Post-Effective Amendment to Post-Effective Amendment by Investment Company (Form 485BXT)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (Amendment No. 96 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") of AB Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant") is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of delaying, until June 1, 2026, the effectiveness of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 92 relating solely to the shares of AB Balanced Hedged Allocation Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), filed on February 12, 2026, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act.

On April 30, 2026, the Registrant submitted Post-Effective Amendment No. 93 to its Registration Statement (the "Initial Delaying Amendment") solely to designate June 1, 2026 as the new effective date for Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 92. The Registrant's intent was to file the Initial Delaying Amendment as EDGAR submission type 485BXT.

On May 1, 2026, the Registrant filed a Supplement dated May 1, 2026 for the Portfolio.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 92 to the Registrant's Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York, on the 4th day of May, 2026.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated: