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

AB 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, 2016

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2015

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

July 31, 2015 (unaudited)

	Yield*			Principal Amount (000)		U.S. $ Value
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 100.0%
U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Agency Obligations - 90.1%
Federal Farm Credit Banks
2/19/16 (a)		0.128	%	$	132,000	$	131,995,555
12/07/15 (a)		0.128	%		45,000		44,998,053
8/16/16 (a)		0.132	%		50,000		50,000,000
3/15/16 (a)		0.137	%		110,000		110,019,202
4/18/16 (a)		0.138	%		100,000		99,994,146
2/01/16 (a)		0.139	%		45,000		44,999,164
8/21/15 (a)		0.146	%		39,250		39,251,222
9/02/15 (a)		0.149	%		1,600		1,600,023
9/28/15 (a)		0.150	%		2,000		2,000,092
4/15/16 (a)		0.157	%		90,000		90,028,033
11/10/15 (a)		0.159	%		25,000		25,001,906
4/04/16 (a)		0.160	%		22,500		22,498,623
8/20/15 (a)		0.168	%		30,000		30,000,369
8/21/15		0.180	%		2,000		2,000,077
8/03/15 (a)		0.185	%		13,400		13,400,000
9/11/15 (a)		0.186	%		45,000		45,004,923
9/14/15 (a)		0.186	%		1,400		1,400,067
10/08/15 (a)		0.187	%		250		250,014
11/19/15 (a)		0.188	%		700		700,021
10/01/15 (a)		0.189	%		2,800		2,800,177
9/09/15		0.190	%		5,500		5,500,406
1/19/16 (a)		0.198	%		2,750		2,750,538
6/06/16 (a)		0.203	%		10,000		10,005,763
12/18/15 (a)		0.210	%		15,000		15,003,702
8/26/16 (a)		0.211	%		23,500		23,518,630
9/22/15 (a)		0.214	%		3,140		3,140,269
6/02/16 (a)		0.219	%		25,675		25,693,156
11/02/15		0.230	%		800		800,091
4/22/16 (a)		0.240	%		17,500		17,512,097
4/20/16 (a)		0.258	%		2,500		2,501,807
8/25/15		0.280	%		15,000		15,001,317
8/17/15		0.300	%		2,000		2,000,115
1/19/16		0.300	%		5,000		5,002,662
8/03/15 (a)		0.340	%		1,190		1,190,000
11/04/15		0.350	%		5,000		5,002,579
8/17/15		0.550	%		11,563		11,564,779
9/15/15		0.550	%		1,750		1,750,792
8/10/15		4.700	%		760		760,668
12/16/15		4.875	%		4,000		4,069,283
8/24/15		5.330	%		770		772,312
2/26/16 (a)		0.191	%		130,776		130,810,052
10/26/15 (a)		0.221	%		145,000		145,030,411
10/01/15 (a)		0.189	%		2,450		2,450,293

	Yield*			Principal Amount (000)		U.S. $ Value
Federal Farm Credit Discount Notes
8/25/15		0.050	%	$	50,000	$	49,998,472
9/09/15		0.067	%		15,000		14,998,967
1/06/16		0.150	%		10,000		9,993,500
1/14/16		0.155	%		7,000		6,995,057
2/12/16		0.235	%		27,000		26,965,984
Federal Home Loan Bank
1/15/16 (a)		0.117	%		200,000		200,000,000
8/28/15		0.125	%		10,000		9,999,812
10/15/15 (a)		0.127	%		50,000		49,999,496
10/27/15 (a)		0.136	%		100,000		99,999,412
1/08/16 (a)		0.137	%		75,000		74,998,362
11/20/15 (a)		0.138	%		4,750		4,750,083
8/24/15		0.140	%		117,815		117,814,088
10/14/15 (a)		0.151	%		27,000		27,000,280
11/27/15 (a)		0.153	%		15,000		15,000,163
12/11/15		0.160	%		45,000		44,995,921
9/03/15 (a)		0.178	%		102,000		102,001,268
10/07/15 (a)		0.179	%		90,000		90,004,320
9/14/15 (a)		0.181	%		5,770		5,770,119
9/29/15		0.190	%		160,000		160,025,078
10/14/15		0.190	%		17,000		17,000,572
8/19/15 (a)		0.200	%		23,500		23,500,644
9/18/15		0.200	%		3,000		3,000,043
9/25/15		0.200	%		10,000		10,001,125
9/29/15		0.200	%		77,000		77,009,194
8/14/15 (a)		0.220	%		60,000		60,001,478
8/28/15		0.230	%		2,975		2,975,121
8/28/15		0.375	%		9,840		9,841,654
3/18/16		0.400	%		25,800		25,800,000
9/21/15		0.450	%		3,000		3,001,275
9/18/15		0.480	%		3,000		3,001,144
8/20/15		1.630	%		100,000		100,068,950
9/11/15		4.750	%		540		542,652
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
9/04/15		0.084	%		100,000		99,992,534
9/23/15		0.087	%		71,336		71,327,207
9/11/15		0.090	%		50,000		49,995,125
9/16/15		0.090	%		200,000		199,978,000
9/18/15		0.090	%		200,000		199,977,000
10/16/15		0.090	%		50,000		49,990,750
10/02/15		0.092	%		200,000		199,969,332
8/26/15		0.093	%		50,000		49,997,029
10/14/15		0.093	%		100,000		99,981,400
10/09/15		0.094	%		70,521		70,508,663
8/07/15		0.095	%		50,000		49,999,472
8/19/15		0.095	%		50,000		49,997,889
10/07/15		0.095	%		93,391		93,374,981
10/09/15		0.095	%		7,764		7,762,627
10/21/15		0.095	%		100,000		99,979,152
8/12/15		0.096	%		50,000		49,998,800
8/14/15		0.099	%		50,000		49,998,487
8/19/15		0.140	%		20,000		19,998,756
8/26/15		0.140	%		11,000		10,999,016
9/16/15		0.195	%		19,500		19,495,353
1/15/16		0.220	%		3,100		3,096,874
1/20/16		0.220	%		4,700		4,695,117

