PRUDENTIAL JENNISON CONSERVATIVE GROWTH FUND | ||||
A: TBDAX | B: TBDBX | C: TBDCX | Q: TXXQX | Z: TXXZX |
As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Fund's shares, nor has the SEC determined
that this prospectus is complete or accurate. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) | |||||
Class A | Class B | Class C | Class Q | Class Z | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | 5.50% | None | None | None | None |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) | 1% | 5% | 1% | None | None |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends and other distributions | None | None | None | None | None |
Redemption fee | None | None | None | None | None |
Exchange fee | None | None | None | None | None |
Maximum account fee (accounts under $10,000) | $15 | $15 | $15 | None | None |
If Shares Are Redeemed | If Shares Are Not Redeemed | |||||||
Share Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Class A | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
Class B | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
Class C | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
Class Q | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
Class Z | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
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Best Quarter: | Worst Quarter: | ||
xx% | Xrd Quarter 20xx | -xx% | Xth Quarter 20xx |
Class A Shares % (including sales charges) | |||
Return Before Taxes | xx% | xx% | xx% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions | xx% | xx% | xx% |
Return After Taxes on Distribution and Sale of Fund Shares | xx% | xx% | xx% |
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Index % (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | |||
Russell 1000 Growth Index | xx% | xx% | xx% |
S&P 500 Index | xx% | xx% | xx% |
Lipper Average % (reflects no deduction for sales charges or taxes) | |||
Lipper Large-Cap Growth Funds Average* | xx% | xx% | xx% |
Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Average* | xx% | xx% | xx% |
Class A | Class C | Class Q | Class Z | |
Minimum initial investment* | $2,500 | $2,500 | None | None |
Minimum subsequent investment* | $100 | $100 | None | None |
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Principal & Non-Principal Investment Strategies |
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Common stocks: Up to 100% of investable assets
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Principal & Non-Principal Investment Strategies |
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Illiquid Securities: Up to 15% of net assets
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Expected Distribution Schedule* | |
Dividends | Annually |
Short-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
Long-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
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Share Class | Eligibility |
Class A | Individual investors |
Class B | Individual investors * |
Class C | Individual investors |
Class Q | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
Class Z | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
■ | Class A shares purchased in amounts of less than $1 million require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but the operating expenses of Class A shares are lower than the operating expenses of Class C shares. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are also subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1%. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. |
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■ | Class C shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) if you sell your shares within 12 months of purchase. The operating expenses of Class C shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares. |
■ | The amount of your investment and any previous or planned future investments, which may qualify you for reduced sales charges for Class A shares under Rights of Accumulation or a Letter of Intent. |
■ | The length of time you expect to hold the shares and the impact of varying distribution fees. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. For this reason, Class C shares are generally appropriate only for investors who plan to hold their shares for no more than 3 years. |
■ | The different sales charges that apply to each share class—Class A's front-end sales charge (and, in certain instances, CDSC) vs. Class C's CDSC. |
■ | Class C shares purchased in single amounts greater than $1 million are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class C shares above this amount generally will not be accepted. |
■ | Because Class Z and Class Q shares have lower operating expenses than Class A or Class C shares, as applicable, you should consider whether you are eligible to purchase such share classes. |
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Amount of Purchase |
Sales Charge as a % of
Offering Price* |
Sales Charge as a % of
Amount Invested* |
Dealer Reallowance |
Less than $25,000 | 5.50% | 5.82% | 5.00% |
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Amount of Purchase |
Sales Charge as a % of
Offering Price* |
Sales Charge as a % of
Amount Invested* |
Dealer Reallowance |
$25,000 to $49,999 | 5.00% | 5.26% | 4.50% |
$50,000 to $99,999 | 4.50% | 4.71% | 4.00% |
$100,000 to $249,999 | 3.75% | 3.90% | 3.25% |
$250,000 to $499,999 | 2.75% | 2.83% | 2.50% |
$500,000 to $999,999 | 2.00% | 2.04% | 1.75% |
$1 million to $4,999,999** | None | None | 1.00% |
$5 million to $9,999,999** | None | None | 0.50% |
$10 million and over** | None | None | 0.25% |
■ | Use your Rights of Accumulation , which allow you or an eligible group of related investors to combine (1) the current value of Class A, Class B and Class C Prudential mutual fund shares you or the group already own, (2) the value of money market shares (other than Direct Purchase money market shares) you or an eligible group of related investors have received for shares of other Prudential mutual funds in an exchange transaction, and (3) the value of the shares you or an eligible group of related investors are purchasing; or |
■ | Sign a Letter of Intent , stating in writing that you or an eligible group of related investors will purchase a certain amount of shares in the Fund and other Prudential mutual funds within 13 months. |
■ | Purchases made prior to the effective date of the Letter of Intent will be applied toward the satisfaction of the Letter of Intent to determine the level of sales charge that will be paid pursuant to the Letter of Intent, but will not result in any reduction in the amount of any previously paid sales charge. |
■ | All accounts held in your name (alone or with other account holders) and taxpayer identification number (“TIN”); |
■ | Accounts held in your spouse's name (alone or with other account holders) and TIN (see definition of spouse below); |
■ | Accounts for your children or your spouse's children, including children for whom you and/or your spouse are legal guardian(s) (e.g., UGMAs and UTMAs); |
■ | Accounts in the name and TINs of your parents; |
■ | Trusts with you, your spouse, your children, your spouse's children and/or your parents as the beneficiaries; |
■ | With limited exclusions, accounts with the same address (exclusions include, but are not limited to, addresses for brokerage firms and other intermediaries and Post Office boxes); and |
■ | Accounts held in the name of a company controlled by you (a person, entity or group that holds 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a company will be deemed to control the company, and a partnership will be deemed to be controlled by each of its general partners), including employee benefit plans of the company where the accounts are held in the plan's TIN. |
■ | The person to whom you are legally married. We also consider your spouse to include the following: |
■ | An individual of the same gender with whom you have been joined in a civil union, or legal contract similar to marriage; |
■ | A domestic partner, who is an individual (including one of the same gender) with whom you have shared a primary residence for at least six months, in a relationship as a couple where you, your domestic partner or both provide for the personal or financial welfare of the other without a fee, to whom you are not related by blood; or |
■ | An individual with whom you have a common law marriage, which is a marriage in a state where such marriages are recognized between a man and a woman arising from the fact that the two live together and hold themselves out as being married. |
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■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs, where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; or |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs, where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services. |
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■ | Certain directors, officers, current employees (including their spouses, children and parents) and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates, the Prudential mutual funds, and the investment subadvisers of the Prudential mutual funds; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Persons who have retired directly from active service with Prudential or one of its subsidiaries; |
■ | Registered representatives and employees of broker-dealers (including their spouses, children and parents) that offer Class A shares; |
■ | Investors in IRAs, provided that: (a) the purchase is made either from a directed rollover to such IRA or with the proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan for which Prudential Retirement (the institutional Benefit Plan recordkeeping entity of Prudential) provides administrative or recordkeeping services, in each case provided that such purchase is made within 60 days of receipt of the Benefit Plan distribution, and (b) the IRA is established through Prudential Retirement as part of its “Rollover IRA” program (regardless of whether or not the purchase consists of proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan described above); and |
■ | Clients of financial intermediaries, who (i) offer Class A shares through a no-load network or platform, (ii) charge clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or similar services, or (iii) offer self-directed brokerage accounts or other similar types of accounts that may or may not charge transaction fees to customers. |
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■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; or |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services. |
■ | Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the Prudential mutual funds are an available option; |
■ | Current and former Directors/Trustees of mutual funds managed by PGIM Investments or any other affiliate of Prudential; |
■ | Current and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Prudential (including any program or account sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option); |
■ | Prudential funds, including Prudential funds-of-funds; |
■ | Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans); and |
■ | Investors working with fee-based consultants for investment selection and allocations. |
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■ | You are selling more than $100,000 of shares; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds made payable to someone that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds sent to an address that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You are a business or a trust; or |
■ | You are redeeming due to the death of the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder. |
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■ | Amounts representing shares you purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions, |
■ | Amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for shares made during the past 12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases), six years for Class B shares, and 12 months for Class C shares, and |
■ | Amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the CDSC period (12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases), six years for Class B shares, and 12 months for Class C shares). |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
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■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | On certain redemptions effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan. |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
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Class A Shares | |||||
Year Ended July 31, | |||||
2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
Per Share Operating Performance (a) : | |||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year | $12.01 | $11.81 | $10.46 | $8.38 | $8.02 |
Income (loss) from investment operations: | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | .06 | .06 | .04 | .05 | .04 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (.19) | 1.28 | 1.78 | 2.07 | .32 |
Total from investment operations | (.13) | 1.34 | 1.82 | 2.12 | .36 |
Less Dividends and Distributions: | |||||
Dividends from net investment income | (.03) | (.04) | (.02) | (.04) | – (d) |
Distributions from net realized gains | (.82) | (1.10) | (.45) | – | – |
Total dividends and distributions | (.85) | (1.14) | (.47) | (.04) | – |
Net asset value, end of year | $11.03 | $12.01 | $11.81 | $10.46 | $8.38 |
Total Return (b) : | (.82)% | 11.84% | 17.78% | 25.45% | 4.54% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | |||||
Net assets, end of year (000) | $166,997 | $186,770 | $175,928 | $158,694 | $114,610 |
Average net assets (000) | $167,524 | $181,444 | $169,539 | $143,264 | $112,806 |
Ratios to average net assets (c) : | |||||
Expenses after waiver and/or expense reimbursement | 1.28% | 1.24% | 1.26% | 1.35% | 1.45% |
Expenses before waiver and/or expense reimbursement | 1.33% | 1.29% | 1.31% | 1.40% | 1.50% |
Net investment income (loss) | .52% | .47% | .36% | .54% | .47% |
Portfolio turnover rate | 246% | 295% | 234% | 148% | 208% |
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Class B Shares | |||||
Year Ended July 31, | |||||
2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
Per Share Operating Performance (a) : | |||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year | $10.49 | $10.49 | $9.38 | $7.53 | $7.26 |
Income (loss) from investment operations: | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | (.02) | (.03) | (.04) | (.02) | (.02) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (.16) | 1.13 | 1.60 | 1.87 | .29 |
Total from investment operations | (.18) | 1.10 | 1.56 | 1.85 | .27 |
Less Dividends and Distributions: | |||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (.82) | (1.10) | (.45) | – | – |
Net asset value, end of year | $9.49 | $10.49 | $10.49 | $9.38 | $7.53 |
Total Return (b) : | (1.51)% | 11.01% | 16.96% | 24.57% | 3.72% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | |||||
Net assets, end of year (000) | $2,898 | $4,200 | $5,138 | $5,244 | $5,193 |
Average net assets (000) | $3,375 | $4,801 | $5,457 | $5,169 | $5,815 |
Ratios to average net assets (c) : | |||||
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 2.03% | 1.99% | 2.01% | 2.11% | 2.20% |
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 2.03% | 1.99% | 2.01% | 2.11% | 2.20% |
Net investment income (loss) | (.21)% | (.25)% | (.38)% | (.19)% | (.28)% |
Portfolio turnover rate | 246% | 295% | 234% | 148% | 208% |
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Class C Shares | |||||
Year Ended July 31, | |||||
2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
Per Share Operating Performance (a) : | |||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year | $10.49 | $10.49 | $9.38 | $7.53 | $7.26 |
Income (loss) from investment operations: | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | (.02) | (.03) | (.04) | (.02) | (.02) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | (.16) | 1.13 | 1.60 | 1.87 | .29 |
Total from investment operations | (.18) | 1.10 | 1.56 | 1.85 | .27 |
Less Dividends and Distributions: | |||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (.82) | (1.10) | (.45) | – | – |
Net asset value, end of year | $9.49 | $10.49 | $10.49 | $9.38 | $7.53 |
Total Return (b) : | (1.51)% | 11.01% | 16.96% | 24.57% | 3.72% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | |||||
Net assets, end of year (000) | $48,858 | $55,384 | $55,860 | $52,005 | $46,232 |
Average net assets (000) | $49,288 | $56,581 | $55,220 | $48,375 | $49,057 |
Ratios to average net assets (c) : | |||||
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 2.03% | 1.99% | 2.01% | 2.10% | 2.20% |
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 2.03% | 1.99% | 2.01% | 2.10% | 2.20% |
Net investment income (loss) | (.23)% | (.27)% | (.39)% | (.21)% | (.28)% |
Portfolio turnover rate | 246% | 295% | 234% | 148% | 208% |
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■ | Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan |
■ | Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan, if applicable |
■ | Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program |
■ | Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform |
■ | Shares of funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family) |
■ | Shares exchanged from Class C ( i.e. level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members |
■ | Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement) |
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70 1 ⁄ 2 |
■ | Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms (applicable to Class A and C shares only) |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this prospectus |
■ | Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets |
■ | Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable) |
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Share Class | A | B | C | Q | Z |
NASDAQ | TBDAX | TBDBX | TBDCX | TXXQX | TXXZX |
CUSIP | 74440V104 | 74440V203 | 74440V302 | XXXXXXXXQX | XXXXXXXXZX |
MF503STAT | The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-09439 |
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Class A: TBDAX | Class B: TBDBX | Class C: TBDCX | Class Q: TXXQX | Class Z: TXXZX |
Term | Definition |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
ADS | American Depositary Share |
Board | Fund’s Board of Directors or Trustees |
Board Member | A trustee or director of the Fund’s Board |
CEA | Commodity Exchange Act, as amended |
CFTC | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
CMO | Collateralized Mortgage Obligation |
ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
EDR | European Depositary Receipt |
Fannie Mae | Federal National Mortgage Association |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Fitch | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
Freddie Mac | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
Ginnie Mae | Government National Mortgage Association |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
1933 Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
1934 Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
1940 Act | Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended |
1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions | Exemptive order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations, collectively |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
Manager or PGIM Investments | PGIM Investments LLC |
Moody’s | Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System |
NAV | Net Asset Value |
NRSRO | Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization |
NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
OTC | Over the Counter |
Term | Definition |
Prudential | Prudential Financial, Inc. |
PMFS | Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
RIC | Regulated Investment Company, as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
S&P | S&P Global Ratings |
SEC | US Securities & Exchange Commission |
World Bank | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
■ | The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities of ETFs. |
■ | The Fund may invest up to 35% of its investable assets in foreign equity and debt securities, obligations of foreign branches of U.S. banks and securities issued by foreign governments. |
■ | The Fund may only write covered put options to the extent that cover for such options does not exceed 25% of the Fund's investable assets. |
■ | The Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in derivatives. |
Independent Board Members (1) | ||
Name, Address, Age
Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years |
Kevin J. Bannon (64)
Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Retired; Managing Director (April 2008-May 2015) and Chief Investment Officer (October 2008-November 2013) of Highmount Capital LLC (registered investment adviser); formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (April 1993-August 2007) of Bank of New York Company; President (May 2003-May 2007) of BNY Hamilton Family of Mutual Funds. | Director of Urstadt Biddle Properties (equity real estate investment trust) (since September 2008). |
Linda W. Bynoe (64)
Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
President and Chief Executive Officer (since March 1995) and formerly Chief Operating Officer (December 1989-February 1995) of Telemat Ltd. (management consulting); formerly Vice President (January 1985-June 1989) at Morgan Stanley & Co. (broker-dealer). | Director of Simon Property Group, Inc. (retail real estate) (May 2003-May 2012); Director of Anixter International, Inc. (communication products distributor) (since January 2006); Director of Northern Trust Corporation (financial services) (since April 2006); Trustee of Equity Residential (residential real estate) (since December 2009). |
Keith F. Hartstein (60)
Board Member & Independent Chair Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Retired; Member (since November 2014) of the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council (organization of independent mutual fund directors); formerly President and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2012), Senior Vice President (2004-2005), Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing (1997-2004), and various executive management positions (1990-1997), John Hancock Funds, LLC (asset management); Chairman, Investment Company Institute’s Sales Force Marketing Committee (2003-2008). | None. |
Michael S. Hyland, CFA (71)
Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Retired (since February 2005); formerly Senior Managing Director (July 2001-February 2005) of Bear Stearns & Co, Inc.; Global Partner, INVESCO (1999-2001); Managing Director and President of Salomon Brothers Asset Management (1989-1999). | None. |
Richard A. Redeker (73)
Board Member & Independent Vice Chair Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Retired Mutual Fund Senior Executive (47 years); Management Consultant; Director, Mutual Fund Directors Forum (since 2014); Independent Directors Council (organization of independent mutual fund directors)-Executive Committee, Chair of Policy Steering Committee, Governing Council. | None. |
Stephen G. Stoneburn (73)
Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Chairman (since July 2011), President and Chief Executive Officer (since June 1996) of Frontline Medical Communications (publishing company); formerly President (June 1995-June 1996) of Argus Integrated Media, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Managing Director (January 1993-1995) of Cowles Business Media; Senior Vice President of Fairchild Publications, Inc. (1975-1989). | None. |
Interested Board Members (1) | ||
Name, Address, Age
Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years |
Stuart S. Parker (54)
Board Member & President Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
President of PGIM Investments LLC (formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC) (since January 2012); Executive Vice President of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (since December 2012); Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of PGIM Investments LLC (June 2005-December 2011). | None. |
Scott E. Benjamin (44)
Board Member & Vice President Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Executive Vice President (since June 2009) of PGIM Investments LLC; Executive Vice President (June 2009-June 2012) and Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, PGIM Investments (since February 2006); Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, Prudential Investments (2003-2006). | None. |
Interested Board Members (1) | ||
Name, Address, Age
Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years |
Grace C. Torres*
(57) Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 86 |
