-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, C5RyzqhJMr+8aWEoOC6/OArCEeTV6TSGe5PRrpSoxzGH1DV2Pwg4VQeB50hiWXqV uefbyGqVnnNJSxPvjha2ng== 0001193125-11-001758.txt : 20110105 0001193125-11-001758.hdr.sgml : 20110105 20110105113609 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-001758 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSRS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 12 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110105 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE SHARES CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274676 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSRS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21497 FILM NUMBER: 11509540 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129691000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 0001274676 S000010876 ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES C000030134 ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES 0001274676 S000029560 AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares C000090717 AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares 0001274676 S000029838 AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares C000091758 AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares N-CSRS 1 dncsrs.htm ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE SHARES AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT 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, 2011

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2010

 

 

 


ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

AllianceBernstein

Corporate Income Shares

 

 

LOGO

 

 

October 31, 2010

 

Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Investment Products Offered

   

Are Not FDIC Insured

   

May Lose Value

   

Are Not Bank Guaranteed

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate as the prices of the individual securities in which it invests fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For a free copy of the Fund’s prospectus, which contains this and other information, visit our web site at www.alliancebernstein.com or call your financial advisor or AllianceBernstein® at (800) 227-4618. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by visiting www.alliancebernstein.com.

This shareholder report must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s prospectus for individuals who are not current shareholders of the Fund.

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge. Simply visit AllianceBernstein’s web site at www.alliancebernstein.com, or go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) web site at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s web site at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. AllianceBernstein publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at www.alliancebernstein.com.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (ABI) is the distributor of the AllianceBernstein family of mutual funds. ABI is a member of FINRA and is an affiliate of AllianceBernstein L.P., the manager of the funds.

AllianceBernstein® and the AB Logo are registered trademarks and service marks used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.


 

December 14, 2010

 

Semi-Annual Report

This report provides management’s discussion of fund performance for AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares (the “Fund”) for the semi-annual reporting period ended October 31, 2010. Please note, shares of this Fund are offered exclusively through registered investment advisers approved by AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”).

Investment Objective and Policies

The Fund’s investment objective is high current income.

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in US corporate bonds. The Fund may also invest in US Government securities (other than US Government securities that are mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities), repurchase agreements, forward contracts relating to US Government securities and US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities issued by non-US companies. The Fund normally invests all of its assets in securities that are rated, at the time of purchase, at least BBB- or the equivalent. The Fund will not invest in unrated corporate debt securities. The Fund has the flexibility to invest in long- and short-term fixed-income securities. In making decisions about whether to buy or sell securities, the Fund will consider, among other things, the strength of certain sectors of the fixed-income market relative to others, interest rates and other general market conditions and the credit quality of individual issuers. The Fund also may invest in convertible debt securities; invest up

to 10% of its assets in inflation-protected securities; invest up to 5% of its net assets in preferred stock; purchase and sell interest rate futures contracts and options; enter into swap transactions; invest in zero coupon securities and payment-in-kind debentures; and make secured loans of portfolio securities.

Investment Results

The table on page 5 shows the Fund’s performance compared to its benchmark, the Barclays Capital US Credit Bond Index, for the six- and 12-month periods ended October 31, 2010.

The Fund underperformed its benchmark for the six-month period ended October 31, 2010, before sales charges. The Fund’s overweight to higher beta securities—issues whose spreads tend to narrow or widen by more than the index average when the market moves—and overweight to the financial industry detracted from relative performance as risk aversion spiked in the second quarter. The Fund’s underweight to non-corporate sectors also detracted for the six-month period.

The Fund outperformed its benchmark for the 12-month period ended October 31, 2010, before sales charges. The Fund’s overweight to higher beta securities and overweight to financial sector contributed to positive relative returns for the 12-month period as credit markets recovered throughout most of 2010. Overall yield curve positioning and exposure to high yield were positive contributors for both periods. The Fund held no derivative positions during the reporting periods.

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       1   


 

Market Review and Investment Strategy

The global economic recovery continued in 2010 driven by strong gains in emerging-market economies. Import growth in emerging-market economies boomed, acting as an important catalyst in the recovery of industrialized economies. Concerns over sovereign debt in peripheral Europe and the potential for a double-dip in the US economy however rose in the second quarter dampening market sentiment. Worries about the fiscal position of Greece intensified, causing Greek sovereign bond spreads to sharply widen. These worries spread to other peripheral countries such as Spain and Portugal, while shares of French, German and Spanish banks came under pressure as concerns grew about their exposure to troubled government debt. Downgrades of Greece, Portugal and Spain by the rating agencies added to the anxiety along with renewed concern about Ireland.

Most fixed income sectors posted solid positive returns for the six month period with US investment grade credit returning 6.43%. Corporates at 6.48% modestly outperformed non-corporate holdings at 6.26% for the six-month period ended October 31, 2010. By credit quality, lower rated credit outperformed the higher quality tiers and longer maturity credit outperformed shorter maturities. By industry, REITs returned 7.97%, transportation rose 7.82% and communications increased 7.25%. Underperforming industries for the six-month period included

energy, returning 5.97%, banking increasing 6.11% and capital goods rising 6.15%. Return dispersion among industries markedly decreased as credit markets continued to recover. All returns are according to the Barclays Capital Indices.

The Fund’s Corporate Income Shares Investment Team (the “Team”) believes that investment-grade corporate debt today offers attractive risk-adjusted return potential. Yield spreads remain above long-term averages, and US investment-grade corporates have strong fundamentals, with ample cash on their balance sheets and declining leverage. Earnings growth for the third quarter was strong with approximately 72% of companies beating earnings expectations (compared with a long term average of 57%). Earnings in the S&P 500 were up an impressive 34% year over year, and 26% excluding financials.

The Team also believes that overall supply is supportive for corporate issues. Net investment-grade issuance is expected to fall well below that of recent years, and money continues to flow into bond funds as investors seek higher yields. In contrast to the favorable supply picture for corporate debt, net issuance of government debt has dramatically increased. As a result, corporate debt is making up an increasingly smaller share of total bond-market issuance. The corporate component’s share of the Barclays Capital US Aggregate Index has dropped close to its lowest level in a decade.

 

2     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES


 

The Fund’s investment-grade corporate holdings are concentrated in higher-beta issues. In recent quarters, the Team has tempered some of the Fund’s most aggressive overweights in higher-beta issues, which include cyclical subsectors such as financials, consumer cyclicals and basic industry, further diversifying the Fund’s

corporate holdings. The Fund also remains overweight in BBB-rated corporates and retains modest positions in junior subordinated capital securities. Furthermore, the Team continues to focus the Fund’s corporate holdings on five- to 10-year maturities.

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       3   


 

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

An Important Note About the Value of Historical Performance

The performance shown on the following pages represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by calling (800) 227-4618.

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund/Portfolio carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.alliancebernstein.com or contact your AllianceBernstein Investments representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

Benchmark Disclosure

The unmanaged Barclays Capital US Credit Bond Index does not reflect fees and expenses associated with the active management of a fund portfolio. The Barclays Capital US Credit Index represents the performance of the US credit securities within the US fixed income market. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, and its results are not indicative of the performance for any specific investment, including the Fund.

A Word About Risk

Price fluctuation in the Fund’s securities may be caused by changes in the general level of interest rates or changes in bond credit quality ratings. Please note, as interest rates rise, existing bond prices fall and can cause the value of an investment in the Fund to decline. Changes in interest rates have a greater effect on bonds with longer maturities than those with shorter maturities. Similar to direct bond ownership, bond funds have the same interest rate, inflation and credit risks that are associated with the underlying bonds owned by the Fund. This Fund can utilize leverage as an investment strategy. When a fund borrows money or otherwise leverages its portfolio, it may be volatile because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of a Fund’s investments. The Fund may create leverage through the use of derivatives. High yield bonds, otherwise known as “junk bonds,” involve a greater risk of default and price volatility than other bonds. Investing in below-investment grade securities presents special risks, including credit risk. Investments in the Fund are not guaranteed because of fluctuation in the net asset value of the underlying fixed-income related investments. The Fund is subject to liquidity risk because derivatives and securities involving substantial interest rate and credit risk tend to involve greater liquidity risk. While the Fund invests principally in bonds and other fixed-income securities, in order to achieve its investment objective, the Fund may at times use certain types of investment derivatives, such as options, futures, forwards and swaps. These instruments involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than, the risks presented by more traditional investments. These risks are fully discussed in the Fund’s prospectus.

 

(Historical Performance continued on next page)

 

4     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

Historical Performance


 

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

(continued from previous page)

 

        

THE FUND VS. ITS BENCHMARK

PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2010

  NAV Returns        
  6 Months        12 Months         

AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares

    6.09%           13.88%     
   

Barclays Capital US Credit Bond Index

    6.43%           11.17%     
   
Please keep in mind that high, double-digit returns are highly unusual and cannot be sustained. Investors should also be aware that these returns were primarily achieved during favorable market conditions.     
        

 

 

 

See Historical Performance and Benchmark disclosures on previous page.

(Historical Performance continued on next page)

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       5   

Historical Performance


 

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

(continued from previous page)

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS (WITH ANY APPLICABLE SALES CHARGES)

AS OF THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR QUARTER-END (OCTOBER 31, 2010)

 
     Returns  

1 Year

     13.88

3 Year

     9.45

Since Inception*

     7.88
  

SEC AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS (WITH ANY APPLICABLE SALES CHARGES)

AS OF THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR QUARTER-END (SEPTEMBER 30, 2010)

 
     Returns  

1 Year

     15.10

3 Year

     9.69

Since Inception*

     8.02

The prospectus fee table shows the fees and the Total Fund Operating Expenses of the Fund as 0.00% because the Adviser does not charge any fees or expenses and reimburses Fund operating expenses. Participants in a wrap fee program eligible to invest in the Fund pay fees to the program sponsor and should review the wrap program brochure provided by the sponsor for a discussion of fees and expenses charged.

 

 

 

*   Inception Date: 12/11/06.

See Historical Performance disclosures on page 4.

 

6     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

Historical Performance


FUND EXPENSES

(unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur various ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2010
     Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2010
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
 
     Actual      Hypothetical      Actual      Hypothetical**      Actual      Hypothetical  
Class A    $   1,000       $   1,000       $   1,060.87       $   1,025.21       $   0.00       $   0.00   
*   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.00%. The Fund’s expenses are borne by the Adviser or it affiliates.

 

**   Assumes 5% return before expenses.

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       7   

Fund Expenses


 

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $31.3

LOGO

 

 

 

*   All data are as of October 31, 2010. The Fund’s sector breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time.

Please note: The issuer classifications presented herein are based on the Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices developed by Barclays Capital. The fund components are divided either into duration, country, bond ratings or corporate sectors as classified by Barclays Capital. These sector classifications are broadly defined. The “Portfolio of Investments” section of the report reflects more specific industry information and is consistent with the investment restrictions discussed in the Fund’s prospectus.

 

8     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

Portfolio Summary


 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT
GRADES – 87.2%

    

Industrial – 40.4%

    

Basic – 5.4%

    

Alcoa, Inc.
5.72%, 2/23/19

   $ 130      $ 133,180   

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC
5.375%, 4/15/20

     90        96,120   

ArcelorMittal
6.125%, 6/01/18

     145        158,580   

Commercial Metals Co.
7.35%, 8/15/18

     80        85,093   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)
7.375%, 11/01/29

     195        227,594   

Eastman Chemical Co.
7.25%, 1/15/24

     135        163,349   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
8.25%, 4/01/15

     110        117,838   

International Paper Co.
7.95%, 6/15/18

     150        183,408   

Lubrizol Corp.
8.875%, 2/01/19

     95        122,821   

Mosaic Co. (The)
7.625%, 12/01/16(a)

     80        86,857   

Packaging Corp. of America
5.75%, 8/01/13

     95        102,922   

PPG Industries, Inc.
6.65%, 3/15/18

     45        54,309   

Teck Resources Ltd.
5.375%, 10/01/15

     130        144,613   
          
       1,676,684   
          

Capital Goods – 3.9%

    

Caterpillar, Inc.
7.375%, 3/01/97

     280        349,504   

CRH America, Inc.
5.30%, 10/15/13

     170        182,989   

General Electric Co.
5.25%, 12/06/17

     230        258,949   

Owens Corning
9.00%, 6/15/19

     100        121,223   

Republic Services, Inc.
5.50%, 9/15/19

     145        164,171   

Vulcan Materials Co.
7.00%, 6/15/18

     140        155,954   
          
       1,232,790   
          

Communications - Media – 5.9%

    

CBS Corp.
5.625%, 8/15/12

     73        77,848   

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       9   

Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

7.875%, 7/30/30

   $ 85      $ 100,314   

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.
9.455%, 11/15/22

     110        156,216   

COX Communications, Inc.
5.875%, 12/01/16(a)

     135        156,641   

DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Inc.
4.75%, 10/01/14

     155        170,147   

News America Holdings, Inc.
8.875%, 4/26/23

     165        226,927   

Omnicom Group, Inc.
6.25%, 7/15/19

     115        133,296   

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.
4.95%, 4/01/14

     160        167,250   

TCI Communications, Inc.
7.875%, 2/15/26

     150        186,315   

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP
8.875%, 10/01/12

     50        56,780   

10.15%, 5/01/12

     270        304,654   

WPP Finance UK
8.00%, 9/15/14

     100        119,120   
          
       1,855,508   
          

Communications - Telecommunications – 6.8%

  

 

American Tower Corp.
7.25%, 5/15/19

     100        119,750   

Ameritech Capital Funding Corp.
6.55%, 1/15/28

     280        291,366   

Bellsouth Capital Funding Corp.
7.12%, 7/15/97

     395        434,671   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV
5.875%, 8/20/13

     190        213,223   

Embarq Corp.
7.082%, 6/01/16

     75        85,638   

7.995%, 6/01/36

     65        71,020   

Qwest Corp.
7.625%, 6/15/15

     55        63,387   

8.875%, 3/15/12

     110        120,725   

Telecom Italia Capital SA
6.175%, 6/18/14

     170        189,939   

United States Cellular Corp.
6.70%, 12/15/33

     135        136,624   

Valor Telecommunications Enterprises
7.75%, 2/15/15

     55        57,063   

Verizon New York, Inc.
Series B
7.375%, 4/01/32

     290        332,063   
          
       2,115,469   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive – 1.2%

    

Daimler Finance North America LLC
7.30%, 1/15/12

     185        198,050   

 

10     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp.
5.75%, 12/15/14(a)

   $ 60      $ 64,649   

Johnson Controls, Inc.
5.50%, 1/15/16

     105        119,220   
          
       381,919   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment – 1.3%

    

Time Warner, Inc.
4.70%, 1/15/21

     60        64,559   

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
8.375%, 7/01/13

     165        192,575   

Viacom, Inc.
6.25%, 4/30/16

     125        147,984   
          
       405,118   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Other – 1.2%

    

Marriott International, Inc.
Series J
5.625%, 2/15/13

     160        173,348   

MDC Holdings, Inc.
5.50%, 5/15/13

     43        44,593   

Toll Brothers Finance Corp.
5.15%, 5/15/15

     155        158,641   
          
       376,582   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers – 1.8%

    

AutoZone, Inc.
5.50%, 11/15/15

     110        123,701   

CVS Caremark Corp.
6.60%, 3/15/19

     160        194,531   

Kohl’s Corp.
6.25%, 12/15/17

     85        101,273   

Nordstrom, Inc.
7.00%, 1/15/38

     120        138,660   
          
       558,165   
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 4.9%

    

Altria Group, Inc.
9.25%, 8/06/19

     85        116,703   

9.70%, 11/10/18

     75        103,458   

Avon Products, Inc.
6.50%, 3/01/19

     90        110,155   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
6.875%, 8/01/97

     170        198,892   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
5.35%, 4/15/14

     90        96,603   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
9.75%, 3/01/21

     100        139,827   

Fortune Brands, Inc.
5.375%, 1/15/16

     100        106,969   

Kraft Foods, Inc.
6.50%, 11/01/31

     140        157,494   

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

McKesson Corp.
7.50%, 2/15/19

   $ 105      $ 131,444   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
5.50%, 4/15/13

     80        87,064   

Reynolds American, Inc.
7.30%, 7/15/15

     100        117,038   

Whirlpool Corp.
8.60%, 5/01/14

     130        154,781   
          
       1,520,428   
          

Energy – 4.8%

    

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
5.95%, 9/15/16

     165        180,452   

Hess Corp.
7.875%, 10/01/29

     154        195,591   

Marathon Oil Corp.
7.50%, 2/15/19

     150        193,174   

Nabors Industries, Inc.
9.25%, 1/15/19

     85        109,313   

Noble Energy, Inc.
8.25%, 3/01/19

     98        127,407   

Petro-Canada
6.05%, 5/15/18

     135        159,148   

Sunoco, Inc.
5.75%, 1/15/17

     110        116,777   

Valero Energy Corp.
9.375%, 3/15/19

     115        147,384   

Weatherford International Ltd.
9.625%, 3/01/19

     110        145,267   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)
7.875%, 9/01/21

     120        143,398   
          
       1,517,911   
          

Services – 0.4%

    

Western Union Co. (The)
5.93%, 10/01/16

     100        117,051   
          

Technology – 2.1%

    

Agilent Technologies, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/20

     13        13,939   

Computer Sciences Corp.
5.00%, 2/15/13

     125        133,917   

Harris Corp.
5.00%, 10/01/15

     90        99,024   

Motorola, Inc.
6.50%, 11/15/28

     125        128,389   

Science Applications International Corp.
6.25%, 7/01/12

     50        54,196   

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Xerox Corp.
6.40%, 3/15/16

   $ 185      $ 218,248   
          
       647,713   
          

Transportation - Airlines – 0.2%

    

Southwest Airlines Co.
5.25%, 10/01/14

     65        70,127   
          

Transportation - Services – 0.5%

    

FedEx Corp.
8.00%, 1/15/19

     100        128,855   

Ryder System, Inc.
5.85%, 11/01/16

     28        31,588   
          
       160,443   
          
       12,635,908   
          

Financial Institutions – 37.3%

    

Banking – 19.5%

    

American Express Bank FSB
5.50%, 4/16/13

     135        147,228   

American Express Co.
7.00%, 3/19/18

     45        54,052   

Bank of America Corp.
5.42%, 3/15/17

     400        406,250   

BankAmerica Capital II
Series 2
8.00%, 12/15/26

     137        138,028   

BB&T Corp.
6.85%, 4/30/19

     120        145,962   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (The)
5.55%, 1/22/17

     260        284,294   

Capital One Financial Corp.
6.15%, 9/01/16

     168        186,385   

Citigroup, Inc.
4.875%, 5/07/15

     320        334,947   

5.00%, 9/15/14

     305        319,662   

6.125%, 8/25/36

     115        111,158   

Countrywide Financial Corp.
6.25%, 5/15/16

     253        269,852   

First Union Institutional Capital I
8.04%, 12/01/26

     360        370,404   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
6.00%, 6/15/20

     345        383,402   

6.125%, 2/15/33

     275        298,381   

HSBC Bank USA NA
4.625%, 4/01/14

     145        155,469   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.40%, 6/24/15

     175        182,981   

4.95%, 3/25/20

     235        249,229   

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       13   

Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

KeyCorp
6.50%, 5/14/13

   $ 110      $ 121,042   

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
5.629%, 12/01/21

     270        260,241   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
6.11%, 1/29/37

