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Alliance Capital Reserves
This is filed pursuant to Rule 497(e).
File Nos. 2-61564 and 811-02835.
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YIELDS
For current recorded yield information on the Funds, call toll-free (800) 221-
9513.
The Funds are open-end management investment companies with investment
objectives of safety, liquidity and maximum current income (in the case of
Alliance Municipal Trust-General, exempt from Federal income taxes) to the
extent consistent with the first two objectives. Alliance Capital Reserves,
Alliance Government Reserves and the General Portfolio of Alliance Municipal
Trust are diversified. This prospectus sets forth the information about each
Fund that a prospective investor should know before investing. Please retain
it for future reference.
AN INVESTMENT IN A FUND IS (I) NEITHER INSURED NOR GUARANTEED BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT; (II) NOT A DEPOSIT OR OBLIGATION OF, OR GUARANTEED 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 MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE OF
$1.00 PER SHARE.
A "Statement of Additional Information" for each Fund dated November 1, 1995,
which provides 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 reference.
A free copy may be obtained by contacting your Financial Services
Representative.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
CONTENTS
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Expense Information.................... 2
Financial Highlights................... 3
Investment Objectives and Policies..... 6
Purchase and Redemption of Shares...... 9
Additional Information................. 10
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NOVNT 1995
NORTHERN TRUST SECURITIES, INC.
Introduces . . .
. ALLIANCE CAPITAL RESERVES
. ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT RESERVES
. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST--
GENERAL PORTFOLIO
PROSPECTUS
NOVEMBER 1, 1995
Member NASD Member SIPC
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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 ACR AGR AMT-GEN
net assets, after expense reimbursement) --- ---- -------
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Management Fees.......................................... .48% .48% .50%
12b-1 Fees............................................... .25 .23 .25
Other Expenses........................................... .27 .29 .25
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Total Fund Operating Expenses............................ 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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ACR.......................................... $10 $32 $55 $122
AGR.......................................... $10 $32 $55 $122
AMT--General................................. $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 AGR are net of the
contractual reimbursement by the Adviser described in this prospectus. The ex-
penses of such Portfolio, before expense reimbursements, would be: Management
Fee--.48%, 12b-1 Fees--.25%, Other Expenses--.29% and Total Operating Ex-
penses--1.02%. 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
(AUDITED)
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. Further information about a Fund's
performance is contained in each Fund's annual report, which is available
without charge upon request.
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YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
ALLIANCE CAPITAL RESERVES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986
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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
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INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income.... .0447 .0255 .0266 .0438 .0662 .0782 .0788 0.0625 0.0549 0.0685
Net realized gain on
investments............. -0- -0- .0003 .0013 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- -------
Net increase in net
assets from operations.. .0447 .0255 .0269 .0451 .0662 .0782 .0788 0.0625 0.0549 0.0685
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LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net
investment income....... (.0447) (.0255) (.0266) (.0438) (.0662) (.0782) (.0788) (0.0625) (0.0549) (0.0685)
Distributions from net
realized gains.......... -0- -0- (.0003) (.0013) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- -------
Total dividends and
distributions........... (.0447) (.0255) (.0269) (.0451) (.0662) (.0782) (.0788) (0.0625) (0.0549) (0.0685)
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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)...... 4.57% 2.58% 2.73% 4.61% 6.84% 8.14% 8.20% 6.45% 5.64% 7.09%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year
(in millions)........... $3,024 $2,417 $2,112 $1,947 $1,937 $1,891 $1,536 $1,392 $1,458 $1,198
Ratio to average net
assets of:
Expenses, net of waivers
and reimbursements..... 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% .97% .88% .95% .95% .99% 1.01%
Expenses, before waivers
and reimbursements..... 1.03% 1.03% 1.00% 1.00% .97% .98% 1.05% 1.05% 1.09% 1.11%
Net investment
income(b).............. 4.51% 2.57% 2.65% 4.37% 6.62% 7.82% 7.87% 6.26% 5.50% 6.85%
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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 waivers and reimbursements.
