N-Q 1 dnq.htm ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares

 

 

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: 811-21497

 

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE SHARES

(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, 2008

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2008

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2008 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 86.7%

     

Industrial - 46.3%

     

Basic - 3.6%

     

Alcoa, Inc.

     

5.55%, 2/01/17

   $ 555    $ 540,463

6.50%, 6/01/11

     155      165,147

Dow Chemical Co.

     

5.75%, 12/15/08

     525      533,450

7.375%, 11/01/29

     465      507,930

Eastman Chemical Co.

     

7.25%, 1/15/24

     305      326,289

United States Steel Corp.

     

6.05%, 6/01/17

     550      518,541

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     

7.375%, 3/15/32

     205      203,465

8.50%, 1/15/25

     360      384,411
         
        3,179,696
         

Capital Goods - 5.3%

     

Caterpillar, Inc.

     

7.375%, 3/01/97

     445      512,513

CRH America, Inc.

     

5.30%, 10/15/13

     695      676,323

General Electric Co.

     

5.25%, 12/06/17

     520      524,578

John Deere Capital Corp.

     

Series MTND

     

4.375%, 3/14/08

     630      630,495

Masco Corp.

     

4.80%, 6/15/15

     680      614,984

5.875%, 7/15/12

     460      483,250

McDonnell Douglas Corp.

     

9.75%, 4/01/12

     70      84,517

Mohawk Industries, Inc.

     

6.125%, 1/15/16

     525      521,510

Owens Corning, Inc.

     

7.00%, 12/01/36

     150      123,182

Textron Financial Corp.

     

4.125%, 3/03/08

     590      590,424
         


      4,761,776
       

Communications - Media - 4.8%

     

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

     

8.875%, 5/01/17

   175    208,941

9.455%, 11/15/22

   455    574,541

Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

     

6.20%, 11/15/08

   125    126,532

Gannett Co., Inc.

     

5.75%, 6/01/11

   175    180,582

6.375%, 4/01/12

   660    695,389

News America Holdings, Inc.

     

8.875%, 4/26/23

   415    527,116

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

     

4.95%, 4/01/14

   675    644,936

5.50%, 5/15/15

   210    204,464

TCI Communications, Inc.

     

7.875%, 2/15/26

   150    163,970

Time Warner Cos, Inc.

     

7.57%, 2/01/24

   120    127,448

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

     

8.875%, 10/01/12

   350    397,021

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

     

8.375%, 7/01/13

   350    393,417
       
      4,244,357
       

Communications - Telecommunications - 7.1%

     

Ameritech Capital Funding Corp.

     

6.45%, 1/15/18

   605    655,000

6.55%, 1/15/28

   760    770,243

Bellsouth Capital Funding Corp.

     

7.12%, 7/15/97

   565    579,421

CenturyTel, Inc.

     

Series L

     

7.875%, 8/15/12

   485    540,720

Embarq Corp.

     

6.738%, 6/01/13

   660    677,103

Nextel Communications, Inc.

     

Series D

     

7.375%, 8/01/15

   670    612,907

Qwest Corp.

     

5.625%, 11/15/08

   545    542,275

7.625%, 6/15/15

   185    186,387

8.875%, 3/15/12

   145    153,156

Sprint Capital Corp.

     

6.875%, 11/15/28

   235    197,163

Sprint Nextel Corp.

     

6.00%, 12/01/16

   155    137,548

US Cellular Corp.

     


6.70%, 12/15/33

   135    124,862

Verizon New York, Inc.

     

Series B

     

7.375%, 4/01/32

   595    653,914

Verizon Virginia, Inc.

     

Series A

     

4.625%, 3/15/13

   460    450,112
       
      6,280,811
       

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.7%

     

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     

5.50%, 1/15/16

   635    637,750
       

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 1.3%

     

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     

7.375%, 11/15/15

   560    586,477

Toll Brothers Finance Corp.

     

5.15%, 5/15/15

   620    557,682
       
      1,144,159
       

Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants - 0.3%

     

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     

8.875%, 4/15/11

   265    295,041
       

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 2.4%

     

Home Depot, Inc.

     

5.40%, 3/01/16

   645    614,941

JC Penney Corp. Inc.

     

7.95%, 4/01/17

   225    243,346

Limited Brands, Inc.

