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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)

 

 

66 Hudson Boulevard East

New York, New York 10005

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Stephen M. Woetzel

AllianceBernstein L.P.

66 Hudson Boulevard East

New York, New York 10005

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

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

Date of fiscal year end: November 30, 2025

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2025

 

 
 


ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

Class A:ACEAX

May 31, 2025

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AB All China Equity Portfolio 

Semi-Annual Shareholder Report

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about the AB All China Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”) for the period of December 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.abfunds.com/link/AB/ACEAX-S. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 227 4618.

What were the Fund costs for the last six months?

(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class Name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Class A
$78
1.50%Footnote Reference*
Footnote Description
Footnote*
Annualized

Key Fund Statistics

  • Net Assets$47,251,160
  • # of Portfolio Holdings52
  • Portfolio Turnover Rate61%
  • Total Advisory Fees Paid (Net)$116,609

Graphical Representation of Holdings

10 Top Holdings

Company
U.S. $ Value
% of Net Assets
Tencent Holdings Ltd. - Class H
$4,731,351
10.0%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. - Class H
$3,974,628
8.4%
Xiaomi Corp. - Class H
$2,564,505
5.4%
Qifu Technology, Inc. (ADR)
$2,103,087
4.5%
PICC Property & Casualty Co., Ltd. - Class H
$1,687,302
3.6%
BYD Co., Ltd. - Class H
$1,605,246
3.4%
NetEase, Inc. - Class H
$1,530,484
3.2%
Victory Giant Technology Huizhou Co., Ltd. - Class A
$1,354,996
2.9%
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. - Class H
$1,342,279
2.8%
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. - Class A
$1,295,691
2.8%
Total
$22,189,569
47.0%

Class A:ACEAX

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Sector Breakdown (% of Net Assets)

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Financials
24.0%
Consumer Discretionary
21.6%
Communication Services
17.4%
Information Technology
12.0%
Industrials
8.6%
Health Care
8.2%
Materials
4.1%
Consumer Staples
2.5%
Short-Term Investments
1.7%
Other Assets less Liabilities
-0.1%

Country Breakdown (% of Net Assets)

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
China
98.4%
Short-Term Investments
1.7%
Other Assets less Liabilities
-0.1%

Availability of Additional Information

You can find additional information at https://www.abfunds.com/link/AB/ACEAX-S, including the Fund's:

•   Prospectus

•   Financial information

•   Fund holdings

•   Proxy voting information

 

You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 227 4618.

Householding

Shareholders who have consented to receive a single annual or semi-annual shareholder report at a shared address may revoke this consent by contacting us at (800) 227 4618.

 

 

 

 

The [A/B] logo and AllianceBernstein® are registered trademarks used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.

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Class A:ACEAX

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Advisor Class:ACEYX

May 31, 2025

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AB All China Equity Portfolio 

Semi-Annual Shareholder Report

This semi-annual shareholder report contains important information about the AB All China Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”) for the period of December 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.abfunds.com/link/AB/ACEYX-S. You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 227 4618.

What were the Fund costs for the last six months?

(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class Name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Advisor Class
$65
1.25%Footnote Reference*
Footnote Description
Footnote*
Annualized

Key Fund Statistics

  • Net Assets$47,251,160
  • # of Portfolio Holdings52
  • Portfolio Turnover Rate61%
  • Total Advisory Fees Paid (Net)$116,609

Graphical Representation of Holdings

10 Top Holdings

Company
U.S. $ Value
% of Net Assets
Tencent Holdings Ltd. - Class H
$4,731,351
10.0%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. - Class H
$3,974,628
8.4%
Xiaomi Corp. - Class H
$2,564,505
5.4%
Qifu Technology, Inc. (ADR)
$2,103,087
4.5%
PICC Property & Casualty Co., Ltd. - Class H
$1,687,302
3.6%
BYD Co., Ltd. - Class H
$1,605,246
3.4%
NetEase, Inc. - Class H
$1,530,484
3.2%
Victory Giant Technology Huizhou Co., Ltd. - Class A
$1,354,996
2.9%
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. - Class H
$1,342,279
2.8%
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. - Class A
$1,295,691
2.8%
Total
$22,189,569
47.0%

Advisor Class:ACEYX

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Sector Breakdown (% of Net Assets)

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Financials
24.0%
Consumer Discretionary
21.6%
Communication Services
17.4%
Information Technology
12.0%
Industrials
8.6%
Health Care
8.2%
Materials
4.1%
Consumer Staples
2.5%
Short-Term Investments
1.7%
Other Assets less Liabilities
-0.1%

Country Breakdown (% of Net Assets)

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
China
98.4%
Short-Term Investments
1.7%
Other Assets less Liabilities
-0.1%

Availability of Additional Information

You can find additional information at https://www.abfunds.com/link/AB/ACEYX-S, including the Fund's:

•   Prospectus

•   Financial information

•   Fund holdings

•   Proxy voting information

 

You can also request this information by contacting us at (800) 227 4618.