Retired; formerly Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Prudential Funds, Target Funds, Advanced Series Trust, Prudential Variable Contract Accounts and The Prudential Series Fund (1998-June 2014); Assistant Treasurer (March 1999-June 2014) and Senior Vice President (September 1999-June 2014) of PGIM Investments LLC; Assistant Treasurer (May 2003-June 2014) and Vice President (June 2005-June 2014) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (May 2003-June 2014) of Prudential Annuities Advisory Services, Inc. | Director (since July 2015) of Sun Bancorp, Inc. N.A. and Sun National Bank |
Fund Officers (a) | ||
Name, Address and Age
Position with Fund |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years |
Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
Peter Parrella (58)
Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2004-2007) within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration; formerly Tax Manager at SSB Citi Fund Management LLC (1997-2004). | Since 2007 |
Lana Lomuti (49)
Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2005-2007), within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration; formerly Assistant Treasurer (December 2007-February 2014) of The Greater China Fund, Inc. | Since 2014 |
Linda McMullin (55)
Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2011) and Director (2008-2011) within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration. | Since 2014 |
Kelly A. Coyne (48)
Assistant Treasurer |
Director, Investment Operations of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since 2010). | Since 2015 |
■ | Board Members are deemed to be “Interested,” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of their affiliation with PGIM Investments LLC and/or an affiliate of PGIM Investments LLC. |
■ | Unless otherwise noted, the address of all Board Members and Officers is c/o PGIM Investments LLC, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. |
■ | There is no set term of office for Board Members or Officers. The Board Members have adopted a retirement policy, which calls for the retirement of Board Members on December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 75. |
■ | “Other Directorships Held” includes only directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the 1934 Act (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. |
■ | “Portfolios Overseen” includes all investment companies managed by PGIM Investments LLC. The investment companies for which PGIM Investments LLC serves as manager include the Prudential Mutual Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts, Target Mutual Funds, Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust. |
Compensation Received by Independent & Non-Management Interested Board Members | ||||
Name |
Aggregate Fiscal Year
Compensation from Fund |
Pension or Retirement Benefits
Accrued as Part of Fund Expenses |
Estimated Annual Benefits
Upon Retirement |
Total Compensation from Fund
and Fund Complex for Most Recent Calendar Year |
Stephen G. Stoneburn** | $ | None | None | $XXXXXX (XX/XX)* |
Grace C. Torres† | $ | None | None | $XXXXXX (XX/XX)* |
Board Committee Meetings (for most recently completed fiscal year) | ||
Audit Committee | Nominating & Governance Committee | Gibraltar Investment Committee |
X | X | X |
■ | the salaries and expenses of all of its and the Fund's personnel except the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members and Non-Management Interested Board Members; |
■ | all expenses incurred by the Manager or the Fund in connection with managing the ordinary course of a Fund’s business, other than those assumed by the Fund as described below; and |
■ | the fees, costs and expenses payable to any investment subadviser pursuant to a subadvisory agreement between PGIM Investments and such investment subadviser. |
■ | the fees and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the management of the investment and reinvestment of the Fund's assets payable to the Manager; |
■ | the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members and Non-Management Interested Board Members; |
■ | the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian and transfer and dividend disbursing agent, including the cost of providing records to the Manager in connection with its obligation of maintaining required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares; |
■ | the charges and expenses of the Fund's legal counsel and independent auditors and of legal counsel to the Independent Board Members; |
■ | brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with securities (and futures, if applicable) transactions; |
■ | all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies; |
■ | the fees of any trade associations of which the Fund may be a member; |
■ | the cost of share certificates representing, and/or non-negotiable share deposit receipts evidencing, shares of the Fund; |
■ | the cost of fidelity, directors and officers and errors and omissions insurance; |
■ | the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of Fund shares with the SEC and paying notice filing fees under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes; allocable communications expenses with respect to investor services and all expenses of shareholders' and Board meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports and notices to shareholders; and |
■ | litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business and distribution and service (12b-1) fees. |
Management Fees Paid | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
$ | $1,541,312 | $1,699,726 |
Subadvisory Fees Paid by PI | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
$ | $770,670 | $849,890 |
Other Funds and Investment Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers | |||
Portfolio Managers |
Registered Investment
Companies |
Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles |
Other Accounts |
Blair A. Boyer | |||
Michael A. Del Balso* | |||
Kathleen A. McCarragher | |||
Jason McManus* |
Personal Investments and Financial Interests of the Portfolio Managers | |
Portfolio Managers |
Investments and Other Financial Interests
in the Fund and Similar Strategies* |
Blair A. Boyer | |
Michael A. Del Balso | |
Kathleen A. McCarragher | |
Jason McManus |
■ | One, three, five-year and longer term pre-tax investment performance of groupings of accounts managed by the portfolio manager in the same strategy (composite) relative to market conditions, pre-determined passive indices and industry peer group data for the product strategy (e.g., large cap growth, large cap value) for which the portfolio manager is responsible. |
■ | Performance for the composite of accounts that includes the Fund managed by the portfolio managers is measured against the Russell 1000 Growth Index and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index. |
■ | The quality of the portfolio manager’s investment ideas and consistency of the portfolio manager’s judgment; |
■ | Historical and long-term business potential of the product strategies; |
■ | Qualitative factors such as teamwork and responsiveness; and |
■ | Individual factors such as years of experience and responsibilities specific to the individual’s role such as being a team leader or supervisor are also factored into the determination of an investment professional’s total compensation. |
■ |
Long only accounts/long-short accounts:
Jennison manages accounts in strategies that only hold long securities positions as well as accounts in strategies that are permitted to sell securities short. Jennison may hold a long position in a security in some client accounts while selling the same security short in other client accounts. For example, Jennison permits quantitatively hedged strategies to short securities that are held long in other strategies. Additionally, Jennison permits securities that are held long in quantitatively derived strategies to be shorted by other strategies. The strategies that sell a security short held long by another strategy could lower the price for the security held long. Similarly, if a strategy is purchasing a security that is held short in other strategies, the strategies purchasing the security could increase the price of the security held short. |
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Multiple strategies:
Jennison may buy or sell, or may direct or recommend that one client buy or sell, securities of the same kind or class that are purchased or sold for another client at prices that may be different. Jennison may also, at any time, execute trades of securities of the same kind or class in one direction for an account and in the opposite direction for another account, due to differences in investment strategy or client direction. Different strategies effecting trading in the same securities or types of securities may appear as inconsistencies in Jennison’s management of multiple accounts side-by-side. |
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Affiliated accounts/unaffiliated accounts and seeded/nonseeded accounts and accounts receiving asset allocation assets from affiliated investment advisers:
Jennison manages accounts for its affiliates and accounts in which it has an interest alongside unaffiliated accounts. Jennison could have an incentive to favor its affiliated accounts over unaffiliated accounts. Additionally, Jennison’s affiliates may provide initial funding or otherwise invest in vehicles managed by Jennison. When an affiliate provides “ seed capital ” or other capital for a fund or account, it may do so with the intention of redeeming all or part of its interest at a particular future point in time or when it deems that sufficient additional capital has been invested in that fund or account. Jennison typically requests seed capital to start a track record for a new strategy or product. Managing “ seeded ” accounts alongside “ non-seeded ” accounts can create an incentive to favor the “ seeded ” accounts to establish a track record for a new strategy or product. Additionally, Jennison’s affiliated investment advisers could allocate their asset allocation clients’ assets to Jennison. Jennison could favor accounts used by its affiliate for their asset allocation clients to receive more assets from the affiliate. |
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Non-discretionary accounts or models:
Jennison provides non-discretionary model portfolios to some clients and manages other portfolios on a discretionary basis. Recommendations for some non-discretionary models that are derived from discretionary portfolios are communicated after the discretionary portfolio has traded. The non-discretionary clients could be disadvantaged if Jennison delivers the model investment portfolio to them after Jennison initiates trading for the discretionary clients, or vice versa. |
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Higher fee paying accounts or products or strategies:
Jennison receives more revenues from (1) larger accounts or client relationships than smaller accounts or client relationships and from (2) managing discretionary accounts than advising nondiscretionary models and from (3) non-wrap fee accounts than from wrap fee accounts and from (4) charging higher fees for some strategies than others. The differences in revenue that Jennison receives could create an incentive for Jennison to favor the higher fee paying or higher revenue generating account or product or strategy over another. |
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Personal interests:
The performance of one or more accounts managed by Jennison’s investment professionals is taken into consideration in determining their compensation. Jennison also manages accounts that are investment options in its employee benefit plans such as its defined contribution plans or deferred compensation arrangements and where its employees may have personally invested alongside other accounts where there is no personal interest. These factors could create an incentive for Jennison to favor the accounts where it has a personal interest over accounts where Jennison does not have a personal interest. |
■ | Jennison has adopted trade aggregation and allocation procedures that seek to treat all clients (including affiliated accounts) fairly and equitably. These policies and procedures address the allocation of limited investment opportunities, such as initial public offerings (IPOs) and new issues, the allocation of transactions across multiple accounts, and the timing of transactions between its non-wrap accounts and its wrap fee accounts. |
■ | Jennison has policies that limit the ability to short securities in portfolios that primarily rely on its fundamental research and investment processes (fundamental portfolios) if the security is held long in other fundamental portfolios. |
