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ALLIANCE CAPITAL RESERVES
This filed pursuant to Rule 497(e).
File Nos: 002-61564 and 811-02835
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YIELDS
For current recorded yield information on [LOGO OF EMMETT A. LARKIN
the Funds, call toll-free (800) 221-9513. COMPANY, INC APPEARS HERE]
The Funds are open-end management investment Introduces...
companies with investment objectives of safe-
ty, liquidity and maximum current income (in . Alliance Capital Reserves
the case of Alliance Municipal Trust-General,
exempt from Federal income taxes and, in the . Alliance Treasury Reserves
case of the New York and California Portfo-
lios, exempt from Federal and state income . Alliance Municipal Trust
taxes of the respective states) to the extent
consistent with the first two objectives. Al- - General Portfolio
liance Capital Reserves, Alliance Treasury
Reserves and the General Portfolio of Alli- - California Portfolio
ance Municipal Trust are diversified. The New
York and California Portfolios of Alliance - New York Portfolio
Municipal Trust are non-diversified, and are
offered only to residents of each such re-
spective state. This prospectus sets forth Prospectus: November 1, 1996
the information about each Fund that a pro-
spective investor should know before invest-
ing. Please retain it for future reference.
AN INVESTMENT IN A FUND IS (I) NEITHER IN-
SURED NOR GUARANTEED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT;
(II) NOT A DEPOSIT OR OBLIGATION OF, OR GUAR-
ANTEED OR ENDORSED BY, ANY BANK; AND (III)
NOT FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE
BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY. THERE CAN BE NO
ASSURANCE THAT A FUND WILL BE ABLE TO MAIN-
TAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE OF $1.00 PER
SHARE. THE PORTFOLIOS OF ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL
TRUST, EXCEPT FOR THE GENERAL PORTFOLIO, MAY
INVEST A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THEIR ASSETS
IN THE SECURITIES OF A SINGLE ISSUER. ACCORD-
INGLY, AN INVESTMENT IN SUCH PORTFOLIOS MAY
BE RISKIER THAN AN INVESTMENT IN OTHER TYPES
OF MONEY MARKET FUNDS.
A "Statement of Additional Information" for
each Fund dated November 1, 1996, which pro-
vides a further discussion of certain areas
in this prospectus and other matters which
may be of interest to some investors, has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is incorporated herein by ref-
erence. A free copy may be obtained by con-
tacting your Registered Representative.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR Emmett A. Larkin Company, Inc.
DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION Investment Securities
NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMIS-
SION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS 100 Bush Street
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CON-
TRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. San Fransisco, CA 94104
CONTENTS
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Expense Information....................................................... 2
Financial Highlights...................................................... 3
Investment Objectives and Policies........................................ 6
Purchase and Redemption of Shares......................................... 10
Additional Information.................................................... 10
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EXPENSE INFORMATION
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
The Funds have no sales load on purchases or reinvested dividends, deferred
sales load, redemption fee or exchange fee.
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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (as a
percentage of average net assets, after ACR ATR AMT-GEN AMT-NY AMT-CA
expense reimbursement) --- ---- ------- ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Management Fees............................ .46% .50% .50% .50% .50%
12b-1 Fees................................. .25 .25 .25 .25 .25
Other Expenses............................. .29 .25 .25 .25 .25
---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Total Fund Operating Expenses.............. 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
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EXAMPLE
You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5%
annual return (cumulatively through the end of each time period):
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1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ACR.......................................... $10 $32 $55 $122
ATR.......................................... $10 $32 $55 $122
AMT--General................................. $10 $32 $55 $122
AMT--New York................................ $10 $32 $55 $122
AMT--California.............................. $10 $32 $55 $122
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The purpose of the foregoing table is to assist the investor in understand-
ing the various costs and expenses that an investor in the Fund will bear di-
rectly and indirectly. The expenses listed in the table for ACR are net of the
contractual reimbursement by the Adviser described in this prospectus. The ex-
penses of such Portfolio, before expense reimbursements, would be: ACR: Man-
agement Fee--.47%, 12b-1 Fees--.25%, Other Expenses--.29% and Total Operating
Expenses--1.01%. THE EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST
OR FUTURE EXPENSES; ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS . FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD
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The following tables have been audited by McGladrey & Pullen LLP, each of
the Fund's independent auditors, whose unqualified report thereon appears in
each Statement of Additional Information. This information should be read in
conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in each
Fund's Statement of Additional Information.
