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AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB FlexFee International Strategic Core Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 94.2%

       

Information Technology – 16.5%

       

IT Services – 3.2%

       

Amadeus IT Group SA - Class A

     957        $ 53,148  

Capgemini SE

     838          107,512  

Otsuka Corp.

     1,500          76,652  
       

 

 

 
          237,312  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.6%

       

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     3,000          45,132  
       

 

 

 

Software – 11.0%

       

Avast PLC(a)

     13,809          93,751  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(b)

     1,010          121,543  

Constellation Software, Inc./Canada

     168          186,683  

Nice Ltd.(b)

     641          145,331  

Oracle Corp. Japan

     1,600          172,763  

SAP SE

     609          94,832  
       

 

 

 
          814,903  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.7%

       

Logitech International SA

     740          57,322  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     1,380          68,509  
       

 

 

 
          125,831  
       

 

 

 
                  1,223,178  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 14.8%

       

Banks – 5.8%

       

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

     13,822          60,850  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     6,100          89,678  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     2,300          34,074  

KBC Group NV

     1,227          61,529  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

     10,012          62,262  

Royal Bank of Canada

     1,210          84,956  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     2,770          33,681  
       

 

 

 
          427,030  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 4.0%

       

Euronext NV(a)

     372          46,599  

Partners Group Holding AG

     170          156,367  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     13,900          93,751  
       

 

 

 
          296,717  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 5.0%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     3,840          129,505  

Allianz SE (REG)

     152          29,173  

Sampo Oyj - Class A

     2,540          100,591  

Swiss Re AG

     543          40,279  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     198          69,046  
       

 

 

 
          368,594  
       

 

 

 
          1,092,341  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrials – 14.6%

       

Aerospace & Defense – 0.7%

       

BAE Systems PLC

     8,716        $ 54,131  
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 3.1%

       

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

     377          73,203  

SG Holdings Co., Ltd.

     3,000          156,101  
       

 

 

 
          229,304  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.3%

       

Secom Co., Ltd.

     1,000          91,516  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 0.5%

       

Schneider Electric SE (Paris)

     310          38,533  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 9.0%

       

Experian PLC

     2,539          95,401  

Intertek Group PLC

     630          51,406  

Intertrust NV(a)

     3,041          51,765  

Meitec Corp.

     1,500          76,499  

RELX PLC

     8,936          198,898  

Wolters Kluwer NV

     2,231          190,310  
       

 

 

 
          664,279  
       

 

 

 
                  1,077,763  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 12.7%

       

Food & Staples Retailing – 2.1%

       

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

     5,177          153,021  
       

 

 

 

Food Products – 5.3%

       

Calbee, Inc.

     1,200          39,525  

Morinaga & Co., Ltd./Japan

     1,200          47,351  

Nestle SA (REG)

     1,500          178,518  

Salmar ASA(b)

     2,261          128,139  
       

 

 

 
          393,533  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products – 1.0%

       

Unilever PLC

     1,228          75,710  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco – 4.3%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     2,060          73,895  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     1,264          94,787  

Swedish Match AB

     1,785          145,954  
       

 

 

 
          314,636  
       

 

 

 
          936,900  
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 9.8%

       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.4%

       

ConvaTec Group PLC(a)

     13,240          30,501  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 0.4%

       

Galenica AG(a)

     470          32,682  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 9.0%

       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     5,700          84,968  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     5,290          99,174  

Novo Nordisk A/S - Class B

     1,999          138,500  

Roche Holding AG

     733          251,082  

Sanofi

     649          65,038  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     1,200        $ 24,535  
       

 

 

 
          663,297  
       

 

 

 
          726,480  
       

 

 

 

Communication Services – 8.0%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 3.2%

       

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. - Class SS

     61,000          80,966  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     5,200          106,166  

TELUS Corp.

     2,772          48,776  
       

 

 

 
          235,908  
       

 

 

 

Entertainment – 0.5%

       

Ubisoft Entertainment SA(b)

     420          37,854  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services – 2.9%

       

Auto Trader Group PLC(a)

     17,910          130,034  

Kakaku.com, Inc.

     3,100          81,728  
       

 

 

 
          211,762  
       

 

 

 

Media – 1.4%

       

Cogeco Communications, Inc.

     995          81,592  

Informa PLC(b)

     5,440          26,366  
       

 

 

 
          107,958  
       

 

 

 
                     593,482  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 7.8%

       

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.6%

       

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     6,196          135,126  

Compass Group PLC

     3,805          57,158  
       

 

 

 
          192,284  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 0.8%

       

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

     16,320          56,255  
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products – 1.8%

       

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

     1,800          131,886  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 1.5%

       

Hikari Tsushin, Inc.

     300          71,577  

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

     200          41,490  
       

 

 

 
          113,067  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 1.1%

       

adidas AG(b)

     124          40,045  

Pandora A/S

     560          40,397  
       

 

 

 
          80,442  
       

 

 

 
          573,934  
       

 

 

 

Utilities – 4.7%

       

Electric Utilities – 3.6%

       

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     25,652          126,129  

Enel SpA

     16,080          139,509  
       

 

 

 
          265,638  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Gas Utilities – 1.1%

       

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

     3,700        $ 84,436  
       

 

 

 
          350,074  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate – 4.3%

       

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 3.2%

       

Merlin Properties Socimi SA

     7,069          58,963  

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

     15          84,900  

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.

