SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Filed by the Registrant /X/ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant / / Check the appropriate box: / / Preliminary Proxy Statement / / Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) /X / Definitive Proxy Statement / / Definitive Additional Materials / / Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or Section 240.14a-12 Alliance Mortgage Securities Income Fund, Inc. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): /X / No fee required / / Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rule 14a- 6(i)(1) and 0-11. (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Total fee paid: - ---------------------------------------------------------------- / / Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. / / Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. (1) Amount Previously Paid: (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: (3) Filing Party: (4) Date Filed: ALLIANCE BOND FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MORTGAGE SECURITIES INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II [LOGO OF ALLIANCE CAPITAL ALLIANCE SHORT-TERM MULTI-MARKET APPEARS HERE] TRUST, INC. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10105 Toll Free (800) 221-5672 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS JANUARY 12, 1998 To the Shareholders of Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. ("ABF"), Alliance Mortgage Securities Income Fund, Inc. ("AMSIF"), Alliance Municipal Income Fund, Inc. ("AMIF"), Alliance Municipal Income Fund II ("AMIF II") and Alliance Short- Term Multi-Market Trust, Inc. ("ASMT"): Notice is hereby given that a Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of ABF, AMSIF, AMIF, AMIF II and ASMT (individually, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") will be held at the offices of the Funds, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 33rd Floor, New York, New York 10105, on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 11:00 a.m., for the following purposes, all of which are more fully described in the accompanying Proxy Statement dated December 8, 1997: 1. To elect eight Directors of each of ABF, AMSIF, AMIF and ASMT and to elect eight Trustees of AMIF II, each to hold office until the next meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified; 2. To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of each Fund for the Fund's fiscal year ending in 1998; and 3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting. The close of business on November 28, 1997 is the record date for the determination of shareholders of the Funds entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. The enclosed proxy is being solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors or Trustees of each Fund. By Order of the Boards of Directors and the Trustees, Edmund P. Bergan, Jr. Secretary New York, New York December 8, 1997 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT PLEASE INDICATE YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD, SIGN AND DATE IT, AND RETURN IT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED, WHICH NEEDS NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ORDER TO SAVE THE FUNDS ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION, PLEASE MAIL YOUR PROXY PROMPTLY. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (R)This registered service mark used under license from the owner, Alliance Capital Management L.P. PROXY STATEMENT ALLIANCE BOND FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MORTGAGE SECURITIES INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II ALLIANCE SHORT-TERM MULTI-MARKET TRUST, INC. 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10105 ---------------- JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS JANUARY 12, 1998 ---------------- INTRODUCTION This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Boards of Directors of Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. ("ABF"), Alliance Mortgage Securities Income Fund, Inc. ("AMSIF"), Alliance Municipal Income Fund, Inc. ("AMIF") and Alliance Short-Term Multi-Market Trust, Inc. ("ASMT"), each of which is a Maryland corporation, and the Trustees of Alliance Municipal Income Fund II ("AMIF II"), a Massachusetts business trust (individually, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds"), to be held at the offices of the Funds, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 33rd Floor, New York, New York 10105, on Monday, January 12, 1998 at 11:00 a.m. The solicitation will be by mail and the cost for each Fund will be borne by that Fund. The Notice of Meeting, Proxy Statement and Proxy Card are being mailed to shareholders on or about December 8, 1997. The Board of Directors or Trustees of each Fund has fixed the close of business on November 28, 1997 as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. The outstanding voting shares of the Funds as of November 28, 1997 consisted of 199,949,860 shares of common stock of ABF, 85,063,164 shares of common stock of AMSIF, 187,245,356 shares of common stock of AMIF, 35,598,919 shares of beneficial interest in AMIF II and 67,788,307 shares of common stock of ASMT, each share being entitled to one vote. All properly executed proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the instructions marked thereon or otherwise provided therein. Accordingly, unless instructions to the contrary are marked, proxies for a Fund will be voted for the election of eight nominees and Directors or Trustees, and for the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors of the Fund for its fiscal year ending in 1998. Any shareholder may revoke that shareholder's proxy at any time prior to exercise thereof by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Funds at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105, by signing another proxy of a later date or by personally voting at the Meeting. The Meeting is scheduled as a joint meeting of the respective shareholders of the Funds because the shareholders of all the Funds are to consider and vote on similar matters. Shareholders of each Fund will vote separately on each proposal set forth herein and on any other matters that may arise for that Fund, and an unfavorable vote on a proposal by the shareholders of one Fund will not affect the implementation of the proposal by any other Fund if such proposal is approved by the shareholders of the other Fund. A quorum for each Fund for the Meeting will consist of one-third of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote. In the event that a quorum is not represented at the Meeting for a Fund or, even if a quorum is so represented, in the event that sufficient votes in favor of any proposal set forth in the Notice of Meeting with respect to a Fund are not received, the persons named as proxies may propose and vote for one or more adjournments of the Meeting with respect to that Fund with no other notice than announcement at the Meeting, in order to permit further solicitation of proxies. The Meeting may be adjourned as to a Fund with respect to fewer than all the proposals in this Proxy Statement and a shareholder vote may be taken on any one of the proposals prior to adjournment if sufficient votes have been received for approval. Shares represented by proxies indicating a vote against a proposal will be voted against adjournment as to that proposal. PROPOSAL ONE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES At the Meeting, eight Directors of each of ABF, AMSIF, AMIF and ASMT and eight Trustees of AMIF II will be elected to serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Meeting is required to elect a Director or Trustee. It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy card to nominate and vote in favor of the election of the persons listed below. Messrs. John D. Carifa, David H. Dievler and Clifford L. Michel, Ms. Ruth Block and Dr. James M. Hester were previously elected as Directors of ABF, AMSIF, AMIF and ASMT and as Trustees of AMIF II by the Funds' respective shareholders. Mr. Donald J. Robinson was elected as a Director of ABF, AMSIF, AMIF and ASMT and Trustee of AMIF II at a joint meeting of the Board of Directors and Trustees of the Funds held on June 4, 1996. The foregoing individuals are standing for re-election by shareholders at the Meeting. Messrs. John H. Dobkin and William H. Foulk, Jr. were nominated for election as Directors of ABF, AMSIF, AMIF and ASMT and Trustees of AMIF II by joint action of the respective Nominating Committees of the Directors and Trustees of the Funds taken on November 26, 1997 and are standing for shareholder election. Messrs. Dobkin and Foulk were nominated at the recommendation of Alliance Capital Management L.P., the investment adviser to each Fund ("Alliance"). Each of Messrs. Carifa, Dievler, Dobkin, Foulk, Michel and Robinson, Ms. Block and Dr. Hester has consented to serve as a Director or Trustee, as the case may be, of each Fund. The Boards of Directors or Trustees of the Funds know of no reason why any of the nominees, Directors or Trustees would be unable to serve, but in the event of such inability the proxies received will be voted for a substitute nominee as each Fund's Board of Directors or Trustees may recommend. As described more fully below (See "Submission of Proposals for Future Meetings of Shareholders"), it is likely that shareholder meetings will not be held on an annual basis, and therefore, the nominees and Directors or Trustees, if elected at the Meeting, will serve for an indefinite period. 2 Certain information concerning the nominees and the Funds' Directors or Trustees is set forth below. NAME, POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH THE FUNDS, AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, NUMBER OF SHARES DURING THE PAST YEAR FIRST BENEFICIALLY FIVE YEARS BECAME A OWNED DIRECTLY OR AND OTHER DIRECTOR INDIRECTLY AS OF DIRECTORSHIPS OR TRUSTEE NOVEMBER 28, 1997 - ------------------------- -------------- ----------------- *John D. Carifa, Chairman of each Board ABF 1987 3,093 ABF and President, 52. President, Chief AMSIF 1987 4,973 AMIF Operating Officer and a Director of AMIF 1987 Alliance Capital Management Corporation, AMIF II 1993 ("ACMC"). ASMT 1989 **+Ruth Block, Director, 67. She was formerly ABF 1987 2,711 ABF an Executive Vice President and Chief AMSIF 1987 5,766 AMIF Insurance Officer of The Equitable Life AMIF 1987 Assurance Society of the United States. She AMIF II 1993 is a Director of Ecolab Incorporated ASMT 1989 (specialty chemicals) and Amoco