NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ACG) (the "Fund") today released its monthly portfolio update as of December 31, 2014.




    AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc.


    Top 10 Fixed Income Holdings                                    Portfolio %

    1) U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.00%, 2/15/26                                21.55%

    2) U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.375%, 8/15/27                               19.75%

    3) U.S. Treasury Notes 3.625%, 2/15/21                               17.09%

    4) U.S. Treasury Bonds 6.50%, 11/15/26                               13.85%

    5) U.S. Treasury Notes 2.125%, 8/31/20
     -8/15/21                                                             9.14%

    6) U.S. Treasury Notes 3.125%, 5/15/21                                5.36%

    7) U.S. Treasury Bonds 3.125%, 8/15/44                                4.32%

    8) U.S. Treasury Notes 1.625%, 8/31/19                                4.26%

    9) Federal National Mortgage
     Association 5.375%, 6/12/17                                          3.44%

    10) U.S. Treasury Bonds 8.75%, 8/15/20                                2.85%


    Investment Type                                                 Portfolio %

    Global Governments                                                  104.14%

    Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

    Industrial

    Communications - Media                                                2.23%

    Energy                                                                1.72%

    Consumer Non-Cyclical                                                 1.23%

    Basic                                                                 1.01%

    Capital Goods                                                         0.79%

    Communications - Telecommunications                                   0.76%

    Technology                                                            0.73%

    Consumer Cyclical - Retailers                                         0.64%

    Services                                                              0.26%

    Consumer Cyclical - Automotive                                        0.20%

    Consumer Cyclical - Other                                             0.20%

    Other Industrial                                                      0.16%

    Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment                                     0.11%

    Transportation - Services                                             0.09%

    SUBTOTAL                                                             10.13%

    Credit Default Swaps                                                  2.30%

    Financial Institutions

    Banking                                                               1.79%

    Finance                                                               0.22%

    Insurance                                                             0.14%

    Other Finance                                                         0.14%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              2.29%

    Utility

    Electric                                                              0.76%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.76%

    SUBTOTAL                                                             15.48%

    Agencies

    Agency Debentures                                                     3.75%

    Agency Subordinated                                                   3.44%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              7.19%

    Corporates - Investment Grades

    Industrial

    Communications - Telecommunications                                   1.03%

    Basic                                                                 0.82%

    Energy                                                                0.73%

    Capital Goods                                                         0.40%

    Technology                                                            0.29%

    Transportation - Airlines                                             0.08%

    Communications - Media                                                0.06%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              3.41%

    Financial Institutions

    Insurance                                                             1.29%

    Banking                                                               0.96%

    Finance                                                               0.25%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              2.50%

    Non Corporate Sectors

    Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed                                  0.31%

    Energy                                                                0.02%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.33%

    Credit Default Swaps                                                  0.27%

    Utility

    Electric                                                              0.19%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.19%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              6.70%

    Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

    GSE Risk Share Floating Rate                                          2.19%

    Non-Agency Fixed Rate                                                 1.76%

    Non-Agency Floating Rate                                              0.65%

    Agency Fixed Rate                                                     0.21%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              4.81%

    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS                                            2.76%

    Credit Default Swaps                                                  0.21%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              2.97%

    Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

    Industrial

    Consumer Non-Cyclical                                                 0.54%

    Capital Goods                                                         0.36%

    Basic                                                                 0.23%

    Consumer Cyclical - Retailers                                         0.22%

    Energy                                                                0.20%

    Transportation - Airlines                                             0.19%

    Communications - Media                                                0.18%

    Communications - Telecommunications                                   0.18%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              2.10%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              2.10%

    Preferred Stocks

    Financial Institutions                                                1.33%

    Industrial                                                            0.18%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              1.51%

    Local Governments - Municipal Bonds                                   1.22%

    Quasi-Sovereigns

    Quasi-Sovereign Bonds                                                 1.18%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              1.18%

    Bank Loans

    Industrial

    Consumer Non-Cyclical                                                 0.31%

    Consumer Cyclical - Automotive                                        0.31%

    Other Industrial                                                      0.24%

    Communications - Media                                                0.09%

    Consumer Cyclical - Other                                             0.08%

    Technology                                                            0.07%

    Basic                                                                 0.04%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              1.14%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              1.14%

    Mortgage Pass-Throughs

    Agency ARMs                                                           0.64%

    Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year                                             0.27%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.91%

    Whole Loan Trusts

    Performing Asset                                                      0.90%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.90%