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ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
RESERVES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, begin-
ning 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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INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income... .0439 .0244 .0256 .0421 .0640 .0765 .0774 0.0612 0.0541 0.0659
Net realized gain on in-
vestments.............. -0- -0- .0001 -0- -0- .0001 -0- -0- -0- -0-
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Net increase in net
assets from operations. .0439 .0244 .0257 .0421 .0640 .0766 .0774 0.0612 0.0541 0.0659
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LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net in-
vestment income........ (.0439) (.0244) (.0256) (.0421) (.0640) (.0765) (.0774) (0.0612) (0.0541) (0.0659)
Distributions from net
realized gains......... -0- -0- (.0001) -0- -0- (.0001) -0- -0- -0- -0-
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total dividends and dis-
tributions............. (.0439) (.0244) (.0257) (.0421) (.0640) (.0766) (.0774) (0.0612) (0.0541) (0.0659)
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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)..... 4.48% 2.48% 2.60% 4.30% 6.61% 7.96% 8.04% 6.31% 5.56% 6.81%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year
(in millions).......... $2,514 $2,061 $1,783 $1,572 $1,070 $584 $522 $315 $260 $254
Ratio to average net as-
sets of:
Expenses, net of
waivers and
reimbursements........ 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% .95% .89% .88% .88% .80% .95% 1.00%
Expenses, before
waivers and
reimbursements........ 1.05% 1.04% 1.02% .97% .93% .98% .98% .90% 1.05% 1.10%
Net investment
income(b)............. 4.42% 2.46% 2.55% 4.17% 6.28% 7.65% 7.86% 6.13% 5.41% 6.58%
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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 waivers and reimbursement.
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GENERAL PORTFOLIO
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SIX MONTHS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, ENDED YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985
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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
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INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income... .028 .018 .020 .034 .046 .055 .030 .047 .041 .044 .049
Net realized and
unrealized loss on
investments............ (.003) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Net increase in net
asset value from
operations............. .025 .018 .020 .034 .046 .055 .030 .047 .041 .044 .049
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
ADD: CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Capital Contributed by
the Adviser............ .003 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
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LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net
investment income...... (.028) (.018) (.020) (.034) (.046) (.055) (.030) (.047) (.041) (.044) (.049)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
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)..... 2.83%(c) 1.81% 2.05% 3.48% 4.71% 5.65% 6.13%(b) 4.81% 4.18% 4.50% 5.04%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of
period (in millions)... $1,189 $1,134 $1,016 $914 $883 $798 $695 $633 $690 $794 $374
Ratio to average net
assets of:
Expense, net of waivers
and reimbursements.... .94% .92% .92% .92% .89% .83% .84%(b) .83% .80% .80% .85%
Expense, before waivers
and reimbursements.... .95% .94% .94% .95% .95% .93% .94%(b) .93% .90% .90% .95%
Net investment
income(d)............. 2.78% 1.80% 2.02% 3.40% 4.57% 5.50% 5.96%(b) 4.69% 4.08% 4.31% 4.87%
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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.
From time to time each 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
dividends for the seven days ended June 30, 1995 amounted to an annualized
yield of 5.12%, equivalent to an effective yield of 5.25%. For AGR dividends
for the seven days ended June 30, 1995, after expense reimbursement, amounted
to an annualized yield of 4.97%, equivalent to an effective yield of 5.10%.
Absent such reimbursement, the annualized yield for such period would have
been 4.95%, equivalent to an effective yield of 5.08%. Dividends for AMT--
General for the seven days ended June 30, 1995 amounted to an annualized yield
of 3.25%, equivalent to an effective yield of 3.30%.
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
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 (exempt from in-
come taxes to the extent described below in the case of AMT-General). 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 maturities of one year 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 under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (the "1940 Act"), as amended from time to time, including the diversity,
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 companies; and (4) repurchase agreements that are
collateralized in full each day by liquid securities of the types 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, 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 described in (2) above and prime quality dollar-
denominated commercial paper issued 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. Re-
stricted 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 of 1933 (the "Securities
Act"). The Fund may purchase restricted securities eligible for resale under
Rule 144A under the Securities Act and commercial paper issued in reliance
upon the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act
and, in each case, determined by the Adviser to be liquid in accordance with
procedures adopted by the Trustees of the Fund.
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
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a pool of loans or accounts receivable. The securities may be in the form of a
beneficial interest in a special purpose trust, limited partnership interest,
or commercial paper or other debt securities issued by a special purpose cor-
poration. Although the securities may have some form of credit or liquidity
enhancement, 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 as-
sets.