Corporation (oil and gas). **+David H. Dievler, Director, 68. He is an ABF 1987 93,370 ABF independent consultant. He was formerly a AMSIF 1987 1,263 AMSIF Senior Vice President of ACMC until AMIF 1987 6,148 AMIF December 1994. AMIF II 1993 24,125 AMIF II ASMT 1989 John H. Dobkin, nominee, 55. President of ABF 1998++ -0- Historic Hudson Valley (historic AMSIF 1998++ preservation) since 1990. He was formerly AMIF 1998++ Director of the National Academy of Design. AMIF II 1998++ ASMT 1998++ William H. Foulk, Jr., nominee, 65. He is ABF 1998++ -0- an investment adviser and independent AMSIF 1998++ consultant. He was formerly Senior Manager AMIF 1998++ of Barrett Associates, Inc., a registered AMIF II 1998++ investment adviser, since 1986. ASMT 1998++ **+Dr. James M. Hester, Director, 73. ABF 1987 223 ABF President of The Harry Frank Guggenheim AMSIF 1987 13,270 AMIF Foundation. He was formerly President of AMIF 1987 New York University and The New York AMIF II 1993 Botanical Garden and Rector of The United ASMT 1989 Nations University. He was formerly a Director of Union Carbide Corporation. - -------- * "Interested person," as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), of each Fund because of affiliation with Alliance. ** Member of the Audit Committee. + Member of the Nominating Committee. ++ If elected at this Meeting. 3 NAME, POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH THE FUNDS, AGE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION, NUMBER OF SHARES DURING THE PAST YEAR FIRST BENEFICIALLY FIVE YEARS BECAME A OWNED DIRECTLY OR AND OTHER DIRECTOR INDIRECTLY AS OF DIRECTORSHIPS OR TRUSTEE NOVEMBER 28, 1997 - ------------------------- ------------ ----------------- **+Clifford L. Michel, Director, 58. Partner ABF 1987 20,683 ASMT in the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel. AMSIF 1987 He is Chief Executive Officer of Wenonah AMIF 1987 Development Company (investments) and a AMIF II 1993 Director of Placer Dome, Inc. (mining). ASMT 1989 **+Donald J. Robinson, Director, 63. He was ABF 1996 -0- formerly a partner in Orrick, Herrington AMSIF 1996 & Sutcliff and is currently Senior Counsel AMIF 1996 to that law firm. AMIF II 1996 ASMT 1996 - -------- ** Member of the Audit Committee. + Member of the Nominating Committee. During the Funds' respective fiscal years ended in 1997, the Directors and Trustees met six times. The Audit Committee of each Fund met twice during such fiscal year and the Nominating Committee of each Fund did not meet. The Nominating Committee of each Fund was constituted for the purpose of selecting and nominating persons to fill any vacancies among the Directors or Trustees. The Nominating Committees do not currently consider candidates proposed by shareholders for election as Directors or Trustees. A Fund does not pay any fees to, or reimburse expenses of, its Directors or Trustees who are considered "interested persons" of the Fund. The aggregate compensation paid by each Fund to each of its Directors or Trustees during its most recent fiscal year, the aggregate compensation paid to each of the Directors, Trustees and nominees during calendar year 1996 by all the registered investment companies as to which Alliance provides investment advisory services (collectively, the "Alliance Fund Complex"), and the total number of registered investment companies (and separate investment portfolios within those companies) in the Alliance Fund Complex with respect to which each of the Directors, Trustees and nominees serves as a director or trustee, are set forth below. Neither the Funds nor any other registered investment company in the Alliance Fund Complex provides compensation in the form of pension or retirement benefits to any of its directors or trustees. 4 TOTAL NUMBER OF INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS TOTAL NUMBER OF FUNDS WITHIN THE ALLIANCE IN THE ALLIANCE FUND FUND COMPLEX, TOTAL COMPENSATION COMPLEX, INCLUDING INCLUDING THE FUNDS, NAME OF FROM THE ALLIANCE THE FUNDS, AS TO AS TO WHICH THE DIRECTOR, FUND COMPLEX, WHICH THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEE OR AGGREGATE COMPENSATION INCLUDING THE TRUSTEE OR NOMINEE IS NOMINEE IS A DIRECTOR NOMINEE FROM THE FUNDS FUNDS A DIRECTOR OR TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEE ---------- ---------------------- ------------------ --------------------- --------------------- John D. Carifa.......... $ -0- $ -0- 53 117 Ruth Block.............. $3,834 ABF $157,500 39 79 $3,395 AMSIF $3,225 AMIF $3,384 AMIF II $3,395 ASMT David H. Dievler........ $3,816 ABF $182,000 46 82 $3,374 AMSIF $3,235 AMIF $3,366 AMIF II $3,374 ASMT John H. Dobkin.......... $ -0- $121,250 32 55 William H. Foulk, Jr. .. $ -0- $144,250 35 73 Dr. James M. Hester..... $3,828 ABF $148,500 40 76 $3,402 AMSIF $3,200 AMIF $3,357 AMIF II $3,402 ASMT Clifford L. Michel...... $3,554 ABF $146,068 40 91 $3,129 AMSIF $2,930 AMIF $3,074 AMIF II $3,402 ASMT Donald J. Robinson...... $3,308 ABF $137,250 43 105 $1,182 AMSIF $3,160 AMIF $3,321 AMIF II $ 409 ASMT Alliance has instituted a policy applicable to all registered investment companies in the Alliance Fund Complex contemplating that each Director or Trustee will invest $150,000 in shares of at least five funds in the Alliance Fund Complex (including the Funds) before the end of 1997. As of November 28, 1997, the officers, nominees and Directors or Trustees of each Fund, as a group, owned less than 1% of the shares of that Fund. THE DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES OF EACH FUND RECOMMEND THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE FOREGOING INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS A DIRECTOR OR TRUSTEE OF THAT FUND. 5 PROPOSAL TWO RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS The Directors or Trustees of each Fund recommend that the shareholders ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, to audit the accounts of that Fund for the fiscal year ending in 1998 (June 30 in the case of ABF, September 30 in the case of AMIF II, October 31 in the case of AMIF and ASMT and December 31 in the case of AMSIF). Their selection was approved by the vote, cast in person, of a majority of the Directors or Trustees of each Fund except AMSIF, including a majority of the Directors or Trustees who are not "interested persons" of that Fund, as defined in the Act, at meetings held on June 18, 1997 with respect to ABF and September 10, 1997 with respect to each of AMIF, AMIF II and ASMT. The Board of Directors of AMSIF is scheduled to meet on December 10, 1997 to consider, among other matters, the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of the Fund for its fiscal year ending in 1998. Ernst & Young LLP has audited the accounts of each Fund since the commencement of that Fund's operations, and does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in any of the Funds. A representative of Ernst & Young LLP is expected to attend the Meeting and to have the opportunity to make a statement and respond to appropriate questions from shareholders. The Audit Committee of the Directors or Trustees of each Fund generally meets twice during that Fund's fiscal year with representatives of the independent auditors to discuss the scope of their engagement and to review the financial statements of the Fund and the results of their examination thereof. THE DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES OF EACH FUND RECOMMEND THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OF THAT FUND. INFORMATION AS TO THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS, INVESTMENT ADVISER AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER OF THE FUNDS The principal officers of the Funds, their ages and their principal occupations during the past five years are set forth below. Each of the officers listed below currently serves as an officer of one or more of the other registered investment companies sponsored by Alliance. John D. Carifa, Director, Chairman and President of each Fund. (See Proposal One, "Election of Directors or Trustees," at page 3 for biographical information.) Wayne D. Lyski, Senior Vice President of each Fund, 56, is an Executive Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since prior to 1992. Kathleen A. Corbet, Senior Vice President of each Fund, 37, is an Executive Vice President of ACMC, with which she has been associated since July 1993. Prior thereto, she headed Equitable Capital Management Corporation's Fixed Income Management Department since prior to 1992. Susan P. Keenan, Senior Vice President of AMIF and AMIF II, 40, is a Senior Vice President of ACMC, with which she has been associated since prior to 1992. 6 Patricia J. Young, Senior Vice President of ABF and AMSIF, 43, is a Senior Vice President of ACMC, with which she has been associated since 1992. Paul J. Denoon, Vice President of ABF, 35, is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since 1992. David M. Dowden, Vice President of AMIF and AMIF II, 32, is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since 1993. Prior thereto, he was an analyst in the Municipal Strategy Group at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. F. Jeanne Goetz, Vice President of ASMT, 43, is a Senior Vice President of ACMC, with which she has been associated since prior to 1992. Terrance T. Hults, Vice President of AMIF and AMIF II, 31, is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since 1993. Prior thereto, he was an Associate and trader in the Municipal Derivative Products Department at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. John J. Kelley, Vice President of ASMT, 37, is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since April 1994. Prior thereto, he was a Senior Vice President at C. J. Lawrence/Deutsche Bank, New York. William E. Oliver, Vice President of AMIF and AMIF II, 48, is a Senior Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since May 1993. Prior thereto, he was a Vice President and Director of Investment Grade Municipal Research with the Prudential Capital Management Group. Douglas J. Peebles, Vice President of ASMT, 32, is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since prior to 1992. Jeffrey S. Phlegar, Vice President of ABF, 31, is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since July 1993. Prior thereto, he was employed by Equitable Capital Management Corporation. Christian G. Wilson, Assistant Vice President of ASMT, 29, is a Vice President of ACMC, with which he has been associated since prior to 1992. Mark D. Gersten, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of each Fund, 47, is a Senior Vice President of Alliance Fund Services, Inc. ("AFS"), with which he has been associated since prior to 1992. Edmund P. Bergan, Jr., Secretary of each Fund, 47, is a Senior Vice President and the General Counsel of Alliance Fund Distributors, Inc. and AFS, with which he has been associated since prior to 1992. Each Fund's investment adviser is Alliance Capital Management L.P., and each Fund's principal underwriter is Alliance Fund Distributors, Inc., both with principal offices at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105. 