Householding

Shareholders who have consented to receive a single annual or semi-annual shareholder report at a shared address may revoke this consent by contacting us at (800) 227 4618.

 

 

 

 

The [A/B] logo and AllianceBernstein® are registered trademarks used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.

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ACE-ADV-0154-0525

Advisor Class:ACEYX

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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 when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS.

Please see Schedule of Investments contained in the Financial Statements included under Item 7 of this Form N-CSR.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 


May 31, 2025

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SEMI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AB ALL CHINA EQUITY 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 as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. 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 and AllianceBernstein® are registered trademarks used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.


PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

May 31, 2025 (unaudited)

 

Company          

Shares
     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

COMMON STOCKS – 98.4%

        

Financials – 24.0%

        

Banks – 9.1%

        

Bank of Shanghai Co., Ltd. – Class A

        643,900      $ 944,386  

China CITIC Bank Corp., Ltd. – Class H

        1,240,000        1,091,547  

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. – Class H

        216,800        1,342,279  

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. – Class H

        1,118,000        921,478  
        

 

 

 
           4,299,690  
        

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 3.1%

        

GF Securities Co., Ltd. – Class A

        263,200        593,172  

Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. – Class A

        211,100        488,845  

JF SmartInvest Holdings Ltd. – Class H

        77,000        406,451  
        

 

 

 
           1,488,468  
        

 

 

 

Consumer Finance – 6.6%

        

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. (ADR)

        88,290        640,102  

Qifu Technology, Inc. (ADR)

        51,170        2,103,087  

Yixin Group Ltd. – Class H(a)

        1,468,500        364,550  
        

 

 

 
           3,107,739  
        

 

 

 

Insurance – 5.2%

        

People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The) – Class H

        1,147,000        748,172  

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

        888,000        1,687,302  
        

 

 

 
           2,435,474  
        

 

 

 
           11,331,371  
        

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 21.6%

        

Automobile Components – 1.6%

        

Sailun Group Co., Ltd. – Class A

        201,500        349,169  

Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. – Class A

        193,800        386,076  
        

 

 

 
           735,245  
        

 

 

 

Automobiles – 3.4%

        

BYD Co., Ltd. – Class H

        32,300        1,605,246  
        

 

 

 

Broadline Retail – 8.4%

        

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. – Class H

        279,160        3,974,628  
        

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.8%

        

Trip.com Group Ltd. – Class H

        13,760        860,829  
        

 

 

 

Household Durables – 2.1%

        

Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. – Class A

        137,390        453,724  

TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd. – Class H

        396,000        513,197  
        

 

 

 
           966,921  
        

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company          

Shares
     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Specialty Retail – 2.3%

        

HLA Group Corp., Ltd. – Class A

        529,000      $ 525,578  

Pop Mart International Group Ltd. – Class H(a)

        20,400        570,140  
        

 

 

 
           1,095,718  
        

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.0%

        

Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd. – Class A

        774,900        581,944  

Zhejiang Weixing Industrial Development Co., Ltd. – Class A

        230,500        362,690  
        

 

 

 
           944,634  
        

 

 

 
           10,183,221  
        

 

 

 

Communication Services – 17.4%

        

Entertainment – 6.2%

        

Kingnet Network Co., Ltd. – Class A

        420,500        925,159  

Kingsoft Corp., Ltd. – Class H

        114,400        485,086  

NetEase, Inc. – Class H

        63,300        1,530,484  
        

 

 

 
           2,940,729  
        

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services – 10.0%

        

Tencent Holdings Ltd. – Class H

        75,050        4,731,351  
        

 

 

 

Media – 1.2%

        

China South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd. – Class A

        288,000        553,870  
        

 

 

 
           8,225,950  
        

 

 

 

Information Technology – 12.0%

        

Communications Equipment – 5.4%

        

Xiaomi Corp. – Class H(b)

        398,400        2,564,505  
        

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 4.2%

        

BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. – Class A

        1,187,400        624,398  

Victory Giant Technology Huizhou Co., Ltd. – Class A

        112,700        1,354,996  
        

 

 

 
           1,979,394  
        

 

 

 

IT Services – 1.4%

        

Beijing Ultrapower Software Co., Ltd. – Class A

        455,400        664,578  
        

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.0%

        

Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. – Class A

        73,200        480,640  
        

 

 

 
           5,689,117  
        

 

 

 

Industrials – 8.6%

        

Electrical Equipment – 4.7%

        

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. – Class A

        26,000        896,628  

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. – Class A

        281,100        1,295,691  
        

 

 

 
           2,192,319  
        

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company          

Shares
     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Machinery – 3.9%

        

Lonking Holdings Ltd. – Class H

        1,903,000      $ 454,967  

Weichai Power Co., Ltd. – Class A

        416,800        866,087  

Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. – Class A

        153,598        525,653  
        

 

 

 
           1,846,707  
        

 

 

 
           4,039,026  
        

 

 

 

Health Care – 8.2%

        

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.6%

        

WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd. – Class A

        88,200        773,687  
        

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 6.6%

        

China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. – Class A

        96,700        575,139  

Dong-E-E-Jiao Co., Ltd. – Class A

        69,800        529,199  

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. – Class H(b)

        2,760        20,416  

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. – Class A

        201,700        1,076,102  

Yunnan Baiyao Group Co., Ltd. – Class A

        117,800        921,499  
        

 

 

 
           3,122,355  
        

 

 

 
           3,896,042  
        

 

 

 

Materials – 4.1%

        

Chemicals – 2.0%

        

Fufeng Group Ltd. – Class H

        450,000        391,096  

Meihua Holdings Group Co., Ltd. – Class A

        379,700        551,079  
        

 

 

 
           942,175  
        

 

 

 

Metals & Mining – 2.1%

        

Tianshan Aluminum Group Co., Ltd. – Class A

        457,000        487,365  

Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd. – Class A

        255,600        515,392  
        

 

 

 
           1,002,757  
        

 

 

 
           1,944,932  
        

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 2.5%

        

Beverages – 2.5%

        

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. – Class A

        3,300        693,780  

Wuliangye Yibin Co., Ltd. – Class A

        27,900        487,042  
        

 

 

 
           1,180,822  
        

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $38,284,352)

           46,490,481  
        

 

 

 
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.7%

        

Investment Companies – 1.6%

        

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio – Class AB, 4.14%(c)(d)(e)
(cost $760,494)

        760,494        760,494  
        

 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company    Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Time Deposits – 0.1%

     

HSBC, Hong Kong
Zero Coupon, 06/02/2025
(cost $65,860)

   HKD 516      $ 65,860  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $826,354)

        826,354  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments – 100.1%
(cost $39,110,706)

        47,316,835  

Other assets less liabilities – (0.1)%

        (65,675
     

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

      $ 47,251,160  
     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration. At May 31, 2025, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $934,690 or 1.98% of net assets.

 

(b)

Non-income producing security.

 

(c)

The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

 

(d)

To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB at (800) 227-4618.

 

(e)

Affiliated investments.

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

May 31, 2025 (unaudited)

 

Assets   

Investments in securities, at value
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $38,350,212)

   $ 46,556,341  

Affiliated issuers (cost $760,494)

     760,494  

Foreign currencies, at value (cost $4,882)

     4,860  

Unaffiliated dividends receivable

     118,584  
Receivable due from Adviser      21,958  
Affiliated dividends receivable      1,986  
Receivable for capital stock sold      122  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     47,464,345  
  

 

 

 
Liabilities   

Due to Custodian

     2  

Administrative fee payable

     45,568  

Custody and accounting fees payable

     44,306  

Advisory fee payable

     40,311  

Audit and tax fee payable

     25,211  

Legal fee payable

     18,050  

Printing fee payable

     15,347  

Directors’ fee payable

     6,750  

Transfer Agent fee payable

     3,015  

Distribution fee payable

     73  

Payable for investment securities purchased and foreign currency transactions

     10  

Accrued expenses

     14,542  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     213,185  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 47,251,160  
  

 

 

 
Composition of Net Assets   

Capital stock, at par

   $ 551  

Additional paid-in capital

     94,122,341  

Accumulated loss

      (46,871,732
  

 

 

 
   $ 47,251,160  
  

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share—11 billion shares of capital stock authorized, $.0001 par value