■ | Jennison has adopted procedures to review allocations or performance dispersion between accounts with performance fees and non-performance fee based accounts and to review overlapping long and short positions among long accounts and long-short accounts. |
■ | Jennison has adopted a code of ethics and policies relating to personal trading. |
■ | Jennison provides disclosure of these conflicts as described in its Form ADV. |
Compensation Received by the Agent for Securities Lending | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
$ | $5,483 | $2,300 |
Fees Paid to PMFS | |
Fund Name | Amount |
Conservative Growth Fund | $ |
Payments Received by the Distributor: Conservative Growth Fund | |
CLASS A CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $ |
CLASS A DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $ |
CLASS A INITIAL SALES CHARGES | $ |
CLASS B CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $ |
CLASS B DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $ |
CLASS C CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $ |
CLASS C DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $ |
■ | Prudential Retirement |
■ | Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC |
■ | Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. |
■ | Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. |
■ | Raymond James |
■ | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
■ | Fidelity |
■ | UBS Financial Services Inc. |
■ | Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
■ | LPL Financial |
■ | Principal Life Insurance Company |
■ | GWFS Equities, Inc. |
■ | Commonwealth Financial Network |
■ | Cetera |
■ | Matrix Financial Solutions |
■ | Nationwide Financial Services Inc. |
■ | ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc. |
■ | American United Life Insurance Company |
■ | AIG Advisor Group |
■ | Ascensus |
■ | Voya Financial |
■ | Massachusetts Mutual |
■ | Hartford Life |
■ | JH Trust Co |
■ | Reliance Trust Company |
■ | MidAtlantic Capital Corp. |
■ | Vanguard Group, Inc. |
■ | Hewitt Associates LLC |
■ | TIAA Cref |
■ | Lincoln Retirement Services Company LLC |
■ | Standard Insurance Company |
■ | John Hancock USA |
■ | TD Ameritrade Trust Company |
■ | T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services |
■ | Cambridge |
■ | The Ohio National Life Insurance Company |
■ | RBC Capital Markets Corporation |
■ | VALIC Retirement Services Company |
■ | Northwestern |
■ | Sammons Retirement Solutions, Inc. |
■ | Security Benefit Life Insurance Company |
■ | Janney Montgomery & Scott, Inc. |
■ | Citigroup |
■ | Securities America, Inc. |
■ | Xerox HR Solutions LLC |
■ | Newport Retirement Plan Services, Inc. |
■ | Genworth |
■ | Mercer HR Services, LLC |
■ | 1st Global Capital Corp. |
■ | United Planners Financial Services of America |
■ | Oppenheimer & Co. |
■ | Securities Service Network |
■ | Triad Advisors Inc. |
■ | Investacorp |
■ | Northern Trust |
Offering Price Per Share | |
Class A | |
NAV and redemption price per Class A share | $ |
Maximum initial sales charge (5.50% of offering price) | $ |
Maximum offering price to public | $ |
Class B | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class B share | $ |
Offering Price Per Share | |
Class A | |
Class C | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class C share | $ |
Class Q | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class Q share | N/A |
Class Z | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class Z share | N/A |
Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Total brokerage commissions paid by the Fund | $ | $80,681 | $116,411 |
Total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | None | None | |
Percentage of total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | % | 0% | 0% |
Percentage of the aggregate dollar amount of portfolio transactions involving the payment of commissions to affiliated brokers | % | 0% | 0% |
Principal Fund Shareholders (as of September _, 2017) | |||
Shareholder Name | Address | Share Class |
No. of Shares/
% of Fund |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability, |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, and |
■ | On certain redemptions effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan (Class B shares only). |
■ | A request for release of portfolio holdings shall be prepared setting forth a legitimate business purpose for such release which shall specify the Fund(s), the terms of such release, and frequency (e.g., level of detail, staleness). Such request shall address whether there are any conflicts of interest between the Fund and the investment adviser, subadviser, principal underwriter or any affiliated person thereof and how such conflicts shall be dealt with to demonstrate that the disclosure is in the best interest of the shareholders of the Fund(s). |
■ | The request shall be forwarded to PGIM Investments’ Product Development Group and to the Chief Compliance Officer or his delegate for review and approval. |
■ | A confidentiality agreement in the form approved by a Fund officer must be executed by the recipient of the portfolio holdings. |
■ | A Fund officer shall approve the release and the agreement. Copies of the release and agreement shall be sent to PGIM Investments’ Law Department. |
■ | Written notification of the approval shall be sent by such officer to PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group to arrange the release of portfolio holdings. |
■ | PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group shall arrange the release by the Custodian Bank. |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Broadridge and Glass, Lewis & Co. (proxy voting administrator/agents) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ISS (securities class action claims administrator) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to a Fund's Subadviser(s), Custodian Bank, sub-custodian (if any) and accounting agents (which includes the Custodian Bank and any other accounting agent that may be appointed) at the end of each day. When a Fund has more than one Subadviser, each Subadviser receives holdings information only with respect to the “sleeve” or segment of the Fund for which the Subadviser has responsibility; |
■ | Full holdings to a Fund's independent registered public accounting firm as soon as practicable following the Fund's fiscal year-end or on an as-needed basis; and |
■ | Full holdings to financial printers as soon as practicable following the end of a Fund's quarterly, semi-annual and annual period-ends. |
■ | Fund trades on a quarterly basis to Abel/Noser Corp. (an agency-only broker and transaction cost analysis company) as soon as practicable following a Fund's fiscal quarter-end; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (investment research provider) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FT Interactive Data (a fair value information service) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a quarterly basis to Frank Russell Company (investment research provider) when made available ; |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to Fidelity Advisors (wrap program provider) approximately five days after the end of each month (Prudential Jennison Growth Fund and certain other selected Prudential Funds only); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to IDC, Markit and Thompson Reuters (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Standard & Poor’s Corporation (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to FX Transparency (foreign exchange/transaction analysis) when made available. |
I. | Policy |
II. | Procedures |
■ | Jennison managing the pension plan of the issuer. |
■ | Jennison or its affiliates have a material business relationship with the issuer. |
■ | Jennison investment professionals who are related to a person who is senior management or a director at a public company. |
III. | Internal Controls |
■ | Review potential Material Conflicts and decide whether a material conflict is present, and needs to be addressed according to these policies and procedures. |
■ | Review the Guidelines in consultation with the Investment Professionals and make revisions as appropriate. |
■ | Review these Policies and Procedures annually for accuracy and effectiveness, and recommend and adopt any necessary changes. |
■ | Review all Guideline overrides. |
■ | Review quarterly voting metrics and analysis published by the Proxy Team. |
■ | Review the performance of the proxy voting vendor and determine whether Jennison should continue to retain their services. |
IV. | Escalating Concerns |
V. | Discipline and Sanctions |
■ | Leading market positions in well-established industries. |
■ | High rates of return on funds employed. |
■ | Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection. |
■ | Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation. |
■ | Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity. |
■ | Amortization schedule-the longer the final maturity relative to other maturities the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
■ | Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
PRUDENTIAL JENNISON RISING DIVIDEND FUND | |||
A: PJDAX | C: PJDCX | Q: PXXXQ | Z: PJDZX |
As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Fund's shares, nor has the SEC determined
that this prospectus is complete or accurate. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) | ||||
Class A | Class C | Class Q | Class Z | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | 5.50% | None | None | None |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) | 1% | 1% | None | None |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends and other distributions | None | None | None | None |
Redemption fee | None | None | None | None |
Exchange fee | None | None | None | None |
Maximum account fee (accounts under $10,000) | $15 | $15 | None | None |
If Shares Are Redeemed | If Shares Are Not Redeemed | ||||||||
Share Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | |
Class A | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
Class C | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
Class Q | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
Class Z | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
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■ | Strong and/or rising free cash flow |
■ | Strong credit profile |
■ | Rising or above average return on invested capital or return on equity, or |
■ | Company management demonstrates a willingness to return capital to shareholders |
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Best Quarter: | Worst Quarter: | ||
xx% | xth Quarter 20xx | -xx% | xrd Quarter 20xx |
Class A Shares % (including sales charges) | ||||
Return Before Taxes | XX% | N/A | N/A | XX% (3-05-14) |
Return After Taxes on Distributions | XX% | N/A | N/A | XX% (3-05-14) |
Return After Taxes on Distribution and Sale of Fund Shares | XX% | N/A | N/A | XX% (3-05-14) |
• | After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the indicated share class. After-tax returns for other classes will vary due to differing sales charges and expenses. |
Index % (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | ||||
S&P 500 Index | XX% | XX% | XX% | —- |
Lipper Average % (reflects no deduction for sales charges or taxes) | ||||
Lipper Equity Income Funds Average | XX% | XX% | XX% | —- |
Investment Manager | Subadviser | Portfolio Managers | Title | Service Date |
PGIM Investments LLC | Jennison Associates LLC | Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka | Managing Director | March 2014 |
Shaun Hong, CFA | Managing Director | March 2014 |
Class A | Class C | Class Q | Class Z | |
Minimum initial investment* | $2,500 | $2,500 | None | None |
Minimum subsequent investment* | $100 | $100 | None | None |
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■ | Strong and/or rising free cash flow |
■ | Strong credit profile |
■ | Rising or above average return on invested capital or return on equity, or |
■ | Company management demonstrates a willingness to return capital to shareholders |
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Principal & Non-Principal Investment Strategies |
■ Equity and equity-related securities of companies that the subadviser expects to experience dividend growth, that is, companies that currently pay dividends and are expected to increase them: At least 80% of investable assets |
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Principal & Non-Principal Investment Strategies |
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Fixed-income Obligations (including junk bonds): Up to 20% of investable assets