     

5.25%, 11/01/14

   530    471,859

7.60%, 7/15/37

   85    76,352

Macys Retail Holdings, Inc.

     

6.30%, 4/01/09

   525    532,780

Nordstrom, Inc.

     

7.00%, 1/15/38

   160    160,954
       
      2,100,232
       

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 15.6%

     

Abbott Laboratories

     

4.35%, 3/15/14

   715    706,343

Allergan Inc.

     

5.75%, 4/01/16

   520    538,424

Altria Group, Inc.

     

7.75%, 1/15/27

   665    853,643

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     

5.875%, 9/15/15

   750    742,661

Anheuser-Busch Cos, Inc.

     

6.50%, 2/01/43

   565    613,161

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     

8.375%, 4/15/17

   605    736,967

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     

6.875%, 8/01/97

   495    510,165


Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

     

5.35%, 4/15/14

   705    705,272

5.875%, 5/15/13

   365    378,251

Clorox Co.

     

4.20%, 1/15/10

   210    210,673

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     

9.75%, 3/01/21

   300    409,540

Fortune Brands, Inc.

     

5.125%, 1/15/11

   705    706,059

HJ Heinz Finance Co.

     

6.00%, 3/15/12

   135    142,205

Kraft Foods, Inc.

     

5.625%, 11/01/11

   370    383,497

6.25%, 6/01/12

   655    687,973

The Kroger Co.

     

7.50%, 4/01/31

   435    479,969

Merck & Co., Inc.

     

4.375%, 2/15/13

   475    484,791

4.75%, 3/01/15

   645    657,879

Reynolds American, Inc.

     

7.30%, 7/15/15

   165    171,836

7.625%, 6/01/16

   385    407,736

Safeway, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2/01/31

   570    612,806

Sara Lee Corp.

     

3.875%, 6/15/13

   340    324,356

Schering-Plough Corp.

     

5.55%, 12/01/13

   585    616,513

Tyson Foods, Inc.

     

6.85%, 4/01/16

   565    565,419

UST, Inc.

     

6.625%, 7/15/12

   585    633,085

Wyeth

     

6.95%, 3/15/11

   580    618,589
       
      13,897,813
       

Energy - 1.0%

     

Duke Capital LLC

     

8.00%, 10/01/19

   155    181,994

Halliburton Co.

     

7.60%, 8/15/96 (a)

   240    284,822

The Premcor Refining Group, Inc.

     

7.50%, 6/15/15

   366    385,425
       
      852,241
       

Services - 0.6%

     

The Western Union Co.

     

5.93%, 10/01/16

   515    523,311
       

Technology - 2.4%

     

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

     


Series B

     

6.50%, 8/01/13

   680    692,360

International Business Machines Corp.

     

7.125%, 12/01/96

   445    489,083

Motorola, Inc.

     

6.50%, 9/01/25 - 11/15/28

   560    497,194

Xerox Corp.

     

6.40%, 3/15/16

   325    334,571

7.625%, 6/15/13

   100    103,774
       
      2,116,982
       

Transportation - Airlines - 0.6%

     

Southwest Airlines Co.

     

5.25%, 10/01/14

   550    541,780
       

Transportation - Railroads - 0.6%

     

CSX Corp.

     

7.90%, 5/01/17

   460    521,585
       
      41,097,534
       

Financial Institutions - 35.5%

     

Banking - 16.0%

     

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     

3.40%, 3/15/13 (b)

   175    174,585

Bank One Texas

     

6.25%, 2/15/08

   300    300,217

BankAmerica Capital II

     

8.00%, 12/15/26

   237    241,676

BankBoston NA

     

6.375%, 3/25/08

   480    481,451

Citicorp

     

Series MTNF

     

6.375%, 11/15/08

   180    184,141

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc.

     

6.50%, 2/15/08

   510    510,452

Citigroup, Inc.

     

4.875%, 5/07/15

   570    549,791

5.00%, 9/15/14

   565    550,000

6.125%, 8/25/36

   115    109,571

Comerica Bank

     

5.75%, 11/21/16

   560    545,383

Credit Suisse USA, Inc.

     

5.125%, 8/15/15

   550    553,140

Deutsche Bank Financial, Inc.