 

Class   Net Assets        Shares
Outstanding
       Net Asset
Value
 

 

 
A   $ 323,322          37,549        $ 8.61

 

 
Advisor   $  46,927,838          5,477,265        $  8.57  

 

 

 

*

The maximum offering price per share for Class A shares was $8.99 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, 2025 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income     

Dividends

    

Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes withheld of $37,165)

   $  572,515    

Affiliated issuers

     5,968    

Securities lending income, net

     1,470    

Interest

     232     $  580,185  
  

 

 

   
Expenses     

Advisory fee (see Note B)

     250,746    

Transfer agency-Class A

     65    

Transfer agency-Advisor Class

     10,526    

Distribution fee-Class A

     405    

Administrative

     49,705    

Custody and accounting

     48,963    

Audit and tax

     29,225    

Legal

     23,833    

Registration fees

     17,007    

Printing

     12,671    

Directors’ fees

     10,753    

Miscellaneous

     11,582    
  

 

 

   

Total expenses

     465,481    

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

     (134,137  
  

 

 

   

Net expenses

       331,344  
    

 

 

 

Net investment income

       248,841  
    

 

 

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

Net realized gain (loss) on:

    

Investment transactions

       4,563,777  

Foreign currency transactions

       (9,006

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

    

Investments

       (435,124

Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

       (195
    

 

 

 

Net gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

       4,119,452  
    

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

     $  4,368,293  
    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2025
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,

2024
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations     

Net investment income

   $ 248,841     $ 1,346,850  

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

     4,554,771       (4,906,819

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

     (435,319     11,675,393  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets from operations

     4,368,293       8,115,424  
Distributions to Shareholders     

Class A

     (8,541     (12,144

Advisor Class

     (1,665,258     (2,310,928
Capital Stock Transactions     

Net decrease

     (14,217,636     (40,359,032
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease

     (11,523,142     (34,566,680
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Assets     

Beginning of period

     58,774,302       93,340,982  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $  47,251,160     $  58,774,302  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

May 31, 2025 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AB Cap Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end management investment company. The Company, which is a Maryland corporation, operates as a series company comprised of 11 portfolios currently in operation. Each portfolio is considered to be a separate entity for financial reporting and tax purposes. This report relates only to the AB All China Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”), a 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 T, Class 1 and Class 2 shares. Class B, Class C, Class R, Class K, Class I, Class Z, Class T, Class 1 and Class 2 shares are not currently being offered. 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%. Advisor Class shares are sold without an initial or contingent deferred sales charge and are not subject to ongoing distribution expenses. All 11 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 market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures approved by and under the oversight of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Pursuant to these procedures, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5 of the 1940 Act. In this capacity, the Adviser is responsible, among other things, for making all fair value determinations relating to the Fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight.

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

 

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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. 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., 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

 

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the value of those securities. To account for this, the Fund generally values 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, 2025:

 

Investments in
Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 2,743,189     $ 8,588,182     $ – 0  –    $ 11,331,371  

Consumer Discretionary

     – 0  –      10,183,221       – 0  –      10,183,221  

Communication Services

     – 0  –      8,225,950       – 0  –      8,225,950  

Information Technology

     – 0  –      5,689,117       – 0  –      5,689,117  

Industrials

     – 0  –      4,039,026       – 0  –      4,039,026  

Health Care

     20,416       3,875,626       – 0  –      3,896,042  

Materials

     – 0  –      1,944,932       – 0  –      1,944,932  

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –      1,180,822       – 0  –      1,180,822  

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     760,494       – 0  –      – 0  –      760,494  

Time Deposits

     65,860       – 0  –      – 0  –      65,860  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     3,589,959        43,726,876       – 0  –      47,316,835  

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $  3,589,959     $  43,726,876     $  – 0  –    $  47,316,835  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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 include derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps. Derivative instruments are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, written options and written swaptions which are valued at market value.

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 the 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, 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.

 

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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. The Fund’s investments in Chinese securities may be subject to a 10% Chinese Withholding Income Tax (“WIT”) on any dividends, interest or other income from Chinese sources, unless the statutory WIT of 10% is subject to reduction or exemption in accordance with the applicable tax treaty signed with China or domestic regulation.

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 the prior three tax years) 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. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at the fair value of the securities received. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income. The Fund accounts for distributions received from real estate investment trust (“REIT”) investments or from regulated investment companies as dividend income, realized gain, or return of capital based on information provided by the REIT or the investment company.

