AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc

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: 811-05207

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND, INC.

(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: December 31, 2009

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2009


ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

AllianceBernstein Income Fund

 

 

LOGO

 

June 30, 2009

 

Semi-Annual Report


 

 

 

Investment Products Offered

   

Are Not FDIC Insured

   

May Lose Value

   

Are Not Bank Guaranteed

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 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.


August 20, 2009

 

Semi-Annual Report

This report provides management’s discussion of fund performance for AllianceBernstein Income Fund (the “Fund”) for the semi-annual reporting period ended June 30, 2009. The Fund is a closed-end fund that trades under the New York Stock Exchange symbol “ACG”.

Investment Objectives and Policies

This closed-end fund is designed to provide high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in income-producing securities. The Fund normally invests at least 65% of its total assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements pertaining to US Government securities. The Fund may also invest up to 35% of its total assets in other fixed-income securities, including those issued by non-governmental issuers in the US and those issued by foreign governments. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its net assets in below-investment grade securities. Additionally, the Fund may utilize other investment instruments, including options, swaps, forwards and futures, and may employ leverage. For more information regarding the Fund’s risks, please see “A Word About Risk” on pages 3-4 and “Note F—Risks Involved in Investing in the Fund” of the Notes to Financial Statements on pages 48-50.

Investment Results

The table on page 5 provides performance data for the Fund and the benchmark, the Barclays Capital (formerly Lehman Brothers) US Aggregate Index,

for the six- and 12-month periods ended June 30, 2009.

The Fund outperformed the benchmark for the six-month period ended June 30, 2009. Non-benchmark exposure to high-yield corporates, bank loan debt and emerging market debt as well as an overweight in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) contributed positively as credit markets rebounded sharply. The Fund’s non-US currency exposure and use of leverage also added to its outperformance for the reporting period.

Conversely, the Fund underperformed the benchmark for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2009. The Fund’s performance relative to the benchmark was almost the reverse for the 12-month period due to the negative impact of the financial crisis in late 2008. The Fund’s exposure to high-yield corporates and bank loan debt, as well as exposure to emerging market debt and an overweight in CMBS detracted from relative performance. The Fund’s non-US currency exposure also detracted from performance. Finally, the Fund’s leverage detracted from performance for the 12-month period.

Market Review and Investment Strategy

Global fixed-income markets continued to face challenges into early 2009 as asset prices in many markets continued falling and policymakers scrambled to combat the severe global economic slowdown. By the second quarter of 2009, however, signs of a bottoming of the recession resulted in

 

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a significant rally in credit sectors as well as equities. Capital markets rebounded on growing evidence that aggressive policy action on a global scale had been successful at staving off a depression-type scenario. More recently, indicators pointed toward some recovery in consumer and business confidence and a global rebound in industrial production. The dramatic recovery in capital markets in the second quarter suggested that massive government efforts to thaw the credit markets and revive economic growth had started to take effect.

There are also signs that the troubled financial sector may be slowly recovering. Following severe losses in the fourth quarter of 2008, earnings at many large banks rebounded in the first quarter of 2009, helped by increased capital-markets activity and a higher volume of mortgage refinancings in the US. Most important, banks have increasingly been able to raise capital without government support. In the US, several institutions—including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley—have repaid funding from the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). In the UK, Lloyds Banking Group recently bought back the government’s holdings of its preference shares, although the government still retains a sizable stake in the bank.

For the semi-annual period ended June 30, 2009, Treasuries were the only fixed-income sector in negative territory, returning -4.30% as investor

risk aversion and the demand for safety eased. Outperforming fixed-income sectors for the period included high-yield corporate debt at 30.43%, CMBS at 10.36% and investment-grade corporates at 8.32%, all of which rebounded strongly from poor returns in 2008. With improving economic data and market sentiment, credit spreads tightened significantly. US dollar-denominated emerging market debt, which proved more resilient during the financial crisis, returned 14.56%, while local emerging market debt, unhedged to the US dollar, returned 8.28%.

While markets have responded to signs of economic stability and hopes for eventual recovery, great uncertainties still remain. While risk aversion has receded considerably from the peaks of late 2008, it remains well above the historical average, creating opportunities for active managers. Risk premiums across the capital markets are at multiples of their historical norms. In the fixed-income markets, wide yield spreads continue to compensate investors generously as they wait for recovery. The Fund’s management team (the “Team”) believes that, while Fund performance tracked the indices lower as the credit crisis deepened, the Fund is well positioned as markets recover, as evidenced by its very strong recent performance. The Team believes that investors are likely to be well rewarded for remaining calm and disciplined in the face of continued uncertainties and for taking a long-term approach to asset allocation.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

An Important Note About the Value of Historical Performance

The performance on page 5 represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. All fees and expenses related to the operation of the Fund have been deducted. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes.

AllianceBernstein Income Fund Shareholder Information

The Fund’s NYSE trading symbol is “ACG.” Weekly comparative net asset value (NAV) and market price information about the Fund is published each Monday in The Wall Street Journal and each Saturday in Barron’s and in other newspapers in a table called “Closed-End Bond Funds.” For additional shareholder information regarding this Fund, please see page 59.

Benchmark Disclosure

The unmanaged Barclays Capital US Aggregate Index does not reflect fees and expenses associated with the active management of a mutual fund portfolio. The Index covers the US investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, including government and credit securities, agency mortgage pass-through securities, asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The Index is not leveraged, whereas the Fund utilizes leverage. 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

Until May 22, 2009, the Fund participated in a credit facility for the purpose of utilizing investment leverage. The Fund may continue to utilize leverage through other investment techniques or reverse repurchase agreements and dollar rolls.

Reverse repurchase agreements involve sales by the Fund of portfolio assets concurrently with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase the same assets at a later date at a fixed price. Generally, the effect of such a transaction is that the Fund can recover all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities involved during the term of the reverse repurchase agreement, while it will be able to keep the interest income associated with those portfolio securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the interest cost to the Fund of the reverse repurchase agreement transaction is less than the cost of otherwise obtaining the cash.

The Fund may enter into dollar rolls in which the Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type and coupon) securities on a specified future date. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the lower forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the “drop”) as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.

Reverse repurchase agreements and dollar rolls are speculative techniques and are considered borrowings by the Fund.

The effect of leverage can realize shareholders higher returns than if the Fund were not leveraged, and the use of leverage techniques can add to the net asset value (NAV) of the Common Stock. However, the risks of such techniques are potentially a higher volatility of the NAV of the Common Stock, potentially more volatility in the market value of the Common Stock, and the relatively greater effect on the NAV of the Common Stock caused by favorable or adverse changes in the currency exchange rates. In addition, changes in the interest rate environment can increase or decrease shareholder returns. The Fund maintains asset coverage of at least 200% with respect to borrowings.

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Historical Performance


HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

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To the extent that the current interest rate on the Fund’s indebtedness approaches the net return on the leveraged portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio, then the benefit to the shareholders will be reduced. If the rate on indebtedness were to exceed the net return on the same portion of the portfolio, then this would result in a lower rate of return for the shareholders. Similarly, the use of leverage in a declining market can advance the decrease of the Fund’s NAV more so than if the Fund were not leveraged, which would likely be reflected in a greater decline in the market price for shares of Common Stock than if the Fund were not leveraged. In extreme cases, if the Fund’s current investment income were not sufficient to meet interest payments on indebtedness or if the Fund failed to maintain the asset coverage required by the 1940 Act, then it could be necessary for the Fund to liquidate certain investments at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so, thereby reducing its NAV.

Part of the Fund’s assets will be invested in foreign securities. A significant portion of the Fund’s investments in foreign securities is in emerging markets. Since the Fund invests in foreign currency denominated securities, fluctuations may be magnified by changes in foreign exchange rates. The Fund also may seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures and options on futures swaps and options. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the US market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market or economic developments. The Fund may invest in high yield bonds or below-investment grade securities (“junk bonds”). High yield bonds involve a greater risk of default and price volatility than other bonds.

While the Fund invests principally in fixed-income securities, in order to achieve its investment objectives, 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 include the risk that the value of a derivative instrument may not correlate perfectly, or at all, with the value of the assets, reference rates or indices that they are designed to track. Other risks include: the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for a particular instrument and possible exchange-imposed price fluctuation limits, either of which may make it difficult or impossible to close out a position when desired; the risk that adverse price movements in an instrument can result in a loss substantially greater than the Fund’s initial investment in that instrument (in some cases, the potential loss is unlimited); and the risk that the counterparty will not perform its obligations.

 

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Historical Performance


HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

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THE FUND VS. ITS BENCHMARK

PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2009

  Returns    
  6 Months      12 Months     

AllianceBernstein Income Fund (NAV)

  8.75%      1.78%  
 

Barclays Capital US Aggregate Index

  1.90%      6.05%  
 

    The Fund’s Market Price per share on June 30, 2009, was $7.71. The Fund’s Net Asset Value Price per share on June 30, 2009, was $7.87. For additional Financial Highlights, please see page 53.

†  Formerly Lehman Brothers.

 

 

See Historical Performance and Benchmark disclosures on pages 3-4.

 

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Historical Performance


PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

June 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $1,909.3

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*   All data are as of June 30, 2009. The Fund’s security type and country breakdowns are expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 0.2% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Bermuda, Canada, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland and Venezuela.

 

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Portfolio Summary


 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES – 79.8%

    

Brazil – 2.8%

      

Republic of Brazil
10.25%, 1/10/28

  BRL   20,818    $ 10,464,777

12.50%, 1/05/16-1/05/22

    76,429      43,059,831
          
         53,524,608
          

Hungary – 1.2%

      

Hungary Government Bond
Series 14/C
5.50%, 2/12/14

  HUF   3,143,840      13,702,454

Series 15/A
8.00%, 2/12/15

    1,912,350      9,071,173
          
         22,773,627
          

United States – 75.8%

      

U.S. Treasury Bonds
3.125%, 5/15/19(a)

  US$   225,000      217,617,750

5.375%, 2/15/31

    1,961      2,250,859

6.625%, 2/15/27

    73,570      94,847,842

8.00%, 11/15/21

    9,117      12,578,340

11.25%, 2/15/15(a)

    101,000      145,574,128

12.50%, 8/15/14

    6,770      6,868,781

U.S. Treasury Notes
0.875%, 5/31/11(a)

    220,000      219,210,200

1.375%, 4/15/12(a)

    156,858      156,282,017

1.75%, 3/31/14

    50,000      48,359,400

1.875%, 4/30/14(a)

    27,000      26,200,530

4.00%, 3/15/10(a)

    55,000      56,385,725

4.125%, 8/15/10-5/15/15

    22,639      23,559,713

4.375%, 8/15/12

    700      757,532

4.50%, 2/15/16

    598      648,503

4.625%, 7/31/12(a)

    81,000      88,182,432

4.875%, 8/15/16(a)

    49,000      54,171,803

5.125%, 5/15/16

    3,000      3,364,686

U.S. Treasury STRIPS
Zero Coupon, 5/15/17(a)(b)

    259,750      195,627,336

Zero Coupon, 11/15/21(c)

