0000919574-15-003171.txt : 20150513 0000919574-15-003171.hdr.sgml : 20150513 20150325170112 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000919574-15-003171 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150325 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AB BOND FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000003794 IRS NUMBER: 132754393 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN BOND FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030319 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCE BOND FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AB CAP FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081443 IRS NUMBER: 132625045 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CAP FUND, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110524 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CAP FUND,INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040908 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000825316 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906013 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1345 AVE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCE WORLD DOLLAR GOVERNMENT FUND II INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930714 CORRESP 1 filename1.txt AB Funds 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 March 25, 2015 Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Jason Fox Re: In the matter of the following SEC Filings:
Fund Fiscal Year End ---- --------------- AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series - Money Market Portfolio liquidated 4/27/2012 AB Cap Fund - US Strategic Research Portfolio liquidated 6/27/2013 AB Cap Fund - Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio liquidated 11/25/2013 AB Cap Fund - International Discovery Portfolio liquidated 10/09/2014 AB Bond Fund - Real Asset Strategy 10/31/2014 AB Bond Fund - Government Reserves Portfolio 4/30/2014 AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund 3/31/2014
Dear Mr. Fox: Enclosed are responses to the requests made during my phone conversation with you on February 27, 2015. We hereby acknowledge that (i) each Fund is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in this filing ; (ii) Staff comments or changes to disclosures in response to Staff comments in the filing reviewed by the Staff do not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to the filing ; and (iii) a Fund named in this filing may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceedings initiated by the SEC or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. If you have any questions regarding our response, please do not hesitate to call me at 914.259.7740. Sincerely, /s/ Joseph Mantineo ------------------- Joseph Mantineo Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of each Fund cc: Larry Cranch, AllianceBernstein L.P. Phil Kirstein, Senior Officer of the Funds Mark R. Manley, AllianceBernstein L.P. Emilie Wrapp, AllianceBernstein L.P. Stephen Laffey, AllianceBernstein L.P. Vince Noto, AllianceBernstein L.P Steve Woetzel, AllianceBernstein L.P. Phyllis Clarke, AllianceBernstein L.P. Comment #1: AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series - Money Market Portfolio, AllianceBernstein Cap Fund - US Strategic Research Portfolio, AllianceBernstein Cap Fund - Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, AllianceBernstein Cap Fund - International Discovery Portfolio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under the EDGAR database, the [active/inactive] status of the portfolios is not checked off. Response #1: With respect to each Portfolio, the [active/inactive] status will be checked off under the EDGAR database. Comment #2: AllianceBernstein Bond Fund - Real Asset Strategy ------------------------------------------------- There was no annual or semi- annual report found on the AllianceBernstein website. Response #2: The annual and semi-annual reports can be found under the fund's new name, AB All Market Real Return Portfolio, effective December 12, 2014. Comment #3: AllianceBernstein Bond Fund - Government Reserves Portfolio ----------------------------------------------------------- There was no literature available on the AllianceBernstein website. Response #3: This fund is offered to private wealth management clients only. The literature is located on the AllianceBernstein website under the Private Wealth Management link. Comment #4: AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund ----------------------------------------- The inside cover of the annual report states AllianceBernstein publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at the AllianceBernstein website; however, such holdings were not found on the AllianceBernstein website. Response #4: The sentence was inadvertently included on the inside cover page. It will be removed in future reports.