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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RISK/RETURN SUMMARY 2
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIOS 4
OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PORTFOLIOS' OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, AND RISKS 4
Investment Objectives And Strategies 4
Alliance Money Reserves 4
Alliance Government Reserves 5
Alliance Municipal Trust 5
Risk Considerations 5
MANAGEMENT OF THE PORTFOLIOS 8
HOW THE PORTFOLIOS VALUE THEIR SHARES 8
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES 9
DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS 9
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 10
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PROSPECTUS
NOVEMBER 1, 1999
ALLIANCE MONEY RESERVES
ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT RESERVES
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST -
GENERAL PORTFOLIO
209 S.W. OAK STREET
PORTLAND, OR 97204-2791
800/547-6337
Member NASD, SIPC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation
to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY
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The following is a summary of certain key information about the Portfolios. You
will find additional information about the Portfolios after this summary.
Objectives: The investment objective of Alliance Money Reserves is maximum
current income to the extent consistent with safety of principal and liquidity.
The investment objectives of each of the other Portfolios are--in the following
order of priority--safety of principal, excellent liquidity, and maximum
current income (exempt from income taxation to the extent described in this
Prospectus in the case of AMT-General) to the extent consistent with the first
two objectives.
Principal Investment Strategy: The Portfolios are "money market funds" that
seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. Alliance Money
Reserves pursues its objectives by maintaining a portfolio of high-quality,
U.S. dollar-denominated money market securities. Alliance Government Reserves
pursues its objectives by maintaining a portfolio of high-quality, U.S.
Government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and other U.S.
dollar-denominated money market securities. The General Portfolio of Alliance
Municipal Trust pursues its objectives by maintaining a portfolio of
high-quality municipal securities.
The Portfolios invest primarily in the following money market securities:
o Alliance Money Reserves. Obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities, obligations of certain banks and savings and loan
associations, high-quality securities of corporate issuers, adjustable rate
obligations, asset-backed securities and repurchase agreements.
O Alliance Government Reserves. Obligations of the U.S. Government, its
agencies or instrumentalities, adjustable rate obligations and repurchase
agreements.
O Alliance Municipal Trust. High-quality municipal securities.
Principal Risks: The principal risks of investing in each Portfolio are:
o Interest Rate Risk. This is the risk that changes in interest rates will
adversely affect the yield or value of a Portfolio's investments in debt
securities.
o Credit Risk. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt
security will be unable or unwilling to make timely interest or principal
payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The degree of risk for a
particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. Credit risk includes
the possibility that any of a Portfolio's investments will have its credit
ratings downgraded.
In addition, the principal risk of investing in the General Portfolio of
Alliance Municipal Trust is:
o Municipal Market Risk. This is the risk that special factors, such as
political or legislative changes and local and business developments, may
adversely affect the yield or value of the Portfolio's investment.
Another important thing for you to note:
An investment in the Portfolios is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured
or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency. Although the Portfolios seek to preserve the value of your
investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the
Portfolios.
PERFORMANCE AND BAR CHART INFORMATION
For each Portfolio, the performance table shows the Portfolio's average annual
total returns and the bar chart shows the Portfolio's annual total returns. The
table and the bar chart provide an indication of the historical risk of an
investment in each Portfolio by showing:
o the Portfolio's average annual total returns for 1, 5, and 10 years (or over
the life of the Portfolio if less than 10 years old); and
o changes in the Portfolio's performance from year to year over 10 years (or
over the life of the Portfolio if less than 10 years old).
A Portfolio's past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will
perform in the future.
You may obtain current seven-day yield information for any Portfolio by calling
(800) 221-9513 or your financial intermediary.
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ALLIANCE MONEY RESERVES (AMR)
PERFORMANCE TABLE
Since
1 Year 5 Year Inception*
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4.71% 4.49% 5.20%
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* Inception date: 2/16/89.
BAR CHART
[The following table was depicted as a bar graph in the printed material.]
