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This is filed pursuant to Rule 497(e).
File Nos.: 2-63315 and 811-02889
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YIELDS
For current recorded yield information on the Funds, call toll-free (800) 221-
9513.
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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 ex-
tent consistent with the first two objectives. Alliance Money 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 IN-SURED 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 October 31, 1997,
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 ref-
erence. A free copy may be obtained by contacting your Account Executive.
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.
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CONTENTS
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Expense Information....................................................... 2
Financial Highlights...................................................... 3
Investment Objectives and Policies........................................ 5
Purchase and Redemption of Shares......................................... 9
Additional Information.................................................... 10
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Presents...
. Alliance Money Reserves
. Alliance Government Reserves
. Alliance Municipal Trust --
General Portfolio
Prospectus
October 31, 1997
209 S.W. Oak Street
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 790-9000
(800) 547-6337
Member NASD,SIPC
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EXPENSE INFORMATION
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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 AMR AGR AMT-GEN
net assets, after expense reimbursement) --- ---- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Management Fees.......................................... .48% .47% .50%
12b-1 Fees............................................... .25 .25 .25
Other Expenses........................................... .27 .28 .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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AMR.......................................... $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 AMR are net of the
contractual reimbursement by the Adviser described in this prospectus. The ex-
penses of such Portfolios, before expense reimbursements, would be: Management
Fees--.50%, 12b-1 Fees--.25%, Other Expenses--.27% 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
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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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FEBRUARY 16,
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1989(A)
ALLIANCE MONEY RESERVES -------------------------------------------------------------- THROUGH
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 JUNE 30, 1989
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<S> <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
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INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS
Net investment income.. .045 .047 .045 .025 .027 .044 .066 .079 .033
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
LESS: DIVIDENDS
Dividends from net in-
vestment income....... (.045) (.047) (.045) (.025) (.027) (.044) (.066) (.079) (.033)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
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)..... 4.64% 4.81% 4.50% 2.57% 2.71% 4.47% 6.87% 8.26% 9.18%(c)
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of pe-
riod (in millions)..... $1,011 $ 755 $2,510 $1,795 $1,626 $1,412 $1,262 $ 993 $ 563
Ratio to average net as-
sets of:
Expenses, net of waiv-
ers and reimburse-
ments................. 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% .97% .89% .99%(c)
Expenses, before waiv-
ers and reimburse-
ments................. 1.06% 1.00% 1.04% 1.09% 1.04% 1.04% 1.03% .99% 1.09%(c)
Net investment
income(d)............. 4.55% 4.80% 4.53% 2.55% 2.67% 4.33% 6.56% 7.92% 9.16%(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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ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
RESERVES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net asset value, begin-
ning of year........... $ 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... .0443 .0461 .0439 .0244 .0256 .0421 .0640 .0765 .0774 .0612
Net realized gain on in-
vestments.............. -0- -0- -0- -0- .0001 -0- -0- .0001 -0- -0-
------ ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Net increase in net
assets from operations. .0443 .0461 .0439 .0244 .0257 .0421 .0640 .0766 .0774 .0612
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LESS: DIVIDENDS AND DIS-
TRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net in-
vestment income........ (.0443) (.0461) (.0439) (.0244) (.0256) (.0421) (.0640) (.0765) (.0774) (.0612)
Distributions from net
realized gains......... -0- -0- -0- -0- (.0001) -0- -0- (.0001) -0- -0-
------ ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------
Total dividends and dis-
tributions............. (.0443) (.0461) (.0439) (.0244) (.0257) (.0421) (.0640) (.0766) (.0774) (.0612)
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Net asset value, end of
year................... $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)..... 4.53% 4.72% 4.48% 2.48% 2.60% 4.30% 6.61% 7.96% 8.04% 6.31%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year
(in millions).......... $3,762 $3,205 $2,514 $2,061 $1,783 $1,572 $1,070 $584 $522 $315
Ratio to average net as-
sets of:
Expenses, net of waivers
and reimbursements..... 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% .95% .89% .88% .88% .80%
Expenses, before waivers
and reimbursements..... 1.00% 1.01% 1.05% 1.04% 1.02% .97% .93% .98% .98% .90%
Net investment
income(b).............. 4.44% 4.60% 4.42% 2.46% 2.55% 4.17% 6.28% 7.65% 7.86% 6.13%
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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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GENERAL PORTFOLIO
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, SIX MONTHS DECEMBER 31,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 JUNE 30, 1989 1988 1987
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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 .029 .028 .018 .020 .034 .046 .055 .030 .047 .041
Net realized and
unrealized loss on
investments........... -0- -0- (.003) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Net increase in net
asset value from
operations............ .028 .029 .025 .018 .020 .034 .046 .055 .030 .047 .041
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
ADD: CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Capital Contributed by
the Adviser........... -0- -0- .003 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0-
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LESS: DIVIDENDS
Dividends from net
investment income..... (.028) (.029) (.028) (.018) (.020) (.034) (.046) (.055) (.030) (.047) (.041)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
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).............. 2.81% 2.93% 2.83%(c) 1.81% 2.05% 3.48% 4.71% 5.65% 6.13%(b) 4.81% 4.18%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of
period (in millions).. $980 $1,148 $1,189 $1,134 $1,016 $914 $883 $798 $695 $633 $690
Ratio to average net
assets of:
Expenses, net of
waivers and
reimbursements........ .94% .95% .94% .92% .92% .92% .89% .83% .84%(b) .83% .80%
Expenses, before
waivers and
reimbursements........ .94% .95% .95% .94% .94% .95% .95% .93% .94%(b) .93% .90%
Net investment
income(d)............. 2.76% 2.90% 2.78% 1.80% 2.02% 3.40% 4.57% 5.50% 5.96%(b) 4.69% 4.08%
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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 had no effect on total return.
