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Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund
PROSPECTUS — September 12, 2017
Objective
Seek a balance between growth and conservation of capital.
PRUDENTIAL 60/40 ALLOCATION FUND
R6: PALDX
SHARES OF THE FUND ARE OFFERED ONLY TO PRUDENTIAL AND ITS AFFILIATES
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. Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, a Prudential Financial company, member SIPC. QMA is the primary business name of Quantitative Management Associates LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), a Prudential Financial company. © 2017 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. The Prudential logo and the Rock symbol are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.
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4 FUND SUMMARY
4 INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
4 FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
5 INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE
8 MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
8 BUYING AND SELLING FUND SHARES
8 TAX INFORMATION
8 PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIaries
9 MORE ABOUT THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL AND NON-PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, INVESTMENTS AND RISKS
9 INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
12 RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
18 HOW THE FUND IS MANAGED
18 BOARD OF Trustees
18 MANAGER
18 INVESTMENT SUBADVISER
19 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
19 DISTRIBUTOR
19 DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
20 FUND DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX ISSUES
20 DISTRIBUTIONS
21 TAX ISSUES
22 IF YOU SELL OR EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES
23 HOW TO BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE FUND SHARES
23 HOW TO BUY SHARES
26 HOW TO SELL YOUR SHARES
28 HOW TO EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES
31 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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FUND SUMMARY
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The investment objective of the Fund is to seek a balance between growth and conservation of capital.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
The tables below describe the sales charges, fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)  
  Class R6
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) None
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends and other distributions None
Redemption fee None
Exchange fee None
Maximum account fee (accounts under $10,000) None
    
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
  Class R6
Management fees 0.02%
Distribution (12b-1) fees None
Other expenses (1) 0.50%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (2) 0.38%
Total annual Fund operating expenses 0.90%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (3) (0.50)%
Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement 0.40%
(1) Other expenses (which include expenses for accounting and valuation services, custodian fees, audit and legal fees, transfer agency fees, fees paid to Independent Trustees and Non-Management Interested Trustees, and certain other miscellaneous items) are estimated for the Fund’s first fiscal year of operations.
(2) Acquired fund fees and expenses (fees and expenses of underlying funds) are based on an estimation of the Fund’s allocation to underlying funds for the current fiscal year.
(3) The Manager has contractually agreed, through November 30, 2018, to limit Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or reimbursements to 0.40% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares. This contractual waiver includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and excludes Fund and any acquired fund interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager may be recouped by the Manager within the same fiscal year during which such waiver and/or reimbursement is made if such recoupment can be realized without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time of the recoupment for that fiscal year. This waiver may not be terminated prior to November 30, 2018 without the prior approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Example. The following hypothetical example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. It assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as indicated, redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. It assumes a 5% return on your investment each year, that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same (except that fee waivers or reimbursements, if any, are only reflected in the 1-Year figures) and that all dividends and distributions are reinvested. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
  If Shares Are Redeemed If Shares Are Not Redeemed
Share Class 1 Year 3 Years 1 Year 3 Years
Class R6 $41 $237 $41 $237
Portfolio Turnover. The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. The Fund is newly offered; therefore, it does not have a turnover rate for the most recent fiscal year.
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INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE
Principal Investment Strategies. The Fund pursues its objective by primarily investing in a portfolio of other mutual funds within the Prudential fund family (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”) that provide exposure to fixed income and equity. The investments held by Underlying Funds that provide exposure to equities will include equity and equity-related securities of large capitalization US companies. Underlying Funds that provide exposure to fixed income will invest primarily in bonds. Such fixed-income securities may include below investment grade bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.”
The Fund intends to invest a significant portion of its equity assets in the Prudential QMA Large-Cap Core Equity Fund (the “Large-Cap Core Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 9. The Large-Cap Core Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The Large-Cap Core Fund’s goal is to outperform the returns of the S&P 500 Index over the long term. The Large-Cap Core Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets in equity and equity-related securities of large capitalization US companies. The Fund intends to invest a significant portion of its fixed-income assets in the Prudential Total Return Bond Fund (the “Total Return Bond Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17. The investment objective of the Total Return Bond Fund is total return. The Total Return Bond Fund's investment subadviser allocates assets among different debt securities, including (but not limited to) US Government securities, mortgage-related and asset-backed securities, corporate debt securities and foreign securities. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its investable assets in high-yield debt securities or junk bonds.
The Fund normally intends to obtain exposure to equity securities in an amount equal to approximately 60% of its total assets and exposure to fixed-income securities in an amount equal to approximately 40% of its total assets. In order to obtain this exposure, under normal circumstances, the Fund intends to invest primarily in Underlying Funds, although the Fund may also make investments directly in equity and fixed-income securities, or in a combination of securities and Underlying Funds.
Variations in the target asset allocation between equity and fixed-income securities, through investments in Underlying Funds, are permitted up to 10%. Therefore, based on a target equity/fixed-income allocation of 60%/40%, the Fund may have an equity/fixed-income allocation that ranges from 70%/30% to 50%/50%. Although variations beyond the 10% range are generally not permitted, Fund management may determine in light of market conditions or other factors that a greater variation is warranted to protect the Fund or achieve its investment goal.
The subadviser is responsible for asset allocation of the Fund and will monitor the Fund's investments in Underlying Funds on a regular basis in order to maintain the approximate allocation to each asset class. The Fund is rebalanced periodically (typically monthly) to maintain the target asset allocations to the Underlying Funds in which the Fund is invested.
The Fund is a diversified portfolio.
Principal Risks. All investments have risks to some degree. An investment in the Fund is not guaranteed to achieve its investment objective; is not a deposit with a bank; is not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency; and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of your original investment.
Affiliated Funds Risk. The Fund’s Manager serves as manager of the Underlying Funds. In addition, the Fund invests in certain Underlying Funds for which the subadviser serves as subadviser. It is possible that a conflict of interest among the Fund and the Underlying Funds could affect how the Manager and subadviser fulfill their fiduciary duties to the Fund and the Underlying Funds. For example, the subadviser may have an incentive to allocate the Fund’s assets to those Underlying Funds for which the fees paid to the Manager or the subadviser are higher than the fees paid by other Underlying Funds for which the subadviser also serves as a subadviser. However, the Fund has adopted procedures to mitigate these concerns.
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Asset Allocation Risk . The Fund’s risks will directly correspond to the risks of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. The selection of the Underlying Funds and the allocation of the Fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market sectors could cause the Fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
Asset Class Variation Risk . The Underlying Funds invest principally in the securities constituting their asset class (i.e., equity and fixed income). However, under normal market conditions, an Underlying Fund may vary the percentage of assets in these securities (subject to any applicable regulatory requirements). Depending on the percentage of securities in a particular asset class held by the Underlying Funds at any given time and the percentage of the Fund's assets invested in various Underlying Funds, the Fund's actual exposure to the securities in a particular asset class may vary substantially from the allocation to that asset class.
Fund of Funds Risk. The value of an investment in the Fund will be related, to a substantial degree, to the investment performance of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Therefore, the principal risks of investing in the Fund are closely related to the principal risks associated with these Underlying Funds and their investments. Because the Fund’s allocation among different Underlying Funds and direct investments in securities and derivatives will vary, an investment in the Fund may be subject to any and all of these risks at different times and to different degrees. Investing in an Underlying Fund will also expose the Fund to a pro rata portion of the Underlying Fund’s fees and expenses. In addition, one Underlying Fund may buy the same securities that another Underlying Fund sells. Therefore, the Fund would indirectly bear the costs of these trades without accomplishing the investment purpose.