Calendar Year End 89 ................... n/a
90 ................... 7.97%
91 ................... 5.66%
92 ................... 3.32%
93 ................... 2.46%
94 ................... 3.26%
95 ................... 5.14%
96 ................... 4.59%
97 ................... 4.77%
98 ................... 4.71%
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter
was 1.91% (quarter ending March 31, 1990) and the lowest return for a quarter
was 0.59% (quarter ending September 30, 1993).
ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT RESERVES (AGR)
PERFORMANCE TABLE
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
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4.60% 4.41% 4.89%
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BAR CHART
[The following table was depicted as a bar graph in the printed material.]
Calendar Year End 89 ................... 8.51%
90 ................... 7.50%
91 ................... 5.39%
92 ................... 3.21%
93 ................... 2.36%
94 ................... 3.27%
95 ................... 5.02%
96 ................... 4.48%
97 ................... 4.67%
98 ................... 4.60%
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter
was 2.16% (quarter ending June 30, 1989) and the lowest return for a quarter was
0.57% (quarter ending September 30, 1993).
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST
General Portfolio (AMT-GEN)
PERFORMANCE TABLE
1 Year 5 Year 10 Year
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2.67% 2.62% 3.28%
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BAR CHART
[The following table was depicted as a bar graph in the printed material.]
Calendar Year End 89 ................... 5.91%
90 ................... 5.32%
91 ................... 4.01%
92 ................... 2.66%
93 ................... 1.83%
94 ................... 2.17%
95 ................... 3.11%
96 ................... 2.29%
97 ................... 2.90%
98 ................... 2.67%
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter
was 1.54% (quarter ending June 30, 1989) and the lowest return for a quarter was
0.40% (quarter ending March 31, 1994).
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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIOS
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This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Portfolios.
Shareholder Transaction Expenses (fees paid directly from your investment)--None
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Portfolio
assets)
AMR AGR AMT-GEN
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Management Fees .50% .47% .50%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees .25% .25% .25%
Other Expenses .27% .30% .25%
Total Portfolio
Operating Expenses 1.02% 1.02% 1.00%
Waiver and/or Expense
Reimbursement* (.02)% (.02)% (.00)%
Net Expenses 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
EXAMPLES*
The examples are to help you compare the cost of investing in a Portfolio with
the cost of investing in other funds. They assume that you invest $10,000 in
the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares
at the end of those periods. They also assume that your investment has a 5%
return each year, the Portfolio's operating expenses stay the same, and all
dividends and distributions are reinvested. Your actual costs may be higher or
lower.
AMR AGR AMT-GEN
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1 Year $ 102 $ 102 $ 102
3 Years $ 318 $ 318 $ 318
5 years $ 552 $ 552 $ 552
10 Years $1,225 $1,225 $1,225
* Reflects Alliance's contractual waiver (which continues from year to year
unless changed by vote of a Portfolio's shareholders) of a portion of its
advisory fee and/or reimbursement of a portion of a Portfolio's operating
expenses so that the Portfolio's expense ratio does not exceed 1.00%.
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OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PORTFOLIOS' OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, AND RISKS
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This section of the Prospectus provides a more complete description of the
investment objectives and principal strategies and risks of the Portfolios.
Please note:
o Additional descriptions of each Portfolio's strategies and investments, as
well as other strategies and investments not described below, may be found in
each Portfolio's Statement of Additional Information or SAI.
o There can be no assurance that any Portfolio will achieve its investment
objectives.
Investment Objectives and Strategies
As money market funds, the Portfolios must meet the requirements of Securities
and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7. The Rule imposes strict requirements on the
investment quality, maturity and diversification of each Portfolio's
investments. Under that Rule, each Portfolio's investments must each have a
remaining maturity of no more than 397 days and the Portfolio must maintain an
average weighted maturity that does not exceed 90 days.