     100        95,198   

Morgan Stanley
5.50%, 7/24/20

     475        494,332   

7.25%, 4/01/32

     130        146,049   

SouthTrust Corp.
5.80%, 6/15/14

     145        160,056   

State Street Corp.
5.375%, 4/30/17

     95        109,089   

UBS AG/Stamford CT
5.875%, 12/20/17

     170        194,861   

Union Bank NA
5.95%, 5/11/16

     290        327,142   

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.375%, 1/31/13

     45        48,086   

4.625%, 4/15/14

     100        107,103   
          
       6,100,883   
          

Brokerage – 0.7%

    

Jefferies Group, Inc.
8.50%, 7/15/19

     95        112,175   

Schwab Capital Trust I
7.50%, 11/15/37

     95        100,402   
          
       212,577   
          

Finance – 3.5%

    

GE Capital Trust I
6.375%, 11/15/67

     345        341,119   

General Electric Capital Corp.
5.40%, 2/15/17

     235        259,642   

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX
5.911%, 11/30/35

     270        257,850   

SLM Corp.
5.05%, 11/14/14

     230        227,125   
          
       1,085,736   
          

Insurance – 10.8%

    

Aetna, Inc.
6.00%, 6/15/16

     100        118,056   

Aflac, Inc.
3.45%, 8/15/15

     15        15,679   

Allstate Corp. (The)
6.125%, 5/15/37

     35        34,650   

Allstate Life Global Funding Trusts
5.375%, 4/30/13

     140        154,923   

Assurant, Inc.
5.625%, 2/15/14

     110        117,799   

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Chubb Corp.
5.75%, 5/15/18

   $ 130      $ 150,205   

CIGNA Corp.
7.875%, 5/15/27

     115        135,995   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.
5.95%, 3/15/17

     35        35,717   

6.125%, 1/15/15

     20        21,027   

6.30%, 8/15/14

     95        101,054   

Genworth Financial, Inc.
6.515%, 5/22/18

     115        119,351   

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
7.375%, 9/30/39(a)

     75        87,376   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
6.10%, 10/01/41

     175        157,599   

Humana, Inc.
6.45%, 6/01/16

     90        100,330   

Lincoln National Corp.
8.75%, 7/01/19

     82        105,736   

Markel Corp.
7.125%, 9/30/19

     90        102,954   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
5.375%, 7/15/14

     100        109,076   

Metlife Capital Trust IV
7.875%, 12/15/37(a)

     250        270,000   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
9.375%, 8/15/39(a)

     120        140,744   

OneBeacon US Holdings, Inc.
5.875%, 5/15/13

     105        110,335   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.
7.875%, 5/15/14

     135        159,570   

Progressive Corp. (The)
6.375%, 1/15/12

     110        116,005   

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Series B
4.50%, 7/15/13

     195        208,236   

Swiss Re Solutions Holding Corp.
7.00%, 2/15/26

     150        162,655   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)
6.25%, 6/20/16

     120        142,899   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
4.875%, 3/15/15

     140        154,892   

WellPoint, Inc.
5.875%, 6/15/17

     20        23,090   

7.00%, 2/15/19

     110        133,845   

XL Capital Ltd.
6.25%, 5/15/27

     105        103,194   
          
       3,392,992   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

REITS – 2.8%

    

Duke Realty LP
6.75%, 3/15/20

   $ 55      $ 62,041   

ERP Operating LP
5.25%, 9/15/14

     165        184,155   

HCP, Inc.
5.65%, 12/15/13

     105        114,833   

Health Care REIT, Inc.
6.20%, 6/01/16

     145        165,783   

Regency Centers LP
5.875%, 6/15/17

     165        181,160   

Simon Property Group LP
4.375%, 3/01/21

     160        163,934   
          
       871,906   
          
       11,664,094   
          

Utility – 9.5%

    

Electric – 6.0%

    

Allegheny Energy Supply Co. LLC
8.25%, 4/15/12(a)

     95        102,647   

Ameren Corp.
8.875%, 5/15/14

     105        121,888   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
4.55%, 6/15/15

     140        151,471   

Consumers Energy Co.
Series D
5.375%, 4/15/13

     105        115,276   

Dominion Resources, Inc.
Series 06-B
6.30%, 9/30/66

     235        224,425   

DTE Energy Co.
6.35%, 6/01/16

     130        152,561   

FirstEnergy Corp.
Series C
7.375%, 11/15/31

     157        168,912   

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.
6.11%, 12/01/66

     120        112,350   

Nevada Power Co.
7.125%, 3/15/19

     125        154,401   

Nisource Finance Corp.
5.40%, 7/15/14

     145        162,334   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC
6.80%, 9/01/18

     115        140,306   

Potomac Electric Power Co.
6.50%, 11/15/37

     115        137,575   

Teco Finance, Inc.
6.572%, 11/01/17

     110        127,739   
          
       1,871,885   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Natural Gas – 3.5%

    

AGL Capital Corp.
5.25%, 8/15/19

   $ 105      $ 115,830   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
Series B
7.875%, 4/01/13

     115        132,434   

Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
6.80%, 11/15/15

     115        136,740   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
6.125%, 2/15/17

     120        133,508   

EQT Corp.
8.125%, 6/01/19

     80        98,430   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
7.40%, 3/15/31

     95        108,675   

Plains All American Pipeline LP
8.75%, 5/01/19

     125        159,616   

Southern Union Co.
7.60%, 2/01/24

     60        68,006   

Spectra Energy Capital LLC
8.00%, 10/01/19

     120        151,696   
          
       1,104,935   
          
       2,976,820   
          

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $25,409,508)

       27,276,822   
          
    

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT
GRADES – 3.9%

    

Industrial – 1.9%

    

Basic – 0.6%

    

United States Steel Corp.
6.05%, 6/01/17

     105        103,688   

Weyerhaeuser Co.
8.50%, 1/15/25

     90        99,108   
          
       202,796   
          

Capital Goods – 0.7%

    

Mohawk Industries, Inc.
6.875%, 1/15/16

     100        106,875   

Textron Financial Corp.
5.40%, 4/28/13

     95        99,833   
          
       206,708   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Other – 0.4%

    

Sheraton Holding Corp.
7.375%, 11/15/15

     100        112,375   
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 0.2%

    

Universal Health Services, Inc.
7.125%, 6/30/16

     65        71,578   
          
       593,457   
          

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       17   

Portfolio of Investments


 

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Financial Institutions – 1.7%

    

Banking – 0.8%

    

Union Planters Corp.
7.75%, 3/01/11

   $ 176      $ 178,337   

Zions Bancorporation
5.65%, 5/15/14

     75        74,970   
          
       253,307   
          

Finance – 0.2%

    

International Lease Finance Corp.
5.625%, 9/20/13

     65        65,406   
          

Insurance – 0.7%

    

American International Group, Inc.
6.25%, 3/15/37

     220        198,550   
          
       517,263   
          

Utility – 0.3%

    

Electric – 0.3%

    

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
Series A
6.70%, 3/30/67

     105        100,800   
          

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $1,196,251)

       1,211,520   
          
    

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES – 3.5%

    

United States – 3.5%

    

U.S. Treasury Bonds
4.625%, 2/15/40
(cost $1,079,094)

     985        1,093,043   
          
    

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 4.1%

    

Time Deposit – 4.1%

    

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 11/01/10
(cost $1,274,000)

     1,274        1,274,000   
          

Total Investments – 98.7%
(cost $28,958,853)

       30,855,385   

Other assets less liabilities – 1.3%

       404,701   
          

Net Assets – 100.0%

     $ 31,260,086   
          

 

(a)   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At October 31, 2010, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $908,914 or 2.9% of net assets.

Glossary:

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

See notes to financial statements.

 

18     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

Portfolio of Investments


 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

Assets   

Investments in securities, at value (cost $28,958,853)

   $ 30,855,385   

Cash

     63   

Interest receivable

     497,900   

Receivable for shares of beneficial interest sold

     4,933   
        

Total assets

     31,358,281   
        
Liabilities   

Payable for shares of beneficial interest redeemed

     49,857   

Dividends payable

     48,338   
        

Total liabilities

     98,195   
        

Net Assets

   $ 31,260,086   
        
Composition of Net Assets   

Shares of beneficial interest, at par

   $ 29   

Additional paid-in capital

     33,043,170   

Undistributed net investment income

     74,130   

Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions

     (3,753,775

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,896,532   
        
   $     31,260,086   
        

Net Asset Value Per Share—unlimited shares of beneficial interest authorized, $.00001 par value (based on 2,936,938 common shares outstanding)

   $ 10.64   
        

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       19   

Statement of Assets & Liabilities


 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six Months Ended October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income   

Interest

   $ 874,087   
        
Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investment Transactions   

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     441,383   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

     619,144   
        

Net gain on investment transactions

     1,060,527   
        

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

   $     1,934,614   
        

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

20     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

Statement of Operations


 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
April 30,
2010
 
Increase in Net Assets from Operations     

Net investment income

   $ 874,087      $ 3,087,579   

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     441,383        148,192   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

     619,144        11,746,902   
                

Net increase in net assets from operations

     1,934,614        14,982,673   
Dividends to Shareholders from     

Net investment income

     (874,087     (3,087,579
Transactions in Shares of Beneficial Interest     

Net decrease

     (3,841,380     (34,848,331
                

Total decrease

     (2,780,853     (22,953,237
Net Assets     

Beginning of period

     34,040,939        56,994,176   
                

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $74,130 and $74,130, respectively)

   $     31,260,086      $     34,040,939   
                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       21   

Statement of Changes In Net Assets


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”) dated January 26, 2004. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as an open-end, diversified management investment company. The Trust operates as a “series” company currently having three separate portfolios: AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares (the “Portfolio”), AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares and AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares. Each Portfolio is considered to be a separate entity for financial reporting and tax purposes. AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares commenced operations on December 11, 2006. AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares commenced operations on August 31, 2010. AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares commenced operations on September 14, 2010. This report relates only to AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares. Prior to the commencement of investment operations on December 11, 2006, the Portfolio had no operations other than the sale to the Adviser of 10,000 Portfolio shares for $10 each for the aggregate amount of $100,000 on May 17, 2006.

Shares of the Portfolio are offered exclusively to holders of accounts established under wrap-fee programs sponsored and maintained by certain registered investment advisers approved by the Adviser. The Portfolio’s shares may be purchased at the relevant net asset value without a sales charge or other fee. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Portfolio.

1. Security Valuation

Portfolio securities are valued at their current market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees.

In general, the market value of securities which are readily available and deemed reliable are determined as follows. Securities listed on a national securities exchange (other than securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”)) or on a foreign securities exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange or foreign securities exchange. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices on such day. Securities listed on more than one exchange are

 

22     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

valued by reference to the principal exchange on which the securities are traded; securities listed only on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price; listed put or call options are valued at the last sale price. If there has been no sale on that day, such securities will be valued at the closing bid prices on that day; open futures contracts and options thereon are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, the most recent quoted bid price. If there are no quotations available for the day of valuation, the last available closing settlement price is used; securities traded in the over-the-counter market (“OTC”) are valued at the mean of the current bid and asked prices as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or other comparable sources; U.S. government securities and other debt instruments having 60 days or less remaining until maturity are valued at amortized cost if their original maturity was 60 days or less; or by amortizing their fair value as of the 61st day prior to maturity if their original term to maturity exceeded 60 days; fixed-income securities, including mortgage backed and asset backed securities, may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service or at a price obtained from one or more of the major broker/dealers. In cases where broker/dealer quotes are obtained, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) may establish procedures whereby changes in market yields or spreads are used to adjust, on a daily basis, a recently obtained quoted price on a security; and OTC and other derivatives are valued on the basis of a quoted bid price or spread from a major broker/dealer in such security. Investments in money market funds are valued at their net asset value each day.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (including restricted securities) or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents. In addition, the Portfolio may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Portfolio values its securities at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities.

2. Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES       23   

Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of October 31, 2010:

 

Investments in Securities

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Corporates—Investment Grades

  $ – 0  –    $ 27,276,822      $ – 0  –    $ 27,276,822   

Corporates—Non-Investment Grades

    – 0  –      1,211,520        – 0  –      1,211,520   

Governments—Treasuries

    – 0  –      1,093,043        – 0  –      1,093,043   

Short-Term Investments

    – 0  –      1,274,000        – 0  –      1,274,000   
                               

Total Investments in Securities

    – 0  –      30,855,385        – 0  –      30,855,385   

Other Financial Instruments*

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
                               

Total

  $ – 0  –    $   30,855,385      $ – 0  –    $   30,855,385   
                               

 

*   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

3. Taxes

It is the Portfolio’s policy to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its investment company taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no provisions for federal income or excise taxes are required.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Portfolio’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years (the current and the prior three tax years) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Portfolio’s financial statements.

4. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the dividend. Interest income is accrued daily. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Investment gains or losses are determined on the identified cost basis. The Portfolio amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

5. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations and may differ from those determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent these differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require such reclassification.

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Portfolio pays no advisory fee to the Adviser. The Adviser serves as investment manager and adviser of the Portfolio and continuously furnishes an investment program for the Portfolio and manages, supervises and conducts the affairs of the Portfolio, subject to the supervisions of the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees. The Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser or an affiliate will furnish, or pay the expenses of the Portfolio for, office space, facilities and equipment, services of executive and other personnel of the Portfolio and certain administrative services.

The Portfolio has entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc., the Portfolio’s principal underwriter (the “Underwriter”), to permit the Underwriter to distribute the Portfolio’s shares, which are sold at their net asset value without any sales charge. The Underwriter receives no fee for this service. The Underwriter is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser.

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, acts as the Portfolios’ registrar, transfer agent and dividend-disbursing agent. ABIS registers the transfer, issuance and redemption of Portfolio shares and disburses dividends and other distributions to Portfolio shareholders. ABIS receives no fee for this service.

NOTE C

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended October 31, 2010 were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investment securities (excluding
U.S. government securities)

   $     4,558,238       $     9,730,193   

U.S. government securities

     2,580,720         1,831,120   

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,958,382   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (61,850
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $     1,896,532   
        

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

NOTE D

Capital Stock

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

            
     Shares           Amount        
     Six Months Ended
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
   

Year Ended

April 30,

2010

          Six Months Ended
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
   

Year Ended

April 30,

2010

       
          
Class A             

Shares sold

     78,693        498,687        $ 821,120      $ 4,670,365     
     

Shares redeemed

     (446,458     (4,101,040       (4,662,500     (39,518,696  
     

Net decrease

     (367,765     (3,602,353     $ (3,841,380   $ (34,848,331  
     

NOTE E

Risks Involved in Investing in the Portfolio

Interest Rate Risk and Credit Risk—Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of an Underlying Portfolio’s investments in fixed-income debt securities such as bonds or notes. Increases in interest rates may cause the value of the Portfolio’s investments to decline. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, will be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit risk rating. Credit risk is greater for medium quality and lower-rated securities. Lower-rated debt securities and similar unrated securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”) have speculative elements or are predominantly speculative risks.

Indemnification Risk—In the ordinary course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Portfolio has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and expects the risk of loss thereunder to be remote. Therefore, the Portfolio has not accrued any liability in connection with these indemnification provisions.

NOTE F

Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions to be paid for the year ending April 30, 2011 will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year. The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2010 and April 30, 2009 were as follows:

 

     2010      2009  

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $ 3,087,579       $ 4,656,797   

Total taxable distributions

     3,087,579         4,656,797   
                 

Total distributions paid

   $     3,087,579       $     4,656,797   
                 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

As of April 30, 2010, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 127,624   

Accumulated capital and other losses

     (4,185,079 )(a) 

Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

          1,267,309 (b) 
        

Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)

   $ (2,790,146 )(c) 
        

 

(a)  

On April 30, 2010, the Fund had capital loss carryforward of $4,185,079 of which $591,158 expires in 2016, $2,193,148 expires in 2017 and $1,400,773 expires in 2018.

 

(b)  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

 

(c)  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) is attributable primarily to dividends payable.

NOTE G

Change of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On May 5, 2010, Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) was selected as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year. A majority of the Fund’s Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, approved the appointment of E&Y. The predecessor independent registered public accounting firm’s reports on the Fund’s financial statements for each of the years ended April 30, 2009 and 2008 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During such fiscal periods and through May 5, 2010 there were no disagreements between the Fund and the predecessor independent registered public accounting firm on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which such disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of the predecessor independent registered public accounting firm, would have caused them to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with their reports on the financial statements for such periods.

NOTE H

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events for possible recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the date the financial statements are issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Portfolio’s financial statements through this date.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Beneficial Interest Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Six Months
Ended
October 31,
2010
    Year Ended April 30,    

December 11,

2006(a) to

April 30,

2007

 
      2010     2009     2008    
       

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.30        $8.25        $9.56        $9.89        $10.00   
       

Income From Investment Operations

         

Net investment income(b)

    .28        .59        .57        .56        .21   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

    .34        2.05        (1.31     (.33     (.11
       

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .62        2.64        (.74     .23        .10   
       

Less: Dividends

         

Dividends from net investment income

    (.28     (.59     (.57     (.56     (.21
       

Net asset value, end of period

    $  10.64        $  10.30        $  8.25        $  9.56        $  9.89   
       

Total Return

         

Total investment return based on net asset value(c)

    6.09  %      32.72  %      (7.76 )%      2.38  %      1.02  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of period
(000’s omitted)

    $  31,260        $  34,041        $  56,994        $  86,830        $  89,127   

Ratio to average net assets of:

         

Net investment income

    3.94  %(d)      6.22  %      6.56  %      5.73  %      5.58  %(d) 

Portfolio turnover rate.

    23  %      21  %      26  %      58  %      33  % 

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

 

(b)   Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c)   Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Initial sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges are not reflected in the calculation of total investment return. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Total investment return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(d)   Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights


 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1), Chairman   

Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Garry L. Moody(1)

Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1)

Earl D. Weiner(1)

John H. Dobkin(1)   
Michael J. Downey(1)   

D. James Guzy(1)

Nancy P. Jacklin(1)

  

OFFICERS

Philip L. Kirstein, Senior Vice President and Independent Compliance Officer

Douglas J. Peebles, Senior Vice President

Lawrence J. Shaw(2), Senior Vice President

Shawn E. Keegan(2) , Vice President

  

Joel J. McKoan(2), Vice President

Ashish C. Shah(2), Vice President

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 

Principal Underwriter

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105

 

Transfer Agent

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 786003
San Antonio, TX 78278-6003
Toll-Free (800) 221-5672

  

Legal Counsel

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

5 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

(1)   Member of the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Independent Directors Committee. Mr. Foulk is the sole member of the Fair Value Pricing Committee.

 

(2)   The day-to-day management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund’s portfolio are made by the Corporate Income Shares Investment Team. Messrs. Shawn E. Keegan, Joel J. McKoan, Ashish C. Shah and Lawrence J. Shaw are the investment professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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Board of Trustees


 

THE FOLLOWING IS NOT PART OF THE SHAREHOLDER REPORT OR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SUMMARY OF SENIOR OFFICER’S EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT1

The following is a summary of the evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) and The AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Trust”) with respect to AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares (the “Portfolio”).2 The evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement was prepared by Philip L. Kirstein, the Senior Officer of the Trust, for the Trustees of the Trust, as required by the September 1, 2004 Assurance of Discontinuance (“AoD”) between the Adviser and the New York State Attorney General (the “NYAG”). The Senior Officer’s evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement is not meant to diminish the responsibility or authority of the Board of Trustees to perform its duties pursuant to Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act (the “40 Act”) and applicable state law. The purpose of the summary is to provide shareholders with a synopsis of the independent evaluation of the reasonableness of the advisory fees proposed to be paid by the Portfolio which was provided to the Trustees in connection with their review of the proposed approval of the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement.

