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% |
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Industrial - 46.3% |
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Basic - 3.6% |
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Alcoa, Inc. |
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5.55%, 2/01/17 |
$ | 555 | $ | 540,463 | ||
6.50%, 6/01/11 |
155 | 165,147 | ||||
Dow Chemical Co. |
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5.75%, 12/15/08 |
525 | 533,450 | ||||
7.375%, 11/01/29 |
465 | 507,930 | ||||
Eastman Chemical Co. |
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7.25%, 1/15/24 |
305 | 326,289 | ||||
United States Steel Corp. |
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6.05%, 6/01/17 |
550 | 518,541 | ||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. |
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7.375%, 3/15/32 |
205 | 203,465 | ||||
8.50%, 1/15/25 |
360 | 384,411 | ||||
3,179,696 | ||||||
Capital Goods - 5.3% |
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Caterpillar, Inc. |
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7.375%, 3/01/97 |
445 | 512,513 | ||||
CRH America, Inc. |
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5.30%, 10/15/13 |
695 | 676,323 | ||||
General Electric Co. |
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5.25%, 12/06/17 |
520 | 524,578 | ||||
John Deere Capital Corp. |
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Series MTND |
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4.375%, 3/14/08 |
630 | 630,495 | ||||
Masco Corp. |
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4.80%, 6/15/15 |
680 | 614,984 | ||||
5.875%, 7/15/12 |
460 | 483,250 | ||||
McDonnell Douglas Corp. |
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9.75%, 4/01/12 |
70 | 84,517 | ||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc. |
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6.125%, 1/15/16 |
525 | 521,510 | ||||
Owens Corning, Inc. |
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7.00%, 12/01/36 |
150 | 123,182 | ||||
Textron Financial Corp. |
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4.125%, 3/03/08 |
590 | 590,424 | ||||
4,761,776 | ||||
Communications - Media - 4.8% |
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Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc. |
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8.875%, 5/01/17 |
175 | 208,941 | ||
9.455%, 11/15/22 |
455 | 574,541 | ||
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. |
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6.20%, 11/15/08 |
125 | 126,532 | ||
Gannett Co., Inc. |
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5.75%, 6/01/11 |
175 | 180,582 | ||
6.375%, 4/01/12 |
660 | 695,389 | ||
News America Holdings, Inc. |
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8.875%, 4/26/23 |
415 | 527,116 | ||
RR Donnelley & Sons Co. |
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4.95%, 4/01/14 |
675 | 644,936 | ||
5.50%, 5/15/15 |
210 | 204,464 | ||
TCI Communications, Inc. |
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7.875%, 2/15/26 |
150 | 163,970 | ||
Time Warner Cos, Inc. |
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7.57%, 2/01/24 |
120 | 127,448 | ||
Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP |
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8.875%, 10/01/12 |
350 | 397,021 | ||
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |
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8.375%, 7/01/13 |
350 | 393,417 | ||
4,244,357 | ||||
Communications - Telecommunications - 7.1% |
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Ameritech Capital Funding Corp. |
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6.45%, 1/15/18 |
605 | 655,000 | ||
6.55%, 1/15/28 |
760 | 770,243 | ||
Bellsouth Capital Funding Corp. |
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7.12%, 7/15/97 |
565 | 579,421 | ||
CenturyTel, Inc. |
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Series L |
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7.875%, 8/15/12 |
485 | 540,720 | ||
Embarq Corp. |
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6.738%, 6/01/13 |
660 | 677,103 | ||
Nextel Communications, Inc. |
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Series D |
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7.375%, 8/01/15 |
670 | 612,907 | ||
Qwest Corp. |
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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. |
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6.875%, 11/15/28 |
235 | 197,163 | ||
Sprint Nextel Corp. |
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6.00%, 12/01/16 |
155 | 137,548 | ||
US Cellular Corp. |
6.70%, 12/15/33 |
135 | 124,862 | ||
Verizon New York, Inc. |
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Series B |
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7.375%, 4/01/32 |
595 | 653,914 | ||
Verizon Virginia, Inc. |
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Series A |
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4.625%, 3/15/13 |
460 | 450,112 | ||
6,280,811 | ||||
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.7% |
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Johnson Controls, Inc. |
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5.50%, 1/15/16 |
635 | 637,750 | ||
Consumer Cyclical - Other - 1.3% |
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. |
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7.375%, 11/15/15 |
560 | 586,477 | ||
Toll Brothers Finance Corp. |
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5.15%, 5/15/15 |
620 | 557,682 | ||
1,144,159 | ||||
Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants - 0.3% |