(d) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by the Adviser.
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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 AMR divi-
dends for the seven days ended June 30, 1997, after expense reimbursement,
amounted to an annualized yield of 4.72%, equivalent to an effective yield of
4.83%. Absent such reimbursement, the annualized yield for such period would
have been 4.66%, equivalent to an effective yield of 4.77%. For AGR dividends
for the seven days ended June 30, 1997 amounted to an annualized yield of
4.62%, equivalent to an effective yield of 4.73%. Dividends for the General
Portfolio for the seven days ended June 30, 1997 amounted to an annualized
yield of 3.20%, equivalent to an effective yield of 3.25%.
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
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The investment objective of Alliance Money Reserves is maximum current in-
come to the extent consistent with safety of principal and liquidity. The in-
vestment objectives of each of the other Funds are--in the following order of
priority--safety of principal, excellent liquidity and, to the extent consis-
tent with the first two objectives, maximum current income (exempt from income
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 port-
folio of high-quality money market securities all of which at the time of in-
vestment 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 with-
out 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 Investment Company Act of 1940
(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. To
the extent that each Fund's limitations are more permissive than Rule 2a-7,
each Fund will comply with the more restrictive provisions of the Rule.
ALLIANCE MONEY RESERVES
The money market securities in which Alliance Money Reserves ("AMR") invests
include: (1) marketable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States
Government, its agencies or instrumentalities (collectively, the "U.S. Govern-
ment"); (2) certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances issued or guaran-
teed by, or time deposits maintained at, banks or savings and loan associa-
tions (including foreign branches of U.S. banks or U.S. or foreign branches of
foreign banks) having total assets of more than $500 million; (3) commercial
paper, including variable amount master demand notes, of high quality [i.e.,
rated A-1 or A-2 by Standard & Poor's Corporation ("Standard & Poor's"),
Prime-1 or Prime-2 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), Fitch-1 or
Fitch-2 by Fitch Investors Service, Inc., or Duff 1 or Duff 2 by Duff & Phelps
Inc. or, if not rated, issued by U.S. or foreign companies having outstanding
debt securities rated AAA, AA or A by Standard & Poor's, or Aaa, Aa or A by
Moody's] and participation interests in loans extended by banks to such compa-
nies; and (4) repurchase agreements that are collateralized in full each day
by liquid securities of the types listed above. Repurchase agreements may be
entered into only with those banks (including State Street Bank and Trust Com-
pany, AMR's Custodian) or broker-dealers ("vendors") that are eligible under
the procedures adopted by the Trustees for evaluating and monitoring the cred-
itworthiness of such vendors. A repurchase agreement would create a loss to
AMR if, in the event of a vendor default, the proceeds from the sale of the
collateral were less than the repurchase price. The money market securities in
which AMR invests may have variable or floating rates of interest ("variable
rate obligations") as permitted by Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Variable rate
obligations have interest rates which are adjusted either at predesignated pe-
riodic intervals or whenever there is a change in the market rate to which the
interest rate of the variable rate obligation is tied. Some variable rate ob-
ligations allow the holder to demand payment of principal at any time, or at
specified intervals. AMR follows Rule 2a-7 with respect to the diversifica-
tion, quality and maturity of variable rate obligations.
To the extent AMR purchases money market instruments issued by foreign enti-
ties, consideration will be given to the domestic marketability of such in-
struments, and possible interruptions of, or restrictions on, the flow of in-
ternational currency transactions.
