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AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Global Core Equity Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 99.6%

       

Information Technology – 20.6%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.8%

       

IPG Photonics Corp.(a)

     67,278        $ 11,435,242  
       

 

 

 

IT Services – 6.9%

       

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     178,785          24,938,719  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A

     728,869          50,598,086  

Visa, Inc. - Class A

     141,369          28,269,559  
       

 

 

 
          103,806,364  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.1%

       

Xilinx, Inc.

     166,421          17,347,725  
       

 

 

 

Software – 9.1%

       

Microsoft Corp.

     288,529          60,686,305  

SAP SE

     192,429          29,964,697  

Trend Micro, Inc./Japan

     517,200          31,517,496  

VMware, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     107,293          15,414,785  
       

 

 

 
          137,583,283  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.7%

       

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     822,635          40,839,025  
       

 

 

 
          311,011,639  
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 16.6%

       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 5.4%

       

Koninklijke Philips NV(a)

     904,191          42,695,124  

Medtronic PLC

     371,536          38,610,021  
       

 

 

 
          81,305,145  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 6.1%

       

Anthem, Inc.

     271,388          72,892,103  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

     322,839          18,976,476  
       

 

 

 
          91,868,579  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 5.1%

       

Johnson & Johnson

     157,581          23,460,659  

Roche Holding AG

     62,772          21,501,956  

Sanofi

     321,210          32,189,046  
       

 

 

 
          77,151,661  
       

 

 

 
                 250,325,385  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 14.9%

       

Banks – 3.6%

       

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     961,700          14,138,292  

Jyske Bank A/S(a)

     626,253          17,597,307  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     983,137          23,113,551  
       

 

 

 
          54,849,150  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 6.7%

       

BlackRock, Inc. - Class A

     15,031          8,470,720  

CME Group, Inc. - Class A

     85,548          14,313,036  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     44,245          8,891,918  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

             976,375          41,468,984  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Moody’s Corp.

     29,124        $ 8,441,591  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     2,863,900          19,316,055  
       

 

 

 
          100,902,304  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 4.0%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B(a)

     216,459          46,092,779  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     154,769          13,952,724  
       

 

 

 
          60,045,503  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 0.6%

       

PICC Property & Casualty Co., Ltd. - Class H

         13,108,000          9,207,819  
       

 

 

 
                 225,004,776  
       

 

 

 

Communication Services – 14.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.9%

       

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     613,474          28,379,307  
       

 

 

 

Entertainment – 1.2%

       

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     33,300          18,870,819  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services – 8.1%

       

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C(a)

     49,762          73,130,235  

Facebook, Inc. - Class A(a)

     184,986          48,447,834  
       

 

 

 
          121,578,069  
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services – 3.0%

       

SoftBank Group Corp.

     732,500          45,323,133  
       

 

 

 
          214,151,328  
       

 

 

 

Industrials – 11.3%

       

Building Products – 3.1%

       

Otis Worldwide Corp.

     745,393          46,527,431  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 3.3%

       

Secom Co., Ltd.

     545,700          49,940,019  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates – 2.2%

       

3M Co.

     207,962          33,311,353  
       

 

 

 

Machinery – 1.9%

       

Dover Corp.

     187,677          20,332,926  

Volvo AB - Class B(a)

     478,990          9,201,332  
       

 

 

 
          29,534,258  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 0.8%

       

RELX PLC

     526,367          11,718,106  
       

 

 

 
          171,031,167  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 10.4%

       

Diversified Consumer Services – 2.5%

       

Service Corp. International/US

     893,875          37,703,647  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.7%

       

Compass Group PLC

     1,038,057          15,593,456  

Starbucks Corp.

     108,244          9,300,325  
       

 

 

 
          24,893,781  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 5.6%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)(a)

     66,046        $ 19,416,203  

Naspers Ltd. - Class N

     254,063          44,873,600  

Prosus NV(a)

     225,321          20,797,740  
       

 

 

 
          85,087,543  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.6%

       

adidas AG(a)

     29,776          9,615,928  
       

 

 

 
          157,300,899  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 4.5%

       

Beverages – 2.8%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     632,235          22,035,050  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     401,734          19,833,607  
       

 

 

 
          41,868,657  
       

 

 

 

Food Products – 1.7%

       

Danone SA(b)

     397,548          25,751,193  
       

 

 

 
          67,619,850  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 4.1%

       

Chemicals – 3.5%

       

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.(b)

     431,958          52,893,257  
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products – 0.6%

       

Mondi PLC

     430,618          9,105,253  
       

 

 

 
          61,998,510  
       

 

 

 

Energy – 1.8%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.8%

       

LUKOIL PJSC (Sponsored ADR)

     208,000          11,941,280  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     513,109          15,054,618  
       

 

 

 
          26,995,898  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate – 1.2%

       

Real Estate Management & Development – 1.2%

       

CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A(a)

     385,227          18,094,112  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,315,705,443)

              1,503,533,564  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.9%

       