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund does not intend to re-allocate assets among the Underlying Funds frequently in response to day-to-day changes in markets. Historically, however, certain Underlying Funds have actively and frequently traded their portfolio securities. High portfolio turnover results in higher transaction costs and can affect an Underlying Fund's, and, therefore, the Fund's, performance and can have adverse tax consequences.
Credit Risk. This is the risk that the issuer, the guarantor or the insurer of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a contract may be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and interest payments or to otherwise honor its obligations. Additionally, the securities could lose value due to a loss of confidence in the ability of the issuer, guarantor, insurer or counterparty to pay back debt. The longer the maturity and the lower the credit quality of a bond, the more sensitive it is to credit risk.
Interest Rate Risk. The value of your investment may go down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. When interest rates fall, the issuers of debt obligations may prepay principal more quickly than expected, and an Underlying Fund may be required to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate. This is referred to as prepayment risk .” When interest rates rise, debt obligations may be repaid more slowly than expected, and the value of the Fund's holdings may fall sharply. This is referred to as extension risk .” An Underlying Fund may face a heightened level of interest rate risk since the US Federal Reserve Board has ended its quantitative easing program and may continue to raise rates. The Fund and Underlying Fund may lose money if short-term or long-term interest rates rise sharply or in a manner not anticipated by the subadviser.
Market Risk. Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of an Underlying Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by an Underlying Fund fall, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Underlying Fund will decline.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risks. Certain Underlying Funds invest in equity and equity-related securities. The value of a particular security could go down and you could lose money. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which an Underlying Fund invests could go down. An Underlying Fund's holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Underlying Fund can deviate from the performance of these indexes. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
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Fixed Income Risk. As with credit risk, market risk and interest rate risk, an Underlying Fund's holdings, share price, yield and total return may fluctuate in response to bond market movements. The value of bonds may decline for issuer-related reasons, including management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. Certain types of fixed income obligations also may be subject to call and redemption risk, which is the risk that the issuer may call a bond held by an Underlying Fund for redemption before it matures and the Underlying Fund may lose income.
Junk Bonds Risk. High-yield, high-risk bonds have predominantly speculative characteristics, including particularly high credit risk. Junk bonds tend to be less liquid than higher-rated securities. The liquidity of particular issuers or industries within a particular investment category may shrink or disappear suddenly and without warning. The non-investment grade bond market can experience sudden and sharp price swings and become illiquid due to a variety of factors, including changes in economic forecasts, stock market activity, large sustained sales by major investors, a high profile default or a change in the market's psychology.
Fund Rebalancing Risk . Underlying Funds may experience relatively large redemptions or investments due to a rebalancing of the Fund's allocations. In such event, an Underlying Fund may be required to sell securities or to invest cash at a time when it is not advantageous to do so. Rebalancing may increase brokerage and/or other transaction costs of an Underlying Fund, increase the Underlying Fund's expenses or result in the Underlying Fund's becoming too small to be economically viable. Rebalancing may also adversely affect an Underlying Fund's performance and thus the Fund's performance. The impact of rebalancing is likely to be greater when the Fund purchases, redeems or invests in a substantial portion of an Underlying Fund.
The subadviser will seek to cooperate with the subadvisers of the Underlying Funds to minimize any adverse impact on the Underlying Funds. The subadvisers of the Underlying Funds may take such actions as they deem appropriate to minimize such adverse impact, considering the potential benefits of such investments to the Underlying Funds and consistent with their obligations to the Underlying Funds. Such actions may delay the rebalancing of the Fund's investments in the event of significant market or other events that may require more rapid action.
Investment Style Risk. Investment style risk is the risk that a particular style utilized by an Underlying Fund may be out of favor for a period of time.
Large Capitalization Company Risk. Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund's value may not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations.
Market Events. Events in the financial markets have resulted in, and may continue to result in, an unusually high degree of volatility, both in non-US and US markets.  This market volatility, in addition to reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets, may adversely affect issuers worldwide.  Furthermore, the impact of policy and legislative changes in the US and other countries may not be fully known for some time.  This environment could make identifying investment risks and opportunities especially difficult for the subadvisers of the Underlying Funds.
Management Risk. The value of your investment may decrease if judgments by the Fund’s subadviser or the subadvisers of the Underlying Funds about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or sector or about market movements are incorrect.
Risk of Increase in Expenses. Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Underlying Fund securities can increase expenses.
Performance. The Fund has not been in operation for a full calendar year, and hence has no past performance data to present. A number of factors—including risk—can affect how the Fund will perform in the future.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
Investment Manager Subadviser Portfolio Managers Title Service Date
PGIM Investments LLC Quantitative Management Associates LLC Ted Lockwood, MBA, MS Managing Director and Portfolio Manager September 2017
    Joel M. Kallman, MBA, CFA Vice President and Portfolio Manager September 2017
    Jeremy Stempien, MBA Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Strategist September 2017
BUYING AND SELLING FUND SHARES
Shares are available for purchase only by Prudential (including any program or account sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option). There is no minimum initial or subsequent investment requirement.
TAX INFORMATION
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes. The Fund's dividends and distributions are taxable and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary such as a broker-dealer, bank, retirement recordkeeper or other financial services firm, the Fund or its affiliates may pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or for services to shareholders. This may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary or its representatives to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial intermediary or representative or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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MORE ABOUT THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL AND NON-PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, INVESTMENTS AND RISKS
INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a balance between growth and conservation of capital.
The Fund pursues its objective by investing in a portfolio of other mutual funds within the Prudential fund family (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”) that provide exposure to fixed income and equity. The investments held by Underlying Funds that provide exposure to equities will include equity and equity-related securities of large capitalization US companies. Underlying Funds that provide exposure to fixed income will invest primarily in bonds. Such fixed-income securities may include below investment grade bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.”
The Fund normally intends to obtain exposure to equity securities in an amount equal to approximately 60% of its total assets and exposure to fixed-income securities in an amount equal to approximately 40% of its total assets. In order to obtain this exposure, under normal circumstances, the Fund intends to invest primarily in Underlying Funds, although the Fund may also make investments directly in equity and fixed-income securities, or in a combination of securities and Underlying Funds.
Variations in the target asset allocation between equity and fixed-income securities, through investments in Underlying Funds, are permitted up to 10%. Therefore, based on a target equity/fixed-income allocation of 60%/40%, the Fund may have an equity/fixed-income allocation that ranges from 70%/30% to 50%/50%. Although variations beyond the 10% range are generally not permitted, Fund management may determine in light of market conditions or other factors that a greater variation is warranted to protect the Fund or achieve its investment goal.
The subadviser allocates the Fund’s assets among the Underlying Funds according to the Fund’s allocation targets. The subadviser is responsible for asset allocation of the Fund and will monitor the Fund's investments in Underlying Funds on a regular basis in order to maintain the approximate allocation to each asset class. The Fund is rebalanced periodically (typically monthly) to maintain the target asset allocations to the Underlying Funds in which the Fund is invested.