    164,379      95,335,420
          
         1,447,822,997
          

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $1,443,565,462)

         1,524,121,232
          
      

MORTGAGE PASS-THRU’S – 18.7%

      

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year – 10.7%

      

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold
Series 2006
6.00%, 9/01/36

    53,259      55,689,696

Series 2007
7.00%, 2/01/37

    14,740      15,877,571

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Federal National Mortgage Association
Series 1998
8.00%, 6/01/28

  US$   68    $ 74,143

Series 1999
7.50%, 11/01/29

    88      96,105

Series 2006
6.00%, 11/01/36

    40,419      42,340,045

6.50%, 8/01/36-11/01/36

    29,020      30,956,634

Series 2007
6.00%, 3/01/37

    15,504      16,240,856

6.50%, 8/01/37

    39,977      42,632,138

Government National Mortgage Association
Series 1999
6.50%, 2/15/29

    72      77,923
          
         203,985,111
          

Agency ARMS – 8.0%

      

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Series 2007
5.656%, 1/01/37(d)

    31,560      33,000,545

5.802%, 2/01/37(d)

    19,323      20,240,917

5.827%, 3/01/37(d)

    19,867      20,829,611

5.974%, 2/01/37(d)

    23,455      24,589,983

6.072%, 3/01/37(d)

    12,263      12,874,298

Federal National Mortgage Association
Series 2006
5.816%, 11/01/36(d)

    15,896      16,694,823

Series 2007
5.882%, 3/01/37(d)

    23,045      24,218,523
          
         152,448,700
          

Total Mortgage Pass-Thru’s
(cost $344,357,655)

         356,433,811
          
      

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES – 11.5%

      

Financial Institutions – 5.7%

      

Banking – 4.2%

      

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

    7,495      7,753,083

Bank of America Corp.
7.625%, 6/01/19

    9,500      9,542,380

Barclays Bank PLC
4.75%, 3/29/49(e)

  EUR   10,000      6,382,964

8.55%, 6/15/11(e)(f)

  US$   638      427,460

The Bear Stearns Co., Inc.
5.55%, 1/22/17

    14,000      12,974,556

Citigroup, Inc.
8.50%, 5/22/19

    9,100      9,256,875

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
7.00%, 6/28/17(f)

  RUB   46,000    $ 655,517

JP Morgan Chase Capital XXV
Series Y
6.80%, 10/01/37

  US$   5,100      4,386,005

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
6.625%, 12/04/17

    506      481,331

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
5.70%, 5/02/17

    13,500      11,579,571

6.05%, 5/16/16

    2,678      2,397,873

Morgan Stanley
10.09%, 5/03/17(f)

  BRL   11,615      4,801,301

National Australia Bank Ltd.
Series G
5.50%, 5/20/15

  EUR   50      73,446

Rabobank Nederland
11.00%, 6/30/19(e)(f)

  US$   345      383,813

UBS Preferred Funding Trust I
8.622%, 10/01/10(e)

    3,760      2,677,515

VTB Capital SA
6.609%, 10/31/12(f)

    700      658,000

6.875%, 5/29/18(f)

    2,716      2,457,980

Wachovia Bank NA
4.875%, 2/01/15

    3,841      3,667,732
          
         80,557,402
          

Finance – 0.7%

      

General Electric Capital Corp.
6.44%, 11/15/22

  GBP   198      317,926

SLM Corp.
5.05%, 11/14/14

  US$   3,610      2,793,057

Series A
5.375%, 5/15/14

    11,385      9,150,238
          
         12,261,221
          

Insurance – 0.8%

      

American International Group, Inc.
4.25%, 5/15/13

    4,480      2,595,080

AMP Group Finance Services Ltd.
7.125%, 8/06/19(e)

  GBP   50      81,702

AMP UK Finance Services PLC
6.375%, 11/17/10

    110      183,495

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

  US$   3,665      3,861,045

Prudential Financial, Inc.
6.20%, 1/15/15

    8,765      8,568,576

7.375%, 6/15/19

    575      564,552
          
         15,854,450
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Other Finance – 0.0%

      

IIRSA Norte Finance Ltd.
8.75%, 5/30/24(f)

  US$   350    $ 325,857

Red Arrow International Leasing PLC
8.375%, 6/30/12

  RUB   10,226      291,997
          
         617,854
          
         109,290,927
          

Industrial – 3.7%

      

Basic – 2.0%

      

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
8.375%, 4/01/17

  US$   7,500      7,556,250

GTL Trade Finance, Inc.
7.25%, 10/20/17(f)

    2,536      2,396,520

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.
8.95%, 5/01/14

    7,280      8,089,871

Southern Copper Corp.
7.50%, 7/27/35

    5,107      4,617,091

Union Carbide Corp.
7.75%, 10/01/96

    1,785      1,099,153

Usiminas Commercial Ltd.
7.25%, 1/18/18(f)

    4,263      4,294,972

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.875%, 11/21/36

    10,673      10,134,067
          
         38,187,924
          

Capital Goods – 0.1%

      

Legrand France SA
8.50%, 2/15/25

    10      8,613

Tyco International Finance SA
6.00%, 11/15/13

    140      142,355

8.50%, 1/15/19

    1,850      2,051,243
          
         2,202,211
          

Communications - Media – 0.4%

      

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

    350      344,600

CBS Corp.
8.20%, 5/15/14

    3,700      3,794,195

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.
7.75%, 1/15/14

    3,005      3,172,967
          
         7,311,762
          

Communications - Telecommunications – 0.3%

      

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

    1,000      1,154,181

Embarq Corp.
7.082%, 6/01/16

    1,277      1,247,108

Qwest Corp.
7.625%, 6/15/15

    700      658,000

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Telekom Finanzmanagement
5.00%, 7/22/13

  EUR   1,112    $ 1,603,959
          
         4,663,248
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 0.1%

      

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance LLC
5.125%, 10/01/13(f)

  US$   1,000      987,396

Whirlpool Corp.
8.60%, 5/01/14

    520      543,400
          
         1,530,796
          

Energy – 0.6%

      

TNK-BP Finance SA
7.50%, 7/18/16(f)

    5,353      4,657,110

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

    2,410      2,745,024

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

    1,595      1,590,792

6.00%, 3/15/18

    730      716,866

9.625%, 3/01/19

    1,560      1,835,195
          
         11,544,987
          

Transportation - Airlines – 0.2%

      

Qantas Airways Ltd.
6.05%, 4/15/16(f)

    5,000      4,516,765
          

Transportation - Railroads – 0.0%

      

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

    11      10,932
          
         69,968,625
          

Non Corporate Sectors – 1.8%

      

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed – 1.8%

      

Gaz Capital SA
6.212%, 11/22/16(f)

    12,232      10,274,880

6.51%, 3/07/22(f)

    14,249      10,579,883

TransCapitalInvest Ltd. for OJSC AK Transneft
5.67%, 3/05/14(f)

    7,606      6,427,070

7.70%, 8/07/13(f)

    7,416      7,160,148
          
         34,441,981
          

Utility – 0.3%

      

Natural Gas – 0.3%

      

Sempra Energy
6.50%, 6/01/16

    5,700      5,949,905
          

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $222,710,498)

         219,651,438
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES – 6.0%

    

Brazil – 0.1%

      

Unibanco Grand Cayman
8.70%, 2/11/10(f)

  BRL   5,253    $ 2,561,991
          

United States – 5.9%

      

U.S. Treasury Notes
2.00%, 4/15/12 (TIPS)

  US$   26,579      27,334,827

2.125%, 1/15/19 (TIPS)(a)

    36,500      37,697,638

2.375%, 4/15/11 (TIPS)(a)

    45,988      47,353,512
          
         112,385,977
          

Total Inflation-Linked Securities
(cost $110,422,638)

         114,947,968
          
      

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 5.9%

      

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS – 5.9%

      

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.
Series 2007-5, Class A4
5.492%, 2/10/51

    3,919      2,750,911

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
Series 2006-T24, Class A4
5.537%, 10/12/41

    9,100      7,730,334

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-CD4, Class A2B
5.205%, 12/11/49

    150      137,202

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

    4,830      3,521,363

Series 2007-C9, Class A4
6.01%, 12/10/49

    5,030      3,997,649

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
Series 2006-C3, Class A3
6.02%, 6/15/38

    15,915      11,615,921

Series 2006-C4, Class A3
5.467%, 9/15/39

    11,700      8,186,904

Series 2006-C4, Class AM
5.509%, 9/15/39

    13,000      6,365,349

Series 2006-C5, Class A3
5.311%, 12/15/39

    13,000      8,909,884

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.
Series 2004-C3, Class A5
5.113%, 7/15/36

    2,662      2,356,256

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.
Series 2007-GG9, Class A2
5.381%, 3/10/39

    3,088      2,899,381

 

12     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
Series 2006-CB15, Class A4
5.814%, 6/12/43

  US$   15,890    $ 12,497,857

Series 2006-CB15, Class AM
5.855%, 6/12/43

    1,651      829,251

Series 2006-CB17, Class A4
5.429%, 12/12/43

    21,106      17,062,707

Series 2007-C1, Class A4
5.716%, 2/15/51

    5,224      3,440,082

Series 2007-CB18, Class A4
5.44%, 6/12/47

    155      116,716

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust
Series 2008-C1, Class A4
5.69%, 2/12/51

    6,000      3,965,710

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2006-4, Class AM
5.204%, 12/12/49

    10,000      4,493,717

Series 2007-9, Class A4
5.70%, 9/12/49

    5,220      3,600,431

Morgan Stanley Capital I
Series 2005-HQ6, Class A4A
4.989%, 8/13/42

    7,800      6,663,798

Series 2007-IQ15, Class A4
6.076%, 6/11/49

    2,306      1,736,497

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2006-C27, Class A3
5.765%, 7/15/45

    100      79,940
          
         112,957,860
          

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS – 0.0%

    

Eclipse PLC
Series 2007-1X, Class B
1.725%, 1/25/20(d)(f)

  GBP   59      38,176
          

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $146,903,482)

         112,996,036
          
      

AGENCIES – 4.9%

      

Agency Debentures – 4.9%

      

Federal National Mortgage Association
5.375%, 6/12/17

  US$   59,222      66,074,163

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. – FDIC Insured
3.25%, 6/15/12

    8,600      8,900,132

JP Morgan Chase & Co. – FDIC Insured
3.125%, 12/01/11

    8,600      8,896,287

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND     13

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Morgan Stanley – FDIC Insured
3.25%, 12/01/11

  US$   8,600    $ 8,921,502
          

Total Agencies
(cost $87,657,518)

         92,792,084
          
      

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES – 4.8%

      

Industrial – 3.4%

      

Basic – 0.5%

      

Evraz Group SA
8.25%, 11/10/15(f)

    489      386,310

Georgia Gulf Corp.
10.75%, 10/15/16(g)

    250      25,000

Quality Distribution LLC
9.00%, 11/15/10

    1,875      993,750

Steel Capital SA for OAO Severstal
9.25%, 4/19/14(f)

