ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC.
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO

FORMER POLICIES
CURRENT POLICIES

Investment Objective:
Fundamental:
The Portfolio's investment objective is growth of capital.  Current income is
incidental to the Portfolio's objective.
Non-fundamental:
The Portfolio's investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

Fundamental Investment Policies:
The Portfolio may not with respect to 75% of its total assets, have such
assets represented by other than (a) cash and cash items, (b) securities
issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Government or
its agencies or instumentalities, or (c) securities of any one issuer (other
than the U.S. Government and its agencies or instrumentalities) not greater in
value than 5% of the Portfolio's total assets, and not more than 10% of the
outstanding voting securities of such issuer.
The Portfolio is diversified.
The Portfolio may not purchase the securities of any one issuer, other than
the U.S. Government and its agencies or instrumentalities, if immediately
after and as a result of such purchase (a) the value of the holdings of the
Portfolio in the securities of such issuer exceeds 25% of the value of the
Portfolio's total assets, or (b) the Portfolio owns more than 25% of the
outstanding securities of any one class of securities of such issuers.
Policy eliminated.  See above.
The Portfolio may not concentrate its investments in any one industry, but
the Portfolio has reserved the right to invest up to 25% of its total assets
in a particular industry.
The Portfolio may not concentrate investments in an industry, as concentration
may be defined under the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder (as
such statute, rules or regulations may be amended from time to time) or by
guidance regarding, interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940
Act or the rules or regulations thereunder published by appropriate regulatory
authorities
The Portfolio may not invest in the securities of any issuer which has a
record of less than thee years of continuous operation (including the
operation of any predecessor) if such purchase at the time thereof would
cause 10% or more of the value of the total assets of the Portfolio to be
invested in the securities of such issuer or issuers.
Policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not make short sales of securities or maintain a short
position or write put options.
Policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not mortgage, pledge or hypothecate or otherwise encumber
its assets, except as may be necessary in connection with permissible
borrowings mentioned in investment restriction [borrowing] below.
Policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not purchase the securities of any other investment company
or investment trust, except when such purchase is part of a merger,
consolidation or acquisition of assets.









Related non-fundamental policy:
Under the 1940 Act, the Portfolio may invest not more than 10% of its total
assets in securities of other investment companies.  In addition, under the
1940 Act each Portfolio may not own more than 3% of the total outstanding
voting stock of any investment company and not more than 5% of the value of
each Portfolio's total assets may be invested in the securities of any
investment company.
Fundamental policy eliminated.

New non-fundamental policy:
The Portfolio may invest in the securities of other investment companies,
including exchange-traded funds, to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act
or the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations
may be amended from time to time) or by guidance regarding, interpretations
of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act or the rules or regulations
thereunder published by appropriate regulatory authorities.

Related non-fundamental policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not purchase or sell real property (including limited
partnership interest but excluding readily marketable interests in real estate
investment trusts or readily marketable securities of companies which invest
in real estate) commodities or commodity contracts.
The Portfolio may not purchase or sell real estate except that it may dispose
of real estate acquired as a result of the ownership of securities or other
instruments.  This restriction does not prohibit the Fund from investing in
securities or other instruments backed by real estate or in securities of
companies engaged in the real estate business.
The Portfolio may not purchase participations or other direct interests in
oil, gas, or other mineral exploration or development programs.
Policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not participate on a joint or joint and several basis in
any securities trading account.
Policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not invest in companies for the purposes of exercising
control.
Policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not purchase securities on margin, but it may obtain such
short-term credits from banks as may be necessary for the clearance of
purchases and sales of securities.
Fundamental policy eliminated.

New non-fundamental policy:
The Portfolio may not purchase securities on margin, except (i) as otherwise
provided under rules adopted by the SEC under the 1940 Act or by guidance
regarding the 1940 Act, or interpretations thereof, and (ii) that the
Portfolio may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the
clearance of portfolio transactions, and the Portfolio may make margin
payments in connection with futures contracts, options, forward contracts,
swaps, caps, floors, collars and other financial instruments.
The Portfolio may not make loans of its assets to any other person, which
shall not be considered as including the purchase of portion of an issue of
publicly-distributed debt securities; except that the Portfolio may purchase
non-publicly distributed securities subject to the limitations applicable to
restricted or not readily marketable securities and except for the lending of
portfolio securities.
The Portfolio may not make loans except through (i) the purchase of debt
obligations in accordance with its investment objectives and policies;
(ii) the lending of portfolio securities; (iii) the use of repurchase
agreements; or (iv) the making of loans to affiliated funds as permitted under
the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statutes, rule or
regulations may be amended from time to time), or by guidance regarding, and
interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act.
The Portfolio may not borrow money except for the short-term credits from
banks referred to in paragraph [re margin] and except for temporary or
emergency purposes and then only from banks and in an aggregate amount not
exceeding 5% of the value of its total assets at the time any borrowing is
made. Money borrowed by the Portfolio will be repaid before the Portfolio
makes any additional investments.