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Yum! Brands, Inc. |
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8.875%, 4/15/11 |
265 | 295,041 | ||
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 2.4% |
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Home Depot, Inc. |
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5.40%, 3/01/16 |
645 | 614,941 | ||
JC Penney Corp. Inc. |
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7.95%, 4/01/17 |
225 | 243,346 | ||
Limited Brands, Inc. |
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5.25%, 11/01/14 |
530 | 471,859 | ||
7.60%, 7/15/37 |
85 | 76,352 | ||
Macys Retail Holdings, Inc. |
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6.30%, 4/01/09 |
525 | 532,780 | ||
Nordstrom, Inc. |
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7.00%, 1/15/38 |
160 | 160,954 | ||
2,100,232 | ||||
Consumer Non-Cyclical - 15.6% |
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Abbott Laboratories |
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4.35%, 3/15/14 |
715 | 706,343 | ||
Allergan Inc. |
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5.75%, 4/01/16 |
520 | 538,424 | ||
Altria Group, Inc. |
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7.75%, 1/15/27 |
665 | 853,643 | ||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. |
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5.875%, 9/15/15 |
750 | 742,661 | ||
Anheuser-Busch Cos, Inc. |
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6.50%, 2/01/43 |
565 | 613,161 | ||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. |
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8.375%, 4/15/17 |
605 | 736,967 | ||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
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6.875%, 8/01/97 |
495 | 510,165 |
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp. |
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5.35%, 4/15/14 |
705 | 705,272 | ||
5.875%, 5/15/13 |
365 | 378,251 | ||
Clorox Co. |
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4.20%, 1/15/10 |
210 | 210,673 | ||
ConAgra Foods, Inc. |
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9.75%, 3/01/21 |
300 | 409,540 | ||
Fortune Brands, Inc. |
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5.125%, 1/15/11 |
705 | 706,059 | ||
HJ Heinz Finance Co. |
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6.00%, 3/15/12 |
135 | 142,205 | ||
Kraft Foods, Inc. |
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5.625%, 11/01/11 |
370 | 383,497 | ||
6.25%, 6/01/12 |
655 | 687,973 | ||
The Kroger Co. |
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7.50%, 4/01/31 |
435 | 479,969 | ||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
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4.375%, 2/15/13 |
475 | 484,791 | ||
4.75%, 3/01/15 |
645 | 657,879 | ||
Reynolds American, Inc. |
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7.30%, 7/15/15 |
165 | 171,836 | ||
7.625%, 6/01/16 |
385 | 407,736 | ||
Safeway, Inc. |
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7.25%, 2/01/31 |
570 | 612,806 | ||
Sara Lee Corp. |
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3.875%, 6/15/13 |
340 | 324,356 | ||
Schering-Plough Corp. |
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5.55%, 12/01/13 |
585 | 616,513 | ||
Tyson Foods, Inc. |
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6.85%, 4/01/16 |
565 | 565,419 | ||
UST, Inc. |
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6.625%, 7/15/12 |
585 | 633,085 | ||
Wyeth |
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6.95%, 3/15/11 |
580 | 618,589 | ||
13,897,813 | ||||
Energy - 1.0% |
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Duke Capital LLC |
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8.00%, 10/01/19 |
155 | 181,994 | ||
Halliburton Co. |
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7.60%, 8/15/96 (a) |
240 | 284,822 | ||
The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. |
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7.50%, 6/15/15 |
366 | 385,425 | ||
852,241 | ||||
Services - 0.6% |
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The Western Union Co. |
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5.93%, 10/01/16 |
515 | 523,311 | ||
Technology - 2.4% |
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. |
Series B |
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6.50%, 8/01/13 |
680 | 692,360 | ||
International Business Machines Corp. |
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7.125%, 12/01/96 |
445 | 489,083 | ||
Motorola, Inc. |
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6.50%, 9/01/25 - 11/15/28 |
560 | 497,194 | ||
Xerox Corp. |
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6.40%, 3/15/16 |
325 | 334,571 | ||
7.625%, 6/15/13 |
100 | 103,774 | ||
2,116,982 | ||||
Transportation - Airlines - 0.6% |
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Southwest Airlines Co. |
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5.25%, 10/01/14 |
550 | 541,780 | ||
Transportation - Railroads - 0.6% |
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CSX Corp. |
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7.90%, 5/01/17 |
460 | 521,585 | ||
41,097,534 | ||||
Financial Institutions - 35.5% |
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Banking - 16.0% |
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The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. |
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3.40%, 3/15/13 (b) |
175 | 174,585 | ||
Bank One Texas |
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6.25%, 2/15/08 |
300 | 300,217 | ||
BankAmerica Capital II |