The Senior Officer’s evaluation considered the following factors:

 

  1. Advisory fees charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for like services;

 

  2. Advisory fees charged by other mutual fund companies for like services;

 

  3. Costs to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the advisory agreement, excluding any intra-corporate profit;

 

  4. Profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates from supplying such services;

 

  5. Possible economies of scale as the Portfolio grows larger; and

 

  6. Nature and quality of the Adviser’s services including the performance of the Portfolio.

These factors, with the exception of the first factor, are generally referred to as the “Gartenberg factors,” which were articulated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1982. The first factor is an additional factor required to be considered by the AoD. The Supreme Court recently held the Gartenberg decision was correct in its basic formulation of what Section 36(b) of

 

1   It should be noted that the Senior Officer’s fee evaluation was completed on October 21, 2010 and discussed with the Board of Trustees on November 2-4, 2010.

 

2   Future references to the Portfolio do not include “AllianceBernstein.”

 

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the 40 Act requires: to face liability under Section 36(b), “an investment adviser must charge a fee that is so disproportionately large that it bears no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and could not have been the product of arms length bargaining.” Jones v. Harris Associates L.P., (No. 08-586), slip op. at 9, 559 U.S.          2010. In the Jones decision, the Court stated the Gartenberg approach fully incorporates the correct understanding of fiduciary duty within the context of Section 36(b) and noted with approval that “Gartenberg insists that all relevant circumstances be taken into account” and “uses the range of fees that might result from arms-length bargaining as the benchmark for reviewing challenged fees.”3

PORTFOLIO’S EXEMPTION FROM ADVISORY FEES OR EXPENSES

The Adviser proposed that the Portfolio pays no advisory fee to the Adviser for receiving the services to be provided pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Portfolio is designed to serve the needs of the Adviser’s separately managed account (“SMA”) clients.4 Since SMA clients pay their wrap program provider a unitary fee for managing all investments of their portfolio, the Portfolio will not pay an advisory fee. The Adviser will also reimburse the Portfolio for all of its other operating expenses, except certain extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage costs and the interest on borrowed money.

The Portfolio’s net assets on September 30, 2010 are set forth below:

 

Portfolio  

09/30/10

Net Assets ($MM)

 
Corporate Income Shares   $     32.2   

The Portfolio, which offers only one no-load class of shares, is distributed through its principal underwriter, AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (“ABI”). Since the Portfolio is reimbursed by the Adviser for its operating expenses, the Portfolio does not have a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 40 Act. Set forth below are the Portfolio’s annual operating expenses in percentages:

 

Annual Operating Expenses   %  
Advisory Fees5     0.35
Distribution Fees & Other Exp.     0.00
Fee Waiver / Reimbursements     -0.35
       
Net Expenses     0.00

 

3   Jones v. Harris at 11.

 

4   The SMA clients currently employ the Adviser as one of several investment managers, and compensate the Adviser on the basis of all SMA assets managed, which would include assets of Corporate Income Shares. The Adviser’s current agreements with the SMA clients provide for payments to the Adviser.

 

5   This amount reflects the portion of the wrap fee the expected initial client is expected to pay to the Adviser for managing and bearing all expenses of the Portfolio.

 

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I. ADVISORY FEES CHARGED TO INSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER CLIENTS.

The advisory fees charged to investment companies which the Adviser manages and sponsors are normally higher than those charged to similar sized institutional accounts, including pension plans and sub-advised investment companies. The fee differential reflects, among other things, different services provided to such clients, and different liabilities assumed. Services provided by the Adviser to the Portfolio that are not provided to non-investment company clients include providing office space and personnel to serve as Fund Officers, who among other responsibilities make the certifications required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and coordinating with and monitoring the Portfolio’s third party service providers such as Fund counsel, auditors, custodians, transfer agents and pricing services. The accounting, administrative, legal and compliance requirements for investment companies are more costly than those for institutional client assets due to the greater complexities and time required for investment companies. The Adviser also believes that it incurs substantial entrepreneurial risk when offering a new mutual fund since establishing a new mutual fund requires a large upfront investment and it may take a long time for the fund to achieve profitability since the fund must be priced to scale from inception in order to be competitive and assets are acquired one account at a time. In addition, managing the cash flow of an investment company may be more difficult than that of a stable pool of assets, such as an institutional account with little cash movement in either direction, particularly, if the fund is in net redemption and the Adviser is frequently forced to sell securities to raise cash for redemptions. However, managing a fund with positive cash flow may be easier at times than managing a stable pool of assets. Finally, in recent years, investment advisers have been sued by institutional clients and have suffered reputational damage both by the attendant publicity and outcomes other than complete victories. Accordingly, the legal and reputational risks associated with institutional accounts are greater than previously thought, although arguably still not equal to those related to the mutual fund industry.

Notwithstanding the Adviser’s view that managing an investment company is not comparable to managing other institutional accounts because the services provided are different, the Supreme Court has indicated consideration should be given to the advisory fees charged to institutional accounts with a similar investment style as the Portfolio.6 However, with respect to the Portfolio, the Adviser represented that there is no institutional product in the Adviser’s Form ADV that has a similar investment style as the Portfolio.

 

6   It should be noted that the Supreme Court stated that “courts may give such comparisons the weight that they merit in light of the similarities and differences between the services that the clients in question require, but the courts must be wary of inapt comparisons.” Among the significant differences the Supreme Court noted that may exist between services provided to mutual funds and institutional accounts are “higher marketing costs.” Jones v. Harris at 13.

 

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The Adviser represented that it does not sub-advise any registered investment company with a substantially similar investment style as the Portfolio.

 

II. MANAGEMENT FEES CHARGED BY OTHER MUTUAL FUND COMPANIES FOR LIKE SERVICES.

Lipper, Inc., an analytical service that is not affiliated with the Adviser, compared the fees charged to the Funds with fees charged to other investment companies for similar services by other investment advisers.7,8 Each peer selected by Lipper had a similar fee arrangement as the Portfolio, which is to say that with respect to the Portfolio’s peers, all fund expenses, including management fees,9 were reimbursed by the investment adviser.

As previously noted, the Portfolio does not pay an advisory fee to the Adviser since its SMA clients pay their wrap program provider a unitary fee for managing all investments of their portfolios. In addition, the Adviser reimburses the Fund for all of its operating expenses, except certain extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage costs and interest on borrowed money.

 

III. COSTS TO THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES OF SUPPLYING SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE ADVISORY FEE ARRANGEMENT, EXCLUDING ANY INTRA-CORPORATE PROFIT.

The Adviser utilizes two profitability reporting systems, which operate independently but are aligned with each other, to estimate the Adviser’s profitability in connection with investment advisory services provided to the Portfolio. The Senior Officer has retained a consultant to provide independent advice regarding the alignment of the two profitability systems as well as the methodologies and allocations utilized by both profitability systems. See Section IV for additional discussion.

 

IV. PROFIT MARGINS OF THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES FOR SUPPLYING SUCH SERVICES.

The profitability information for the Portfolio, prepared by the Adviser for the Board of Trustees, was reviewed by the Senior Officer and the consultant. The Portfolio does not pay an advisory fee to the Adviser. However, the Adviser does profit indirectly through the advisory fees that it receives from SMA clients that

 

7   It should be noted that the Supreme Court stated, “Courts should not rely too heavily on comparisons with fees charged to mutual funds by other advisers. These comparisons are problematic because those fees, like those challenged, may not be the product of negotiations conducted at arms length.” Jones v. Harris at 14.

 

8   Only zero fee no-load funds that participated in a wrap fee program were considered for inclusion in the Fund’s EG, regardless of the Lipper investment classification/objective of the Funds’ peers. The Fund’s EG includes the Fund, which is classified by Lipper as “A-rated Corporate Debt”, two U.S. Mortgage funds, two General Bond funds, two Global Income funds and one TIPS fund.

 

9   “Management Fee” is the fee attributable to the management and bearing of expenses of the funds (not the management of the wrap fee program). In each case the advisory contract provides for an advisory or management fee of zero.

 

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invest in the Portfolio. The profitability of the Portfolio, which decreased in 2009 relative to 2008, was calculated using a weighted average of the profitability of the SMA clients, in addition to any fund specific revenue or expense item.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (“ABI”) and AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), affiliates of the Adviser, serve as the Portfolio’s underwriter and transfer agent, respectively. The courts have referred to this type of business relationships as “fall-out benefits” to the Adviser and indicated that such benefits should be factored into the evaluation of the total relationship between the Portfolio and the Adviser. Neither case law nor common business practice precludes the Adviser’s affiliates from earning a reasonable profit on this type of relationship provided the affiliates’ charges and services are competitive. However, neither ABI nor ABIS receive a fee for serving as the Portfolio’s underwriter and transfer agent.

 

V. POSSIBLE ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

The Adviser has indicated that economies of scale are being shared with shareholders through fee structures,10 subsidies and enhancement to services. Based on some of the professional literature that has considered economies of scale in the mutual fund industry, it is thought that to the extent economies of scale exist, they may more often exist across a fund family as opposed to a specific fund. This is because the costs incurred by the Adviser, such as investment research or technology for trading or compliance systems, can be spread across a greater asset base as the fund family increases in size. It is also possible that as the level of services required to operate a successful investment company has increased over time, and advisory firms have made such investments in their business to provide services, there may be a sharing of economies of scale without a reduction in advisory fees.

An independent consultant, retained by the Senior Officer, provided the Board of Trustees an update of the Deli11 study on advisory fees and various fund characteristics. The independent consultant first reiterated the results of his previous two dimensional comparison analysis (fund size and family size) with the Board of Trustees.12 The independent consultant then discussed the results of the regression model that was utilized to study the effects of various factors

 

10   Fee structures include fee reductions, pricing at scale and breakpoints in advisory fee schedules.

 

11   The Deli study was originally published in 2002 based on 1997 data.

 

12   The two dimensional analysis showed patterns of lower advisory fees for funds with larger asset sizes and funds from larger family sizes compared to funds with smaller asset sizes and funds from smaller family sizes, which according to the independent consultant is indicative of a sharing of economies of scale and scope. However, in less liquid and active markets, such is not the case, as the empirical analysis showed potential for diseconomies of scale in those markets. The empirical analysis also showed diminishing economies of scale and scope as funds surpassed a certain high level of assets.

 

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on advisory fees. The regression model output indicated that the bulk of the variation in fees predicted were explained by various factors, but substantially by fund assets under management (“AUM”), family AUM, index fund indicator and investment style. The independent consultant also compared the advisory fees of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds to similar funds managed by 19 other large asset managers, regardless of fund size and the large asset manager’s proportion of mutual fund assets to non-mutual fund assets.

 

VI. NATURE AND QUALITY OF THE ADVISER’S SERVICES INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PORTFOLIO.

With assets under management of $484 billion as of September 30, 2010, the Adviser has the investment experience to manage the portfolio assets of the Portfolio and provide non-investment services (described in Section II) to the Portfolio.

The information below, prepared by Lipper, shows the 1, 3 year gross performance return of the Portfolio relative to its Lipper Performance Universe (“PU”)13 for the period ended July 31, 2010:

 

     Portfolio Return
(%)
    PU Median
(%)
    PU Rank  

1 Year

    18.88        10.81        1/14   

3 Year

    9.12        9.06        3/14   

Set forth below are the 1, 3 year and since inception net performance returns of the Portfolio (in bold) and its benchmark:14

 

     

Periods Ending July 31, 2010

Annualized Net Performance

(%)

 
     

1 Year

(%)

    

3 Year

(%)

    

Since Inception

(%)

 

Corporate Income Shares

     18.90         9.12         7.45   
Barclays Capital U.S. Credit Index      12.60         7.97         6.60   
Inception Date: December 11, 2006         

CONCLUSION:

Based on the factors discussed above the Senior Officer’s conclusion is that the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Portfolio is reasonable and within the range of what would have been negotiated at arms-length in light of all the surrounding circumstances. This conclusion with respect to the Portfolio is based on an evaluation of all of these factors and no single factor was dispositive.

Dated: November 22, 2010

 

13   The Portfolio’s PU includes peers with the same Lipper investment classification/objective and load type as the Portfolio.

 

14   The Adviser provided Portfolio and benchmark performance return information for periods through July 31, 2010.

 

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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN FAMILY OF FUNDS

 

Wealth Strategies Funds

Balanced Wealth Strategy

Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Conservative Wealth Strategy*

Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth Strategy

Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy*

Blended Style Funds

U.S. Large Cap Portfolio

International Portfolio

Tax-Managed International Portfolio

Growth Funds

Domestic

Growth Fund

Large Cap Growth Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

U.S. Strategic Research Portfolio*

Global & International

Global Growth Fund

Global Thematic Growth Fund

Greater China ‘97 Fund

International Growth Fund

Value Funds

Domestic

Balanced Shares

Core Opportunities Fund*

Growth & Income Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

Utility Income Fund

Value Fund

Global & International

Global Real Estate Investment Fund

Global Value Fund

International Value Fund

Taxable Bond Funds

Bond Inflation Strategy

Diversified Yield Fund

Global Bond Fund

High Income Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Short Duration Portfolio

Municipal Bond Funds

 

Arizona

Municipal Bond

   Inflation Strategy

California

High Income

Massachusetts

Michigan

  

Minnesota

National

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Intermediate Municipal Bond Funds

Intermediate California

Intermediate Diversified

Intermediate New York

Closed-End Funds

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

AllianceBernstein Income Fund

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund

Alliance California Municipal Income Fund

Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund

The Ibero-America Fund*

Inflation Strategies

Multi-Asset Inflation Strategy


Retirement Strategies Funds

 

2000 Retirement Strategy

 

2020 Retirement Strategy

 

2040 Retirement Strategy

2005 Retirement Strategy

 

2025 Retirement Strategy

 

2045 Retirement Strategy

2010 Retirement Strategy

 

2030 Retirement Strategy

 

2050 Retirement Strategy

2015 Retirement Strategy

 

2035 Retirement Strategy

 

2055 Retirement Strategy

We also offer Exchange Reserves,** which serves as the money market fund exchange vehicle for the AllianceBernstein mutual funds.

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any AllianceBernstein fund/portfolio carefully before investing. For free copies of our prospectuses, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.alliancebernstein.com or contact your financial advisor. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

 

*   Prior to December 31, 2009, Conservative Wealth Strategy was named Wealth Preservation Strategy, and Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy was named Tax-Managed Wealth Preservation Strategy. U.S. Strategic Research Portfolio was incepted on December 23, 2009. Prior to January 20, 2010, The Ibero-America Fund was named The Spain Fund. Prior to March 1, 2010, Core Opportunities Fund was named the Focused Growth & Income Fund.

 

** An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and 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 to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

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AllianceBernstein Family of Funds


 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

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CIS-0152-1010   LOGO


 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

AllianceBernstein

Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares

 

 

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October 31, 2010

 

Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Investment Products Offered

   

Are Not FDIC Insured

   

May Lose Value

   

Are Not Bank Guaranteed

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate as the prices of the individual securities in which it invests fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For a free copy of the Fund’s prospectus, which contains this and other information, visit our web site at www.alliancebernstein.com or call your financial advisor or AllianceBernstein® at (800) 227-4618. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by visiting www.alliancebernstein.com.

This shareholder report must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s prospectus for individuals who are not current shareholders of the Fund.

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge. Simply visit AllianceBernstein’s web site at www.alliancebernstein.com, or go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) web site at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s web site at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. AllianceBernstein publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at www.alliancebernstein.com.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (ABI) is the distributor of the AllianceBernstein family of mutual funds. ABI is a member of FINRA and is an affiliate of AllianceBernstein L.P., the manager of the funds.

AllianceBernstein® and the AB Logo are registered trademarks and service marks used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.


 

FUND EXPENSES

(unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur various ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
September 15, 2010†
     Ending
Account Value
October 31,  2010
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
 
     Actual      Hypothetical      Actual      Hypothetical**      Actual      Hypothetical  
Class A    $   1,000       $   1,000       $   1,007.23       $   1,025.21       $   0.00       $   0.00   
*   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.00%. The Fund’s expenses are borne by the Adviser or it affiliates.

 

**   Assumes 5% return before expenses.

 

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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES       1   

Fund Expenses


 

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $10.1

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*   All data are as of October 31, 2010. The Portfolio’s security type breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time.