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YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
ALLIANCE CAPITAL RESERVES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value,
beginning of period..... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income.... .0471 .0447 .0255 .0266 .0438 .0662 .0782 .0788 0.0625 0.0549
Net realized gain on
investments............. -0- -0- -0- .0003 .0013 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------
Net increase in net
assets from operations.. .0471 .0447 .0255 .0269 .0451 .0662 .0782 .0788 0.0625 0.0549
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------
LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net
investment income....... (.0471) (.0447) (.0255) (.0266) (.0438) (.0662) (.0782) (.0788) (0.0625) (0.0549)
Distributions from net
realized gains.......... -0- -0- -0- (.0003) (.0013) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------
Total dividends and
distributions........... (.0471) (.0447) (.0255) (.0269) (.0451) (.0662) (.0782) (.0788) (0.0625) (0.0549)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------
Net asset value, end of
period.................. $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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TOTAL RETURNS
Total investment return
based on:
Net asset value(a)...... 4.82% 4.57% 2.58% 2.73% 4.61% 6.84% 8.14% 8.20% 6.45% 5.64%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year
(in millions)........... $4,804 $3,024 $2,417 $2,112 $1,947 $1,937 $1,891 $1,536 $1,392 $1,458
Ratio to average net
assets of:
Expenses, net of waivers
and reimbursements..... 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% .97% .88% .95% .95% .99%
Expenses, before waivers
and reimbursements..... 1.00% 1.03% 1.03% 1.00% 1.00% .97% .98% 1.05% 1.05% 1.09%
Net investment
income(b).............. 4.69% 4.51% 2.57% 2.65% 4.37% 6.62% 7.82% 7.87% 6.26% 5.50%
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(a) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
redemption on the last day of the period.
(b) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by the Adviser.
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SEPTEMBER 1, 1993(A)
ALLIANCE TREASURY RESERVES YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED THROUGH
JUNE 30, 1996 JUNE 30, 1995 JUNE 30, 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of
period....................... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERA-
TIONS
Net investment income......... .0466 .0460 0.260
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LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net investment
income....................... (.0466) (.0460) (.0260)
-------- -------- -------
Net asset value, end of peri-
od........................... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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TOTAL RETURNS
Total investment return based
on: net asset value(b)....... 4.77% 4.71% 3.18%(c)
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year (in
thousands)................... $700,558 $493,702 $80,720
Ratio to average net assets
of:
Expenses, net of waivers and
reimbursements.............. .81% .69% .28%(c)
Expenses, before waivers and
reimbursements.............. 1.05% 1.05% 1.28%(c)
Net investment income(d)..... 4.64% 4.86% 3.24%(c)
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(a) Commencement of operations.
(b) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
redemption on the last day of the period.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by the Adviser.
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GENERAL PORTFOLIO
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, SIX MONTHS DECEMBER 31,
--------------------------------------------------------- ENDED ----------------------
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 JUNE 30, 1989 1988 1987 1986
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value,
beginning of period.... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income... .029 .028 .018 .020 .034 .046 .055 .030 .047 .041 .044
Net realized and
unrealized loss on
investments............ -0- (.003) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Net increase in net
asset value from
operations............. .029 .025 .018 .020 .034 .046 .055 .030 .047 .041 .044
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
ADD: CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Capital Contributed by
the Adviser............ -0- .003 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net
investment income...... (.029) (.028) (.018) (.020) (.034) (.046) (.055) (.030) (.047) (.041) (.044)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Net asset value, end of
period................. $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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TOTAL RETURNS
Total investment return
based on net asset
value(a)............... 2.93% 2.83%(c) 1.81% 2.05% 3.48% 4.71% 5.65% 6.13%(b) 4.81% 4.18% 4.50%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of
period (in millions)... $1,148 $1,189 $1,134 $1,016 $914 $883 $798 $695 $633 $690 $794
Ratio to average net
assets of:
Expense, net of waivers
and reimbursements.... .95% .94% .92% .92% .92% .89% .83% .84%(b) .83% .80% .80%
Expense, before waivers
and reimbursements.... .95% .95% .94% .94% .95% .95% .93% .94%(b) .93% .90% .90%
Net investment
income(d)............. 2.90% 2.78% 1.80% 2.02% 3.40% 4.57% 5.50% 5.96%(b) 4.69% 4.08% 4.31%
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(a) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
redemption on the last day of the period.
(b) Annualized.
(c) The capital contribution by the Adviser has no effect on total return.
(d) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by the Adviser.
