DEFA14A 1 formdefa14a.htm ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. DEFA 14A 6-30-2010 formdefa14a.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14-A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. PLEASE VOTE TODAY.

We encourage you to take advantage of Internet or telephone voting.
Both are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Internet and telephone voting is available through 11:59 PM Eastern Time the day prior to the date of the Special Meeting of Unitholders.

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INTERNET
http://www.proxyvoting.com/ab
 
Use the Internet to vote your proxy.
Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site.
   
 
OR
   
 
TELEPHONE
1-866-540-5760
Use any touch-tone telephone to vote your proxy. Have your proxy card in hand when you call.
   
 
If you vote your proxy by Internet or by telephone, you do NOT need to mail back your proxy card.
 
To vote by mail, mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope.
   
 
Your Internet or telephone vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your units in the same manner as if you marked, signed and returned your proxy card.

 
 
 
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THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, OR IF NO DIRECTION IS INDICATED, WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE 2010 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN.
  
Please mark your votes as indicated in this example
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The Board of Directors and Management recommend you to vote “FOR” item 1.
  
         
 
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAIN
  
         
1. Long Term Incentive Plan
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Mark Here for
Address Change
  
       
SEE REVERSE
 
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NOTE: Please sign as name appears hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian. Please give full title as such.

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You can now access your AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. account online.

Access your AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. account online via Investor ServiceDirect® (ISD).

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, the transfer agent for AllianceBernstein Holding L.P., now makes it easy and convenient to get current information on your unitholder account.

● View account status
● View payment history for dividends
● View certificate history
● Make address changes
● View book-entry information
  

Visit us on the web at http://www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/isd
For Technical Assistance Call 1-877-978-7778 between 9am-7pm
Monday-Friday Eastern Time

Investor ServiceDirect®
Available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
TOLL FREE NUMBER: 1-800-370-1163

Choose MLinkSM for fast, easy and secure 24/7 online access to your future proxy materials, investment plan statements, tax documents and more. Simply log on to Investor ServiceDirect® at www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/isd where step-by-step instructions will prompt you through enrollment.

Important notice regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials for the Special Meeting of Unitholders. The Proxy Statement is available at: http://bnymellon.mobular.net/bnymellon/ab

 
 
 
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PROXY

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.

Special Meeting of Unitholders – June 30, 2010

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY

The undersigned hereby appoints Laurence E. Cranch and Mona Bhalla, and each of them, with power to act without the other and with power of substitution, as proxies and attorneys-in-fact and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as provided on the other side, all AllianceBernstein Holding Units which the undersigned is entitled to vote, and, in their discretion, to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting of Unitholders of the company to be held June 30, 2010 or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all powers which the undersigned would possess if present at the Special Meeting.

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BNY MELLON SHAREOWNER SERVICES
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(Continued and to be marked, dated and signed, on the other side)