As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 1998 Registration No. 333- ============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------ Alliance Capital Management L.P. (Exact Name of issuer as specified in its charter) Delaware 6282 13-3434400 (State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Classification No.) Identification No.) 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 (212) 969-1000 (Address of principal executive offices) Alliance Capital Management L.P. Century Club Plan (Full title of the Plan) David R. Brewer, Jr., Esq. Alliance Capital Management L.P. 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10105 (Name and address of agent for service) Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (212) 969-1000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ======================================================================================================== Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Offering Aggregate Amount of Title of Securities Amount to be Price Per Offering Registration to be Registered Registered* Share** Price** Fee*** - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Units Representing 400,000 Units $51.91 $20,762,500 $6,125 Assignments of Beneficial Ownership of Limited Partnership Interests............ ======================================================================================================== * Plus an indeterminate number of additional Units which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from Unit splits, Unit dividends or similar transactions. ** Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the securities being registered hereby on the Composite Tape on March 6, 1998. *** On July 12, 1993, registration fees of $21,500 were paid with respect to the 3,200,000 Units registered pursuant to Registration Statement No. 33-65932. Additional fees of $6,125 with respect to the additional 400,000 Units registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are being paid on the date hereof pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8. ============================================================================== REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES Alliance Capital Management L.P. (the "Registrant") hereby files this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form S-8 to increase the number of Units Representing Assignments of Beneficial Ownership of Limited Partnership Interests in the Registrant ("Units") authorized to be issued under the Registrant's Century Club Plan (the "Plan") by 400,000 Units and such indeterminate number of additional Units which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from Unit splits, Unit dividends or similar transactions pursuant to the Plan. The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, except for Items 3 and 8, with respect to the Plan, Registration No. 33-65932, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 1993, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8. PART II ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The Registrant hereby incorporates herein by reference the following documents: (1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996; (2) All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December 31, 1996; (3) The description of the Units contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 18, 1988, filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and (4) All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold. Any statement contained herein or made in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. EXHIBITS The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement: Exhibit No. - ----------- 5.1 Opinion of David R. Brewer, Jr., Esq. 23.1 Consent of David R. Brewer, Jr., Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors 24 Powers-of-Attorney SIGNATURES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT, THE REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-8 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK, ON THIS 10TH DAY OF MARCH 1998. ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P. By: Alliance Capital Management Corporation, General Partner By: /s/ Dave H. Williams ----------------------------------- Name: Dave H. Williams Title: Chairman PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE 10TH DAY OF MARCH, 1998. Signature Title - --------- ------ /s/ Dave H. Williams - ----------------------------- Chief Executive Officer (Principal Dave H. Williams Executive Officer), Chairman of the Board and Director /s/ Robert H. Joseph, Jr. - ----------------------------- Senior Vice President and Chief Robert H. Joseph, Jr. Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Gerard Friscia - ----------------------------- Senior Vice President and Gerard Friscia Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ David R. Brewer, Jr. - ----------------------------- Senior Vice President and General David R. Brewer, Jr. Counsel /s/ Bruce W. Calvert - ----------------------------- Vice Chairman and Chief Bruce W. Calvert Investment Officer, Director /s/ John d. Carifa - ----------------------------- President and Chief Operating John D. Carifa Officer, Director * - ----------------------------- Director Claude Bebear * - ----------------------------- Director Donald H. Brydon * - ----------------------------- Director Henri de Castries * - ----------------------------- Director Kevin C. Dolan * - ----------------------------- Director Denis Duverne * - ----------------------------- Vice Chairman and Director Alfred Harrison * - ----------------------------- Director Benjamin D. Holloway * - ----------------------------- Director Joseph J. Melone * - ----------------------------- Director Frank Savage * - ----------------------------- Director Stanley B. Tulin * - ----------------------------- Director Reba W. Williams * - ----------------------------- Director Robert B. Zoellick * By: /s/ David R. Brewer, Jr. ---------------------------------------------- (David R. Brewer, Jr., Esq., Attorney-in-fact) INDEX TO EXHIBITS The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement: Exhibit Sequentially Number Exhibit Numbered Page - ------- ------- ------------- 5.1 Opinion of David R. Brewer, Jr., Esq. 8 23.1 Consent of David R. Brewer, Jr., Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors 9 24 Powers-of-Attorney 10