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NEW YORK PORTFOLIO
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YEAR ENDED
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, SIX MONTHS DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------------------------------------------ ENDED ----------------
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 JUNE 30, 1989 1988 1987
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value,
beginning of period.... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income... .028 .028 .018 .019 .034 .042 .051 .027 .041 .036
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net
investment income...... (.028) (.028) (.018) (.019) (.034) (.042) (.051) (.027) (.041) (.036)
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Net asset value, end of
period................. $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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TOTAL RETURNS
Total investment return
based on
net asset value(a)..... 2.87% 2.84% 1.77% 1.94% 3.47% 4.32% 5.26% 5.61%(b) 4.14% 3.71%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of
period (000's omitted). $330,984 $177,254 $162,839 $100,529 $100,476 $71,748 $62,536 $41,910 $41,335 $58,684
Ratio to average net
assets of:
Expenses, net of
waivers and
reimbursements........ .85% .85% .84% .80% .80% .80% .80% .85%(b) 1.00% .87%
Expenses, before
waivers and
reimbursements........ 1.03% 1.03% 1.08% 1.06% 1.12% 1.15% 1.18% 1.35%(b) 1.33% .97%
Net investment
income(c)............. 2.82% 2.81% 1.77% 1.91% 3.35% 4.20% 5.13% 5.45%(b) 4.03% 3.62%
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(a) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
redemption on the last day of the period.
(b) Annualized.
(c) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by the Adviser.
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CALIFORNIA PORTFOLIO
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YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, SIX MONTHS JUNE 2, 1988(A)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- ENDED THROUGH
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 JUNE 30, 1989 DECEMBER 31, 1988
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value,
beginning of period.... $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income... .029 .027 .018 .020 .032 .043 .050 .029 .030
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net
investment income...... (.029) (.027) (.018) (.020) (.032) (.043) (.050) (.029) (.030)
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net asset value, end of
period................. $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
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TOTAL RETURNS
Total investment return
based on
net asset value(b)..... 2.91% 2.78% 1.83% 2.05% 3.26% 4.43% 5.17% 6.02%(c) 5.20%(c)
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of
period
(000's omitted)........ $297,862 $236,479 $219,673 $156,200 $121,317 $111,957 $104,097 $242,124 $103,390
Ratio to average net
assets of:
Expenses, net of
waivers and
reimbursements........ .93% .93% .93% .93% .95% 1.00% .99% .92%(c) .89%(c)
Expenses, before
waivers and
reimbursements........ .94% 1.01% 1.02% 1.02% 1.05% 1.10% 1.09% 1.02%(c) 1.10%(c)
Net investment
income(d)............. 2.86% 2.75% 1.82% 2.01% 3.18% 4.32% 5.03% 5.90%(c) 5.21%(c)
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(a) Commencement of operations.
(b) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
redemption on the last day of the period.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by the Adviser.
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From time to time the Fund advertises its "yield" and "effective yield."
Both yield figures are based on historical earnings and are not intended to
indicate future performance. To calculate the "yield," the amount of dividends
paid on a share during a specified seven-day period is assumed to be paid each
week over a 52-week period and is shown as a percentage of the investment. To
calculate "effective yield," which will be higher than the "yield" because of
compounding, the dividends paid are assumed to be reinvested. For ACR divi-
dends for the seven days ended June 30, 1996 amounted to an annualized yield
of 4.44%, equivalent to an effective yield of 4.54%. For ATR dividends for the
seven days ended June 30, 1996, after expense reimbursement, amounted to an
annualized yield of 4.37%, equivalent to an effective yield of 4.47%. Absent
such reimbursement, the annualized yield for such period would have been
4.19%, equivalent to an effective yield of 4.28%. For AMT-General dividends
for the seven days ended June 30, 1996, after expense reimbursement, amounted
to an annualized yield of 2.74%, equivalent to an effective yield of 2.78%.
Absent such reimbursement, the annualized yield for such period would have
been 2.69%, equivalent to an effective yield of 2.73%. For AMT-New York divi-
dends for the seven days ended June 30, 1996, after expense reimbursement,
amounted to an annualized yield of 2.68%, equivalent to an effective yield of
2.72%. Absent such reimbursement, the annualized yield for such period would
have been 2.16%, equivalent to an effective yield of 2.18%. For AMT-California
dividends for the seven days ended June 30, 1996, after expense reimbursement,
amounted to an annualized yield of 2.64%, equivalent to an effective yield of
2.68%. Absent such reimbursement, the annualized yield for such period would
have been 2.56%, equivalent to an effective yield of 2.59%.
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
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The investment objectives of each of the Funds are--in the following order
of priority--safety of principal, excellent liquidity and, to the extent con-
sistent with the first two objectives, maximum current income that is, in the
case of each portfolio of Alliance Municipal Trust, exempt from income taxa-
tion to the extent described below. As a matter of fundamental policy, each
Fund pursues its objectives by maintaining a portfolio of high-quality money
market securities all of which at the time of investment have remaining matu-
rities of one year (397 days with respect to ATR) or less, which maturities
may extend to 397 days. While the fundamental policies described above and the
"other fundamental investment policies" described below may not be changed
without shareholder approval, each Fund may, upon notice to shareholders, but
without such approval, change nonfundamental investment policies or create ad-
ditional classes of shares in order to establish portfolios which may have
different investment objectives. There can be no assurance that any Fund's ob-
jectives will be achieved.