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

 

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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. Cash and Short-Term Investments

Cash and short-term investments include cash on hand and short-term investments with maturities of less than one year when purchased.

9. Segment Information

The Fund represents a single operating segment. An operating segment is defined in U.S. GAAP as a component of a public entity that engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, has operating results that are regularly reviewed by the public entity’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and has discrete financial information available. The Fund’s President is the CODM. The CODM monitors the operating results of the Fund as a whole and the pre-determined Fund’s long term investment strategy, which is executed by the portfolio management group. The qualitative and quantitative information contained within the financial statements is used by the CODM to assess the segment’s performance versus the Fund’s comparative benchmark and to make resource allocation decisions. Segment assets are reflected on the statement of assets and liabilities and segment expenses are listed on the statement 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 .95% of 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 transaction costs), on an annual basis (the “Expense Caps”) to 1.50% and 1.25% of the daily average net assets for Class A and Advisor Class, respectively. The Expense Caps will extend through February 28, 2026 and then may be extended by the Adviser for additional one year terms. For the six months ended May 31, 2025, such reimbursements amounted to $133,710.

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, 2025, the reimbursement for such services amounted to $49,705.

 

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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 $8,999 for the six months ended May 31, 2025.

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 no front-end sales charges from the sale of Class A shares and received no contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by shareholders of Class A for the six months ended May 31, 2025.

The Fund may invest in AB 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. The Adviser had contractually agreed to waive .10% of the advisory fee of AB Government Money Market Portfolio (resulting in a net advisory fee of .10%) until August 31, 2023. Effective September 1, 2023, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive .05% of the advisory fee of AB Government Money Market Portfolio (resulting in a net advisory fee of .15%) until August 31, 2024. In connection with the investment by the Fund in AB Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has contractually 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 AB Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund as an acquired fund fee and expense. For the six months ended May 31, 2025, such waiver amounted to $292.

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the six months ended May 31, 2025 is as follows:

 

Fund

  Market Value
11/30/24
(000)
    Purchases
at Cost
(000)
    Sales
Proceeds
(000)
    Market Value
5/31/25
(000)
    Dividend
Income
(000)
 

AB Government Money Market Portfolio

  $  446     $  8,761     $  8,447     $  760     $  6  

AB Government Money Market Portfolio*

    – 0  –      4,759       (4,759     – 0  –      1  
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

        $  760     $ 7  
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Investment of cash collateral for securities lending transactions (see Note E).

NOTE C

Distribution Services Agreement

The Fund has adopted a Distribution Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Agreement, the Fund

 

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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. 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. 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, 2025, were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

Investment securities (excluding U.S. government securities)

   $  32,090,591     $  48,713,551  

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 are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $  9,106,821  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (900,692
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 8,206,129  
  

 

 

 

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 derivative transactions for the six months ended May 31, 2025.

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

 

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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 collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral will include only securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities. If the Fund cannot sell or repledge any non-cash collateral, such collateral will not be reflected in the portfolio of investments. If a loan is collateralized 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. If the Fund receives non-cash collateral, the Fund will receive a fee from the borrower generally equal to a negotiated percentage of the market value of the loaned securities. 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 dividend income or other distributions from the securities; however, these distributions will not be afforded the same preferential tax treatment as qualified dividends. 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. 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 AB 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. The collateral will be adjusted the next business day to maintain the required collateral amount. The amounts of securities lending income from the borrowers and AB Government Money Market Portfolio are reflected in the statement of operations. When the Fund earns net securities lending income from AB Government Money Market Portfolio, the income is inclusive of a rebate expense paid to the borrower. In connection with the cash collateral investment by the Fund in the AB Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of the Fund’s share of the advisory fees of AB Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund

 

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as an acquired fund fee and expense. When the Fund lends securities, its investment performance will continue to reflect changes in the value of the securities loaned. 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. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the Fund in the case of default of any securities borrower.

A summary of the Fund’s transactions surrounding securities lending for the six months ended May 31, 2025 is as follows:

 

                        AB Government Money
Market Portfolio
 

Market
Value of
Securities
on Loan*

    Cash
Collateral*
    Market
Value of
Non-Cash
Collateral*
    Income from
Borrowers
    Income
Earned
    Advisory Fee
Waived
 
$  – 0  –    $  – 0  –    $  – 0  –    $  93     $  1,377     $  135  

 

*

As of May 31, 2025.