 

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Portfolio Summary


 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT
GRADES – 52.2%

    

Industrial – 25.6%

    

Basic – 5.0%

    

Alcoa, Inc.
6.75%, 7/15/18

   $ 15      $ 16,396   

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC
5.375%, 4/15/20

     25        26,700   

ArcelorMittal
6.125%, 6/01/18

     75        82,024   

ArcelorMittal USA, Inc.
6.50%, 4/15/14

     20        22,245   

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.
7.25%, 3/01/16

     35        43,351   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)
7.60%, 5/15/14

     25        29,414   

8.55%, 5/15/19

     30        38,530   

Eastman Chemical Co.
5.50%, 11/15/19

     5        5,492   

International Paper Co.
5.30%, 4/01/15

     20        22,166   

7.50%, 8/15/21

     20        24,389   

7.95%, 6/15/18

     30        36,682   

Packaging Corp. of America
5.75%, 8/01/13

     15        16,251   

PPG Industries, Inc.
5.75%, 3/15/13

     35        38,336   

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.
6.50%, 7/15/18

     45        55,287   

Vale Inco Ltd.
7.75%, 5/15/12

     40        43,534   
          
       500,797   
          

Capital Goods – 1.8%

    

General Electric Co.
5.25%, 12/06/17

     55        61,923   

Lafarge SA
6.15%, 7/15/11

     20        20,688   

Owens Corning
6.50%, 12/01/16

     30        32,623   

Republic Services, Inc.
5.25%, 11/15/21

     15        16,640   

5.50%, 9/15/19

     25        28,305   

Tyco International Finance SA
8.50%, 1/15/19

     20        26,428   
          
       186,607   
          

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES       3   

Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Communications - Media – 2.9%

    

BSKYB Finance UK PLC
5.625%, 10/15/15(a)

   $ 25      $ 28,676   

CBS Corp.
5.625%, 8/15/12

     5        5,332   

8.875%, 5/15/19

     25        32,390   

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc. 9.455%, 11/15/22

     25        35,504   

DirecTV Holdings LLC / DirecTV Financing Co., Inc. 4.75%, 10/01/14

     15        16,466   

6.375%, 6/15/15

     10        10,350   

News America Holdings, Inc.
9.25%, 2/01/13

     25        29,281   

News America, Inc.
6.55%, 3/15/33

     10        10,848   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.
8.625%, 1/15/19

     20        26,263   

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.
4.95%, 4/01/14

     10        10,453   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
7.50%, 4/01/14

     20        23,586   

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP
8.375%, 3/15/23

     45        60,302   
          
       289,451   
          

Communications - Telecommunications – 2.1%

    

American Tower Corp.
5.05%, 9/01/20

     35        36,540   

AT&T Corp.
8.00%, 11/15/31

     10        13,023   

Qwest Corp.
7.50%, 10/01/14

     20        22,850   

7.875%, 9/01/11

     20        21,075   

Telecom Italia Capital SA
6.175%, 6/18/14

     35        39,105   

7.175%, 6/18/19

     20        24,115   

United States Cellular Corp.
6.70%, 12/15/33

     50        50,602   
          
       207,310   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive – 0.9%

    

Daimler Finance North America LLC
5.75%, 9/08/11

     15        15,616   

7.30%, 1/15/12

     15        16,058   

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp.
5.75%, 12/15/14(a)

     30        32,325   

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.
4.50%, 1/30/15(a)

     30        32,097   
          
       96,096   
          

 

4     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES

Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment – 1.2%

    

Time Warner, Inc.
4.70%, 1/15/21

   $ 20      $ 21,520   

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
8.375%, 7/01/13

     45        52,521   

Viacom, Inc.
5.625%, 9/15/19

     40        46,054   
          
       120,095   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Other – 0.5%

    

Marriott International, Inc.
Series J
5.625%, 2/15/13

     45        48,754   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers – 0.2%

    

CVS Caremark Corp.
6.60%, 3/15/19

     20        24,316   
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 3.8%

    

Ahold Finance USA LLC
6.875%, 5/01/29

     45        51,556   

Altria Group, Inc.
9.70%, 11/10/18

     30        41,383   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
5.10%, 7/15/15

     40        42,797   

5.875%, 5/15/13

     30        32,472   

Delhaize Group SA
5.875%, 2/01/14

     10        11,311   

Diageo Capital PLC
7.375%, 1/15/14

     35        41,525   

Fortune Brands, Inc.
3.00%, 6/01/12

     25        25,452   

4.875%, 12/01/13

     20        21,222   

Kraft Foods, Inc.
6.25%, 6/01/12

     90        97,551   

Kroger Co. (The)
6.80%, 12/15/18

     15        18,129   
          
       383,398   
          

Energy – 4.3%

    

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
5.95%, 9/15/16

     65        71,087   

6.45%, 9/15/36

     10        9,949   

BP Capital Markets PLC
4.50%, 10/01/20

     51        52,827   

4.75%, 3/10/19

     5        5,315   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
5.15%, 2/01/13

     15        16,289   

Hess Corp.
7.875%, 10/01/29

     15        19,051   

8.125%, 2/15/19

     10        13,190   

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES       5   

Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Marathon Oil Corp.
7.50%, 2/15/19

   $ 15      $ 19,317   

Nabors Industries, Inc.
9.25%, 1/15/19

     45        57,871   

Noble Energy, Inc.
8.25%, 3/01/19

     45        58,503   

Valero Energy Corp.
6.125%, 2/01/20

     15        16,604   

6.875%, 4/15/12

     20        21,423   

Weatherford International Ltd.
5.15%, 3/15/13

     15        16,084   

9.625%, 3/01/19

     30        39,618   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)
7.875%, 9/01/21

     15        17,925   
          
       435,053   
          

Technology – 1.1%

    

Agilent Technologies, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/20

     5        5,361   

Computer Sciences Corp.
5.50%, 3/15/13

     25        27,074   

Motorola, Inc.
6.50%, 9/01/25

     20        21,660   

Xerox Corp.
8.25%, 5/15/14

     45        54,118   
          
       108,213   
          

Transportation - Airlines – 0.4%

    

Southwest Airlines Co.
5.25%, 10/01/14

     20        21,577   

5.75%, 12/15/16

     15        16,436   
          
       38,013   
          

Transportation - Railroads – 0.1%

    

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
6.50%, 5/15/18

     10        11,794   
          

Transportation - Services – 1.3%

    

Asciano Finance Ltd.
3.125%, 9/23/15(a)

     70        70,387   

Con-way, Inc.
6.70%, 5/01/34

     25        23,064   

Ryder System, Inc.
5.85%, 11/01/16

     15        16,923   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     15        17,700   
          
       128,074   
          
       2,577,971   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Financial Institutions – 19.9%

    

Banking – 9.9%

    

American Express Co.
7.25%, 5/20/14

   $ 25      $ 29,257   

8.125%, 5/20/19

     45        57,806   

Bank of America Corp.
5.625%, 7/01/20

     20        20,739   

7.375%, 5/15/14

     25        28,341   

Series L
5.65%, 5/01/18

     60        63,149   

BankAmerica Capital II
Series 2
8.00%, 12/15/26

     20        20,150   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (The)
5.55%, 1/22/17

     70        76,541   

5.70%, 11/15/14

     75        85,450   

Citigroup, Inc.
4.75%, 5/19/15

     55        58,630   

5.50%, 4/11/13

     30        32,480   

6.50%, 8/19/13

     55        61,369   

8.50%, 5/22/19

     45        56,505   

Compass Bank
5.50%, 4/01/20

     75        75,038   

Countrywide Financial Corp.
6.25%, 5/15/16

     20        21,332   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
6.00%, 6/15/20

     75        83,348   

7.50%, 2/15/19

     35        42,131   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4.40%, 7/22/20

     30        30,528   

M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank
5.00%, 1/17/17

     30        28,361   

Macquarie Group Ltd.
4.875%, 8/10/17(a)

     45        45,501   

National Capital Trust II
5.486%, 3/23/15(a)

     10        9,686   

Wachovia Corp.
5.50%, 5/01/13

     65        71,506   
          
       997,848   
          

Brokerage – 0.2%

    

Jefferies Group, Inc.
6.875%, 4/15/21

     20        21,287   
          

Finance – 2.0%

    

General Electric Capital Corp.
4.80%, 5/01/13

     90        97,377   

Series A
4.375%, 11/21/11

     20        20,769   

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES       7   

Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

HSBC Finance Corp.
7.00%, 5/15/12

   $ 25      $ 27,006   

SLM Corp.
Series A
5.375%, 1/15/13-5/15/14

     55        55,221   
          
       200,373   
          

Insurance – 7.0%

    

Aegon NV
4.75%, 6/01/13

     5        5,302   

Aetna, Inc.
6.00%, 6/15/16

     15        17,708   

Aflac, Inc.
3.45%, 8/15/15

     5        5,226   

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.
7.50%, 8/01/16

     10        11,398   

Allstate Corp. (The)
6.125%, 5/15/37

     35        34,650   

CIGNA Corp.
5.125%, 6/15/20

     15        16,293   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.
5.95%, 3/15/17

     30        30,615   

6.30%, 8/15/14

     25        26,593   

Genworth Financial, Inc.
6.515%, 5/22/18

     40        41,513   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
4.00%, 3/30/15

     10        10,285   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     40        40,891   

Humana, Inc.
6.30%, 8/01/18

     20        21,954   

7.20%, 6/15/18

     10        11,621   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
5.75%, 3/15/14(a)

     15        15,826   

Lincoln National Corp.
8.75%, 7/01/19

     10        12,895   

Markel Corp.
7.125%, 9/30/19

     25        28,598   

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
8.875%, 6/01/39(a)

     25        33,068   

MetLife, Inc.
5.00%, 11/24/13

     15        16,569   

7.717%, 2/15/19

     10        12,739   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
9.375%, 8/15/39(a)

     40        46,915   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.
7.875%, 5/15/14

     35        41,370   

Prudential Financial, Inc.
5.15%, 1/15/13

     25        26,881   

8.875%, 6/15/38

     20        23,000   

 

8     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES

Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Series D
7.375%, 6/15/19

   $ 25      $ 30,302   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
6.00%, 2/15/18

     55        63,871   

WellPoint, Inc.
4.35%, 8/15/20

     35        36,125   

7.00%, 2/15/19

     10        12,168   

XL Capital Ltd.
5.25%, 9/15/14

     25        26,797   
          
       701,173   
          

Other Finance – 0.4%

    

ORIX Corp.
4.71%, 4/27/15

     40        41,434   
          

REITS – 0.4%

    

Simon Property Group LP
4.375%, 3/01/21

     45        46,106   
          
       2,008,221   
          

Utility – 4.2%

    

Electric – 2.0%

    

Allegheny Energy Supply Co. LLC
5.75%, 10/15/19(a)

     40        41,954   

Ameren Corp.
8.875%, 5/15/14

     25        29,021   

FirstEnergy Corp.
Series C
7.375%, 11/15/31

     25        26,897   

Nisource Finance Corp.
6.80%, 1/15/19

     50        59,131   

Teco Finance, Inc.
4.00%, 3/15/16

     10        10,542   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     10        10,855   

Wisconsin Energy Corp.
6.25%, 5/15/67

     20        19,600   
          
       198,000   
          

Natural Gas – 1.9%

    

DCP Midstream LLC
5.35%, 3/15/20(a)

     10        10,807   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
6.70%, 7/01/18

     30        34,832   

7.50%, 7/01/38

     30        34,727   

EQT Corp.
8.125%, 6/01/19

     25        30,759   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
6.35%, 5/15/67

     40        38,300   

Williams Partners LP
5.25%, 3/15/20

     35        38,234   
          
       187,659   
          

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES       9   

Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Other Utility – 0.3%

    

Veolia Environnement
6.00%, 6/01/18

   $ 30      $ 34,843   
          
       420,502   
          

Non Corporate Sectors – 2.5%

    

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed – 2.5%

    

Gaz Capital SA for Gazprom
6.212%, 11/22/16(a)

     130        138,613   

Petrobras International Finance Co.
5.75%, 1/20/20

     100        111,864   
          
       250,477   
          

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $5,242,291)

       5,257,171   
          
    

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES – 23.7%

    

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS – 23.7%

    

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.
Series 2006-5, Class A4
5.414%, 9/10/47

     250        267,122   

Series 2007-4, Class A4

    

5.741%, 2/10/51

     220        235,936   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2008-C7, Class A4
6.091%, 12/10/49

     210        227,709   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates
Series 2006-C8, Class A4
5.306%, 12/10/46

     220        230,840   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.
Series 2007-GG11, Class A4
5.736%, 12/10/49

     220        232,107   

Series 2007-GG9, Class A4

    

5.444%, 3/10/39

     220        235,173   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II
Series 2006-GG6, Class A4
5.553%, 4/10/38

     215        233,257   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
Series 2007-LD11, Class A4
5.818%, 6/15/49

     220        233,514   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A3

    

5.42%, 1/15/49

     250        261,737   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-9, Class A4
5.70%, 9/12/49

     220        231,080   
          

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $2,377,375)

       2,388,475   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT
GRADES – 7.4%

    

Industrial – 4.7%

    

Basic – 0.8%

    

United States Steel Corp.
6.05%, 6/01/17

   $ 80      $ 79,000   
          

Capital Goods – 1.3%

    

Case New Holland, Inc.
7.875%, 12/01/17(a)

     25        27,938   

Masco Corp.
6.125%, 10/03/16

     38        38,908   

Mohawk Industries, Inc.
6.875%, 1/15/16

     60        64,125   
          
       130,971   
          

Communications - Media – 0.2%

    

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
7.875%, 4/30/18(a)

     10        10,625   

8.125%, 4/30/20(a)

     5        5,400   
          
       16,025   
          

Communications - Telecommunications – 0.5%

    

Cricket Communications, Inc.
7.75%, 5/15/16

     15        16,163   

Qwest Communications International, Inc.
7.50%, 2/15/14

     15        15,300   

Windstream Corp.
7.875%, 11/01/17

     20        21,850   
          
       53,313   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive – 0.4%

    

Ford Motor Co.
7.45%, 7/16/31

     30        34,050   
          

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers – 0.6%

    

JC Penney Co., Inc.
5.65%, 6/01/20

     65        62,887   
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 0.3%

    

Mylan, Inc.
7.875%, 7/15/20(a)

     30        33,450   
          

Energy – 0.3%

    

Tesoro Corp.
6.50%, 6/01/17

     30        29,850   
          

Technology – 0.3%

    

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
9.25%, 4/15/18(a)

     30        32,100   
          
       471,646   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Financial Institutions – 1.5%

    

Banking – 0.4%

    

Regions Financial Corp.
6.375%, 5/15/12

   $ 35      $ 35,968   
          

Finance – 0.1%

    

International Lease Finance Corp.
5.65%, 6/01/14

     10        10,000   
          

Insurance – 1.0%

    

ING Capital Funding TR III
8.439%, 12/31/10

     40        38,400   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
7.80%, 3/15/37(a)

     30        30,000   

XL Capital Ltd.
Series E
6.50%, 4/15/17

     35        31,325   
          
       99,725   
          
       145,693   
          

Utility – 1.2%

    

Electric – 1.2%

    

AES Corp. (The)
7.75%, 3/01/14-10/15/15

     25        27,338   

Dynegy Holdings, Inc.
8.375%, 5/01/16

     25        19,187   

Edison Mission Energy
7.00%, 5/15/17

     15        11,063   

NRG Energy, Inc.
7.25%, 2/01/14

     30        30,712   

7.375%, 2/01/16

     20        20,825   

RRI Energy, Inc.
7.625%, 6/15/14

     15        15,113   
          
       124,238   
          

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $733,798)

       741,577   
          
    

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS – 3.3%

    

Brazil – 1.0%

    

Republic of Brazil
8.25%, 1/20/34

     70        102,550   
          

Peru – 1.1%

    

Republic of Peru
8.75%, 11/21/33

     75        114,000   
          

Poland – 0.6%

    

Poland Government International Bond
3.875%, 7/16/15

     55        58,300   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Russia – 0.6%

    

Russian Federation
7.50%, 3/31/30(a)

   $ 49      $ 59,070   
          

Total Governments - Sovereign Bonds
(cost $328,248)

       333,920   
          
    

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS – 2.4%

    

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds – 2.4%

    

Malaysia – 1.1%

    

Petronas Capital Ltd.
5.25%, 8/12/19(a)

     100        110,618   
          

Russia – 1.3%

    

RSHB Capital SA for OJSC Russian Agricultural Bank
7.75%, 5/29/18(a)

     115        130,812   
          

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $240,685)

       241,430   
          
    

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 9.6%

    

Time Deposit – 9.6%

    

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 11/01/10
(cost $972,035)

     972        972,035   
          

Total Investments – 98.6%
(cost $9,894,432)

       9,934,608   

Other assets less liabilities – 1.4%

       142,058   
          

Net Assets – 100.0%

     $ 10,076,666   
          

 

(a)   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At October 31, 2010, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $945,868 or 9.4% of net assets.

Glossary:

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

Assets   

Investments in securities, at value (cost $9,894,432)

   $ 9,934,608   

Interest receivable

     129,156   

Receivable for investment securities sold

     25,039   
        

Total assets

     10,088,803   
        
Liabilities   

Dividends payable

     12,137   
        

Total liabilities

     12,137   
        

Net Assets

   $ 10,076,666   
        
Composition of Net Assets   

Shares of beneficial interest, at par

   $ 10   

Additional paid-in capital

     10,037,090   

Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions

     (610

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     40,176   
        
   $     10,076,666   
        

Net Asset Value Per Share—unlimited shares of beneficial interest authorized, $.00001 par value (based on 1,003,714 common shares outstanding)

   $ 10.04   
        

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities


 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended September 14, 2010(a) to October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income   

Interest

   $ 32,460   
        
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Transactions   

Net realized loss on investment transactions

     (610

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

     40,176   
        

Net gain on investment transactions

     39,566   
        

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

   $     72,026   
        

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations


 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

     September 14,
2010(a) to
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations   

Net investment income

   $ 32,460   

Net realized loss on investment transactions

     (610

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

     40,176   
        

Net increase in net assets from operations

     72,026   
Dividends to Shareholders from   

Net investment income

     (32,460
Transactions in Shares of Beneficial Interest   

Net increase

     10,037,100   
        

Total increase

     10,076,666   
Net Assets   

Beginning of period

     – 0 – 
        

End of period (including undistributed net investment income
of $0)

   $     10,076,666   
        

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”) dated January 26, 2004. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as an open-end, diversified management investment company. The Trust operates as a “series” company currently having three separate portfolios: AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares, AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares and AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares (the “Portfolio”). Each Portfolio is considered to be a separate entity for financial reporting and tax purposes. AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares commenced operations on December 11, 2006. AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares commenced operations on August 31, 2010. AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares commenced operations on September 14, 2010. This report relates only to AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares.

Shares of the Portfolio are offered exclusively to holders of accounts established under wrap-fee programs sponsored and maintained by certain registered investment advisers approved by the Adviser. The Portfolio’s shares may be purchased at the relevant net asset value without a sales charge or other fee. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Portfolio.

1. Security Valuation

Portfolio securities are valued at their current market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees.

In general, the market value of securities which are readily available and deemed reliable are determined as follows. Securities listed on a national securities exchange (other than securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”)) or on a foreign securities exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange or foreign securities exchange. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices on such day. Securities listed on more than one exchange are valued by reference to the principal exchange on which the securities are traded; securities listed only on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

Official Closing Price; listed put or call options are valued at the last sale price. If there has been no sale on that day, such securities will be valued at the closing bid prices on that day; open futures contracts and options thereon are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, the most recent quoted bid price. If there are no quotations available for the day of valuation, the last available closing settlement price is used; securities traded in the over-the-counter market (“OTC”) are valued at the mean of the current bid and asked prices as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or other comparable sources; U.S. government securities and other debt instruments having 60 days or less remaining until maturity are valued at amortized cost if their original maturity was 60 days or less; or by amortizing their fair value as of the 61st day prior to maturity if their original term to maturity exceeded 60 days; fixed-income securities, including mortgage backed and asset backed securities, may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service or at a price obtained from one or more of the major broker/dealers. In cases where broker/dealer quotes are obtained, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) may establish procedures whereby changes in market yields or spreads are used to adjust, on a daily basis, a recently obtained quoted price on a security; and OTC and other derivatives are valued on the basis of a quoted bid price or spread from a major broker/dealer in such security. Investments in money market funds are valued at their net asset value each day.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (including restricted securities) or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents. In addition, the Portfolio may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Portfolio values its securities at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities.

2. Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of October 31, 2010:

 

Investments in Securities

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Corporates – Investment Grades

  $ – 0  –    $ 5,257,171      $ – 0  –    $ 5,257,171   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    – 0  –      1,455,838        932,637        2,388,475   

Corporates – Non-Investment Grades

    – 0  –      741,577        – 0  –      741,577   

Governments – Sovereign Bonds

    – 0  –      333,920        – 0  –      333,920   

Quasi-Sovereigns

    – 0  –      241,430        – 0  –      241,430   

Short-Term Investments

    – 0  –      972,035        – 0  –      972,035   
                               

Total Investments in Securities

    – 0  –      9,001,971        932,637        9,934,608   

Other Financial Instruments*

    – 0  –             – 0  –      – 0  – 
                               

Total

  $   – 0  –   $   9,001,971      $   932,637      $   9,934,608   
                               

 

*   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

      Commercial
Mortgage-
Backed
Securities
    Total  

Balance as of 9/14/10

   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –  

Accrued discounts/premiums

     (88     (88

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     6,646        6,646   

Net purchases (sales)

     926,079        926,079   

Transfers into Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
                

Balance as of 10/31/10

   $   932,637      $   932,637   
                

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 10/31/10*

   $ 6,646      $ 6,646   
                

 

*   The unrealized appreciation/depreciation is included in net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments in the accompanying statement of operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

3. Taxes

It is the Portfolio’s policy to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its investment company taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no provisions for federal income or excise taxes are required.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Portfolio’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Portfolio’s financial statements.

4. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the dividend. Interest income is accrued daily. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Investment gains or losses are determined on the identified cost basis. The Portfolio amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

5. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations and may differ from those determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent these differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require such reclassification.

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Portfolio pays no advisory fee to the Adviser. The Adviser serves as investment manager and adviser of the Portfolio and continuously furnishes an investment program for the Portfolio and manages, supervises and conducts the affairs of the Portfolio, subject to the supervisions of the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees. The Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser or an affiliate will furnish, or pay the expenses of the Portfolio for, office space, facilities and equipment, services of executive and other personnel of the Portfolio and certain administrative services.

The Portfolio has entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc., the Portfolio’s principal underwriter (the “Underwriter”), to permit the Underwriter to distribute the Portfolio’s shares, which are sold at their net asset value without any sales charge. The Underwriter receives no fee for this service. The Underwriter is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, acts as the Portfolios’ registrar, transfer agent and dividend-disbursing agent. ABIS registers the transfer, issuance and redemption of Portfolio shares and disburses dividends and other distributions to Portfolio shareholders. ABIS receives no fee for this service.

NOTE C

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the period ended October 31, 2010 were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

Investment securities (excluding U.S. government securities)

   $     9,150,370      $     218,491   

U.S. government securities

     – 0 –      – 0 – 

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 67,132   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (26,956
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $      40,176   
        

NOTE D

Capital Stock

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

           
     Shares             Amount         
     September 14,
2010(a) to
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
           

September 14,
2010(a) to

October 31, 2010
(unaudited)

        
                             
Class A            

Shares sold

     1,003,714          $ 10,037,100      
                         

Net increase

     1,003,714          $   10,037,100      
                         

 

(a)  

Commencement of operations.

NOTE E

Risks Involved in Investing in the Portfolio

Interest Rate Risk and Credit Risk—Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of an Underlying Portfolio’s investments in fixed-income debt securities such as bonds or notes. Increases in interest rates may cause the value of the Portfolio’s investments to decline. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, will be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The degree of risk for a

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

particular security may be reflected in its credit risk rating. Credit risk is greater for medium quality and lower-rated securities. Lower-rated debt securities and similar unrated securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”) have speculative elements or are predominantly speculative risks.

Indemnification Risk—In the ordinary course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Portfolio has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and expects the risk of loss thereunder to be remote. Therefore, the Portfolio has not accrued any liability in connection with these indemnification provisions.

NOTE F

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events for possible recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the date the financial statements are issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Portfolio’s financial statements through this date.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Beneficial Interest Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    September 14,
2010(a) to
October 31,
2010
(unaudited)
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  10.00   
       

Income From Investment Operations

 

Net investment income(b)

    .03   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment transactions

    .04   
       

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    .07   
       

Less: Dividends

 

Dividends from net investment income

    (.03
       

Net asset value, end of period

    $  10.04   
       

Total Return

 

Total investment return based on net asset value(c)

    .72 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $10,077   

Ratio to average net assets of:

 

Net investment income(d)

    2.51 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

 

(b)   Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c)   Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Initial sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges are not reflected in the calculation of total investment return. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on portfolio distributions or the redemption of portfolio shares. Total investment return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(d)   Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES     23   

Financial Highlights


 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1) , Chairman

John H. Dobkin(1)

Michael J. Downey(1)

D. James Guzy(1)

Nancy P. Jacklin(1)

  

Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Garry L. Moody(1)

Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1)

Earl D. Weiner(1)

OFFICERS

Philip L. Kirstein,
Senior Vice President and Independent Compliance Officer

Douglas J. Peebles(2),
Senior Vice President

Paul J. DeNoon(2), Vice President

Scott A. DiMaggio(2), Vice President

  

Shawn E. Keegan(2), Vice President

Greg J. Wilensky(2), Vice President

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 

Principal Underwriter

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105

 

Transfer Agent

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 786003
San Antonio, TX 78278-6003
Toll-Free (800) 221-5672

  

Legal Counsel

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

5 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

(1)   Member of the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Independent Directors Committee. Mr. Foulk is the sole member of the Fair Value Pricing Committee.

 

(2)   The day-to-day management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund’s portfolio are made by the Core Fixed-Income Investment Team. Messrs. Paul J. DeNoon, Scott A. DiMaggio, Shawn E. Keegan, Douglas J. Peebles, and Greg J. Wilensky are the investment professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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Board of Trustees


 

Information Regarding the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement

The disinterested trustees (the “trustees”) of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Fund”) unanimously approved the application of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement with the Adviser in respect of AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares (the “Portfolio”) for an initial two-year period at a meeting held on June 9, 2010.

Prior to approval of the Advisory Agreement in respect of the Portfolio, the trustees had requested from the Adviser, and received and evaluated, extensive materials. They reviewed the proposed approval of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser and with experienced counsel who are independent of the Adviser, who advised on the relevant legal standards. The trustees also reviewed an independent evaluation prepared by the Fund’s Senior Officer (who is also the Fund’s Independent Compliance Officer) of the reasonableness of the advisory fee in the Advisory Agreement wherein the Senior Officer concluded that the contractual fee (zero) for the Portfolio was reasonable. The trustees also discussed the proposed approval in private sessions with counsel and the Fund’s Senior Officer.

The trustees noted that the Portfolio is designed as a vehicle for the wrap fee account market (where investors pay fees to a wrap fee sponsor which pays investment fees and expenses from such fee). The trustees also noted that no advisory fee is payable by the Portfolio, that the Advisory Agreement does not include the reimbursement provision for certain administrative expenses included in the advisory agreements of most of the open-end AllianceBernstein Funds, and that the Adviser is responsible for payment of the Portfolio’s ordinary expenses. The trustees noted that the Fund acknowledges in the Advisory Agreement that the Adviser and its affiliates expect to receive compensation from third parties in connection with services provided under the Advisory Agreement. The trustees further noted that the Adviser will receive payments from the wrap fee program sponsors (the “Sponsors”) that use the Portfolio as an investment vehicle for their clients.

The trustees considered their knowledge of the nature and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to the Portfolio gained from their experience as trustees or directors of most of the registered investment companies advised by the Adviser, their overall confidence in the Adviser’s integrity and competence they have gained from that experience, the Adviser’s initiative in identifying and raising potential issues with the trustees and its responsiveness, frankness and attention to concerns raised by the trustees in the past, including the Adviser’s willingness to consider and implement organizational and operational changes designed to improve investment results and the services provided to the AllianceBernstein Funds. The trustees noted that they have four regular meetings each year, at each of which they receive presentations from the Adviser on

 

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the investment results of the Portfolio and review extensive materials and information presented by the Adviser.

The trustees also considered all other factors they believed relevant, including the specific matters discussed below. In their deliberations, the trustees did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and different trustees may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The trustees determined that the selection of the Adviser to manage the Portfolio, and the overall arrangements between the Portfolio and the Adviser, as provided in the Advisory Agreement, including the advisory fee, were fair and reasonable in light of the services to be performed, expenses to be incurred and such other matters as the trustees considered relevant in the exercise of their business judgment. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the trustees’ determination included the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services To Be Provided

The trustees considered the scope and quality of services to be provided by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, including the quality of the investment research capabilities of the Adviser and the other resources it has dedicated to performing services for the AllianceBernstein Funds. They also noted the professional experience and qualifications of the Portfolio’s portfolio management team and other senior personnel of the Adviser. The quality of administrative and other services, including the Adviser’s role in coordinating the activities of the Portfolio’s other service providers, also were considered. The trustees concluded that, overall, they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided to the Portfolio under the Advisory Agreement.

Costs of Services To Be Provided and Profitability

Because the Portfolio had not yet commenced operations, the trustees were unable to consider historical information about the profitability of the Portfolio. However, the Adviser agreed to provide the trustees with profitability information in connection with future proposed continuances of the Advisory Agreement in respect of the Portfolio. They also considered the costs to be borne by the Adviser in providing services to the Portfolio.

Fall-Out Benefits

The trustees considered the benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their proposed relationships with the Portfolio other than the fees payable to it by the Sponsors whose clients invest in the Portfolio. The trustees also noted that the Adviser is compensated by the Sponsors whose clients invest in the Portfolio. The trustees understood that the Adviser might also derive reputational and other benefits from its association with the Portfolio.

Investment Results

Since the Portfolio had not yet commenced operations and there were no existing AllianceBernstein funds with the same investment style as the Portfolio, no

 

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performance or other historical information for the Portfolio was available. Based on the Adviser’s written and oral presentations regarding the management of the Portfolio, and their general knowledge and confidence in the Adviser’s expertise in managing mutual funds, the trustees concluded that the Adviser was capable of providing high quality portfolio management services to the Portfolio.

Advisory Fees and Other Expenses

The trustees considered the proposed advisory fee rate payable by the Portfolio to the Adviser (zero) and information provided by Lipper showing the fees paid by other fund families under a wrap fee program similar to that of the Portfolio as well as expense ratio information. The trustees recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of advisory fees because there are variations in the services that are included in the fees paid by other funds.

The trustees noted the unusual arrangements in the Advisory Agreement providing for no advisory fee but were cognizant that the Adviser will be indirectly compensated by the Sponsors for its services to the Portfolio. While the fees to be paid by the Sponsors to the Adviser will vary, the trustees acknowledged that a portion of those fees (less the expenses of the Portfolio to be paid by the Adviser) may reasonably be viewed as compensating the Adviser for advisory services it provides to the Portfolio (the “implied fee”) and that the Adviser believes that while the Sponsors will pay the Adviser different fee rates, the rate of fee attributable to portfolio management at the Portfolio level will be the same for all Sponsors. Based on their review, the trustees concluded that the advisory arrangements for the Portfolio, including the zero fee aspect of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser, were satisfactory.

The Adviser informed the trustees that there are no institutional products managed by it that have an investment style substantially similar to that of the Portfolio. The trustees reviewed the relevant fee information from the Adviser’s Form ADV and the evaluation from the Fund’s Senior Officer. The trustees recognized that comparisons of the institutional fee rate with the portion of the implied fee attributable to portfolio management were not practicable. The Adviser reviewed with the trustees the significantly greater scope of the services it provides the AllianceBernstein Funds relative to institutional clients. The Adviser also noted that because mutual funds are constantly issuing and redeeming shares, they are more difficult to manage than an institutional account, where the assets tend to be relatively stable. In light of the substantial differences in services rendered by the Adviser to institutional clients as compared to funds such as the Portfolio, and the unusual fee structure for the other portfolios of ACS and the Portfolio, the trustees considered these fee comparisons inapt and did not place significant weight on them in their deliberations.

Since the Portfolio does not bear ordinary expenses, the trustees did not consider comparative expense information.

 

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Economies of Scale

Since the Advisory Agreement does not provide for any compensation to be paid to the Adviser by the Portfolio and the Portfolio’s expense ratio is zero, the trustees did not consider the extent to which fee levels in the Advisory Agreement reflect economies of scale. They did note, however, that the fee payable to the Adviser by each of the current Sponsors declines at a breakpoint based on total assets managed by the Adviser for the Sponsors.

 

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THE FOLLOWING IS NOT PART OF THE SHAREHOLDER REPORT OR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SUMMARY OF SENIOR OFFICER’S EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT1

The following is a summary of the evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between AllianceBernstein L.P., (the “Adviser”) and AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Trust”) in respect of AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares (the “Portfolio”).2

The Portfolio is designed to serve the needs of the Adviser’s separately managed account (“SMA”) or “wrap fee” clients. Since SMA clients pay their wrap program provider a unitary fee for managing all investments in their portfolio, the Portfolio will not pay an advisory fee. The Adviser will also reimburse the Portfolio for all of its other operating expenses, except certain extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage costs and the interest on borrowed money and on other leveraging methods.

The Portfolio is designed as a component of an institutional fixed-income mandate, Core Plus (“Core Plus SMA”), to be made available to SMA clients. Core Plus SMA is modeled on the Adviser’s U.S. Strategic Core Plus investment mandate. Core Plus SMA is expected to use a 60% allocation to direct investments in individual U.S. Government/U.S. agency securities, including pass-thru agency mortgage-backed securities, or cash investments, complemented by a 40% allocation to the Portfolio in order to achieve the approximate exposures of the U.S. Strategic Core Plus investment mandate. The Portfolio’s role as a component of Core Plus SMA will call for the Portfolio to utilize leverage in certain circumstances.

The Adviser intends to manage the Portfolio in a multi-sector investment style. The Portfolio’s proposed investment objective is to generate income and price appreciation. The Portfolio will have the latitude to invest across all sectors, including corporate debt (both investment grade and non-investment grade), mortgage sector (both residential and commercial), U.S. Government/U.S agency,3 asset-backed, bank loans and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”), as well as foreign corporate debt and foreign government debt of developed and emerging countries. The Portfolio will have the flexibility to use active currency management and may utilize leverage, including the use of reverse repurchase agreements, for investment purposes. The Portfolio will also

 

1   It should be noted that the information in the fee summary was completed on May 26, 2010 and presented to the Board of Trustees on June 9, 2010.

 

2   Future references to the Trust and the Portfolio do not include “AllianceBernstein.” References in the fee summary pertaining to performance and expense ratio rankings refer to the Class A shares of the Portfolio.

 

3   Since the Portfolio is designed as a multi-sector complement to Core Plus SMA’s U.S. Government/U.S. agency holdings, the Portfolio is expected to own only a small amount of U.S. Government /U.S. agency securities or even none at all.

 

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be permitted to invest in derivatives, including futures, swaps, options, options on futures and currency transactions.

The evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement was prepared by Philip L. Kirstein, the Senior Officer of the Fund, for the Trustees of the Fund, as required by a September 2004 agreement between the Adviser and the New York State Attorney General (the “NYAG”). The Senior Officer’s evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement is not meant to diminish the responsibility or authority of the Board of Trustees of the Fund to perform its duties pursuant to Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “40 Act”) and applicable state law. The purpose of this summary is to provide shareholders with a synopsis of the independent evaluation of the reasonableness of the advisory fees proposed to be paid by the Portfolio which was provided to the Trustees in connection with their review of the proposed approval of the initial Investment Advisory Agreement. The Senior Officer’s evaluation considered the following factors:

 

  1. Advisory fees charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for like services;

 

  2. Advisory fees charged by other mutual fund companies for like services;

 

  3. Costs to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the advisory agreement, excluding any intra-corporate profit;

 

  4. Profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates from supplying such services;

 

  5. Possible economies of scale as the Portfolio grows larger; and

 

  6. Nature and quality of the Adviser’s services including the performance of the Portfolio.

PORTFOLIO ADVISORY FEES, NET ASSETS & EXPENSE RATIOS

The Adviser proposed that the Portfolio pays no advisory fee to the Adviser for receiving the services to be provided pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement. As previously mentioned, the Portfolio is designed to serve the needs of the Adviser’s separately managed account (“SMA”) clients. Since SMA clients pay their wrap program provider a unitary fee for managing all investments of their portfolio, the Portfolio will not pay an advisory fee. The Adviser will also reimburse the Portfolio for all of its other operating expenses, except certain extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage costs and the interest on borrowed money or alternative sources of leverage.

The Portfolio will offer only one no-load class of shares, which will be distributed through its principal underwriter, AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (“ABI”). The Portfolio will not have a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1

 

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under the 40 Act. Set forth below is the Portfolio’s anticipated annual operating expenses in percentages:

 

Annual Operating Expenses   %  
Management Fees4     0.35
Distribution Fees     0.00
Other Expenses     0.00
Fee Waiver / Reimbursements     -0.35
       
Net Expenses     0.00

 

I. MANAGEMENT FEES CHARGED TO INSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER CLIENTS

The advisory fees charged to investment companies which the Adviser manages and sponsors are normally higher than those charged to similar sized institutional accounts, including pension plans and sub-advised investment companies. The fee differential reflects, among other things, different services provided to such clients, and different liabilities assumed. Services to be provided by the Adviser to the Portfolio that are not provided to non-investment company clients include providing office space and personnel to serve as Fund Officers, who among other responsibilities make the certifications required under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, and coordinating with and monitoring the Portfolio’s third party service providers such as Fund counsel, auditors, custodians, transfer agents and pricing services. The accounting, administrative, legal and compliance requirements for the Portfolio will be more costly than those for institutional client assets due to the greater complexities and time required for investment companies. The Adviser also believes that it incurs substantial entrepreneurial risk when offering a new mutual fund since establishing a new mutual fund requires a large upfront investment and it may take a long time for the fund to achieve profitability since the fund must be priced to scale from inception in order to be competitive and assets are acquired one account at a time. In addition, managing the cash flow of an investment company may be more difficult than managing that of a stable pool of assets, such as an institutional account with little cash movement in either direction, particularly, if a fund is in net redemption and the Adviser is frequently forced to sell securities to raise cash for redemptions. However, managing a fund with positive cash flow may be easier at times than managing a stable pool of assets. Finally, in recent years, investment advisers have been sued by institutional clients and have suffered reputational damage both by the attendant publicity and outcomes other than complete victories. Accordingly, the legal and reputational risks associated with institutional accounts are greater than previously thought, although still not equal to those related to the mutual fund industry.

 

4   This amount reflects the portion of the wrap fee attributable to the management of the Portfolio. This amount also includes estimated operating expenses of the Portfolio that are paid by the Adviser.

 

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Notwithstanding the Adviser’s view that managing an investment company is not comparable to managing other institutional accounts because the services provided are different, the Supreme Court has indicated consideration should be given to the advisory fee charged to institutional accounts that have a similar investment style as the Portfolio.5 The Portfolio is designed to complement Core Plus SMA, which is modeled after the institutional account, U.S. Strategic Core Plus. Set forth below is U.S. Strategic Core Plus’ advisory fee schedule. Also shown is what would have been the Portfolio’s effective advisory fee had the AllianceBernstein Institutional fee schedule been applicable to the Portfolio based on an initial estimate of the Portfolio’s net assets at $100 million:

 

Portfolio  

Initial
Estimated

Net Assets

($MIL)

 

AllianceBernstein (“AB”)
Institutional (“Inst.”)

Fee Schedule

  Effective
AB Inst.
Adv. Fee
 
Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares   $100.0  

U.S. Strategic Core Plus

Schedule

50 bp on 1st $30 million

20 bp on the balance Minimum Account Size: $25 m

    0.290%   

The Adviser manages AllianceBernstein Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc. (“Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc.”), a retail mutual fund that has a substantially similar investment style as the anticipated Core SMA Plus.6 Set forth in the table below is the advisory fee schedule of the Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc. and what would have been the effective advisory fee of the Portfolio had the advisory fee schedule of the retail mutual fund been applicable to the Portfolio based on an initial estimate of the Portfolio’s net assets at $100 million:

 

Portfolio   AllianceBernstein
Mutual Funds
(“ABMF”)
  Fee Schedule   Effective
Fee
 
Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares   AllianceBernstein Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc.  

0.45% on first $2.5 billion

0.40% on next $2.5 billion

0.35% on the balance

    0.450%   

 

5   The Supreme Court recently held the Gartenberg decision was correct in its basic formulation of what §36(b) requires: to face liability under §36(b), “an investment adviser must charge a fee that is so disproportionately large that it bears no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and could not have been the product of arms length bargaining.” Jones v. Harris Associates L.P., (No. 08-586), slip op. at 9, 559 U.S.             2010. In the Jones v. Harris decision, the Supreme Court stated the Gartenberg approach fully incorporates the correct understanding of fiduciary duty within the context of section §36(b) and noted with approval that “Gartenberg insists that all relevant circumstances be taken into account” and “uses the range of fees that might result from arms-length bargaining as the benchmark for reviewing challenged fees.” Jones v. Harris at 11.