    230      186,300

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

    965      823,043

Vedanta Resources PLC
8.75%, 1/15/14(f)

    7,226      6,575,660
          
         8,990,063
          

Capital Goods – 0.3%

      

AMH Holdings, Inc.
11.25%, 3/01/14

    13,045      5,739,800

Berry Plastics Holding Corp.
10.25%, 3/01/16

    150      107,250
          
         5,847,050
          

Communications - Media – 0.2%

      

CCH I LLC
11.00%, 10/01/15(g)

    4,009      481,080

11.75%, 5/15/14(g)(h)

    11,000      68,750

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
5.75%, 1/15/13

    220      53,900

Gallery Capital SA
10.125%, 5/15/13(f)(g)

    3,315      497,250

Paxson Communications Corp.
8.38%, 1/15/13(d)(f)(i)

    7,081      70,807

Rainbow National Services LLC
10.375%, 9/01/14(f)

    1,750      1,813,437

RH Donnelley Corp.
Series A-1
6.875%, 1/15/13(g)

    3      154

Series A-2
6.875%, 1/15/13(g)

    6      307

Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.
9.625%, 8/01/13

    1,650      1,216,875
          
         4,202,560
          

 

14     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Communications - Telecommunications – 1.2%

      

Centennial Communications Corp.
10.00%, 1/01/13

  US$   1,700    $ 1,793,500

Cricket Communications, Inc.
7.75%, 5/15/16(f)

    670      639,850

Digicel Ltd.
9.25%, 9/01/12(f)

    5,465      5,301,050

Inmarsat Finance PLC
10.375%, 11/15/12(j)

    6,475      6,701,625

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.
11.25%, 6/15/16

    3,300      3,366,000

Terrestar Networks, Inc.
15.00%, 2/15/14(f)(i)

    3,014      994,497

Vip Finance (Vimpelcom)
8.375%, 4/30/13(f)

    3,985      3,690,907
          
         22,487,429
          

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive – 0.1%

      

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
7.00%, 10/01/13

    2,350      1,889,475
          

Consumer Cyclical - Other – 0.1%

      

Broder Brothers Co.
12.00%, 10/15/13(i)(k)(l)

    489      346,521

12.00%, 10/15/13

    49      0

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

    1,213      1,115,960

Six Flags Operations, Inc.
9.625%, 6/01/14(g)

    1,023      143,220

12.25%, 7/15/16(f)(g)

    423      293,985

William Lyon Homes, Inc.
10.75%, 4/01/13

    2,000      710,000
          
         2,609,686
          

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers – 0.3%

      

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.
11.125%, 4/15/14

    1,600      1,272,000

Limited Brands, Inc.
6.90%, 7/15/17

    5,593      4,839,668
          
         6,111,668
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 0.4%

      

Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings Ltd.
7.75%, 2/08/10(f)

    4,505      3,878,625

HCA, Inc.
8.50%, 4/15/19(f)

    395      388,087

Select Medical Corp.
7.625%, 2/01/15

    250      203,125

7.654%, 9/15/15(d)

    5,000      3,550,000
          
         8,019,837
          

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND     15

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Other Industrial – 0.3%

      

Central European Distribution Corp.
8.00%, 7/25/12(f)

  EUR   62    $ 73,970

Noble Group Ltd.
6.625%, 3/17/15(f)

  US$   3,560      2,918,559

RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord Corp.
11.75%, 8/01/16

    2,150      1,585,625

Yioula Glassworks SA
9.00%, 12/01/15(f)

  EUR   253      124,222
          
         4,702,376
          

Services – 0.0%

      

West Corp.
11.00%, 10/15/16

  US$   150      125,250
          

Technology – 0.0%

      

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
10.125%, 12/15/16

    300      102,000
          
         65,087,394
          

Financial Institutions – 1.4%

      

Banking – 0.7%

      

ABN Amro Bank NV
4.31%, 3/10/16(e)

  EUR   6,790      3,905,392

CenterCredit International
8.625%, 1/30/14(f)

  US$   2,297      1,630,870

Commerzbank Capital Funding Trust I
5.012%, 4/12/16(e)

  EUR   3,550      1,593,637

Dexia Credit Local
4.30%, 11/18/15(e)

    4,450      2,247,364

HBOS Capital Funding LP
4.939%, 5/23/16(e)

    1,202      556,454

HBOS Euro Finance LP
7.627%, 12/09/11(e)

    2,336      1,310,822

Kazkommerts International BV
8.50%, 4/16/13(f)

  US$   325      204,750

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
7.648%, 9/30/31(e)

    1,629      806,355

RS Finance (RSB)
7.50%, 10/07/10(f)

    386      337,750
          
         12,593,394
          

Brokerage – 0.0%

      

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.
6.875%, 5/02/18(g)

    3,605      576,800
          

Finance – 0.5%

      

CIT Group, Inc.
5.125%, 9/30/14

    2,540      1,497,157

GMAC LLC
6.75%, 12/01/14(f)

    6,140      4,819,900

 

16     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

6.875%, 9/15/11(f)

  US$   2,507    $ 2,193,625

8.00%, 11/01/31(f)

    2,456      1,719,200
          
         10,229,882
          

Insurance – 0.2%

      

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
8.30%, 4/15/26

    5,000      3,700,000

Resolution PLC
6.586%, 4/25/16(e)

  GBP   50      12,339
          
         3,712,339
          
         27,112,415
          

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $137,734,280)

         92,199,809
          
      

BANK LOANS – 2.9%

      

Industrial – 2.5%

      

Basic – 0.3%

      

Flakeboard US GP I/Flakeboard America Limited
8.10%, 7/28/12(d)(i)

  US$   1,874      1,143,084

Georgia-Pacific Corp.
2.31%-2.65%, 12/20/12(d)

    1,322      1,243,729

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
2.88%, 5/05/13(d)

    26      17,357

3.50%, 5/05/13(d)

    119      80,107

Huntsman International LLC
2.06%, 4/21/14(d)

    930      836,121

John Maneely Co.
3.57%-4.39%, 12/09/13(d)

    800      630,400

Lyondell Chemical Company
3.82%-5.75%, 12/20/13(d)

    239      103,659

4.07%-6.0%, 12/22/14(d)

    145      62,794

7.00%, 12/22/14(d)

    629      272,478

Lyondell Chemical Company
(New Money Dip)
1.5%-13.00%, 12/15/09(d)(m)

    374      384,908

Lyondell Chemical Company
(New Roll-Up Dip)
5.82%-5.94%, 12/15/09(d)

    374      310,453

Newpage Corp.
4.06%, 12/22/14(d)

    487      419,400

Trinidad USA Partnership LLLP
2.82%, 5/01/11(d)

    968      784,350
          
         6,288,840
          

Capital Goods – 0.2%

      

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
2.56%-2.63%, 10/07/11(d)

    88      83,675

6.75%, 4/05/14(d)

    884      873,281

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND     17

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
3.06%-3.96%, 5/16/14(d)

  US$   970    $ 911,075

Manitowoc Co., Inc.
7.50%, 8/25/14(d)

    522      472,096

Sequa Corp.
3.57%-4.08%, 12/03/14(d)

    397      304,500

TRW Automotive Inc.
2/09/14(n)

    627      555,815
          
         3,200,442
          

Communications - Media – 0.4%

      

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. (Thomson Learning)
2.81%, 7/03/14(d)

    728      607,640

Cequel Communications LLC (Cebridge)
4.82%, 5/05/14(d)

    1,250      1,059,375

Charter Communications Operating LLC
6.25%, 3/05/14(d)

    1,478      1,325,436

CSC Holdings, Inc. (Cablevision)
2.07%, 3/29/13(d)

    941      882,602

Idearc, Inc. (Verizon)
6.25%, 11/17/14(d)(g)

    366      154,328

Sunshine Acquisition Limited
(HIT Entertainment)
3.26%, 3/20/12(d)

    732      519,744

Univision Communications, Inc.
2.56%, 9/29/14(d)(n)

    2,140      1,597,639

Wide Open West Finance LLC
2.82%-4.75%, 6/30/14(d)

    1,496      1,274,311
          
         7,421,075
          

Communications - Telecommunications – 0.2%

      

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
2.57%-3.39%, 3/13/14(d)

    1,316      1,088,478

Sorenson Communications, Inc.
2.81%, 8/16/13(d)

    1,068      970,417

Telesat Canada
3.31%, 10/31/14(d)

    978      908,605
          
         2,967,500
          

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive – 0.0%

      

Ford Motor Co.
3.32%-4.14%, 12/15/13(d)

    471      341,078

Visteon Corp.
4.14%-4.69%, 6/13/13(d)(g)

    600      246,000
          
         587,078
          

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment – 0.1%

    

London Arena and Waterfront Finance, LLC (O2 Arena)
2.82%, 3/08/12(d)

    1,355      1,124,931

 

18     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
3.56%, 4/09/12(d)

  US$   1,424    $ 797,379
          
         1,922,310
          

Consumer Cyclical - Other – 0.2%

      

Hanesbrands, Inc.
5.07%-5.84%, 9/05/13(d)

    872      865,053

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.
3.46%-4.09%, 1/28/15(d)

    608      445,503

4.09%, 1/28/15(d)

    651      475,564

Las Vegas Sands LLC
5/23/14(n)

    363      255,323

5/23/14(n)

    73      51,584

Penn National Gaming, Inc.
2.06%-2.72%, 10/03/12(d)

    288      274,899

VML US Finance LLC
2.85%, 5/25/12-5/27/13(d)

    1,746      1,476,502
          
         3,844,428
          

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers – 0.0%

      

Mattress Holding Corp.
2.56%, 1/18/14(d)

    490      213,159

Targus Group International
4.61%-5.75%, 11/22/12(d)

    902      442,162
          
         655,321
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 0.5%

      

Best Brands Corp.
9.82%, 12/12/12(d)(i)

    626      469,662

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.
2.56%, 7/25/14(d)

    1,170      1,051,648

Harlan Laboratories, Inc. (fka Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc.)
2.81%-2.82%, 7/11/14(d)

    897      776,141

HCA, Inc.
2.85%, 11/18/13(d)

    1,479      1,334,075

HCR Healthcare, LLC
2.81%, 12/22/14(d)

    542      479,981

Health Management Associates, Inc.
2.35%, 2/28/14(d)

    944      828,903

Mylan Inc.
3.56%-3.88%, 10/02/14(d)

    582      560,571

Onex Carestream Finance LP
5.56%, 10/30/13(d)

    1,000      655,630

Talecris Biotherepeutics Holdings Corp.
4.42%, 12/06/13(d)

    2,046      1,851,312

7.42%, 12/06/14(d)

    900      803,250

Wrigley Jr Company
6.50%, 9/30/14(d)

    878      880,606
          
         9,691,779
          

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND     19

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Energy – 0.2%

      

Ashmore Energy International
3.31%, 3/30/12(d)

  US$   179    $ 143,514

3.60%, 3/30/14(d)

    758      606,783

Dalbo, Inc.
3.57%, 8/27/12(d)

    622      497,407

Infrastrux Group, Inc.
4.56%, 11/03/12(d)(i)