Alliance Money Reserves
AMR's investments may include:
o marketable obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its
agencies or instrumentalities;
o certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances issued or guaranteed by, or
time deposits maintained at, banks or savings and loans associations (including
foreign branches of U.S. banks or U.S. or foreign branches of foreign banks)
having total assets of more than $500 million;
o high-quality commercial paper (or, if not rated, determined by Alliance to
be of comparable quality) issued by U.S. or foreign companies and participation
interests in loans made to companies that issue such commercial paper;
o adjustable rate obligations;
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o asset-backed securities;
o restricted securities (i.e., securities subject to legal or contractual
restrictions on resale); and
o repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized.
AMR does not invest more than 25% of its assets in securities of issuers whose
principal business activities are in the same industry. This limitation does
not apply to investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or to bank obligations,
including certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, and interest bearing
savings deposits, issued by U.S. banks (including their foreign branches) and
U.S. branches of foreign banks subject to the same regulation as U.S. banks.
For the purposes of this investment policy, neither all financial companies as
a group nor all utility companies as a group are considered a single industry.
Alliance Government Reserves
AGR's investments may include:
o marketable obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its
agencies, or instrumentalities, including issues of the U.S. Treasury, such as
bills, certificates of indebtedness, notes, and bonds;
o adjustable rate obligations; and
o repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized.
AGR may commit up to 15% of its net assets to the purchase of when-issued U.S.
Government securities.
Alliance Municipal Trust
AMT-General pursues its objectives by investing in high-quality municipal
securities and normally will invest not less than 80% of its total assets in
these securities. Although AMT-General may invest up to 20% of its total assets
in taxable money market securities, substantially all of AMT-General's income
normally will be tax-exempt.
AMT-General may invest without limitation in tax-exempt municipal securities
subject to the alternative minimum tax (the "AMT").
AMT-General seeks maximum current income exempt from Federal income taxes by
investing principally in a diversified portfolio of high-quality municipal
securities. The Portfolio's income may be subject to state or local income
taxes.
Municipal Securities. The Portfolio's investments in municipal securities may
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 397 days or less. Examples include tax anticipation and revenue
anticipation notes, 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 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 adjustable 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. These
adjustments tend to minimize changes in the market value of the obligation and,
accordingly, enhance the ability of AMT-General to maintain a stable net asset
value. Adjustable rate securities purchased may include participation interests
in private activity bonds backed by letters of credit of Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation member banks having total assets of more than $1 billion.
AMT-General also may invest in stand-by commitments, which may involve certain
expenses and risks, but AMT-General does not expect its investment in stand-by
commitments to comprise a significant portion of its investments. AMT-General
may commit up to 15% of its net assets to the purchase of when-issued
securities.
Taxable Money Market Securities. AMT-General's investments of up to 20% of its
total assets in taxable money market securities may include obligations of the
U.S. Government and its agencies, high-quality certificates of deposit and
bankers' acceptances, prime commercial paper, and repurchase agreements.
Temporary Defensive Position. For temporary defensive purposes when financial,
economic, or market conditions warrant, AMT-General Portfolio may invest any
amount of its assets in taxable money market securities. When AMT-General is
investing for temporary defensive purposes, it may not achieve its investment
objectives.
Risk Considerations
The Portfolios' principal risks are interest rate risk and credit risk. Because
the Portfolios invest in short-term
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securities, a decline in interest rates will affect the Portfolios' yields as
these securities mature or are sold and the Portfolios purchase new short-term
securities with lower yields. Generally, an increase in interest rates causes
the value of a debt instrument to decrease. The change in value for
shorter-term securities is usually smaller than for securities with longer
maturities. Because the Portfolios invest in securities with short maturities
and seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, it is
possible, though unlikely, that an increase in interest rates would change the
value of your investment.
Credit risk is the possibility that a security's credit rating will be
downgraded or that the issuer of the security will default (fail to make
scheduled interest and principal payments). The Portfolios invest in
highly-rated securities to minimize credit risk.
With respect to AMT-General, the quality and liquidity of the Portfolio's
investments in municipal securities are supported by credit and liquidity
enhancements, such as letters of credit, from third-party financial
institutions. Alliance continuously monitors the credit quality of third
parties; however, changes in the credit quality of one of these financial
institutions could cause a Fund's investments backed by that institution to
lose value and affect the Portfolio's share price.