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10 | Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund |
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12 | Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund |
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14 | Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund |
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16 | Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund |
Expected Distribution Schedule* | |
Dividends | Quarterly |
Short-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
Long-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
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Share Class | Eligibility |
Class A | Individual investors |
Class C | Individual investors |
Class Q | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
Class Z | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
■ | Class A shares purchased in amounts of less than $1 million require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but the operating expenses of Class A shares are lower than the operating expenses of Class C shares. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are also subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1%. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. |
■ | Class C shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) if you sell your shares within 12 months of purchase. The operating expenses of Class C shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares. |
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■ | The amount of your investment and any previous or planned future investments, which may qualify you for reduced sales charges for Class A shares under Rights of Accumulation or a Letter of Intent. |
■ | The length of time you expect to hold the shares and the impact of varying distribution fees. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. For this reason, Class C shares are generally appropriate only for investors who plan to hold their shares for no more than 3 years. |
■ | The different sales charges that apply to each share class—Class A's front-end sales charge (and, in certain instances, CDSC) vs. Class C's CDSC. |
■ | Class C shares purchased in single amounts greater than $1 million are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class C shares above this amount generally will not be accepted. |
■ | Because Class Z and Class Q shares have lower operating expenses than Class A or Class C shares, as applicable, you should consider whether you are eligible to purchase such share classes. |
Class A | Class C | Class Q | Class Z | |
Minimum purchase amount | $2,500 | $2,500 | None | None |
Minimum amount for
subsequent purchases |
$100 | $100 | None | None |
Maximum initial sales charge |
5.50% of
the public offering price |
None | None | None |
Contingent Deferred
Sales Charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) |
1% on sales of $1 million or more made within 12 months of purchase |
1% on sales made within
12 months of purchase |
None | None |
Annual distribution and
service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets) |
.30% (.25% currently) | 1% | None | None |
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Amount of Purchase |
Sales Charge as a % of
Offering Price* |
Sales Charge as a % of
Amount Invested* |
Dealer Reallowance |
Less than $25,000 | 5.50% | 5.82% | 5.00% |
$25,000 to $49,999 | 5.00% | 5.26% | 4.50% |
$50,000 to $99,999 | 4.50% | 4.71% | 4.00% |
$100,000 to $249,999 | 3.75% | 3.90% | 3.25% |
$250,000 to $499,999 | 2.75% | 2.83% | 2.50% |
$500,000 to $999,999 | 2.00% | 2.04% | 1.75% |
$1 million to $4,999,999** | None | None | 1.00% |
$5 million to $9,999,999** | None | None | 0.50% |
$10 million and over** | None | None | 0.25% |
■ | Use your Rights of Accumulation , which allow you or an eligible group of related investors to combine (1) the current value of Class A, Class B and Class C Prudential mutual fund shares you or the group already own, (2) the value of money market shares (other than Direct Purchase money market shares) you or an eligible group of related investors have received for shares of other Prudential mutual funds in an exchange transaction, and (3) the value of the shares you or an eligible group of related investors are purchasing; or |
■ | Sign a Letter of Intent , stating in writing that you or an eligible group of related investors will purchase a certain amount of shares in the Fund and other Prudential mutual funds within 13 months. |
■ | Purchases made prior to the effective date of the Letter of Intent will be applied toward the satisfaction of the Letter of Intent to determine the level of sales charge that will be paid pursuant to the Letter of Intent, but will not result in any reduction in the amount of any previously paid sales charge. |
■ | All accounts held in your name (alone or with other account holders) and taxpayer identification number (“TIN”); |
■ | Accounts held in your spouse's name (alone or with other account holders) and TIN (see definition of spouse below); |
■ | Accounts for your children or your spouse's children, including children for whom you and/or your spouse are legal guardian(s) (e.g., UGMAs and UTMAs); |
■ | Accounts in the name and TINs of your parents; |
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■ | Trusts with you, your spouse, your children, your spouse's children and/or your parents as the beneficiaries; |
■ | With limited exclusions, accounts with the same address (exclusions include, but are not limited to, addresses for brokerage firms and other intermediaries and Post Office boxes); and |
■ | Accounts held in the name of a company controlled by you (a person, entity or group that holds 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a company will be deemed to control the company, and a partnership will be deemed to be controlled by each of its general partners), including employee benefit plans of the company where the accounts are held in the plan's TIN. |
■ | The person to whom you are legally married. We also consider your spouse to include the following: |
■ | An individual of the same gender with whom you have been joined in a civil union, or legal contract similar to marriage; |
■ | A domestic partner, who is an individual (including one of the same gender) with whom you have shared a primary residence for at least six months, in a relationship as a couple where you, your domestic partner or both provide for the personal or financial welfare of the other without a fee, to whom you are not related by blood; or |
■ | An individual with whom you have a common law marriage, which is a marriage in a state where such marriages are recognized between a man and a woman arising from the fact that the two live together and hold themselves out as being married. |
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■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs, where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; or |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs, where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services. |
■ | Certain directors, officers, current employees (including their spouses, children and parents) and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates, the Prudential mutual funds, and the investment subadvisers of the Prudential mutual funds; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Persons who have retired directly from active service with Prudential or one of its subsidiaries; |
■ | Registered representatives and employees of broker-dealers (including their spouses, children and parents) that offer Class A shares; |
■ | Investors in IRAs, provided that: (a) the purchase is made either from a directed rollover to such IRA or with the proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan for which Prudential Retirement (the institutional Benefit Plan recordkeeping entity of Prudential) provides administrative or recordkeeping services, in each case provided that such purchase is made within 60 days of receipt of the Benefit Plan distribution, and (b) the IRA is established through Prudential Retirement as part of its “Rollover IRA” program (regardless of whether or not the purchase consists of proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan described above); and |
■ | Clients of financial intermediaries, who (i) offer Class A shares through a no-load network or platform, (ii) charge clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or similar services, or (iii) offer self-directed brokerage accounts or other similar types of accounts that may or may not charge transaction fees to customers. |
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■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; or |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services. |
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■ | Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the Prudential mutual funds are an available option; |
■ | Current and former Directors/Trustees of mutual funds managed by PGIM Investments or any other affiliate of Prudential; |
■ | Current and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Prudential (including any program or account sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option); |
■ | Prudential funds, including Prudential funds-of-funds; |
■ | Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans); and |
■ | Investors working with fee-based consultants for investment selection and allocations. |
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■ | You are selling more than $100,000 of shares; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds made payable to someone that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds sent to an address that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You are a business or a trust; or |
■ | You are redeeming due to the death of the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder. |
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■ | Amounts representing shares you purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions, |
■ | Amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for shares made during the past 12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and 12 months for Class C shares, and |
■ | Amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the CDSC period (12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and 12 months for Class C shares). |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
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Class C Shares | |||
Year Ended
July 31, 2016 (c) |
Year Ended
July 31, 2015 |
March 5, 2014
(b)
through July 31, 2014 (c) |
|
Per Share Operating Performance: | |||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $11.32 | $10.33 | $10.00 |
Income (loss) from investment operations: | |||
Net investment income (loss) | .06 | .02 | -(g) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | .03 | 1.03 | .33 |
Total from investment operations | .09 | 1.05 | .33 |
Less Dividends and Distributions: | |||
Dividends from net investment income | (.05) | (.03) | – (g) |
Distributions from net realized gains on investments | – | (.03) | – |
Total dividends and distributions | (.05) | (.06) | – (g) |
Net Asset Value, end of period | $11.36 | $11.32 | $10.33 |
Total Return (a) : | .85% | 10.23% | 3.35% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | |||
Net assets, end of period (000) | $1,411 | $423 | $33 |
Average net assets (000) | $1,160 | $188 | $16 |
Ratios to average net assets (d) : | |||
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.99% | 1.99% | 1.99% (e) |
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 4.02% | 4.16% | 8.95% (e) |
Net investment income (loss) | .56% | .32% | .08% (e) |
Portfolio turnover rate | 51% | 45% | 9% (f) |
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Class Z Shares | |||
Year Ended
July 31, 2016 (c) |
Year Ended
July 31, 2015 |
March 5, 2014
(b)
through July 31, 2014 (c) |
|
Per Share Operating Performance: | |||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $11.33 | $10.35 | $10.00 |
Income (loss) from investment operations: | |||
Net investment income (loss) | .16 | .14 | .05 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments | .05 | 1.01 | .33 |
Total from investment operations | .21 | 1.15 | .38 |
Less Dividends and Distributions: | |||
Dividends from net investment income | (.16) | (.14) | (.03) |
Distributions from net realized gains on investments | – | (.03) | – |
Total dividends and distributions | (.16) | (.17) | (.03) |
Net Asset Value, end of period | $11.38 | $11.33 | $10.35 |
