NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- A Special Meeting of
Shareholders of AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
(NYSE:ACG) scheduled for today to consider the proposed acquisition
of the assets and the assumption of the liabilities of the Fund by
AB Income Fund (the "Acquiring Fund"), a series of AB Bond Fund,
Inc. (the "Acquisition") was convened as scheduled on February 1, 2016, but has been adjourned until
March 1, 2016, to allow additional
time for the solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposed
Acquisition. The Special Meeting will be reconvened at 1345
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Time. Only stockholders of record on November 4, 2015 will be entitled to vote at the
reconvened Special Meeting on March
1, 2016.
The Fund is a closed-end management investment company whose
shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The Acquiring Fund is
a newly created series of AB Bond Fund, Inc., an open-end
management investment company. Each of the Fund and the AB Bond
Fund, Inc. is an investment company registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and each is organized as a Maryland corporation. Both the Fund and
the Acquiring Fund are advised by AllianceBernstein L.P. As
of January 15, 2016, the net assets
of the Fund were $1.69 billion.
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