AllianceBernstein Multi-Manager Alternative Fund
Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, LLC
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
June 20, 2012
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | AllianceBernstein Multi-Manager Alternative Fund |
Securities Act File No. 333-179777
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2
Dear Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, AllianceBernstein Multi-Manager Alternative Fund (the “Registrant”) requests acceleration of the effective date of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-179777) (the “Amendment”) so that the Amendment is declared effective on Friday, June 22, 2012, or as soon as practicable thereafter. Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, LLC, the principal distributor of the Registrant, hereby joins in its request for acceleration of the effectiveness of the Amendment.
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to P. Jay Spinola of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (212) 728-8970, and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that, if the Securities and Exchange Commission (or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority), declares the filing effective, such action:
(i) does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
(ii) does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
(iii) may not be asserted by the Registrant as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
June 20, 2012
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| Very truly yours, | ||
AllianceBernstein Multi-Manager Alternative Fund | ||
| By: | /s/ Emilie D. Wrapp | |
| Emilie D. Wrapp | ||
| President | ||
| Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Mark Nelson | |
| Mark Nelson | ||
| Assistant Secretary | ||