The Funds will comply with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act as amended from time to
time, including the diversification, quality and maturity limitations imposed
by the Rule. The average maturity of each Fund's portfolio cannot exceed 90
days. A more detailed description of Rule 2a-7 is set forth in each Fund's
Statement of Additional Information.
ALLIANCE CAPITAL RESERVES
The money market securities in which Alliance Capital Reserves ("ACR") in-
vests include: (1) marketable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United
States Government, its agencies or instrumentalities (collectively, the "U.S.
Government"); (2) certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and interest-
bearing savings deposits issued or guaranteed by banks or savings and loan as-
sociations having total assets of more than $1 billion and which are members
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and certificates of deposit and
bankers' acceptances denominated in U.S. dollars and issued by U.S. branches
of foreign banks having total assets of at least $1 billion that are believed
by the Adviser to be of quality equivalent to that of other such instruments
in which the Fund may invest; (3) commercial paper of prime quality [i.e.,
rated A-1+ or A-1 by Standard & Poor's Corporation ("Standard & Poor's") or
Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or, if not rated, is-
sued by companies having outstanding debt securities rated AAA or AA by Stan-
dard & Poor's, or Aaa or Aa by Moody's] and participation interests in loans
extended by banks to such
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companies; and (4) repurchase agreements that are collateralized in full each
day by liquid securities of the types listed above. These agreements are en-
tered into with "primary dealers" (as designated by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York) in U.S. Government securities or State Street Bank and Trust Com-
pany, ACR's Custodian, and would create a loss to the Fund if, in the event of
a dealer default, the proceeds from the sale of the collateral were less than
the repurchase price. ACR may also invest in certificates of deposit issued
by, and time deposits maintained at, foreign branches of domestic banks de-
scribed in (2) above and prime quality dollar-denominated commercial paper is-
sued by foreign companies meeting the criteria specified in (3) above.
ACR may purchase restricted securities that are determined by the Adviser to
be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees of ACR, in-
cluding securities eligible for resale under Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and commercial paper issued in reliance
upon the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
Restricted securities are securities subject to contractual or legal restric-
tions on resale, such as those arising from an issuer's reliance upon certain
exemptions from registration under the Securities Act.
ACR may invest in asset-backed securities that meet its existing diversifi-
cation, quality and maturity criteria. Asset-backed securities are securities
issued by special purpose entities whose primary assets consist of a pool of
loans or accounts receivable. The securities may be in the form of a benefi-
cial interest in a special purpose trust, limited partnership interest, or
commercial paper or other debt securities issued by a special purpose corpora-
tion. Although the securities may have some form of credit or liquidity en-
hancement, payments on the securities depend predominately upon collection of
the loans and receivables held by the issuer. It is ACR's current intention to
limit its investment in such securities to not more than 5% of its net assets.
Other Fundamental Investment Policies. To maintain portfolio diversification
and reduce investment risk, ACR may not: (1) invest more than 25% of its as-
sets in the securities of issuers conducting their principal business activi-
ties in any one industry although there is no such limitation with respect to
U.S. Government securities or certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances
and interest-bearing savings deposits; (2) invest more than 5% of its assets
in securities of any one issuer (except the U.S. Government) although with re-
spect to one-quarter of its total assets it may invest without regard to such
limitation; (3) invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of any is-
suer (except the U.S. Government) having less than three years of continuous
operation or purchase more than 10% of any class of the outstanding securities
of any issuer (except the U.S. Government); (4) borrow money except from banks
on a temporary basis or via entering into reverse repurchase agreements in ag-
gregate amounts not exceeding 15% of its assets and to facilitate the orderly
maturation and sale of portfolio securities during any periods of abnormally
heavy redemption requests; or (5) mortgage, pledge or hypothecate its assets
except to secure such borrowings.
As a matter of operating policy, fundamental policy number (2) would give
ACR the ability to invest, with respect to 25% of its assets, more than 5% of
its assets in any one issuer only in the event Rule 2a-7 is amended in the fu-
ture.
ALLIANCE TREASURY RESERVES
The securities in which Alliance Treasury Reserves ("ATR") invests are: (1)
issues of the U.S. Treasury, such as bills, certificates of indebtedness,
notes and bonds; and (2) repurchase agreements that are collateralized in full
each day by the types of securities listed above. These agreements are entered
into with "primary dealers" (as designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York) in U.S. Government securities or State Street Bank and Trust Company,
ATR's Custodian. For each repurchase agreement, ATR requires continual mainte-
nance of the market value of the underlying collateral in amounts equal to, or
in excess of, the agreement amount. In the event of a dealer default, ATR
might suffer a loss to the extent that the proceeds from the sale of the col-
lateral were less than the repurchase price. ATR may commit up to 15% of its
net assets to the purchase of when-issued U.S. Treasury securities. Delivery
and payment for when-issued securities takes place after the transaction date.
