selection in the consumer discretionary and utilities sectors detracted from returns, which was partially offset by security selection in information technology and health care.

The Fund did not utilize derivatives during the six- or 12-month periods.

MARKET REVIEW AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Asia ex-Japan equities rose sharply in both periods. A global economic pick-up fueled a rebound in the region’s exports, as benign market reactions to US interest rate hikes soothed concerns that higher US rates could cause a mass capital flight from emerging markets. Nonetheless, political uncertainties in the US and Europe, geopolitical risks in the Middle East and the Korean peninsula, and concerns about a slowdown in China’s economic growth kept investors cautious.

The Fund continues to focus on identifying fresh company-specific opportunities through its research-driven, bottom-up approach and on maintaining disciplined risk management. After several years of elevated investor anxiety, the value opportunity—as measured by the valuation gap between the cheapest and the most expensive companies in the market—remained at high levels across the region, most notably in North Asian countries. Although the Fund trimmed its allocation to countries that have outperformed, it remained broadly overweight in Northeast Asia, particularly South Korea, and underweight in Southeast Asia.

INVESTMENT POLICIES

The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets in a portfolio of equity securities of companies economically tied to the Asia region, excluding companies in Japan (“Asia ex-Japan companies”), and derivatives related thereto. Asia ex-Japan companies include any company that (i) is domiciled or organized in an Asia ex-Japan country; (ii) has an established presence and conducts business in the Asia ex-Japan region; or (iii) conducts a significant part of its economic activities in the Asia ex-Japan region. Many countries in the Asia ex-Japan region are considered emerging-market or frontier-market countries. Emerging markets have less developed and smaller economies and capital markets than developed countries and frontier-market countries have less developed and smaller economies and capital markets than emerging-market countries. Equity securities may include common stocks, preferred stocks, the equity securities of real estate investment trusts, global depositary receipts and derivative instruments related to equity securities.

 

(continued on next page)

 

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The Adviser believes that, over time, securities that are undervalued by the market relative to their long-term earnings power can provide high returns. The Adviser will utilize fundamental analysis and its quantitative models to attempt to identify these securities, and will seek to build a portfolio that delivers attractive risk-adjusted returns.

The Fund expects to utilize derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, forwards and swaps. For example, the Fund may invest in futures contracts to gain exposure to foreign markets. Derivatives may provide a more efficient and economical exposure to market segments than direct investments, and may also be a more efficient way to alter the Fund’s exposure.

Fluctuations in currency exchange rates can have a dramatic impact of the returns of equity securities. The Adviser may, but frequently will not, hedge the foreign currency exposure resulting from the Fund’s security positions through the use of currency-related derivatives. The Fund may also take long and short positions in currencies (or related derivatives) independent of any such security positions. The Fund is “non-diversified”.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS

 

Benchmark Disclosure

The MSCI AC Asia ex-Japan Index is unmanaged and does not reflect fees and expenses associated with the active management of a mutual fund portfolio. The MSCI AC Asia ex-Japan Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of Asia, excluding Japan. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations, and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indices, any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed or produced by MSCI. Net returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends after deduction of non-US withholding tax. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, and its results are not indicative of the performance for any specific investment, including the Fund.

A Word About Risk

Market Risk: The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market.

Foreign (Non-US) Risk: Investments in securities of non-US issuers may involve more risk than those of US issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

Emerging Market Risk: Investments in emerging-market and frontier-market countries may involve more risk than investments in other foreign countries because the markets in such countries are less developed and less liquid as well as being subject to increased economic, political, regulatory or other uncertainties. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors such as unfavorable or unsuccessful government actions and reduction in government or central bank support. Investments in frontier-market countries may have more risks because those countries have less developed economies and less liquid capital markets.

Geographic Focus Risk: Because the Fund intends to focus its investments in a particular geographic region, the Fund’s performance is expected to be closely tied to various factors such as social, financial, economic and political conditions within that region. Specifically, the Fund’s investments in Asian issuers increases the Fund’s exposure to the risks associated with volatile securities markets, adverse exchange rates, social, political and regulatory developments and economic environmental events (such as natural disasters) that may be particular to Asian countries. Events that negatively affect the fiscal stability of Asian countries may

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS (continued)

 

cause the value of the Fund’s shares to decrease, in some cases significantly. As a result, the Fund is likely to be more volatile than more geographically diverse funds. Many Asian economies have experienced rapid growth and industrialization and there is no assurance that this growth rate will continue.

A substantial portion of the market for Asia ex-Japan securities consists of securities of Chinese companies. Investments in China and related countries may have more risk because, after years of robust growth, China’s economy is slowing sharply and manufacturing activity has declined.

Currency Risk: Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments or reduce its returns. Emerging-market currencies may be more volatile and less liquid, and subject to significantly greater risk of currency controls and convertibility restrictions, than currencies of developed countries.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.

Liquidity Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling out of these illiquid securities at an advantageous price. Derivatives and securities involving substantial market and credit risk tend to involve greater liquidity risk.

Non-Diversification Risk: The Fund may have more risk because it is “non-diversified”, meaning that it can invest more of its assets in a smaller number of issuers. Accordingly, changes in the value of a single security may have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”).

Management Risk: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

These risks are fully discussed in the Fund’s prospectus. As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

An Important Note About Historical Performance

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS (continued)

 

more or less than their original cost. Performance shown in this report represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by visiting www.abfunds.com. The Fund has been in operation only for a short period of time, and therefore has a very limited historical performance period. This limited performance period is unlikely to be representative of the performance the Fund will achieve over a longer period.

All fees and expenses related to the operation of the Fund have been deducted. NAV returns do not reflect sales charges; if sales charges were reflected, the Fund’s quoted performance would be lower. SEC returns reflect the applicable sales charges for each share class: a 4.25% maximum front-end sales charge for Class A shares and a 1% 1-year contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares. Returns for the different share classes will vary due to different expenses associated with each class. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

    NAV Returns     SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES    
1 Year     28.09%       22.62%  
Since Inception1     15.69%       12.41%  
CLASS C SHARES    
1 Year     27.08%       26.08%  
Since Inception1     14.80%       14.80%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2    
1 Year     28.32%       28.32%  
Since Inception1     15.93%       15.93%  

The Fund’s current prospectus fee table shows the Fund’s total annual operating expense ratios as 8.18%, 8.98% and 7.81% for Class A, Class C and Advisor Class shares, respectively, gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements limit the Fund’s annual operating expense ratios exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses other than the advisory fees of any AB mutual funds in which the Fund may invest, interest expense, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and brokerage commissions and other transaction costs to 1.40%, 2.15% and 1.15% for Class A, Class C and Advisor Class shares, respectively. These waivers/reimbursements may not be terminated before March 1, 2018. Any fees waived and expenses borne by the Adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund until the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal period in which the fee was waived or the expense was borne, provided that no reimbursement payment will be made that would cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses to exceed the expense limitations. Absent reimbursements or waivers, performance would have been lower. The Financial Highlights section of this report sets forth expense ratio data for the current reporting period; the expense ratios shown above may differ from the expense ratios in the Financial Highlights section since they are based on different time periods.

 

1 Inception date: 12/3/2015.

 

2 Please note that this share class is for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE (continued)

 

SEC AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS

AS OF THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR QUARTER-END

JUNE 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES   
1 Year      22.22%  
Since Inception1      13.86%  
CLASS C SHARES   
1 Year      25.62%  
Since Inception1      16.10%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2   
1 Year      27.93%  
Since Inception1      17.30%  

 

1 Inception date: 12/3/2015.

 

2 Please note that this share class is for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

(unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE (continued)

 

 

    Beginning
Account Value
December 1, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
May 31, 2017
    Expenses Paid
During Period*
    Annualized
Expense Ratio*
 
Class A        

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,176.10     $ 7.60       1.40

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,017.95     $ 7.04       1.40
Class C        

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,171.00     $ 11.64       2.15

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,014.21     $     10.80       2.15
Advisor Class        

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,176.00     $ 6.24       1.15

Hypothetical**

  $     1,000     $     1,019.20     $ 5.79       1.15

 

* Expenses are equal to the classes’ annualized expense ratios multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

** Assumes 5% annual return before expenses.

 

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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $6.4

 

 

 

LOGO

 

 

 

LOGO

 

1 All data are as of May 31, 2017. The Fund’s sector and country breakdowns are expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time.

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. These sector classifications are broadly defined. The “Portfolio of Investments” section of the report reflects more specific industry information and is consistent with the investment restrictions discussed in the Fund’s prospectus.

 

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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (continued)

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

 

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS1

 

Company    U.S. $ Value      Percent of
Net Assets
 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.    $ 514,575        8.1
KB Financial Group, Inc.      270,069        4.2  
Hana Financial Group, Inc.      254,201        4.0  
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.      241,230        3.8  
Largan Precision Co., Ltd.      209,836        3.3  
Tencent Holdings Ltd.      202,768        3.2  
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. – Class H      177,419        2.8  
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.      166,928        2.6  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.      155,921        2.4  
Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)      148,667        2.3  
   $   2,341,614        36.7

 

1 Long-term investments.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

COMMON STOCKS – 98.2%

    

Information Technology – 31.2%

    

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 7.3%

    

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

     20,000     $ 68,431  

Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd.

     16,500       60,842  

Largan Precision Co., Ltd.

     1,330       209,836  

LG Innotek Co., Ltd.

     620       74,187  

Tripod Technology Corp.

     17,000       50,560  
    

 

 

 
       463,856  
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services – 6.7%

    

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

     1,180       144,503  

NetEase, Inc. (ADR)

     280       79,738  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     5,900       202,768  
    

 

 

 
       427,009  
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 6.6%

    

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     52,592       67,444  

Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd.(b)

     76,000       99,701  

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

     29,000       96,904  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     23,000       155,921  
    

 

 

 
       419,970  
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 10.6%

    

Pegatron Corp.

     33,000       101,582  

Quanta Computer, Inc.

     28,000       64,034  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     195       388,382  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference Shares)

     81       126,193  
    

 

 

 
       680,191  
    

 

 

 
       1,991,026  
    

 

 

 

Financials – 29.1%

    

Banks – 21.7%

    

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. – Class H

     366,000       177,419  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     37,000       166,928  

China CITIC Bank Corp., Ltd. – Class H

     91,000       56,130  

Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd.

     8,800       67,274  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     8,600       127,060  

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     6,950       254,201  

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     7,000       35,565  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. – Class H

     207,000       138,213  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     5,650       270,069  

State Bank of India

     20,850       93,152  
    

 

 

 
       1,386,011  
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 1.1%

    

China Everbright Ltd.

     30,000       67,314  
    

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 1.2%

    

Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

     50,000     $ 76,238  
    

 

 

 

Insurance – 5.1%

    

Dongbu Insurance Co., Ltd.

     1,490       90,054  

New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. – Class H

     19,800       106,596  

PICC Property & Casualty Co., Ltd. – Class H

     78,000       129,835  
    

 

 

 
       326,485  
    

 

 

 
       1,856,048  
    

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 8.9%

    

Auto Components – 2.1%

    

Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.

     2,490       135,463  
    

 

 

 

Automobiles – 1.0%

    

Tata Motors Ltd.

     5,220       38,552  

Tata Motors Ltd. – Class A

     5,710       25,403  
    

 

 

 
       63,955  
    

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services – 0.9%

    

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

     850       60,919  
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.7%

    

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     8,000       46,226  
    

 

 

 

Household Durables – 0.4%

    

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

     46,166       25,160  
    

 

 

 

Multiline Retail – 1.0%

    

Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd.

     240       61,350  
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 0.7%

    

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.

     32,200       33,673  

Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd.

     4,000       13,599  
    

 

 

 
       47,272  
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.1%

    

Li Ning Co., Ltd.(a)

     103,000       70,646  

Luthai Textile Co., Ltd. – Class B

     20,300       22,919  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     9,500       37,844  
    

 

 

 
       131,409  
    

 

 

 
       571,754  
    

 

 

 

Materials – 7.5%

    

Chemicals – 3.6%

    

Green Seal Holding Ltd.

     6,000       25,289  

Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

     1,380       96,218  

LG Chem Ltd.

     190       51,227  

PTT Global Chemical PCL

     27,300       56,909  
    

 

 

 
       229,643  
    

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Construction Materials – 0.9%

    

Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. – Class H

     17,000     $ 56,317  
    

 

 

 

Metals & Mining – 3.0%

    

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. – Class H

     20,000       30,070  

POSCO

     460       116,051  

Vedanta Ltd.

     12,420       45,921  
    

 

 

 
       192,042  
    

 

 

 
       478,002  
    

 

 

 

Real Estate – 6.9%

    

Real Estate Management & Development – 6.9%

    

Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd.

     14,500       108,710  

China Resources Land Ltd.

     21,000       61,656  

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     98,000       38,357  

Times Property Holdings Ltd.

     22,000       14,306  

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

     17,500       148,667  

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     9,500       71,038  
    

 

 

 
       442,734  
    

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services – 5.9%

    

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 4.8%

    

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.(a)

     168,000       241,230  

KT Corp.

     1,790       52,030  

KT Corp. (Sponsored ADR)

     606       10,193  
    

 

 

 
       303,453  
    

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services – 1.1%

    

XL Axiata Tbk PT(a)

     327,750       72,766  
    

 

 

 
       376,219  
    

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 2.8%

    

Food & Staples Retailing – 0.8%

    

E-MART, Inc.

     220       47,784  
    

 

 

 

Food Products – 2.0%

    

China Agri-Industries Holdings Ltd.(a)

     60,000       25,775  

WH Group Ltd.(b)

     111,000       103,987  
    

 

 

 
       129,762  
    

 

 

 
       177,546  
    

 

 

 

Energy – 2.3%

    

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.3%

    

PetroChina Co., Ltd. – Class H

     140,000       93,099  

Petronet LNG Ltd.

     7,620       51,869  
    

 

 

 
       144,968  
    

 

 

 

Health Care – 1.8%

    

Health Care Providers & Services – 1.8%

    

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd. – Class H

     40,500       117,100  
    

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Industrials – 1.1%

    

Airlines – 0.3%

    

Air China Ltd. – Class H

     18,000     $ 17,133  
    

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 0.6%

    

China Railway Group Ltd. – Class H

     46,000       38,086  
    

 

 

 

Machinery – 0.2%

    

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.

     27,000       16,621  
    

 

 

 
       71,840  
    

 

 

 

Utilities – 0.7%

    

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 0.7%

    

Huaneng Renewables Corp., Ltd. – Class H

     136,000       45,056  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments – 98.2%
(cost $5,182,951)

       6,272,293  

Other assets less liabilities – 1.8%

       114,153  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

     $ 6,386,446  
    

 

 

 

 

(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 May 31, 2017, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $203,688 or 3.2% of net assets.

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Assets   

Investments in securities, at value

  

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $5,182,951)

   $ 6,272,293  

Cash

     123,778  

Foreign currencies, at value (cost $15,968)

     15,972  

Receivable from Adviser

     17,164  

Dividends receivable

     15,252  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     6,444,459  
  

 

 

 
Liabilities   

Legal fee payable

     15,263  

Audit and tax fee payable

     13,328  

Payable for investment securities purchased

     9,567  

Custody fee payable

     9,270  

Transfer Agent fee payable

     1,449  

Distribution fee payable

     33  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     9,103  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     58,013  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 6,386,446  
  

 

 

 
Composition of Net Assets   

Capital stock, at par

   $ 52  

Additional paid-in capital

     5,226,968  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (8,893

Accumulated net realized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

     79,119  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     1,089,200  
  

 

 

 
   $     6,386,446  
  

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share—10 billion shares of capital stock authorized, $.0001 par value

 

Class   Net Assets        Shares
Outstanding
       Net Asset
Value
 

 

 
A   $ 132,403          10,848        $ 12.21

 

 
C   $ 12,294          1,008        $ 12.20  

 

 
Advisor   $   6,241,749          510,285        $   12.23  

 

 

 

* The maximum offering price per share for Class A shares was $12.75, which reflects a sales charge of 4.25%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six Months Ended May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income     

Dividends

    

Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes withheld of $7,183)

   $ 56,807     $ 56,807  
  

 

 

   
Expenses     

Advisory fee (see Note B)

     26,002    

Transfer agency—Class A

     94    

Transfer agency—Class C

     28    

Transfer agency—Advisor Class

     9,849    

Distribution fee—Class A

     69    

Distribution fee—Class C

     57    

Administrative

     37,826    

Custodian

     36,377    

Audit and tax

     21,281    

Legal

     18,123    

Registration fees

     16,599    

Directors’ fees

     13,011    

Printing

     5,081    

Amortization of offering expenses

     960    

Miscellaneous

     16,276    
  

 

 

   

Total expenses

     201,633    

Less: expenses waived and reimbursed by the Adviser (see Note B)

         (168,283  
  

 

 

   

Net expenses

       33,350  
    

 

 

 

Net investment income

       23,457  
    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment and Foreign Currency Transactions     

Net realized gain (loss) on:

    

Investment transactions

       230,230  

Foreign currency transactions

       811  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

    

Investments

       692,439 (a) 

Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

       (3
    

 

 

 

Net gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

       923,477  
    

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

     $     946,934  
    

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes decrease in accrued foreign capital gains of $7,522.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    December 3,  2015(a)
to
November 30, 2016
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations     

Net investment income

   $ 23,457     $ 65,541  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     231,041       (163,865

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     692,436       396,764  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets from operations

     946,934       298,440  
Dividends to Shareholders from     

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (238     (56

Class C

     (22     (51

Advisor Class

     (69,772     (28,934
Capital Stock Transactions     

Net increase

     183,537       5,056,608  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase

     1,060,439       5,326,007  
Net Assets     

Beginning of period

     5,326,007       – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $(8,893) and undistributed net investment income of $37,682, respectively)

   $     6,386,446     $     5,326,007  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AB Cap Fund, Inc. (the “Company”), which is a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end management investment company. The Company operates as a series company currently comprised of 27 portfolios. Each portfolio is considered to be a separate entity for financial reporting and tax purposes. This report relates only to the AB Asia Ex-Japan Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”), a non-diversified portfolio. The Fund commenced operations on December 3, 2015. The Fund has authorized the issuance of Class A, Class B, Class C, Advisor Class, Class R, Class K, Class I, Class Z, Class 1 and Class 2 shares. Class B, Class R, Class K, Class I, Class Z, Class 1 and Class 2 shares are not currently being offered. As of May 31, 2017, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) was the sole shareholder of Class C shares. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge of up to 4.25% for purchases not exceeding $1,000,000. With respect to purchases of $1,000,000 or more, Class A shares redeemed within one year of purchase may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1%. Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1% on redemptions made within the first year after purchase, and 0% after the first year of purchase. Effective April 10, 2017, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares ten years after the end of the calendar month of purchase. Advisor Class shares are sold without an initial or contingent deferred sales charge and are not subject to ongoing distribution expenses. All ten classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, except that the classes bear different distribution and transfer agency expenses. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund.

1. Security Valuation

Portfolio securities are valued at their current market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

 

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In general, the market values of securities which are readily available and deemed reliable are determined as follows: securities listed on a national securities exchange (other than securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”)) or on a foreign securities exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange or foreign securities exchange. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the last traded price from the previous day. Securities listed on more than one exchange are valued by reference to the principal exchange on which the securities are traded; securities listed only on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price; listed or over the counter (“OTC”) market put or call options are valued at the mid level between the current bid and ask prices. If either a current bid or current ask price is unavailable, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) will have discretion to determine the best valuation (e.g. last trade price in the case of listed options); open futures are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, the most recent quoted bid price. If there are no quotations available for the day of valuation, the last available closing settlement price is used; U.S. Government securities and any other debt instruments having 60 days or less remaining until maturity are generally valued at market by an independent pricing vendor, if a market price is available. If a market price is not available, the securities are valued at amortized cost. This methodology is commonly used for short term securities that have an original maturity of 60 days or less, as well as short term securities that had an original term to maturity that exceeded 60 days. In instances when amortized cost is utilized, the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) must reasonably conclude that the utilization of amortized cost is approximately the same as the fair value of the security. Such factors the Committee will consider include, but are not limited to, an impairment of the creditworthiness of the issuer or material changes in interest rates. Fixed-income securities, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service or at a price obtained from one or more of the major broker-dealers. In cases where broker/dealer quotes are obtained, the Adviser may establish procedures whereby changes in market yields or spreads are used to adjust, on a daily basis, a recently obtained quoted price on a security; swaps and other derivatives are valued daily, primarily using independent pricing services, independent pricing models using market inputs, as well as third party broker-dealers or counterparties. Open end mutual funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share, while exchange traded funds are valued at the closing market price per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (including restricted securities) or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value as deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Factors considered in making this

 

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determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents. In addition, the Fund may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities. To account for this, the Fund may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.

2. Fair Value Measurements

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 as described in Note A.1 above). 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

 

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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 May 31, 2017:

 

Investments in
Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Information Technology

   $ 224,241     $ 1,766,785     $ – 0  –    $ 1,991,026  

Financials

     – 0  –      1,856,048       – 0  –      1,856,048  

Consumer Discretionary

     60,919       510,835       – 0  –      571,754  

Materials

     – 0  –      478,002       – 0  –      478,002  

Real Estate

     – 0  –      442,734       – 0  –      442,734  

Telecommunication Services

     10,193       366,026       – 0  –      376,219  

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –      177,546       – 0  –      177,546  

Energy

     – 0  –      144,968       – 0  –      144,968  

Health Care

     – 0  –      117,100       – 0  –      117,100  

Industrials

     – 0  –      71,840       – 0  –      71,840  

Utilities

     – 0  –      45,056       – 0  –      45,056  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     295,353       5,976,940       – 0  –      6,272,293  

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $   295,353     $   5,976,940     $   – 0  –    $   6,272,293  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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, see Note A.1.

 

* 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 instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser established 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

 

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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 comparisons 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).

3. Currency Translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under forward currency exchange contracts are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the quoted bid and ask prices of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates of exchange prevailing when such securities were acquired or sold. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at rates of exchange prevailing when accrued.

Net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions represents foreign exchange gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign fixed income investments, foreign currency exchange contracts, holding of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on foreign investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains and losses from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities at period end exchange rates are reflected as a component of net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

 

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4. Taxes

It is the Fund’s policy to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its investment company taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no provisions for federal income or excise taxes are required. The Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on income and/or capital gains earned or repatriated. Taxes are accrued and applied to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized appreciation/depreciation as such income and/or gains are earned.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years (all years since inception of the Fund) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

5. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend. Interest income is accrued daily. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date securities are purchased or sold. Investment gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

6. Class Allocations

All income earned and expenses incurred by the Fund are borne on a pro-rata basis by each outstanding class of shares, based on the proportionate interest in the Fund represented by the net assets of such class, except for class specific expenses which are allocated to the respective class. Expenses of the Company are charged proportionately to each portfolio or based on other appropriate methods. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated among the various share classes based on their respective net assets.

7. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations and may differ from those determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent these differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require such reclassification.

 

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8. Offering Expenses

Offering expenses of $116,741 were deferred and amortized on a straight line basis over a one year period starting from December 3, 2015 (commencement of operations).

