N-Q 1 dnq.htm ALLLIANCEBERNSTEIN FIXED-INCOME SHARES, INC. AlllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM N-Q

 


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-06068

 


ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN FIXED-INCOME SHARES, INC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 


1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joseph J. Mantineo

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end: April 30, 2008

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2007

 



ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AllianceBernstein Fixed Income Shares-

Government STIF Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

July 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

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

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 99.9%

       

U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Agency

       

Obligations - 65.8%

       

Federal Farm Credit Bank

       

8/10/2007

   5.11 %   $ 11,795    $ 11,779,932

8/16/2007

   5.13 %     25,000      24,946,563

8/10/07-9/14/07

   5.14 %     56,036      55,867,623

8/17/2007

   5.15 %     33,180      33,104,055

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

8/3/07-8/10/07

   5.12 %     35,760      35,724,942

8/22/07-8/24/07

   5.13 %     48,800      48,522,785

9/19/07-10/17/07

   5.14 %     40,810      40,444,747

8/1/2007

   5.15 %     64,900      64,900,000

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

8/6/2007

   5.12 %     25,000      24,982,219

8/20/07-10/29/07

   5.13 %     55,000      54,611,937

8/27/07-9/4/07

   5.14 %     51,323      51,105,926

8/20/07-9/13/07

   5.15 %     40,357      40,194,582

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

8/1/07-8/8/07

   5.12 %     49,644      49,619,111

8/15/2007

   5.13 %     30,000      29,940,150

9/12/2007-9/19/07

   5.14 %     32,073      31,866,581

8/8/07-10/10/07

   5.15 %     93,930      93,404,876
           
          691,016,029
           

Repurchase Agreements - 34.1%

       

ABN AMRO, 5.24%, dated 7/31/07 due 8/01/07 in the amount of $45,006,550 (collateralized by $45,446,000 FNMA, FHLB, & U.S. Treasury Bond , 4.65% to 6.00%, due 10/23/09 to 02/15/26, value $45,900,644)

       45,000      45,000,000

Barclays Bank, 5.22%, dated 7/31/07 due 8/1/07 in the amount of $45,006,525 (collateralized by $46,904,000 FHLMC, 0.00% , due 12/31/07, value $45,900,254)

       45,000      45,000,000

Dresdner Securities, 5.10%, dated 7/31/07 due 8/1/07 in the amount of $45,006,375 (collateralized by $42,328,000, U.S. Treasury Bonds, FHLMC, FHLB & FNMA, 0.00% to 6.25%, due 9/14/07 to 8/15/23, value $45,900,427)

       45,000      45,000,000


Goldman Sachs, 5.27%, dated 7/31/07 due 8/2/07 in the amount of $45,013,175 (collateralized by $78,061,234 FHLMC & FNMA, 4.083% to 6.229%, due 8/01/33 to 1/1/47, value $45,900,000)

   45,000      45,000,000

Greenwich Capital, 5.27%, dated 7/30/07 due 8/6/07 in the amount of $45,046,113 (collateralized by $46,005,000, U.S. Treasury Note, 4.00%, due 04/15/10, value $45,903,051)

   45,000      45,000,000

Merrill Lynch, 5.22%, dated 7/30/07 due 8/2/07 in the amount of $43,018,705 (collateralized by $82,185,000 Resolution Funding Strip, 0.00%, due 10/15/19, value $43,860,493)

   43,000      43,000,000

Morgan Stanley, 5.25%, dated 7/30/07 due 8/06/07 in the amount of $45,045,938 (collateralized by $45,950,000 FNMA, 0.00%, due 8/01/07 to 08/15/07, value $45,904,205)

   45,000      45,000,000

UBS, 5.21%, dated 7/31/07 due 8/03/07 in the amount of $45,019,538 (collateralized by $45,405,000 FNMA, 3.50%, due 09/15/17, value $45,901,501)

   45,000      45,000,000
         
        358,000,000
         

Total Investments - 99.9%

     

(cost $1,049,016,029)

        1,049,016,029

Other assets less liabilities - 0.1%

        630,991
         

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 1,049,647,020
         

Glossary:

FHLB

FHLMC

FNMA


AllianceBernstein Fixed Income Shares-Prime STIF Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

July 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

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

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 99.9%

       

Commercial Paper - 58.3%

       

Abbey National N America, LLC

       

8/07/07

   5.25 %   $ 20,000    $ 19,982,500

Abn Amro Holdings NV

       

8/06/07

   5.24 %     20,000      19,790,400

AIG Funding, Inc.

       

8/23/07

   5.25 %     35,000      34,887,815

Allied Irish Banks

       

8/03/07 (a)

   5.26 %     18,100      18,094,711

Asb Finance Ltd.

       

9/10/07 (a)

   5.25 %     21,000      20,846,875

Australia New Zealand Banking

       

8/01/07 (a)

   5.26 %     18,100      18,100,000

Bank of America Corp.