AMR may purchase restricted securities that are determined by the Adviser to
be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees of AMR, in-
cluding securities eligible for resale under Rule 144A under the
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Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and commercial paper issued in
reliance upon the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securi-
ties Act. Restricted securities are securities subject to contractual or legal
restrictions on resale, such as those arising from an issuer's reliance upon
certain exemptions from registration under the Securities Act.
AMR may also invest up to 10% of the value of its net assets in securities
as to which a liquid trading market does not exist, provided such investments
are consistent with AMR's investment objectives. Such securities may include
securities that are not readily marketable, such as certain securities that
are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale (other than those
restricted securities determined to be liquid as described above) and repur-
chase agreements not terminable within seven days. As to these securities, AMR
is subject to a risk that should AMR desire to sell them when a ready buyer is
not available at a price AMR deems representative of their value, the value of
AMR's net assets could be adversely affected.
AMR 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 AMR'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, AMR may
not: (1) invest more than 25% of its assets in the securities of issuers con-
ducting their principal business activities in any one industry although there
is no such limitation with respect to U.S. Government securities or certifi-
cates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and interest bearing savings deposits;
(2) invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of any one issuer (ex-
cept the U.S. Government) although with respect to 25% 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 issuer (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. Govern-
ment); (4) borrow money except from banks on a temporary basis or via entering
into reverse repurchase agreements in aggregate amounts not exceeding 15% of
its assets and to facilitate the orderly maturation and sale of portfolio se-
curities during any periods of abnormally heavy redemption requests; (5) mort-
gage, pledge or hypothecate its assets except to secure such borrowings; or
(6) enter into repurchase agreements, if as a result thereof, more than 10% of
AMR's assets would be subject to repurchase agreements not terminable within
seven days.
As a matter of operating policy, fundamental policy number (2) would give
AMR 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, AGR's Custodian, and would create
a loss to AGR if, in the event of a dealer default, the proceeds from the sale
of the collateral were less than the repurchase price. AGR may commit up to
15% of its net assets to the purchase of when-issued U.S. Government securi-
ties, whose value may fluctuate prior to their settlement, thereby creating an
unrealized gain or loss to AGR. The money market securities in which AGR may
invest may
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have variable or floating rates of interest ("variable rate obligations") as
permitted by Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Variable rate obligations have in-
terest rates which are adjusted either at predesignated periodic intervals or
whenever there is a change in the market rate to which the interest rate of
the variable rate obligation is tied. Some variable rate obligations allow the
holder to demand payment of principal at any time, or at specified intervals.
AGR follows Rule 2a-7 with respect to the diversification, quality and matu-
rity of variable rate obligations.
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 aggregate amounts not exceeding 10% of
its assets and to be used exclusively to facilitate 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 AGR will not purchase any investment while any such borrowings
exist; (2) pledge, hypothecate or in any manner transfer, as security for in-
debtedness, its assets except to secure such borrowings; or (3) enter into re-
purchase agreements if, as a result thereof, more than 10% of its assets would
be subject to repurchase agreements not terminable within seven days.
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
AMT-General assumes a temporary defensive position, as a matter of fundamental
policy, at least 80% of such Portfolio's total assets will be invested in mu-
nicipal securities (as opposed to the taxable investments described below).
Normally, substantially all of such Portfolio's income will be tax-exempt as
described below (e.g., for 1996, 100% of the income of such Portfolio was ex-
empt 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.
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 AMT-General to maintain a stable net asset
value. Variable rate securities purchased may include participation
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interests in industrial development bonds backed by letters of credit of Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation member banks having total assets of more
than $1 billion. AMT-General will comply with Rule 2a-7 with respect to its
investments in variable rate obligations supported by letters of credit.
AMT-General's 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.
To further enhance the quality and liquidity of the securities in which AMT-
General invests, 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 AMT-General's investments backed by that institution to
lose value and affect AMT-General's share price.
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 cer-
tificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, prime commercial paper, and re-
purchase agreements.
Other Investment Policies. AMT-General will not invest more than 10% of its
net assets in illiquid securities. As to these securities, AMT-General is sub-
ject to a risk that should the Portfolio desire to sell them when a ready
buyer is not available at a price the Portfolio deems representative of their
value, the value of the Portfolio's net assets could be adversely affected.
Fundamental Investment Policies. To reduce investment risk, AMT-General may
not invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal securities whose is-
suers are located in the same state, and AMT-General may not invest more than
25% of its total assets 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, although 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.
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PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
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For more information on the purchase and redemption of each Fund's shares,
see such Fund's Statement of Additional Information.
