Exhibit 99(a)(12)

                 ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.

                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                             (Changing its Name to
                        AB Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc.)

      AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation
having its principal office in Maryland in Baltimore City, Maryland (hereinafter
called the "Corporation"), certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland that:

      FIRST: The Charter of the Corporation is hereby amended by striking out
Article SECOND and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

            SECOND:   The  name  of  the  corporation  (hereinafter  called  the
            "Corporation") is AB Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

      SECOND: The amendment to the Charter of the Corporation as herein set
forth was approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the
Corporation. The Charter amendment is limited to changes expressly permitted by
Section 2-605 of the Maryland General Corporation Law to be made without action
by the stockholders of the Corporation. The Corporation is registered as an
open-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

      THIRD: THIS AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CORPORATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE
ON JANUARY 20, 2015, AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 2-610.1 OF THE MARYLAND GENERAL
CORPORATION LAW.



      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AllianceBernstein Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc. has
caused these Articles of Amendment to be executed in its name and on its behalf
by Robert M. Keith, President of the Corporation, and witnessed by Stephen J.
Laffey, the Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, this 20th day of January,
2015. The undersigned President of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles
of Amendment 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
in these Articles with respect to the authorization and approval of the
amendment of the Corporation's Charter are true in all material respects, and
that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

                                                   ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN
                                                   LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.

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

WITNESS:

/s/ Stephen J. Laffey
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Stephen J. Laffey
Assistant Secretary