EX-99.A7 2 d11440055_ex99a-7.htm

 

Exhibit (a)(7)

 

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

AB FIXED-INCOME SHARES, INC.

 

 

AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

 

FIRST: Under a power contained in Article FIFTH of the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”), the Board of Directors of the Corporation hereby reclassifies and designates shares of common stock, $.0005 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation as follows:

 

A.       5,000,000,000 authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock of the AB Government Money Market Portfolio, a series of Common Stock (the “Portfolio”), and 5,000,000,000 authorized but unissued shares of Premium Class Common Stock of the Portfolio, as additional shares of Class A Common Stock of the Portfolio.

 

B.       5,000,000,000 authorized but unissued shares of Select Class Common Stock of the Portfolio and 5,000,000,000 authorized but unissued shares of Investor Class Common Stock of the Portfolio, as authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, without further designation as to series or class.

 

SECOND: A. Immediately before the reclassification of the shares of Common Stock as set forth herein, the total number of shares of stock of all classes which the Corporation had authority to issue was 110,000,000,000 shares, par value $0.0005 per share, with an aggregate par value of $55,000,000, of which 110,000,000,000 shares were classified as follows:

 

Portfolio and Class Number of Shares

 

AB Government Money Market Portfolio

Class AB Common Stock 20,000,000,000
Institutional Class Common Stock 20,000,000,000
Class A Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class B Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class C Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Advisor Class Common Stock 5,000,000,000
Class R Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class K Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class I Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class Z Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class 1 Common Stock 15,000,000,000
Premium Class Common Stock 5,000,000,000
Select Class Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Investor Class Common Stock 5,000,000,000

 

 
 

 

B.                 Immediately after the reclassification of shares of Common Stock as set forth herein, the total number of shares of stock of all classes which the Corporation has authority to issue is 110,000,000,000 shares, par value $0.0005 per share, with an aggregate par value of $55,000,000, of which 10,000,000,000 are shares of Common Stock, without further designation as to series or class, and 100,000,000,000 shares are classified as follows:

 

Portfolio and Class Number of Shares

 

AB Government Money Market Portfolio

Class AB Common Stock 20,000,000,000
Institutional Class Common Stock 20,000,000,000
Class A Common Stock 15,000,000,000
Class C Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Advisor Class Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class R Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class K Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class I Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class Z Common Stock   5,000,000,000
Class 1 Common Stock 15,000,000,000

 

THIRD: The Corporation is registered as an open-end company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

FOURTH: The shares of Common Stock have been reclassified by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in the Charter. These Articles Supplementary do not increase the authorized stock of the Corporation.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. has caused these Articles Supplementary to be executed in its name and on its behalf by Onur Erzan, President of the Corporation, and attested by Nancy E. Hay, Secretary of the Corporation, as of this 26th day of February, 2024. The undersigned President of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and states that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set forth herein relating to authorization and approval hereof are true in all material respects, and that this statement is made under penalties for perjury.

 

  AB FIXED-INCOME SHARES, INC.

 

 

 

  By: /s/ Onur Erzan              
    Onur Erzan
    President

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

/s/ Richard Leahy                

Richard A, Leahy

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

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