The payment amount and the interest rate that will be received on the securi-
ties are fixed on the transaction
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date. The value of such securities may fluctuate prior to their settlement,
thereby creating an unrealized gain or loss to ATR.
Other Fundamental Investment Policies. To maintain portfolio diversification
and reduce investment risk, ATR may not: (1) borrow money except from banks on
a temporary basis or via entering into reverse repurchase agreements in aggre-
gate amounts not exceeding 10% of its assets and to be used exclusively to fa-
cilitate the orderly maturation and sale of portfolio securities during any
periods of abnormally heavy redemption requests, if they should occur; such
borrowings may not be used to purchase investments and it will not purchase
any investment while any such borrowings exist; or (2) pledge, hypothecate or
in any manner transfer, as security for indebtedness, its assets except to se-
cure such borrowings.
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST
The investment objectives of each Portfolio are safety of principal, liquid-
ity and, to the extent consistent with these objectives, maximum current in-
come that is exempt from income taxation to the extent described below. Except
when a Portfolio assumes a temporary defensive position, as a matter of funda-
mental policy, at least 80% of each Portfolio's total assets will be invested
in municipal securities (as opposed to the taxable investments described be-
low). Normally, substantially all of each Portfolio's income will be tax-ex-
empt as described below (e.g., for 1995, 100% of the income of each Portfolio
was exempt from Federal income taxes).
The General Portfolio seeks maximum current income that is exempt from Fed-
eral income taxes by investing principally in a diversified portfolio of high
quality municipal securities. Such income may be subject to state or local in-
come taxes.
The New York Portfolio seeks maximum current income that is exempt from Fed-
eral, New York state and New York City personal income taxes by investing, as
a matter of fundamental policy, not less than 65% of its total assets in a
portfolio of high quality municipal securities issued by New York state or its
political subdivisions.
The California Portfolio seeks maximum current income that is exempt from
Federal and California state personal income taxes by investing, as a matter
of fundamental policy, not less than 65% of its total assets in a portfolio of
high quality municipal securities issued by the State of California or its po-
litical subdivisions.
Each Portfolio of the Fund may invest without limitation in tax-exempt mu-
nicipal securities subject to the alternative minimum tax (the "AMT").
Under current Federal income tax law, (1) interest on tax-exempt municipal
securities issued after August 7, 1986 which are "specified private activity
bonds," and the proportionate share of any exempt-interest dividends paid by a
regulated investment company which receives interest from such specified pri-
vate activity bonds, will be treated as an item of tax preference for purposes
of the AMT imposed on individuals and corporations, though for regular Federal
income tax purposes such interest will remain fully tax-exempt, and (2) inter-
est on all tax-exempt obligations will be included in "adjusted current earn-
ings" of corporations for AMT purposes. Such bonds have provided, and may con-
tinue to provide, somewhat higher yields than other comparable municipal secu-
rities. See below, "Daily Dividends, Other Distributions, Taxes."
There can be no assurance that the Portfolios will achieve their investment
objectives. Potential investors in the New York and California Portfolios
should consider the greater risk of the concentration of such Portfolios ver-
sus the safety that comes with less concentrated investments and should com-
pare yields available on portfolios of the relevant state's issues with those
of more diversified portfolios, including other states' issues, before making
an investment decision. The Adviser believes that by maintaining each Portfo-
lio's investments in liquid, short-term, high quality investments, each Port-
folio is largely insulated from the credit risks that exist on long-term mu-
nicipal securities of the relevant state. See the Statement of Additional In-
formation for a more detailed discussion of the financial condition of New
York and California.
Municipal Securities. The municipal securities in which each Portfolio in-
vests include municipal notes and short-term municipal bonds. Municipal notes
are generally used to provide for short-term capital needs and generally have
maturities of one year or less. Examples include tax anticipation and revenue
anticipation notes,
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which are generally issued in anticipation of various seasonal revenues, bond
anticipation notes, and tax-exempt commercial paper. Short-term municipal
bonds may include general obligation bonds, which are secured by the issuer's
pledge of its faith, credit and taxing power for payment of principal and in-
terest, and revenue bonds, which are generally paid from the revenues of a
particular facility or a specific excise or other source.
A Portfolio may invest in variable rate obligations whose interest rates are
adjusted either at predesignated periodic intervals or whenever there is a
change in the market rate to which the security's interest rate is tied. Such
adjustments minimize changes in the market value of the obligation and, ac-
cordingly, enhance the ability of the Portfolio to maintain a stable net asset
value. Variable rate securities purchased may include participation interests
in industrial development bonds backed by letters of credit of Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation member banks having total assets of more than $1 bil-
lion. The letters of credit of any single bank in respect of all variable rate
obligations will not cover more than 10% of a Portfolio's total assets.
