AB BOND FUNDS (“Bond Funds”) - AB Global Bond Fund Class A (Ticker: ANAGX); Class C (Ticker: ANACX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ANAYX); Class I (Ticker: ANAIX); Class Z (Ticker: ANAZX) - AB High Income Fund Class A (Ticker: AGDAX); Class C (Ticker: AGDCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AGDYX); Class I (Ticker: AGDIX); Class Z (Ticker: AGDZX) - AB Income Fund Class A (Ticker: AKGAX); Class C (Ticker: AKGCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ACGYX); Class Z (Ticker: ACGZX) - AB Tax-Aware Fixed Income Opportunities Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ATTAX); Class C (Ticker: ATCCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ATTYX) - AB Sustainable Thematic Credit Portfolio Class A (Ticker: STHAX); Advisor Class (Ticker: STHYX) AB EMERGING MARKETS MULTI-ASSET PORTFOLIO (“EMMA”) Class A (Ticker: ABAEX); Class C (Ticker: ABCEX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ABYEX); Class I (Ticker: ABIEX) AB EQUITY FUNDS (“Equity Funds”) - AB Growth Fund Class A (Ticker: AGRFX); Class C (Ticker: AGRCX); Class I (Ticker: AGFIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AGRYX) - AB Large Cap Growth Fund Class A (Ticker: APGAX); Class C (Ticker: APGCX); Class R (Ticker: ABPRX); Class K (Ticker: ALCKX); Class I (Ticker: ALLIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: APGYX); Class Z (Ticker: APGZX) - AB Concentrated Growth Fund Class A (Ticker: WPASX); Class C (Ticker: WPCSX); Class I (Ticker: WPSIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: WPSGX); Class Z (Ticker: WPSZX) - AB Concentrated International Growth Portfolio Class A (Ticker: CIAGX); Class C (Ticker: CICGX); Advisor Class (Ticker: CIGYX) - AB Discovery Growth Fund Class A (Ticker: CHCLX); Class C (Ticker: CHCCX); Class I (Ticker: CHCIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: CHCYX); Class Z (Ticker: CHCZX) - AB Small Cap Growth Portfolio Class A (Ticker: QUASX); Class C (Ticker: QUACX); Class R (Ticker: QUARX); Class K (Ticker: QUAKX); Class I (Ticker: QUAIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: QUAYX); Class Z (Ticker: QUAZX) |
AB INFLATION STRATEGIES (“Inflation Strategies”) - AB Bond Inflation Strategy Class A (Ticker: ABNAX); Class C (Ticker: ABNCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ABNYX); Class I (Ticker: ANBIX); Class Z (Ticker: ABNZX); Class 1 (Ticker: ABNOX); Class 2 (Ticker: ABNTX) - AB Municipal Bond Inflation Strategy Class A (Ticker: AUNAX); Class C (Ticker: AUNCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AUNYX); Class 1 (Ticker: AUNOX); Class 2 (Ticker: AUNTX) - AB All Market Real Return Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AMTAX); Class C (Ticker: ACMTX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AMTYX); Class Z (Ticker: AMTZX); Class 1 (Ticker: AMTOX) SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN FUND, INC. (“Bernstein Funds”) - AB Intermediate California Municipal Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AICAX); Class C (Ticker: ACMCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AICYX) - AB Intermediate Diversified Municipal Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AIDAX); Class C (Ticker: AIMCX); Class Z (Ticker: AIDZX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AIDYX) - AB Intermediate Duration Portfolio Class A (Ticker: IDPAX); Class Z (Ticker: IDPZX); Advisor Class (Ticker: IDPYX) - AB Intermediate New York Municipal Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ANIAX); Class C (Ticker: ANMCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ANIYX) AB MUNICIPAL INCOME PORTFOLIOS - AB National Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ALTHX); Class C (Ticker: ALNCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ALTVX) - AB High Income Municipal Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ABTHX); Class C (Ticker: ABTFX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ABTYX); Class Z (Ticker: ABTZX) - AB Arizona Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AAZAX); Class C (Ticker: AAZCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AAZYX) - AB California Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ALCAX); Class C (Ticker: ACACX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ALCVX) - AB Massachusetts Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AMAAX); Class C (Ticker: AMACX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AMAYX) |
- AB Global Core Equity Portfolio Class A (Ticker: GCEAX); Class C (Ticker: GCECX); Advisor Class (Ticker: GCEYX) - AB Sustainable Global Thematic Fund Class A (Ticker: ALTFX); Class C (Ticker: ATECX); Class I (Ticker: AGTIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ATEYX); Class Z (Ticker: ATEZX) - AB Sustainable International Thematic Fund Class A (Ticker: AWPAX); Class C (Ticker: AWPCX); Class I (Ticker: AWPIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AWPYX); Class Z (Ticker: AWPZX) - AB Select US Equity Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AUUAX); Class C (Ticker: AUUCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AUUYX); Class I (Ticker: AUUIX) - AB Select US Long/Short Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ASLAX); Class C (Ticker: ASCLX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ASYLX); Class I (Ticker: ASILX) - AB Sustainable US Thematic Portfolio Class A (Ticker: SUTAX); Class C (Ticker: SUTCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: FFTYX); Class Z (Ticker: SUTZX) AB GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO (“Government Money Market”) Class A (Ticker: AEAXX); Class C (Ticker: AECXX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AEYXX); Class I (Ticker: AIEXX); Class 1 (Ticker: AGRXX); Class AB (Ticker: MYMXX); Institutional Class (Ticker: GMOXX)
