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AllianceBernstein Income Fund Releases Monthly Portfolio Update

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Posted 19 November 2008 @ 04:06 pm ET

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ACG) (the "Fund") today released its monthly portfolio update as of October 31, 2008.



AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc. Top 10 Fixed-Income Holdings Portfolio% 1) U.S. Treasury Bonds 11.25% 2/15/15 9.04% 2) U.S. Treasury Strips Zero Coupon 5/15/17 6.56% 3) U.S. Treasury Notes 4.875% 5/15/09 - 8/15/16 5.88% 4) Federal National Mortgage Association Series 2008 4.50%, 3/01/38 - 4/01/38 5.67% 5) U.S. Treasury Notes 4.00% 6/15/09 - 2/15/15 5.63% 6) Federal National Mortgage Association Series 2008 5.50% 1/01/37 - 10/01/38 5.55% 7) U.S. Treasury Strips Zero Coupon 11/15/21 5.45% 8) U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.625% 2/15/27 3.41% 9) Resolution Funding Corp. Series 1990 Zero Coupon 10/15/20 2.92% 10) Federal National Mortgage Association. 5.375% 6/12/17 2.91% Security Type Breakdown Portfolio% Governments - Treasuries: Treasuries 46.77% Mortgage Pass-Thru's: Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year 16.76% Agency ARMS 5.71% SUBTOTAL 22.47% Agencies: Agency Debentures 7.39% Corporates - Investment Grades: Financial Institutions: Banking 1.26% Finance 0.78% Brokerage 0.48% Basic 0.12% Insurance 0.07% Other Finance 0.02% SUBTOTAL 2.73% Industrial: Basic 1.00% Energy 0.37% Capital Goods 0.35% Transportation - Airlines 0.17% Other Industrial 0.16% Communications - Telecommunications 0.14% Consumer Cyclical - Retailers 0.13% Consumer Cyclical - Other 0.04% Consumer Non-Cyclical 0.03% Technology 0.02% Communications - Media 0.01% SUBTOTAL 2.42% Non Corporate Sectors: Foreign Local Government - Municipal 0.09% Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed 0.04% SUBTOTAL 0.13% Industrials: Basic 0.02% SUBTOTAL 0.02% SUBTOTAL 5.30% Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities: Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS 3.90% SUBTOTAL 3.90% Corporates - Non-Investment Grades: Industrial: Communications - Telecommunications 0.66% Communications - Media 0.47% Basic 0.38% Capital Goods 0.27% Consumer Non-Cyclical 0.15% Other Industrial 0.12% Consumer Cyclical - Automotive 0.08% Services 0.06% Consumer Cyclical - Other 0.05% Consumer Cyclical - Retailers 0.02% Technology 0.01% SUBTOTAL 2.27% Financial Institutions: Finance 0.51% Insurance 0.14% Banking 0.05% Brokerage 0.02% SUBTOTAL 0.72% SUBTOTAL 2.99% Inflation-Linked Securities 2.77% Bank Loans: Industrial: Basic 0.50% Consumer Non-Cyclical 0.40% Communications - Telecommunications 0.32% Communications - Media 0.30% Technology 0.21% Consumer Cyclical - Other 0.14% Energy 0.11% Services 0.07% Capital Goods 0.07% Consumer Cyclical - Automotive 0.06% Consumer Cyclical - Retailers 0.05% SUBTOTAL 2.23% Utility: Electric 0.26% Other Utility 0.02% SUBTOTAL 0.28% Financial Institutions: Finance 0.13% REITS 0.03% Other Finance 0.03% Banking 0.01% SUBTOTAL 0.20% SUBTOTAL 2.71% Emerging Markets - Treasuries: Non Corporate Sectors: Sovereign 1.64% SUBTOTAL 1.64% Emerging Markets - Sovereigns: Non Corporate Sectors: Sovereign 1.16% SUBTOTAL 1.16% Quasi-Sovereigns: Quasi-Sovereign Bonds 0.57% Governments - Sovereign Agencies 0.37% CMOs: Non-Agency Floating Rate 0.19% Agency Fixed Rate 0.01% SUBTOTAL 0.20% Governments - Sovereign Bonds 0.16% Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds: Utility: Electric 0.01% SUBTOTAL 0.01% Financial Institutions: Banking 0.01% SUBTOTAL 0.01% Non Corporate Sectors: Sovereign 0.01% SUBTOTAL 0.01% SUBTOTAL 0.03% Preferred Stocks: Non Corporate Sectors 0.01% Short-Term Investments: Investment Companies 1.56% Total 100.00% Country Breakdown Portfolio% United States 89.61% Brazil 1.80% Mexico 1.61% Turkey 1.34% Russia 1.14% Indonesia 0.65% Cayman Islands 0.54% Colombia 0.41% Kazakhstan 0.36% Peru 0.34% Bermuda 0.32% Luxembourg 0.30% United Kingdom 0.27% Venezuela 0.22% Australia 0.18% Canada 0.14% India 0.13% Netherlands 0.13% Switzerland 0.11% Panama 0.10% Ecuador 0.10% Hong Kong 0.06% Austria 0.05% Argentina 0.04% Dominican Repb. 0.03% Uruguay 0.01% South Africa 0.01% Total 100.00% Credit Quality Breakdown Portfolio% AAA 80.03% AA 1.20% A 4.07% BBB 4.77% BB 5.71% B 1.48% CCC 1.15% C 0.03% A-1+ 1.56% Total Investments 100.00% Portfolio Statistics Percentage of Leverage: Bank Loans: 14.75% Investment Operations: 20.70% Preferred Stock: 0% Total: 35.45%* Avg. Maturity: 7.40 Years Duration: Corporate 5.43 yrs Non Dollar Government 4.66 yrs Emerging Market 4.91 yrs US Treasury 5.35 yrs High Yield 1.85 yrs Total Portfolio: 3.17 Years Total Net Assets: $1,750.2 Million Net Asset Value: $7.22 Number of Holdings: 339 * The total percentage of leverage constitutes 14.75% in bank loans and 20.70% in investment operations, which may include the use of certain portfolio management techniques such as credit default swaps, dollar rolls, negative cash, reverse repurchase agreements and when-issued securities.

The foregoing portfolio characteristics are as of the date indicated and can be expected to change. The Fund is a closed-end U.S.-registered management investment company advised by AllianceBernstein L.P.

SOURCE AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc.


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