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, 2025
(unaudited)
   

Year Ended
November 30,

2024

          Six Months Ended
May 31, 2025
(unaudited)
   

Year Ended
November 30,

2024

       
  

 

 

   
Class A

 

         

Shares sold

     1,540       3,378       $ 12,953     $ 30,426    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     1,057       1,701         8,542       12,142    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (15,427     (43,121       (126,570     (354,022  

 

   

Net decrease

     (12,830     (38,042     $ (105,075   $ (311,454  

 

   
            
Advisor Class             

Shares sold

     201,441       1,025,916       $ 1,682,277     $ 7,428,283    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     185,772       289,111         1,493,608       2,075,642    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (2,074,982     (6,807,427       (17,288,446     (49,551,503  

 

   

Net decrease

     (1,687,769     (5,492,400     $ (14,112,561   $ (40,047,578  

 

   

 

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NOTE G

Risks Involved in Investing in the Fund

Market Risk—The value of the Fund’s assets will fluctuate as the market or markets in which the Fund invests fluctuate. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, including public health crises (including the occurrence of a contagious disease or illness), terrorism, war, tariffs and trade disputes, and regional and global conflicts, that affect large portions of the market. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing may be underperforming the market generally.

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 more difficult to trade due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors. Investments in emerging market countries such as China may involve more risk than investments in developed countries because the markets in emerging market countries are less developed and less liquid and are 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, reduction in government or central bank support, economic sanctions and tariffs and potential responses to those sanctions and tariffs.

China/Single Country Risk—Investments in issuers located in a particular country or geographic region typically involve more risk than investments in U.S. issuers because of particular market factors affecting that country or region, including political instability, geopolitical risks or unpredictable economic conditions. Risks of the Fund’s investments in securities of companies economically tied to China may include the volatility of the Chinese stock market; the Chinese economy’s heavy dependence on exports, which may be affected adversely by trade barriers or disputes or may decrease, sometimes significantly, when the world economy weakens; and the continuing importance of the role of the Chinese Government, which may take legal or regulatory actions that affect the contractual arrangements of a company or economic and market practices, and cause the value of the securities of an issuer held by the Fund to decrease significantly. Recent developments in relations between the U.S. and China have heightened concerns of increased tariffs and restrictions on trade between the two countries. An increase in tariffs or trade restrictions, or even the threat of such developments, could lead to a significant reduction in international trade, which could have a negative impact on the economy of Asian countries and a commensurately negative impact on the Fund. In addition, the Fund’s investments in companies owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the central, provincial or municipal governments of the People’s Republic of China or by the People’s Liberation Army (the military arm of the Chinese Communist Party) involve risks that political changes, social instability, regulatory uncertainty,

 

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adverse diplomatic developments, asset expropriation or nationalization, economic sanctions, trade embargos, cancellation of investors’ interests, or confiscatory taxation could adversely affect the performance of such companies and therefore investments by the Fund in those companies. China has a complex territorial dispute regarding the sovereignty of Taiwan and has made threats of invasion. Military conflict between China and Taiwan may adversely affect securities of Chinese, Taiwan-based and other issuers both in and outside the region. While the Chinese economy has grown at a rapid rate in recent years, the rate of growth has been declining, and there can be no assurance that China’s economy will continue to grow in the future. Investments in China A shares are subject to various licenses and quotas that may restrict daily trading and to additional risks that could affect liquidity compared to investments in companies in developed markets. Risks of investments in companies based in Hong Kong include heavy reliance on the Chinese economy, plus regional Asian and global economies such as the U.S. economy, which makes these investments vulnerable to changes in these economies.

Currency Risk—Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments in equity securities denominated in foreign currencies or reduce the Fund’s 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.

Depositary Receipts Risk—Investing in depositary receipts involves risks that are similar to the risks of direct investments in foreign securities. For example, investing in depositary receipts may involve risks relating to political, economic or regulatory conditions in foreign countries. In addition, the issuers of the securities underlying certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts.

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

Sector Risk—The Fund may have more risk because it may invest to a significant extent in one or more particular market sectors, such as the financials sector. To the extent it does so, market or economic factors affecting the relevant sector(s) could have a major effect on the value of the Fund’s investments.

 

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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.

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, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results. Some of these techniques may incorporate, or rely upon, quantitative models, but there is no guarantee that these models will generate accurate forecasts, reduce risk or otherwise perform as expected.