Total Return (a) : | 1.95% | 11.19% | 3.84% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | |||
Net assets, end of period (000) | $6,349 | $6,190 | $5,299 |
Average net assets (000) | $5,935 | $5,953 | $5,133 |
Ratios to average net assets (d) : | |||
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | .99% | .99% | .99% (e) |
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 3.08% | 3.31% | 8.04% (e) |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.49% | 1.33% | 1.09% (e) |
Portfolio turnover rate | 51% | 45% | 9% (f) |
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■ | Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan |
■ | Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan, if applicable |
■ | Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program |
■ | Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform |
■ | Shares of funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family) |
■ | Shares exchanged from Class C ( i.e. level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members |
■ | Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this prospectus |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement) |
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this prospectus |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70 1 ⁄ 2 |
■ | Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms (applicable to Class A and C shares only) |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this prospectus |
■ | Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets |
■ | Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable) |
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Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund | ||||
Share Class | A | C | Q | Z |
NASDAQ | PJDAX | PJDCX | PXXXQ | PJDZX |
CUSIP | 74440V823 | 74440V815 | xxxxxxxxxQ | 74440V799 |
MF220STAT | The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-09439 |
PRUDENTIAL JENNISON RISING DIVIDEND FUND | ||||||||
A: PJDAX | C: PJDCX | Q: PXXQX | Z: PJDZX |
Term | Definition |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
ADS | American Depositary Share |
Board | Fund’s Board of Directors or Trustees |
Board Member | A trustee or director of the Fund’s Board |
CEA | Commodity Exchange Act, as amended |
CFTC | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
CMO | Collateralized Mortgage Obligation |
ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
EDR | European Depositary Receipt |
Fannie Mae | Federal National Mortgage Association |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Fitch | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
Freddie Mac | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
Ginnie Mae | Government National Mortgage Association |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
1933 Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
1934 Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
1940 Act | Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended |
1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions | Exemptive order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations, collectively |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
Manager or PGIM Investments | PGIM Investments LLC |
Moody’s | Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System |
NAV | Net Asset Value |
NRSRO | Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization |
NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
OTC | Over the Counter |
Term | Definition |
Prudential | Prudential Financial, Inc. |
PMFS | Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
RIC | Regulated Investment Company, as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
S&P | S&P Global Ratings |
SEC | US Securities & Exchange Commission |
World Bank | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
■ | Junk bonds are issued by less creditworthy issuers. These securities are vulnerable to adverse changes in the issuer's economic condition and to general economic conditions. Issuers of junk bonds may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations because of an economic downturn, specific issuer developments or the unavailability of additional financing. |
■ | The issuers of junk bonds may have a larger amount of outstanding debt relative to their assets than issuers of investment grade bonds. If the issuer experiences financial stress, it may be unable to meet its debt obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds are frequently ranked junior to claims by other creditors. If the issuer cannot meet its obligations, the senior obligations are generally paid off before the junior obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds frequently have redemption features that permit an issuer to repurchase the security from the Fund before it matures. If an issuer redeems the junk bonds, the Fund may have to invest the proceeds in bonds with lower yields and may lose income. |
■ | Prices of junk bonds are subject to extreme price fluctuations. Negative economic developments may have a greater impact on the prices of junk bonds than on other higher rated fixed-income securities. |
■ | Junk bonds may be less liquid than higher rated fixed-income securities even under normal economic conditions. There are fewer dealers in the junk bond market, and there may be significant differences in the prices quoted for junk bonds by the dealers. Because they are less liquid, judgment may play a greater role in valuing certain of the Fund’s portfolio securities than in the case of securities trading in a more liquid market. |
■ | The Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting issuer. |
Independent Board Members (1) | ||
Name, Address, Age
Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years |
Keith F. Hartstein (60)
Board Member & Independent Chair Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Retired; Member (since November 2014) of the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council (organization of independent mutual fund directors); formerly President and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2012), Senior Vice President (2004-2005), Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing (1997-2004), and various executive management positions (1990-1997), John Hancock Funds, LLC (asset management); Chairman, Investment Company Institute’s Sales Force Marketing Committee (2003-2008). | None. |
Michael S. Hyland, CFA (71)
Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Retired (since February 2005); formerly Senior Managing Director (July 2001-February 2005) of Bear Stearns & Co, Inc.; Global Partner, INVESCO (1999-2001); Managing Director and President of Salomon Brothers Asset Management (1989-1999). | None. |
Richard A. Redeker (73)
Board Member & Independent Vice Chair Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Retired Mutual Fund Senior Executive (47 years); Management Consultant; Director, Mutual Fund Directors Forum (since 2014); Independent Directors Council (organization of independent mutual fund directors)-Executive Committee, Chair of Policy Steering Committee, Governing Council. | None. |
Stephen G. Stoneburn (73)
Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Chairman (since July 2011), President and Chief Executive Officer (since June 1996) of Frontline Medical Communications (publishing company); formerly President (June 1995-June 1996) of Argus Integrated Media, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Managing Director (January 1993-1995) of Cowles Business Media; Senior Vice President of Fairchild Publications, Inc. (1975-1989). | None. |
Interested Board Members (1) | ||
Name, Address, Age
Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years |
Stuart S. Parker (54)
Board Member & President Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
President of PGIM Investments LLC (formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC) (since January 2012); Executive Vice President of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (since December 2012); Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of PGIM Investments LLC (June 2005-December 2011). | None. |
Scott E. Benjamin (44)
Board Member & Vice President Portfolios Overseen: 87 |
Executive Vice President (since June 2009) of PGIM Investments LLC; Executive Vice President (June 2009-June 2012) and Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, PGIM Investments (since February 2006); Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, Prudential Investments (2003-2006). | None. |
Grace C. Torres*
(57) Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 86 |
Retired; formerly Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Prudential Funds, Target Funds, Advanced Series Trust, Prudential Variable Contract Accounts and The Prudential Series Fund (1998-June 2014); Assistant Treasurer (March 1999-June 2014) and Senior Vice President (September 1999-June 2014) of PGIM Investments LLC; Assistant Treasurer (May 2003-June 2014) and Vice President (June 2005-June 2014) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (May 2003-June 2014) of Prudential Annuities Advisory Services, Inc. | Director (since July 2015) of Sun Bancorp, Inc. N.A. and Sun National Bank |
Fund Officers (a) | ||
Name, Address and Age
Position with Fund |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years |
Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
Raymond A. O’Hara (61)
Chief Legal Officer |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since July 2010) of Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential); Vice President (March 2011-Present) of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey; Vice President and Corporate Counsel (March 2011-Present) of Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation; Chief Legal Officer of PGIM Investments LLC (since June 2012); Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since June 2012) and Corporate Counsel of AST Investment Services, Inc. (since June 2012); formerly Assistant Vice President and Corporate Counsel (September 2008-July 2010) of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.; formerly Associate (September 1980-December 1987) and Partner (January 1988–August 2008) of Blazzard & Hasenauer, P.C. (formerly, Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C.). | Since 2012 |
Chad A. Earnst (41)
Chief Compliance Officer |
Chief Compliance Officer (September 2014-Present) of PGIM Investments LLC; Chief Compliance Officer (September 2014-Present) of the Prudential Funds, Target Funds, Advanced Series Trust, The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Income Fund, Inc., Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc. and Prudential Jennison MLP Income Fund, Inc.; formerly Assistant Director (March 2010-August 2014) of the Asset Management Unit, Division of Enforcement, US Securities & Exchange Commission; Assistant Regional Director (January 2010-August 2014), Branch Chief (June 2006–December 2009) and Senior Counsel (April 2003-May 2006) of the Miami Regional Office, Division of Enforcement, US Securities & Exchange Commission. | Since 2014 |
Deborah A. Docs (59)
Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2001) of Prudential; Vice President (since December 1996) and Assistant Secretary (since March 1999) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc. | Since 2004 |
Jonathan D. Shain (58)
Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since August 1998) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since May 2001) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since February 2001) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc. | Since 2005 |
Claudia DiGiacomo (42)
Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2005) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (since December 2005); Associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (1999-2004). | Since 2005 |
Andrew R. French (54)
Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since February 2010) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (2006-2010) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC. | Since 2006 |
Charles H. Smith (44)
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer |
Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering Unit (since January 2015) of Prudential; committee member of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (since January 2016); formerly Global Head of Economic Sanctions Compliance at AIG Property Casualty (February 2007 – December 2014); Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Attorney General's Office, Division of Public Advocacy. (August 1998 —January 2007). | Since 2016 |