Each Portfolios' municipal securities at the time of purchase are rated
within the two highest quality ratings of Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Aaa
and Aa, MIG 1 and MIG 2, or VMIG 1 and VMIG 2) or Standard & Poor's Corpora-
tion (AAA and AA or SP-1 and SP-2), or judged by the Adviser to be of compara-
ble quality. Securities must also meet credit standards applied by the
Adviser.
To further enhance the quality and liquidity of the securities in which the
Portfolios invest, such securities frequently are supported by credit and li-
quidity enhancements, such as letters of credit, from third party financial
institutions. The Adviser continuously monitors the credit quality of such
third parties; however, changes in the credit quality of such a financial in-
stitution could cause a Portfolio's investments backed by that institution to
lose value and affect a Portfolio's share price.
A Portfolio also may invest in stand-by commitments, which may involve cer-
tain expenses and risks, but such commitments are not expected to comprise
more than 5% of any Portfolio's net assets. A Portfolio may commit up to 15%
of its net assets to the purchase of when-issued securities. The Fund's custo-
dian will maintain, in a separate account of the respective Portfolio, liquid
high-grade debt securities having value equal to, or greater than, such when-
issued securities. The price of when-issued securities, which is generally ex-
pressed in yield terms, is fixed at the time the commitment to purchase is
made, but delivery and payment for such securities takes place at a later
time. Normally the settlement date occurs from within ten days to one month
after the purchase of the issue. The value of when-issued securities may fluc-
tuate prior to their settlement, thereby creating an unrealized gain or loss
to a Portfolio.
Taxable Investments. The taxable investments in which each Portfolio may in-
vest include obligations of the U.S. Government and its agencies, high quality
certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, prime commercial paper, and
repurchase agreements.
Other Fundamental Investment Policies. To reduce investment risk, the Gen-
eral Portfolio may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal
securities whose issuers are located in the same state, and no Portfolio may
invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal securities the interest
upon which is paid from revenues of similar-type projects; a Portfolio may not
invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer
except the U.S. Government, although (i) with respect to 25% of its total as-
sets the General Portfolio may invest up to 10% per issuer, and (ii) the New
York and California Portfolios may invest 50% of their respective total assets
in as few as four issuers (but no more than 25% of total assets in any one is-
suer); and a Portfolio may not purchase more than 10% of any class of the vot-
ing securities of any one issuer except those of the U.S. Government.
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PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
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OPENING ACCOUNTS
Contact your Registered Representative to open a Fund account. Holdings will
appear on your consolidated Larkin monthly statement.
SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS
A. BY CHECK
Mail or deliver your check (initial minimum $5,000, there is no initial min-
imum for IRAs), payable to Emmett A. Larkin Company, Inc. who will deposit it
into the Fund. Please designate the appropriate Fund and indicate your broker-
age account number on the check or draft.
B. BY SWEEP
Emmett A. Larkin Company, Inc. has available automatic "sweep" for the Funds
in the operation of brokerage accounts for its customers. If you request the
sweep arrangement, every day any cash of $1,000 or more in your brokerage ac-
count is moved into your money market fund account. In addition, every Friday,
the automatic sweep arrangement moves any cash balances of $250 or more, and
on the last day of each statement month, all cash balances, regardless of
amount, are transferred into your money market fund account.
REDEMPTIONS
A. BY CONTACTING YOUR REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE
Instruct your Registered Representative to order a withdrawal from your Fund
account to issue a check made payable to you.
B. BY SWEEP
Larkin's automatic sweep moves money from your Fund account to cover invest-
ment purchases made in your brokerage account.
C. BY CHECKWRITING
With this service, you may write checks made payable to any payee, in any
amount of $100 or more. Checks cannot be written for more than the principal
balance (not including any accrued dividends) in your account. To order
checks, complete the Signature Card located in this Prospectus and forward to
your Registered Representative. There is no separate charge for the
checkwriting service and your checks are provided free of charge. The check
writing service enables you to receive the daily dividends declared on the
shares to be redeemed until the day that your check is presented for payment.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SHARE PRICE. Shares are sold and redeemed on a continuous basis without
sales or redemption charges at their net asset value which is expected to be
constant at $1.00 per share, although this price is not guaranteed. The net
asset value of each Fund's shares is determined each business day at 12:00
Noon and 4:00 p.m. (New York time). The net asset value per share of a Fund is
calculated by taking the sum of the value of that Fund's investments (amor-
tized cost value is used for this purpose) and any cash or other assets, sub-
tracting liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding.
All expenses, including the fees payable to the Adviser, are accrued daily.
TIMING OF INVESTMENTS AND REDEMPTIONS. The Funds have two transaction times
each business day, 12:00 Noon and 4:00 p.m. (New York time). New investments
represented by Federal funds or bank wire monies received by State Street Bank
at any time during a day prior to 4:00 p.m. are entitled to the full dividend
to be paid to shareholders for that day. Shares do not earn dividends on the
day a redemption is effected regardless of whether the redemption order is re-
ceived before or after 12:00 Noon.