The Fund intends to invest a significant portion of its equity assets in the Prudential QMA Large-Cap Core Equity Fund (the “Large-Cap Core Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 9. The Large-Cap Core Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The Large-Cap Core Fund’s goal is to outperform the returns of the S&P 500 Index over the long term. The Large-Cap Core Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets in equity and equity-related securities of large capitalization US companies. The term “investable assets” refers to the Large-Cap Core Fund’s net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes. The Large-Cap Core Fund’s investable assets will be less than its total assets to the extent that it has borrowed money for non-investment purposes, such as to meet anticipated redemptions. Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA), the Large-Cap Core Fund’s subadviser, employs a quantitatively driven, bottom-up investment process. The stock selection process utilizes an adaptive model that evaluates stocks differently based on their growth expectations. QMA constructs portfolios that seek to maximize the Large-Cap Core Fund’s investment in the most attractive stocks identified by the model, subject to risk constraints. Equity and equity-related securities include common and preferred stock, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), securities having common stock characteristics, futures contracts, and other derivative instruments whose value is based on common stock, such as rights, warrants or options to purchase common stock. QMA considers large capitalization companies to be those with market capitalizations within the market cap range of companies included in the Russell 1000 Index or the S&P 500 Index.
The Fund intends to invest a significant portion of its fixed-income assets in the Prudential Total Return Bond Fund (the “Total Return Bond Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17. The investment objective of the Total Return Bond Fund is total return. The Total Return Bond Fund seeks to achieve its objective through a mix of current income and capital appreciation as determined by its investment subadviser. The Total Return Bond Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing in fixed-income securities whereby issuers borrow money from investors in return for either a fixed or variable rate of interest and eventual repayment of the amount borrowed. The Total Return
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Bond Fund will invest in different sectors of the fixed-income securities markets, including (but not limited to) US Government securities, mortgage-related securities, asset-backed securities, corporate debt securities and foreign debt securities (mainly sovereign debt). The Total Return Bond Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its investable assets in bonds. For purposes of this policy, bonds include all fixed-income securities, other than preferred stock, with a maturity at date of issue of greater than one year. The term “investable assets” refers to the Total Return Bond Fund’s net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes. The Total Return Bond Fund’s investable assets will be less than its total assets to the extent that it has borrowed money for non-investment purposes, such as to meet anticipated redemptions. The Total Return Bond Fund may invest up to 30% of its investable assets in high risk, below investment-grade securities having a rating of not lower than CCC. These securities are also known as high-yield debt securities or junk bonds. The Total Return Bond Fund may invest up to 30% of its investable assets in foreign debt securities.
The investment results of the fixed-income and equity portions of the Fund’s portfolio will typically correspond to the investment results of (i) the Total Return Bond Fund together with those of any fixed-income investments held directly by the Fund and (ii) the Large-Cap Core Fund together with those of any equity investments held directly by the Fund, respectively. For simplicity, this Prospectus uses the term “Fund” to include the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.
From time to time the manager may add other mutual funds within the Prudential fund family to the Underlying Funds selected as investments for the Fund (in which case such additional funds will be considered “Underlying Funds”) or remove or replace funds from the current array of Underlying Funds, subject to Board approval and without notice to shareholders.
The Fund is a diversified portfolio.
The Fund's investment objective is a non-fundamental policy and may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval. The Fund’s investment policies that are not fundamental may be changed from time to time without shareholder approval.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities
The Fund invests in Underlying Funds that invest in equity and equity-related securities. In addition to common stocks, nonconvertible preferred stocks and convertible securities, equity-related securities include American Depositary Receipts (ADRs); warrants and rights that can be exercised to obtain stock; investments in various types of business ventures, including partnerships and joint ventures; securities of real estate investment trusts (REITs); and similar securities. Investments in REITs may result in payment of additional management or other fees. The Underlying Funds may buy equity and equity-related securities of companies of every size—small, medium and large capitalization.
Fixed-Income Securities
The Fund invests in Underlying Funds that may invest in debt obligations, including corporate and non-corporate obligations, such as US Government securities. The debt obligations held by an Underlying Fund will have varying average maturities and average durations. Lower-rated debt obligations—also known as “junk bonds”—have a higher risk of default and tend to be less liquid and more volatile than higher-rated obligations. An Underlying Fund also may invest in obligations that are not rated, but that the subadviser to the Underlying Fund believes are of comparable quality to these lower-rated obligations.
The Underlying Funds may invest in money market instruments, which include the commercial paper of corporations, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and other obligations of domestic and non-US banks, nonconvertible debt securities (corporate and government), short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the US Government or its agencies or instrumentalities, repurchase agreements and cash (non-US currencies or US dollars). Generally, money market instruments provide a fixed rate of return, but provide less opportunity for capital appreciation than stocks.
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US Government Securities
The Underlying Funds may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government or by an agency or instrumentality of the US Government. Not all US Government securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, which means that payment of principal and interest are guaranteed, but market value is not. Some are supported only by the credit of the issuing agency, depend entirely on their own resources to repay their debt and are subject to the risk of default like private issuers.
Non-US Securities
The Underlying Funds may invest in non-US equity securities or in fixed-income securities of non-US issuers. The Underlying Funds’ investments in securities of non-US issuers or issuers with significant exposure to non-US markets involve additional risk. Non-US countries in which the Underlying Funds may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than US markets. The value of an Underlying Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as non-US markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value of these securities. The risks associated with investments in non-US securities may be greater with respect to investments in developing countries.
Mortgage-Related Securities
The Fund may invest in Underlying Funds that invest in mortgage-related securities issued or guaranteed by US governmental entities or private entities and in collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) issued by private issuers. These securities are usually pass-through instruments that pay investors a share of all interest and principal payments from an underlying pool of fixed or adjustable rate mortgages. Mortgage-related securities include CMOs, multi-class pass-through securities and stripped mortgage-backed securities. A CMO is a security backed by an underlying portfolio of mortgages or mortgage-backed securities that may be issued or guaranteed by a bank or by US governmental entities. A multi-class pass-through security is an equity interest in a trust composed of underlying mortgage assets. Payments of principal and interest on the mortgage assets and any reinvestment income thereon provide the funds to pay debt service on the CMO or to make scheduled distributions on the multi-class pass-through security. A stripped mortgage-backed security (MBS strip) may be issued by US governmental entities or by private institutions. MBS strips take the pieces of a debt security (principal and interest) and break them apart. The resulting securities may be sold separately and may perform differently.
Asset-Backed Securities
The Funds may invest in Underlying Funds that invest in asset-backed debt securities. An asset-backed security is another type of pass-through instrument that pays interest based upon the cash flow of an underlying pool of assets, such as automobile loans or credit card receivables. Unlike most corporate bonds, which are usually unsecured, most asset-backed securities are secured by collateral, or collateralized, which provides for more predictable cash flows and more protection against event-risk downgrades. However, to the extent a borrower fails to make timely repayments on the underlying loans when due or prepayments on underlying assets accelerate due to declines in interest rates, the Underlying Fund, and, therefore, the Fund, could suffer a loss on its investment. Some asset-backed securities, however, may be collateralized by a portfolio of corporate bonds or other securities, including, in some cases, junk bonds or non-US dollar denominated securities.
Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may invest in Underlying Funds that use repurchase agreements, where a party agrees to sell a security to an Underlying Fund and then repurchase it at an agreed-upon price at a stated time. This creates a fixed return for the Underlying Fund and is, in effect, a loan by the Underlying Fund.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements and Dollar Rolls
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The Fund may invest in Underlying Funds that enter into reverse repurchase agreements and forward rolls. With a reverse repurchase agreement, the Underlying Fund borrows money on a temporary basis by selling a security with an obligation to repurchase it at an agreed-upon price and time. When an Underlying Fund enters into a dollar roll, the Underlying Fund sells securities to be delivered in the current month and repurchases the same or substantially similar (same type and coupon) securities to be delivered on a specified future date by the same party. The Underlying Fund is paid the difference between the current sales price and the forward price for the future purchase as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.
Dollar Rolls
The Fund may invest in Underlying Funds that enter into dollar rolls in which the Underlying Fund sells securities to be delivered in the current month and repurchases substantially similar (same type and coupon) securities to be delivered on a specified future date by the same party. The Underlying Fund is paid the difference between the current sales price and the forward price for the future purchase as well as the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.
Short Sales
Certain Underlying Funds may make short sales of a security. This means that the Underlying Fund may sell a security that it does not own, which it may do, for example, when the investment subadviser thinks the value of the security will decline. The Underlying Fund generally borrows the security to deliver to the buyers in a short sale. The Underlying Fund must then replace the borrowed security by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. The Underlying Fund may make short sales “against the box.” In a short sale against the box, at the time of sale, the Underlying Fund owns or has the right to acquire the identical security at no additional cost through conversion or exchange of other securities it owns.
Securities Lending
Consistent with applicable regulatory requirements, certain Underlying Funds may lend portfolio securities with a value up to 33 1/3% of total assets to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations to earn additional income. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by cash. Cash collateral will be invested in an affiliated prime money market fund.
Cash Management
To the extent that the Fund has uninvested assets, such assets will be invested primarily in short-term money market instruments. The Fund may buy these instruments directly, rather than through investing in an Underlying Fund. These investments may be inconsistent with the Fund's principal strategies and could prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.
Additional Strategies
The Fund, through its investments in Underlying Funds, also follow certain policies when they borrow money and hold illiquid securities (the Fund and each Underlying Fund may hold up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, including securities with legal or contractual restrictions on resale, those without a readily available market and repurchase agreements with maturities longer than seven days). Each Fund is also subject to certain investment restrictions that are fundamental policies, which means they cannot be changed without shareholder approval.
RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
All investments involve risk, and investing in the Fund is no exception. The risks of investing in the Fund are further discussed below.
The following are risks associated with the Fund’s investment strategies:
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Affiliated Funds Risk. The Fund’s manager serves as manager of the Underlying Funds. In addition, the Fund invests in certain Underlying Funds for which the subadviser serves as subadviser. It is possible that a conflict of interest among the Fund and the Underlying Funds could affect how the Manager and subadviser fulfill their fiduciary duties to the Fund and the Underlying Funds. For example, the subadviser may have an incentive to allocate the Fund’s assets to those Underlying Funds for which the fees paid to the Manager or the subadviser are higher than the fees paid by other Underlying Funds for which the subadviser also serves as a subadviser. However, the Fund has adopted procedures to mitigate these concerns.
Asset Allocation Risk. The Fund’s risks will directly correspond to the risks of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. The selection of the Underlying Funds and the allocation of the Fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market sectors could cause the Fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
Asset Class Variation Risk. The Underlying Funds invest principally in the securities constituting their asset class (i.e., equity and fixed income). However, under normal market conditions, an Underlying Fund may vary the percentage of assets in these securities (subject to any applicable regulatory requirements). Depending on the percentage of securities in a particular asset class held by the Underlying Funds at any given time and the percentage of the Fund's assets invested in various Underlying Funds, the Fund's actual exposure to the securities in a particular asset class may vary substantially from the allocation to that asset class.
Fund of Funds Risk. The value of an investment in the Fund will be related, to a degree, to the investment performance of the Underlying Funds in which it invests. Therefore, the principal risks of investing in the Fund are closely related to the principal risks associated with these Underlying Funds and their investments. Because the Fund’s allocation among different Underlying Funds and direct investments in securities and derivatives will vary, an investment in the Fund may be subject to any and all of these risks at different times and to different degrees. Investing in an Underlying Fund will also expose the Fund to a pro rata portion of the Underlying Fund’s fees and expenses. In addition, one Underlying Fund may buy the same securities that another Underlying Fund sells. Therefore, the Fund would indirectly bear the costs of these trades without accomplishing the investment purpose.
Market Events. Events in the financial markets have resulted in, and may continue to result in, an unusually high degree of volatility, both in non-US and US markets.  This market volatility, in addition to reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets, may adversely affect issuers worldwide.  Furthermore, the impact of policy and legislative changes in the US and other countries may not be fully known for some time.  This environment could make identifying investment risks and opportunities especially difficult for the subadvisers of the Underlying Funds.
Market Risk. Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of an Underlying Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by an Underlying Fund fall, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Underlying Fund will decline.
Management Risk. The value of your investment may decrease if judgments by the Fund’s subadviser or the subadvisers of the Underlying Funds about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or sector or about market movements are incorrect.
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund does not intend to re-allocate assets among the Underlying Funds frequently in response to day-to-day changes in markets. Historically, however, certain Underlying Funds have actively and frequently traded their portfolio securities. High portfolio turnover results in higher transaction costs and can affect an Underlying Fund's, and, therefore, the Fund's, performance and can have adverse tax consequences.
Risk of Increase in Expenses. Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Underlying Fund securities can increase expenses.
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Cash Management Risk. The value of the investments held by the Fund for cash management purposes can fluctuate. Like other fixed-income securities, they are subject to risk, including market, interest rate and credit risk. If the Fund holds cash uninvested it will be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash. If the Fund holds cash uninvested, the Fund will not earn income on the cash. If a significant amount of the Fund’s assets are used for cash management purposes, it may not achieve its investment objective.
The following are risks associated with the Underlying Funds’ investment strategies:
Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Asset-backed securities are subject to credit risk, market risk and interest rate risk. Asset-backed securities are also subject to prepayment risk, which is the risk that the underlying debt instruments may be partially or wholly prepaid during periods of falling interest rates, which could require the Underlying Fund to reinvest in lower yielding debt instruments. Asset-backed securities are also subject to extension risk, which is the risk that rising interest rates may cause the underlying debt instruments to be repaid more slowly by the debtor, causing the value of the securities to fall. Asset-backed securities are subject to illiquidity risk, which is the risk that the securities may be difficult to value precisely and to sell at the time or price desired.
Bond Obligations Risk. As with credit risk, market risk and interest rate risk, an Underlying Fund's holdings, share price, yield and total return may fluctuate in response to bond market movements. The value of bonds may decline for issuer-related reasons, including management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. Certain types of fixed-income obligations also may be subject to “call and redemption risk,” which is the risk that the issuer may call a bond held by an Underlying Fund for redemption before it matures and the Fund may not be able to reinvest at the same level and therefore would earn less income.