	Yield*			Principal Amount (000)		U.S. $ Value
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
10/16/15 (a)		0.167	%	$	335,000	$	335,046,355
11/25/15 (a)		0.181	%		90,000		90,011,268
9/18/15		0.420	%		30,525		30,536,426
9/04/15		0.450	%		17,550		17,554,256
8/28/15		0.500	%		48,910		48,923,348
9/25/15		0.500	%		26,250		26,261,734
9/10/15		1.750	%		40,793		40,860,920
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Discount Notes
1/04/16		0.148	%		8,500		8,494,637
1/11/16		0.149	%		100,000		99,933,364
1/04/16		0.150	%		62,075		62,035,168
1/11/16		0.150	%		72,000		71,951,700
Federal National Mortgage Association
8/05/15 (a)		0.158	%		150,000		150,000,402
8/15/16 (a)		0.207	%		20,000		20,015,399
8/26/16 (a)		0.211	%		13,190		13,200,456
4/01/16 (a)		0.234	%		1,180		1,180,113
8/28/15		0.350	%		25,000		25,004,073
8/24/15 (a)		0.450	%		177,900		177,937,362
9/28/15		0.500	%		62,836		62,874,682
10/26/15		1.625	%		10,656		10,691,967
9/09/15		1.875	%		1,500		1,502,599
9/21/15		2.000	%		6,203		6,218,332
10/15/15		4.375	%		3,292		3,319,212
Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Notes
9/02/15		0.055	%		26,949		26,947,765
12/01/15		0.140	%		14,250		14,243,350
8/26/15		0.145	%		10,000		9,999,074
1/06/16		0.148	%		116,000		115,925,605
1/04/16		0.150	%		10,008		10,001,578
9/16/15		0.160	%		36,000		35,992,960
U.S. Treasury Notes
1/31/16 (a)		0.095	%		400,000		399,997,235
4/30/16 (a)		0.119	%		230,000		230,026,937
8/15/15		0.250	%		50,000		50,002,571
9/15/15		0.250	%		250,000		250,044,807
2/15/16		0.375	%		50,000		50,060,902
8/31/15		1.250	%		50,000		50,043,494
1/31/16		2.000	%		50,000		50,447,214
							6,785,228,452
Repurchase Agreements - 9.9%
Bank of America NA 0.12%, dated 7/31/15 due 8/03/15 in the amount of $200,002,000 (collateralized by $165,634,700 U.S. Treasury Bond and U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00% to 8.75% due 8/15/20 to 2/28/21, value $204,000,037)					200,000		200,000,000
Federal Reserve Bank NY 0.05%, dated 7/31/15 due 8/03/15 in the amount of $50,000,208 (collateralized by $47,564,700 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125% due 2/15/42, value $50,000,256)					50,000		50,000,000

	Yield*	Principal Amount (000)		U.S. $ Value
HSBC USA, Inc. 0.12%, dated 7/31/15 due 8/03/15 in the amount of $50,000,500 (collateralized by $50,360,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.00% due 7/31/16 to 8/15/44, value $51,002,636)		$	50,000	$	50,000,000
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc. 0.15%, dated 7/31/15 due 8/03/15 in the amount of $200,002,500 (collateralized by $201,103,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00% due 8/31/21, value $204,002,550)			200,000		200,000,000
RBC Capital Markets 0.14%, dated 7/31/15 due 8/03/15 in the amount of $75,000,875 (collateralized by $91,993,134 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company, Federal National Mortgage and Government National Mortgage Association, 1.75% to 4.00% due 11/01/28 to 7/20/45, value $76,500,00)			75,000		75,000,000
Toronto-Dominion Bank NY 0.13%, dated 7/31/15 due 8/03/15 in the amount of $165,701,795 (collateralized by $169,079,300 Federal Farm Credit Systemwide Bonds, Federal Home Loan Bank and U.S. Treasury Note, Zero Coupon to 5.00% due 9/30/15 to 12/30/38, value $169,014,063)			165,700		165,700,000
					740,700,000
Total Investments - 100.0% (cost $7,525,928,452) (b)					7,525,928,452
Other assets less liabilities - 0.0%					2,829,622
Net Assets - 100.0%				$	7,528,758,074

* Represents annualized yield from date of purchase for discount securities, and stated interest rate for interest-bearing securities.

(a) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at July 31, 2015.

(b) As of July 31, 2015, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes.

AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio

July 31, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio 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). 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 Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’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 Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of July 31, 2015:

Investments in Securities:

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Assets:

U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Agency Obligations

$

– 0

–

$

6,785,228,452

$

– 0

–

$

6,785,228,452

Repurchase Agreements

740,700,000

– 0

–

– 0

–

740,700,000

Total Investments in Securities

740,700,000

6,785,228,452

– 0

–

7,525,928,452

Other Financial Instruments

– 0

–

– 0

–

– 0

–

– 0

–

Total^

$

740,700,000

$

6,785,228,452

$

– 0

–

$

7,525,928,452

^ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).

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): AB Fixed-Income Shares

By:	/s/    Robert M. Keith
	Robert M. Keith
	President

Date: September 21, 2015

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/    Robert M. Keith
	Robert M. Keith
	President

Date: September 21, 2015

By:	/s/    Joseph J. Mantineo
	Joseph J. Mantineo
	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 21, 2015