NOTE H

Joint Credit Facility

A number of open-end mutual funds managed by the Adviser, including the Fund, participate in a $325 million revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing related to redemptions and other short-term liquidity requirements, subject to certain restrictions. 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, 2025.

NOTE I

Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions paid for the year ending November 30, 2025 will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year. The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended November 30, 2024 and November 30, 2023 were as follows:

 

     2024      2023  

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $  2,323,072      $  1,671,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total taxable distributions paid

   $ 2,323,072      $ 1,671,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of November 30, 2024, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 1,673,778  

Accumulated capital and other losses

     (58,006,017 )(a) 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     6,766,013 (b) 
  

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings (deficit)

   $  (49,566,226
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

As of November 30, 2024, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $58,006,017.

 

(b)

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

 

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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, 2024, the Fund had a net short-term capital loss carryforward of $26,492,111 and a net long-term capital loss carryforward of $31,513,906, which may be carried forward for an indefinite period.

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,
2025
(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 8.18       $ 7.30       $ 8.04       $ 11.51       $ 12.58       $ 10.02  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(a)(b)

    .03       .14       .10       .08       .09       .04  

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

    .62       .88       (.75     (3.38     (1.13     2.62  
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .65       1.02       (.65     (3.30     (1.04     2.66  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.22     (.14     (.09     (.09     (.03     (.10

Distributions from net realized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.08     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.22     (.14     (.09     (.17     (.03     (.10
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 8.61       $ 8.18       $ 7.30       $ 8.04       $ 11.51       $ 12.58  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(c)

    8.17     14.20 %*      (8.20 )%      (29.09 )%      (8.30 )%      26.73

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

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

    $323       $412       $645       $1,650       $2,148       $2,355  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/ reimbursements(d)

    1.50 %(e)      1.50     1.50     1.50     1.44     1.50

Expenses, before waivers/ reimbursements(d)

    2.01 %(e)      1.86     1.59     1.50     1.45     1.56

Net investment income(b)

    .79 %(e)      1.79     1.30     .87     .70     .40

Portfolio turnover rate

    61     101     86     57     75     74

See footnote summary on page 24.

 

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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,
2025
(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 8.15       $ 7.32       $ 8.07       $ 11.56       $ 12.63       $ 10.05  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(a)(b)

    .04       .15       .12       .10       .14       .08  

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

    .62       .89       (.76     (3.39     (1.15     2.62  
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .66       1.04       (.64     (3.29     (1.01     2.70  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.24     (.21     (.11     (.12     (.06     (.12

Distributions from net realized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.08     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.24     (.21     (.11     (.20     (.06     (.12
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 8.57       $ 8.15       $ 7.32       $ 8.07       $ 11.56       $ 12.63  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(c)

    8.31     14.57 %*      (8.02 )%      (28.93 )%      (8.07 )%      27.12

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

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

    $46,928       $58,362       $92,696       $120,858       $185,108       $140,401  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/ reimbursements(d)

    1.25 %(e)      1.26     1.25     1.25     1.20     1.25

Expenses, before waivers/ reimbursements(d)

    1.76 %(e)      1.60     1.35     1.25     1.20     1.31

Net investment income(b)

    .94 %(e)      1.94     1.51     1.11     1.06     .69

Portfolio turnover rate

    61     101     86     57     75     74

See footnote summary on page 24.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

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

 

(a)

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(b)

Net of expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser.

 

(c)

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 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 calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(d)

The expense ratios presented below exclude interest expense:

 

    

Six Months Ended

May 31, 2025

(unaudited)(e)

    Year Ended November 30,  
  2024     2023     2022     2021     2020  
  

 

 

 

Class A

            

Net of waivers/reimbursements

     1.50     1.50     1.50     1.50     1.44     1.50

Before waivers/reimbursements

     2.01     1.86     1.59     1.50     1.45     1.56

Advisor Class

            

Net of waivers/reimbursements

     1.25     1.25     1.25     1.25     1.20     1.25

Before waivers/reimbursements

     1.76     1.60     1.35     1.25     1.20     1.31

 

(e)

Annualized.

 

*

Includes the impact of proceeds received and credited to the Fund resulting from class action settlements, which enhanced the performance of each share class for the year ended November 30, 2024 by 0.02%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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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 China Equity Portfolio (the “Fund”) at a meeting held in-person on May 6-8, 2025 (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 additional materials, including comparative analytical data prepared by the Senior Vice President of the Fund. The directors also discussed the proposed continuance in private sessions with counsel.

