APAAX Fees and Costs — AB Pennsylvania Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2025-04-28

The net expense ratio is 0.85%: a 0.45% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.66% other expenses, less a 0.51% fee waiver. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 3.00%. Portfolio turnover was 19%.

APAAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of APAAX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.66%
Gross expense ratio1.36%
Fee waiver−0.51%
Net expense ratio0.85%
Sales charges
Max front load3.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

APAAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in APAAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $900 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.52% 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$300$300$300
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.85%)$87$271$470
Lost growth on money paid in costs$15$61$130
Total costs$402$631$900
Value after costs$10,098$10,945$11,863
Impact on return, per year4.02%1.94%1.52%

APAAX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $42.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 19%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

APAAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$24.6M59.30%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3.8M9.27%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$3.6M8.77%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$2.0M4.90%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1.8M4.30%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$1.4M3.38%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.$1.3M3.11%
Barclays Capital Inc.$1.0M2.41%
Piper Sandler & Co.$985K2.38%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$900K2.17%

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 Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date.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.