During drastic economic or market developments, shareholders might have dif-
ficulty in reaching Alliance
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Fund Services, Inc. by telephone in which event the shareholder should issue
written instructions to Alliance Fund Services, Inc. at the address shown in
this prospectus. The Funds reserve the right to suspend or terminate their
telephone service at any time without notice. Neither the Funds nor the Advis-
er, or Alliance Fund Services, Inc. will be responsible for the authenticity
of telephone requests to purchase or sell shares. Alliance Fund Services, Inc.
will employ reasonable procedures in order to verify that telephone requests
are genuine and could be liable for losses arising from unauthorized transac-
tions if it failed to do so. Selected dealers or agents may charge a commis-
sion for handling telephone requests for redemptions.
Redemption proceeds are normally wired or mailed either the same or the next
business day, but in no event later than seven days, unless redemptions have
been sus-
pended or postponed due to the determination of an "emergency" by the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission or to certain other unusual conditions.
DAILY DIVIDENDS, OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS, TAXES. All net income of each Fund is
determined each business day at 4:00 p.m. (New York time) and is paid immedi-
ately thereafter pro rata to shareholders of that Fund of record via automatic
investment in additional full and fractional shares of that Fund in each
shareholder's account. As such additional shares are entitled to dividends on
following days, a compounding growth of income occurs.
Net income consists of all accrued interest income on Fund assets less the
Fund's expenses applicable to that dividend period. Realized gains and losses
are reflected in its net asset value and are not included in net income.
Distributions to you out of tax-exempt interest income earned by each Port-
folio of Alliance Municipal Trust are not subject to Federal income tax (other
than the AMT), but, in the case of the General Portfolio, may be subject to
state or local income taxes. Any exempt-interest dividends derived from inter-
est on municipal securities subject to the AMT will be a specific preference
item for purposes of the Federal individual and corporate AMT. Distributions
to residents of New York out of income earned by the New York Portfolio from
New York municipal securities are exempt from New York state and New York City
personal income taxes. Distributions to residents of California out of income
earned by the California Portfolio from California municipal securities are
exempt from California personal income taxes. Distributions out of taxable in-
terest income, other investment income, and short-term capital gains are tax-
able to you as ordinary income and distributions of long-term capital gains,
if any, are taxable as long-term capital gains irrespective of the length of
time you may have held your shares. Distributions of short and long-term capi-
tal gains, if any, are normally made near year-end. Each year shortly after
December 31, the Funds will send you tax information stating the amount and
type of all its distributions for the year just ended.
THE ADVISER. Each Fund retains Alliance Capital Management L. P., 1345 Ave-
nue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105 under separate Advisory Agreements to
provide investment advice and, in general, to supervise its management and in-
vestment program, subject to the general control of the Trustees of each Fund.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, ACR, ATR, AMT-General, AMT-NY and
AMT-CA each paid the Adviser an advisory fee at an annual rate of .47, .50,
.50, .42, and .50, of 1%, respectively, of the average daily value of the re-
spective Portfolio's net assets.
Under a Distribution Services Agreement (the "Agreement"), each Fund pays
the Adviser at a maximum annual rate of .25 of 1% of the Fund's aggregate av-
erage daily net assets. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, ACR, ATR,
AMT-General, AMT-NY and AMT-CA each paid the Adviser a distribution services
fee at an annual rate of .25, .01, .25, .15 and .24 of 1%, respectively, of
the average daily value of the net assets of each Portfolio. Substantially all
such monies (together with significant amounts from the Adviser's own re-
sources) are paid by the Adviser to broker-dealers and other financial inter-
mediaries for their distribution assistance and to banks and other depository
institutions for administrative and accounting services provided to the Funds,
with any remaining amounts being used to partially defray other expenses in-
curred by the Adviser in distributing the Funds' shares. The Funds believe
that the administrative services provided by depository institutions are per-
missible activities under present banking laws and regulations and will take
appropriate actions (which should not adversely affect the Funds or their
shareholders) in the future to maintain such legal conformity should any
changes in, or interpretations of, such laws or regulations occur.
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The Adviser will reimburse each Fund to the extent that aggregate operating
expenses of that Fund (including the Adviser's fee and expenses incurred under
the Agreement) exceed 1% of its average daily net assets for any fiscal year.
CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DISTRIBUTOR. State Street Bank and Trust Com-
pany, P.O. Box 1912, Boston, MA 02105, is the Funds' Custodian. Alliance Fund
Services, Inc., P.O. Box 1520, Secaucus, NJ 07096-1520 and Alliance Fund Dis-
tributors, Inc., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105, are the
Funds' Transfer Agent and Distributor, respectively.