M. Sadiq Peshimam (53)
Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |
Vice President (since 2005) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly Assistant Treasurer of funds in the Prudential Mutual Fund Complex (2006-2014). | Since 2006 |
Peter Parrella (58)
Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2004-2007) within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration; formerly Tax Manager at SSB Citi Fund Management LLC (1997-2004). | Since 2007 |
Lana Lomuti (49)
Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2005-2007), within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration; formerly Assistant Treasurer (December 2007-February 2014) of The Greater China Fund, Inc. | Since 2014 |
Linda McMullin (55)
Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2011) and Director (2008-2011) within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration. | Since 2014 |
Kelly A. Coyne (48)
Assistant Treasurer |
Director, Investment Operations of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since 2010). | Since 2015 |
■ | Board Members are deemed to be “Interested,” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of their affiliation with PGIM Investments LLC and/or an affiliate of PGIM Investments LLC. |
■ | Unless otherwise noted, the address of all Board Members and Officers is c/o PGIM Investments LLC, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. |
■ | There is no set term of office for Board Members or Officers. The Board Members have adopted a retirement policy, which calls for the retirement of Board Members on December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 75. |
■ | “Other Directorships Held” includes only directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the 1934 Act (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. |
■ | “Portfolios Overseen” includes all investment companies managed by PGIM Investments LLC. The investment companies for which PGIM Investments LLC serves as manager include the Prudential Mutual Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts, Target Mutual Funds, Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust. |
Board Committee Meetings (for most recently completed fiscal year) | ||
Audit Committee | Nominating & Governance Committee | Gibraltar Investment Committee |
X | X | X |
■ | the salaries and expenses of all of its and the Fund's personnel except the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members and Non-Management Interested Board Members; |
■ | all expenses incurred by the Manager or the Fund in connection with managing the ordinary course of a Fund’s business, other than those assumed by the Fund as described below; and |
■ | the fees, costs and expenses payable to any investment subadviser pursuant to a subadvisory agreement between PGIM Investments and such investment subadviser. |
■ | the fees and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the management of the investment and reinvestment of the Fund's assets payable to the Manager; |
■ | the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members and Non-Management Interested Board Members; |
■ | the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian and transfer and dividend disbursing agent, including the cost of providing records to the Manager in connection with its obligation of maintaining required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares; |
■ | the charges and expenses of the Fund's legal counsel and independent auditors and of legal counsel to the Independent Board Members; |
■ | brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with securities (and futures, if applicable) transactions; |
■ | all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies; |
■ | the fees of any trade associations of which the Fund may be a member; |
■ | the cost of share certificates representing, and/or non-negotiable share deposit receipts evidencing, shares of the Fund; |
■ | the cost of fidelity, directors and officers and errors and omissions insurance; |
■ | the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of Fund shares with the SEC and paying notice filing fees under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes; allocable communications expenses with respect to investor services and all expenses of shareholders' and Board meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports and notices to shareholders; and |
■ | litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business and distribution and service (12b-1) fees. |
Management Fees Paid by Jennison Rising Dividend Fund | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
None* | None* |
Subadvisory Fees Paid by PI: Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
$ | $34,811 | $27,161 |
Other Funds and Investment Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers | |||
Portfolio Managers |
Registered Investment
Companies |
Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles |
Other Accounts |
Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka | 8/$7,992,193,000 | None | None |
Shaun Hong, CFA | 8/$7,992,193,000 | None | None |
Personal Investments and Financial Interests of the Portfolio Managers | |
Portfolio Managers |
Investments and Other Financial Interests
in the Fund and Similar Strategies* |
Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka | |
Shaun Hong, CFA |
■ | The following primary quantitative factor is reviewed for the portfolio managers: |
■ | One-, three-, five-year and longer term pre-tax investment performance of groupings of accounts managed by the portfolio manager in the same strategy (composite) relative to market conditions, pre-determined passive indices and industry peer group data for the product strategy (e.g., large cap growth, large cap value) for which the portfolio manager is responsible. |
■ | Performance for the composite of accounts that includes the Fund managed by the portfolio managers is measured against the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index. |
■ | The quality of the portfolio manager’s investment ideas and consistency of the portfolio manager’s judgment; |
■ | Historical and long-term business potential of the product strategies; |
■ | Qualitative factors such as teamwork and responsiveness; and |
■ | Individual factors such as years of experience and responsibilities specific to the individual’s role such as being a team leader or supervisor are also factored into the determination of an investment professional’s total compensation. |
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Long only accounts/long-short accounts:
Jennison manages accounts in strategies that only hold long securities positions as well as accounts in strategies that are permitted to sell securities short. Jennison may hold a long position in a security in some client accounts while selling the same security short in other client accounts. For example, Jennison permits quantitatively hedged strategies to short securities that are held long in other strategies. Additionally, Jennison permits securities that are held long in quantitatively derived strategies to be shorted by other strategies. The strategies that sell a security short held long by another strategy could lower the price for the security held long. Similarly, if a strategy is purchasing a security that is held short in other strategies, the strategies purchasing the security could increase the price of the security held short. |
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Multiple strategies:
Jennison may buy or sell, or may direct or recommend that one client buy or sell, securities of the same kind or class that are purchased or sold for another client at prices that may be different. Jennison may also, at any time, execute trades of securities of the same kind or class in one direction for an account and in the opposite direction for another account, due to differences in investment strategy or client direction. Different strategies effecting trading in the same securities or types of securities may appear as inconsistencies in Jennison’s management of multiple accounts side-by-side. |
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Affiliated accounts/unaffiliated accounts and seeded/nonseeded accounts and accounts receiving asset allocation assets from affiliated investment advisers:
Jennison manages accounts for its affiliates and accounts in which it has an interest alongside unaffiliated accounts. Jennison could have an incentive to favor its affiliated accounts over unaffiliated accounts. Additionally, Jennison’s affiliates may provide initial funding or otherwise invest in vehicles managed by Jennison. When an affiliate provides “ seed capital ” or other capital for a fund or account, it may do so with the intention of redeeming all or part of its interest at a particular future point in time or when it deems that sufficient additional capital has been invested in that fund or account. Jennison typically requests seed capital to start a track record for a new strategy or product. Managing “ seeded ” accounts alongside “ non-seeded ” accounts can create an incentive to favor the “ seeded ” accounts to establish a track record for a new strategy or product. Additionally, Jennison’s affiliated investment advisers could allocate their asset allocation clients’ assets to Jennison. Jennison could favor accounts used by its affiliate for their asset allocation clients to receive more assets from the affiliate. |
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Non-discretionary accounts or models:
Jennison provides non-discretionary model portfolios to some clients and manages other portfolios on a discretionary basis. Recommendations for some non-discretionary models that are derived from discretionary portfolios are communicated after the discretionary portfolio has traded. The non-discretionary clients could be disadvantaged if Jennison delivers the model investment portfolio to them after Jennison initiates trading for the discretionary clients, or vice versa. |
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Higher fee paying accounts or products or strategies:
Jennison receives more revenues from (1) larger accounts or client relationships than smaller accounts or client relationships and |
from (2) managing discretionary accounts than advising nondiscretionary models and from (3) non-wrap fee accounts than from wrap fee accounts and from (4) charging higher fees for some strategies than others. The differences in revenue that Jennison receives could create an incentive for Jennison to favor the higher fee paying or higher revenue generating account or product or strategy over another. | |
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Personal interests:
The performance of one or more accounts managed by Jennison’s investment professionals is taken into consideration in determining their compensation. Jennison also manages accounts that are investment options in its employee benefit plans such as its defined contribution plans or deferred compensation arrangements and where its employees may have personally invested alongside other accounts where there is no personal interest. These factors could create an incentive for Jennison to favor the accounts where it has a personal interest over accounts where Jennison does not have a personal interest. |
■ | Jennison has adopted trade aggregation and allocation procedures that seek to treat all clients (including affiliated accounts) fairly and equitably. These policies and procedures address the allocation of limited investment opportunities, such as initial public offerings (IPOs) and new issues, the allocation of transactions across multiple accounts, and the timing of transactions between its non-wrap accounts and its wrap fee accounts. |
■ | Jennison has policies that limit the ability to short securities in portfolios that primarily rely on its fundamental research and investment processes (fundamental portfolios) if the security is held long in other fundamental portfolios. |
■ | Jennison has adopted procedures to review allocations or performance dispersion between accounts with performance fees and non-performance fee based accounts and to review overlapping long and short positions among long accounts and long-short accounts. |
■ | Jennison has adopted a code of ethics and policies relating to personal trading. |
■ | Jennison provides disclosure of these conflicts as described in its Form ADV. |
Compensation Received by the Agent for Securities Lending | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
None | None |