AMT-General is subject to municipal market risk. Municipal market risk is the
risk that special factors may adversely affect the value of municipal
securities and have a significant effect on the yield or value of the
Portfolio's investments. These factors include political or legislative
changes, uncertainties related to the tax status of municipal securities, or
the rights of investors in these securities.
The Portfolios' (except for AGR) investments in U.S. dollar-denominated
obligations (or credit and liquidity enhancements) of foreign entities are
subject to foreign risk. Foreign securities issuers are usually not subject to
the same degree of regulation as U.S. issuers. Reporting, accounting, and
auditing standards of foreign countries differ, in some cases, significantly
from U.S. standards. Foreign risk includes nationalization, expropriation, or
confiscatory taxation, political changes, or diplomatic developments that could
adversely affect a Portfolio's investments.
The Portfolios may invest up to 10% of their net assets in illiquid securities.
Investments in illiquid securities may be subject to liquidity risk, which is
the risk that, under certain circumstances, particular investments may be
difficult to sell at an advantageous price. Illiquid restricted securities also
are subject to the risk that the Portfolio may be unable to sell the security
due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale.
The Portfolios also are subject to management risk because they are actively
managed portfolios. Alliance will apply its investment techniques and risk
analyses in making investment decisions for the Portfolios, but there is no
guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended result.
Year 2000: Many computer systems and applications that process transactions use
two-digit date fields for the year of a transaction, rather than the full four
digits. If these systems are not modified or replaced, transactions occurring
after 1999 could be processed as year "1900," which could result in processing
inaccuracies and inoperability at or after the year 2000. The Portfolios and
their major service providers, including Alliance, utilize a number of computer
systems and applications that have been either developed internally or licensed
from third-party suppliers. In addition, the Portfolios and their major service
providers, including Alliance, are dependent on third-party suppliers for
certain systems applications and for electronic receipt of information critical
to their business. Should any of the computer systems employed by the
Portfolios and their major service providers, including Alliance, fail to
process Year 2000 related information properly, that could have a significant
negative impact on the Portfolios' operations and the services that are
provided to the Portfolios' shareholders. To the extent that the operations of
issuers of securities held by the Portfolios are impaired by the Year 2000
problem, the value of the Portfolios' shares may be materially affected. In
addition, for any of the Portfolios' investments in foreign markets, it is
possible that foreign companies and markets will not be as prepared for Year
2000 as domestic companies and markets.
The Year 2000 issue is a high priority for the Portfolios and Alliance. During
1997, Alliance began a formal Year 2000 initiative which established a
structured and coordinated process to deal with the Year 2000 issue. As part of
its initiative, Alliance established a Year 2000 project office to manage the
Year 2000 initiative, focusing on both information technology and
non-information technology systems. The Year 2000 project office meets
periodically with the audit committee of the board of directors of Alliance
Capital Management Corporation, Alliance's general partner, and with Alliance's
executive manage-
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ment to review the status of the Year 2000 efforts. Alliance has also retained
the services of a number of consulting firms which have expertise in advising
and assisting with regard to Year 2000 issues. Alliance reports that by June
30, 1998 it had completed its inventory and assessment of its domestic and
international computer systems and applications, identified mission critical
systems (those systems where loss of their function would result in immediate
stoppage or significant impairment to core business units) and nonmission
critical systems and determined which of these systems were not Year 2000
compliant. All third-party suppliers of mission critical computer systems and
nonmission critical systems applications have been contacted to verify whether
their systems and applications will be Year 2000 compliant and their responses
are being evaluated. Substantially all of those contacted have responded and
approximately 90% have informed Alliance that their systems and applications
are or will be Year 2000 compliant. All mission and nonmission critical systems
supplied by third parties have been tested with the exception of those third
parties not able to comply with Alliance's testing schedule. Alliance reports
that it expects that all testing will be completed before the end of 1999.
