497K 1 d224033d497k.htm AB MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II - AB VIRGINIA PORTFOLIO AB Municipal Income Fund II - AB Virginia Portfolio
LOGO    SUMMARY PROSPECTUS    July 25, 2016

AB Virginia Portfolio

Ticker: Advisor Class–AVAYX

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Portfolio’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Portfolio and its risks. The Portfolio’s Prospectus dated July 25, 2016, and Statement of Additional Information, dated September 30, 2015, as amended July 25, 2016, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Portfolio’s Prospectus and other information about the Portfolio, go to http://www.ABglobal.com/links/mf, email a request to prorequest@ABglobal.com, call (800) 227-4618, or ask any financial advisor, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the Portfolio.

PRO-0116-MVA-0716

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE:

The investment objective of the Portfolio is to earn the highest level of current income exempt from both federal income tax and Commonwealth of Virginia personal income tax that is available without assuming what the Adviser considers to be undue risk.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO:

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

      Advisor Class
Shares
 

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases

(as a percentage of offering price)

     None   

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

(as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)

     None   
Exchange Fee      None   

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

      Advisor Class  

Management Fees

     .45%   
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees      None   
Other Expenses:   

Transfer Agent

     .04%   

Other Expenses

     .13%   
  

 

 

 

Total Other Expenses(a)

     .17%   
  

 

 

 

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses Before Waiver

     .62%   
  

 

 

 

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(b)

     (.07)%   
  

 

 

 

Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

     .55%   
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Total Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

 

(b) The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fees and/or to bear expenses of the Portfolio through September 30, 2017 to the extent necessary to prevent total Portfolio operating expenses (excluding expenses associated with acquired fund fees and expenses other than the advisory fees of any AB Mutual Funds in which the Portfolio may invest, interest expense, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and brokerage commissions and other transaction costs), on an annualized basis, from exceeding .55% of average daily net assets for Advisor Class shares (“expense limitations”).

Examples

The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in Advisor Class shares of the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Portfolio’s operating expenses stay the same and that the fee waiver remains in effect for only one year. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

      Advisor Class  

After 1 Year

   $ 56   
After 3 Years    $ 191   
After 5 Years    $ 339   
After 10 Years    $ 768   

 

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Portfolio Turnover

The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys or sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Portfolio shares are held in a taxable account. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses or in the Examples, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 5% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES:

The Portfolio pursues its objective by investing principally in high-yielding, predominantly investment grade municipal securities. As a matter of fundamental policy, the Portfolio invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from federal income tax. These securities may pay interest that is subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for certain taxpayers. As a matter of fundamental policy, the Portfolio invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities of Virginia or municipal securities with interest that is otherwise exempt from Virginia state income tax.

The Portfolio may also invest in:

 

 

forward commitments;

 

 

zero-coupon municipal securities and variable, floating and inverse floating rate municipal securities; and

 

 

derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, forwards and swaps.

PRINCIPAL RISKS:

 

Market Risk: The value of the Portfolio’s assets will fluctuate as the bond market fluctuates. The value of the Portfolio’s investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market.

 

 

Credit Risk: An issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives or other contract, may be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The issuer or guarantor may default, causing a loss of the full principal amount of a security and accrued interest. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. There is the possibility that the credit rating of a fixed-income security may be downgraded after purchase, which may adversely affect the value of the security. Investments in fixed-income securities with lower ratings tend to have a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations.

 

 

Municipal Market Risk: This is the risk that special factors may adversely affect the value of municipal securities and have a significant effect on the yield or value of the Portfolio’s investments in municipal securities. These factors include economic conditions, political or legislative changes, uncertainties related to the tax status of municipal securities, or the rights of investors in these securities. The Portfolio’s investments in Virginia municipal securities may be vulnerable to events adversely affecting its economy. Virginia has a highly diversified economy, with services as a major component. The U.S. Government, both military and civilian, plays a large role in its economy. The state benefits from increases in U.S. Government spending but is vulnerable to spending decreases. The Portfolio’s investments in certain municipal securities with principal and interest payments that are made from the revenues of a specific project or facility, and not general tax revenues, may have increased risks. Factors affecting the project or facility, such as local business or economic conditions, could have a significant effect on the project’s ability to make payments of principal and interest on these securities.

The Portfolio may invest in the municipal securities of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories and their governmental agencies and municipalities, which are exempt from federal, state, and, where applicable, local income taxes. These municipal securities may have more risks than those of other U.S. issuers of municipal securities. Like many U.S. states and municipalities, Puerto Rico experienced a significant downturn during the recent recession. Puerto Rico’s downturn was particularly severe, and Puerto Rico continues to face a very challenging economic and fiscal environment. Municipal securities issued by Puerto Rico issuers have extremely low credit ratings and are on “negative watch” by credit rating organizations. Puerto Rico has begun to default on its debt payments. If defaults continue and the general economic situation in Puerto Rico persists, the volatility and credit quality of Puerto Rican municipal securities will continue to be adversely affected, and the market for such securities will continue to experience volatility. In addition, Puerto Rico’s difficulties have resulted in increased volatility in portions of the broader municipal securities market from time to time, and this may recur in the future.

 

 

Tax Risk: There is no guarantee that all of the Portfolio’s income will remain exempt from federal or state income taxes. From time to time, the U.S. Government and the U.S. Congress consider changes in federal tax law that could limit or eliminate the federal tax exemption for municipal bond income, which would in effect reduce the income received by shareholders from the Portfolio by increasing taxes on that income. In such event, the Portfolio’s net asset value could also decline as yields on municipal bonds, which are typically lower than those on taxable bonds, would be expected to increase to approximately the yield of comparable taxable bonds. Actions or anticipated actions affecting the tax exempt status of municipal bonds could also

 

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result in significant shareholder redemptions of Portfolio shares as investors anticipate adverse effects on the Portfolio or seek higher yields to offset the potential loss of the tax deduction. As a result, the Portfolio would be required to maintain higher levels of cash to meet the redemptions, which would negatively affect the Portfolio’s yield.

 

 

Interest Rate Risk: Changes in interest rates will affect the value of investments in fixed-income securities. When interest rates rise, the value of investments in fixed-income securities tends to fall and this decrease in value may not be offset by higher income from new investments. The Portfolio may be subject to a heightened risk of rising rates as the current period of historically low interest rates ends. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed-income securities with longer maturities or durations.

 

 

Duration Risk: Duration is a measure that relates the expected price volatility of a fixed-income security to changes in interest rates. The duration of a fixed-income security may be shorter than or equal to the full maturity of a fixed-income security. Fixed-income securities with longer durations have more risk and will decrease in price as interest rates rise. For example, a fixed-income security with a duration of three years will decrease in value by approximately 3% if interest rates increase by 1%.

 

 

Inflation Risk: This is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the value of the Portfolio’s assets can decline as can the value of the Portfolio’s distributions. This risk is significantly greater for fixed-income securities with longer maturities.

 

 

Liquidity Risk: Liquidity risk occurs when certain investments become difficult to purchase or sell. Difficulty in selling less liquid securities may result in sales at disadvantageous prices affecting the value of your investment in the Portfolio. Causes of liquidity risk may include low trading volumes, large positions and heavy redemptions of Portfolio shares. Over recent years liquidity risk has also increased because the capacity of dealers in the secondary market for fixed-income securities to make markets in these securities has decreased, even as the overall bond market has grown significantly, due to, among other things, structural changes, additional regulatory requirements and capital and risk restraints that have led to reduced inventories. Liquidity risk may be higher in a rising interest rate environment, when the value and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally decline. Municipal securities may have more liquidity risk than other fixed-income securities because they trade less frequently and the market for municipal securities is generally smaller than many other markets.

 

 

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Portfolio, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.

 

 

Management Risk: The Portfolio is subject to management risk because it is an actively-managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Portfolio.

BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION:

The bar chart and performance information provide an indication of the historical risk of an investment in the Portfolio by showing:

 

 

how the Portfolio’s performance changed from year to year over ten years; and

 

 

how the Portfolio’s average annual returns for one, five and ten years compare to those of a broad-based securities market index.

You may obtain updated performance information on the Portfolio’s website at www.ABglobal.com (click on “Menu—Americas—Individual Investors—US (US Citizens)”, then “Investments—Fund Performance”).

The Portfolio’s past performance before and after taxes, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.

Bar Chart

The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Portfolio’s Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. The annual returns for the Portfolio’s Advisor Class shares are not presented in the bar chart and would differ from the annual returns of the Portfolio’s Class A shares only to the extent that the Advisor Class shares have lower expenses because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities. Through June 30, 2016, the year-to-date unannualized return for Class A shares was 4.42%.

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During the period shown in the bar chart, the Portfolio’s:

Best Quarter was up 5.98%, 3rd quarter, 2009; and Worst Quarter was down -4.03%, 2nd quarter, 2013.

 

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Performance Table

Average Annual Total Returns

(For the periods ended December 31, 2015)

 

           1 Year        5 Years        10 Years  
Class A*   Return Before Taxes      0.00%           4.30%           4.00%   
   

 

 
    Return After Taxes on Distributions      -0.08%           4.20%           3.94%   
   

 

 
    Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Portfolio Shares      1.26%           4.07%           3.91%   
Advisor Class**   Return Before Taxes      3.38%           5.20%           4.58%   
Barclays Municipal Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
     3.30%           5.35%           4.72%   

 

* After-tax Returns:

 

  Are shown for Class A shares only and will vary for Advisor Class shares because Advisor Class shares have a different expense ratio;

 

  Are an estimate, which is based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor’s tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown; and

 

  Are not relevant to investors who hold Portfolio shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

 

** Inception date for Advisor Class shares: 7/25/2016. Performance information for periods prior to the inception of Advisor Class shares is the performance of the Portfolio’s Class A shares adjusted to reflect the expenses of Advisor Class shares.

INVESTMENT ADVISER:

AllianceBernstein L.P. is the investment adviser for the Portfolio.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS:

The following table lists the persons responsible for day-to-day management of the Portfolio’s portfolio:

 

Employee    Length of Service    Title
Fred S. Cohen    Since 2002    Senior Vice President of the Adviser
Robert B. (Guy) Davidson III    Since 2002    Senior Vice President of the Adviser
Terrance T. Hults    Since 1995    Senior Vice President of the Adviser
Matthew J. Norton    Since January 2016    Vice President of the Adviser

PURCHASE AND SALE OF PORTFOLIO SHARES

Purchase Minimums

 

      Initial    Subsequent
Advisor Class Shares (only available to fee-based programs or through other limited arrangements)    None    None

You may sell (redeem) your shares each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. You may sell your shares through your financial intermediary or by mail (AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc., P.O. Box 786003, San Antonio, TX 78278-6003) or telephone (800-221-5672).

TAX INFORMATION

The Portfolio may make capital gains distributions, which may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, and income dividends. The Portfolio anticipates that substantially all of its income dividends will be exempt from regular federal income tax and Virginia state and local personal income taxes.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase shares of the Portfolio through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Portfolio and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Portfolio shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Portfolio over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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