Related non-fundamental policy:
Under the 1940 Act, the Portfolio is not permitted to borrow unless
immediately after such borrowing there is "asset coverage," as that term
is defined and used in the 1940 Act, of at least 300% for all borrowings of
the Portfolio.  In addition, under the 1940 Act, in the event asset coverage
falls below 300%, a Portfolio must within three days reduce the amount of its
borrowing to such an extent that the asset coverage of its borrowings is at
least 300%.
The Portfolio may not issue any senior security (as that term is defined in
the 1940 Act) or borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act
or the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or regulations
may be amended from time to time) or by guidance regarding, or interpretations
of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act or the rules or regulations
thereunder published by appropriate regulatory authorities.
For the purposes of this restriction, margin and collateral arrangements,
including, for example, with respect to permitted borrowings, options,
futures contracts, options on futures contracts and other derivatives such
as swaps are not deemed to involve the issuance of a senior security.

Related non-fundamental policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not issuer senior securities, except as permitted under the
1940 Act and interpretations thereunder.
Policy eliminated.  See above.
The Portfolio may not act as an underwriter of securities of other issuers,
except that the Portfolio may acquire restricted or not readily marketable
securities under circumstances where, if sold, the Portfolio might be deemed
to be an underwriter for purposes of the Securities Act.
The Portfolio may not act as an underwriter of securities, except that the
Portfolio may acquire restricted securities under circumstances in which, if
such securities were sold, the Portfolio might be deemed to be an underwriter
for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
The Portfolio will not invest more than 10% of its net assets in aggregate in
restricted securities and not readily marketable securities.
Policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may not purchase or retain the securities of any issuer if, to
the knowledge of the Portfolio's management, those officers and directors of
the Portfolio, and those employees of the Adviser, who each owns beneficially
more than one-half of 1% of the outstanding securities of such issuer together
own more than 5% of the securities of such issuer.
Policy eliminated.

Non-fundamental Investment Policies:
The Portfolio invests primarily in securities of companies expected to benefit
from technological advances and improvements (i.e., companies that use
technology extensively in the development of new or improved products or
processes).  The Portfolio will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets
in the securities of these companies.
Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its net
assets in securities of companies that are involved in the production,
creation or marketing of technology, technology services or use technology
extensively in the development of new or improved products or processes.
The Portfolio may write covered call options on its securities of up to 15% of
its total assets and purchase exchange-listed call and put options, including
exchange-traded index put options of up to, for all options, 10% of its total
assets.

Related non-fundamental policy:
It is the Portfolio's policy not to write a call option if the premium to be
received by the Portfolio in connection with such options would not produce an
annualized return of at least 15% of the then market value of the securities
subject to the option.  The Portfolio will not sell a call option written or
guaranteed by it if, as a result of such sale, the aggregate of the
Portfolio's securities subject to outstanding call options (valued at the
lower of the option price or market value of such securities) would
exceed 15% of the Portfolio's total assets.  The Portfolio will not sell
any call option if such sale would result in more than 10% of the
Portfolio's assets being committed to call options written by the Portfolio
which, at the time of sale by the Portfolio, have a remaining term of more
than 100 days.
The Portfolio may write covered call options and purchase exchange-listed call
and put options, including exchange-traded index put options.



Related non-fundamental policy eliminated.
The Portfolio may invest up to 10% of its total assets in warrants.
The Portfolio may invest in warrants.
The Portfolio may make loans of portfolio securities of up to 30% of its total
assets.
The Portfolio may lend portfolio securities to the extent permitted under the
1940 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder (as such statute, rules or
regulations may be amended from time to time) or by guidance regarding,
interpretations of, or exemptive orders under, the 1940 Act.
The Portfolio may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities.
The Portfolio will limit its investment in illiquid securities to no more
than 15% of net assets or such other amount permitted by guidance regarding
the 1940 Act.
The Portfolio will limit its investments in standby commitments so that the
aggregate purchase price of the securities subject to the commitments does not
exceed 20% of its assets.
Policy eliminated.


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