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AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves

Ticker: (Class A–AEAXX; Class R–AREXX; Class K–AEKXX; Class I–AIEXX)

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), both dated January 29, 2010, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund Prospectus and other information about the Fund, go to http://www.alliancebernstein.com/links/mf, email a request to prorequest@alliancebernstein.com, call (800) 227-4618, or ask any financial advisor, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the Fund. Unless otherwise noted, page number references refer to the current Prospectus for this Fund.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE:

The Fund’s investment objective is maximum current income to the extent consistent with safety of principal and liquidity.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND:

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

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

      Class A
Shares
   Class R
Shares
   Class K
Shares
   Class I
Shares
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
   None    None    None    None

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

 

      Class A    Class R    Class K    Class I
Management Fees    0.25%    0.25%    0.25%    0.25%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees    0.30%    0.50%    0.25%    None
Other Expenses:            

Transfer Agent

   0.14%    0.17%    0.17%    0.07%

Other Expenses

   0.14%    0.14%    0.14%    0.14%
                   
Total Other Expenses    0.28%    0.31%    0.31%    0.21%
                   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses    0.83%    1.06%    0.81%    0.46%
                   
 

Examples

The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund 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 and that the Fund’s operating expenses stay the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs as reflected in the Examples would be:

 

      Class A    Class R    Class K    Class I
After 1 Year    $ 85    $ 108    $ 83    $ 47
After 3 Years    $ 265    $ 337    $ 259    $ 148
After 5 Years    $ 460    $ 585    $ 450    $ 258
After 10 Years    $ 1,025    $ 1,294    $ 1,002    $ 579

PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES:

The Fund is a “money market fund” that seeks to maintain a stable net asset value (“NAV”) of $1.00 per share although there is no guarantee that the Fund will maintain an NAV of $1.00 per share. The Fund invests in a portfolio of high-quality, U.S. Dollar-denominated money market securities.

 

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The Fund may invest in:

 

 

marketable obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, including obligations that are issued by private issuers that are guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities;

 

 

certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances issued or guaranteed by, or time deposits maintained at, banks or savings and loan associations (including foreign branches of U.S. banks or U.S. or foreign branches of foreign banks) having total assets of more than $500 million;

 

 

high-quality commercial paper (or, if not rated, commercial paper determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality) issued by U.S. or foreign companies and participation interests in loans made to companies that issue such commercial paper;

 

 

adjustable rate obligations;

 

 

asset-backed securities;

 

 

restricted securities (i.e., securities subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale); and

 

 

repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized.

The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in money market instruments issued by foreign branches of foreign banks. The Fund limits its investment in illiquid securities to 10% of its net assets. Illiquid securities include restricted securities, except restricted securities determined by the Adviser to be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees of the Fund.

As a money market fund, the Fund must meet the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) Rule 2a-7. The Rule imposes strict requirements on the investment quality, maturity, and diversification of the Fund’s investments. Currently under Rule 2a-7, a fund’s investments must have a remaining maturity of no more than 397 days and its investments must maintain an average weighted maturity that does not exceed 90 days.

PRINCIPAL RISKS:

 

Money Market Fund Risk: Money market funds are sometimes unable to maintain a NAV at $1.00 per share and, as it is generally referred to, “break the buck.” In that event, an investor in a money market fund would, upon redemption, receive less than $1.00 per share. The Fund’s shareholders should not rely on or expect an affiliate of the Fund to purchase distressed assets from the Fund, make capital infusions, enter into credit support agreements or take other actions to prevent the Fund from breaking the buck. In addition, you should be aware that significant redemptions by large investors in the Fund could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s other shareholders. The Fund’s NAV could be affected by forced selling during periods of high redemption pressures and/or illiquid markets.

 

 

Interest Rate Risk: Changes in interest rates will affect the yield and value of the Fund’s investments in short-term securities. A decline in interest rates will affect the Fund’s yield as these securities mature or are sold and the Fund purchases new short-term securities with lower yields. Generally, an increase in interest rates causes the value of a debt instrument to decrease. The change in value for shorter-term securities is usually smaller than for securities with longer maturities. In addition, if interest rates remain low for an extended period of time, the Fund may have difficulties in maintaining a positive yield, paying expenses out of the Fund’s assets, or maintaining a stable $1.00 NAV.

 

 

Credit Risk: Credit risk is the possibility that a security’s credit rating will be downgraded or that the issuer of the security will default (fail to make scheduled interest and principal payments). Credit quality can change rapidly in certain market environments and the default of a single holding could have the potential to cause significant NAV deterioration.

 

 

Foreign (Non-U.S.) Risk: Investment in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

 

 

Liquidity Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell, which may prevent the Fund from selling out of these securities at an advantageous time or price.

 

 

Management Risk: The Fund 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 for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible that you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

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BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

The Fund’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 Fund’s Class A shares and do not reflect sales loads. If sales loads were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.

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

Best Quarter was up 1.41%, in the 4th quarter, 2000; and Worst Quarter was up 0.002%, in the 1st quarter, 2004.

Performance Table

Average Annual Total Returns

(For the periods ended December 31, 2009)

 

        1 Year      5 Years*      10 Years*
Class A      0.22%      2.62%      2.29%
Class R      0.18%      2.50%      2.23%
Class K      0.25%      2.79%      2.50%
Class I      0.50%      3.05%      2.76%

 

* Inception Date for Class R, K and I shares is 3/1/05. Performance information for periods prior to the inception of Class R, K and I shares is the performance of the Fund’s Class A shares adjusted to reflect the lower expense ratio of Class R, K and I shares, respectively.

INVESTMENT ADVISER:

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

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

Class A, Class R, Class K and Class I shares are available at NAV, without an initial sales charge, to 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit-sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund.

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.

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund may make income dividends or capital gains distributions, which may be subject to federal income taxes and taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, and may also be subject to state and local taxes.

PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

Financial intermediaries (such as a bank) market and sell shares of the Fund. The Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary to recommend the Fund over another investment.

 

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