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- AB Minnesota Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AMNAX); Class C (Ticker: AMNCX) - AB New Jersey Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ANJAX); Class C (Ticker: ANJCX) - AB New York Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ALNYX); Class C (Ticker: ANYCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ALNVX) - AB Ohio Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AOHAX); Class C (Ticker: AOHCX) - AB Pennsylvania Portfolio Class A (Ticker: APAAX); Class C (Ticker: APACX) - AB Virginia Portfolio Class A (Ticker: AVAAX); Class C (Ticker: AVACX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AVAYX) AB WEALTH STRATEGIES (“Wealth Strategies”) - AB Wealth Appreciation Strategy Class A (Ticker: AWAAX); Class C (Ticker: AWACX); Advisor Class (Ticker: AWAYX) - AB All Market Total Return Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ABWAX); Class C (Ticker: ABWCX); Class I (Ticker: ABWIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ABWYX) - AB Sustainable Thematic Balanced Portfolio Class A (Ticker: ABPAX); Class C (Ticker: ABPCX); Class I (Ticker: APWIX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ABPYX); Class Z (Ticker: ABPZX) - AB Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy Class A (Ticker: ATWAX); Class C (Ticker: ATWCX); Advisor Class (Ticker: ATWYX)
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Each of the funds listed above is hereinafter referred to as a “Fund” or, collectively, the “Funds”.
Supplement dated February 28, 2025 to the following Prospectuses, as amended:
Prospectus | Date |
Bernstein Funds | January 31, 2025 |
Bond Funds | January 31, 2025 |
EMMA | July 31, 2024 |
Equity Funds | October 31, 2024 |
Government Money Market | August 30, 2024, as revised September 1, 2024 |
Inflation Strategies | January 31, 2025 |
Municipal Portfolios | September 30, 2024 |
Wealth Strategies | December 31, 2024 |
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Effective March 1, 2025, for each Fund, the following replaces and supersedes the current disclosure regarding waivers specific to Ameriprise Financial in “Appendix [B/C]—Financial Intermediary Waivers” of the Prospectus:
Ameriprise Financial
Front-end sales charge reductions on Class A shares purchased through Ameriprise Financial
Shareholders purchasing Class A shares of a Fund through an Ameriprise Financial platform or account are eligible only for the following sales charge reductions, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI. Such shareholders can reduce their initial sales charge on the purchase of Class A shares as follows:
· | Transaction size breakpoints, as described in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI. |
· | Rights of accumulation (ROA), as described in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI. |
· | Letter of intent, as described in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI. |
Front-end sales charge waivers on Class A shares purchased through Ameriprise Financial
Shareholders purchasing Class A shares of a Fund through an Ameriprise Financial platform or account are eligible only for the following sales charge waivers, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI. Such shareholders may purchase Class A shares at NAV without payment of a sales charge as follows:
· | Shares purchased by employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit-sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs. |
· | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the same fund family). |
· | Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the seven-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this Prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this Prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load-waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges. |
· | Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members. |
· | Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise Financial advisor and/or the advisor's spouse, advisor's lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor's lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant. |
· | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., Rights of Reinstatement). |
CDSC waivers on Class A and C shares purchased through Ameriprise Financial
Fund shares purchased through an Ameriprise Financial platform or account are eligible only for the following CDSC waivers, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI:
· | Redemptions due to death or disability of the shareholder |
· | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus or SAI |
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· | Redemptions made in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account |
· | Shares purchased through a Right of Reinstatement (as defined above) |
· | Redemptions made as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code |
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This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectuses for the Funds.
You should retain this Supplement with your Prospectus(es) for future reference.
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