# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001496608
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-087131
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-087131.hdr.sgml**: 20230331

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-087131

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230331

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230331

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230331

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AB Active ETFs, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001496608
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0531

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-264818
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23784053

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.
- **STREET 2:** 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10105
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-969-1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.
- **STREET 2:** 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10105

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AllianceBernstein Active ETFs, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20100714

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### AB Ultra Short Income ETF (Series ID: S000076880)

| Class ID   | Class Name                | Ticker Symbol   |
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| C000237019 | AB Ultra Short Income ETF | YEAR            |

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| ![LOGO](g449817g67z55.jpg) | SUMMARY PROSPECTUS March 31, 2023 |

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## AB Ultra Short Income ETF
**Ticker:** YEAR

**Ticker:** NYSE Arca

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated March 31, 2023, as may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund's Prospectus, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund, go to <u>www.abfunds.com/go/prospectus</u>, email a request to prorequest@alliancebernstein.com, call (800) 243-5994, or ask any financial advisor, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the Fund. The Fund's reports to shareholders are also available at <u>www.abfunds.com/go/YEAR</u>.

**PRO-ETF01-USI-0323** 

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE** 

The Fund's investment objective is to provide current income, consistent with preservation of capital.

**FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND** 

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. **You may be required to pay commissions and/or other forms of compensation to a broker for transactions in shares, which are not reflected in the tables or the examples below.**

**Shareholder Fees** (fees paid directly from your investment)

None

**Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

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|  Management Fees | 0.25% | (a) |
|  Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |  |
|  Other Expenses(b) | 0.00% |  |
|  Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.25% |  |

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(a) The Fund's investment advisory agreement provides that AllianceBernstein L.P. (the "Adviser") will pay
substantially all expenses of the Fund (including expenses of AB Active ETFs, Inc. relating to the Fund), except for the advisory fees, payments under the Fund's 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses,
taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (other than fees and expenses for funds advised by the Adviser and/or its affiliates), and litigation and extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business. Additionally,
the Fund shall be responsible for its non-operating expenses, including brokerage commissions.

(b) Total "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

**Examples** 

The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses stay the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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|  After 1 Year | $26 |
| After 3 Years | $80 |

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**Portfolio Turnover** 

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys or sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These transaction costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Examples, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 35% of the average value of its portfolio.

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**PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES** 

The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF"). The Fund will pursue its objective by investing, under normal circumstances, primarily in a mix of U.S. Government and investment grade corporate fixed-income securities. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average duration of less than one year, although it may invest in securities of any duration or maturity. The Fund may invest in mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, certificates of deposit and commercial paper. The Fund expects to invest a portion of its assets in the **AB Government Money Market Portfolio**, a series of AB Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. that is managed by the Adviser, to gain exposure to fixed-income securities with shorter durations relative to the Fund's average duration. The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers, which will typically be denominated in U.S. Dollars, and may include securities of both government and corporate issuers. The Fund expects to engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities.

The Adviser selects securities for purchase or sale based on the Adviser's view of market conditions and investment opportunities, and on the Adviser's assessment of the securities' risks and return characteristics as well as the securities' impact on the overall risks and return characteristics of the Fund. In making this assessment, the Adviser takes into account various factors, including primary and secondary market liquidity, the credit quality and sensitivity to interest rates of the securities under consideration, and of the Fund's other holdings.

Although not part of its principal investment strategies, the Fund may invest in derivatives.

The Fund is not a money market fund and does not seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

**PRINCIPAL RISKS** 

• **Market Risk:** The value of the Fund's assets will fluctuate as the bond market fluctuates. The value
of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events, including public health crises (including the occurrence of a contagious disease or illness), interest rate levels, and regional
and global conflicts, that affect large portions of the market.

• **Credit Risk:** An issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security may be unable or unwilling to make timely
payments of interest or principal, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The issuer or guarantor may default, causing a loss of the full principal amount of a security and accrued interest. The degree of risk for a particular security may be
reflected in its credit rating. There is the possibility that the credit rating of a fixed-income security may be downgraded after purchase, which may adversely affect the value of the security.

• **Interest Rate Risk:** Changes in interest rates will affect the value of investments in fixed-income
securities. When interest rates rise, the value of existing investments in fixed-income securities tends to fall and this decrease in value may not be offset by higher income from new investments. Interest rate risk is generally greater for
fixed-income securities with longer maturities or durations. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the recent end of a period of historically low rates and the effects of potential
central bank monetary policy, and government fiscal policy, initiatives and resulting market reactions to those initiatives.

• **Duration Risk:** Duration is a measure that relates the expected price volatility of a fixed-income security
to changes in interest rates. The duration of a fixed-income security may be shorter than or equal to full maturity of a fixed-income security. Fixed-income securities with longer durations have more risk and will decrease in price as interest rates
rise. For example, a fixed-income security with a duration of three years will likely decrease in value by approximately 3% if interest rates increase by 1%.

• **Inflation Risk:** This is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be less in the
future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the value of the Fund's assets can decline as can the value of the Fund's distributions. This risk is significantly greater for fixed-income securities with longer
maturities.

• **Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk:** Investments in mortgage-related and other
asset-backed securities are subject to certain additional risks. The value of these securities may be particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates. These risks include "extension risk", which is the risk that, in periods of rising
interest rates, issuers may delay the payment of principal, and "prepayment risk", which is the risk that in periods of falling interest rates, issuers may pay principal sooner than expected, exposing the Fund to a lower rate of return
upon reinvestment of principal. Mortgage-backed securities offered by nongovernmental issuers and other asset-backed securities may be subject to other risks, such as higher rates of default in the mortgages or assets backing the securities or risks
associated with the nature and servicing of mortgages or assets backing the securities. Some mortgage-backed securities are "TBA" securities, which have additional risks.

• **Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investments Risk:** Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be more difficult to trade than domestic securities due to adverse market, economic,
political, regulatory or other factors.

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• **Illiquid Investments Risk:** Illiquid investments risk exists when certain investments are or become
difficult to purchase or sell. Difficulty in selling such investments may result in sales at disadvantageous prices affecting the value of your investment in the Fund. Causes of illiquid investments risk may include low trading volumes and large
positions. Foreign fixed-income securities may have more illiquid investments risk because secondary trading markets for these securities may be smaller and less well-developed and the securities may trade less frequently. Illiquid investments risk
may be higher in a rising interest rate environment, when the value and liquidity of fixed-income securities generally go down.

• **Active Trading Risk:** The Fund expects to engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities
and its portfolio turnover rate may greatly exceed 100%. A higher rate of portfolio turnover increases transaction costs, which may negatively affect the Fund's return. In addition, a high rate of portfolio turnover may result in substantial
short-term gains, which may have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.

• **Investment in Other Investment Companies Risk:** As with other investments, investments in other investment
companies are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, shareholders of the Fund bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of the investment companies in which the
Fund invests to the extent these expenses are not waived or reimbursed by the Adviser.

• **ETF Share Price and Net Asset Value Risk :** The Fund's shares are listed for trading on
the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange"). Shares are bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. The net asset value per share ("NAV") of the Fund will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund's
holdings. The Fund's NAV is calculated once per day, at the end of the day. The market price of a share on the Exchange could be higher than the NAV (premium), or lower than the NAV (discount) and may fluctuate during the trading day. When all
or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities trade in a market that is closed when the market for the Fund's shares is open, there may be differences between the current value of a security and the last quoted price for that security
in the closed local market, which could lead to a deviation between the market value of the Fund's shares and the Fund's NAV. Disruptions in the creations and redemptions process or the existence of extreme market volatility could result
in the Fund's shares trading above or below NAV. As the Fund may invest in securities traded on foreign exchanges, Fund shares may trade at a larger premium or discount to the Fund's NAV than shares of other ETFs. In addition, in stressed
market conditions, the market for Fund shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund's underlying portfolio holdings.

• **Authorized Participant Risk:** Only a limited number of financial institutions that enter into an authorized
participant relationship with the Fund ("Authorized Participants") may engage in creation or redemption transactions. If the Fund's Authorized Participants decide not to create or redeem shares, Fund shares may trade at a larger
premium or discount to the Fund's NAV, or the Fund could face trading halts or de-listing.

• **Active Trading Market Risk:** There is no guarantee that an active trading market for Fund shares will exist
at all times. In times of market stress, markets can suffer erratic or unpredictable trading activity, extraordinary volatility or wide bid/ask spreads, which could cause some market makers and Authorized Participants to reduce their market activity
or "step away" from making a market in ETF shares. Market makers and Authorized Participants are not obligated to place or execute purchase and redemption orders. This could cause the Fund's market price to deviate, materially, from
the NAV, and reduce the effectiveness of the ETF arbitrage process. Any absence of an active trading market for Fund shares could lead to a heightened risk that there will be a difference between the market price of a Fund share and the underlying
value of the Fund share.

• **Management Risk:** The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively-managed ETF. The Adviser
will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results. Some of these techniques may incorporate, or rely upon, quantitative models, but
there is no guarantee that these models will generate accurate forecasts, reduce risk or otherwise perform as expected.

As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**BAR CHART AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION** 

No performance information is presented for the Fund because it has not yet been in operation for a full calendar year.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER** 

AllianceBernstein L.P. is the investment adviser for the Fund.

**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS** 

The following table lists the persons responsible for day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio:

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| **Employee** | **Length of Service** | **Title** |
| Lucas Krupa | Since September 2022 | Senior Vice President of the Adviser |
| Matthew S. Sheridan | Since September 2022 | Senior Vice President of the Adviser |

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**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES** 

The Fund is an actively managed ETF and does not seek to track the performance of an index. Individual shares of the Fund are listed on the Exchange. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer. The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). The Fund will only issue or redeem shares that have been aggregated into blocks of 25,000 shares or multiples thereof ("Creation Units") to a limited number of Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with the Fund's distributor. The Fund generally will issue or redeem Creation Units in return for a designated basket of cash and/or portfolio securities that the Fund specifies each day. To the extent the Fund's Creation Units are issued or redeemed for cash, the Fund may incur transaction and other costs, and/or capital gains, which may or may not be offset, in whole or in part, by a transaction fee paid by an Authorized Participant.

Information about the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads are available on the Fund's website at <u>www.abfunds.com</u>.

**TAX INFORMATION** 

The Fund may pay income dividends or make capital gains distributions, which may be subject to federal income taxes and taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, and may also be subject to state and local taxes.

**PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES** 

The Adviser and its affiliates make payments to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries for the sale of Fund shares and other services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker, dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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| **PRO-ETF01-USI-0323** | ![LOGO](g449817g22c48.jpg) |

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