497K 1 d218915d497k.htm AB GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE RESERVES AB Government Exchange Reserves
LOGO    SUMMARY PROSPECTUS    July 11, 2016

AB Government Exchange Reserves

(formerly, AB Exchange Reserves)

Ticker: Class A–AEAXX; Class B–AEBXX; Class C–AECXX; Class R–AREXX;
Class K–AEKXX; Class I–AIEXX; Advisor Class–AEYXX

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), both dated July 11, 2016, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund’s Prospectus and other information about the Fund, 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 Fund.

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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. You may qualify for sales charge reductions if you and members of your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the family of AB Mutual Funds sponsored by AllianceBernstein, L.P., the Fund’s investment Adviser (the “Adviser”). More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Investing in the Fund—Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A shares on page 11 of the Fund’s Prospectus and in Purchase of Shares—Sales Charge Reduction Programs for Class A shares on page 42 of the Fund’s SAI.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 

     Class A
Shares
  Class B Shares
(not currently offered
to new investors)
  Class C
Shares
  Advisor Class
Shares
  Class
R, K and I
Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)
  None(a)   None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as a percentage of offering price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
  None(b)   4.00%(c)   1.00%(d)   None   None

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

 

     Class A     Class B     Class C     Advisor Class     Class R     Class K     Class I  

Management Fees(e)

    .20%        .20%        .20%        .20%        .20%        .20%        .20%   
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees     .25%        1.00%        .75%        None        .50%        .25%        None   
Other Expenses:              

Transfer Agent

    .09%        .12%        .10%        .09%        .06%        .05%        .02%   

Other Expenses

    .15%        .15%        .15%        .15%        .15%        .15%        .15%   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Other Expenses(f)

    .24%        .27%        .25%        .24%        .21%        .20%        .17%   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(f)

    .69%        1.47%        1.20%        .44%        .91%        .65%        .37%   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) A sales charge of up to 4.25% may be imposed upon an exchange of Class A shares for the Class A shares of other AB Mutual Funds with sales charges. See Investing in the Fund—The Different Share Class Expenses—Sales Charges—Class A Shares on page 10 of the Prospectus.

 

(b) Purchases of Class A shares in amounts of $1,000,000 or more, or by certain group retirement plans, may be subject to a 1%, 1-year contingent deferred sales charge, or CDSC, which may be subject to waiver in certain circumstances.

 

(c) Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after eight years. The CDSC decreases over time. For Class B shares, the CDSC decreases 1.00% annually to 0% after the fourth year.

 

(d) For Class C shares, the CDSC is 0% after the first year.

 

(e) Management fees have been restated to reflect the current management fee, which was effective July 11, 2016.

 

(f) Total Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year and are based on estimated net assets of approximately $400 million.

 

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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 Fund 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 would be:

 

     Class A     Class B     Class C     Advisor Class     Class R     Class K     Class I  

After 1 Year

  $ 492      $ 550      $ 222      $ 45      $ 93      $ 66      $ 38   
After 3 Years   $ 636      $ 665      $ 381      $ 141      $ 290      $ 208      $ 119   
After 5 Years   $ 793      $ 803      $ 660      $ 246      $ 504      $ 362      $ 208   
After 10 Years   $ 1,247      $ 1,546      $ 1,455      $ 555      $ 1,120      $ 810      $ 468   

For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares at the end of the period:

 

     Class B     Class C  

After 1 Year

  $ 150      $ 122   
After 3 Years   $ 465      $ 381   
After 5 Years   $ 803      $ 660   
After 10 Years   $ 1,546      $ 1,455   

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 at least 99.5% of its total assets in cash, marketable obligations (which may bear adjustable rates of interest) issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities (“U.S. Government securities”) and repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully. Collateralized fully means collateralized by cash or government securities.

The Fund also invests at least 80%, and normally substantially all, of its net assets in U.S. Government securities and repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Government securities. This policy may not be changed without 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.

The Fund may also invest in when-issued securities.

As a money market fund, the Fund must meet the requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7. The Rule imposes strict conditions on the investment quality, maturity, diversification and liquidity of the Fund’s investments. Among other things, Rule 2a-7 requires that the Fund’s investments have (i) a remaining maturity of no more than 397 days unless otherwise permitted by Rule 2a-7, (ii) a weighted average maturity that does not exceed 60 days, and (iii) a weighted average life that does not exceed 120 days. For purposes of calculating weighted average maturity, the maturity of an adjustable rate security generally will be the period remaining until its next interest rate adjustment. For purposes of calculating weighted average life, the life of an adjustable rate security will be its stated final maturity, without regard to interest rate adjustments. Rule 2a-7 imposes liquidity standards that require the Fund to hold at least 10% and 30% of its total assets, respectively, in daily liquid assets and weekly liquid assets as defined in Rule 2a-7. Rule 2a-7 also limits the Fund’s investments in illiquid securities to 5% of its total assets.

PRINCIPAL RISKS:

 

Money Market Fund Risk and Regulatory Developments: Money market funds are sometimes unable to maintain an 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. Money market funds are also subject to regulatory risk.

Under recently adopted changes to Rule 2a-7, the Fund is permitted, but not required to, at the discretion of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, under certain circumstances of impaired liquidity of the Fund’s investments, impose liquidity fees of up to 2% on, or suspend, redemptions for limited periods of time. The Fund’s Board of Trustees has determined not to impose liquidity fees on, or suspend, redemptions under any circumstances.

 

 

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

 

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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.

 

 

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 or principal payments). The Fund’s investments in U.S. Government securities or related repurchase agreements have minimal credit risk compared to other investments.

 

 

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.

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

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

 

 

the Fund’s average annual returns for one, five and ten years.

The Fund’s past performance, of course, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Effective July 11, 2016, the Fund changed its name from AB Exchange Reserves to AB Government Exchange Reserves and adopted its current investment strategy as a government money market fund, as defined in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Prior to that date the Fund was a “prime” money market fund and invested in a much broader universe of securities, many of which have higher yields than U.S. Government securities. The performance information shown below for periods prior to the implementation of these changes may not be representative of performance the Fund will achieve under its current policies.

You may obtain updated performance information on the website at www.ABglobal.com (click on “Menu—Americas—Individual

Investors—US (US Citizens)”, then “Investments—Mutual Funds”).

Bar Chart

The annual returns in the bar chart are for the Fund’s Class A shares. Through June 30, 2016, the year-to-date unannualized return for Class A shares was 0.17%.

 

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

Best Quarter was up 1.21%, in the 3rd quarter, 2006; and Worst Quarter was 0.00%, in the 3rd quarter, 2011.

 

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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        0.09%           0.09%           1.14%   
Class B        0.08%           0.08%           0.98%   
Class C        0.09%           0.08%           1.06%   
Advisor Class        0.09%           0.09%           1.25%   
Class R        0.08%           0.07%           1.06%   
Class K        0.09%           0.08%           1.16%   
Class I        0.10%           0.11%           1.31%   

You may obtain the most current seven-day yield information of the Fund by calling 800-221-5672 or your financial intermediary.

INVESTMENT ADVISER

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

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

Purchase Minimums

 

      Initial    Subsequent

Class A/Class C Shares, including traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs

(Class B shares are not currently offered to new shareholders)

   $2,500    $50
Automatic Investment Program    None   

$50

If initial investment is

less than $2,500, then $200

monthly until account balance

reaches $2,500

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

You may sell (redeem) your shares any 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 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 BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), 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 broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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