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser an advisory fee at annualized rate of 0.90% of the first $2.5 billion of the Portfolio’s average net assets, and 0.85% of the excess over $2.5 billion. The fee is accrued daily and paid monthly. The Adviser has agreed to waive its fees and bear certain expenses to the extent necessary to limit total operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses other than the advisory fees of any AB Mutual Funds in which the Fund may invest, interest expense, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and brokerage commissions and other transaction costs) on an annual basis (the “Expense Caps”) to 1.40%, 2.15% and 1.15% of the daily average net assets for Class A, Class C and Advisor Class shares, respectively. Any fees waived and expenses borne by the Adviser are subject to repayment by the Fund until the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal period in which the fee was waived or the expense was borne; such waiver that is subject to repayment amounted to $375,106 for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2016. In any case, no repayment will be made that would cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses to exceed the net fee percentages set forth above. For the six months ended May 31, 2017 the reimbursements/waivers amounted to $130,457. The Expense Caps may not be terminated by the Adviser before March 1, 2018.

Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement, the Fund may reimburse the Adviser for certain legal and accounting services provided to the Fund by the Adviser. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Adviser voluntarily agreed to waive such fees in the amount of $37,826.

The Fund compensates AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, under a Transfer Agency Agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the Fund. ABIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. Such compensation retained by ABIS amounted to $9,000 for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, serves as the distributor of the Fund’s shares. The Distributor has advised the Fund that it has retained front-end sales charges of $65 from the sale of Class A shares and received no contingent deferred

 

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sales charges imposed upon redemptions by shareholders of Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

Brokerage commissions paid on investment transactions for the six months ended May 31, 2017 amounted to $4,433, none of which was paid to Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC or Sanford C. Bernstein Limited, respectively, affiliates of the Adviser.

NOTE C

Distribution Services Agreement

The Fund has adopted a Distribution Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Agreement, the Fund pays distribution and servicing fees to the Distributor at an annual rate of up to .25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares and 1% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares. There are no distribution and servicing fees on the Advisor Class. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. The Agreement provides that the Distributor will use such payments in their entirety for distribution assistance and promotional activities. Since the commencement of the Fund’s operations, the Distributor has incurred no expenses in excess of the distribution costs reimbursed by the Fund for Class C shares. While such costs may be recovered from the Fund in future periods so long as the Agreement is in effect, the rate of the distribution and servicing fees payable under the Agreement may not be increased without a shareholder vote. In accordance with the Agreement, there is no provision for recovery of unreimbursed distribution costs incurred by the Distributor beyond the current fiscal year for Class A shares. The Agreement also provides that the Adviser may use its own resources to finance the distribution of the Fund’s shares.

NOTE D

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended May 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

Investment securities (excluding
U.S. government securities)

   $     2,605,682     $     2,459,523  

U.S. government securities

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as cost for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,182,021  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (92,679
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $     1,089,342  
  

 

 

 

 

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1. Currency Transactions

The Fund may invest in non-U.S. Dollar-denominated securities on a currency hedged or unhedged basis. The Fund may seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures and options on futures, swaps, and other options. The Fund may enter into transactions for investment opportunities when it anticipates that a foreign currency will appreciate or depreciate in value but securities denominated in that currency are not held by the Fund and do not present attractive investment opportunities. Such transactions may also be used when the Adviser believes that it may be more efficient than a direct investment in a foreign currency-denominated security. The Fund may also conduct currency exchange contracts on a spot basis (i.e., for cash at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market for buying or selling currencies).

NOTE E

Capital Stock

Each class consists of 1,000,000,000 authorized shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

            
     Shares           Amount        
     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    December 3,
2015* to
November 30,
2016
          Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    December 3,
2015* to
November 30,
2016
       
  

 

 

   
Class A             

Shares sold

     8,944       1,901       $ 104,341     $ 19,338    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     23       6         238       56    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     – 0  –      (26       – 0  –      (281  

 

   

Net increase

     8,967       1,881       $ 104,579     $ 19,113    

 

   
            
Class C             

Shares sold

     – 0  –      1,001       $ – 0  –    $ 10,005    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     2       5         22       51    

 

   

Net increase

     2       1,006       $ 22     $ 10,056    

 

   
            
Advisor Class             

Shares sold

     801       499,707       $ 9,164     $ 4,998,505    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     6,800       2,977         69,772       28,934    

 

   

Net increase

     7,601       502,684       $ 78,936     $ 5,027,439    

 

   

 

* Commencement of operations.

 

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At May 31, 2017, the Adviser owned approximately 98% of the Fund’s outstanding shares. Significant transactions by such shareholder, if any, may impact the Fund’s performance.

NOTE F

Risks Involved in Investing in the Fund

Foreign (Non-U.S.) Risk—Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

Emerging Market Risk—Investments in emerging market and frontier market countries may involve more risk than investments in other foreign countries because the markets in such countries are less developed and less liquid as well as being subject to increased economic, political, regulatory, or other uncertainties. In addition, the value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors such as unfavorable or unsuccessful government actions and reduction in government or central bank support. Investments in frontier market countries may have more risks because those countries have less developed economies and less liquid capital markets.

Geographic Focus Risk—Because the Fund intends to focus its investments in a particular geographic region, the Fund’s performance is expected to be closely tied to various factors such as social, financial, economic, and political conditions within that region. Specifically, the Fund’s investments in Asian issuers increases the Fund’s exposure to the risks associated with volatile securities markets, adverse exchange rates, social, political, and regulatory developments, and economic environmental events (such as natural disasters) that may be particular to Asian countries. Events that negatively affect the fiscal stability of Asian countries may cause the value of the Fund’s shares to decrease, in some cases significantly. As a result, the Fund is likely to be more volatile than more geographically diverse funds. Many Asian economies have experienced rapid growth and industrialization and there is no assurance that this growth rate will continue.

A substantial portion of the market for Asia ex-Japan securities consists of securities of Chinese companies. Investments in China and related countries may have more risk because, after years of robust growth, China’s economy is slowing sharply and manufacturing activity has declined.

Currency Risk—Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments or reduce its returns. Emerging market currencies may be more volatile and less liquid, and subject to

 

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significantly greater risk of currency controls and convertibility restrictions, than currencies of developed countries.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund may enter into derivative transactions such as forwards, options, futures and swaps. Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments. Derivatives may result in significant losses, including losses that are far greater than the value of the derivatives reflected on the statement of assets and liabilities.

Liquidity Risk—Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling out of these illiquid securities at an advantageous price. Derivatives and securities involving substantial market and credit risk tend to involve greater liquidity risk.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund may have more risk because it is “non-diversified”, meaning that it can invest more of its assets in a smaller number of issuers and that adverse changes in the value of one security could have a more significant effect on the Fund’s net asset value, or NAV.

Indemnification Risk—In the ordinary course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and expects the risk of loss thereunder to be remote. Therefore, the Fund has not accrued any liability in connection with these indemnification provisions.

NOTE G

Joint Credit Facility

A number of open-end mutual funds managed by the Adviser, including the Fund, participate in a $280 million revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing if necessary, subject to certain restrictions, in connection with abnormal redemption activity. Commitment fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are included in miscellaneous expenses in the statement of operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the six months ended May 31, 2017.

NOTE H

Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions paid for the year ending November 30, 2017 will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

 

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The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal period ended November 30, 2016 was as follows:

 

     2016  

Distributions paid from:

  

Ordinary income

   $ 29,041  
  

 

 

 

Total taxable distributions paid

   $     29,041  
  

 

 

 

As of November 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 55,964  

Accumulated capital and other losses

         (140,904 )(a) 

Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

     367,464 (b) 
  

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)

   $ 282,524  
  

 

 

 

 

(a) As of November 30, 2016, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $140,904.

 

(b) The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the tax treatment of passive foreign investment companies (PFICs).

For tax purposes, net realized capital losses may be carried over to offset future capital gains, if any. Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses for an indefinite period, and such losses will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. As of November 30, 2016, the Fund had a net short-term capital loss carryforward of $140,904 which may be carried forward for an indefinite period.

NOTE I

Other

In October 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amended existing rules (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements, as well as other amendments. Management has evaluated the impact of the amendments and expects the adoption of final rules will be limited to additional financial statement disclosures.

NOTE J

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events for possible recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the date the financial statements are issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements through this date.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(unaudited)
    December 3,
2015(a) to
November 30,
2016
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  10.51       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

   

Net investment income(b)(c)

    .05       .10  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

    1.78       .47  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    1.83       .57  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends

   

Dividends from net investment income

    (.13     (.06
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  12.21       $  10.51  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

   

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    17.61  %      5.71  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

   

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $132       $20  

Ratio to average net assets of:

   

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(e)

    1.40  %      1.40  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(e)

    7.06  %      10.32  % 

Net investment income(c)(e)

    .95  %      1.03  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    43  %      78  % 

See footnote summary on page 35.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(unaudited)
    December 3,
2015(a) to
November 30,
2016
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  10.44       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

   

Net investment income (loss)(b)(c)

    (.01     .03  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

    1.79       .46  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    1.78       .49  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends

   

Dividends from net investment income

    (.02     (.05
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  12.20       $  10.44  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

   

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    17.10  %      4.94  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

   

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $12       $10  

Ratio to average net assets of:

   

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(e)

    2.15  %      2.15  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(e)

    8.12  %      11.28  % 

Net investment income (loss)(c)(e)

    (.19 )%      .31  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    43  %      78  % 

See footnote summary on page 35.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Advisor Class  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(unaudited)
    December 3,
2015(a) to
November 30,
2016
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  10.53       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

   

Net investment income(b)(c)

    .05       .13  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

    1.79       .46  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    1.84       .59  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends

   

Dividends from net investment income

    (.14     (.06
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  12.23       $  10.53  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

   

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    17.60  %      6.03  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

   

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $6,242       $5,296  

Ratio to average net assets of:

   

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(e)

    1.15  %      1.15  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(e)

    6.98  %      10.11  % 

Net investment income(c)(e)

    .81  %      1.31  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    43  %      78  % 

 

(a) Commencement of operations.

 

(b) Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) Net of expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser.

 

(d) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge is not reflected in the calculation of total investment return. Total investment return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Total investment return for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(e) Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1), Chairman

John H. Dobkin(1)

Michael J. Downey(1)

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1)

D. James Guzy(1)

  

Nancy P. Jacklin(1)

Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Carol C. McMullen(1)

Garry L. Moody(1)

Earl D. Weiner(1)

OFFICERS

Philip L. Kirstein,

Senior Vice President and Independent Compliance Officer

Stuart Rae(2), Vice President

Rajeev Eyunni(2), Vice President

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

  

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

Vincent S. Noto, Chief Compliance Officer

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

50 Post Office Square

Boston, MA 02210

 

Principal Underwriter

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

 

Transfer Agent

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 786003

San Antonio, TX 78278-6003

Toll-Free (800) 221-5672

  

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

5 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

Legal Counsel

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

 

1 Member of the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Independent Directors Committee.

 

2 The day-to-day management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund are made by its senior management team. Messrs. Rae and Eyunni are the investment professionals with the most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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Information Regarding the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement

The disinterested directors (the “directors”) of AB Cap Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously approved the continuance of the Company’s Advisory Agreement with the Adviser in respect of AB Asia ex-Japan Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”) at a meeting held on May 2-4, 2017 (the “Meeting”).

Prior to approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement, the directors had requested from the Adviser, and received and evaluated, extensive materials. They reviewed the proposed continuance of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser and with experienced counsel who are independent of the Adviser, who advised on the relevant legal standards. The directors also reviewed an independent evaluation prepared by the Company’s Senior Officer (who is also the Company’s Independent Compliance Officer), who acted as their independent fee consultant, of the reasonableness of the advisory fee, in which the Senior Officer concluded that the contractual fee for the Fund was reasonable. The directors also discussed the proposed continuance in private sessions with counsel and the Company’s Senior Officer.