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 and the money market fund advised by the Adviser in which the Fund invests a portion of its assets.

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. The directors noted that the Adviser from time to time reviews the Fund’s investment strategies and from time to time proposes changes intended to improve the Fund’s relative or absolute performance for the directors’ consideration. 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 at the request of the directors. 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 2023 and 2024 that had been prepared with an expense allocation methodology arrived at in consultation with an independent consultant at the request of the directors. 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 fund 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 concluded that the Adviser’s level of profitability from its relationship with the Fund was not unreasonable.

Fall-Out Benefits

The directors considered the other benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund and the money market fund advised by the Adviser in which the Fund invests, 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

 

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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 profitability to the Adviser 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 have received detailed performance information for the Fund at each regular Board meeting during the year.

At the Meeting, the directors reviewed performance information prepared by an independent service provider (the “15(c) service provider”), showing the performance of the Advisor Class shares of the Fund against a group of similar funds (“peer group”) and a larger group of similar funds (“peer universe”), each selected by the 15(c) service provider, and information prepared by the Adviser showing performance of the Advisor Class shares against a broad-based securities market index, in each case for the 1-, 3- and 5-year periods ended February 28, 2025 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 payable by the Fund to the Adviser and information prepared by the 15(c) service provider concerning advisory fee rates payable by other funds in the same category as the Fund. 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 and noted that it was lower than the median. They also noted that the Adviser’s total rate of compensation, taking into account the impact of the administrative expense reimbursement paid to the Adviser in the latest fiscal year, was above the median and discussed with the Adviser the reasons it was above the median.

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

 

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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 this regard, the Adviser noted, among other things, that, compared to institutional and offshore or sub-advisory accounts, the Fund (i) demands considerably more portfolio management, research and trading resources due to significantly higher daily cash flows; (ii) has more tax and regulatory restrictions and compliance obligations; (iii) must prepare and file or distribute regulatory and other communications about fund operations; and (iv) must provide shareholder servicing to retail investors. The Adviser also reviewed the greater legal risks presented by the large and changing population of Fund shareholders who may assert claims against the Adviser in individual or class actions, and the greater entrepreneurial risk in offering new fund products, which require substantial investment to launch, may not succeed, and generally must be priced to compete with larger, more established funds resulting in lack of profitability to the Adviser until a new fund achieves scale. In light of the substantial differences in services rendered by the Adviser to institutional, offshore fund and sub-advised fund clients as compared to the Fund, and the different risk profile, the directors considered these fee comparisons inapt and did not place significant weight on them in their deliberations.

In connection with their review of the Fund’s advisory fee, the directors also considered the total expense ratio of the Advisor Class shares of the Fund in comparison to the medians for a peer group and a peer universe selected by the 15(c) service provider. The Advisor Class expense ratio of the Fund was based on the Fund’s latest fiscal year and reflected the impact of the Adviser’s expense cap for the Fund. 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. The directors noted that the Fund’s expense ratio was above the medians. After reviewing and discussing the Adviser’s explanations of the reasons for this, 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 presentations from time to time 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

 

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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 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 asset level (which was 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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LOGO

 

AB ALL CHINA EQUITY PORTFOLIO

66 Hudson Boulevard East

New York, NY 10001

800 221 5672

 

 

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ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

There were no disagreements with accountants during the reporting period.

ITEM 9. PROXY DISCLOSURES FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

There were no shareholder meetings during the reporting period.

ITEM 10. REMUNERATION PAID TO DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND OTHERS OF OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Aggregate remuneration paid to all Directors and advisory board members are included within the Financial Statements under Item 7 of this Form N-CSR.

ITEM 11. STATEMENT REGARDING BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT.

Statement regarding basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract included within the Financial Statements under Item 7 of this Form N-CSR.


ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable to the registrant.

ITEM 13. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable to the registrant.

ITEM 14. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable to the registrant

ITEM 15. 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 16. 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 period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 17. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable to the registrant

ITEM 18. RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION.

Not applicable to the registrant


ITEM 19. EXHIBITS

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

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

19(b)(1)

  Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

19(b)(2)

  Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

19(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/ Onur Erzan
  Onur Erzan
  President
Date:   July 25, 2025

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/ Onur Erzan
  Onur Erzan
  President

Date:

 

July 25, 2025

By:   /s/ Stephen M. Woetzel
  Stephen M. Woetzel
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   July 25, 2025