Fees Paid to PMFS | |
Fund Name | Amount |
Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund | $ |
■ | Prudential Retirement |
■ | Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC |
■ | Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. |
■ | Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. |
■ | Raymond James |
■ | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
■ | Fidelity |
■ | UBS Financial Services Inc. |
■ | Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. |
■ | LPL Financial |
■ | Principal Life Insurance Company |
■ | GWFS Equities, Inc. |
■ | Commonwealth Financial Network |
■ | Cetera |
■ | Matrix Financial Solutions |
■ | Nationwide Financial Services Inc. |
■ | ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc. |
■ | American United Life Insurance Company |
■ | AIG Advisor Group |
■ | Ascensus |
■ | Voya Financial |
■ | Massachusetts Mutual |
■ | Hartford Life |
■ | JH Trust Co |
■ | Reliance Trust Company |
■ | MidAtlantic Capital Corp. |
■ | Vanguard Group, Inc. |
■ | Hewitt Associates LLC |
■ | TIAA Cref |
■ | Lincoln Retirement Services Company LLC |
■ | Standard Insurance Company |
■ | John Hancock USA |
■ | TD Ameritrade Trust Company |
■ | T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services |
■ | Cambridge |
■ | The Ohio National Life Insurance Company |
■ | RBC Capital Markets Corporation |
■ | VALIC Retirement Services Company |
■ | Northwestern |
■ | Sammons Retirement Solutions, Inc. |
■ | Security Benefit Life Insurance Company |
■ | Janney Montgomery & Scott, Inc. |
■ | Citigroup |
■ | Securities America, Inc. |
■ | Xerox HR Solutions LLC |
■ | Newport Retirement Plan Services, Inc. |
■ | Genworth |
■ | Mercer HR Services, LLC |
■ | 1st Global Capital Corp. |
■ | United Planners Financial Services of America |
■ | Oppenheimer & Co. |
■ | Securities Service Network |
■ | Triad Advisors Inc. |
■ | Investacorp |
■ | Northern Trust |
Offering Price Per Share | |
Class A | |
NAV and redemption price per Class A share | $ |
Maximum initial sales charge (5.50% of offering price) | $ |
Maximum offering price to public | $ |
Class C | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class C share | $ |
Class Q | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class Q share | $ |
Class Z | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class Z share | $ |
Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund | |||
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Total brokerage commissions paid by the Fund | $4,577 | $2,712 | |
Total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | N/A | N/A | |
Percentage of total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | N/A | N/A | |
Percentage of the aggregate dollar amount of portfolio transactions involving the payment of commissions to affiliated brokers | N/A | N/A |
Broker-Dealer Securities Holdings ($) (as of most recently completed fiscal year) | ||
Equity or Debt | Amount | |
$ | ||
$ | ||
$ | ||
$ |
Principal Fund Shareholders (as of September __, 2017) | |||
Shareholder Name | Address |
Share
Class |
No. of Shares/
% of Class |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability, |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, and |
■ | On certain redemptions effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan (Class B shares only). |
■ | A request for release of portfolio holdings shall be prepared setting forth a legitimate business purpose for such release which shall specify the Fund(s), the terms of such release, and frequency (e.g., level of detail, staleness). Such request shall address whether there are any conflicts of interest between the Fund and the investment adviser, subadviser, principal underwriter or any affiliated person thereof and how such conflicts shall be dealt with to demonstrate that the disclosure is in the best interest of the shareholders of the Fund(s). |
■ | The request shall be forwarded to PGIM Investments’ Product Development Group and to the Chief Compliance Officer or his delegate for review and approval. |
■ | A confidentiality agreement in the form approved by a Fund officer must be executed by the recipient of the portfolio holdings. |
■ | A Fund officer shall approve the release and the agreement. Copies of the release and agreement shall be sent to PGIM Investments’ Law Department. |
■ | Written notification of the approval shall be sent by such officer to PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group to arrange the release of portfolio holdings. |
■ | PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group shall arrange the release by the Custodian Bank. |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Broadridge and Glass, Lewis & Co. (proxy voting administrator/agents) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ISS (securities class action claims administrator) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to a Fund's Subadviser(s), Custodian Bank, sub-custodian (if any) and accounting agents (which includes the Custodian Bank and any other accounting agent that may be appointed) at the end of each day. When a Fund has more than one Subadviser, each Subadviser receives holdings information only with respect to the “sleeve” or segment of the Fund for which the Subadviser has responsibility; |
■ | Full holdings to a Fund's independent registered public accounting firm as soon as practicable following the Fund's fiscal year-end or on an as-needed basis; and |
■ | Full holdings to financial printers as soon as practicable following the end of a Fund's quarterly, semi-annual and annual period-ends. |
■ | Fund trades on a quarterly basis to Abel/Noser Corp. (an agency-only broker and transaction cost analysis company) as soon as practicable following a Fund's fiscal quarter-end; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (investment research provider) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FT Interactive Data (a fair value information service) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a quarterly basis to Frank Russell Company (investment research provider) when made available ; |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to Fidelity Advisors (wrap program provider) approximately five days after the end of each month (Prudential Jennison Growth Fund and certain other selected Prudential Funds only); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to IDC, Markit and Thompson Reuters (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Standard & Poor’s Corporation (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to FX Transparency (foreign exchange/transaction analysis) when made available. |
I. | Policy |
II. | Procedures |
■ | Jennison managing the pension plan of the issuer. |
■ | Jennison or its affiliates have a material business relationship with the issuer. |
■ | Jennison investment professionals who are related to a person who is senior management or a director at a public company. |
III. | Internal Controls |
■ | Review potential Material Conflicts and decide whether a material conflict is present, and needs to be addressed according to these policies and procedures. |
■ | Review the Guidelines in consultation with the Investment Professionals and make revisions as appropriate. |
■ | Review these Policies and Procedures annually for accuracy and effectiveness, and recommend and adopt any necessary changes. |
■ | Review all Guideline overrides. |
■ | Review quarterly voting metrics and analysis published by the Proxy Team. |
■ | Review the performance of the proxy voting vendor and determine whether Jennison should continue to retain their services. |
IV. | Escalating Concerns |
V. | Discipline and Sanctions |
■ | Leading market positions in well-established industries. |
■ | High rates of return on funds employed. |
■ | Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection. |
■ | Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation. |
■ | Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity. |
■ | Amortization schedule-the longer the final maturity relative to other maturities the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
■ | Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
Name and Principal Business Address | Positions and Offices with Underwriter | Positions and Officers with Registrant | ||
David Hunt (1) |
President and Chief
Executive Officer |
N/A | ||
Christine C. Marcks (3) | Executive Vice President | N/A | ||
Gary F. Neubeck (1) | Executive Vice President | N/A | ||
Stuart S. Parker (1) | Executive Vice President |
Board Member and
President |
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James Gemus (1) | Executive Vice President | N/A | ||
Scott E. Benjamin (1) | Vice President |
Board Member and
Vice President |
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Joanne M. Accurso-Soto (1) | Senior Vice President | N/A | ||
Michael J. King (2) |
Senior Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer and Secretary |
N/A | ||
Peter J. Boland (1) |
Senior Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer |
N/A | ||
John N. Christolini (3) | Senior Vice President | N/A | ||
Mark R. Hastings (1) |
Senior Vice President
and Chief Compliance Officer |
N/A | ||
Michael J. McQuade (1) |
Senior Vice President, Comptroller
and Chief Financial Officer |
N/A | ||
Hansjerg Schlenker (1) |
Senior Vice President and
Chief Operations Officer |
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John L. Bronson (2) |
Vice President and Deputy
Chief Legal Officer |
N/A | ||
Charles Smith (2) |
Vice President and Anti-Money
Laundering Officer |
Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer |
(1) | 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102 |
(2) | 751 Broad Street, Newark NJ, 07102 |
(3) | 280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103 |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
*
Ellen S. Alberding |
Trustee | |||
*
Kevin J. Bannon |
Trustee | |||
*
Scott E. Benjamin |
Trustee | |||
*
Linda W. Bynoe |
Trustee | |||
*
Keith F. Hartstein |
Trustee | |||
*
Michael S. Hyland |
Trustee | |||
*
Stuart S. Parker |
Trustee and President, Principal Executive Officer | |||
*
Richard A. Redeker |
Trustee | |||
*
Stephen Stoneburn |
Trustee | |||
*
Grace C. Torres |
Trustee | |||
*
M. Sadiq Peshimam |
Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | |||
*By: /s/ Jonathan Shain
Jonathan Shain |
Attorney-in-Fact | July 17, 2017 |
/s/ Ellen S. Alberding
Ellen S. Alberding |
/s/ Stuart S. Parker
Stuart S. Parker |
/s/ Kevin J. Bannon
Kevin J. Bannon |
/s/ M. Sadiq Peshimam
M. Sadiq Peshimam |
/s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Scott E. Benjamin |
/s/ Richard A. Redeker
Richard A. Redeker |
/s/ Linda W. Bynoe
Linda W. Bynoe |
/s/ Stephen Stoneburn
Stephen Stoneburn |
/s/ Keith F. Hartstein
Keith F. Hartstein |
/s/ Grace C. Torres
Grace C. Torres |
/s/ Michael S. Hyland
Michael S. Hyland |
|
Dated: December 7, 2016 |
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 5
Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund
AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Amendment to Management Agreement made this 1st day of July, 2017 between Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 (PIP 5), on behalf of its separate investment series, Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund (the Fund), and PGIM Investments LLC (the Manager) (formerly, Prudential Investments LLC).
WHEREAS, PIP 5 and the Manager have mutually agreed to reduce the management fee rate pursuant to which PIP 5 compensates the Manager for the services provided by the Manager to the Fund under the Management Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties mutually agree as follows:
1. The management fee rate schedule appearing in Schedule A to the Management Agreement dated December 27, 2013 is hereby deleted in its entirety and is replaced with the following new management fee rate schedule applicable to each Fund:
0.775% of average daily net assets up to $1
billion;
0.755% of average daily net assets from $1 billion to $3 billion;
0.735% of average daily net assets from $3 billion to $5 billion;
0.715% of average daily net assets from $5 billion to $10 billion;
0.705% of average daily net assets over $10 billion
2. The Management Agreement is unchanged in all other respects.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the day and year first above written.
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 5
By:
/s/ Stuart Parker
Name: Stuart Parker
Title: President
PGIM INVESTMENTS LLC
By:
/s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Name: Scott E. Benjamin
Title: Executive Vice President