 

6  

The advisory fee schedules of Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc. and AllianceBernstein Variable Product Series Fund, Inc. – Intermediate Bond Portfolio were affected by the December 2003 settlement between the Adviser and the NYAG. The NYAG related master fee schedule, implemented in January 2004, contemplates eight categories with almost all of the AllianceBernstein funds in each category having the same advisory fee schedule.

 

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The adviser also manages the AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. (“AVPS”), which is available through variable annuity and variable life contracts offered by other financial institutions and offers policyholders the option to utilize certain AVPS portfolios as the investment option underlying their insurance contracts. AVPS – Intermediate Bond Portfolio has a substantially similar investment style as the anticipated Core SMA Plus and its advisory fee schedule is set forth in the table below.6 Also shown is what would have been the effective advisory fee of the Portfolio had the advisory fee schedule of the AVPS portfolio been applicable to the Portfolio based on an initial estimate of the Portfolio’s net assets at $100 million:

 

Portfolio   AVPS Portfolio   Fee Schedule   Effective
Fee
 
Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares   AVPS – Intermediate Bond Portfolio  

0.45% on first $2.5 billion

0.40% on next $2.5 billion

0.35% on the balance

    0.450%   

The Adviser also manages Sanford C. Bernstein Fund II – Intermediate Duration Institutional Portfolio (“SCB II”), which has a substantially similar investment style as the anticipated Core Plus SMA. Set forth in the table below is SCB II’s advisory fee schedule7 and what would have been the effective fee of the Portfolio had SCB II’s advisory fee schedule been applicable to the Portfolio based on an initial estimate of the Portfolio’s assets at $100 million:

 

Portfolio   ABMF Fund   Fee Schedule   SCB Fund
Effective
Fee
 
Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares8   Sanford C. Bernstein Fund II – Intermediate Duration Institutional Portfolio  

50 bp on 1st $1 billion

45 bp on the balance

    0.500%   

The Adviser manages the Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc. (the “SCB Fund”), an open-end management investment company. Intermediate Duration Portfolio of the SCB Fund has a substantially similar investment style as the anticipated Core Plus SMA and its advisory fee schedule is set forth below. Also presented is what would have been the effective advisory fee of the Portfolio had the SCB Fund fee

 

7   Although a part of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds, SCB II’s advisory fee schedule was not affected by the Adviser’s settlement with the NYAG since its fee schedule had a lower breakpoint level ($1 billion) than the breakpoint level ($2.5 billion) of the High Income category of the NYAG related master schedule. The advisory fee schedule of the High Income category is as follows: 0.50% on the first $2.5 billion, 0.45% on the next $2.5 billion and 0.40% thereafter.

 

8   SCB II has an expense cap of 0.45%, which effectively reduces the advisory fee.

 

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schedule been applicable to the Portfolio based on an initial estimate of the Portfolio’s net assets at $100 million:

 

Portfolio   SCB Fund Portfolio   Fee Schedule   SCB Fund
Effective
Fee
 
Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares   SCB Fund – Intermediate Duration Portfolio  

50 bp on 1st $1 billion

45 bp on next $2 billion

40 bp on next $2 billion

35 bp on next $2 billion

30 bp thereafter

    0.500%   

The Adviser provides sub-advisory investment services to certain other investment companies managed by other fund families. The Adviser charges the following fees for each of these sub-advisory relationships. Also shown are what would have been the effective advisory fees of the Funds had the fee schedules of the sub-advisory relationships been applicable to those Funds based on an initial estimate of the Portfolio’s net assets at $100 million:

 

Portfolio        Fee Schedule   Effective
Sub-Adv.
Fee
   

Portfolio
Advisory

Fee

 
Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares   Client #19  

0.29% on 1st $100 million

0.20% on the balance

    0.290%        0.450%   

It is fair to note that the services the Adviser provides pursuant to sub-advisory agreements are generally confined to the services related to the investment process; in other words, they are not as comprehensive as the services provided to the Portfolio by the Adviser. In addition, to the extent that the sub-advisory relationship is with an affiliate of the Adviser, the fee schedule may not reflect arm’s-length bargaining or negotiations.

While it appears that the sub-advisory relationship is paying a lower fee than the Portfolio, it is difficult to evaluate the relevance of such fees due to differences in terms of the services provided, risks involved and other competitive factors between the Portfolio and sub-advisory relationship. There could be various business reasons why an investment adviser would be willing to manage a sub-advisory relationship for a different fee level than an investment company it is sponsoring where the investment adviser is providing all the services, not just investment, generally required by a registered investment company.

 

II. MANAGEMENT FEES CHARGED BY OTHER MUTUAL FUND COMPANIES FOR LIKE SERVICES.

Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), an analytical service that is not affiliated with the Adviser, compared the fee arrangements of the Portfolio with those of other

 

9   This is the fee schedule of a fund managed by an affiliate of the Adviser.

 

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investment companies receiving similar services from other investment advisers.10 Each peer selected by Lipper had a similar fee arrangement as the Portfolio, which is to say that with respect to the Portfolio’s peers, all fund expenses, including management fees11 were reimbursed by the investment adviser.12

 

III. COSTS TO THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES OF SUPPLYING SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE MANAGEMENT FEE ARRANGEMENT, EXCLUDING ANY INTRA-CORPORATE PROFIT.

The Adviser utilizes two profitability reporting systems, which operate independently but are aligned with each other, to estimate the Adviser’s profitability in connection with investment advisory services provided to the Portfolio. The Senior Officer has retained an independent consultant to provide independent advice regarding the alignment of the two profitability systems as well as the methodologies and allocations utilized by both profitability systems. See Section IV for additional discussion.

 

IV. PROFIT MARGINS OF THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES FOR SUPPLYING SUCH SERVICES.

The Portfolio has not yet commenced operations. Therefore, there is no historic profitability data with respect to the Adviser’s investment services to the Portfolio. A weighted average of the Adviser’s profitability in respect to the Portfolio’s SMA clients, in addition to any fund specific revenue or expense item, will be used to calculate the Portfolio’s profitability.

 

V. POSSIBLE ECONOMIES OF SCALE

Although the Portfolio will not pay the Adviser an advisory fee, it is still worth considering information on possible economies of scale. The Adviser has indicated that economies of scale are being shared with shareholders through fee structures, subsidies and enhancement to services. Based on some of the professional literature that has considered economies of scale in the mutual fund industry, it is thought that to the extent economies of scale exist, they may more often exist across a fund family as opposed to a specific fund. This is because the costs incurred by the Adviser, such as investment research or technology for trading or compliance systems can be spread across a greater asset base as the

 

10   Only zero fee no-load funds that participated in a wrap fee program were considered for inclusion in the Portfolio’s EG, regardless of the Lipper investment classification/objective of the Portfolio’s peers. The Portfolio’s EG includes the Portfolio, which is classified by Lipper as “Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Fund”, two U.S. Mortgage Funds and one Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”) Fund, one General Bond Fund, and two Global Income Funds.

 

11   “Management Fee” is the fee attributable to the management and bearing of expenses of the funds (not the management of the wrap fee program). In each case the advisory contract provides for an advisory or management fee of zero.

 

12   In considering this section, it should be noted that the Supreme Court cautioned against accepting mutual fund fee comparisons without careful scrutiny since “these comparisons are problematic because these fees, like those challenged, may not be the product of the negotiations conducted at arms length.” Jones v. Harris at 14.

 

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fund family increases in size. It is also possible that as the level of services required to operate a successful investment company has increased over time, and advisory firms make such investments in their business to provide services, there may be a sharing of economies of scale without a reduction in advisory fees.

An independent consultant, retained by the Senior Officer, provided the Board of Trustees an update of the Deli13 study on advisory fees and various fund characteristics.14 The independent consultant first reiterated the results of his previous two dimensional comparison analysis (fund size and family size) with the Board of Trustees.15 The independent consultant then discussed the results of the regression model that was utilized to study the effects of various factors on advisory fees. The regression model output indicated that the bulk of the variation in fees predicted were explained by various factors, but substantially by fund AUM, family AUM, index fund indicator and investment style. The independent consultant also compared the advisory fees of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds to similar funds managed by 19 other large asset managers, regardless of the fund size and each Adviser’s proportion of mutual fund assets to non-mutual fund assets.

 

VI. NATURE AND QUALITY OF THE ADVISER’S SERVICES, INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND

With assets under management of approximately $501 billion as of April 30, 2010, the Adviser has the investment experience to manage and provide non-investment services (described in Section I) to the Portfolio.

Since the Portfolio has not yet commenced operations, the Portfolio has no performance history. However, the Adviser manages other investment companies that have a substantially similar investment style as the anticipated Core Plus

 

13   The Deli study was originally published in 2002 based on 1997 data.

 

14   As mentioned previously, the Supreme Court cautioned against accepting mutual fund fee comparisons without careful scrutiny since the fees may not be the product of negotiations conducted at arms length. See Jones V. Harris at 14.

 

15   The two dimensional analysis showed patterns of lower advisory fees for funds with larger asset sizes and funds from larger family sizes compared to funds with smaller asset sizes and funds from smaller family sizes, which according to the independent consultant is indicative of a sharing of economies of scale and scope. However, in less liquid and active markets, such is not the case, as the empirical analysis showed potential for diseconomies of scale in those markets. The empirical analysis also showed diminishing economies of scale and scope as funds surpassed a certain high level of assets.

 

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SMA, and their 1, 3, 5 and 10 net performance returns as of April 30, 2010, along with their benchmarks are set forth in the table below:

 

     Periods Ending April 30, 2010
Annualized Net Performance (%)
 
     1 Year
(%)
    3 Year
(%)
    5 Year
(%)
    10 Year
(%)
 
AllianceBernstein Intermediate Bond
Fund, Inc. – Class A Shares
    19.13        5.79        5.06        5.69   
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index     8.30        6.32        5.38        6.43   
Inception Date: July 1, 1999   
       
AVPS – Intermediate Bond
Portfolio – Class A Shares
    20.07        6.18        5.20        5.87   
Barclays Capital U.S. Government Index     2.18        6.14        5.06        6.06   
Inception Date: September 17, 1992   
       
Sanford C. Bernstein Fund II – Intermediate Duration Institutional Portfolio – Class I Shares     17.93        6.46        5.58        N/A   
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index     8.30        6.32        5.38        N/A   
Inception Date: May 17, 2002   
       
Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc. – Intermediate Bond Portfolio – Private Client (“Bernstein”) Class Shares     17.40        6.49        5.60        5.94   
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index     8.30        6.32        5.38        6.43   
Inception Date: January 17, 1989   

CONCLUSION:

Based on the factors discussed above the Senior Officer’s conclusion is that the proposed fee for the Portfolio is reasonable and within the range of what would have been negotiated at arm’s-length in light of all the surrounding circumstances. This conclusion in respect of the Portfolio is based on an evaluation of all of these factors and no single factor was dispositive.

Dated: June 28, 2010

 

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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN FAMILY OF FUNDS

 

Wealth Strategies Funds

Balanced Wealth Strategy

Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Conservative Wealth Strategy*

Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth Strategy

Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy*

Blended Style Funds

U.S. Large Cap Portfolio

International Portfolio

Tax-Managed International Portfolio

Growth Funds

Domestic

Growth Fund

Large Cap Growth Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

U.S. Strategic Research Portfolio*

Global & International

Global Growth Fund

Global Thematic Growth Fund

Greater China ‘97 Fund

International Growth Fund

Value Funds

Domestic

Balanced Shares

Core Opportunities Fund*

Growth & Income Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

Utility Income Fund

Value Fund

Global & International

Global Real Estate Investment Fund

Global Value Fund

International Value Fund

Taxable Bond Funds

Bond Inflation Strategy

Diversified Yield Fund

Global Bond Fund

High Income Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Short Duration Portfolio

Municipal Bond Funds

 

Arizona

Municipal Bond

   Inflation Strategy

California

High Income

Massachusetts

Michigan

  

Minnesota

National

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Intermediate Municipal Bond Funds

Intermediate California

Intermediate Diversified

Intermediate New York

Closed-End Funds

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

AllianceBernstein Income Fund

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund

Alliance California Municipal Income Fund

Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund

The Ibero-America Fund*

Inflation Strategies

Multi-Asset Inflation Strategy


Retirement Strategies Funds

 

2000 Retirement Strategy

  

2020 Retirement Strategy

  

2040 Retirement Strategy

2005 Retirement Strategy

  

2025 Retirement Strategy

  

2045 Retirement Strategy

2010 Retirement Strategy

  

2030 Retirement Strategy

  

2050 Retirement Strategy

2015 Retirement Strategy

  

2035 Retirement Strategy

  

2055 Retirement Strategy

We also offer Exchange Reserves,** which serves as the money market fund exchange vehicle for the AllianceBernstein mutual funds.

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any AllianceBernstein fund/portfolio carefully before investing. For free copies of our prospectuses, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.alliancebernstein.com or contact your financial advisor. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

 

*   Prior to December 31, 2009, Conservative Wealth Strategy was named Wealth Preservation Strategy, and Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy was named Tax-Managed Wealth Preservation Strategy. U.S. Strategic Research Portfolio was incepted on December 23, 2009. Prior to January 20, 2010, The Ibero-America Fund was named The Spain Fund. Prior to March 1, 2010, Core Opportunities Fund was named the Focused Growth & Income Fund.

 

** An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and 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 to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN TAXABLE MULTI-SECTOR INCOME SHARES

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

AllianceBernstein

Municipal Income Shares

 

 

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October 31, 2010

 

Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Investment Products Offered

   

Are Not FDIC Insured

   

May Lose Value

   

Are Not Bank Guaranteed

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate as the prices of the individual securities in which it invests fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For a free copy of the Fund’s prospectus, which contains this and other information, visit our web site at www.alliancebernstein.com or call your financial advisor or AllianceBernstein® at (800) 227-4618. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by visiting www.alliancebernstein.com.

This shareholder report must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s prospectus for individuals who are not current shareholders of the Fund.

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge. Simply visit AllianceBernstein’s web site at www.alliancebernstein.com, or go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) web site at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s web site at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. AllianceBernstein publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at www.alliancebernstein.com.

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FUND EXPENSES

(unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur various ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
August 31, 2010*
     Ending
Account Value
October 31,  2010
     Expenses Paid
During Period**
 
     Actual      Hypothetical      Actual      Hypothetical      Actual      Hypothetical  
Class A    $   1,000       $   1,000       $   1,006.01       $   1,025.21       $   0.00       $   0.00   
*   Commencement of operations.
**   Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 0.00%. The Fund’s expenses are borne by the Adviser or it affiliates.
  Assumes 5% return before expenses.

 

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Fund Expenses


 

Portfolio Summary

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $10.2

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*   All data are as of October 31, 2010. The Portfolio’s quality rating breakdown is expressed as a percentage of the Portfolio’s total investments in municipal securities and may vary over time. The quality ratings are determined by using the Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch Ratings, Ltd. Quality breakdown is the measure of the quality and safety of a bond or portfolio, based on the issuer’s financial condition. AAA is highest (best) and D is lowest (worst).

 

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Portfolio Summary


 

Portfolio of Investments

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS – 108.2%

    

Long-Term Municipal Bonds – 73.8%

    

Alabama – 2.1%

    

Selma AL IDB
(International Paper Co.)

    

Series 2010A
5.80%, 5/01/34

   $ 200      $ 209,360   
          

Arizona – 3.1%

    

Downtown Phoenix Hotel Corp.
FGIC Series 2005A

    

5.00%, 7/01/40

     150        127,309   

Salt Verde Fin Corp. Gas
(Citigroup, Inc.)

    

Series 2007
5.00%, 12/01/37

     200        189,766   
          
       317,075   
          

California – 10.8%

    

California GO
5.00%, 12/01/37

     300        300,519   

California Statewide CDA
(Daughters of Charity Hlth Sys)

    

Series 2005A
5.25%, 7/01/30

     110        104,933   

California Statewide CDA
(Thomas Jefferson Sch Law)

    

Series 2008A
7.25%, 10/01/38

     100        107,573   

Golden St Tobacco Sec CA
(Golden St Tob Securitization)
Series 2007A-1
5.125%, 6/01/47

     100        71,595   

Los Angeles CA Dept Arpts
(Los Angeles Intl Airport)
Series 2010B
5.00%, 5/15/31(a)

     300        314,601   

Turlock CA Hlth Fac COP
(Emanuel Medical Center)
5.375%, 10/15/34

     210        201,665   
          
       1,100,886   
          

Colorado – 4.0%

    

Park Creek Met Dist CO
5.50%, 12/01/37

     200        201,038   

Regional Transportation District
(Denver Transit Partners)
6.00%, 1/15/41

     200        209,720   
          
       410,758   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

         
    
Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Georgia – 2.0%

    

De Kalb Cnty GA Hosp Auth
(De Kalb Medical Center)
6.125%, 9/01/40

   $ 200      $ 206,766   
          

Illinois – 1.0%

    

Illinois Finance Auth
(Navistar International Corp.)

