ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. — Director's Dealing 2013

May 22, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. (AB)
CIK: 0000825313
Period of Report: 2013-05-20

Reporting Person: Hechinger Deborah S (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-05-20	Holding Units (right to buy)	$26.44	A	21277	Acquired	2023-05-20	Holding Units (21277)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
units rep. assignments of beneficial owner. of lp interests	10380	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Units representing assignments of beneficial ownership of limited partnership interests in AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. ("Holding Units").

F2: Reporting Person was awarded 21,277 options to buy Holding Units under the AllianceBernstein 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended. The options vest in equal increments on each of May 20, 2014, 2015 and 2016.