Currency Risk. The net asset value of Underlying Funds that invest in foreign securities could decline as a result of changes in exchange rates, which could adversely affect the Underlying Fund’s investments in currencies, or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues related to currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to currencies. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risks. The value of a particular security could go down and you could lose money. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which an Underlying Fund invests could go down. The holdings of certain Underlying Funds can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Underlying Fund can deviate from the performance of these indexes. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
Fixed-Income Securities Risk. Investment in fixed-income securities involves a variety of risks, including credit risk, interest rate risk, and junk bonds risk.
Credit risk . Credit risk is the risk that the issuer, the guarantor or the insurer of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a contract may be unable or unwilling to pay principal and interest when due or to otherwise honor its obligations. Additionally, the securities could lose value due to a loss of confidence in the ability of the issuer, guarantor, insurer or counterparty to pay back debt. The longer the maturity and the lower the credit quality of a bond, the more sensitive it is to credit risk. Credit ratings are intended to provide a measure of credit risk. However, credit ratings are only the opinions of the credit rating agency issuing the ratings and are not guarantees as to quality. The lower the rating of a debt security held by an Underlying Fund, the greater the degree of credit risk that is perceived to exist by the credit rating agency with respect to that security. Increasing the amount of Underlying Fund assets allocated to lower-rated securities generally will increase the credit risk to which the Underlying Fund is subject. Not all securities in which the Underlying Funds invest are rated. Credit risk related to counterparties is especially important in the context of privately negotiated instruments.
Interest rate risk . Interest rate risk is the risk that the rates of interest income generated by the fixed income investments of an Underlying Fund may decline due to a decrease in market interest rates and that the market prices of the fixed income investments of the Underlying Fund may decline due to an increase in market interest rates. Generally, the longer the maturity of a fixed income security, the greater is the decline in its value when rates increase. As a result, portfolios with longer durations and longer weighted average maturities generally have more
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  volatile share prices than portfolios with shorter durations and shorter weighted average maturities. The prices of fixed income securities generally move in the opposite direction to that of market interest rates. Certain securities acquired by an Underlying Fund may pay interest at a variable rate or the principal amount of the security periodically adjusts according to the rate of inflation or other measure. In either case, the interest rate at issuance is generally lower than the fixed interest rate of bonds of similar seniority from the same issuer; however, variable interest rate securities generally are subject to a lower risk that their value will decrease during periods of increasing interest rates and increasing inflation. The Underlying Funds may face a heightened level of interest rate risk since the US Federal Reserve Board has ended its quantitative easing program and may continue to raise rates. The Underlying Funds may lose money if short-term or long-term interest rates rise sharply or in a manner not anticipated by the subadviser.
Junk Bonds risk . Certain Underlying Funds may invest in high-yield bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.” High-yield, high-risk bonds have predominantly speculative characteristics, including particularly high credit risk. Junk bonds tend to be less liquid than higher-rated securities. The liquidity of particular issuers or industries within a particular investment category may shrink or disappear suddenly and without warning. The non-investment grade bond market can experience sudden and sharp price swings and become illiquid due to a variety of factors, including changes in economic forecasts, stock market activity, large sustained sales by major investors, a high profile default or a change in the market's psychology.
Non-US Securities Risk. An Underlying Fund’s investments in securities of non-US issuers or issuers with significant exposure to non-US markets involve additional risk. Non-US countries in which an Underlying Fund may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than US markets. The value of an Underlying Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as non-US markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value of these securities.
Fund Rebalancing Risk. Underlying Funds may experience relatively large redemptions or investments due to a rebalancing of the Fund's allocations. In such event, an Underlying Fund may be required to sell securities or to invest cash at a time when it is not advantageous to do so. Rebalancing may increase brokerage and/or other transaction costs of an Underlying Fund, increase the Underlying Fund's expenses or result in the Underlying Fund's becoming too small to be economically viable. Rebalancing may also adversely affect an Underlying Fund's performance and thus the Fund's performance. The impact of rebalancing is likely to be greater when the Fund purchases, redeems or invests in a substantial portion of an Underlying Fund.
The subadviser will seek to cooperate with the subadvisers of the Underlying Funds to minimize any adverse impact on the Underlying Funds. The subadvisers of the Underlying Funds may take such actions as they deem appropriate to minimize such adverse impact, considering the potential benefits of such investments to the Underlying Funds and consistent with their obligations to the Underlying Funds. Such actions may delay the rebalancing of the Fund's investments in the event of significant market or other events that may require more rapid action.
Investment Style Risk. Investment style risk is the risk that a particular style utilized by an Underlying Fund may be out of favor for a period of time.
Large Capitalization Company Risk. Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund's value may not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations.
Model Design and Implementation Risks. The design of QMA's underlying models may be flawed or incomplete. These models are based on historical and theoretical underpinnings that QMA believes are sound, but there is no guarantee that these underpinnings will correlate with security price behavior in the manner assumed by the models or that the quantitative techniques that underlie QMA's portfolio construction processes will fully anticipate important risks. In addition, it is impossible to eliminate completely the risk of error in the implementation of the models that guide QMA's quantitative investment processes, and it may be difficult to implement model recommendations in volatile and rapidly changing market conditions.
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Mortgages and Mortgage-Related Securities Risk. Mortgage-related securities are usually pass-through instruments that pay investors a share of all interest and principal payments from an underlying pool of fixed or adjustable rate mortgages. The values of mortgage-related securities vary with changes in market interest rates generally and changes in yields among various kinds of mortgage-related securities. Such values are particularly sensitive to changes in prepayments of the underlying mortgages.
Money Market Instruments Risk. Although money market instruments are generally viewed as low risk investments, money market instruments are nevertheless subject to credit risk, market risk, prepayment risk and interest rate risk.
Prepayment Risk. Underlying Funds investing in mortgage-related securities and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk. If these securities are prepaid, an Underlying Fund may have to replace them with lower-yielding securities. Stripped mortgage-backed securities are generally more sensitive to changes in prepayment and interest rates than other mortgage-related securities. If the issuer of a non-collateralized debt security defaults on the obligation, there is no collateral that the security holder may sell to satisfy the debt.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. As a result, an Underlying Fund may lose money and there may be a delay in recovering the loaned securities. Additionally, losses could result from the reinvestment of collateral received on loaned securities in investments that decline in value, default, or do not perform as well as expected. The affiliated prime money market fund in which cash collateral is invested may impose liquidity fees or temporary gates on redemptions if its weekly liquid assets fall below a designated threshold. If this were to occur, the Underlying Fund may lose money on its investment of cash collateral in the affiliated prime money market fund, or the Underlying Fund may not be able to redeem its investment of cash collateral in the affiliated prime money market fund, which might cause the Underlying Fund to liquidate other holdings in order to return the cash collateral to the borrower upon termination of a securities loan. These events could trigger adverse tax consequences for the Underlying Fund.
Short Sales Risk. Short sales involve costs and risks. An Underlying Fund must pay the lender interest on the security it borrows, and the Underlying Fund will lose money to the extent that the price of the security increases between the time of the short sale and the date when the Underlying Fund replaces the borrowed security. Although the Underlying Fund’s gain is limited to the price at which it sold the securities short, its potential loss is limited only by the maximum attainable price of the securities, less the price at which the security was sold and may, theoretically, be unlimited. When selling short against the box, the Underlying Fund gives up the opportunity for capital appreciation in the security.