     

7.50%, 4/25/09

   310    324,070

Fifth Third Capital Trust IV

     

6.50%, 4/15/37 (b)

   345    298,832

First Union Institutional Capital I

     

8.04%, 12/01/26

   360    373,579

FleetBoston Financial Corp.

     

3.85%, 2/15/08

   280    279,997


6.875%, 1/15/28

   180    188,543

HSBC Bank USA

     

4.625%, 4/01/14

   475    465,926

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.375%, 1/15/14

   515    526,560

6.00%, 1/15/09

   260    265,360

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV

     

Series Y

     

6.80%, 10/01/37

   300    283,524

KeyBank NA

     

6.50%, 4/15/08

   365    368,018

M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

4.85%, 6/16/15

   300    290,273

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.

     

5.629%, 12/01/21 (b)

   270    255,478

MBNA Corp.

     

Series MTNF

     

7.50%, 3/15/12

   495    551,000

National City Bank/Cleveland OH

     

5.80%, 6/07/17

   395    366,832

National City Corp.

     

5.75%, 2/01/09

   255    257,275

Popular North America, Inc.

     

4.25%, 4/01/08

   340    340,373

Series MTNE

     

3.875%, 10/01/08

   750    747,976

RBS Capital Trust I

     

4.709%, 7/01/13 (b)

   340    311,346

RBS Capital Trust III

     

5.512%, 9/30/14 (b)

   500    468,841

SouthTrust Corp.

     

5.80%, 6/15/14

   500    532,221

State Street Corp.

     

5.375%, 4/30/17

   95    94,889

UBS Preferred Funding Trust V

     

Series 1

     

6.243%, 5/15/16 (b)

   555    534,439

Union Bank of California

     

5.95%, 5/11/16

   555    537,023

Union Planters Corp.

     

7.75%, 3/01/11

   341    368,518

Wachovia Corp.

     

4.875%, 2/15/14

   200    196,162

5.625%, 12/15/08

   320    324,190

Washington Mutual, Inc.

     

4.20%, 1/15/10

   14    12,766

5.25%, 9/15/17

   245    203,419

Wells Fargo & Co.

     


4.625%, 4/15/14

   100    98,921

Zions Bancorporation

     

5.50%, 11/16/15

   155    146,212
       
      14,212,970
       

Brokerage - 7.8%

     

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     

5.65%, 11/15/15

   200    200,120

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

     

5.55%, 1/22/17

   575    503,199

7.625%, 12/07/09

   515    532,341

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     

3.875%, 1/15/09

   114    114,308

5.00%, 1/15/11

   695    714,867

5.125%, 1/15/15

   155    156,588

5.625%, 1/15/17

   150    149,024

6.125%, 2/15/33

   815    803,143

7.35%, 10/01/09

   31    32,846

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

     

5.75%, 5/17/13

   545    554,672

8.80%, 3/01/15

   430    499,178

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

     

4.79%, 8/04/10

   110    110,509

6.00%, 2/17/09

   525    536,645

6.11%, 1/29/37

   440    381,959

Morgan Stanley

     

5.05%, 1/21/11

   535    543,070

5.30%, 3/01/13

   160    162,322

6.75%, 4/15/11

   595    633,047

7.25%, 4/01/32

   130    140,009

Schwab Capital Trust I

     

7.50%, 11/15/37 (b)

   145    148,913
       
      6,916,760
       

Finance - 4.5%

     

American Express Co.

     

4.75%, 6/17/09

   237    239,535

Capital One Bank

     

5.00%, 6/15/09

   275    273,255

Capital One Financial Corp.

     

6.15%, 9/01/16

   555    487,831

CIT Group, Inc.

     

3.375%, 4/01/09

   135    130,440

5.40%, 2/13/12 - 1/30/16

   1,010    872,318

Countrywide Financial Corp.

     

6.25%, 5/15/16

   318    264,961

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

     

Series MTNL

     

4.00%, 3/22/11

   378    329,326


HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

     

5.911%, 11/30/35 (b)

   570    530,248

iStar Financial, Inc.

     

Series 1

     

5.875%, 3/15/16

   175    143,882

Series B

     

5.95%, 10/15/13

   535    458,338

SLM Corp.

     

5.05%, 11/14/14

   385    324,351
       
      4,054,485
       

Insurance - 4.5%

     

Ace INA Holdings, Inc.

