AKGCX Fees and Costs — AB Income Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2026-09-24

The net expense ratio is 1.54%: a 0.45% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.14% other expenses, less a 0.05% fee waiver. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $153K in broker commissions, 0.0066% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 290%.

AKGCX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AKGCX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.14%
Gross expense ratio1.59%
Fee waiver−0.05%
Net expense ratio1.54%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

AKGCX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AKGCX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $957 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.62% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$103$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.54%)$162$502$865
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$2$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$25$88
Total costs$266$529$957
Value after costs$10,234$11,047$11,806
Impact on return, per year2.66%1.62%1.62%

AKGCX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0066%
  • Total broker commissions: $153K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $17.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 290%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

AKGCX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$153K100.00%
Jefferies LLC$60.00%
UBS Securities LLC$10.00%

AKGCX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$9.7B57.03%
Barclays Capital Inc.$3.0B17.89%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.6B9.26%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.4B8.49%
BofA Securities, Inc.$442.4M2.60%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$194.3M1.14%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$185.2M1.09%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$151.9M0.89%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$140.4M0.82%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$132.6M0.78%

AB Income Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
ACGYXAdvisor Class0.54%none
ACGZXClass Z0.54%none
AKGAXClass A0.80%4.25%
AKGCXClass C1.54%none

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.