    1,677      1,503,975
          
         2,751,679
          

Services – 0.1%

      

Sabre, Inc.
2.57%-3.29%, 9/30/14(d)

    972      698,487

Travelport LLC
2.81%-3.10%, 8/23/13(d)

    445      344,739

3.10%, 8/23/13(d)

    89      69,172

West Corp.
2.68%-2.69%, 10/24/13(d)

    978      888,977
          
         2,001,375
          

Technology – 0.3%

      

Dealer Computer Services, Inc.
5.81%, 10/26/13(d)

    500      292,500

Dresser, Inc.
3.10%, 5/04/14(d)

    949      860,298

First Data Corp.
3.06%-3.07%, 9/24/14(d)

    983      734,419

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
2.07%, 11/29/13(d)

    649      470,175

IPC Systems, Inc.
2.56%-2.85%, 6/02/14(d)

    1,853      1,403,858

5.85%, 6/01/15(d)

    2,000      720,000

Sungard Data Systems, Inc.
2.07%-2.72%, 2/28/14(d)

    34      31,187

3.63%-4.11%, 2/28/16(d)

    951      887,923
          
         5,400,360
          

Transportation - Airlines – 0.0%

      

Delta Airlines
4/30/14(n)

    630      428,400
          
         47,160,587
          

Utility – 0.3%

      

Electric – 0.3%

      

FirstLight Power Resources, Inc.
3.13%, 11/01/13(d)

    959      853,108

5.13%, 5/01/14(d)

    1,000      740,000

GBGH, LLC (US Energy)
6/09/14(d)(o)

    86      0

4.00%, 6/09/13(d)(i)(o)

    286      145,135

 

20     ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND

 

Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Riverside Energy Center, LLC
5.29%, 6/24/11(d)

  US$   1,457    $ 1,398,295

Rocky Mountain Energy Center, LLC
5.29%, 6/24/11(d)

    795      762,801

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC
3.81%-3.82%, 10/10/14(d)

    2,513      1,792,698
          
         5,692,037
          

Financial Institutions – 0.1%

      

Banking – 0.0%

      

North Las Vegas
8.11%, 5/09/11(d)(g)(i)(o)

    61      20,120

12.36%, 5/09/12(d)(g)(i)(o)

    2,119      105,954
          
         126,074
          

Finance – 0.1%

      

Levlad LLC & Arbonne International LLC
7.75%, 3/08/14(d)

    913      210,100

LPL Holdings
2.06%-2.35%, 6/28/13(d)

    814      734,681
          
         944,781
          

Insurance – 0.0%

      

Asurion Corp.
3.32%-4.02%, 7/03/14(d)

    1,000      938,000
          

Other Finance – 0.0%

      

Grosvenor Capital Management Holdings, LLLP
2.32%, 12/05/13(d)

    922      765,234
          

REITS – 0.0%

      

Crescent Resources, LLC
6/10/10(n)

    150      150,000

5.04%, 9/07/12(d)(g)

    977      156,343
          
         306,343
          
         3,080,432
          

Total Bank Loans
(cost $71,142,767)

         55,933,056
          
      

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS – 2.8%

      

Indonesia – 0.2%

      

Majapahit Holding BV
7.875%, 6/29/37(f)

    6,188      4,764,760
          

Kazakhstan – 0.5%

      

KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub BV
8.375%, 7/02/13(f)

    9,625      8,879,063
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Russia – 2.1%

      

RSHB Capital SA for OJSC Russian Agricultural Bank
6.299%, 5/15/17(f)

  US$   22,568    $ 19,408,480

7.125%, 1/14/14(f)

    12,351      11,671,695

7.75%, 5/29/18(f)

    9,905      8,988,787
          
         40,068,962
          

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $48,404,155)

         53,712,785
          
      

EMERGING MARKETS -
TREASURIES – 2.7%

      

Colombia – 0.9%

      

Republic of Colombia
9.85%, 6/28/27

  COP   4,287,000      2,024,488

12.00%, 10/22/15

    29,313,000      15,637,337
          
         17,661,825
          

Turkey – 1.8%

      

Turkey Government Bond
16.00%, 3/07/12

  TRY   47,390      33,170,832
          

Total Emerging Markets - Treasuries
(cost $46,112,341)

         50,832,657
          
      

EMERGING MARKETS -
SOVEREIGNS – 2.2%

      

Argentina – 0.1%

      

Argentina Bonos
7.00%, 10/03/15

  US$   125      58,990

7.82%, 12/31/33

  EUR   5,070      2,862,493
          
         2,921,483
          

El Salvador – 0.3%

      

Republic of El Salvador
7.65%, 6/15/35(f)

  US$   5,957      5,003,880
          

Indonesia – 1.5%

      

Republic of Indonesia
6.625%, 2/17/37(f)

    720      594,000

6.75%, 3/10/14(f)

    565      565,000

6.875%, 1/17/18(f)

    8,285      7,974,312

7.75%, 1/17/38(f)

    5,073      4,730,573

8.50%, 10/12/35(f)

    801      804,548

11.625%, 3/04/19(f)

    4,043      5,154,825

12.90%, 3/15/16(f)

  IDR   2,102,200      225,308

14.25%, 6/19/13(f)

    80,000,000      8,886,678
          
         28,935,244
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

Venezuela – 0.3%

      

Republic of Venezuela
5.75%, 2/26/16(f)

  US$   4,034    $ 2,305,512

8.50%, 10/08/14

    3,490      2,486,625

13.625%, 8/15/18

    458      398,460
          
         5,190,597
          

Total Emerging Markets - Sovereigns
(cost $46,335,192)

         42,051,204
          
      

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS – 1.0%

      

Industrial – 0.8%

      

Basic – 0.6%

      

Evraz Group SA
8.875%, 4/24/13(f)

    3,697      3,114,722

Steel Capital SA for OAO Severstal
9.75%, 7/29/13(f)

    9,646      8,150,870
          
         11,265,592
          

Consumer Cyclical - Other – 0.0%

      

Peermont Global Pty Ltd.
7.75%, 4/30/14(f)

  EUR   50      50,503
          

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 0.0%

      

Foodcorp Ltd.
8.875%, 6/15/12(f)

    194      225,887
          

Other Industrial – 0.2%

      

Noble Group Ltd.
8.50%, 5/30/13(f)

  US$   3,093      2,938,350
          
         14,480,332
          

Financial Institutions – 0.2%

      

Banking – 0.2%

      

Alfa Bond Issuance PLC
8.625%, 12/09/15

    300      216,165

ATF Bank
9.00%, 5/11/16(f)

    5,223      3,656,100

Banco BMG SA
9.15%, 1/15/16(f)

    400      380,000
          
         4,252,265
          

Other Finance – 0.0%

      

AES El Salvador Trust
6.75%, 2/01/16(f)

    350      248,783
          
         4,501,048
          

Total Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds
(cost $23,050,959)

         18,981,380
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

        Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value
 
      

CMOS – 0.2%

      

Non-Agency ARMS – 0.2%

      

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
Series 2005-A9, Class 2A1A
5.155%, 12/25/35(e)

  US$   4,835    $ 4,101,524
          

Agency Fixed Rate – 0.0%

      

Government National Mortgage Association
Series 2006-32, Class XM
0.707%, 11/16/45

    5,877      210,881
          

Total CMOs
(cost $4,832,627)

         4,312,405
          
        Shares     

PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.1%

      

Financial Institutions – 0.1%

      

Banking – 0.1%

      

Preferred Blocker, Inc.
7.00%(f)

    2,680      1,152,568
          

Non Corporate Sectors – 0.0%

      

Agencies - Government Sponsored – 0.0%

    

Federal National Mortgage
Association 8.25%

    125,325      167,935
          

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $3,669,133)

         1,320,503
          
        Principal
Amount
(000)
    

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - REGIONAL BONDS – 0.0%

      

Colombia – 0.0%

      

Bogota Distrio Capital
9.75%, 7/26/28(f)
(cost $192,199)

  COP   438,000      171,643
          
        Shares     

WARRANTS – 0.0%

      

Republic of Venezuela, expiring 4/15/20(p)
(cost $0)

    1,785      0
          

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

       

    
Shares

   U.S. $ Value  
   
      

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 4.8%

      

Investment Companies – 4.8%

      

AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio(q)
(cost $90,879,636)

    90,879,636    $ 90,879,636   
            

Total Investments – 148.3%
(cost $2,827,970,542)

         2,831,337,647   

Other assets less liabilities – (48.3)%

         (922,055,311
            

Net Assets – 100.0%

       $ 1,909,282,336   
            

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS ON CORPORATE AND SOVEREIGN ISSUES (see Note C)

 

Swap Counterparty &
Referenced Obligation
  Fixed
Deal
(Pay)
Receive
Rate
    Implied
Credit
Spread
at
June 30,
2009
    Notional
Amount
(000)
  Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
(Paid)
Received
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts:

           

Citibank, N.A.:

           

Qantas Airways Ltd.
5.125%, 6/20/13, 3/20/16*

  (1.75 )%    1.911   $ 5,000   $ 43,122      $   $        43,122   

Sale Contracts:

           

Citigroup Global Markets Limited:

           

Federal Republic of Brazil
12.25%, 3/6/30, 8/20/10*

  3.09      1.01        1,910           66,753            66,753   

Gazprom OAO
5.875-10.50%, 10/21/09-4/28/34, 10/20/10*

  1.04      4.515            10,000     (415,300         (415,300

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.:

           

Gazprom OAO
5.875-10.50%, 10/21/09-4/28/34, 10/20/10*

  1.04      4.515        1,380     (57,311         (57,311

 

*   Termination date.