Alliance has remediated, replaced or retired all of its non-compliant mission
critical systems and applications that can affect the Portfolios. Nonmission
critical systems have been remediated. After each system has been remediated,
it is tested with 19XX dates to determine if it still performs its intended
business function correctly. Next, each system undergoes a simulation test
using dates occurring after December 31, 1999. Inclusive of the replacement and
retirement of some of its systems, Alliance has completed these testing phases
for 98% of mission critical systems and 100% of nonmission critical systems.
Integrated systems tests were conducted to verify that the systems would
continue to work together. Full integration testing of all mission critical and
nonmission critical systems is completed. Testing of interfaces with
third-party suppliers has begun and will continue throughout 1999. Alliance
reports that it has completed an inventory of its facilities and related
technology applications and has begun to evaluate and test these systems.
Alliance reports that it anticipates that these systems will be fully operable
in the year 2000. Alliance has deferred certain other planned information
technology projects until after the year 2000 initiative is completed. Such
delay is not expected to have a material adverse effect on Alliance's financial
condition or results of operations. Alliance, with the assistance of a
consulting firm, is developing Year 2000 specific contingency plans with
emphasis on mission critical functions. These plans seek to provide alternative
methods of processing in the event of a failure that is outside Alliance's
control.
The estimated current cost to Alliance of the Year 2000 initiative ranges from
approximately $40 million to $45 million. These costs consist principally of
modification and testing and costs to develop formal Year 2000 specific
contingency plans. These costs, which will generally be expensed as incurred,
will be funded from Alliance's operations and the issuance of debt. Through
June 30, 1999, Alliance had incurred approximately $36.0 million of costs
related to the Year 2000 initiative. At this time, management of Alliance
believes that the costs associated with resolving the Year 2000 issue will not
have a material adverse effect on Alliance's results of operations, liquidity
or capital resources.
There are many risks associated with Year 2000 issues, including the risks that
the computer systems and applications used by the Portfolios and their major
service providers, will not operate as intended and that the systems and
applications of third-party suppliers to the Portfolios and their major service
providers will not be Year 2000 compliant. Likewise there can be no assurance
the compliance schedules outlined above will be met or that the actual cost
incurred will not exceed cost estimates. Should the significant computer
systems and applications used by the Portfolios and their major service
providers, or the systems of their important third-party suppliers, be unable
to process date-sensitive information accurately after 1999, the Portfolios and
their major service providers may be unable to conduct their normal business
operations and to provide shareholders with required services. In addition, the
Portfolios and their major service providers may incur unanticipated expenses,
regulatory actions and legal liabilities. The Portfolios and Alliance cannot
determine which risks, if any, are most reasonably likely to occur or the
effects of any particular failure to be Year 2000 compliant. Certain statements
provided by Alliance in this section entitled "Year 2000", as such statements
relate to Alliance, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, the foregoing Year 2000 discussion is a "Year 2000 Readiness
Disclosure" within the meaning of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness
Disclosure Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1 (1998).
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MANAGEMENT OF THE PORTFOLIOS
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The Portfolios' investment adviser is Alliance Capital Management L.P., 1345
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105. Alliance is a leading
international investment adviser supervising client accounts with assets as of
September 30, 1999 totaling more than $317 billion (of which more than $143
billion represented assets of investment companies). As of September 30, 1999,
Alliance managed retirement assets for many of the largest public and private
employee benefit plans (including 28 of the nation's FORTUNE 100 companies),
for public employee retirement funds in 31 states, for investment companies,
and for foundations, endowments, banks and insurance companies worldwide. The
52 registered investment companies managed by Alliance, comprising 118 separate
investment portfolios, currently have more than 4.8 million shareholder
accounts.
Under its Advisory Agreement with the Portfolios, Alliance provides investment
advisory services and order placement facilities for the Portfolios. For these
advisory services, each Portfolio paid Alliance, for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1999, as a percentage of average daily net assets:
Fee as a percentage of
Portfolio average daily net assets*
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Alliance Money Reserves .48%
Alliance Government Reserves .45%
AMT-General .50%
* Fees are stated net of waivers and/or reimbursements for each Portfolio
except the General Portfolio of Alliance Municipal Trust. See the "Annual
Portfolio Operating Expenses" table at the beginning of the Prospectus for more
information about fee waivers.