US Government and Agency Securities Risk. US Government and agency securities are subject to market risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. Not all US Government securities are insured or guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the US Government; some are only insured or guaranteed by the issuing agency, which must rely on its own resources to repay the debt. In addition, Connecticut Avenue Securities issued by Fannie Mae and Structured Agency Credit Risk issued by Freddie Mac carry no guarantee whatsoever and the risk of default associated with these securities would be borne by the Fund. The maximum potential liability of the issuers of some US Government securities held by an Underlying Fund may greatly exceed their current resources, including their legal right to support from the US Treasury. It is possible that these issuers will not have the funds to meet their payment obligations in the future. In 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into a conservatorship under the Federal Housing Finance Agency. However, there can be no assurance that the US Government will support these or other government-sponsored enterprises in the future.
Repurchase Agreements Risk.  Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the seller, including losses and possible delays or restrictions upon an Underlying Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. To the extent that, in the meantime, the value of the securities that the Underlying Fund has purchased has decreased, the Underlying Fund could experience a loss.
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Dollar Rolls Risk.  Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities that an Underlying Fund is committed to buy may decline below the price of the securities the Underlying Fund has sold. These transactions may involve leverage.
Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk. Reverse repurchase agreements that involve borrowing to take advantage of investment opportunities, a practice known as leverage, could magnify losses. If an Underlying Fund borrows money to purchase securities and those securities decline in value, then the value of the Underlying Fund's shares will decline faster than if the Underlying Fund were not leveraged. In addition, interest costs and investment fees relating to leverage may exceed potential investment gains.
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HOW THE FUND IS MANAGED
BOARD OF Trustees
The Fund is overseen by a Board of Trustees (hereafter referred to as Trustees, or the Board). The Board oversees the actions of the manager, subadviser and distributor and decides on general policies. The Board also oversees the Fund's officers, who conduct and supervise the daily business operations of the Fund.
MANAGER
PGIM Investments LLC (PGIM Investments)
665 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4077
Under a management agreement with the Trust, PGIM Investments manages the Fund’s investment operations and administers its business affairs and is responsible for supervising the Fund’s subadviser. The Fund pays PGIM Investments management fees at the rate of 0.02% for all share classes.
PGIM Investments and its predecessors have served as a manager or administrator to investment companies since 1987. As of July 31, 2017, PGIM Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, served as the investment manager to all of the Prudential US and offshore open-end investment companies, and as the manager or administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets of approximately $271.7 billion.
Subject to the supervision of the Board, PGIM Investments is responsible for conducting the initial review of prospective subadvisers for the Fund. In evaluating a prospective subadviser, PGIM Investments considers many factors, including the firm's experience, investment philosophy and historical performance. Subject to the Board’s oversight, PGIM Investments is also responsible for monitoring the performance of the Fund's subadviser and recommending its termination and replacement when deemed appropriate. PGIM Investments may provide a subadviser with additional investment guidelines consistent with the Fund's investment objective and restrictions.
PGIM Investments and the Fund operate under an exemptive order (the Order) from the SEC that generally permits PGIM Investments to enter into or amend agreements with unaffiliated subadvisers and certain subadvisers that are affiliates of PGIM Investments without obtaining shareholder approval. This authority is subject to certain conditions, including the requirement that the Board must approve any new or amended agreements with an subadviser. Shareholders of the Fund still have the right to terminate these agreements at any time by a vote of the majority of outstanding shares of the Fund. The Fund will notify shareholders of any new subadvisers engaged or material amendments to subadvisory agreements made pursuant to the Order. Any new subadvisory agreement or amendment to the Fund’s management agreement or current subadvisory agreement that directly or indirectly results in an increase in the aggregate management fee rate payable by the Fund will be submitted to the Fund’s shareholders for their approval. PGIM Investments does not currently intend to retain unaffiliated subadvisers.
A discussion of the basis for the Board's approvals of the management and subadvisory agreements will be available in the Fund's initial report to shareholders, which will be the Semi-Annual Report to shareholders dated January 31, 2018.
On the Fund’s launch date, a Prudential affiliate made a seed money investment in the Fund that the affiliate may decide to redeem once third-party assets invested in the Fund reach a level whereby in the judgment of the manager, portfolio management of the Fund would not be negatively impacted by the redemption.
INVESTMENT SUBADVISER
Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA) , a registered investment adviser, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc. QMA performs asset allocation services for the Fund. QMA uses advanced analytics to enhance the investment decision-making process, which combines a systematic application of financial theory and fundamental analysis with discipline and seasoned judgment. As of June 30, 2017, QMA managed approximately $130 billion in assets worldwide
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across a broad asset class spectrum ranging from global equity to multi-asset class solutions for institutional investors, such as pension funds, financial services companies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. QMA's primary address is Gateway Center Two, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
QMA typically follows a team approach in the management of its portfolios. The members of QMA's asset allocation team with primary responsibility for Fund management are listed below.
Ted Lockwood, MBA, MS, is a Managing Director for QMA and head of QMA’s asset allocation area. He is responsible for portfolio management, investment research, and new product development. QMA’s asset allocation team focuses on tactical, strategic, and dynamic asset allocation across traditional and non-traditional asset classes, including real assets and alternatives. Mr. Lockwood’s experience also includes managing tactical asset allocation overlays, dynamically managed volatility strategies, quantitative long-short equity portfolios, and synthetic convertible bonds. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lockwood was an AT&T Bell Laboratories Fellow and member of the technical staff at AT&T. Mr. Lockwood graduated summa cum laude with a BE in Engineering from Stony Brook University and earned an MS in Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.
Joel M. Kallman, MBA, CFA, is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager for QMA. Mr. Kallman is a portfolio manager and a member of the asset allocation team. He also conducts economic and market valuation research. Mr. Kallman has also held various positions within Prudential's fixed-income group, in areas such as high-yield credit analysis and performance reporting. He earned a BS and MBA in Finance from Rutgers University. He is also a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Jeremy Stempien, MBA, is a Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Strategist for QMA, working with the Asset Allocation team. His responsibilities include the management of the Prudential Day One Funds and managing client relationships. Prior to joining QMA, Mr. Stempien was a Director of Investments at Morningstar Investment Management where he was responsible for developing asset allocation programs for plan providers, plan sponsors, and money management companies. He worked with clients in creating and managing custom target date glide paths, selecting appropriate asset classes, and constructing model portfolios. Previously, he worked at Hewitt Associates where he was a defined contribution manager. Mr. Stempien earned a BA in Finance from Saint Louis University and an MBA in Investments from University of Notre Dame.
Additional information about portfolio manager compensation, other accounts managed, and portfolio manager ownership of Fund securities may be found in the SAI.
DISTRIBUTOR
Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS or the Distributor) distributes each class of the Fund's shares under a Distribution Agreement with the Fund. Under the Distribution Agreements, the Distributor pays the expenses of distributing the shares of all share classes of the Fund.
Because these fees are paid from the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio securities are described in the Fund's SAI and on the Fund's website at www.pgiminvestments.com .
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FUND DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX ISSUES
DISTRIBUTIONS
Investors who buy shares of the Fund should be aware of some important tax issues. For example, the Fund distributes dividends of net investment income and realized net capital gains, if any, to shareholders. These distributions are subject to federal income taxes, unless you hold your shares in a 401(k) plan, an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or some other qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. Dividends and distributions from the Fund also may be subject to state and local income tax in the state where you live.