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8.00%, 12/15/26 |
237 | 241,676 | ||
BankBoston NA |
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6.375%, 3/25/08 |
480 | 481,451 | ||
Citicorp |
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Series MTNF |
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6.375%, 11/15/08 |
180 | 184,141 | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. |
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6.50%, 2/15/08 |
510 | 510,452 | ||
Citigroup, Inc. |
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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 |
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5.75%, 11/21/16 |
560 | 545,383 | ||
Credit Suisse USA, Inc. |
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5.125%, 8/15/15 |
550 | 553,140 | ||
Deutsche Bank Financial, Inc. |
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7.50%, 4/25/09 |
310 | 324,070 | ||
Fifth Third Capital Trust IV |
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6.50%, 4/15/37 (b) |
345 | 298,832 | ||
First Union Institutional Capital I |
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8.04%, 12/01/26 |
360 | 373,579 | ||
FleetBoston Financial Corp. |
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3.85%, 2/15/08 |
280 | 279,997 |
6.875%, 1/15/28 |
180 | 188,543 | ||
HSBC Bank USA |
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4.625%, 4/01/14 |
475 | 465,926 | ||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
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5.375%, 1/15/14 |
515 | 526,560 | ||
6.00%, 1/15/09 |
260 | 265,360 | ||
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV |
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Series Y |
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6.80%, 10/01/37 |
300 | 283,524 | ||
KeyBank NA |
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6.50%, 4/15/08 |
365 | 368,018 | ||
M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
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4.85%, 6/16/15 |
300 | 290,273 | ||
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. |
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5.629%, 12/01/21 (b) |
270 | 255,478 | ||
MBNA Corp. |
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Series MTNF |
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7.50%, 3/15/12 |
495 | 551,000 | ||
National City Bank/Cleveland OH |
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5.80%, 6/07/17 |
395 | 366,832 | ||
National City Corp. |
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5.75%, 2/01/09 |
255 | 257,275 | ||
Popular North America, Inc. |
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4.25%, 4/01/08 |
340 | 340,373 | ||
Series MTNE |
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3.875%, 10/01/08 |
750 | 747,976 | ||
RBS Capital Trust I |
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4.709%, 7/01/13 (b) |
340 | 311,346 | ||
RBS Capital Trust III |
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5.512%, 9/30/14 (b) |
500 | 468,841 | ||
SouthTrust Corp. |
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5.80%, 6/15/14 |
500 | 532,221 | ||
State Street Corp. |
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5.375%, 4/30/17 |
95 | 94,889 | ||
UBS Preferred Funding Trust V |
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Series 1 |
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6.243%, 5/15/16 (b) |
555 | 534,439 | ||
Union Bank of California |
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5.95%, 5/11/16 |
555 | 537,023 | ||
Union Planters Corp. |
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7.75%, 3/01/11 |
341 | 368,518 | ||
Wachovia Corp. |
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4.875%, 2/15/14 |
200 | 196,162 | ||
5.625%, 12/15/08 |
320 | 324,190 | ||
Washington Mutual, Inc. |
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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 |
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5.50%, 11/16/15 |
155 | 146,212 | ||
14,212,970 | ||||
Brokerage - 7.8% |
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Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
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5.65%, 11/15/15 |
200 | 200,120 | ||
Bear Stearns Co., Inc. |
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5.55%, 1/22/17 |
575 | 503,199 | ||
7.625%, 12/07/09 |
515 | 532,341 | ||
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
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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. |
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5.75%, 5/17/13 |
545 | 554,672 | ||
8.80%, 3/01/15 |
430 | 499,178 | ||
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. |
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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 |
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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 |
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7.50%, 11/15/37 (b) |
145 | 148,913 | ||
6,916,760 | ||||
Finance - 4.5% |
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American Express Co. |
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4.75%, 6/17/09 |
237 | 239,535 | ||
Capital One Bank |
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5.00%, 6/15/09 |
275 | 273,255 | ||
Capital One Financial Corp. |
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6.15%, 9/01/16 |
555 | 487,831 | ||
CIT Group, Inc. |
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3.375%, 4/01/09 |
135 | 130,440 | ||
5.40%, 2/13/12 - 1/30/16 |
1,010 | 872,318 | ||
Countrywide Financial Corp. |
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6.25%, 5/15/16 |