The directors considered their knowledge of the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to the Fund gained from their experience as directors or trustees of most of the registered investment companies advised by the Adviser, their overall confidence in the Adviser’s integrity and competence they have gained from that experience, the Adviser’s initiative in identifying and raising potential issues with the directors and its responsiveness, frankness and attention to concerns raised by the directors in the past, including the Adviser’s willingness to consider and implement organizational and operational changes designed to improve investment results and the services provided to the AB Funds. The directors noted that they have four regular meetings each year, at each of which they review extensive materials and information from the Adviser, including information on the investment performance of the Fund.

The directors also considered all factors they believed relevant, including the specific matters discussed below. During the course of their deliberations, the directors evaluated, among other things, the reasonableness of the advisory fee. The directors did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and different directors may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The directors determined that the selection of the Adviser to manage the Fund and the overall arrangements between the Fund and the Adviser, as provided in the Advisory Agreement, including the advisory fee, were fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the directors considered relevant in the exercise of

 

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their business judgment. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the directors’ determinations included the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided

The directors considered the scope and quality of services provided by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, including the quality of the investment research capabilities of the Adviser and the other resources it has dedicated to performing services for the Fund. They also noted the professional experience and qualifications of the Fund’s portfolio management team and other senior personnel of the Adviser. The directors also considered that the Advisory Agreement provides that the Fund will reimburse the Adviser for the cost to it of providing certain clerical, accounting, administrative and other services to the Fund by employees of the Adviser or its affiliates. Requests for these reimbursements are made on a quarterly basis and subject to approval by the directors. To date, the Adviser has not requested any reimbursements from the Fund. The directors noted that the methodology used to determine the reimbursement amounts had been reviewed by an independent consultant retained by the Company’s Senior Officer. The quality of administrative and other services, including the Adviser’s role in coordinating the activities of the Fund’s other service providers, also was considered. The directors concluded that, overall, they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability

The directors reviewed a schedule of the revenues and expenses and related notes indicating the profitability of the Fund to the Adviser for the period ended December 31, 2015 and calendar year 2016 that had been prepared with an expense allocation methodology arrived at in consultation with an independent consultant retained by the Company’s Senior Officer. The directors noted the assumptions and methods of allocation used by the Adviser in preparing fund-specific profitability data and understood that there are a number of potentially acceptable allocation methodologies for information of this type. The directors noted that the profitability information reflected all revenues and expenses of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund, including those relating to its subsidiaries that provide transfer agency, distribution and brokerage services to the Fund. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of the profitability of the Advisory Agreement with the profitability of advisory contracts for unaffiliated funds because comparative information is not generally publicly available and is affected by numerous factors. The directors focused on the profitability of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund before taxes and distribution expenses. The directors noted that the Fund was not profitable to the Adviser in the periods reviewed.

 

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Fall-Out Benefits

The directors considered the other benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund, including, but not limited to, benefits relating to soft dollar arrangements (whereby investment advisers receive brokerage and research services from brokers that execute agency transactions for their clients); 12b-1 fees and sales charges received by the Fund’s principal underwriter (which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser) in respect of certain classes of the Fund’s shares; brokerage commissions paid by the Fund to brokers affiliated with the Adviser; and transfer agency fees paid by the Fund to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser. The directors recognized that the Fund’s unprofitability to the Adviser would be exacerbated without these benefits. The directors understood that the Adviser also might derive reputational and other benefits from its association with the Fund.

Investment Results

In addition to the information reviewed by the directors in connection with the Meeting, the directors receive detailed performance information for the Fund at each regular Board meeting during the year.

At the Meeting, the directors reviewed information prepared by an analytical service that is not affiliated with the Adviser (the “15(c) service provider”), showing the performance of the Class A Shares of the Fund against a peer group and a peer universe, and information prepared by the Adviser showing performance of the Class A Shares against a broad-based securities market index, in each case for the 1-year period ended February 28, 2017 and (in the case of comparisons with the broad-based securities market index) for the period from inception. Based on their review, the directors concluded that the Fund’s investment performance was acceptable.

Advisory Fees and Other Expenses

The directors considered the advisory fee rate paid by the Fund to the Adviser and information prepared by the 15(c) service provider concerning advisory fee rates paid by other funds in the same category as the Fund at a common asset level. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of advisory fees because there are variations in the services that are included in the fees paid by other funds. The directors compared the Fund’s contractual effective advisory fee rate with a peer group median.

The directors also considered the Adviser’s fee schedule for institutional clients pursuing a similar investment style. For this purpose, they reviewed the relevant advisory fee information from the Adviser’s Form ADV and the evaluation from the Company’s Senior Officer and noted the differences between the Fund’s fee schedule, on the one hand, and the institutional fee schedule and the schedule of fees charged to any offshore funds and any sub-advised funds, on the other. The directors noted that the Adviser may, in some cases, agree to fee rates with large institutional clients that are

 

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lower than those reviewed by the directors and that they had previously discussed with the Adviser its policies in respect of such arrangements.

The Adviser reviewed with the directors the significantly greater scope of the services it provides to the Fund relative to institutional, offshore fund and sub-advised fund clients. In light of the substantial differences in services rendered by the Adviser to institutional, offshore fund and sub-advised fund clients as compared to funds such as the Fund, the directors considered these fee comparisons inapt and did not place significant weight on them in their deliberations.

The directors noted that the Fund may invest in shares of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), subject to the restrictions and limitations of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as these may be varied as a result of exemptive orders issued by the SEC. The directors also noted that ETFs pay advisory fees pursuant to their advisory contracts. The directors concluded, based on the Adviser’s explanation of how it may use ETFs when they are the most cost-effective way to obtain desired exposures for a fund or to temporarily “equitize” cash inflows pending purchases of underlying securities, that the advisory fee for the Fund would be paid for services that would be in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided under the advisory contracts of the ETFs.

The directors also considered the total expense ratio of the Class A shares of the Fund in comparison to a peer group and a peer universe selected by the 15(c) service provider. The Class A expense ratio of the Fund was based on the Fund’s latest fiscal year and the directors considered the effects of any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as a result of the Adviser’s expense cap. The directors noted that it was likely that the expense ratios of some of the other funds in the Fund’s category were lowered by waivers or reimbursements by those funds’ investment advisers, which in some cases might be voluntary or temporary. The directors view expense ratio information as relevant to their evaluation of the Adviser’s services because the Adviser is responsible for coordinating services provided to the Fund by others. Based on their review, the directors concluded that the Fund’s expense ratio was acceptable.

Economies of Scale

The directors noted that the advisory fee schedule for the Fund contains breakpoints that reduce the fee rates on assets above specified levels. The directors took into consideration prior presentations by an independent consultant on economies of scale in the mutual fund industry and for the AB Funds, and by the Adviser concerning certain of its views on economies of scale. The directors also had requested and received from the Adviser certain updates on economies of scale in advance of the Meeting. The directors believe that economies of scale may be realized (if at all) by the Adviser across a variety of products and services, and not only in respect of

 

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a single fund. The directors noted that there is no established methodology for setting breakpoints that give effect to the fund-specific services provided by a fund’s adviser and to the economies of scale that an adviser may realize in its overall mutual fund business or those components of it which directly or indirectly affect a fund’s operations. The directors observed that in the mutual fund industry as a whole, as well as among funds similar to the Fund, there is no uniformity or pattern in the fees and asset levels at which breakpoints (if any) apply. The directors also noted that the advisory agreements for many funds do not have breakpoints at all. Having taken these factors into account, the directors concluded that the Fund’s shareholders would benefit from a sharing of economies of scale in the event the Fund’s net assets exceed a breakpoint in the future.

 

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This page is not part of the Shareholder Report or the Financial Statements

 

 

AB FAMILY OF FUNDS

 

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Select US Equity Portfolio

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INTERNATIONAL/ GLOBAL EQUITY

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FIXED INCOME

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CLOSED-END FUNDS

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We also offer Government Exchange Reserves, which serves as the money market fund exchange vehicle for the AB mutual funds. An investment in Government Exchange Reserves is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

 

1 Prior to November 1, 2016, Sustainable Global Thematic Fund was named Global Thematic Growth Fund; prior to January 9, 2017, Relative Value Fund was named Growth & Income Fund; prior to April 17, 2017, Tax-Managed All Market Income Portfolio was named Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth Strategy; prior to April 24, 2017, All Market Total Return Portfolio was named Balanced Wealth Strategy.

 

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NOTES

 

 

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NOTES

 

 

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LOGO

AB ASIA EX-JAPAN EQUITY PORTFOLIO

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

800 221 5672

 

 

AJEP-0152-0517                 LOGO


MAY    05.31.17

LOGO

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

AB SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO

 

 

LOGO

 

LOGO


 

 

 
Investment Products Offered  

 Are Not FDIC Insured May Lose Value Are Not Bank Guaranteed

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

This shareholder report must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s prospectus for individuals who are not current shareholders of the Fund.

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge. Simply visit AB’s website at www.abfunds.com, or go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227 4618.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC 0330. AB publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at www.abfunds.com.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (ABI) is the distributor of the AB family of mutual funds. ABI is a member of FINRA and is an affiliate of AllianceBernstein L.P., the Adviser of the funds.

The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.


 

FROM THE PRESIDENT    LOGO

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide this report for AB Small Cap Value Portfolio (the “Fund”). Please review the discussion of Fund performance, the market conditions during the reporting period and the Fund’s investment strategy.

As always, AB strives to keep clients ahead of what’s next by:

 

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AB’s global research organization connects and collaborates across platforms and teams to deliver impactful insights and innovative products. Better insights lead to better opportunities—anywhere in the world.

For additional information about AB’s range of products and shareholder resources, please log on to www.abfunds.com.

Thank you for your investment in the AB Mutual Funds.

Sincerely,

 

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Robert M. Keith

President and Chief Executive Officer, AB Mutual Funds

 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

July 17, 2017

This report provides management’s discussion of fund performance for AB Small Cap Value Portfolio for the semi-annual reporting period ended May 31, 2017.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital.

NAV RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     6 Months      12 Months  
AB SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO      
Class A Shares      0.06%        18.96%  
Class C Shares      -0.34%        18.00%  
Advisor Class Shares1      0.22%        19.27%  
Russell 2000 Value Index      1.15%        21.00%  

 

1 Please note that Advisor Class shares are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

Please keep in mind that high, double-digit returns are highly unusual and cannot be sustained. Investors should also be aware that these returns were primarily achieved during favorable market conditions.

INVESTMENT RESULTS

The table above shows the Fund’s performance compared with its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index, for the six- and 12-month periods ended May 31, 2017.

All share classes of the Fund underperformed the benchmark during both periods, before sales charges. During the six-month period, stock selection and an overweight position in the energy sector were the primary detractors, relative to the benchmark. The Fund’s industrials holdings and an underweight position in the utilities sector also detracted. Holdings within consumer discretionary, financials and health care contributed to performance, along with an overweight position in the technology sector.

During the 12-month period, stock selection in the energy sector was the primary detractor from performance. The Fund’s materials, consumer staples, real estate and consumer discretionary holdings, along with an underweight position in financials, also detracted. Overall sector selection contributed to performance, due primarily to an overweight in technology and an underweight in real estate. Stock selection in the technology and financials sectors also contributed.

The Fund did not utilize derivatives during the six- or 12-month periods.

 

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MARKET REVIEW AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Global equities continued their steady climb during the six-month period ended May 31, 2017. US stocks trailed on a relative basis, while still recording double-digit gains. After outperforming in 2016, smaller cap stocks trailed larger caps for the six-month period. Similarly, value stocks, which outperformed in 2016, underperformed growth stocks for the six-month period. US President Donald Trump’s administration dominated headlines during the period. Markets vacillated between high hopes for pro-growth policies and concerns over policy risk after several false starts on his reform agenda. In general, investors seemed to look past White House turmoil and focus on an improving economic outlook and upbeat corporate earnings. Central bank posturing also influenced sentiment during the period. In December and March, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the second and third time since the financial crisis in 2008, in moves widely telegraphed to markets.