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 GOVERNMENT RESERVES
The securities in which Alliance Government Reserves ("AGR") invests are:
(1) marketable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States Government,
its agencies or instrumentalities (collectively, the "U.S. Government"), in-
cluding issues of the United States Treasury, such as bills, certificates of
indebtedness, notes and bonds, and issues of agencies and instrumentalities
established under the authority of an act of Congress; 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 securi-
ties or State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund'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. The Fund
may commit up to 15% of its net assets to the purchase of when-issued U.S.
Government securities, whose value may fluctuate prior to their settlement,
thereby creating an unrealized gain or loss to the Fund.
Other Fundamental Investment Policies. To maintain portfolio diversification
and reduce investment risk, AGR 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 AMT-General are safety of principal, liquidity
and, to the extent consistent with these objectives, maximum current income
that is exempt from income taxation to the extent described below. Except when
such Portfolio assumes a temporary defensive position, as a matter of funda-
mental policy, at least 80% of such Portfolio's total assets will be invested
in municipal securities (as opposed to the taxable investments described be-
low). Normally, substantially all of such Portfolio's income will be tax-ex-
empt as described below (e.g., for 1994, 100% of the income of such Portfolio
was exempt from Federal income taxes).
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AMT-General seeks maximum current income that is exempt from Federal income
taxes by investing principally in a diversified portfolio of high quality mu-
nicipal securities. Such income may be subject to state or local income taxes.
AMT-General may invest without limitation in tax-exempt municipal 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."
Municipal Securities. The municipal securities in which AMT-General invests
include municipal notes and short-term municipal bonds. Municipal notes are
generally used to provide for short-term capital needs and generally have ma-
turities of one year or less. Examples include tax anticipation and revenue
anticipation notes, which are generally issued in anticipation of various sea-
sonal revenues, bond anticipation notes, and tax-exempt commercial paper.
Short-term municipal bonds may include general obligation bonds, which are se-
cured by the issuer's pledge of its faith, credit and taxing power for payment
of principal and interest, and revenue bonds, which are generally paid from
the revenues of a particular facility or a specific excise or other source.
AMT-General 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.
AMT-General 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 Corporation
(AAA and AA or SP-1 and SP-2), or judged by the Adviser to be of comparable
quality. Securities must also meet credit standards applied by the Adviser.
AMT-General 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 AMT-General's net assets. AMT-General may commit up to 15% of
its net assets to the purchase of when-issued securities. The Fund's custodian
will maintain, in a separate account of AMT-General, liquid high-grade debt
securities having value equal to, or greater than, such when-issued securi-
ties. The price of when-issued securities, which is generally expressed in
yield terms, is fixed at the time the commitment to purchase is made, but de-
livery 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 pur-
chase of the issue. The value of when-issued securities may fluctuate prior to
their settlement, thereby creating an unrealized gain or loss to AMT-General.
Taxable Investments. The taxable investments in which AMT-General may invest
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, AMT-Gen-
eral may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal securities
whose is-
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suers are located in the same state, and invest more than 25% of its total as-
sets in municipal securities the interest upon which is paid from revenues of
similar-type projects; AMT-General may not invest more than 5% of its total
assets in the securities of any one issuer except the U.S. Government, al-
though with respect to 25% of its total assets AMT-General may invest up to
10% per issuer, and AMT-General may not purchase more than 10% of any class of
the voting securities of any one issuer except those of the U.S. Government.
PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
OPENING ACCOUNTS
Instruct your Financial Services Representative to use ACR, AGR or AMT-Gen-
eral in conjunction with your brokerage account. There are no minimums for
initial or subsequent investments.
SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS
A. BY CHECK THROUGH NORTHERN TRUST SECURITIES, INC.
Mail your check or negotiable draft, payable to "Northern Trust Securities,
Inc." directly to Northern Trust Securities, Inc., 50 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60675 who will deposit it into the Fund(s). Please indicate
your brokerage account number on the check or draft.
B. BY SWEEP
Northern Trust Securities, Inc. has available an automatic "sweep" for the
Funds for its customers' brokerage accounts. When the daily balance in your
brokerage account exceeds $500, excess funds are invested in the Fund of your
choice. Balances between $1.00 and $500 are automatically invested weekly.