Alliance makes significant payments from its own resources, which may include
the management fees paid by the Portfolios, to compensate broker-dealers,
depository institutions, or other persons for providing distribution assistance
and administrative services and to otherwise promote the sale of the
Portfolio's shares, including paying for the preparation, printing, and
distribution of prospectuses and sales literature or other promotional
activities.
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HOW THE PORTFOLIOS VALUE THEIR SHARES
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Each of the Portfolio's net asset value, or NAV, is expected to be constant at
$1.00 per share, although this price is not guaranteed. The NAV is calculated
at 12:00 Noon and 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on each Portfolio business day
(i.e., each weekday exclusive of days the New York Stock Exchange or the banks
in Massachusetts are closed).
To calculate NAV, a Portfolio's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities
subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of
shares outstanding. Each Portfolio values its securities at their amortized
cost. This method involves valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter
applying a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium,
regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of
the investment.
Other
Each Portfolio has two transaction times each Portfolio business day, 12:00
Noon and 4:00 p.m., Eastern time. Investments receive the full dividend for a
day if Federal funds or bank wire monies are received by State Street Bank
before 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on that day.
Redemption proceeds are normally wired the same business day if a redemption
request is received prior to 12:00 p.m., Eastern time. Redemption proceeds are
wired or mailed the same day 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. Shares do not earn dividends on the day a
redemption is effected.
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DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES
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Each Portfolio's net income is calculated at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, each
business day and paid as dividends to shareholders. The dividends are
automatically invested in additional shares in your account. These additional
shares are entitled to dividends on following days resulting in compounding
growth of income. Each Portfolio expects that its distributions will primarily
consist of net income, or, if any, short-term capital gains as opposed to
long-term capital gains. A Portfolio's dividend distributions of net income (or
short-term capital gains) that are not tax-exempt will be taxable to you as
ordinary income.
Each year shortly after December 31, the Portfolios will send you tax
information stating the amount and type of all of their distributions for the
year.
Alliance Money Reserves and Alliance Government Reserves
For Federal income tax purposes, any capital gains distributions may be taxable
to you as capital gains. Each Portfolio's distributions may be subject to
certain state and local taxes.
Alliance Municipal Trust
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
interest on municipal securities subject to the AMT will be a specific
preference item for purposes of the Federal individual and corporate AMT.
Each investor should consult his or her own tax advisor to determine the tax
status, with regard to his or her tax situation, of distributions from such
Portfolio.
For AMT-General distributions out of income earned from U.S. Government
securities will be exempt from state personal income or other state tax as
described below.
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DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS
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The Funds have adopted a plan under Securities and Exchange Commission Rule
12b-1 that allows the Funds to pay asset-based sales charges or distribution
and service fees in connection with the distribution of their shares. The Funds
pay these fees in the amount of 0.25% as a percent of aggregate average daily
net assets. Because these fees are paid out of a Fund's assets on an on-going
basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may
cost you more than paying other types of sales fees.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand a Portfolio's
financial performance for the past five years. Certain information reflects
financial information for a single Portfolio share. The total return in the
table represents the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an
investment in a Portfolio (assuming investment of all dividends and
distributions). The information has been audited by McGladrey & Pullen LLP, the
Portfolios' independent auditors, whose report, along with the Portfolios'
financial statements, appears in the SAI, which is available upon request.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Alliance Money Reserves
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Year Ended June 30
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1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period .................. $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income (a) ............................. .043 .047 .045 .047 .045
Net gains or losses on securities ..................... .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total from invest operations .......................... .043 .047 .045 .047 .045
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Less: Distributions
Dividends ............................................. (.043) (.047) (.045) (.047) (.045)
Distributions ......................................... .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total distributions ................................... (.043) (.047) (.045) (.047) (.045)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net asset value, end of period ........................ $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Total Return
Total investment return based on net asset value (b) .. 4.39% 4.83% 4.64% 4.81% 4.50%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of year (in millions) ................. $ 1,407 $ 1,166 $ 1,011 $ 755 $ 2,510
Ratios to average net assets of:
Expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements ........ 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Expenses, before waivers and reimbursements ........ 1.02% 1.02% 1.06% 1.00% 1.04%
Net investment income (a) .......................... 4.28% 4.72% 4.55% 4.80% 4.53%
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(a) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by Alliance.