Also, if you sell shares of the Fund for a profit, you may have to pay capital gains taxes on the amount of your profit, unless you hold your shares in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account.
The following briefly discusses some of the important income tax issues you should be aware of, but is not meant to be tax advice. For tax advice, please speak with your tax adviser.
The Fund distributes dividends to shareholders out of any net investment income. For example, if the Fund owns ACME Corp. stock and the stock pays a dividend, the Fund will pay out a portion of this dividend to its shareholders, assuming the Fund's income is more than its costs and expenses. The dividends you receive from the Fund will be subject to taxation whether or not they are reinvested in the Fund.
The Fund also distributes any realized net capital gains to shareholders. Capital gains are generated when the Fund sells its assets for a profit. For example, if the Fund bought 100 shares of ACME Corp. stock for a total of $1,000 and more than one year later sold the shares for a total of $1,500, the Fund has net long-term capital gains of $500, which it will pass on to shareholders (assuming the Fund's remaining total gains are greater than any losses it may have). Capital gains are taxed differently depending on how long the Fund holds the security. If the Fund holds a security for more than one year before selling it, any gain is treated as long-term capital gain which is generally taxed at rates of up to 15% for individuals with incomes below approximately $418,000 ($471,000 if married filing jointly), adjusted annually for inflation, and 20% for any income above those amounts that is long-term capital gain, provided that the Fund distributes the net capital gain to non-corporate US shareholders. If the Fund holds the security for one year or less, any gain is treated as short-term capital gain, which is taxed at rates applicable to ordinary income, subject to a maximum tax rate of 39.6%. Different rates apply to corporate shareholders.
Dividends from net investment income paid to a non-corporate US shareholder that are reported as qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at the long-term capital gain tax rate. Dividends of net investment income that are not reported as qualified dividend income will be taxable to shareholders at ordinary income rates. Also, a portion of the dividends paid to corporate shareholders of the Fund will be eligible for the 70% dividends received deduction to the extent the Fund's income is derived from certain dividends received from US corporations.
Short-term capital gains earned by an Underlying Fund will be ordinary income when distributed to the Fund and will not be offset by the Fund's capital losses. Capital loss carryforwards of an Underlying Fund, if any, would not offset capital gains of the Fund. Because the Fund is expected to invest in an Underlying Fund, the Fund's realized losses on sales of shares of the Underlying Funds may be indefinitely or permanently deferred as “wash sales.”
Dividends, interest and capital gains earned by the Fund or an Underlying Fund with respect to non-US securities may give rise to withholding, capital gains and other taxes imposed by non-US countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes. If more than 50% of the total assets of the Fund at the close of a year consists of non-US stocks or securities or, at the close of each quarter, shares of the Underlying Funds, generally the Fund may “pass through” to you certain non-US income taxes (including withholding taxes) paid by the Underlying Fund. This means that you would be considered to have received as an additional dividend your share of such non-US taxes, but you may be entitled to either a corresponding tax deduction in calculating your taxable income, or, subject to certain limitations, a credit in calculating your US federal income tax. For purposes of foreign tax credits for US shareholders of the Fund, foreign capital gains taxes may not produce associated foreign source income, limiting the availability of such credits for US persons.
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A US shareholder that is an individual, estate or certain type of trust is subject to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on the lesser of (1) the US shareholder's “net investment income,” including Fund distributions and net gains from the disposition of Fund shares, and (2) the excess of the US shareholder's modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over $200,000 (or $250,000 for married couples filing jointly). For this purpose, net investment income includes interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, capital gain and income from a passive activity business or a business of trading in financial instruments or commodities.
For your convenience, the Fund's distributions of dividends and net capital gains are automatically reinvested in the Fund without any sales charge. If you ask us to pay the distributions in cash, we will send you a check if your account is with Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS or the Transfer Agent). Otherwise, if your account is with a broker, you will receive a credit to your account. Either way, the distributions may be subject to income taxes unless your shares are held in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. If your Fund distribution check(s) remains uncashed for more than six months, your check(s) may be invested in additional shares of the Fund at the next net asset value (“NAV”) calculated on the day of the investment. For more information about automatic reinvestment and other shareholder services, see “Additional Shareholder Services” in the next section.
The chart below sets forth the expected frequency of dividend and capital gains distributions to shareholders. Various factors may impact the frequency of dividend distributions to shareholders, including but not limited to adverse market conditions or portfolio holding-specific events.
Expected Distribution Schedule*  
Dividends Annually
Short-Term Capital Gains Annually
Long-Term Capital Gains Annually
*Under certain circumstances, the Fund may make more than one distribution of long-term and/or short-term capital gains during a fiscal year.
TAX ISSUES
Form 1099
For every year the Fund declares a dividend, you will receive a Form 1099, which reports the amount of ordinary income distributions and long-term capital gains we distributed to you during the prior year unless you own shares of the Fund as part of a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. If you do own shares of the Fund as part of a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account, your taxes are deferred, so you will not receive a Form 1099 annually, but instead you will receive a Form 1099 when you take any distribution from your qualified or tax-deferred plan or account.
Fund distributions are generally taxable to you in the calendar year in which they are received, except when we declare certain dividends and distributions in the fourth quarter, with a record date in such quarter, and actually pay them in January of the following year. In such cases, the dividends and distributions are treated as if they were paid on December 31st of the prior year.
Cost Basis Reporting
Mutual funds must report cost basis information to you and the IRS when you sell or exchange shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 in your non-retirement accounts. The cost basis regulations do not affect retirement accounts, money market funds, and shares acquired before January 1, 2012. The cost basis regulations also require mutual funds to report whether a gain or loss is short-term (shares held one year or less) or long-term (shares held more than one year) for all shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 that are subsequently sold or exchanged. The Transfer Agent is not required to report cost basis information on shares acquired before January 1, 2012. However, in most cases the Transfer Agent will provide this information to you as a service.
Withholding Taxes
If federal tax law requires you to provide the Fund with your taxpayer identification number and certifications as to your tax status and you fail to do this, or if you are otherwise subject to backup withholding, we will withhold and pay to the US Treasury 28% of your distributions and sale proceeds.
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Taxation of Non-US Shareholders
For a discussion regarding the taxation of non-US shareholders, please see the SAI and contact your tax adviser.
If You Purchase on or Before a Record Date
If you buy shares of the Fund on or before the record date for a distribution (the date that determines who receives the distribution), we will pay that distribution to you. As explained above, the distribution may be subject to taxes. You may think you've done well since you bought shares one day and soon thereafter received a distribution. That is not so, because when dividends are paid out, the value of each share of the Fund decreases by the amount of the dividend to reflect the payout, although this may not be apparent because the value of each share of the Fund also will be affected by market changes, if any. However, the timing of your purchase does mean that part of your investment may have come back to you as taxable income.
Qualified and Tax-Deferred Retirement Plans
Retirement plans and accounts allow you to defer paying taxes on investment income and capital gains. Contributions to these plans may also be tax-deductible, although distributions from these plans generally are taxable. In the case of Roth IRA accounts, contributions are not tax-deductible, but distributions from the plan may be tax-free. Please contact your financial adviser for information on a variety of Prudential mutual funds that are suitable for retirement plans offered by Prudential.