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

FUTURES CONTRACTS (see Note C)

 

Type   Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Month
  Original
Value
  Value at
June 30,
2009
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sold Contracts

         

U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr Futures

  2,260   September 2009   $ 264,926,916   $ 267,492,188   $ (2,565,2.72

U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr Futures

  3,059   September 2009     359,903,525     355,656,547          4,246,978   
               
          $ 1,681,706   
               

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS (see Note C)

 

     Contract
Amount
(000)
  U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
  U.S. $
Value at
June 30,
2009
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts:

       

Australian Dollar settling 8/10/09

  24,045   $     19,620,800   $     19,320,034   $ (300,766

Australian Dollar settling 8/10/09

  11,520     9,012,290     9,256,649     244,359   

Australian Dollar settling 8/10/09

  12,411     9,838,300     9,972,606     134,306   

Australian Dollar settling 8/10/09

  10,825     8,526,336     8,697,814     171,478   

New Zealand Dollar settling 7/21/09

  14,944     9,199,056     9,631,457     432,401   

New Zealand Dollar settling 7/21/09

  15,195     9,590,553     9,793,484     202,931   

Norwegian Krone settling 8/06/09

  362,328     58,270,789     56,297,174     (1,973,615

Russian Ruble settling 7/15/09

  277,483     8,904,256     8,873,881     (30,375

South Korean Won settling 7/10/09

  12,356,124     9,865,957     9,703,636     (162,321

Sale Contracts:

       

British Pound settling 8/25/09

  414     677,217     680,524     (3,307

Canadian Dollar settling 8/21/09

  21,016     18,628,649     18,073,516     555,133   

Colombain Peso settling 7/23/09

  5,244,408     2,523,376     2,437,729     85,647   

Colombain Peso settling 9/23/09

  6,312,752     2,983,511     2,906,049     77,462   

Euro settling 7/08/09

  117     153,972     163,544     (9,572

Euro settling 7/08/09

  531     739,535     744,485     (4,950

Euro settling 7/08/09

  1,080     1,530,769     1,514,646     16,123   

Euro settling 7/08/09

  699     981,927     981,071     856   

Euro settling 7/08/09

  8,401     11,224,990     11,785,216     (560,226

Euro settling 7/08/09

  2,894     4,031,136     4,059,951     (28,815

Japanese Yen settling 7/10/09

  967,166     9,865,957     10,040,511     (174,554

Japanese Yen settling 7/15/09

  5,246     54,199     54,469     (270

Swiss Franc settling 7/27/09

  41,925     37,674,311     38,597,564     (923,253

Swiss Franc settling 7/27/09

  19,490     17,832,343     17,943,384     (111,041

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (see Note C)

 

Broker      Interest Rate     Maturity      Amount

Barclays

     0.15   7/01/09      $ 36,684,640

Barclays

     0.23   7/01/09        30,493,352

Barclays

     (1.80 )%*    7/01/09        119,994,000

Barclays

     0.05   7/07/09        98,750,137

Barclays

     0.10   7/07/09        26,055,072

Barclays

     1.75   7/07/09        47,750,000

Barclays

     1.75   7/07/09        71,625,000

Barclays

     0.18   7/08/09        67,674,375

Deutsche Bank

     0.25   7/06/09        200,611,215

Deutsche Bank

     1.75   7/06/09        47,687,500

Deutsche Bank

     0.05   7/07/09        97,750,136

ING

     0.23   7/01/09        54,394,865

ING

     0.25   7/01/09        89,105,569

ING

     (1.80 )%*    7/01/09        48,747,562

ING

     0.24   7/06/09        84,014,560

ING

     0.19   7/15/09        55,063,750

ING

     0.20   7/15/09        89,808,750

JP Morgan Chase

     0.10   7/07/09        19,750,055

JP Morgan Chase

     (0.20 )%*    8/17/09        48,987,206
               
            $     1,334,947,744
               

 

*   Interest payment due from counterparty.

 

(a)   Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize reverse repurchase agreements. The aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $956,405,175.

 

(b)   Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for open futures contracts. The market value of this security amounted to $17,819,221.

 

(c)   Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize interest rate swaps.

 

(d)   Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2009.

 

(e)   Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of June 30, 2009.

 

(f)   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 June 30, 2009, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $212,735,897 or 11.1% of net assets.

 

(g)   Security is in default and is non-income producing.

 

(h)   Indicates a security that has a zero coupon that remains in effect until a predetermined date at which time the stated coupon rate becomes effective until final maturity.

 

(i)   Pay-In-Kind Payments (PIK).

 

(j)   Coupon rate adjusts periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Stated interest rate in effect at June 30, 2009.

 

(k)   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security, which represents 0.0% of net assets as of June 30, 2009, is considered illiquid and restricted.

 

Restricted Securities    Acquisition
Date
   Cost    Market
Value
   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Broder Brothers Co.
    12.00%, 10/15/13

   8/22/2006    $     1,049,173    $     346,521    0.02

 

(l)   Fair valued.

 

(m)   This position represents unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments. Investments in unfunded loan commitments obligate the Fund to fund these commitments at the borrower’s

 

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Portfolio of Investments


 

 

discretion. At period end, the market value and unrealized gain/(loss) of these unfunded loan commitments amounted to $128,263 and $3,479, respectively. The coupon rate will be determined at the time of funding and will be based upon the London-Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a premium which was determined at the time of purchase.

 

(n)   Position or a portion of this position represents an unsettled loan purchase. At June 30, 2009, the market value and unrealized gain/(loss) of these unsettled loan purchases amounted to $1,918,921 and $(109,299), respectively. The coupon rate will be determined at the time of settlement and will be based upon the London-Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a premium which was determined at the time of purchase.

 

(o)   Illiquid security.

 

(p)   Non-income producing security.

 

(q)   Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Currency Abbreviations:

BRL  – Brazilian Real

COP  – Colombian Peso

EUR – Euro Dollar

GBP  – Great British Pound

HUF – Hungarian Forint

IDR  – Indonesian Rupiah

RUB – Russian Rouble

TRY – New Turkish Lira

Glossary:

ARMS – Adjustable Rate Mortgages

CMBS – Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

LP – Limited Partnership

OJSC – Open Joint Stock Company

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

STP – Structured Product

TIPS – Treasury Inflation Protected Security

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments


STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

June 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

Assets   

Investments in securities, at value

  

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,737,090,906)

   $ 2,740,458,011   

Affiliated issuers (cost $90,879,636)

     90,879,636   

Cash

     155,285   

Foreign currencies, at value (cost $2,189,477)

     2,226,397   

Receivable for investment securities sold

     380,797,139   

Interest and dividends receivable

     34,718,571   

Unrealized appreciation of forward currency exchange contracts

     1,920,696   

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts

     1,032,625   

Unrealized appreciation on credit default swap contracts

     109,875   

Other assets

     11,000   
        

Total assets

     3,252,309,235   
        
Liabilities   

Reverse repurchase agreements

     1,334,968,976   

Unrealized depreciation of forward currency exchange contracts

     4,283,065   

Payable for investment securities purchased

     2,038,543   

Advisory fee payable

     1,023,916   

Unrealized depreciation on credit default swap contracts

     472,611   

Administrative fee payable

     37,049   

Dividends payable

     9,514   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     193,225 (a) 
        

Total liabilities

     1,343,026,899   
        

Net Assets

   $ 1,909,282,336   
        
Composition of Net Assets   

Common stock, at par

   $ 2,427,057   

Additional paid-in capital

     2,174,109,539   

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (8,513,632

Accumulated net realized loss on investment and foreign currency transactions

     (261,610,861

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     2,870,233   
        
   $     1,909,282,336   
        

Net Asset Value Per Share—300 million shares of common stock authorized, $0.01 par value (based on 242,705,693 shares outstanding)

   $ 7.87   
        

 

(a)   Includes an amount of $88,458 owed to Lehman Brothers resulting from the termination of credit default swap contracts subsequent to its bankruptcy filing on September 15, 2008.

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income      

Interest

   $     74,510,325   

Dividends

     

Affiliated issuers

     164,837   

Unaffiliated issuers

     72,735    $ 74,747,897   
         
Expenses      

Advisory fee (see Note B)

     5,796,679   

Custodian

     153,163   

Printing

     118,260   

Registration fees

     106,386   

Administrative

     64,235   

Transfer agency

     62,761   

Audit

     54,731   

Directors’ fees

     25,433   

Legal

     12,377   

Miscellaneous

     23,816   
         

Total expenses before interest expense

     6,417,841   

Interest expense

     2,633,382   
         

Total expenses

        9,051,223   
           

Net investment income

        65,696,674   
           
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment and Foreign Currency Transactions      

Net realized gain (loss) on:

     

Investment transactions

        41,718,771   

Futures contracts

        4,261,148   

Swap contracts

        399,134   

Foreign currency transactions

        (9,990,953

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of:

     

Investments

        (4,752,790

Futures contracts

        51,652,587   

Swap contracts

        1,986,674   

Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

        654,996   
           

Net gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

        85,929,567   
           

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

      $     151,626,241   
           

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations


STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
December 31,
2008
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations     

Net investment income

   $ 65,696,674      $ 142,591,228   

Net realized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     36,388,100        (96,359,688

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     49,541,467        (161,775,619

Contributions from Adviser
(see Note B)

     – 0  –      1,062   
                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     151,626,241        (115,543,017
Dividends to Shareholders from     

Net investment income

     (60,676,423     (151,597,871
Common Stock Transactions     

Reinvestment of dividends resulting in the issuance of Common Stock

     1,101,292        – 0  – 
                

Total increase (decrease)

     92,051,110        (267,140,888
Net Assets     

Beginning of period

     1,817,231,226        2,084,372,114   
                

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of ($8,513,632) and ($13,533,883), respectively)

   $     1,909,282,336      $     1,817,231,226   
                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets


STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

Increase (Decrease) in Cash from Operating Activities:    

Interest and dividends received

  $ 64,016,446     

Interest expense paid

    (3,327,225  

Operating expenses paid

    (6,800,247  
         

Net increase in cash from operating activities

    $ 53,888,974   
Investing Activities:    

Purchases of long-term investments

        (1,470,580,823  

Proceeds from disposition of long-term investments

    1,131,560,637     

Purchase of short-term investments, net

    (61,647,486  

Proceeds from swap contracts

    399,134     

Variation margin paid on futures contracts

    43,731,579     

Realized currency gains on foreign forward currency contracts closed

    5,893,042     
         

Net decrease in cash from investing activities

          (350,643,917
Financing Activities:    

Cash dividends paid

    (77,763,389  

Effect of exchange rate on cash

    (829,766  

Decrease in loan payable

    (400,000,000  

Increase in reverse repurchase agreements

    773,781,378     
         

Net increase in cash from financing activities

      295,188,223   
         

Net decrease in cash

      (1,566,720

Cash at beginning of period

      3,948,402   
         

Cash at end of period

    $ 2,381,682   
         
Reconciliation of Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations to Net Increase in Cash from Operating Activities:    

Net increase in net assets from operations

    $ 151,626,241   
Adjustments:    

Decrease in interest and dividends receivable

  $ (3,618,424  

Accretion of bond discount and amortization of bond premium

    (7,113,027  

Decrease in interest payable

    (693,843  

Decrease in accrued expenses

    (382,406  

Net realized loss on investment and foreign currency transactions

    (36,388,100  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

    (49,541,467  
         

Total adjustments

      (97,737,267
         

Net increase in cash from operating activities

    $ 53,888,974   
         

See notes to financial statements

 

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Statement of Cash Flows


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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 Fund.

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 Fund’s Board of Directors.

