ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 16, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. (AB)
CIK: 0000825313
Period of Report: 2011-12-14

Reporting Person: ACMC, LLC (See Remarks)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-14	Units	J	722178	—	Acquired	1444356	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Units Representing Assignments of Beneficial Ownership of Limited Partnership Interests ("Holding Units") in AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. ("Holding").

F2: On December 14, 2011, these Holding Units were contributed by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company ("AXA Equitable") to ACMC, LLC ("ACMC"), its wholly-owned subsidiary.

F3: Not applicable.

F4: AXA indirectly owns all of the common stock of (i) AXA America Holdings, Inc. ("AXA America"), a holding company for a group of insurance and related financial services companies, including AXA Financial, Inc. ("AXF") and its subsidiaries and AXA America Corporate Solutions, Inc. ("AACS") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Coliseum Reinsurance Company ("Coliseum Reinsurance") and (ii) AXA IM Rose, Inc. ("AXA IM Rose"), a holding company for a group of asset management companies. AXF is the sole member of AXA Equitable Financial Services LLC ("AXFS") which wholly owns (i) AXA Equitable which in turn owns ACMC, (ii) AXA Finacial (Bermuda) Ltd. ("AXA Bermuda"), and (iii) MONY Life Insurance Company ("MONY Life") which in turn owns MONY Life Insurance Company of America ("MLOA").

F5: As of December 31, 2010, AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle and AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle (collectively, "Mutuelles AXA"), directly beneficially owned approximately 13.94% of the issued ordinary shares (representing approximately 21.88% of the voting power) of AXA. The Mutuelles AXA and AXA expressly declare that the filing of this Form 4 shall not be construed as an admission that either of them is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Form 4.

F6: AXA has deposited its shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of AXF into a voting trust. AXA will remain the indirect beneficial owner of such Common Stock, but during the term of the voting trust, the AXA Voting Trustees (Mark Pearson, Henri de Castries and Denis Duverne) will exercise all voting rights wth respect to the Common Stock. By reason of the voting trust and their relationship with AXA and the Mutuelles AXA, the AXA Voting Trustees may be deemed to beneficially own the securities covered by this Form 4. The AXA Voting Trustees expressly declare that the filing of this Form 4 shall not be construed as an admission that any of them is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Form 4.

F7: In addition to the Holding Units reported in this Form 4, the Reporting Person and its affiliates beneficially own units of limited partnership interests ("AB Capital Units") in AllianceBernstein L.P. ("AllianceBernstein") as follows. As of December 14, 2011, ACMC beneficially owned directly 95,321,112 AB Capital Units; AXA Bermuda, 15,276,937 AB Capital Units; AXA IM Rose, 41,934,582 AB Capital Units; Coliseum Reinsurance, 8,160,000 AB Capital Units; MONY Life, 6,841,642 AB Capital Units; MLOA, 2,587,472 AB Capital Units; and AllianceBernstein Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA Equitable, owned a 1% general partnership interest in AllianceBernstein and 100,000 units of general partnership interest in Holding. For more information on the Reporting Person and its affiliates' holdings of AB Capital Units, see their separate Form 4 filings with respect to AB Capital Units.

F8: The AB Capital Units are highly illiquid, and the ability of a holder of AB Capital Units to exchange them in the future for AB Units if it so desires is substantially limited. In general, transfers of AB Capital Units will be allowed only with the written consent of both AXA Equitable and the general partner of AllianceBernstein. AXA Equitable and the general partner of AllianceBernstein have stated that they intend to refuse to consent to any transfer that is not described in the safe harbors set forth in the United States Treasury regulations.