FUND ORGANIZATION. AGR (not offered by this prospectus) and ATR are series
of Alliance Government Reserves which is a diversified open-end management in-
vestment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund was reorganized as a
Massachusetts business trust in October 1984, having previously been a Mary-
land corporation since its formation in December 1978. ACR and AMR (not of-
fered by this prospectus) are series of Alliance Capital Reserves, a diversi-
fied open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The
Fund was reorganized as a Massachusetts business trust in October 1984, having
previously been a Maryland corporation since its formation in April 1978. AMT-
General is a diversified, and AMT-NY and AMT-CA are non-diversified series of
Alliance Municipal Trust, consisting of four other series not offered by this
prospectus which is also an open-end management investment company registered
under the 1940 Act. The Fund was reorganized as a Massachusetts business trust
in April 1985, having previously been a Maryland corporation since its forma-
tion in January 1983. Each Fund's activities are supervised by its Trustees.
Normally, shares of each series of Alliance Municipal Trust, Alliance Govern-
ment Reserves and Alliance Capital Reserves are entitled to one vote per
share, and vote as a single series, on matters that affect each series in sub-
stantially the same manner. Massachusetts law does not require annual meetings
of shareholders and it is anticipated that shareholder meetings will be held
only when required by Federal law. Shareholders have available certain proce-
dures for the removal of Trustees.
REPORTS. You receive semi-annual and annual reports for your Fund as well as
a monthly summary of your account.
MANAGED ASSETS PLAN ("MAP"). The Funds offer their customers MAP, which is a
special cash management service linked to the Funds. Among various features of
MAP, the shareholder has direct access to his Fund balance (1) with a Visa
Gold Card that is accepted worldwide by participating merchants, banks and au-
tomated teller machines and (2) by MAP checks which can be written for any
amount up to the balance in the account, with no restriction on the number of
checks. Details of MAP, including its annual fee, are available by contacting
your Registered Representative.
Since this prospectus sets forth information about all the Funds, it is the-
oretically possible that a Fund might be liable for any materially inaccurate
or incomplete disclosure in this prospectus concerning another Fund. Based on
the advice of counsel, however, the Funds believe that the potential liability
of each Fund with respect to the disclosure in this prospectus extends only to
the disclosure relating to that Fund.
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Check-Writing
Service
Complete the Signature Card. A supply of free checks will be sent to you
shortly.
Send this completed form to:
Emmett A. Larkin Company
100 Bush Street
Ste. 1000
San Francisco, CA 94104
ALLIANCE MEMORANDUM ACCOUNT
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BROKER DEALER
EMMETT A. LARKIN COMPANY, INC.
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ACCOUNT NAME(S) AS REGISTERED
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ACCOUNT ADDRESS Street City State Zip Code
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ACCOUNT SOCIAL SECURITY NO. OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NO.
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE(S)
1. ................................... 2. ...................................
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FUND ACCOUNT NAME FUND ACCOUNT NO.
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To be completed by Emmett A. Larkin Company, Inc.
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Joint Accounts check one: [_] Either owner is authorized to sign
Redemption Checks.
[_] All owners are required to sign Redemption
Checks.
(If no box is checked, only one signature will be
required.)
Checkbooks are not transferable to other accounts. If you change account
numbers or change funds, you must reapply for check-writing.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY Subject to conditions printed on the
reverse side
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED BY (see reverse side)
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(Name of Bank or Firm)
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(Name of Officer & Title)
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The payment of funds is authorized by the signature(s) appearing on the reverse
side. Each signatory guarantees the genuineness of the other signatures.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Bank") is hereby appointed agent by
the person(s) signing this card (the "Depositor(s)") and, as agent, is
authorized and directed, upon presentment of checks to the Bank to transmit such
checks to the Fund or its transfer agent as requests to redeem shares registered
in the name of the Depositor(s) in the amounts of such checks for deposit in
this checking account.
This checking arrangement is subject to the applicable terms and restrictions,
including charges, set forth in the current Prospectus for each Alliance mutual
fund as to which the Depositor has arranged to redeem shares by check-writing.
The Bank is further authorized to effect redemptions to defray the Bank's
charges relating to this checking arrangement. The Depositor(s) agrees that he
shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Bank pertaining to this
checking arrangement as amended from time to time; that the Bank has the right
not to honor checks which do not meet the Bank's normal standards for checks
presented to it, that the Bank and Alliance have the right to change, modify or
terminate this check-writing service at any time; and that the Bank shall be
liable only for its own negligence.
SEND THIS CARD (WITH ANY NECESSARY AUTHORIZING DOCUMENTATION) TO:
Emmett A. Larkin Company, Inc.
100 Bush Street Ste. 1000
San Francisco, CA 94104