318 | 264,961 | ||
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. |
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Series MTNL |
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4.00%, 3/22/11 |
378 | 329,326 |
HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX |
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5.911%, 11/30/35 (b) |
570 | 530,248 | ||
iStar Financial, Inc. |
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Series 1 |
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5.875%, 3/15/16 |
175 | 143,882 | ||
Series B |
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5.95%, 10/15/13 |
535 | 458,338 | ||
SLM Corp. |
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5.05%, 11/14/14 |
385 | 324,351 | ||
4,054,485 | ||||
Insurance - 4.5% |
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Ace INA Holdings, Inc. |
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5.875%, 6/15/14 |
515 | 538,367 | ||
Aetna, Inc. |
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6.00%, 6/15/16 |
360 | 370,544 | ||
American International Group, Inc. |
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6.25%, 3/15/37 |
495 | 432,477 | ||
Assurant, Inc. |
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5.625%, 2/15/14 |
110 | 107,274 | ||
Fund American Cos, Inc. |
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5.875%, 5/15/13 |
635 | 651,175 | ||
Genworth Financial, Inc. |
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6.15%, 11/15/66 (b) |
575 | 507,546 | ||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. |
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6.10%, 10/01/41 |
330 | 312,446 | ||
Humana, Inc. |
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6.45%, 6/01/16 |
215 | 220,676 | ||
Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc. |
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5.15%, 9/15/10 |
295 | 300,955 | ||
Prudential Financial, Inc. |
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5.15%, 1/15/13 |
130 | 131,724 | ||
The Travelers Cos, Inc. |
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6.25%, 6/20/16 |
230 | 241,325 | ||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
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4.125%, 8/15/09 |
158 | 158,651 | ||
3,973,160 | ||||
REITS - 2.7% |
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ERP Operating LP |
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5.25%, 9/15/14 |
560 | 521,068 | ||
Health Care Property Investors, Inc. |
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5.65%, 12/15/13 |
585 | 547,948 | ||
Health Care REIT, Inc. |
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6.20%, 6/01/16 |
585 | 555,665 | ||
Simon Property Group LP |
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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% |
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Electric - 3.5% |
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Carolina Power & Light Co. |
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5.95%, 3/01/09 |
226 | 231,489 | ||
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. |
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4.55%, 6/15/15 |
140 | 130,693 | ||
Dominion Resources, Inc./VA |
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7.50%, 6/30/66 (b) |
370 | 353,673 | ||
Exelon Corp. |
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4.45%, 6/15/10 |
295 | 296,186 | ||
FPL Group Capital, Inc. |
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7.375%, 6/01/09 |
190 | 199,124 | ||
Midamerican Energy Co. |
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4.65%, 10/01/14 |
575 | 561,909 | ||
Nisource Finance Corp. |
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5.40%, 7/15/14 |
710 | 697,250 | ||
6.15%, 3/01/13 |
130 | 134,841 | ||
PPL Capital Funding, Inc. |
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Series A |
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6.70%, 3/30/67 (b) |
370 | 340,588 | ||
Public Service Company of Colorado |
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7.875%, 10/01/12 |
170 | 195,714 | ||
3,141,467 | ||||
Natural Gas - 1.4% |
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Colorado Interstate Gas Co. |
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6.80%, 11/15/15 |
115 | 121,471 | ||
Energy Transfer Partners LP |
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6.125%, 2/15/17 |
535 | 528,976 | ||
Enterprise Products Operating LP |
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7.50%, 2/01/11 |
360 | 388,930 | ||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP |
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7.40%, 3/15/31 |
95 | 101,933 | ||
Williams Cos, Inc. |
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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% |
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Treasury Bonds - 6.7% |
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U.S. Treasury Bonds |
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4.50%, 2/15/36 |
990 | 1,012,043 | ||
5.00%, 5/15/37 |
2,530 | 2,802,172 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes |
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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% |
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Basic - 0.4% |
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Temple-Inland, Inc. |
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7.875%, 5/01/12 |
328 | 363,484 | |||
Communications - Media - 0.7% |
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IAC/InterActiveCorp |
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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 |