    Emerging Markets - Sovereigns

    Emerging Markets - Sovereigns                                         0.69%

    Credit Default Swaps                                                 -0.46%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.23%

    Governments - Sovereign Agencies                                      0.21%

    Currency Instruments

    Forward Currency Exchange Contracts                                   0.14%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.14%

    Investment Companies

    Funds and Investment Trusts                                           0.13%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.13%

    Asset-Backed Securities

    Other ABS - Fixed Rate                                                0.05%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.05%

    Common Stocks                                                         0.05%

    Options Purchased - Calls

    Options on Forward Contracts                                          0.01%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              0.01%

    Interest Rate Swaps - SIFMA                                          -5.37%

    Interest Rate Futures                                               -49.08%

    Reverse Repurchase Agreements                                       -52.19%

    Net Cash Equivalents

    Cash                                                                  3.95%

    Investment Companies                                                  1.49%

    SUBTOTAL                                                              5.44%

    Derivative Offsets

    Futures Offsets                                                      48.18%

    Swaps Offsets                                                         1.95%

    SUBTOTAL                                                             50.13%

    Total Fixed Income                                                  100.00%


    Country Breakdown                                               Portfolio %

    United States                                                        91.67%

    Brazil                                                                1.11%

    Mexico                                                                1.06%

    Canada                                                                0.89%

    United Kingdom                                                        0.53%

    Switzerland                                                           0.46%

    Luxembourg                                                            0.38%

    Indonesia                                                             0.32%

    France                                                                0.28%

    Peru                                                                  0.27%

    Norway                                                                0.26%

    India                                                                 0.25%

    Hungary                                                               0.25%

    Germany                                                               0.24%

    Spain                                                                 0.23%

    El Salvador                                                           0.22%

    Dominican Republic                                                    0.16%

    Barbados                                                              0.14%

    Netherlands                                                           0.14%

    Colombia                                                              0.13%

    Venezuela                                                             0.12%

    South Africa                                                          0.12%

    Chile                                                                 0.11%

    Italy                                                                 0.10%

    Ireland                                                               0.08%

    Guatemala                                                             0.07%

    Zambia                                                                0.06%

    Pakistan                                                              0.06%

    Belgium                                                               0.06%

    Jamaica                                                               0.05%

    Sri Lanka                                                             0.05%

    Singapore                                                             0.04%

    Morocco                                                               0.04%

    Australia                                                             0.03%

    Sweden                                                                0.02%

    Total Investments                                                   100.00%


    Net Currency Exposure Breakdown                                 Portfolio %

    United States Dollar                                                105.96%

    Mexican Peso                                                          0.98%

    Brazilian Real                                                        0.05%

    Great British Pound                                                   0.03%

    New Zealand Dollar                                                    0.01%

    Euro                                                                 -1.53%

    Japanese Yen                                                         -2.43%

    Australian Dollar                                                    -3.07%

    Total Investments                                                   100.00%


    Credit Rating                                                   Portfolio %

    AAA                                                                  61.02%

    AA                                                                    0.26%

    A                                                                     1.98%

    BBB                                                                   9.54%

    BB                                                                    8.90%

    B                                                                     7.05%

    CCC                                                                   2.81%

    CC                                                                    0.33%

    D                                                                     0.39%

    Not Rated                                                             3.05%

    Short Term Investments                                                1.49%

                                              N/A                         3.18%

    Total Investments                                                   100.00%


    Bonds By Maturity                                               Portfolio %

    Less than 1 year                                                    -46.51%

    1 to 5 years                                                         19.03%

    5 to 10 years                                                        58.46%

    10 to 20 years                                                       59.37%

    20 to 30 years                                                        9.21%

    More than 30 years                                                    0.39%

    Other                                                                 0.05%

    Total Net Assets                                                    100.00%

    Portfolio Statistics:

    Average Coupon:                                                       7.14%

    Average Bond Price :                                                 119.55

    Percentage of Leverage:

    Bank Borrowing:                                                       0.00%

    Investment Operations:                                              36.68%*

    Preferred Stock:                                                      0.00%

    Tender Option Bonds:                                                  0.00%

    Term Asset-Backed Loans Facility
     (TALF):                                                              0.00%

    Total Fund Leverage:                                                 36.68%

    Average Maturity:                                               13.51 Years

    Effective Duration:                                              5.65 Years

    Total Net Assets:                                         $1,901.85 Million

    Net Asset Value:                                                      $8.34

    Number of Holdings:                                                     412

    Portfolio Turnover:                                                    107%


    * Investment Operations 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.

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