    

6.50%, 10/15/40

     100        104,081   
          

Indiana – 1.9%

    

Indiana Finance Auth
(Kings Daughters Hospital)
5.50%, 8/15/40(a)

     200        192,068   
          

Kentucky – 1.9%

    

Louisville & Jefferson Cnty KY
(Norton Healthcare)
5.25%, 10/01/36

     200        197,756   
          

Louisiana – 5.9%

    

Louisiana Loc Govt Envrn Fac & CDA
(Women’s Hospital Foundation)
Series 2010A
6.00%, 10/01/44

     200        207,550   

Louisiana Pub Fac Auth
(Ochsner Clinic Fndtn)
Series 2007A
5.375%, 5/15/43

     200        193,874   

St John Baptist Parish LA
(Marathon Oil Corp.)
Series 2007A
5.125%, 6/01/37

     200        197,560   
          
       598,984   
          

Massachusetts – 3.0%

    

Massachusetts Hlth & Ed Facs Auth
(Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary)
Series 2010C
5.375%, 7/01/35

     100        99,789   

Massachusetts Port Auth
(Delta Airlines, Inc.)
Series 2001A
5.50%, 1/01/13

     205        202,729   
          
       302,518   
          

Michigan – 6.8%

    

Kent MI Hosp Fin Auth
(Metropolitan Hospital)
Series 2005A
5.75%, 7/01/25

     100        100,518   

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

         
    
Principal
Amount
(000)
    U.S. $ Value  
   
    

Michigan Hosp Fin Auth
(Henry Ford Health Sys)
Series 2006A
5.25%, 11/15/32

   $ 200      $ 201,744   

Saginaw MI Hosp Fin Auth
(Covenant Medical Ctr)
5.00%, 7/01/30

     100        97,910   

Wayne County Airport Authority
(Detroit Metro Wayne Cnty Arpt)
NPFGC-RE
5.00%, 12/01/27

     300        288,003   
          
       688,175   
          

Minnesota – 1.0%

    

Minnesota Hgr Ed Fac Auth
(St. Scholastic College)
Series 2010H

    

5.125%, 12/01/40(a)

     100        100,826   
          

Missouri – 1.0%

    

Missouri Hlth & Ed Fac Auth
(Lutheran Senior Svcs)
5.50%, 2/01/42

     100        99,991   
          

New Jersey – 3.0%

    

New Jersey EDA
(Continental Airlines)
6.25%, 9/15/29

     100        99,454   

6.40%, 9/15/23

     100        100,143   

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
Series 2007 1A
5.00%, 6/01/41

     150        108,007   
          
       307,604   
          

New York – 2.1%

    

Nassau Cnty NY IDA
(Amsterdam at Harborside)
Series 2007A
6.50%, 1/01/27

     100        102,807   

New York NY IDA
(American Airlines, Inc.)
7.75%, 8/01/31

     100        106,295   
          
       209,102   
          

Ohio – 3.1%

    

Buckeye OH Tob Stlmnt Fin Auth
Series 2007A-2
5.875%, 6/01/47

     150        114,081   

County of Erie
(Firelands Regional Med Ctr)
5.25%, 8/15/46

     210        201,806   
          
       315,887   
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

         
    
Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  
   
     

Pennsylvania – 2.7%

     

Allegheny Cnty PA Hosp Dev Auth
(West Penn Allegheny Hlth Sys)
Series 2007A
5.375%, 11/15/40

   $ 130       $ 99,951   

Cumberland Cnty PA Mun Auth
(Asbury Atlantic, Inc.)
6.125%, 1/01/45(a)

     180         176,821   
           
        276,772   
           

Puerto Rico – 2.0%

     

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fin Corp.
Series 2010C
5.00%, 8/01/35

     200         207,006   
           

Rhode Island – 1.0%

     

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
(Rhode Island Tobacco Asset Sec)
6.25%, 6/01/42

     100         99,176   
           

South Carolina – 2.1%

     

South Carolina Pub Svc Auth
5.00%, 1/01/33(a)

     200         216,720   
           

Tennessee – 2.0%

     

Johnson City TN Hlth & Ed
(Mountain States Health Alliance/TN)
5.50%, 7/01/36

     200         200,176   
           

Texas – 8.2%

     

Brazos River TX Hbr Nav Dist
(Dow Chemical Co.)
Series 2008A
5.95%, 5/15/33

     200         206,904   

Tarrant Cnty TX Cult Ed Fac Fin Corp.
(Buckingham Senior Living)
5.50%, 11/15/22

     200         197,058   

Texas Private Acvty Bond Srfc Transp Corp.
(LBJ Managed Lanes Project)
7.00%, 6/30/40

     200         218,155   

Texas Private Acvty Bond Srfc Transp Corp.
(NTE Mobility Partners LLC Project)
6.875%, 12/31/39

     200         217,462   
           
        839,579   
           

Virginia – 2.1%

     

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.
Series 2007B1
5.00%, 6/01/47

     300         210,345   
           

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

         
    
Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  
   
     

Washington – 1.0%

     

Washington St HFC
(Skyline at First Hill Proj)
Series 2007A
5.625%, 1/01/27

   $ 140       $ 101,076   
           

Total Long-Term Municipal Bonds
(cost $7,489,990)

        7,512,687   
           
     

Short-Term Municipal Notes – 34.4%

     

Colorado – 7.9%

     

Colorado Edl & Cultural Facs Auth
(Natl Jewish Fed Bd Prog)
0.28%, 5/01/37(b)

     800         800,000   
           

Iowa – 10.8%

     

Hills IA Hlth Fac Auth
(Mercy Hospital)
0.29%, 8/01/35(b)

     300         300,000   

Iowa Finance Auth
(Central College Iowa)
Series 2008
0.30%, 10/01/38(b)

     800         800,000   
           
        1,100,000   
           

New York – 11.8%

     

Long Island Power Authority
0.27%, 5/01/33(b)

     400         400,000   

New York NY Mun Wtr Fin Auth
0.25%, 6/15/24(b)

     400         400,000   

New York NY Trnsl Fin Auth
0.29%, 5/01/28(b)

     400         400,000   
           
        1,200,000   
           

Washington – 3.9%

     

Washington St HFC
0.25%, 11/01/25(b)

     400         400,000   
           

Total Short-Term Municipal Notes
(cost $3,500,000)

        3,500,000   
           

Total Investments – 108.2%
(cost $10,989,990)

        11,012,687   

Other assets less liabilities – (8.2)%

        (838,990
           

Net Assets – 100.0%

      $ 10,173,697   
           

 

(a)   When-Issued or delayed delivery security.
(b)   Variable Rate Demand Notes (VRDN) are instruments whose interest rates change on a specific date (such as coupon date or interest payment date) or whose interest rates vary with changes in a designated base rate (such as the prime interest rate). This instrument is

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

payable on demand and is secured by letters of credit or other credit support agreements from major banks.

As of October 31, 2010, the Portfolio held 4.1% of net assets in insured bonds (of this amount 0.0% represents the Portfolio’s holding in pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity bonds).

Glossary:

CDA – Community Development Authority

COP – Certificate of Participation

EDA – Economic Development Agency

FGIC – Financial Guaranty Insurance Company

GO – General Obligation

HFC – Housing Finance Corporation

IDA – Industrial Development Authority/Agency

IDB – Industrial Development Board

NPFGC-RE – National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation Reinsuring FGIC

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

Assets   

Investments in securities, at value (cost $10,989,990)

   $ 11,012,687   

Cash

     170,234   

Interest receivable

     120,256   
        

Total assets

     11,303,177   
        
Liabilities   

Payable for investment securities purchased

     1,118,751   

Dividends payable

     10,729   
        

Total liabilities

     1,129,480   
        

Net Assets

   $ 10,173,697   
        
Composition of Net Assets   

Shares of beneficial interest, at par

   $ 10   

Additional paid-in capital

     10,150,990   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     22,697   
        
   $     10,173,697   
        

Net Asset Value Per Share—unlimited shares of beneficial interest authorized, $.00001 par value (based on 1,015,085 common shares outstanding)

   $ 10.02   
        

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities


 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended August 31, 2010(a) to October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income   

Interest

   $     40,318   
        
Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investment Transactions   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

     22,697   
        

Net gain on investment transactions

     22,697   
        

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

   $     63,015   
        

 

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations


 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     August 31, 2010(a)
to  October 31,
2010
(unaudited)
 
Increase in Net Assets from Operations   

Net investment income

   $ 40,318   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments

     22,697   
        

Net increase in net assets from operations

     63,015   
Dividends to Shareholders from   

Net investment income

     (40,318
Transactions in Shares of Beneficial Interest   

Net increase

     10,151,000   
        

Total increase

     10,173,697   
Net Assets   

Beginning of period

     –0 – 
        

End of period

   $     10,173,697   
        

 

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

October 31, 2010 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Trust”) was organized as a Massachusetts business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”) dated January 26, 2004. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as an open-end, diversified management investment company. The Trust operates as a “series” company currently having three separate portfolios: AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares, AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares (the “Portfolio”) and AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares. Each Portfolio is considered to be a separate entity for financial reporting and tax purposes. AllianceBernstein Corporate Income Shares commenced operations on December 11, 2006. AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares commenced operations on August 31, 2010. AllianceBernstein Taxable Multi-Sector Income Shares commenced operations on September 14, 2010. This report relates only to AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares.

Shares of the Portfolio are offered exclusively to holders of accounts established under wrap-fee programs sponsored and maintained by certain registered investment advisers approved by the Adviser. The Portfolio’s shares may be purchased at the relevant net asset value without a sales charge or other fee. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Portfolio.

1. Security Valuation

Portfolio securities are valued at their current market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees.

In general, the market value of securities which are readily available and deemed reliable are determined as follows. Securities listed on a national securities exchange (other than securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”)) or on a foreign securities exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange or foreign securities exchange. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices on such day. Securities listed on more than one exchange are valued by reference to the principal exchange on which the securities are traded; securities listed only on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price; listed put or call options are valued at the last sale price. If

 

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

there has been no sale on that day, such securities will be valued at the closing bid prices on that day; open futures contracts and options thereon are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, the most recent quoted bid price. If there are no quotations available for the day of valuation, the last available closing settlement price is used; securities traded in the over-the-counter market (“OTC”) are valued at the mean of the current bid and asked prices as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or other comparable sources; U.S. government securities and other debt instruments having 60 days or less remaining until maturity are valued at amortized cost if their original maturity was 60 days or less; or by amortizing their fair value as of the 61st day prior to maturity if their original term to maturity exceeded 60 days; fixed-income securities, including mortgage backed and asset backed securities, may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service or at a price obtained from one or more of the major broker/dealers. In cases where broker/dealer quotes are obtained, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) may establish procedures whereby changes in market yields or spreads are used to adjust, on a daily basis, a recently obtained quoted price on a security; and OTC and other derivatives are valued on the basis of a quoted bid price or spread from a major broker/dealer in such security. Investments in money market funds are valued at their net asset value each day.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (including restricted securities) or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents. In addition, the Portfolio may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Portfolio values its securities at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities.

2. Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing

 

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the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of October 31, 2010:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 7,512,687      $ – 0  –    $ 7,512,687   

Short-Term Municipal Notes

     – 0  –      3,500,000        – 0  –      3,500,000   
                                

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      11,012,687        – 0  –      11,012,687   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
                                

Total

   $   – 0  –    $   11,012,687      $   – 0  –    $   11,012,687   
                                

 

*   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

3. Taxes

It is the Portfolio’s policy to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its investment company taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no provisions for federal income or excise taxes are required.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Portfolio’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Portfolio’s financial statements.

4. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Interest income is accrued daily. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Investment gains or losses are determined on the identified cost basis. The Portfolio amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

5. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations and may differ from those

 

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determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent these differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require such reclassification.

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Portfolio pays no advisory fee to the Adviser. The Adviser serves as investment manager and adviser of the Portfolio and continuously furnishes an investment program for the Portfolio and manages, supervises and conducts the affairs of the Portfolio, subject to the supervisions of the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees. The Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser or an affiliate will furnish, or pay the expenses of the Portfolio for, office space, facilities and equipment, services of executive and other personnel of the Portfolio and certain administrative services.

The Portfolio has entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc., the Portfolio’s principal underwriter (the “Underwriter”), to permit the Underwriter to distribute the Portfolio’s shares, which are sold at their net asset value without any sales charge. The Underwriter receives no fee for this service. The Underwriter is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser.

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, acts as the Portfolios’ registrar, transfer agent and dividend-disbursing agent. ABIS registers the transfer, issuance and redemption of Portfolio shares and disburses dividends and other distributions to Portfolio shareholders. ABIS receives no fee for this service.

NOTE C

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the period ended October 31, 2010 were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

Investment securities (excluding U.S. government securities)

   $     7,490,229      $ – 0 – 

U.S. government securities

     – 0 –          – 0  – 

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 57,094   

Gross unrealized depreciation

         (34,397
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 22,697   
        

 

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NOTE D

Capital Stock

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

         
     Shares            Amount        
     August 31,
2010(a) to
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
           August 31,
2010(a) to
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
       
                  
Class A          

Shares sold

     1,015,085         $     10,151,000     
                             

Net increase

     1,015,085         $ 10,151,000     
                             

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

NOTE E

Risks Involved in Investing in the Portfolio

Municipal Market Risk and Concentration of Credit 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. To the extent that the Portfolio invests more of its assets in a particular state’s municipal securities, the Portfolio may be vulnerable to events adversely affecting that state, including economic, political and regulatory occurrences, court decisions, terrorism and catastrophic natural disasters, such as hurricanes or earthquakes. 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.

Bond Insurer Risk—The Portfolio may purchase municipal securities that are insured under policies issued by certain insurance companies. Historically, insured municipal securities typically received a higher credit rating, which meant that the issuer of the securities paid a lower interest rate. As a result of declines in the credit quality and associated downgrades of most fund insurers, insurance has less value than it did in the past. The market now values insured municipal securities primarily based on the credit quality of the issuer of the security with little value given to the insurance feature. In purchasing such insured securities, the Adviser evaluates the risk and return of municipal securities through its own research.

The ratings of most insurance companies have been downgraded and it is possible that an insurance company may become insolvent. If an insurance company’s

 

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rating is downgraded or the company becomes insolvent, the prices of municipal securities insured by the insurance company may decline.

The Adviser believes that downgrades in insurance company ratings or insurance company insolvencies present limited risk to the Portfolio. The generally investment grade underlying credit quality of the insured municipal securities reduces the risk of a significant reduction in the value of the insured municipal security.

Indemnification Risk—In the ordinary course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Portfolio has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and expects the risk of loss thereunder to be remote. Therefore, the Portfolio has not accrued any liability in connection with these indemnification provisions.

NOTE F

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events for possible recognition or disclosure in the financial statements through the date the financial statements are issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Portfolio’s financial statements through this date.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Beneficial Interest Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    August 31,
2010(a) to
October 31,
2010
(unaudited)
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  10.00   
       

Income From Investment Operations

 

Net investment income(b)

    .04   

Net realized and unrealized gain on investment transactions

    .02   
       

Net increase in net asset value from operations

    .06   
       

Less: Dividends

 

Dividends from net investment income

    (.04
       

Net asset value, end of period

    $  10.02   
       

Total Return

 

Total investment return based on net asset value(c)

    .50

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $10,174   

Ratio to average net assets of:

 

Net investment income(d)

    2.39

Portfolio turnover rate

    0

 

 

(a)   Commencement of operations.

 

(b)   Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c)   Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Initial sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges are not reflected in the calculation of total investment return. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Total investment return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(d)   Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1), Chairman    Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer
John H. Dobkin(1)   
Michael J. Downey(1)    Garry L. Moody(1)
D. James Guzy(1)    Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1)
Nancy P. Jacklin(1)    Earl D. Weiner(1)

OFFICERS

Philip L. Kirstein, Senior Vice President and Independent Compliance Officer

Michael G. Brooks(2), Vice President

Robert B. Davidson III(2) , Vice President

  

Wayne Godlin(2), Vice President

Terrance T. Hults(2), Vice President

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 

Principal Underwriter

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105

 

Transfer Agent

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 786003
San Antonio, TX 78278-6003
Toll-Free (800) 221-5672

  

Legal Counsel

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

5 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

(1)   Member of the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Independent Directors Committee. Mr. Foulk is the sole member of the Fair Value Pricing Committee.

 

(2)   The day-to-day management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund’s portfolio are made by the Municipal Bond Investment Team. Messrs. Michael Brooks, R.B. Davidson III, Wayne D. Godlin and Terrance T. Hults are the investment professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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Board of Trustees


 

Information Regarding the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement

The disinterested trustees (the “trustees”) of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Fund”) unanimously approved the application of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement with the Adviser in respect of AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares (the “Portfolio”) for an initial two-year period at a meeting held on May 4-6, 2010.

Prior to approval of the Advisory Agreement in respect of the Portfolio, the trustees had requested from the Adviser, and received and evaluated, extensive materials. They reviewed the proposed approval of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser and with experienced counsel who are independent of the Adviser, who advised on the relevant legal standards. The trustees also reviewed an independent evaluation prepared by the Fund’s Senior Officer (who is also the Fund’s Independent Compliance Officer) of the reasonableness of the advisory fee in the Advisory Agreement wherein the Senior Officer concluded that the contractual fee (zero) for the Portfolio was reasonable. The trustees also discussed the proposed approval in private sessions with counsel and the Fund’s Senior Officer.

The trustees noted that the Portfolio is designed as a vehicle for the wrap fee account market (where investors pay fees to a wrap fee sponsor which pays investment fees and expenses from such fee). The trustees also noted that no advisory fee is payable by the Portfolio, that the Advisory Agreement does not include the reimbursement provision for certain administrative expenses included in the advisory agreements of most of the open-end AllianceBernstein Funds, and that the Adviser is responsible for payment of the Portfolio’s ordinary expenses. The trustees noted that the Fund acknowledges in the Advisory Agreement that the Adviser and its affiliates expect to receive compensation from third parties in connection with services provided under the Advisory Agreement. The trustees further noted that the Adviser will receive payments from the wrap fee program sponsors (the “Sponsors”) that use the Portfolio as an investment vehicle for their clients.

The trustees considered their knowledge of the nature and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to the Portfolio gained from their experience as trustees or directors of most of the registered investment companies advised by the Adviser, their overall confidence in the Adviser’s integrity and competence they have gained from that experience, the Adviser’s initiative in identifying and raising potential issues with the trustees and its responsiveness, frankness and attention to concerns raised by the trustees in the past, including the Adviser’s willingness to consider and implement organizational and operational changes designed to improve investment results and the services provided to the AllianceBernstein Funds. The trustees noted that they have four regular meetings each year, at each of which they receive presentations from the Adviser on

 

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the investment results of the Portfolio and review extensive materials and information presented by the Adviser.

The trustees also considered all other factors they believed relevant, including the specific matters discussed below. In their deliberations, the trustees did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and different trustees may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The trustees determined that the selection of the Adviser to manage the Portfolio, and the overall arrangements between the Portfolio and the Adviser, as provided in the Advisory Agreement, including the advisory fee, were fair and reasonable in light of the services to be performed, expenses to be incurred and such other matters as the trustees considered relevant in the exercise of their business judgment. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the trustees’ determination included the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services To Be Provided

The trustees considered the scope and quality of services to be provided by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, including the quality of the investment research capabilities of the Adviser and the other resources it has dedicated to performing services for the AllianceBernstein Funds. They also noted the professional experience and qualifications of the Portfolio’s portfolio management team and other senior personnel of the Adviser. The quality of administrative and other services, including the Adviser’s role in coordinating the activities of the Portfolio’s other service providers, also were considered. The trustees concluded that, overall, they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided to the Portfolio under the Advisory Agreement.

Costs of Services To Be Provided and Profitability

Because the Portfolio had not yet commenced operations, the trustees were unable to consider historical information about the profitability of the Portfolio. However, the Adviser agreed to provide the trustees with profitability information in connection with future proposed continuances of the Advisory Agreement in respect of the Portfolio. They also considered the costs to be borne by the Adviser in providing services to the Portfolio.

Fall-Out Benefits

The trustees considered the benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their proposed relationships with the Portfolio other than the fees payable to it by the Sponsors whose clients invest in the Portfolio. The trustees also noted that the Adviser is compensated by the Sponsors whose clients invest in the Portfolio. The trustees understood that the Adviser might also derive reputational and other benefits from its association with the Portfolio.

Investment Results

Since the Portfolio had not yet commenced operations, no performance or other historical information for the Portfolio was available. The trustees noted that the

 

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Portfolio’s investment strategy would be substantially identical to the retail AllianceBernstein High Income Municipal Income Portfolio, which commenced operations on January 26, 2010. The trustees reviewed the year to date performance returns of the Class A Shares of the retail fund and its benchmark for the period January 29, 2010 through March 31, 2010 and noted that the retail fund lagged the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index, the proposed benchmark for the Portfolio. The trustees did not assign great weight to this information due to the very short period for which the retail fund had been operational. Based on the Adviser’s written and oral presentations regarding the management of the Portfolio, and their general knowledge and confidence in the Adviser’s expertise in managing mutual funds, the trustees concluded that the Adviser was capable of providing high quality portfolio management services to the Portfolio.

Advisory Fees and Other Expenses

The trustees considered the proposed advisory fee rate payable by the Portfolio to the Adviser (zero) and information provided by Lipper showing the fees paid by other fund families under a wrap fee program similar to that of the Portfolio as well as expense ratio information. The trustees recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of advisory fees because there are variations in the services that are included in the fees paid by other funds.