     

5.875%, 6/15/14

   515    538,367

Aetna, Inc.

     

6.00%, 6/15/16

   360    370,544

American International Group, Inc.

     

6.25%, 3/15/37

   495    432,477

Assurant, Inc.

     

5.625%, 2/15/14

   110    107,274

Fund American Cos, Inc.

     

5.875%, 5/15/13

   635    651,175

Genworth Financial, Inc.

     

6.15%, 11/15/66 (b)

   575    507,546

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     

6.10%, 10/01/41

   330    312,446

Humana, Inc.

     

6.45%, 6/01/16

   215    220,676

Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc.

     

5.15%, 9/15/10

   295    300,955

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     

5.15%, 1/15/13

   130    131,724

The Travelers Cos, Inc.

     

6.25%, 6/20/16

   230    241,325

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     

4.125%, 8/15/09

   158    158,651
       
      3,973,160
       

REITS - 2.7%

     

ERP Operating LP

     

5.25%, 9/15/14

   560    521,068

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

     

5.65%, 12/15/13

   585    547,948

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     

6.20%, 6/01/16

   585    555,665

Simon Property Group LP

     

3.75%, 1/30/09

   200    198,510

5.625%, 8/15/14

   575    558,683
       
      2,381,874
       
      31,539,249
       


Utility - 4.9%

     

Electric - 3.5%

     

Carolina Power & Light Co.

     

5.95%, 3/01/09

   226    231,489

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

     

4.55%, 6/15/15

   140    130,693

Dominion Resources, Inc./VA

     

7.50%, 6/30/66 (b)

   370    353,673

Exelon Corp.

     

4.45%, 6/15/10

   295    296,186

FPL Group Capital, Inc.

     

7.375%, 6/01/09

   190    199,124

Midamerican Energy Co.

     

4.65%, 10/01/14

   575    561,909

Nisource Finance Corp.

     

5.40%, 7/15/14

   710    697,250

6.15%, 3/01/13

   130    134,841

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

     

Series A

     

6.70%, 3/30/67 (b)

   370    340,588

Public Service Company of Colorado

     

7.875%, 10/01/12

   170    195,714
       
      3,141,467
       

Natural Gas - 1.4%

     

Colorado Interstate Gas Co.

     

6.80%, 11/15/15

   115    121,471

Energy Transfer Partners LP

     

6.125%, 2/15/17

   535    528,976

Enterprise Products Operating LP

     

7.50%, 2/01/11

   360    388,930

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

     

7.40%, 3/15/31

   95    101,933

Williams Cos, Inc.

     

7.625%, 7/15/19

   85    91,587
       
      1,232,897
       
      4,374,364
       

Total Corporates - Investment Grades

(cost $77,803,692)

      77,011,147
       

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 6.7%

     

Treasury Bonds - 6.7%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

4.50%, 2/15/36

   990    1,012,043

5.00%, 5/15/37

   2,530    2,802,172

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

4.25%, 11/15/17

   2,060    2,163,322
       

Total Governments - Treasuries

(cost $5,582,811)

      5,977,537
       

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 1.1%

     


Industrial - 1.1%

     

Basic - 0.4%

     

Temple-Inland, Inc.

     

7.875%, 5/01/12

   328      363,484
         

Communications - Media - 0.7%

     

IAC/InterActiveCorp

     

7.00%, 1/15/13

   600      640,078
         

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

(cost $975,975)

        1,003,562
         

Total Investments - 94.5%

(cost $84,362,478)

        83,992,246

Other assets less liabilities - 5.5%

        4,893,197
         

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 88,885,443
         

 

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security is considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At January 31, 2008, the market value of this security amounted to $284,822 or 0.3% of net assets.
(b) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of January 31, 2008.
     Please note: The issuer classifications presented herein are based on the Lehman Brothers Fixed Income Indices developed by Lehman Brothers. The fund components are divided either into duration, country, bond ratings or corporate sectors as classified by Lehman Brothers.


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 last fiscal quarter 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): AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares
By:  

/s/ Marc O. Mayer

  Marc O. Mayer
  President
Date: March 26, 2008

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/ Marc O. Mayer

  Marc O. Mayer
  President
Date: March 26, 2008
By:  

/s/ Joseph J. Mantineo

  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 26, 2008