       

8/14/07

   5.24 %     42,000      41,920,527

Bank Of Montreal

       

8/02/07

   5.25 %     19,000      18,997,231

Banque Et Caisse Epargne

       

8/20/07

   5.37 %     38,400      38,293,803

Barclays US Funding

       

9/24/07

   5.24 %     30,000      29,763,975

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

       

10/02/07 (a)

   5.25 %     16,000      15,855,333

Calyon North America

       

8/02/07

   5.23 %     37,000      36,994,620

Citigroup Funding Inc.

       

8/15/07

   5.26 %     35,000      34,928,337

Credit Suisse First Boston New York

       

8/20/07

   5.25 %     16,000      15,953,333

Depfa Bank Europe

       

8/24/07 (a)

   5.25 %     18,000      17,939,625

HSBC Finance Corp.

       

8/22/07

   5.25 %     42,900      42,768,619

Lloyds Bank PLC

       

8/16/07

   5.30 %     35,000      34,923,437

Metlife Inc.

       

8/15/07 (a)

   5.23 %     15,000             14,969,492


Nationwide Building

      

8/10/07 (a)

  5.24 %   12,000    11,984,295

Park Avenue Receivables Co.

      

8/21/07 (a)

  5.27 %   42,900    42,774,398

PNC Bank NA

      

8/10/07

  5.27 %   17,600    17,576,812

Prudential Funding, LLC

      

8/27/07

  5.26 %   18,100    18,031,240

Rabobank Usa Fin Corp.

      

8/01/07

  5.32 %   25,000    25,000,000

San Paolo Umi US Financial Co.

      

8/07/07

  5.25 %   17,500    17,484,688

Swedbank

      

10/11/07

  5.25 %   18,200    18,011,734

Toyota Motor

      

8/07/07

  5.27 %   35,000    34,969,258

Well Fargo Corp.

      

8/06/07

  5.24 %   40,000    39,970,889

Westpac Banking Corp.

      

8/03/07 (a)

  5.24 %   14,000    13,995,924
        
       714,809,871
        

Repurchase Agreements - 23.2%

      

Deutsche Bank, 5.29%, dated 7/30/07 due 8/06/07 in the amount of $95,097,718 (collateralized by $97,632,000 FNMA, FHLB, & FFCB, 0.00% to 5.125%, due 9/26/07 to 06/13/07, value $96,902,637)

    95,000    95,000,000

Greenwich Capital, 5.27%, dated 7/30/07 due 8/06/07 in the amount of $95,097,349 (collateralized by $145,513,000 FNMA, FHLMC, Resolution Funding Strip, & U.S. Treasury Note, 0.00% to 9.375%, due 11/02/07 to 4/15/30, value $96,902,472)

    95,000    95,000,000

Morgan Stanley, 5.25%, dated 7/30/07 due 8/06/07 in the amount of $95,096,979 (collateralized by $98,255,000 FNMA, 3.25% to 6.02%, due 5/14/08 to 8/01/25, value $98,259,046)

    95,000    95,000,000
        
       285,000,000
        

Time Deposit - 8.4%

      

Royal Bank of Canada

      

8/01/07

  5.32 %   51,500    51,500,000

Society Generale

      

8/01/07

  5.34 %   52,000    52,000,000
        
              103,500,000
        

Certificate of Deposit - 5.5%

      

American Express Bank

      

8/13/07

  5.28 %   20,000    20,000,000

Natixis/New York

      

9/04/07

  5.30 %     18,400    18,400,000


Regions Bank

      

8/17/07

  5.28 %   15,000      15,000,000

Svenska Handelsbanken

      

8/10/07

  5.31 %   14,000      14,000,017
          
         67,400,017
          

Corporates - Investment Grades - 4.5%

      

Financial Institutions - 4.5%

      

Finance - 2.9%

      

General Electric Capital Corp.

      

4/11/08 (b)

  5.37 %   15,000      15,007,692

K2 USA LLC

      

1/22/08 (a)(b)

  5.30 %     20,000      19,999,961
          
         35,007,653
          

Banking - 1.6%

      

World Savings Bank FSB

      

6/20/08

  5.38 %   20,000      20,013,899
          
         55,021,552
          

Total Investments - 99.9%

(cost $1,225,731,440)

         1,225,731,440

Other assets less liabilities - 0.1%

         661,949
          

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $ 1,226,393,389
          

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2007, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $180,564,690 or 14.7% of net assets.
(b) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at July 31, 2007.

Glossary:

 

FFCB

   -    Federal Farm Credit Bank

FHLB

   -    Federal Home Loan Bank

FHLMC

   -    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA

   -    Federal National Mortgage Association


ITEM 2. 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-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

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

 

Exhibit No.

  

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

3(a)(1)    Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
3(a)(2)    Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 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): AllianceBernstein Fixed- Income Shares
By:  

/s/ Marc O. Mayer

  Marc O. Mayer
  President

Date: September 24, 2007

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/ Marc O. Mayer

  Marc O. Mayer
  President
Date: September 24, 2007
By:  

/s/ Joseph J. Mantineo

  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date: September 24, 2007