(b) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
at 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) The capital contribution by Alliance had no effect on total return.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Alliance Government Reserves
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Year Ended June 30
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1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period .................. $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income ................................. .0419(a) .0463(a) .0443 .0461(a) .0439(a)
Net gains or losses on securities ..................... .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total from investment operations ...................... .0419 .0463 .0443 .0461 .0439
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Less: Distributions
Dividends ............................................. (.0419) (.0463) (.0443) (.0461) (.0439)
Distributions ......................................... .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000 .0000
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total distributions ................................... (.0419) (.0463) (.0443) (.0461) (.0439)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net asset value, end of period ........................ $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Total Return
Total investment return based on net asset value (b) .. 4.27% 4.74% 4.53% 4.72% 4.48%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in millions) ............... $ 5,583 $ 4,909 $ 3,762 $ 3,205 $ 2,514
Ratio to average net assets of:
Expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements ........ 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Expenses, before waivers and reimbursements ........ 1.02% 1.01% 1.00% 1.01% 1.05%
Net investment income .............................. 4.18%(a) 4.63%(a) 4.44% 4.60%(a) 4.42%(a)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Alliance Municipal Trust--General Portfolio
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Year Ended June 30
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1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period .................. $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income from Investment Operations
Net investment income ................................. .024 .028 .028 .029 .028(a)
Net gains or losses on securities ..................... .000 .000 .000 .000 (.003)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total from investment operations ...................... .024 .028 .028 .029 .025
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Add: Capital Contributions
Capital contributed by Alliance ....................... .000 .000 .000 .000 .003
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Less: Distributions
Dividends ............................................. (.024) (.028) (.028) (.029) (.028)
Distributions ......................................... .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total distributions ................................... (.024) (.028) (.028) (.029) (.028)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net asset value, end of period ........................ $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 1.00
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Total Return
Total investment return based on net asset value (b) .. 2.42% 2.85% 2.81% 2.93% 2.83%(c)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in millions) ............... $ 1,168 $ 1,196 $ 980 $ 1,148 $ 1,189
Ratio to average net assets of:
Expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements ........ 1.00% .98% .94% .95% .94%
Expenses, before waivers and reimbursements ........ 1.00% .98% .94% .95% .95%
Net investment income (a) .......................... 2.38% 2.81% 2.76% 2.90% 2.78%(a)
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(a) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by Alliance.
(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) The capital contribution by Alliance had no effect on total return.
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For more information about the Portfolios, the following documents are
available upon request:
o Annual/Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders
The Portfolios' annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders contain
additional information on the Portfolios' investments.
o Statement of Additional Information (SAI)
The Portfolios have SAIs, which contain more detailed information about the
Portfolios, including their operations and investment policies. The Portfolios'
SAIs are incorporated by reference into (and are legally part of) this
Prospectus.
You may request free copies of current annual/semi-annual reports or SAIs, or
make inquires concerning the Portfolios, by contacting your broker or other
financial intermediary, or by contacting Alliance:
By mail: c/o Alliance Fund Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 1520, Secaucus,
New Jersey 07096
By phone: For Information and Literature:
(800) 824-1916
Or you may view or obtain these documents from the Securities and Exchange
Commission:
In person: at the SEC's Public Reference
Room in Washington, D.C.
By phone: (202) 942-8090
(for information on the operation
of the Public Reference Room only)
By mail: Public Reference Section
Securities and Exchange
Commission
Washington, DC 20549-6009
(duplicating fee required)
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(duplicating fee required)
On the Internet: www.sec.gov
File Nos. 811-2835 (ACR); 811-2888 (AGR); 811-3586 (AMT)
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