Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001209191-17-065907
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2017-12-15 16:16:16
Reporting Period:
2017-12-15
Accepted Time:
2017-12-15 16:16:16
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
825313 Alliancebernstein Holding L.p. AB Investment Advice (6282) 133434400
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1333986 Axa Equitable Holdings, Inc. 1290 Avenue Of The Americas
New York NY 10104
No No No Yes
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Units Acquisiton 2017-12-15 124,983 $24.95 2,312,163 No 4 P Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 P Direct
Reported Non-Derivative Holdings
Sec. Name Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership Explanation
Units 1,444,356 Indirect By affiliate
Footnotes
  1. Units Representing Assignments of Beneficial Ownership of Limited Partnership Interests ("Holding Units") in AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. ("Holding").
  2. On April 30, 2017, AXA Equitable Holdings Inc. ("Equitable Holdings"), entered into a unit purchase agreement (the "Unit Purchase Agreement") with Peter S. Kraus covering all of the Holding Units beneficially owned by Mr. Kraus. Pursuant to the Unit Purchase Agreement, Equitable Holdings and Mr. Kraus agreed to call and put options, respectively, covering certain restricted Holding Units delivered in accordance with the terms of Mr. Kraus's employment agreement or with respect to which he had deferred delivery, at specified future market prices if the Holding Units are trading at or between $22.90 and $32.90 per Holding Unit. On December 12, 2017, Equitable Holdings exercised its call option for all units owned by Mr. Kraus as of the close of business on such date.
  3. AXA indirectly owns (i) all of the common stock of Equitable Holdings, a holding company for a group of insurance and related financial services companies, AXA Financial, Inc. ("AXF") and its subsidiaries and AXA America Corporate Solutions, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Coliseum Reinsurance Company ("Coliseum Reinsurance") and (ii) 96.23% of the outstanding shares of common stock of AXA-IM Holding U.S. Inc. (AXA-IM Holding"), 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 Life Insurance Company ("AXA Equitable") which in turn owns ACMC, LLC ("ACMC") and (ii) MONY Life Insurance Company of America ("MLOA").
  4. As of December 31, 2016, AXA Assurances I.A.R.D. Mutuelle and AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle (collectively, "Mutuelles AXA"), directly beneficially owned approximately 14.13% of the issued ordinary shares (representing approximately 23.93% 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.
  5. Equitable Holdings beneficially owns directly 2,312,163 Holding Units and beneficially owns indirectly 1,444,356 Holding Units beneficially owned directly by ACMC.
  6. 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 15, 2017, AXF beneficially owned directly 43,032,758 AB Capital Units; ACMC beneficially owned directly 74,406,933 AB Capital Units; AXA-IM Holding, 41,934,582 AB Capital Units; Coliseum Reinsurance, 8,160,000 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.