REDEMPTIONS
A. BY CHECK-WRITING
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. First you must
complete the Cash Sweep Account Application and Signature Card which you can
obtain from your Financial Services Representative. There is no separate
charge for the check-writing service. 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.
B. BY SWEEP
Northern Trust Securities, Inc.'s automatic "sweep" moves money from your
money market account automatically to cover security purchases in your North-
ern Trust Securities brokerage account.
C. BY CONTACTING YOUR FINANCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE
Instruct your Financial Services Representative to order a withdrawal from
your Fund account.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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 of outstand-
ing. All expenses, including the fees payable to the Adviser, are accrued dai-
ly.
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 periods of drastic economic or market developments, such as the mar-
ket break of October 1987, it is possible that shareholders would have diffi-
culty in reaching Alliance Fund Services, Inc. by telephone (although no such
difficulty was apparent at any time in connection with the 1987 market break).
If a shareholder were to experience such difficulty, the shareholder should
issue written instructions to Alliance Fund Services, Inc. at the address
shown on page 11 of this prospectus. The Funds reserve the right to suspend or
terminate their telephone redemption service at any time without notice. Nei-
ther the Funds nor the Adviser, or Alliance Fund Services, Inc. will be re-
sponsible for the authenticity of telephone requests for redemptions that the
Funds reasonably believe to be genuine. The Funds will employ reasonable pro-
cedures in order to verify that telephone requests for redemptions are genu-
ine, including among others, recording such telephone instructions and causing
written confirmations of the resulting transactions to be sent to sharehold-
ers. If the Funds did not employ such procedures, they could be liable for
losses arising from unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions. Se-
lected dealers or agents may charge a commission for handling telephone re-
quests 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 suspended or postponed due to the determination of an "emergency" by the
Securities and Exchange Commission or to certain other unusual conditions.
SMALL ACCOUNT CHARGE. The Funds impose service charges upon financial
intermediaries to reflect the relatively higher costs of small accounts and
small transactions; these intermediaries may in turn pass on such charges to
affected accounts.
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
of a Fund are reflected in its net asset value and are not included in net in-
come.
Distributions to you out of tax-exempt interest income earned by AMT-General
are not subject to Federal income tax (other than the AMT), but may be subject
to state or local income taxes. Any exempt-interest dividends derived from in-
terest on municipal securities subject to the AMT will be a specific prefer-
ence item for purposes of the Federal individual and corporate AMT. Distribu-
tions out of taxable interest income, other investment income, and short-term
capital gains are taxable to you as ordinary income and distributions of long-
term
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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 capital 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 Avenue
of the Americas, New York, NY 10105 under separate Advisory Agreements to pro-
vide 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, 1995, ACR, AGR and AMT-General each paid
the Adviser an advisory fee at an annual rate of .46, .46 and .50 of 1%, re-
spectively, of the average daily value of the respective 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, 1995, ACR, AGR and
AMT-General each paid the Adviser a distribution services fee at an annual
rate of .25, .23 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 resources) are paid by the Adviser
to broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries for their distribution
assistance and to banks and other depository institutions for administrative
and accounting services provided to the Funds, with any remaining amounts be-
ing used to partially defray other expenses incurred by the Adviser in dis-
tributing the Funds' shares. The Funds believe that the administrative serv-
ices provided by depository institutions are permissible 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.
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 and Alliance Treasury Reserves (not offered by this
prospectus) are series of Alliance Government Reserves which is a diversified
open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund
was reorganized as a Massachusetts business trust in October 1984, having pre-
viously been a Maryland corporation since its formation in December 1978. ACR
and Alliance Money Reserves (not offered by this prospectus) are series of Al-
liance Capital Reserves, a diversified 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 series of Al-
liance Municipal Trust, which is also an open-end management investment com-
pany registered under the 1940 Act consisting of AMT-General and six other se-
ries not offered by this prospectus. The Fund was reorganized as a Massachu-
setts business trust in April 1985, having previously been a Maryland corpora-
tion since its formation in January 1983. Each Fund's activities are super-
vised by its Trustees. Normally, shares of each series of Alliance Municipal
Trust, Alliance Government 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 substantially the same manner. Massachusetts law does not re-
quire annual meetings of shareholders and it is anticipated that shareholder
meetings will be held only when required by Federal law. Shareholders have
available certain procedures 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. You can arrange for a copy of each of your
account statements to be sent to other parties.
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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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