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 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

 

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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 Fund may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Fund 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

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”), effective January 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, 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. FAS 157 also 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. 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 developed 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)

 

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The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2009:

 

Investments in Securities

  Level 1   Level 2     Level 3   Total  

Governments - Treasuries

  $   $ 1,470,596,624      $ 53,524,608   $ 1,524,121,232   

Mortgage Pass-Thru’s

        356,433,811            356,433,811   

Corporates - Investment Grades

        171,361,695        48,289,743     219,651,438   

Inflation Linked Securities

        112,385,977        2,561,991     114,947,968   

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

        112,957,860        38,176     112,996,036   

Agencies

        92,792,084            92,792,084   

Corporates - Non Investment Grades

        78,475,977        13,723,832     92,199,809   

Bank Loans

               55,933,056     55,933,056   

Quasi-Sovereigns

               53,712,785     53,712,785   

Emerging Markets - Treasuries

               50,832,657     50,832,657   

Emerging Markets - Sovereigns

        3,260,954        38,790,250     42,051,204   

Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

        3,453,800        15,527,580     18,981,380   

CMOS

        210,881        4,101,524     4,312,405   

Preferred Stocks

        1,320,503            1,320,503   

Local Governments - Regional Bonds

               171,643     171,643   

Short Term Investments

    90,879,636                90,879,636   
                           

Total Investments in Securities

    90,879,636     2,403,250,166        337,207,845     2,831,337,647   

Other Financial Instruments*

    1,681,706     (2,725,105         (1,043,399
                           
  $   92,561,342   $   2,400,525,061      $   337,207,845   $   2,830,294,248   
                           

 

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

 

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

 

    Governments -
Treasuries
    Corporates -
Investment
Grades
    Inflation
Linked
Securities
    Commercial
Mortgage
Backed
Securities
 

Balance as of 12/31/08

  $ 52,399,223      $ 8,477,461      $ 2,107,845      $ 53,633   

Accrued discounts/premiums

    (80,663     310,793        2,684        504   

Realized gain (loss)

    923,824        (9,122     (2,236       

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    11,736,416        12,300,658        481,178        (15,961

Net purchases (sales)

      (11,454,192     7,563,178        (27,480       

Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3

           19,646,775                 
                               

Balance as of 6/30/09

  $ 53,524,608      $ 48,289,743      $ 2,561,991      $ 38,176   
                               

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/09*

  $ 10,850,565      $ 12,300,658      $ 481,178      $ (15,961
                               
    Corporates - Non
Investment
Grades
    Bank
Loans
    Quasi-
Sovereigns
    Emerging
Markets -
Treasuries
 

Balance as of 12/31/08

  $ 4,356,119      $ 59,085,587      $ 15,178,100      $ 27,032,574   

Accrued discounts/premiums

    (10,302     245,106        357,566        2,331   

Realized gain (loss)

           (11,787,251            (2,228,142

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    2,554,523        25,328,247        15,668,254        8,647,273   

Net purchases (sales)

    2,299,392          (16,938,633            17,378,621   

Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3

    4,524,100               22,508,865          
                               

Balance as of 6/30/09

  $ 13,723,832      $ 55,933,056      $   53,712,785      $   50,832,657   
                               

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/09*

  $ 2,554,523      $ 17,677,473      $ 14,227,584      $ 8,647,273   
                               

 

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    Emerging
Markets -
Sovereigns
    Emerging
Markets -
Corporate
Bonds
    CMOS     Local
Governments -
Regional
Bonds

Balance as of 12/31/08

  $ 54,466,966      $ 2,310,668      $ 4,513,739      $ 158,313

Accrued discounts/premiums

    300,672        (2,787     6,837        123

Realized gain (loss)

    (7,250,977            66,377       

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    13,337,541        5,077,979        481,452        13,207

Net purchases (sales)

      (22,589,552            (966,881    

Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3

    525,600        8,141,720              
                             

Balance as of 6/30/09

  $ 38,790,250      $ 15,527,580      $   4,101,524      $   171,643
                             

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/09*

  $ 6,382,820      $ 5,077,979      $ 481,451      $ 13,207
                             
    Governments -
Sovereign
Bonds
    Total            

Balance as of 12/31/08

  $ 5,294,648      $ 235,434,876       

Accrued discounts/premiums

    (1,027     1,131,837       

Realized gain (loss)

    533,222        (19,754,305    

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (769,101     94,841,666       

Net purchases (sales)

    (5,057,742     (29,793,289)       

Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3

           55,347,060       
                   

Balance as of 6/30/09

  $      $   337,207,845       
                   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/09*

  $      $ 78,678,750       
                   

 

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

 

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3. Currency Translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under forward currency exchange contracts are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the quoted bid and asked prices of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates of exchange prevailing when such securities were acquired or sold. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at rates of exchange prevailing when accrued.

Net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions represents foreign exchange gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign fixed income investments, foreign currency exchange contracts, holding of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on foreign investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains and losses from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities at period end exchange rates are reflected as a component of net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

4. Taxes

It is the Fund’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. The Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on income and/or capital gains earned or repatriated. Taxes are accrued and applied to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized appreciation/depreciation as such income and/or gains are earned.

In accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”), management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions 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 Fund’s financial statements.

5. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the Fund 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 Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

 

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6. 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. generally accepted accounting principles. 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.

7. Repurchase Agreements

It is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or designated subcustodian take control of securities as collateral under repurchase agreements and to determine on a daily basis that the value of such securities are sufficient to cover the value of the repurchase agreements. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

During the period ended June 30, 2009, the Fund adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 (“FAS 161”), “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” FAS 161 requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities including qualitative disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements (see Note C.1).

In accordance with the provision set forth in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 165 “Subsequent Events”, adopted by the Fund as of June 30, 2009, management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Fund financial statements issued on August 26, 2009. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Fund financial statements through this date.

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”), the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly advisory fee in an amount equal to the sum of 1/12th of .30 of 1% of the Fund’s average weekly net assets up to $250 million, 1/12th of .25 of 1% of the Fund’s average weekly net assets in excess of $250 million, and 4.75% of the Fund’s daily gross income (i.e., income other than gains from the sale of securities and foreign currency transactions or gains realized from options and futures contracts less interest on money borrowed by the Fund) accrued by the Fund during the month. However, such monthly advisory fee shall not exceed in the aggregate 1/12th of .80% of the Fund’s average weekly net assets during the month (approximately

 

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.80% on an annual basis). Prior to February 12, 2007 the advisory fee could not exceed in the aggregate 1/12th of .95% of the Fund’s average weekly net assets during the month (approximately .95% on an annual basis).

During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Adviser reimbursed the Fund $1,062 for trading losses incurred due to a trade entry error.

Under the terms of the Shareholder Inquiry Agency Agreement with AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, the Fund reimburses ABIS for costs relating to servicing phone inquiries on behalf of the Fund. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, there was no reimbursement paid to ABIS.

Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement, the Fund paid $64,235 to the Adviser representing the cost of certain legal and accounting services provided to the Fund by the Adviser for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

The Fund may invest in the AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. – Government STIF Portfolio, an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser. The Government STIF Portfolio is offered as a cash management option to mutual funds and other institutional accounts of the Adviser, and is not available for direct purchase by members of the public. The Government STIF Portfolio pays no investment management fees but does bear its own expenses. A summary of the Fund’s transactions in shares of the Government STIF Portfolio for the six months ended June 30, 2009 is as follows:

 

Market Value

December 31, 2008

(000)

  Purchases
at Cost
(000)
  Sales
Proceeds
(000)
  Dividend
Income
(000)
  Market Value
June 30, 2009
(000)
$     29,232   $     683,933   $     622,285   $     165   $     90,880

NOTE C

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended June 30, 2009 were as follows:

 

     Purchases    Sales

Investment securities (excluding U.S. government securities)

   $ 169,224,884    $ 275,785,082

U.S. government securities

         1,301,813,610          1,151,775,388

 

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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 (excluding futures, foreign currency and swap transactions) are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 135,540,086   

Gross unrealized depreciation

         (132,172,981
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,367,105   
        

1. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Fund may use derivatives to earn income and enhance returns, to hedge or adjust the risk profile of its portfolio, to replace more traditional direct investments, or to obtain exposure to otherwise inaccessible markets. The Fund may also use derivatives for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investment in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”.

The principal types of derivatives utilized by the Fund, as well as the methods in which they may be used are:

 

   

Futures Contracts

The Fund may buy or sell futures contracts for the purpose of hedging its portfolio against adverse effects of anticipated movements in the market or for investment purposes. The Fund bears the market risk that arises from changes in the value of these instruments and the imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and movements in the price of the securities hedged or used for cover. The Fund may also purchase or sell futures contracts for foreign currencies or options thereon for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investment in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”.

At the time the Fund enters into a futures contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral an initial margin with the broker, as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Risks may arise from the potential inability of a counterparty to meet the terms of the contract. The credit/counterparty risk for futures contracts is generally less than privately negotiated futures contracts, since the clearinghouse, which is the issuer or counterparty to each exchange-traded future, provides a guarantee of performance. This guarantee is supported by a daily payment system (i.e., margin requirements). When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the time it was closed.

 

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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to hedge certain firm purchase and sale commitments denominated in foreign currencies and for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions.”

A forward currency exchange contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated forward rate. The gain or loss arising from the difference between the original contract and the closing of such contract would be included in net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions. Fluctuations in the value of open forward currency exchange contracts are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation by the Fund. Risks may arise from the potential inability of a counterparty to meet the terms of a contract and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. The face or contract amount, in U.S. dollars reflects the total exposure the Fund has in that particular currency contract.

 

   

Option Transactions

For hedging and investment purposes, the Fund may purchase and write (sell) put and call options on U.S. and foreign securities, including government securities, and foreign currencies that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets. The Fund may also use options transactions for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”.

The risk associated with purchasing an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the premium and change in market value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. Put and call options purchased are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities. The cost of securities acquired through the exercise of call options is increased by premiums paid. The proceeds from securities sold through the exercise of put options are decreased by the premiums paid.

When the Fund writes an option, the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from written options which expire unexercised are recorded by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from options written. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium received is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium

 

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received is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium received reduces the cost basis of the security or currency purchased by the Fund. In writing an option, the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. Exercise of an option written by the Fund could result in the Fund selling or buying a security or currency at a price different from the current market value. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Fund had no transactions in written options.

 

   

Swap Agreements

The Fund may enter into swaps to hedge their exposure to interest rates, credit risk, or currencies. The Fund may also enter into swaps for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”. A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference being paid by one party to the other. In addition, collateral may be pledged or received by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements to provide value and recourse to the Fund or its counterparties in the event of default, bankruptcy or insolvency by one of the parties to the swap agreement.

Interest Rate Swaps:

The Fund is subject to interest rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Fund holds fixed rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. To help hedge against this risk and to maintain its ability to generate income at prevailing market rates, the Fund may enter into interest rate swap contracts. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional amount.

A Fund may enter into interest rate swap transactions to reserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio, or protecting against an increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date. Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments) computed based on a contractually-based principal (or “notional”) amount. Interest rate swaps are entered into on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments).

 

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Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap contract to comply with the terms of the swap contract. The loss incurred by the failure of a counterparty is generally limited to the net interim payment to be received by the Fund, and/or the termination value at the end of the contract. Therefore, the Fund considers the creditworthiness of each counterparty to a swap contract in evaluating potential counterparty risk. This risk is mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund exposure to the counterparty. Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying securities. The Fund accrues for the interim payments on swap contracts on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swap contracts on the statement of assets and liabilities. Once the interim payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recorded as realized gain/(loss) on swaps on the statement of operations, in addition to any realized gain/(loss) recorded upon the termination of swap contracts. Fluctuations in the value of swap contracts are recorded as a component of net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swap contracts on the statement of operations.

