KEY RISKS TO CONSIDER
Derivatives Risk: The portfolio may invest in financial derivative instruments for investment purposes in addition to hedging and/or efficient portfolio management purposes and hence this may lead to a higher volatility to the net asset value of the Portfolio.
Emerging/frontier Markets Risk: Where the Portfolio invests in emerging markets, these assets are generally smaller and more sensitive to economic and political factors and may be less easily traded, which could cause a loss to the Portfolio.
Equity Securities Risk: The value of equity investments may fluctuate in response to the activities and results of individual companies or because of market and economic conditions. These investments may decline over short- or long-term periods.
Small/mid-cap Equities Risk: Investment in securities of companies with relatively small market capitalizations may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements because the securities are typically traded in lower volume and are subject to greater business risk.
Currency Risk: The Portfolio holds assets that are denominated in currencies other than its Base Currency, any changes in currency exchange rates could reduce investment gains or income, or increase investment losses, in some cases significantly. Hedging may reduce but not eliminate currency risk.
Important information
The Portfolio is part of AB SICAV I (referred to as “AB”). AB is an open-ended investment company with variable capital (société d'investissement à capital variable) under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Currency-hedged share classes use hedging techniques in an attempt to reduce --but not eliminate fluctuations between the investor's holdings in a particular currency-hedged share class denominated in the investor's investing currency and the portfolio's base currency. The goal is to deliver returns that track the portfolio's base currency returns more closely.
Investment in the Fund entails certain risks. Investment returns and principal value of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund is meant as a vehicle for diversification and does not represent a complete investment program. Some of the principal risks of investing in the Fund (risks typically associated with ordinary market conditions) include concentration/focus risk, currency risk, derivatives risk, emerging/frontier markets risk, equity securities risk, hedging risk, market risk, and securities lending risk. The Portfolio may invest in financial derivative instruments for investment purposes in addition to hedging and/or efficient portfolio management purposes and hence this may lead to a higher volatility to the net asset value of the Portfolio. These and other risks are described in the Fund's prospectus. Prospective investors should read the prospectus and Product Highlights Sheet carefully and discuss risk and the fund's fees and charges with their financial adviser to determine if the investment is appropriate for them.
This information is directed solely at persons in jurisdictions where the funds and relevant share class are registered or who may otherwise lawfully receive it. Before investing in AllianceBernstein funds, investors should review the fund's full prospectus, together with the fund's Product Highlights Sheet and the most recent financial statements. Copies of these documents, including the latest annual report and, if issued thereafter, the latest semi-annual report, may be obtained free of charge from www.abfunds.com/ www.alliancebernstein.com or by contacting the local distributor in the jurisdictions in which the funds are authorized for distribution.