The Fund’s Senior Investment Management Team (the “Team”) seeks to invest opportunistically in what it considers to be undervalued companies with solid fundamentals, without sacrificing the Fund’s deep value discipline. The Fund’s emphasis continues to be at the stock-specific level, as the Team looks for companies that offer compelling valuation, strong free cash flow and significant company-level catalysts.

INVESTMENT POLICIES

The Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of equity securities of small-capitalization US companies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of small-capitalization companies. For purposes of this policy, small-capitalization companies are those that, at the time of investment, fall within the capitalization range between the smallest company in the Russell 2000 Value Index and the greater of $2.5 billion or the largest company in the Russell 2000 Value Index.

The Fund invests in companies that are determined by the Adviser to be undervalued, using the Adviser’s fundamental value approach. In selecting securities for the Fund, the Adviser uses its fundamental and quantitative research to identify companies whose long-term earnings power is not reflected in the current market price of the securities.

The Adviser seeks to manage the overall portfolio volatility relative to the Russell 2000 Value Index by favoring promising securities that offer the best balance between return and targeted risk. The Fund is “non-diversified”.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS

 

Benchmark Disclosure

The Russell 2000® Value Index is unmanaged and does not reflect fees and expenses associated with the active management of a mutual fund portfolio. The Russell 2000 Value Index represents the performance of 2,000 small-cap value companies within the US. An investor cannot invest directly in an index or average, and their results are not indicative of the performance for any specific investment, including the Fund.

A Word About Risk

Market Risk: The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the stock market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as the Fund’s value approach, may underperform the market generally.

Capitalization Risk: Investments in small-capitalization companies may be more volatile than investments in large-capitalization companies. Investments in small-capitalization companies may have additional risks because these companies have limited product lines, markets or financial resources.

Non-Diversification Risk: The Fund may have more risk because it is “non-diversified”, meaning that it can invest more of its assets in a smaller number of issuers. Accordingly, changes in the value of a single security may have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”).

Management Risk: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

These risks are fully discussed in the Fund’s prospectus. As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

An Important Note About Historical Performance

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown in this report represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by visiting www.abfunds.com.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS (continued)

 

All fees and expenses related to the operation of the Fund have been deducted. NAV returns do not reflect sales charges; if sales charges were reflected, the Fund’s quoted performance would be lower. SEC returns reflect the applicable sales charges for each share class: a 4.25% maximum front-end sales charge for Class A shares; and a 1% 1-year contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares. Returns for the different share classes will vary due to different expenses associated with each class. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     NAV Returns      SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES      
1 Year      18.96%        13.93%  
Since Inception1      10.25%        8.36%  
CLASS C SHARES      
1 Year      18.00%        17.00%  
Since Inception1      9.39%        9.39%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2      
1 Year      19.27%        19.27%  
Since Inception1      10.53%        10.53%  

The Fund’s current prospectus fee table shows the Fund’s total annual operating expense ratios as 1.43%, 2.31% and 1.19% for Class A, Class C and Advisor Class shares, respectively, gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements limit the Fund’s annual operating expense ratios exclusive of expenses associated with acquired fund fees and expenses other than the advisory fees of any AB mutual funds in which the Fund may invest, interest expense, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and brokerage commissions and other transaction costs to 1.25%, 2.00% and 1.00% for Class A, Class C and Advisor Class shares, respectively. These waivers/reimbursements may not be terminated before March 1, 2018 and may be extended by the Adviser for additional one-year terms. Any fees waived and expenses borne by the Adviser may be reimbursed by the Fund until the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal period in which the fee was waived or the expense was borne, provided that no reimbursement payment will be made that would cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses to exceed the expense limitations. Absent reimbursements or waivers, performance would have been lower. The Financial Highlights section of this report sets forth expense ratio data for the current reporting period; the expense ratios shown above may differ from the expense ratios in the Financial Highlights section since they are based on different time periods.

 

1 Inception date: 12/3/2014.

 

2 Advisor Class shares are offered at NAV to eligible investors and the SEC returns are the same as the NAV returns. Please note that Advisor Class shares are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE (continued)

 

SEC AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS

AS OF THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR QUARTER-END

JUNE 30, 2017 (unaudited)

 

     SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES   
1 Year      17.98%  
Since Inception1      8.95%  
CLASS C SHARES   
1 Year      21.24%  
Since Inception1      9.93%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2   
1 Year      23.57%  
Since Inception1      11.05%  

 

1 Inception date: 12/3/2014.

 

2 Please note that Advisor Class shares are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

(unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of a mutual fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
December 1, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
May 31, 2017
    Expenses Paid
During Period*
    Annualized
Expense Ratio*
 
Class A        

Actual

  $     1,000     $     1,000.60     $     6.09       1.22

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,018.85     $ 6.14       1.22

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account Value
December 1, 2016
    Ending
Account Value
May 31, 2017
    Expenses Paid
During Period*
    Annualized
Expense Ratio*
 
Class C        

Actual

  $     1,000     $ 996.60     $ 9.91       1.99

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $     1,015.01     $     10.00       1.99
Advisor Class        

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,002.20     $ 4.89       0.98

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,020.04     $ 4.94       0.98

 

* Expenses are equal to the classes’ annualized expense ratios, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period), respectively.

 

** Assumes 5% annual return before expenses.

 

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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $218.3

 

 

 

LOGO

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS2

 

Company    U.S. $ Value      Percent of
Net Assets
 
Dana, Inc.    $ 3,356,601        1.5
Sterling Bancorp/DE      3,310,378        1.5  
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.      3,286,118        1.5  
ICON PLC      3,245,509        1.5  
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.      3,234,726        1.5  
Associated Banc-Corp.      3,222,135        1.5  
Webster Financial Corp.      3,210,648        1.5  
Verint Systems, Inc.      3,205,389        1.5  
Gramercy Property Trust      3,177,216        1.4  
PNM Resources, Inc.      3,096,940        1.4  
   $   32,345,660        14.8

 

1 All data are as of May 31, 2017. The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding security lending collateral) and may vary over time.

 

2 Long-term investments.

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. These sector classifications are broadly defined. The “Portfolio of Investments” section of the report reflects more specific industry information and is consistent with the investment restrictions discussed in the Fund’s prospectus.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

COMMON STOCKS – 98.2%

    

Financials – 20.7%

    

Banks – 15.1%

    

1st Source Corp.

     46,870     $ 2,134,928  

Associated Banc-Corp.

     135,100       3,222,135  

Customers Bancorp, Inc.(a)

     83,100       2,322,645  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

     166,610       2,045,971  

Fulton Financial Corp.

     131,500       2,301,250  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

     143,424       2,497,012  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     95,900       1,202,586  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

     44,470       2,494,767  

Sterling Bancorp/DE

     154,330       3,310,378  

Synovus Financial Corp.

     54,470       2,226,734  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)

     44,770       3,286,118  

Webster Financial Corp.

     65,900       3,210,648  

Zions Bancorporation

     68,070       2,727,565  
    

 

 

 
       32,982,737  
    

 

 

 

Insurance – 2.8%

    

First American Financial Corp.

     37,250       1,621,120  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

     42,750       2,184,525  

State Auto Financial Corp.

     40,590       1,009,068  

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     23,780       1,269,852  
    

 

 

 
       6,084,565  
    

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 2.8%

    

Essent Group Ltd.(a)

     65,101       2,361,213  

HomeStreet, Inc.(a)

     67,750       1,815,700  

WSFS Financial Corp.

     41,350       1,823,535  
    

 

 

 
       6,000,448  
    

 

 

 
       45,067,750  
    

 

 

 

Industrials – 19.9%

    

Aerospace & Defense – 2.2%

    

Esterline Technologies Corp.(a)

     29,990       2,922,525  

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(a)

     197,790       1,908,674  
    

 

 

 
       4,831,199  
    

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 1.5%

    

Air Transport Services Group, Inc.(a)

     66,360       1,582,686  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)

     35,320       1,720,084  
    

 

 

 
       3,302,770  
    

 

 

 

Airlines – 1.3%

    

SkyWest, Inc.

     82,640       2,834,552  
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.5%

    

ABM Industries, Inc.

     41,700       1,794,768  

Knoll, Inc.

     107,370       2,308,455  

Viad Corp.

     30,740       1,357,171  
    

 

 

 
       5,460,394  
    

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 2.1%

    

AECOM(a)

     72,470     $ 2,327,012  

Tutor Perini Corp.(a)

     88,590       2,298,910  
    

 

 

 
       4,625,922  
    

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 3.5%

    

EnerSys

     35,510       2,629,871  

General Cable Corp.

     150,230       2,486,306  

Regal Beloit Corp.

     30,710       2,432,232  
    

 

 

 
       7,548,409  
    

 

 

 

Machinery – 3.6%

    

Oshkosh Corp.

     37,330       2,356,270  

SPX FLOW, Inc.(a)

     70,040       2,614,593  

Terex Corp.

     87,500       2,868,250  
    

 

 

 
       7,839,113  
    

 

 

 

Professional Services – 1.3%

    

TrueBlue, Inc.(a)

     105,620       2,835,897  
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail – 1.9%

    

Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. – Class A(a)

     132,900       2,448,018  

Saia, Inc.(a)

     37,690       1,741,278  
    

 

 

 
       4,189,296  
    

 

 

 
       43,467,552  
    

 

 

 

Information Technology – 19.5%

    

Communications Equipment – 2.9%

    

Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)

     164,240       1,581,631  

Infinera Corp.(a)(b)

     132,530       1,288,192  

Mitel Networks Corp.(a)

     308,950       2,190,455  

NETGEAR, Inc.(a)

     30,710       1,288,285  
    

 

 

 
       6,348,563  
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.6%

    

Anixter International, Inc.(a)

     30,430       2,297,465  

VeriFone Systems, Inc.(a)

     108,600       1,986,294  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     83,220       1,360,647  
    

 

 

 
       5,644,406  
    

 

 

 

IT Services – 5.1%

    

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     63,480       2,503,651  

Convergys Corp.

     55,550       1,350,420  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

     62,820       2,505,890  

Unisys Corp.(a)(b)

     192,210       2,268,078  

Virtusa Corp.(a)

     46,630       1,353,203  

WNS Holdings Ltd. (ADR)(a)

     33,680       1,121,544  
    

 

 

 
       11,102,786  
    

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 6.2%

    

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

     198,928     $ 2,783,003  

FormFactor, Inc.(a)

     180,270       2,649,969  

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(a)

     77,160       1,973,753  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.(a)

     138,010       3,056,921  

Mellanox Technologies Ltd.(a)

     27,940       1,327,150  

Photronics, Inc.(a)

     178,740       1,796,337  
    

 

 

 
       13,587,133  
    

 

 

 

Software – 1.5%

    

Verint Systems, Inc.(a)

     77,990       3,205,389  
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.2%

    

NCR Corp.(a)

     66,220       2,551,457  
    

 

 

 
       42,439,734  
    

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 15.2%

    

Auto Components – 3.0%

    

Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc.(a)

     13,264       1,432,645  

Dana, Inc.

     158,930       3,356,601  

Tenneco, Inc.

     31,420       1,786,227  
    

 

 

 
       6,575,473  
    

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services – 1.4%

    

Sotheby’s(a)

     58,410       3,071,782  
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.8%

    

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     139,680       2,797,791  

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(a)

     44,880       3,234,726  
    

 

 

 
       6,032,517  
    

 

 

 

Household Durables – 1.0%

    

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

     78,370       2,112,072  
    

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 1.1%

    

FTD Cos., Inc.(a)

     133,660       2,314,991  
    

 

 

 

Media – 2.4%

    

Regal Entertainment Group – Class A

     124,580       2,591,264  

Scholastic Corp.

     64,680       2,750,840  
    

 

 

 
       5,342,104  
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 2.9%

    

Caleres, Inc.

     90,030       2,461,420  

Children’s Place, Inc. (The)

     14,458       1,564,356  

Citi Trends, Inc.