The trustees noted the unusual arrangements in the Advisory Agreement providing for no advisory fee but were cognizant that the Adviser will be indirectly compensated by the Sponsors for its services to the Portfolio. While the fees to be paid by the Sponsors to the Adviser will vary, the trustees acknowledged that a portion of those fees (less the expenses of the Portfolio to be paid by the Adviser) may reasonably be viewed as compensating the Adviser for advisory services it provides to the Portfolio (the “implied fee”) and that the Adviser believes that while the Sponsors will pay the Adviser different fee rates, the rate of fee attributable to portfolio management at the Portfolio level will be the same for all Sponsors. Based on their review, the trustees concluded that the advisory arrangements for the Portfolio, including the zero fee aspect of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser, were satisfactory.

The Adviser informed the trustees that there are no institutional products managed by it that have an investment style substantially similar to that of the Portfolio. The trustees reviewed the relevant fee information from the Adviser’s Form ADV and the evaluation from the Fund’s Senior Officer. The trustees recognized that comparisons of the institutional fee rate with the portion of the implied fee attributable to portfolio management were not practicable. The Adviser reviewed with the trustees the significantly greater scope of the services it provides the AllianceBernstein Funds relative to institutional clients. The Adviser also noted that because mutual funds are constantly issuing and redeeming shares, they are more difficult to manage than an institutional account, where

 

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the assets tend to be relatively stable. In light of the substantial differences in services rendered by the Adviser to institutional clients as compared to funds such as the Portfolio, and the unusual fee structure for the other portfolio of ACS and the Portfolio, the trustees considered these fee comparisons inapt and did not place significant weight on them in their deliberations.

Since the Portfolio does not bear ordinary expenses, the trustees did not consider comparative expense information.

Economies of Scale

Since the Advisory Agreement does not provide for any compensation to be paid to the Adviser by the Portfolio and the Portfolio’s expense ratio is zero, the trustees did not consider the extent to which fee levels in the Advisory Agreement reflect economies of scale. They did note, however, that the fee payable to the Adviser by each of the current Sponsors declines at a breakpoint based on total assets managed by the Adviser for the Sponsors.

 

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THE FOLLOWING IS NOT PART OF THE SHAREHOLDER REPORT OR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SUMMARY OF SENIOR OFFICER’S EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT1

The following is a summary of the evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) and The AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Trust”) with respect to AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Shares (the “Portfolio”).2

Municipal Income Shares is designed to serve the needs of the Adviser’s separately managed account (“SMA”) or “wrap fee” clients. Since SMA clients pay their wrap program provider a unitary fee for managing all investments in their portfolio, the Portfolio will not pay an advisory fee. The Adviser will also reimburse the Portfolio for all of its other operating expenses, except certain extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage costs and the interest on borrowed money and on other leveraging methods.

The Portfolio’s investment objective is to earn the highest level of current income, exempt from federal taxation, that is available consistent without what the Adviser considers to be undue risk to principal or income. The Portfolio will invest principally in high yielding municipal securities that may be investment grade or non-investment grade. The Portfolio may also invest in longer maturity bonds, forward commitments, zero coupon municipal securities and variable, floating and invest floating municipal securities, certain types of mortgage related securities and derivative instruments, including tender option bonds (“TOBs”), options, futures, forwards and interest rate swaps. The use of TOBs and interest rate swaps will provide the Portfolio with operational leverage, which the Adviser anticipates, in the aggregate will approximate, under normal market conditions, 130% of the Portfolio’s net assets. The Portfolio may make short sales or maintain a short position, and may use other investment techniques.

The evaluation of the Investment Agreement was prepared by Philip L. Kirstein, the Senior Officer of the Trust, for the Trustees of the Fund, as required by the September 1, 2004 agreement between the Adviser and the New York State Attorney General (the “NYAG”). The Senior Officer’s evaluation of the Investment Advisory Agreement is not meant to diminish the responsibility or authority of the Board of Trustees of the Trust to perform its duties pursuant to Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ‘40 Act) and applicable state law. The purpose of the summary is to provide shareholders with a synopsis of the independent evaluation of the Portfolio’s Investment Advisory Agreement, which was provided to the Trustees in connection with their review of the

 

1   It should be noted that the Senior Officer’s fee evaluation was completed on April 21, 2010 and presented to the Board of Trustees on May 4-6, 2010.
2   Future references to the Portfolio do not include “AllianceBernstein.”

 

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proposed Investment Advisory Agreement. The Senior Officer’s evaluation considered the following factors:

 

  1. Advisory fees charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for like services;

 

  2. Advisory fees charged by other mutual fund companies for like services;

 

  3. Costs to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the advisory agreements, excluding any intra-corporate profit;

 

  4. Profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates from supplying such services;

 

  5. Possible economies of scale as the Portfolio grows larger; and

 

  6. Nature and quality of the Adviser’s services including the performance of the Portfolio.

PORTFOLIO ADVISORY FEES, EXPENSE CAPS, REIMBURSEMENTS, & RATIOS

The Adviser proposed that the Portfolio pays no advisory fee to the Adviser for receiving the services to be provided pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Portfolio is designed to serve the needs of the Adviser’s separately managed account (“SMA”) clients. Since SMA clients pay their wrap program provider a unitary fee for managing all investments of their fund, the Portfolio will not pay an advisory fee. The Adviser will also reimburse the Portfolio for all of its other operating expenses, except certain extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage costs and the interest on borrowed money or alternative sources of leverage.

The Portfolio will offer only one no-load class of shares, which will be distributed through its principal underwriter, AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (“ABI”). Since the Portfolio will pay no advisory fees or expenses, the Portfolio will not have a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 40 Act. Set forth below is the Portfolio’s anticipated annual operating expenses in percentages:

 

Annual Operating Expenses    %
Management Fees3    0.35%
Distribution Fees    0.00%
Other Expenses    0.00%
Fee Waiver / Reimbursements    -0.35%
    
Net Expenses    0.00%

 

I. ADVISORY FEES CHARGED TO INSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER CLIENTS

The advisory fees charged to investment companies which the Adviser manages and sponsors are normally higher than those charged to similar sized institutional accounts, including pension plans and sub-advised investment companies.

 

3   This amount reflects the portion of the wrap fee attributable to the management of the Portfolio. This amount also includes estimated operating expenses of the Portfolio that are paid by the Adviser.

 

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The fee differential reflects, among other things, different services provided to such clients, and different liabilities assumed. Services to be provided by the Adviser to the Portfolio that is not provided to non-investment company clients will include providing office space and personnel to serve as Portfolio Officers, who among other responsibilities make the certifications required under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, and coordinating with and monitoring the Portfolio’s third party service providers such as Fund counsel, auditors, custodians, transfer agents and pricing services. The accounting, administrative, legal and compliance requirements for investment companies will be more costly than those for institutional client assets due to the greater complexities and time required for investment companies. The Adviser also believes that it incurs substantial entrepreneurial risk when offering a new mutual fund since establishing a new mutual fund requires a large upfront investment, and it may take a long time for the fund to achieve profitability since the fund must be priced to scale from inception in order to be competitive and assets are acquired one account at a time. In addition, managing the cash flow of an investment company may be more difficult than that of a stable pool of assets, such as an institutional account with little cash movement in either direction, particularly, if a fund is in net redemption and the Adviser is frequently forced to sell securities to raise cash for redemptions. However, managing a fund with positive cash flow may be easier at times than managing a stable pool of assets. Finally, in recent years, investment advisers have been sued by institutional clients and have suffered reputational damage both by the attendant publicity and outcomes other than complete victories. Accordingly, the legal and reputational risks associated with institutional accounts are greater than previously thought, although arguably still not equal to those related to the mutual fund industry.

Notwithstanding the Adviser’s view that managing an investment company is not comparable to managing other institutional accounts because the services provided are different, the Supreme Court has indicated consideration should be given to the advisory fees charged to institutional accounts that have a substantially similar investment style as the Portfolio.4 However, with respect to the Portfolio, the Adviser has represented that there is no category in the Form ADV for institutional products that have a substantially similar investment style as the Portfolio.

 

4   The Supreme Court recently held the Gartenberg decision was correct in its basic formulation of what §36(b) requires: to face liability under §36(b), “an investment adviser must charge a fee that is so disproportionately large that it bears no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and could not have been the product of arms length bargaining.” Jones v. Harris Associates L.P., (No. 08-586), slip op. at 9, 559 U.S.         2010. In the Jones v. Harris decision, the Supreme Court stated the Gartenberg approach fully incorporates the correct understanding of fiduciary duty within the context of section 36(b) and noted with approval that “Gartenberg insists that all relevant circumstances be taken into account” and “uses the range of fees that might result from arms-length bargaining as the benchmark for reviewing challenged fees.” Jones v. Harris at 11.

 

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AllianceBernstein Municipal Income Fund, Inc.–High Income Municipal Portfolio (“High Income Municipal Portfolio”), a retail mutual fund managed by the Adviser has a substantially similar investment style as the Portfolio, and its advisory fee schedule is set forth below. Also shown is what would have been the effective advisory fee of the Portfolio had the retail mutual fund’s fee schedule been applicable to the Portfolio based on an initial estimate of the Portfolio’s net assets at $100 million.

 

Portfolio   AllianceBernstein
Mutual Fund
  Fee Schedule   AllianceBernstein
Mutual Fund
Effective Fee
 
Municipal Income Shares   Retail High Income Municipal  

0.50% on first $2.5 billion

0.45% on next $2.5 billion

0.40% on the balance

    0.500   

The Adviser represented that it does not sub-advise any registered investment company that has a similar investment strategy as the Portfolio.

 

II. MANAGEMENT FEES CHARGED BY OTHER MUTUAL FUNDS COMPANIES FOR LIKE SERVICES.

Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), an analytical service that is not affiliated with the Adviser, compared the fee arrangements of the Portfolio with those of other investment companies receiving similar services from other investment advisers.5 Each peer selected by Lipper had a similar fee arrangement as the Portfolio, which is to say that with respect to the Portfolio’s peers, all fund expenses, including management fees6 were reimbursed by the investment adviser.

 

III. COSTS TO THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES OF SUPPLYING SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE ADVISORY FEE ARRANGEMENT, EXCLUDING ANY INTRA-CORPORATE PROFIT.

The Adviser utilizes two profitability reporting systems, which operate independently but are aligned with each other, to estimate the Adviser’s profitability in connection with investment advisory services provided to the Portfolio. The Senior Officer has retained an independent consultant to provide independent advice regarding the alignment of the two profitability systems as well as the methodologies and allocations utilized by both profitability systems. See Section IV for additional discussion.

 

5   Only zero fee no-load funds that participated in a wrap fee program were considered for inclusion in the Portfolio’s EG, regardless of the Lipper investment classification/objective of the Portfolio’s peers. The Portfolio’s EG includes the Portfolio, which is classified by Lipper as “High Current Yield”, two U.S. Mortgage Funds and one Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”) Fund, one General Bond Fund, and two General Income Funds.
6   “Management Fee” is the fee attributable to the management and bearing of expenses of the funds (not the management of the wrap fee program). In each case the advisory contract provides for an advisory or management fee of zero.

 

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IV. PROFIT MARGINS OF THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES FOR SUPPLYING SUCH SERVICES.

The Portfolio has not yet commenced operations. Therefore there is no historic profitability data with respect to the Adviser’s investment services to the Portfolio.

The Portfolio does not pay an advisory fee to the Adviser. However, the Adviser will profit indirectly through the advisory fees that it will receive from future SMA clients that invest in the Portfolio. The profitability will be calculated using a weighted average of the profitability of the SMA clients, in addition to any fund specific revenue or expense item.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (“ABI”) and AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), affiliates of the Adviser, will serve as the Portfolio’s underwriter and transfer agent, respectively. The courts have referred to this type of business relationships as “fall-out benefits” to the Adviser and indicated that such benefits should be factored into the evaluation of the total relationship between the Portfolio and the Adviser. Neither case law nor common business practice precludes the Adviser’s affiliates from earning a reasonable profit on this type of relationship provided the affiliates’ charges and services are competitive. However, neither ABI nor ABIS will receive a fee for serving as the Portfolio’s underwriter and transfer agent.

 

V. POSSIBLE ECONOMIES OF SCALE

The Adviser has indicated that economies of scale are being shared with shareholders through fee structures,7 subsidies and enhancement to services. Based on some of the professional literature that has considered economies of scale in the mutual fund industry, it is thought that to the extent economies of scale exist, they may more often exist across a fund family as opposed to a specific fund. This is because the costs incurred by the Adviser, such as investment research or technology for trading or compliance systems, can be spread across a greater asset base as the fund family increases in size. It is also possible that as the level of services required to operate a successful investment company has increased over time, and advisory firms have made such investments in their business to provide services, there may be a sharing of economies of scale without a reduction in advisory fees.

An independent consultant, retained by the Senior Officer, provided the Board of Trustees an update of the Deli8 study on advisory fees and various fund characteristics.9 The independent consultant first reiterated the results of his

 

7   Fee structures include fee reductions, pricing at scale and breakpoints in advisory fee schedules.
8   The Deli study was originally published in 2002 based on 1997 data.
9   As mentioned previously, the Supreme Court cautioned against accepting mutual fund fee comparisons without careful scrutiny since the fees may not be the product of negotiations conducted at arms length. See Jones v. Harris at 14.

 

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previous two dimensional comparison analysis (fund size and family size) with the Board of Trustees.10 The independent consultant then discussed the results of the regression model that was utilized to study the effects of various factors on advisory fees. The regression model output indicated that the bulk of the variation in fees predicted were explained by various factors, but substantially by fund AUM, family AUM, index fund indicator and investment style. The independent consultant also compared the advisory fees of the AllianceBernstein Mutual Funds to similar funds managed by 19 other large asset managers, regardless of the fund size and each Adviser’s proportion of mutual fund assets to non-mutual fund assets.

 

VI. NATURE AND QUALITY OF THE ADVISER’S SERVICES INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PORTFOLIOS.

With assets under management of $501 billion as of March 31, 2010, the Adviser has the investment experience to manage and provide non-investment services to the Portfolio.

Since the Portfolio has not yet commenced operations, the Portfolio has no performance history. However, the Adviser manages High Income Municipal Portfolio, which has a substantially similar investment style as the Portfolio. Set forth below are the year to date performance returns of the Class A shares of High Income Municipal Portfolio and its benchmark for the period January 29, 2010 through March 31, 2010:

 

Fund   Jan. 29, 2010 – March 31, 2010
Net Performance (%)
 
Retail High Income Municipal Portfolio     0.10
Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index     0.73

CONCLUSION:

Based on the factors discussed above the Senior Officer’s conclusion is that the proposed advisory fee for the Portfolio is reasonable and within the range of what would have been negotiated at arms-length in light of all the surrounding circumstances. This conclusion in respect of the Portfolio is based on an evaluation of all of these factors and no single factor was dispositive.

Dated: June 2, 2010

 

10   The two dimensional analysis showed patterns of lower advisory fees for funds with larger asset sizes and funds from larger family sizes compared to funds with smaller asset sizes and funds from smaller family sizes, which according to the independent consultant is indicative of a sharing of economies of scale and scope. However, in less liquid and active markets, such is not the case, as the empirical analysis showed potential for diseconomies of scale in those markets. The empirical analysis also showed diminishing economies of scale and scope as funds surpassed a certain high level of assets.

 

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THIS PAGE IS NOT PART OF THE SHAREHOLDER REPORT OR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN FAMILY OF FUNDS

 

Wealth Strategies Funds

Balanced Wealth Strategy

Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Conservative Wealth Strategy*

Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth Strategy

Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy*

Blended Style Funds

U.S. Large Cap Portfolio

International Portfolio

Tax-Managed International Portfolio

Growth Funds

Domestic

Growth Fund

Large Cap Growth Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

U.S. Strategic Research Portfolio*

Global & International

Global Growth Fund

Global Thematic Growth Fund

Greater China ‘97 Fund

International Growth Fund

Value Funds

Domestic

Balanced Shares

Core Opportunities Fund*

Growth & Income Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

Utility Income Fund

Value Fund

Global & International

Global Real Estate Investment Fund

Global Value Fund

International Value Fund

Taxable Bond Funds

Bond Inflation Strategy

Diversified Yield Fund

Global Bond Fund

High Income Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Short Duration Portfolio

Municipal Bond Funds

 

Arizona

Municipal Bond

   Inflation Strategy

California

High Income

Massachusetts

Michigan

  

Minnesota

National

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Intermediate Municipal Bond Funds

Intermediate California

Intermediate Diversified

Intermediate New York

Closed-End Funds

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

AllianceBernstein Income Fund

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund

Alliance California Municipal Income Fund

Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund

The Ibero-America Fund*

Inflation Strategies

Multi-Asset Inflation Strategy


Retirement Strategies Funds

 

2000 Retirement Strategy

 

2020 Retirement Strategy

 

2040 Retirement Strategy

2005 Retirement Strategy

 

2025 Retirement Strategy

 

2045 Retirement Strategy

2010 Retirement Strategy

 

2030 Retirement Strategy

 

2050 Retirement Strategy

2015 Retirement Strategy

 

2035 Retirement Strategy

 

2055 Retirement Strategy

We also offer Exchange Reserves,** which serves as the money market fund exchange vehicle for the AllianceBernstein mutual funds.

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any AllianceBernstein fund/portfolio carefully before investing. For free copies of our prospectuses, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.alliancebernstein.com or contact your financial advisor. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

 

*   Prior to December 31, 2009, Conservative Wealth Strategy was named Wealth Preservation Strategy, and Tax-Managed Conservative Wealth Strategy was named Tax-Managed Wealth Preservation Strategy. U.S. Strategic Research Portfolio was incepted on December 23, 2009. Prior to January 20, 2010, The Ibero-America Fund was named The Spain Fund. Prior to March 1, 2010, Core Opportunities Fund was named the Focused Growth & Income Fund.

 

** An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and 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 to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

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AllianceBernstein Family of Funds


NOTES

 

 

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ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN CORPORATE INCOME SHARES

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

800.221.5672

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Please see Schedule of Investments contained in the Report to Shareholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable to the registrant.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fund’s Board of Directors since the Fund last provided disclosure in response to this item.


 

ITEM 11. 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-2(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 second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-CSR:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

12 (b) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12 (b) (2)   Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12 (c)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 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/    ROBERT M. KEITH        
  Robert M. Keith
  President

Date: December 28, 2010

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/    ROBERT M. KEITH        
  Robert M. Keith
  President

Date: December 28, 2010

 

By:   /S/    JOSEPH J. MANTINEO        
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 28, 2010

EX-99.CERT 2 dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certifications Pursuant to Section 302

Exhibit 12(b)(1)

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Robert M. Keith, President of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: December 28, 2010

 

/s/ Robert M. Keith

Robert M. Keith
President


Exhibit 12(b)(2)

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information ; and

 

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: December 28, 2010

 

/s/ Joseph J. Mantineo

Joseph J. Mantineo
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
EX-99.906 CERT 3 dex99906cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certifications Pursuant to Section 906

EXHIBIT 12(c)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, each of the undersigned, being the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of AllianceBernstein Corporate Shares (the “Registrant”), hereby certifies that the Registrant’s report on Form N-CSR for the period ended October 31, 2010 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

Date: December 28, 2010

 

By:   /s/ Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
By:   /s/ Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

This certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Registrant and will be retained by the Registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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