Credit Default Swaps:

The Fund may enter into credit default swaps to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its risk exposure to defaults by corporate and sovereign issuers held by the Fund, or to create exposure to corporate or sovereign issuers to which it is not otherwise exposed. The Fund may purchase credit protection (“Buy Contract”) or provide credit protection (“Sale Contract”) on the referenced obligation of the credit default swap. During the term of the swap agreement, the Fund receives/(pays) fixed payments from/(to) the respective counterparty, calculated at the agreed upon interest rate applied to the notional amount. The accrual for these interim payments is recorded within unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swap contracts on the statement of assets and liabilities. Upfront premiums paid or received in connection with credit default swap contracts are recognized as cost or proceeds on the statement of assets and liabilities and are amortized on a straight line basis over the life of the contract. Amortized upfront premiums are included in net realized gain/(loss) from swaps on the statement of operations. If the Fund is a buyer/(seller) of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller/(pay to the buyer) of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap contract (the “Maximum Payout Amount”) and deliver/(take delivery of) the referenced obligation or (ii) receive/(pay) a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation.

 

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Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the referenced obligation directly. Credit default swaps are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. If the Fund is a buyer of protection and no credit event occurs, it will lose its investment. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, the value of the referenced obligation received by the Fund coupled with the periodic payments previously received, may be less than the Maximum Payout Amount it pays to the buyer, resulting in a net loss to the Fund.

Implied credit spreads utilized in determining the market value of credit default swaps on issuers as of period end are disclosed in the portfolio of investments. The implied spreads serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/ performance risk and typically reflect the likelihood of default by the issuer of the referenced obligation. The implied credit spread of a particular reference obligation also reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Widening credit spreads and, with respect to buy contracts, increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, typically represent a deterioration of the referenced obligation’s credit soundness and greater likelihood of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced obligation.

At June 30, 2009, the Fund had Sale Contracts outstanding with Maximum Payout Amounts aggregating $13,290,000, with net unrealized depreciation of $405,858, and terms ranging from 1 year 2 months to 1 year 4 months, as reflected in the portfolio of investments.

In certain circumstances Maximum Payout Amounts may be partially offset by recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, upfront premium received upon entering into the agreement, or net amounts received from settlement of buy protection credit default swap agreements entered into by the Fund for the same reference obligation with the same counterparty. As of June 30, 2009, the Fund did not have Buy Contracts outstanding with respect to the same referenced obligation and same counterparty for its Sale Contracts outstanding.

 

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At June 30, 2009, the Fund had entered into the following derivatives (not designated as hedging instruments under FAS No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”):

 

   

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives Not
Accounted
for as Hedging
Instruments
under
Statement 133

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value    

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value  

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Unrealized appreciation of forward currency exchange contracts

 

$

1,920,696

  

 

Unrealized depreciation of forward currency exchange contracts

 

$

4,283,065

  

Credit contracts

  Unrealized appreciation of credit default swap contracts     109,875      Unrealized depreciation of credit default swap contracts     472,611   

Interest rate contracts

 

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts

 

 

4,246,978

 

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts

 

 

2,565,272

                   

Total

    $   6,277,549        $   7,320,948   
                   

 

*   Includes cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in portfolio of investments. Only variation margin receivable/payable at period end is reported within the statement of assets and liabilities.

 

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The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009:

 

Derivatives Not
Accounted for as
Hedging Instruments
under Statement 133

 

Location of Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives

  Realized
Gain or
(Loss) on
Derivatives
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
(Depreciation)
 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions; change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

 

$

4,964,533

 

$

(438,507

Credit contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swap contracts; change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of swap contracts     399,134     1,986,674   

Interest rate contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts; change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts     4,261,148     51,652,587   
               

Total

    $   9,624,815   $   53,200,754   
               

2. Currency Transactions

The Fund may invest in non-U.S. Dollar securities on a currency hedged or unhedged basis. The Fund may seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures and options on futures, swaps, and options. The Fund may enter into transactions for investment opportunities when it anticipates that a foreign currency will appreciate or depreciate in value but securities denominated in that currency are not held by the Fund and do not present attractive investment opportunities. Such transactions may also be used when the Adviser believes that it may be more efficient than a direct investment in a foreign currency-denominated security. The Fund may also conduct currency exchange contracts on a spot basis (i.e., for cash at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market for buying or selling currencies).

3. Dollar Rolls

The Fund may enter into dollar rolls. Dollar rolls involve sales by the Fund of securities for delivery in the current month and the Fund’s simultaneously contracting to repurchase substantially similar (same type and coupon) securities on a specified future date. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes principal and

 

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interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the lower forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the “drop”) as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. Dollar rolls are speculative techniques and may be considered to be borrowings by the Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Fund had no transactions in dollar rolls.

4. Reverse Repurchase Agreements

Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells securities and agrees to repurchase them at a mutually agreed upon date and price. At the time the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it will establish a segregated account with the custodian containing liquid assets having a value at least equal to the repurchase price.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the average amount of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding was $646,596,589 and the daily weighted average interest rate was 0.16%.

NOTE D

Common Stock

During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Fund issued 149,099 shares in connection with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund did not issue any shares in connection with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.

NOTE E

Bank Borrowing

During the reporting period, the Fund participated in a credit facility for a commercial paper asset securitization program with Societe Generale (“SG”) as Administrative Agent, and Barton Capital Corporation (“Barton”) as lender. The Fund terminated the credit facility, which had a maximum limit of $400 million, on May 22, 2009. Under the SG Program, Barton funded advances to the Fund through the issuance of commercial paper rated A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. The collateral value must have been at least 171% of outstanding borrowings. The borrowings under the SG program were secured by the pledging of the Fund’s portfolio securities as collateral. The interest rate on the Fund’s borrowings was based on the interest rate carried by the commercial paper. For the period beginning January 1, 2009 through May 22, 2009, the weighted average annual interest rate was 0.01% and average borrowing was $341,615,395.

NOTE F

Risks Involved in Investing in the Fund

Interest Rate Risk and Credit Risk—Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed-income debt

 

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securities such as bonds or notes. Increases in interest rates may cause the value of the Fund’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.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund may invest in derivatives such as forwards, options, futures and swaps. These investments may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.

Foreign Securities Risk—Investing in securities of foreign companies or foreign governments involves special risks which include changes in foreign currency exchange rates and the possibility of future political and economic developments which could adversely affect the value of such securities. Moreover, securities of many foreign companies or foreign governments and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies or of the U.S. government.

The Fund invests in the sovereign debt obligations of countries that are considered emerging market countries at the time of purchase. Therefore, the Fund is susceptible to governmental factors and economic and debt restructuring developments adversely affecting the economics of these emerging market countries. In addition, these debt obligations may be less liquid and subject to greater volatility than debt obligations of more developed countries.

Currency Risk—This is the risk that changes in foreign currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments or reduce the returns of the Fund. For example, the value of the Fund’s investments in foreign currency-denominated securities or currencies may decrease if the U.S. Dollar is strong (i.e., gaining value relative to other currencies) and other currencies are weak (i.e., losing value relative to the U.S. Dollar). Currency markets are generally not as regulated as securities markets. Independent of the Fund’s investments denominated in foreign currencies, the Fund’s positions in various foreign currencies may cause the Fund to experience investment losses due to the changes in exchange rates and interest rates.

Leverage Risk—Until May 22, 2009, the Fund participated in a credit facility for the purpose of utilizing investment leverage. The Fund may continue to utilize leverage through the investment techniques of reverse repurchase agreements and dollar rolls. Reverse repurchase agreements and dollar rolls are speculative techniques and are considered borrowings by the Fund.

 

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The effect of leverage can produce higher shareholder returns than if the Fund were not leveraged, and the use of leverage techniques can add to the net asset value (NAV) of the Common Stock. However, the risks of such techniques are potentially a higher volatility of the NAV of the Common Stock, potentially more volatility in the market value of the Common Stock and the relatively greater effect on the NAV of the Common Stock caused by favorable or adverse changes in the currency exchange rates. In addition, changes in the interest rate environment can increase or decrease shareholder returns. The Fund maintains asset coverage of at least 200% with respect to borrowings.

To the extent that the current interest rate on the Fund’s indebtedness approaches the net return on the leveraged portion of the Fund’s investment portfolio, then the benefit to the shareholders will be reduced. If the rate on indebtedness were to exceed the net return on the same portion of the portfolio, then this would result in a lower rate of return for the shareholders. Similarly, the use of leverage in a declining market can advance the decrease of the Fund’s NAV more so than if the Fund were not leveraged, which would likely be reflected in a greater decline in the market price for shares of Common Stock than if the Fund were not leveraged. In extreme cases, if the Fund’s current investment income were not sufficient to meet interest payments on indebtedness or if the Fund failed to maintain the asset coverage required by the 1940 Act, then it could be necessary for the Fund to liquidate certain investments at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so, thereby reducing its NAV.

The use of derivative instruments by the Fund, such as forwards, futures, options and swaps, may also result in a form of leverage.

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

NOTE G

Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions to be paid for the year ending December 31, 2009 will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year. The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were as follows:

 

     2008    2007

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $ 151,597,871    $ 176,652,954
             

Total taxable distributions

     151,597,871      176,652,954
             

Total distributions paid

   $     151,597,871    $     176,652,954
             

 

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As of December 31, 2008, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 2,160,665   

Accumulated capital and other losses

     (344,307,820 )(a) 

Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

     (16,056,923 )(b) 
        

Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)

   $     (358,204,078
        

 

(a)  

On December 31, 2008, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $198,560,038 of which $48,113,872 expires in the year 2009, $137,668,099 expires in the year 2010, $3,846,510 expires in the year 2014 and $8,931,557 expires in the year 2016. To the extent future capital gains are offset by capital loss carryforwards, such gains will not be distributed. Based on certain provisions in the Internal Revenue Code, various limitations regarding the future utilization of these carryforwards, brought forward as a result of the Fund’s merger with ACM Government Securities Fund, ACM Government Spectrum Fund, and ACM Government Opportunity Fund may apply. In addition the Fund had $8,878,672 of capital loss carryforward which expired in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund deferred losses on straddles of $14,684,022. Net capital losses and net currency losses incurred after October 31, and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Fund’s next taxable year. The Fund deferred to January 1, 2009, post October capital loss of $126,010,904 and post October currency loss of 5,052,855.

 

(b)  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the difference between book and tax amortization methods for premium, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains and losses on certain derivative instruments and the difference between book and tax treatment of swap income.

NOTE H

Legal Proceedings

As has been previously reported, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Office of the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) have been investigating practices in the mutual fund industry identified as “market timing” and “late trading” of mutual fund shares. Certain other regulatory authorities have also been conducting investigations into these practices within the industry and have requested that the Adviser provide information to them. The Adviser has been cooperating and will continue to cooperate with all of these authorities. The shares of the Fund are not redeemable by the Fund, but are traded on an exchange at prices established by the market. Accordingly, the Fund and its shareholders are not subject to the market timing and late trading practices that are the subject of the investigations mentioned above or the lawsuits described below.

