ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. — Director's Dealing 2016

May 23, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P. (AB)
CIK: 0000825313
Period of Report: 2016-05-19

Reporting Person: Hechinger Deborah S (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-05-19	units rep. assignments of beneficial owner. of lp interests	A	3313	$22.64	Acquired	18194	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-05-19	AB Holding Unit option (right to buy)	$22.64	A	27273	Acquired	2026-05-19	AB Holding Units (27273.0)	Direct

Footnotes

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

F2: Reporting Person was awarded 27,273 options to buy AB Holding Units under the AllianceBernstein 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended. The option vests in equal increments on each of May 19, 2017, 2018 and 2019.