7 SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Meetings of shareholders of the Funds are not held on an annual or other regular basis. A shareholder proposal intended to be presented at any future meeting of shareholders of a Fund must be received by the Fund within a reasonable time before the solicitation relating thereto in order to be included in the Fund's proxy statement and form of proxy card relating to that meeting. The submission by a shareholder of a proposal for inclusion in the proxy statement does not guarantee that it will be included. Shareholder proposals are subject to certain regulations under federal securities laws. OTHER MATTERS Management of each Fund does not know of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than those mentioned in this Proxy Statement. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with the best judgment of the person or persons voting the proxies. REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS A Fund will furnish each person to whom this Proxy Statement is delivered on behalf of the Fund with a copy of the Fund's latest annual report to shareholders upon request and without charge. To request a copy, please call Alliance Fund Services, Inc. at (800) 227-4618 or contact Maria Brison at Alliance Capital Management L.P., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105. By Order of the Boards of Directors and the Trustees, Edmund P. Bergan, Jr. Secretary December 8, 1997 New York, New York 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction.............................................................. 1 Proposal One: Election of Directors or Trustees........................... 2 Proposal Two: Ratification of Selection of Independent Auditors........... 6 Information as to the Principal Officers, Investment Adviser and Principal Underwriter of the Funds................................................. 6 Submission of Proposals for Future Meetings of Shareholders............... 8 Other Matters............................................................. 8 Reports to Shareholders................................................... 8 ALLIANCE BOND FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MORTGAGE SECURITIES INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND II ALLIANCE SHORT-TERM MULTI-MARKET TRUST, INC. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [LOGO OF ALLIANCE CAPITAL APPEARS HERE] Alliance Capital Management L.P. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT JANUARY 12, 1998 APPENDIX PROXY PROXY ALLIANCE BOND FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE MORTGAGE SECURITIES INCOME FUND, INC. ALLIANCE SHORT-TERM MULTI-MARKET TRUST, INC. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE CORPORATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 12, 1997. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION. The undersigned hereby instructs Domenick Pugliese and Carol Rappa, and each of them, to vote all shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation registered in the name of the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation to be held at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on January 12, 1998 at the offices of the Corporation, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 33rd Floor, New York, New York, 10105, and at all adjournments thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement and hereby instructs said proxies to vote said shares as indicated hereon. Please sign this proxy exactly as your name appears on the books of the Corporation. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, this signature should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title. ___________________________ Signature ___________________________ Signature (if held jointly) , 199[ ] Date THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES AS DIRECTORS AND "FOR" ANY PROPOSAL FOR WHICH NO CHOICE IS INDICATED. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. EXAMPLE /X/ INSTRUCTION: If you do not wish your shares voted "FOR" any particular nominee, mark the "For All Except" box and strike a line through the name(s) of the nominee(s). Your shares shall be voted for the remaining nominee(s). 1. Election of Directors. For All For Withhold Except / / / / / / JOHN D. CARIFA, RUTH BLOCK, DAVID H. DIEVLER, JOHN H. DOBKIN, WILLIAM H. FOULK, JR., JAMES M. HESTER, CLIFFORD L. MICHEL AND DONALD J. ROBINSON 2. Ratification of the selection of Ernst & For Against Abstain Young LLP as the / / / / / / independent auditors of the Corporation for the fiscal year ending in 1998. 3. In their discretion on For Against Abstain all such other matters / / / / / / that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof. 00250125.AO4