Numerous lawsuits have been filed against the Adviser and certain other defendants in which plaintiffs make claims purportedly based on or related to the same practices that are the subject of the SEC and NYAG investigations referred to above. Some of these lawsuits name the Fund as a party. The lawsuits are now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland pursuant to a ruling by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferring and

 

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centralizing all of the mutual funds involving market and late trading in the District of Maryland.

The Adviser believes that these matters are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or the Adviser’s ability to perform advisory services relating to the Fund.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Common Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2009
(unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
      2008     2007     2006     2005     2004(a)  
     
           

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $  7.49      $  8.59      $  8.31      $  8.25      $  8.27      $  8.39   
     

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(b)

  .27      .59      .57      .60      .66      .67   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

  .36      (1.06   .44      .08      – 0  –    (.01

Contributions from Adviser

  – 0  –    .00 (c)    – 0  –    – 0  –    – 0  –    – 0  – 
     

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

  .63      (.47   1.01      .68      .66      .66   
     

Less: Dividends

           

Dividends from net investment income

  (.25   (.63   (.73   (.62   (.68   (.78
     

Net asset value, end of period

  $  7.87      $  7.49      $  8.59      $  8.31      $  8.25      $  8.27   
     

Market value, end of period

  $  7.71      $  7.08      $  8.05      $  8.14      $  8.28      $  8.16   
     

Premium/(Discount), end of period

  (2.03 )%    (5.47 )%    (6.29 )%    (2.05 )%    .36  %    (1.33 )% 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on:(d)

           

Market value

  12.71  %    (4.64 )%    8.01  %    6.10  %    10.18  %    4.63  % 

Net asset value

  8.75  %    (5.46 )%*    12.89  %*    8.71  %    8.32  %    8.44  % 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

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

  $1,909,282      $1,817,231      $2,084,372      $1,907,332      $1,889,926      $1,888,272   

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

  1.00  %(e)    2.02  %    3.35  %    3.47  %    2.46  %    1.66  % 

Expenses, excluding interest expense(f)

  .71  %(e)    .72  %    .71  %    .74  %    .79  %    .98  % 

Net investment income

  7.25  %(e)    7.15  %    6.74  %    7.35  %    7.99  %    8.27  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

  53  %    51  %    90  %    177  %    160  %    139  % 

Asset coverage ratio

  – 0  – %(g)    530  %    589  %    529  %    443  %    492  % 

Bank borrowing outstanding (in millions)

  $– 0  – (g)    $400      $400      $400      $400      $400   

See footnote summary on page 54.

 

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(a)   As of January 1, 2004, the Fund has adopted the method of accounting for interim payments on swap contracts in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133. These interim payments are reflected within net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on swap contracts, however prior to January 1, 2004, these interim payments were reflected within interest income/expense on the statement of operations. The effect of this change for the year ended December 31, 2004, was to decrease net investment income per share and increase net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions. The effect on the per share amounts was less than $0.005. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets was decreased by 0.02%.

 

(b)   Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(c)   Amount is less than $0.005.

 

(d)   Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Total investment return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(e)   Annualized.

 

(f)   Excludes net interest expense of .29%, 1.30%, 2.64%, 2.73%, 1.67% and .68%, respectively, on borrowings (see Notes C and F).

 

(g)   The credit facility was terminated on May 22, 2009.

 

*   Includes the impact of proceeds received and credited to the Fund resulting from class action settlements, which enhanced the Fund’s performance for the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 by 0.33% and 1.69%, respectively.

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(unaudited)

Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan

Shareholders whose shares are registered in their own names may elect to be participants in the Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to which dividends and capital gain distributions to shareholders will be paid in or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund (the “Dividend Shares”). Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Agent”) will act as agent for participants under the Plan. The Plan also allows you to make optional cash investments in Fund shares through the Agent. Shareholders whose shares are held in the name of a broker or nominee should contact such broker or nominee to determine whether or how they may participate in the Plan.

If the Board declares an income distribution or determines to make a capital gain distribution payable either in shares or in cash, non-participants in the Plan will receive cash and participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in shares of Common Stock of the Fund valued as follows:

 

  (i) If the shares of Common Stock are trading at net asset value or at a premium above net asset value at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at the greater of net asset value or 95% of the then current market price.

 

  (ii) If the shares of Common Stock are trading at a discount from net asset value at the time of valuation, the Plan Agent will receive the dividend or distribution in cash and apply it to the purchase of the Fund’s shares of Common Stock in the open market on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere, for the participants’ accounts. Such purchases will be made on or shortly after the payment date for such dividend or distribution and in no event more than 30 days after such date except where temporary curtailment or suspension of purchase is necessary to comply with Federal securities laws. If, before the Plan Agent has completed its purchases, the market price exceeds the net asset value of a share of Common Stock, the average purchase price per share paid by the Plan Agent may exceed the net asset value of the Fund’s shares of Common Stock, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the dividend or distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund.

The Plan Agent will maintain all shareholders’ accounts in the Plan and furnish written confirmation of all transactions in the account, including information needed by shareholders for tax records. Shares in the account of each Plan participant will be held by the Plan Agent in non-certificate form in the name of the participant, and each shareholder’s proxy will include those shares purchased or received pursuant to the Plan.

There will be no charges with respect to shares issued directly by the Fund to satisfy the dividend reinvestment requirements. However, each participant will

 

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Additional Information


 

pay a pro-rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan Agent’s open market purchases of shares.

The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve participants of any income taxes that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on dividends and distributions.

Experience under the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable. Accordingly, the Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan as applied to any voluntary cash payments made and any dividend or distribution paid subsequent to written notice of the change sent to participants in the Plan at least 90 days before the record date for such dividend or distribution. The Plan may also be amended or terminated by the Plan Agent on at least 90 days written notice to participants in the Plan. All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Agent at Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010.

 

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Additional Information


 

SUPPLEMENTAL PROXY INFORMATION

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc. was held on March 31, 2009 and each proposal was approved by stockholders.

A description of each proposal and number of shares voted at the meeting are as follows:

 

            Voted For   

Abstain/

Authority
Withheld

1.  To Elect Class Two Director:

     

(term expires in 2011)

  

Robert M. Keith

   205,407,744    10,261,519

2.  To Elect Class Three Directors:

     

(term expires in 2012)

   Garry L. Moody    203,996,440    11,672,823
   Marshall C. Turner    203,749,244    11,920,019
   Earl D. Weiner    203,651,076    12,018,187

 

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Supplemental Proxy Information


 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1), Chairman    Robert M. Keith

John H. Dobkin(1)

Michael J. Downey(1)

D. James Guzy(1)

Nancy P. Jacklin(1)

  

Garry L. Moody(1)

Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1)

Earl D. Weiner(1)

OFFICERS

Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer

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

Paul J. DeNoon(2), Vice President

Gershon M. Distenfeld(2),
Vice President

Michael L. Mon, Vice President

Douglas J. Peebles(2), Vice President

  

Matthew S. Sheridan(2), Vice President

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

 

Administrator

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

 

Dividend Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

P.O. Box 43010

Providence, RI 02940-3010

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

  

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 most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund’s portfolio are made by a team of investment professionals consisting of Messrs. DeNoon, Distenfeld, Peebles and Sheridan.

 

   Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that the Fund may purchase from time to time at market prices shares of its Common Stock in the open market.

 

   This report, including the financial statements herein, is transmitted to the shareholders of AllianceBernstein Income Fund for their information. The financial information included herein is taken from the records of the Fund. This is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase of shares of the Fund or any securities mentioned in this report.

 

   Annual Certifications—As required, on April 29, 2009, the Fund submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) the annual certification of the Fund’s Chief Executive Officer certifying that he is not aware of any violations of the NYSE’s Corporate Governance listing standards. The Fund has also included the certifications of the Fund’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as exhibits to the Fund’s Form N-CSR filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the reporting period.

 

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Board of Directors


SUMMARY OF GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Shareholder Information

The daily net asset value of the Fund’s shares is available from the Fund’s Transfer Agent by calling (800) 426-5523. The Fund also distributes its daily net asset value to various financial publications or independent organizations such as Lipper Inc., Morningstar, Inc. and Bloomberg.

The Fund’s NYSE trading symbol is “ACG.” Weekly comparative net asset value (NAV) and market price information about the Fund is published each Monday in The Wall Street Journal and other newspapers in a table called “Closed-End Bond Funds.”

 

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

A Dividend Reinvestment Plan provides automatic reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in additional Fund shares. The Plan also allows you to make optional cash investments in Fund Shares through the Plan Agent. If you wish to participate in the Plan and your shares are held in your name, simply complete and mail the enrollment form in the brochure. If your shares are held in the name of your brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, you should ask them whether or how you can participate in the Plan.

For questions concerning shareholder account information, or if you would like a brochure describing the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, please call Computershare Trust Company, N.A. at (800) 219-4218.


 

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Summary of General Information


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

Wealth Preservation Strategy

Tax-Managed Balanced Wealth Strategy

Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Tax-Managed Wealth Preservation 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*

Global & International

Global Growth Fund*

Global Thematic Growth Fund*

Greater China ‘97 Fund

International Growth Fund

Value Funds

Domestic

Balanced Shares

Focused Growth & Income 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

Diversified Yield Fund

Global Bond Fund

High Income Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Short Duration Portfolio

Municipal Bond Funds

 

National

Arizona

California

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

  

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

ACM Managed Dollar Income Fund

Alliance California Municipal Income Fund

Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund

The Spain Fund


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 November 3, 2008, Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund was named Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Global Growth Fund was named Global Research Growth Fund, and Global Thematic Growth Fund was named Global Technology 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


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Privacy Notice (This information is not part of the Shareholder Report.)

AllianceBernstein L.P., the AllianceBernstein Family of Funds and AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (collectively, “AllianceBernstein” or “we”) understand the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of our clients’ nonpublic personal information. Nonpublic personal information is personally identifiable financial information about our clients who are natural persons. To provide financial products and services to our clients, we may collect information about clients from sources, including: (1) account documentation, including applications or other forms, which may contain information such as a client’s name, address, phone number, social security number, assets, income, and other household information, (2) clients’ transactions with us and others, such as account balances and transactions history, and (3) information from visitors to our websites provided through online forms, site visitorship data, and online information collecting devices known as “cookies.”

It is our policy not to disclose nonpublic personal information about our clients (or former clients) except to our affiliates, or to others as permitted or required by law. From time to time, AllianceBernstein may disclose nonpublic personal information that we collect about our clients (or former clients), as described above, to non-affiliated third parties, including those that perform processing or servicing functions and those that provide marketing services for us or on our behalf under a joint marketing agreement that requires the third party provider to adhere to AllianceBernstein’s privacy policy. We have policies and procedures to safeguard nonpublic personal information about our clients (and former clients) that include restricting access to such nonpublic personal information and maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards, that comply with applicable standards, to safeguard such nonpublic personal information.


 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND

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 when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

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 when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

 

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

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

 

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

There have been no purchases of equity securities by the Fund or by affiliated parties for the reporting period.

 

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 Income Fund, Inc.

 

By:

 

/s/ Robert M. Keith

  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   August 25, 2009

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:   August 25, 2009
By:  

/s/ Joseph J. Mantineo

  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   August 25, 2009