     28          94,423  
       

 

 

 
          238,286  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 1.1%

       

Vonovia SE

     1,133          77,671  
       

 

 

 
          315,957  
       

 

 

 

Energy – 0.8%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.8%

       

Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class B

     4,963          60,187  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 0.2%

       

Chemicals – 0.2%

       

Akzo Nobel NV

     178          17,991  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $5,794,618)

                  6,968,287  
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 4.3%

       

Investment Companies – 4.3%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 0.05%(c) (d) (e)
(cost $318,988)

     318,988          318,988  
       

 

 

 

Total Investments – 98.5%
(cost $6,113,606)(f)

          7,287,275  

Other assets less liabilities – 1.5%

          113,283  
       

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

        $ 7,400,558  
       

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
BNP Paribas SA        USD        29          TWD        841          11/18/2020        $ 156
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.        JPY        23,921          USD        229          10/08/2020          2,185
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.        JPY        2,243          USD        21          10/08/2020          (123 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.        USD        543          JPY        57,677          10/08/2020              3,954
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.        USD        721          JPY             76,021          10/08/2020          (143 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.        CAD        777          USD        589          10/09/2020          5,177
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.        USD        182          CAD        242          10/09/2020          (155 )

 

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Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        12          EUR        10          10/15/2020        $ 83
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        765          EUR        649          10/15/2020          (4,146 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    NOK        1,186          USD        131          10/16/2020          3,678
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    SEK        957          USD        108          10/16/2020          1,193
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        53          NOK        489          10/16/2020          (141 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        192          SEK        1,682          10/16/2020              (3,919 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    SGD        52          USD        38          10/27/2020          57
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    SGD        311          USD        227          10/27/2020          (391 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        105          SGD        143          10/27/2020          (239 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    AUD        307          USD        222          10/29/2020          1,647
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        537          AUD        740          10/29/2020          (6,515 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    ILS        1,333          USD        391          11/12/2020          1,864
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        117          ILS        404          11/12/2020          545
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    CHF        465          USD        510          11/19/2020          4,600
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    GBP        229          USD        297          11/19/2020          1,685
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    GBP        165          USD        211          11/19/2020          (1,733 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        406          CHF        371          11/19/2020          (2,895 )
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.    USD        311          GBP        243          11/19/2020          2,428
Citibank, NA    EUR        571          USD        673          10/15/2020          3,118
Citibank, NA    USD        738          EUR        621          10/15/2020          (9,866 )
Goldman Sachs Bank USA    KRW        19,985          USD        17          11/10/2020          3
Goldman Sachs Bank USA    KRW        48,976          USD        41          11/10/2020          (797 )
Goldman Sachs Bank USA    TWD        782          USD        27          11/18/2020          (365 )
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA    JPY        63,319          USD        606          10/08/2020          5,522
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC    USD        34          KRW             40,121          11/10/2020          76
Standard Chartered Bank    KRW        38,755          USD        33          11/10/2020          (556 )
Standard Chartered Bank    TWD        1,001          USD        34          11/18/2020          (331 )
                                 

 

 

 
                                  $ 5,656
                                 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2020, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $385,332 or 5.2% of net assets.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

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

(d)

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.

(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 $1,293,637 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(114,312), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $1,179,325.

 

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Currency Abbreviations:

AUD – Australian Dollar

CAD – Canadian Dollar

CHF – Swiss Franc

EUR – Euro

GBP – Great British Pound

ILS – Israeli Shekel

JPY – Japanese Yen

KRW – South Korean Won

NOK – Norwegian Krone

SEK – Swedish Krona

SGD – Singapore Dollar

TWD – New Taiwan Dollar

USD – United States Dollar

Glossary:

REG – Registered Shares

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN1

September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

  20.1%      Japan
  16.9%      United Kingdom
  11.8%      Switzerland
  6.3%      Netherlands
  5.5%      Canada
  4.5%      Israel
  3.4%      France
  3.4%      Singapore
  3.3%      Germany
  2.5%      Denmark
  2.3%      Australia
  2.0%      Sweden
  1.9%      Italy
  11.7%      Other
  4.4%      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 and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.8% or less in the following countries: Belgium, Finland, Hong Kong, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan and United States.

 

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AB Cap Fund, Inc.

AB FlexFee International Strategic Core 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)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which are then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3.

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

   $ 308,226      $ 914,952     $                 -0-      $ 1,223,178  

Financials

     84,956        1,007,385       -0-        1,092,341  

Industrials

     -0-        1,077,763       -0-        1,077,763  

Consumer Staples

     94,787        842,113       -0-        936,900  

Health Care

     -0-        726,480       -0-        726,480  

Communication Services

     130,368        463,114       -0-        593,482  

Consumer Discretionary

     -0-        573,934       -0-        573,934  

Utilities

     -0-        350,074       -0-        350,074  

Real Estate

     -0-        315,957       -0-        315,957  

Energy

     -0-        60,187       -0-        60,187  

Materials

     -0-        17,991       -0-        17,991  
Short-Term Investments:           

Investment Companies

     318,988        -0-       -0-        318,988  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      937,325         6,349,950       -0-        7,287,275  
Other Financial Instruments*:           
Assets           
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts      -0-        37,971       -0-        37,971  
Liabilities           
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts      -0-        (32,315     -0-        (32,315
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $     937,325      $     6,355,606     $ -0-      $     7,292,931  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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.

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

 

Fund   

Market Value

12/31/19

(000)

    

Purchases

at Cost

(000)

    

Sales

Proceeds

(000)

    

Market Value

9/30/20

(000)

    

Dividend

Income

(000)

 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $     114      $     6,898      $     6,693      $     319      $                 1  
Government Money Market Portfolio*      -0-        81        81        -0-        0 **  
Total                               $ 319      $ 1  

 

*

Investment of cash collateral for securities lending transactions.

**

Amount is less than $500.

 

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