     126,310       2,305,157  
    

 

 

 
       6,330,933  
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.6%

    

Crocs, Inc.(a)

     198,720       1,357,258  
    

 

 

 
       33,137,130  
    

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Energy – 6.6%

    

Energy Equipment & Services – 3.0%

    

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)

     82,570     $ 411,199  

Oil States International, Inc.(a)

     52,580       1,537,965  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

     78,510       1,673,833  

RPC, Inc.(b)

     159,710       3,000,951  
    

 

 

 
       6,623,948  
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.6%

    

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(a)

     181,610       1,772,513  

QEP Resources, Inc.(a)

     198,680       1,986,800  

SM Energy Co.

     107,600       1,825,972  

SRC Energy, Inc.(a)

     312,510       2,150,069  
    

 

 

 
       7,735,354  
    

 

 

 
       14,359,302  
    

 

 

 

Real Estate – 5.9%

    

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 5.9%

    

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

     102,340       1,351,911  

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

     56,580       2,167,580  

Gramercy Property Trust

     107,520       3,177,216  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

     172,880       1,661,377  

National Storage Affiliates Trust

     119,990       2,909,757  

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     131,010       1,649,416  
    

 

 

 
       12,917,257  
    

 

 

 

Health Care – 4.6%

    

Health Care Providers & Services – 3.0%

    

LifePoint Health, Inc.(a)

     40,510       2,463,008  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

     39,560       2,554,389  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(a)

     9,910       1,702,538  
    

 

 

 
       6,719,935  
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.5%

    

ICON PLC(a)

     34,490       3,245,509  
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%

    

Horizon Pharma PLC(a)

     13,106       131,060  
    

 

 

 
       10,096,504  
    

 

 

 

Materials – 2.5%

    

Chemicals – 1.1%

    

Trinseo SA

     38,440       2,477,458  
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging – 1.4%

    

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     226,030       3,053,665  
    

 

 

 
       5,531,123  
    

 

 

 

Utilities – 2.4%

    

Electric Utilities – 2.4%

    

PNM Resources, Inc.

     80,440       3,096,940  

Portland General Electric Co.

     46,460       2,199,416  
    

 

 

 
       5,296,356  
    

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Shares     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Consumer Staples – 0.9%

    

Beverages – 0.9%

    

Cott Corp.

     150,020     $ 1,978,764  
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $200,660,552)

       214,291,472  
    

 

 

 
    

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.7%

    

Investment Companies – 1.7%

    

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio – Class AB, 0.64%(c)(d)
(cost $3,709,673)

     3,709,673       3,709,673  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 99.9%
(cost $204,370,225)

       218,001,145  
    

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 2.1%

    

Investment Companies – 2.1%

    

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio – Class AB, 0.64%(c)(d)
(cost $4,700,766)

     4,700,766       4,700,766  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments – 102.0%
(cost $209,070,991)

       222,701,911  

Other assets less liabilities – (2.0)%

       (4,391,219
    

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

     $ 218,310,692  
    

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan. See Note E for securities lending information.

 

(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) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Assets  

Investments in securities, at value

  

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $200,660,552)

   $ 214,291,472 (a) 

Affiliated issuers (cost $8,410,439 – including investment of cash collateral for securities loaned of $4,700,766)

     8,410,439  

Receivable for capital stock sold

     273,675  

Receivable for investment securities sold

     224,981  

Unaffiliated dividends and interest receivable

     76,830  

Affiliated dividends receivable

     2,077  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     223,279,474  
  

 

 

 
Liabilities  

Payable for collateral received on securities loaned

     4,700,766  

Advisory fee payable

     147,427  

Distribution fee payable

     36,953  

Administrative fee payable

     11,148  

Payable for capital stock redeemed

     8,098  

Transfer Agent fee payable

     1,489  

Accrued expenses

     62,901  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     4,968,782  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 218,310,692  
  

 

 

 
Composition of Net Assets  

Capital stock, at par

   $ 1,732  

Additional paid-in capital

     198,291,601  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (257,336

Accumulated net realized gain on investment transactions

     6,643,775  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     13,630,920  
  

 

 

 
   $     218,310,692  
  

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share—10 billion shares of capital stock authorized, $.0001 par value

 

Class   Net Assets        Shares
Outstanding
       Net Asset
Value
 

 

 
A   $   174,086,711          13,828,948        $   12.59

 

 
C   $ 37,224          3,009        $ 12.37  

 

 
Advisor   $ 44,186,757          3,487,776        $ 12.67  

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with a value of $4,513,331 (see Note E).

 

* The maximum offering price per share for Class A shares was $13.15 which reflects a sales charge of 4.25%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six Months Ended May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income     

Dividends

    

Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes withheld of $2,621)

   $     1,025,225    

Affiliated issuers

     18,027    

Securities lending income

     4,887     $ 1,048,139  
  

 

 

   
Expenses     

Advisory fee (see Note B)

     792,881    

Distribution fee—Class A

     201,100    

Distribution fee—Class C

     342    

Transfer agency—Class A

     8,572    

Transfer agency—Class C

     20    

Transfer agency—Advisor Class

     1,970    

Custodian

     42,775    

Administrative

     30,143    

Registration fees

     25,607    

Audit and tax

     23,457    

Legal

     19,358    

Directors’ fees

     13,041    

Printing

     9,384    

Miscellaneous

     6,548    
  

 

 

   

Total expenses

     1,175,198    

Less: expenses waived and reimbursed by the Adviser (see Notes B and E)

     (6,962  
  

 

 

   

Net expenses

       1,168,236  
    

 

 

 

Net investment loss

       (120,097
    

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Transactions     

Net realized gain on investment transactions

       6,834,490  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

       (8,845,087
    

 

 

 

Net loss on investment transactions

       (2,010,597
    

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Operations

     $     (2,130,694
    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations     

Net investment loss

   $ (120,097   $ (114,818

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     6,834,490       871,663  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

     (8,845,087     22,110,061  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     (2,130,694     22,866,906  
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from     

Net investment income

 

Class A

     – 0  –      (124,060

Advisor Class

     – 0  –      (5,961

Net realized gain on investment transactions

    

Class A

     (781,811     (278,943

Class C

     (297     (118

Advisor Class

     (166,713     (13,832
Capital Stock Transactions  

Net increase

     73,606,376       41,524,202  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase

     70,526,861       63,968,194  
Net Assets  

Beginning of period

     147,783,831       83,815,637  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period (distributions in excess of net investment income of ($257,336) and ($137,239), respectively)

   $     218,310,692     $     147,783,831  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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May 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AB Cap Fund, Inc. (the “Company”), which is a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end management investment company. The Company operates as a series company currently comprised of 27 portfolios. Each portfolio is considered to be a separate entity for financial reporting and tax purposes. This report relates only to the AB Small Cap Value Portfolio (the “Fund”), a non-diversified portfolio. The Fund has authorized the issuance of Class A, Class B, Class C, Advisor Class, Class R, Class K, Class I, Class Z, Class 1 and Class 2 shares. Class B, Class R, Class K, Class I, Class Z, Class 1 and Class 2 shares have not been issued. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge of up to 4.25% for purchases not exceeding $1,000,000. Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1% on redemptions made within the first year after purchase, and 0% after the first year of purchase. Effective April 10, 2017, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares ten years after the end of the calendar month of purchase. Advisor Class shares are sold without any initial or contingent deferred sales charge and are not subject to ongoing distribution expenses. All ten classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, except that the classes bear different distribution and transfer agency expenses. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund.

1. Security Valuation

Portfolio securities are valued at their current market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

In general, the market values of securities which are readily available and deemed reliable are determined as follows: securities listed on a national securities exchange (other than securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”)) or on a foreign securities exchange are valued at

 

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the last sale price at the close of the exchange or foreign securities exchange. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the last traded price from the previous day. Securities listed on more than one exchange are valued by reference to the principal exchange on which the securities are traded; securities listed only on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price; listed or over the counter (“OTC”) market put or call options are valued at the mid level between the current bid and ask prices. If either a current bid or current ask price is unavailable, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) will have discretion to determine the best valuation (e.g. last trade price in the case of listed options); open futures are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, the most recent quoted bid price. If there are no quotations available for the day of valuation, the last available closing settlement price is used; U.S. Government securities and any other debt instruments having 60 days or less remaining until maturity are generally valued at market by an independent pricing vendor, if a market price is available. If a market price is not available, the securities are valued at amortized cost. This methodology is commonly used for short term securities that have an original maturity of 60 days or less, as well as short term securities that had an original term to maturity that exceeded 60 days. In instances when amortized cost is utilized, the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) must reasonably conclude that the utilization of amortized cost is approximately the same as the fair value of the security. Such factors the Committee will consider include, but are not limited to, an impairment of the creditworthiness of the issuer or material changes in interest rates. Fixed-income securities, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service or at a price obtained from one or more of the major broker-dealers. In cases where broker-dealer quotes are obtained, the Adviser may establish procedures whereby changes in market yields or spreads are used to adjust, on a daily basis, a recently obtained quoted price on a security. Swaps and other derivatives are valued daily, primarily using independent pricing services, independent pricing models using market inputs, as well as third party broker-dealers or counterparties. Open end mutual funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share, while exchange traded funds are valued at the closing market price per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (including restricted securities) or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value as deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents. In addition, the Fund may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities at 4:00 p.m.,

 

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Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities. To account for this, the Fund may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.

2. Fair Value Measurements

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 as described in Note A.1 above). 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.

 

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

 

Investments in

Securities:

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Common Stocks(a)

  $ 214,291,472     $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 214,291,472  

Short-Term Investments

    3,709,673       – 0  –      – 0  –      3,709,673  

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

    4,700,766       – 0  –      – 0  –      4,700,766  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

    222,701,911       – 0  –      – 0  –      222,701,911  

Other Financial Instruments(b)

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total(c)

  $   222,701,911     $   – 0  –    $   – 0  –    $   222,701,911  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 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 processes at vendors, 2) daily comparison of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that

 

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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).

3. Currency Translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under forward currency exchange contracts are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the quoted bid and ask prices of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates of exchange prevailing when such securities were acquired or sold. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at rates of exchange prevailing when accrued.

Net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions represents foreign exchange gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign fixed income investments, foreign currency exchange contracts, holding of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on foreign investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains and losses from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities at period end exchange rates are reflected as a component of net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

4. Taxes

It is the Fund’s policy to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its investment company taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no provisions for federal income or excise taxes are required. The Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on income and/or capital gains earned or repatriated. Taxes are accrued and applied to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized appreciation/depreciation as such income and/or gains are earned.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Fund’s tax

 

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positions taken or expected to be taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years (the current tax year and the prior tax year) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

5. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend. Interest income is accrued daily. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Investment gains or losses are determined on the identified cost basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

6. Class Allocations

All income earned and expenses incurred by the Fund are borne on a pro-rata basis by each outstanding class of shares, based on the proportionate interest in the Fund represented by the net assets of such class, except for class specific expenses which are allocated to the respective class. Expenses of the Company are charged proportionately to each portfolio or based on other appropriate methods. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated among the various share classes based on respective net assets.

7. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations and may differ from those determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent these differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require such reclassification.

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser an advisory fee at an annual rate of .80% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is accrued daily and paid monthly. The Adviser has agreed to waive its fees and bear certain expenses to the extent necessary to limit total operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses other than the advisory fees of any AB Mutual Funds in which the Fund may invest, interest expense, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and brokerage commissions and other transactions costs) on an annual basis (the “Expense Caps”) to 1.25%, 2.00%, and 1.00% of daily average net assets for Class A, Class C, and Advisor Class shares, respectively. Any fees waived and expenses borne by the Adviser through

 

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December 2, 2015 are subject to repayment by the Fund until the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal period in which the fee was waived or the expense was borne; such waivers that are subject to repayment amounted to $300,074 for the fiscal period ended November 30, 2015 and $1,186 for the year ended November 30, 2016, respectively. In any case, no reimbursement payment will be made that would cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses to exceed the net fee percentages set forth above. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, such reimbursements/waivers amounted to $10. The Expense Caps may not be terminated by the Adviser before March 1, 2018.

Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement, the Fund may reimburse the Adviser for certain legal and accounting services provided to the Fund by the Adviser. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the reimbursement for such services amounted to $30,143.

The Fund compensates AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, under a Transfer Agency Agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the Fund. ABIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. Such compensation retained by ABIS amounted to $8,987 for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, serves as the distributor of the Fund’s shares. The Distributor has advised the Fund that it has retained front-end sales charges of $241 from the sale of Class A shares and received $0 and $0 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by shareholders of Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

The Fund may invest in AB Government Money Market Portfolio (the “Government Money Market Portfolio”) which has a contractual annual advisory fee rate of .20% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets and bears its own expenses. In connection with the investment by the Fund in the Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive its advisory fee from the Fund in an amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata share of the effective advisory fee of Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund as an acquired fund fee and expense. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, such waiver amounted to $4,567. A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the Government Money Market Portfolio for the six months ended May 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value

11/30/16

(000)

    Purchases
at Cost
(000)
    Sales
Proceeds
(000)
    Market Value
5/31/17
(000)
    Dividend
Income
(000)
 
$     6,452     $     74,753     $     77,495     $     3,710     $     10  

 

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Brokerage commissions paid on investment transactions for the six months ended May 31, 2017 amounted to $180, of which $180 and $0, respectively, was paid to Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC and Sanford C. Bernstein Limited, affiliates of the Adviser.

NOTE C

Distribution Services Agreement

The Fund has adopted a Distribution Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Agreement, the Fund pays distribution and servicing fees to the Distributor at an annual rate of up to .25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares and 1% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares. There are no distribution and servicing fees on the Advisor Class shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. The Agreement provides that the Distributor will use such payments in their entirety for distribution assistance and promotional activities. Since the commencement of the Fund’s operations, the Distributor has incurred expenses in excess of the distribution costs reimbursed by the Fund in the amount of $-0- for Class C shares. While such costs may be recovered from the Fund in future periods so long as the Agreement is in effect, the rate of the distribution and servicing fees payable under the Agreement may not be increased without a shareholder vote. In accordance with the Agreement, there is no provision for recovery of unreimbursed distribution costs incurred by the Distributor beyond the current fiscal year for Class A shares. The Agreement also provides that the Adviser may use its own resources to finance the distribution of the Fund’s shares.

NOTE D

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended May 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

Investment securities (excluding
U.S. government securities)

   $     104,939,400     $     32,984,340  

U.S. government securities

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation (excluding foreign currency transactions) are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 23,260,773  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (9,629,853
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $     13,630,920  
  

 

 

 

 

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1. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Fund may use derivatives in an effort to earn income and enhance returns, to replace more traditional direct investments, to obtain exposure to otherwise inaccessible markets (collectively, “investment purposes”), or to hedge or adjust the risk profile of its portfolio.

The Fund did not engage in derivatives transactions for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

2. Currency Transactions

The Fund may invest in non-U.S. Dollar-denominated securities on a currency hedged or unhedged basis. The Fund may seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures and options on futures, swaps, and other options. The Fund may enter into transactions for investment opportunities when it anticipates that a foreign currency will appreciate or depreciate in value but securities denominated in that currency are not held by the Fund and do not present attractive investment opportunities. Such transactions may also be used when the Adviser believes that it may be more efficient than a direct investment in a foreign currency-denominated security. The Fund may also conduct currency exchange contracts on a spot basis (i.e., for cash at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market for buying or selling currencies).

NOTE E

Securities Lending

The Fund may enter into securities lending transactions. Under the Fund’s securities lending program, all loans of securities will be collateralized continually by cash. The Fund will be compensated for the loan from a portion of the net return from the income earned on cash collateral after a rebate is paid to the borrower (in some cases, this rebate may be a “negative rebate” or fee paid by the borrower to the Fund in connection with the loan), and payments are made for fees of the securities lending agent and for certain other administrative expenses. It is the policy of the Fund to receive collateral consisting of cash in an amount exceeding the value of the securities loaned. The Fund will have the right to call a loan and obtain the securities loaned at any time on notice to the borrower within the normal and customary settlement time for the securities. While the securities are on loan, the borrower is obligated to pay the Fund amounts equal to any income or other distributions from the securities. The Fund will not be able to exercise voting rights with respect to any securities during the existence of a loan, but will have the right to regain ownership of loaned securities in order to exercise voting or other ownership rights. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the Fund in

 

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the case of default of any securities borrower. Collateral received and securities loaned are marked to market daily to ensure that the securities loaned are secured by collateral. The lending agent currently invests the cash collateral received in Government Money Market Portfolio, an eligible money market vehicle, in accordance with the investment restrictions of the Fund, and as approved by the Board. The collateral received on securities loaned is recorded as an asset as well as a corresponding liability in the statement of assets and liabilities. When the Fund lends securities, its investment performance will continue to reflect changes in the value of the securities loaned. At May 31, 2017, the Fund had securities on loan with a value of $4,513,331 and had received cash collateral which has been invested into Government Money Market Portfolio of $4,700,766. The cash collateral will be adjusted on the next business day to maintain the required collateral amount. The Fund earned securities lending income of $4,887 and $7,743 from the borrowers and Government Money Market Portfolio, respectively, for the six months ended May 31, 2017; these amounts are reflected in the statement of operations. In connection with the cash collateral investment by the Fund in the Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of the Fund’s share of the advisory fees of Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund as an acquired fund fee and expense. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, such waiver amounted to $2,385. A principal risk of lending portfolio securities is that the borrower may fail to return the loaned securities upon termination of the loan and that the collateral will not be sufficient to replace the loaned securities. A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of Government Money Market Portfolio for the six months ended May 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Market Value

11/30/16

(000)

    Purchases
at Cost
(000)
    Sales
Proceeds
(000)
    Market Value
5/31/17
(000)
 
$     978     $     16,446     $     12,723     $     4,701  

 

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NOTE F

Capital Stock

Each class consists of 1,000,000,000 authorized shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

            
     Shares           Amount        
     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
          Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
       
  

 

 

   
Class A             

Shares sold

     3,762,873       4,382,713       $ 48,354,857     $ 46,407,365    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     59,939       40,241         774,410       397,585    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (1,068,985     (839,456       (13,684,218     (8,522,123  

 

   

Net increase

     2,753,827       3,583,498       $ 35,445,049     $ 38,282,827    

 

   
            
Class C    

Shares sold

     2,052       2,298       $ 26,282     $ 27,465    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     18       8         227       82    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (3,337     (1,293       (41,824     (13,578  

 

   

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,267     1,013       $ (15,315   $ 13,969    

 

   
            
Advisor Class    

Shares sold

     2,963,426       385,925       $ 39,152,917     $ 4,744,633    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     12,834       1,997         166,714       19,792    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (89,140     (169,359       (1,142,989     (1,537,019  

 

   

Net increase

     2,887,120       218,563       $ 38,176,642     $ 3,227,406    

 

   

At May 31, 2017, a shareholder of the Fund owned 10% of the Fund’s outstanding shares. Significant transactions by such shareholder, if any, may impact the Fund’s performance.

NOTE G

Risks Involved in Investing in the Fund

Capitalization Risk—Investments in small-capitalization companies may be more volatile than investments in large capitalization companies. Investments in small-capitalization companies may have additional risks because these companies have limited product lines, markets or financial resources.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund may have more risk because it is “non-diversified”, meaning that it can invest more of its assets in a smaller number of issuers. Accordingly, changes in the value of a single security may have a more significant effect, either negative or positive, on the Fund’s NAV.

Indemnification Risk—In the ordinary course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and expects the risk of loss thereunder to be remote. Therefore, the Fund has not accrued any liability in connection with these indemnification provisions.

NOTE H

Joint Credit Facility

A number of open-end mutual funds managed by the Adviser, including the Fund, participate in a $280 million revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with abnormal redemption activity. Commitment fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are included in miscellaneous expenses in the statement of operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the six months ended May 31, 2017.

NOTE I

Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions to be paid for the year ending November 30, 2017 will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year. The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended November 30, 2016 and November 30, 2015 were as follows:

 

     2016      2015  

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $ 384,988      $ 11,329  

Long-term capital gains

     37,926        – 0  – 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total taxable distributions paid

   $     422,914      $     11,329  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of November 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed capital gains

   $ 946,438  

Accumulated capital and other losses

     (137,239 )(a) 

Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

     22,287,676 (b) 
  

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)

   $     23,096,875  
  

 

 

 

 

(a) At November 30, 2016, the Fund had a qualified late-year ordinary loss deferral of $137,239. This loss is deemed to arise on December 1, 2016.

 

(b) The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

 

For tax purposes, net realized capital losses may be carried over to offset future capital gains, if any. Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred for an indefinite period, and such losses will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. As of November 30, 2016, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards.

NOTE J

Other

In October 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amended existing rules (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017. Management has evaluated the impact of the amendments and expects the adoption of final rules will be limited to additional financial statement disclosures.

NOTE K

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events for possible recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the date the financial statements are issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements through this date.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    December 3,
2014(a) to
November 30,
2015
 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  12.65       $  10.64       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

     

Net investment income (loss)(b)(c)

    (.01     (.01     .00 (d) 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment transactions

    .02       2.07       .66  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    .01       2.06       .66  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

     

Dividends from net investment income

    – 0  –      (.01     (.02

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    (.07     (.04     – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.07     (.05     (.02
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  12.59       $  12.65       $  10.64  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

     

Total investment return based on net asset value(e)

    .06  %      19.52  %      6.62  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

     

Net assets, end of period
(000’s omitted)

    $174,087       $140,096       $79,707  

Ratio to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of
waivers/reimbursements(f)

    1.22  %^      1.25  %      1.25  %^ 

Expenses, before
waivers/reimbursements(f)

    1.23  %^      1.43  %      1.91  %^ 

Net investment income (loss)(c)

    (.17 )%^      (.12 )%      .02  %^ 

Portfolio turnover rate

    17  %      51  %      43  % 

See footnote summary on page 34.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    December 3,
2014(a) to
November 30,
2015
 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  12.48       $  10.56       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

     

Net investment loss(b)(c)

    (.06     (.09     (.08

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment transactions

    .02       2.05       .66  
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    (.04     1.96       .58  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

     

Dividends from net investment income

    – 0  –      – 0  –      (.02

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    (.07     (.04     – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.07     (.04     (.02
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  12.37       $  12.48       $  10.56  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

     

Total investment return based on net asset value(e)

    (.34 )%      18.62  %      5.78  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

     

Net assets, end of period
(000’s omitted)

    $37       $53       $34  

Ratio to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of
waivers/reimbursements(f)

    1.99  %^      2.00  %      2.00  %^ 

Expenses, before
waivers/reimbursements(f)

    2.03  %^      2.31  %      4.26  %^ 

Net investment loss(c)

    (.92 )%^      (.84 )%      (.75 )%^ 

Portfolio turnover rate

    17  %      51  %      43  % 

See footnote summary on page 34.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Advisor Class  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    December 3,
2014(a) to
November 30,
2015
 
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  12.71       $  10.66       $  10.00  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

     

Net investment income(b)(c)

    .01       .01       .02  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment transactions

    .02       2.09       .66  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    .03       2.10       .68  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

     

Dividends from net investment income

    – 0  –      (.01     (.02

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    (.07     (.04     – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.07     (.05     (.02
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  12.67       $  12.71       $  10.66  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

     

Total investment return based on net asset value(e)

    .22  %      19.74  %      6.83  %(g) 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

     

Net assets, end of period
(000’s omitted)

    $44,187       $7,635       $4,075  

Ratio to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of
waivers/reimbursements(f)

    .98  %^      1.00  %      1.00  %^ 

Expenses, before
waivers/reimbursements(f)

    .98  %^      1.19  %      3.55  %^ 

Net investment income(c)

    .08  %^      .11  %      .24  %^ 

Portfolio turnover rate

    17  %      51  %      43  % 

 

(a) Commencement of operations.