Investment Companies – 0.8%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 0.05%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $12,831,076)

         12,831,076          12,831,076  
       

 

 

 

 

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      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Time Deposits – 0.1%

       

BBH, Grand Cayman
(1.49)%, 10/01/2020

   CHF 138        $ 149,446  

(0.55)%, 10/01/2020

   DKK 894          140,796  

Zero Coupon, 10/01/2020

   AUD 0        1  

0.03%, 10/01/2020

   CAD 0        1  

5.20%, 10/01/2020

   ZAR 2,541          151,707  

Citibank, London
(0.69)%, 10/01/2020

   EUR 130          152,376  

0.01%, 10/01/2020

   GBP 371          479,217  

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong
0.01%, 10/05/2020

   HKD 750          96,742  

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Singapore
0.01%, 10/01/2020

   SGD 204          149,155  

SEB, Stockholm
(0.28)%, 10/01/2020

   SEK 1,374          153,377  

Sumitomo, Tokyo
(0.23)%, 10/01/2020

   JPY 15,649          148,384  
       

 

 

 

Total Time Deposits
(cost $1,621,202)

          1,621,202  
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $14,452,278)

          14,452,278  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 100.5%
(cost $1,330,157,721)

          1,517,985,842  
       

 

 

 
    

    Shares    

          

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 4.2%

 

Investment Companies – 4.2%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 0.05%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $63,082,256)

     63,082,256          63,082,256  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments – 104.7%
(cost $1,393,239,977)(f)

          1,581,068,098  

Other assets less liabilities – (4.7)%

          (70,747,794
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

        $     1,510,320,304  
       

 

 

 

 

*   Principal amount less than 500.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.

(c)   To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.

(d)  The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)  Affiliated investments.

(f) As of September 30, 2020, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $224,702,455 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(36,874,334), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $187,828,121.

 

Currency Abbreviations:

AUD – Australian Dollar
CAD – Canadian Dollar
CHF – Swiss Franc
DKK – Danish Krone   
EUR – Euro   
GBP – Great British Pound   
HKD – Hong Kong Dollar   
JPY – Japanese Yen   
SEK – Swedish Krona   
SGD – Singapore Dollar   
ZAR – South African Rand   

 

Glossary:

  
ADR – American Depositary Receipt   
PJSC – Public Joint Stock Company   

 

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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN1

September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

  57.6%      United States
  11.0%      Japan
  4.1%      Switzerland
  3.8%      France
  3.3%      China
  3.0%      South Africa
  2.8%      Netherlands
  2.7%      South Korea
  2.6%      Germany
  2.4%      United Kingdom
  2.2%      Singapore
  1.2%      Denmark
  0.9%      Belgium
  1.4%      Other
  1.0%      Short-Term

 

 

    
  100.0%      Total Investments

 

 

    

 

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All data are as of September 30, 2020. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding security lending collateral) and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 0.8% or less in the following: Russia and Sweden.

 

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AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB Global Core Equity Portfolio

September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values). 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 Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’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 Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2020:

 

Investments in Securities

   Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  
Assets:           
Common Stocks:           

Information Technology

   $ 208,690,421      $ 102,321,218     $ -0-      $ 311,011,639  

Health Care

     153,939,259        96,386,126       -0-        250,325,385  

Financials

     109,323,595        115,681,181       -0-        225,004,776  

Communication Services

     149,957,376        64,193,952       -0-        214,151,328  

Industrials

     100,171,710        70,859,457       -0-        171,031,167  

Consumer Discretionary

     66,420,175        90,880,724       -0-        157,300,899  

Consumer Staples

     19,833,607        47,786,243       -0-        67,619,850  

Materials

     52,893,257        9,105,253       -0-        61,998,510  

Energy

     26,995,898        -0-       -0-        26,995,898  

Real Estate

     18,094,112        -0-       -0-        18,094,112  
Short-Term Investments:           

Investment Companies

     12,831,076        -0-       -0-        12,831,076  

Time Deposits

     -0-        1,621,202       -0-        1,621,202  
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in           

Affiliated Money Market Fund

     63,082,256        -0-       -0-        63,082,256  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      982,232,742         598,835,356       -0-        1,581,068,098  
Other Financial Instruments*      -0-        -0-       -0-        -0-  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $      982,232,742      $      598,835,356     $                 -0-      $     1,581,068,098  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

A significant portion of the Fund’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.

 

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Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, options written and swaptions written which are valued at market value.

 

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A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the three months ended September 30, 2020 is as follows:

 

Fund   

Market Value

6/30/20

(000)

    

Purchases

at Cost

(000)

    

Sales

Proceeds

(000)

    

Market Value

9/30/20

(000)

    

Dividend

Income

(000)

 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $ 16,581      $ 93,996      $     97,746      $ 12,831      $ 2  
Government Money Market Portfolio*          48,008            110,045        94,971        63,082        13  
Total                               $     75,913      $     15  

 

*

Investment of cash collateral for securities lending transactions.

 

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