The Funds offer a variety of shareholder services. For more information
about these services, please call your Account Executive.
PURCHASE OF SHARES
OPENING ACCOUNTS
Instruct Bidwell to use AMR, AGR or AMT-General in conjunction with your
brokerage account.
SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS
A. BY CHECK THROUGH BIDWELL & CO.
Mail or deliver your check made payable to Bidwell & Co. ("Bidwell") who
will deposit it into the Fund. Please indicate your account number on the
check.
B. BY SWEEP
Bidwell offers an automatic "sweep" for the Fund in the operation of
brokerage accounts for its customers. If you qualify for the sweep
arrangement, Bidwell will, on a daily basis, sweep into your brokerage account
all credit balances.
REDEMPTIONS
A. BY CONTACTING BIDWELL
Instruct Bidwell to make a withdrawal from your Fund account to purchase
securities or to make payment to you with a Bidwell check.
B. BY CHECKWRITING
With this service, you may write checks made payable to any payee. Checks
cannot be written for more than the principal balance (not including any
accrued dividends) in your brokerage account. You must first complete a
Signature Card which you can obtain from Bidwell. The checkwriting service
enables you to receive the daily dividends on the shares to be redeemed until
the day that your check is presented for payment.
C. BY SWEEP
If you qualify for the "sweep," Bidwell will automatically transfer from
your Fund account sufficient cash to cover any debit balance that may occur in
your brokerage account for any reason.
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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 (amortized cost value is
used for this purpose) and any cash or other assets, subtracting 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. However, if you wish to have Federal funds
wired the same day as your telephone redemption request, make sure that your
request will be received by the Fund prior to 12:00 Noon.
During drastic economic or market developments, shareholders might have dif-
ficulty in reaching Alliance 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. Nei-
ther the Funds nor the Adviser, or Alliance Fund Services, Inc. will be respon-
sible for the authenticity of telephone requests to purchase or sell shares.
The Funds will employ reasonable procedures in order to verify that telephone
requests are genuine and could be liable for losses arising from unauthorized
transactions if it failed to do so. Selected dealers or agents may charge a
commission 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 suspended or postponed due to the determination of an "emergency" by the
Securities 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 share-
holder's account. As such additional shares are entitled to dividends on fol-
lowing 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 Portfo-
lio 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
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 cap-
ital 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
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management and investment program, subject to the general control of the
Trustees of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997, AMR, AGR, and
AMT- General each paid the Adviser an advisory fee at an annual rate of .44,
.48 and .50 of 1%, respectively, of the average daily value of the respective
Portfolio's net assets.
The Adviser is a leading international investment manager, supervising client
accounts with assets as of September 30, 1997 totaling more than $217 billion
(of which more than $81 billion represented the assets of investment compa-
nies). The Adviser's clients are primarily major corporate employee benefit
plans, public employee retirement plans, insurance companies, banks, founda-
tions and endowment funds. The 54 registered investment companies managed by
the Adviser comprising 116 separate investment portfolios currently have over
two million shareholders. As of September 30, 1997, the Adviser was retained
as an investment manager of employee benefit fund assets for 28 of the Fortune
100 companies.
Alliance Capital Management Corporation, the sole general partner of, and the
owner of a 1% general partnership interest in, the Adviser, is an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States, one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States,
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Equitable Companies Incorporated, a
holding company controlled by AXA, a French insurance holding company. Certain
information concerning the ownership and control of Equitable by AXA is set
forth in each Fund's Statement of Additional Information under "Management of
the Fund."
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 period ended June 30, 1997, AMR, AGR and AMT-
General each paid the Adviser a distribution services fee at an annual rate of
.25, .25 and .25 of 1%, respectively, of the average daily value of the net
assets of each Portfolio. Substantially all such monies (together with signif-
icant amounts from the Adviser's own resources) are paid by the Adviser to
broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries for their distribution as-
sistance 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 incurred by the Adviser in distribut-
ing the Funds' shares. The Funds believe that the administrative services pro-
vided 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 main-
tain 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. The transfer agent
charges a fee for its services.
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. Al-
liance Capital Reserves (not offered by this prospectus) and AMR are series of
Alliance Capital Reserves, a diversified open-end management investment com-
pany registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund was reorganized as a Massachu-
setts business trust in October 1984, having previously been a Maryland corpo-
ration since its formation in April 1978. AMT-General is a diversified series
of Alliance Municipal Trust, which is also an open-end management investment
company registered under the 1940 Act consisting of such series and seven
other series not offered by this prospectus. The Fund was reorganized as a
Massachusetts business trust in April 1985, having previously been a Maryland
corpora-
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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.
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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