 

(b) Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c) Net of fees and expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser.

 

(d) Amount is less than $.005.

 

(e) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Initial sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges are not reflected in the calculation of total investment return. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Total investment return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(f) In connection with the Fund’s investments in affiliated underlying portfolios, the Fund incurs no direct expenses, but bears proportionate shares of the acquired fund fees and expenses (i.e., operating, administrative and investment advisory fees) of the affiliated underlying portfolios. The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive its fees from the Fund in an amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata share of certain acquired fund fees and expenses, and for the six months ended May 31, 2017, such waiver amounted to .01% annualized for the Fund.

 

(g) The net asset value and total return include adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for financial reporting purposes. As such, the net asset value and total return for shareholder transactions may differ from financial statements.

 

^ Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1)Chairman

John H. Dobkin(1)

Michael J. Downey(1)

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1)

D. James Guzy(1)

  

Nancy P. Jacklin(1)

Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Carol J. McMullen(1)

Garry L. Moody(1)

Earl D. Weiner(1)

OFFICERS

Philip L. Kirstein,

Senior Vice President and Independent Compliance Officer

James W. MacGregor(2), Vice President

Joseph G. Paul(2), Vice President

Shri Singhvi(2), Vice President

  

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

Vincent S. Noto, Chief Compliance Officer

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent    Legal Counsel

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Corporation CCB/5

1 Iron Street
Boston, MA 02210

 

Principal Underwriter

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

 

Transfer Agent

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 786003

San Antonio, TX 78278-6003

Toll-Free (800) 221-5672

  

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

5 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

1 Member of the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Independent Directors Committee.

 

2 The management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund’s portfolio are made by the Investment Policy Team. Messrs. MacGregor, Paul and Singhvi are the investment professionals with the most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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Information Regarding the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement

The disinterested directors (the “directors”) of AB Cap Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously approved the continuance of the Company’s Advisory Agreement with the Adviser in respect of AB Small Cap Value Portfolio (the “Fund”) at a meeting held on May 2-4, 2017 (the “Meeting”).

Prior to approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement, the directors had requested from the Adviser, and received and evaluated, extensive materials. They reviewed the proposed continuance of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser and with experienced counsel who are independent of the Adviser, who advised on the relevant legal standards. The directors also reviewed an independent evaluation prepared by the Company’s Senior Officer (who is also the Company’s Independent Compliance Officer), who acted as their independent fee consultant, of the reasonableness of the advisory fee, in which the Senior Officer concluded that the contractual fee for the Fund was reasonable. The directors also discussed the proposed continuance in private sessions with counsel and the Company’s Senior Officer.

The directors considered their knowledge of the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to the Fund gained from their experience as directors or trustees of most of the registered investment companies advised by the Adviser, their overall confidence in the Adviser’s integrity and competence they have gained from that experience, the Adviser’s initiative in identifying and raising potential issues with the directors and its responsiveness, frankness and attention to concerns raised by the directors in the past, including the Adviser’s willingness to consider and implement organizational and operational changes designed to improve investment results and the services provided to the AB Funds. The directors noted that they have four regular meetings each year, at each of which they review extensive materials and information from the Adviser, including information on the investment performance of the Fund.

The directors also considered all factors they believed relevant, including the specific matters discussed below. During the course of their deliberations, the directors evaluated, among other things, the reasonableness of the advisory fee. The directors did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and different directors may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The directors determined that the selection of the Adviser to manage the Fund and the overall arrangements between the Fund and the Adviser, as provided in the Advisory Agreement, including the advisory fee, were fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the directors considered relevant in the exercise of their business judgment. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the directors’ determinations included the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided

The directors considered the scope and quality of services provided by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, including the quality of the investment

 

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research capabilities of the Adviser and the other resources it has dedicated to performing services for the Fund. They also noted the professional experience and qualifications of the Fund’s portfolio management team and other senior personnel of the Adviser. The directors also considered that the Advisory Agreement provides that the Fund will reimburse the Adviser for the cost to it of providing certain clerical, accounting, administrative and other services to the Fund by employees of the Adviser or its affiliates. Requests for these reimbursements are made on a quarterly basis and subject to approval by the directors. To date, the Adviser has not requested any reimbursements from the Fund. The directors noted that the methodology used to determine the reimbursement amounts had been reviewed by an independent consultant retained by the Company’s Senior Officer. The quality of administrative and other services, including the Adviser’s role in coordinating the activities of the Fund’s other service providers, also was considered. The directors concluded that, overall, they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability

The directors reviewed a schedule of the revenues and expenses and related notes indicating the profitability of the Fund to the Adviser for calendar years 2015 and 2016 that had been prepared with an expense allocation methodology arrived at in consultation with an independent consultant retained by the Company’s Senior Officer. The directors noted the assumptions and methods of allocation used by the Adviser in preparing fund-specific profitability data and understood that there are a number of potentially acceptable allocation methodologies for information of this type. The directors noted that the profitability information reflected all revenues and expenses of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund, including those relating to its subsidiaries that provide transfer agency, distribution and brokerage services to the Fund. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of the profitability of the Advisory Agreement with the profitability of advisory contracts for unaffiliated funds because comparative information is not generally publicly available and is affected by numerous factors. The directors focused on the profitability of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund before taxes and distribution expenses. The directors noted that the Fund was not profitable to the Adviser in 2015. The directors concluded that the Adviser’s level of profitability from its relationship with the Fund in 2016 was not unreasonable.

Fall-Out Benefits

The directors considered the other benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund, including, but not limited to, benefits relating to soft dollar arrangements (whereby investment advisers receive brokerage and research services from brokers that execute agency transactions for their clients); 12b-1 fees and sales charges received by the Fund’s principal underwriter (which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser) in respect of certain classes of the Fund’s shares; brokerage

 

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commissions paid by the Fund to brokers affiliated with the Adviser; and transfer agency fees paid by the Fund to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser. The directors recognized that the Adviser’s recent profitability would be somewhat lower without these benefits. The directors understood that the Adviser also might derive reputational and other benefits from its association with the Fund.

Investment Results

In addition to the information reviewed by the directors in connection with the Meeting, the directors receive detailed performance information for the Fund at each regular Board meeting during the year.

At the Meeting, the directors reviewed information prepared by an analytical service that is not affiliated with the Adviser (the “15(c) service provider”), showing the performance of the Class A Shares of the Fund against a peer group and a peer universe, and information prepared by the Adviser showing performance of the Class A Shares against a broad-based securities market index, in each case for the 1-year period ended February 28, 2017 and (in the case of comparisons with the broad-based securities market index) for the period from inception. Based on their review, the directors concluded that the Fund’s investment performance was acceptable.

Advisory Fees and Other Expenses

The directors considered the advisory fee rate paid by the Fund to the Adviser and information prepared by the 15(c) service provider concerning advisory fee rates paid by other funds in the same category as the Fund at a common asset level. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of advisory fees because there are variations in the services that are included in the fees paid by other funds. The directors compared the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate with a peer group median.

The directors also considered the Adviser’s fee schedule for institutional clients pursuing a similar investment style. For this purpose, they reviewed the relevant advisory fee information from the Adviser’s Form ADV and the evaluation from the Company’s Senior Officer and noted the differences between the Fund’s fee schedule, on the one hand, and the institutional fee schedule and the schedule of fees charged to any offshore funds and any sub-advised funds, on the other. The directors noted that the Adviser may, in some cases, agree to fee rates with large institutional clients that are lower than those reviewed by the directors and that they had previously discussed with the Adviser its policies in respect of such arrangements.

The Adviser reviewed with the directors the significantly greater scope of the services it provides to the Fund relative to institutional, offshore fund and sub-advised fund clients. In light of the substantial differences in services rendered by the Adviser to institutional, offshore fund and sub-advised

 

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fund clients as compared to funds such as the Fund, the directors considered these fee comparisons inapt and did not place significant weight on them in their deliberations.

The directors noted that the Fund may invest in shares of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), subject to the restrictions and limitations of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as these may be varied as a result of exemptive orders issued by the SEC. The directors also noted that ETFs pay advisory fees pursuant to their advisory contracts. The directors concluded, based on the Adviser’s explanation of how it may use ETFs when they are the most cost-effective way to obtain desired exposures for a fund or to temporarily “equitize” cash inflows pending purchases of underlying securities, that the advisory fee for the Fund would be paid for services that would be in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided under the advisory contracts of the ETFs.

The directors also considered the total expense ratio of the Class A shares of the Fund in comparison to a peer group and a peer universe selected by the 15(c) service provider. The Class A expense ratio of the Fund was based on the Fund’s latest fiscal year and the directors considered the effects of any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as a result of the Adviser’s expense cap. The directors noted that it was likely that the expense ratios of some of the other funds in the Fund’s category were lowered by waivers or reimbursements by those funds’ investment advisers, which in some cases might be voluntary or temporary. The directors view expense ratio information as relevant to their evaluation of the Adviser’s services because the Adviser is responsible for coordinating services provided to the Fund by others. Based on their review, the directors concluded that the Fund’s expense ratio was acceptable.

Economies of Scale

The directors noted that the advisory fee schedule for the Fund does not contain breakpoints and that they had discussed their strong preference for breakpoints in advisory contracts with the Adviser. The directors took into consideration prior presentations by an independent consultant on economies of scale in the mutual fund industry and for the AB Funds, and by the Adviser concerning certain of its views on economies of scale. The directors also had requested and received from the Adviser certain updates on economies of scale in advance of the Meeting. The directors believe that economies of scale may be realized (if at all) by the Adviser across a variety of products and services, and not only in respect of a single fund. The directors noted that there is no established methodology for setting breakpoints that give effect to the fund-specific services provided by a fund’s adviser and to the economies of scale that an adviser may realize in its overall mutual fund business or those components of it which directly or indirectly affect a fund’s operations. The directors observed that in the mutual fund industry as a whole, as well as among funds similar to

 

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the Fund, there is no uniformity or pattern in the fees and asset levels at which breakpoints (if any) apply. The directors also noted that the advisory agreements for many funds do not have breakpoints at all. The directors informed the Adviser that they would monitor the Fund’s assets (which were well below the level at which they would anticipate adding an initial breakpoint) and its profitability to the Adviser and anticipated revisiting the question of breakpoints in the future if circumstances warranted doing so.

 

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Multi-Manager Select 2040 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2045 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2050 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2055 Fund

CLOSED-END FUNDS

Alliance California Municipal Income Fund

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund

 

We also offer Government Exchange Reserves, which serves as the money market fund exchange vehicle for the AB mutual funds. An investment in Government Exchange Reserves is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

 

1 Prior to November 1, 2016, Sustainable Global Thematic Fund was named Global Thematic Growth Fund; prior to January 9, 2017, Relative Value Fund was named Growth & Income Fund; prior to April 17, 2017, Tax-Managed All Market Income Portfolio was named Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth Strategy; prior to April 24, 2017, All Market Total Return Portfolio was named Balanced Wealth Strategy.

 

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LOGO

AB SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

800 221 5672

 

SCV-0152-0517                 LOGO


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Please see Schedule of Investments contained in the Report to Shareholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fund’s Board of Directors since the Fund last provided disclosure in response to this item.


ITEM 11. 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-2(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 12. EXHIBITS.

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

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

12 (b) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12 (b) (2)   Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12 (c)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 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:   July 27, 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:   July 27, 2017
By:   /s/ Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   July 27, 2017