IF YOU SELL OR EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES
If you sell any shares of the Fund for a profit, you have realized a capital gain, which is subject to tax unless the shares are held in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. As mentioned above, the maximum capital gains tax rate is up to 15% for individuals with incomes below approximately $418,000 ($471,000 if married filing jointly), adjusted annually for inflation, and 20% for any income above those amounts that is long-term capital gain.
If you sell shares of the Fund at a loss, you may have a capital loss, which you may use to offset capital gains you have, plus, in the case of non-corporate taxpayers, ordinary income of up to $3,000. If you sell shares and realize a loss, you will not be permitted to use the loss to the extent you replace the shares (including pursuant to the reinvestment of a dividend) within a 61-day period (beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the sale of the shares). Under certain circumstances, if you acquire shares of the Fund and sell or exchange your shares within 90 days, you may not be allowed to include certain charges incurred in acquiring the shares for purposes of calculating gain or loss realized upon the sale or exchange of the shares.
If you exchange your Fund shares for shares of another class of the Fund, this is generally not a taxable event and should not result in realization of a capital gain or loss by you. If you exchange your shares of the Fund for shares of another Prudential mutual fund, this is considered a sale for tax purposes. In other words, it's a taxable event. Therefore, if the shares you exchanged have increased in value since you purchased them, you have capital gains, which are subject to the taxes described above. Unless you hold your shares in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account, you or your financial adviser should keep track of the dates on which you buy and sell—or exchange—Fund shares, as well as the amount of any gain or loss on each transaction. For tax advice, please see your tax adviser.
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HOW TO BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE FUND SHARES
HOW TO BUY SHARES
In order to buy Fund shares, simply follow the steps described below.
Opening an Account
Shares may be purchased through an account with the Transfer Agent, or through an account with a financial intermediary that has an agreement with the Distributor to sell Fund shares. In order to open an account with the Transfer Agent contact PMFS at (800) 225-1852 or write to:
Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
PMFS will accept purchases of shares by check or wire. We do not accept cash, money orders, non-US checks, credit card checks, payable through checks or travelers checks. To purchase by wire, call the number above to obtain an application. After PMFS receives your completed application, you will receive an account number. For additional information, see the back cover page of this Prospectus. Your purchase order must be in good order to be accepted and processed, which means that all necessary processing requirements have been satisfied. We have the right to reject any purchase order (including an exchange into the Fund) or suspend or modify the Fund's sales of its shares under certain circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, failure by you to provide additional information requested, such as information required to verify the source of funds used to purchase shares, your identity or the identity of any underlying beneficial owners of your shares. Furthermore, we are required by law to close your account if you do not provide the required identifying information. This would result in the redemption of shares at the then-current NAV and the proceeds would be remitted to you via check. We will attempt to verify your identity within a reasonable time frame (e.g., 60 days), which may change from time to time. For further information, please contact PMFS (for shares purchased through the Transfer Agent) or your financial professional (for shares purchased through a financial intermediary).
With certain limited exceptions, Fund shares are only available to be sold in the United States, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam.
The Fund has authorized certain intermediaries to accept orders to sell and redeem shares on its behalf. When authorized intermediaries receive an order in proper form, the order is considered as being placed with the Fund, and shares will be sold or redeemed at the NAV next calculated after the order is received by the authorized intermediary. Orders by funds of funds for which PGIM Investments serves as investment manager and which have adopted policies for allocation of orders in advance of receipt will be treated as received by the Fund at the same time that the corresponding orders are received in proper form by the funds of funds.
Choosing a Share Class
The Fund offers Class R6 shares.
Class R6 shares are available for purchase only by Prudential (including any program or account sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option).
Features of Class R6 Shares. The following chart outlines the features and qualification requirements of Class R6 shares.
  Class R6
Minimum purchase amount None
Minimum amount for
subsequent purchases
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  Class R6
Maximum initial sales charge None
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) None
Annual distribution (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets) None
Shareholder service fees None
Class R6 shares are offered to eligible investors provided that the Fund or its affiliates are not required to make or pay any type of administrative, sub-accounting, networking or revenue sharing payments or similar fees paid to intermediaries.
How Financial Intermediaries are Compensated for Selling Fund Shares
The Prudential Funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (the Distributor), a broker-dealer that is licensed to sell securities. The Distributor generally does not sell shares of the Fund directly to the public, but instead markets and sells the Fund through other broker-dealers, 401(k) providers, retirement plan administrators, and other financial intermediaries. The Fund is managed by the Manager.
Only persons licensed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), as a registered representative (often referred to as a broker or financial adviser) and associated with a specific financial services firm may sell shares of a mutual fund to you, or to a retirement plan in which you participate.
Rule 12b-1 Fees. Class R6 shares of the Fund do not pay Rule 12b-1 fees.
Other Payments Received by Financial Intermediaries
Administrative, Sub-Accounting and Networking Fees. The Fund reimburses the Distributor for National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) fees that are invoiced to the Distributor as the party to the Agreement with NSCC for the administrative services provided by NSCC to the Fund and its shareholders. These administrative services provided by NSCC to the Fund and its shareholders include transaction processing and settlement through Fund/SERV, electronic networking services to support the transmission of shareholder purchase and redemption orders to and from financial intermediaries, and related recordkeeping provided by NSCC to the Fund and its shareholders. These payments are generally based on a transaction fee rate for certain administrative services plus a fee for other administrative services.
Anti-Money Laundering
In accordance with federal law, the Fund has adopted policies designed to deter money laundering. Under the policies, the Fund will not knowingly engage in financial transactions that involve proceeds from unlawful activity or support terrorist activities, and shall file government reports, including those concerning suspicious activities, as required by applicable law. The Fund will seek to confirm the identity of potential shareholders to include both individuals and entities through documentary and non-documentary methods. Non-documentary methods may include verification of name, address, date of birth and tax identification number with selected credit bureaus. The Fund has also appointed an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer to oversee the Fund's anti-money laundering policies.
Understanding the Price You'll Pay
The price you pay for each share of the Fund is based on the share value. The share value of a mutual fund—known as the net asset value or NAV—is determined by a simple calculation: it's the total value of the Fund (assets minus liabilities) divided by the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if the value of the investments held by Fund XYZ (minus its liabilities) is $1,000 and there are 100 shares of Fund XYZ owned by shareholders, the value of one share of the Fund—or the NAV—is $10 ($1,000 divided by 100).
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Mutual Fund Shares
The NAV of mutual fund shares changes every day because the value of a fund's portfolio changes constantly. For example, if Fund XYZ holds ACME Corp. bonds in its portfolio and the price of ACME bonds goes up, while the value of the Fund's other holdings remains the same and expenses don't change, the NAV of Fund XYZ will increase.
The Fund's NAV will be determined every day on which the Fund is open as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The Fund's portfolio securities are valued based upon market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available, at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by the Board. These procedures include pricing methodologies for determining the fair value of certain types of securities and other assets held by the Fund that do not have quoted market prices, and authorize the use of other pricing sources, such as bid prices supplied by a principal market maker and evaluated prices supplied by pricing vendors that employ analytic methodologies that take into account the prices of similar securities and other market factors.
If the Fund determines that a market quotation for a security is not reliable based on, among other things, events or market conditions that occur with respect to one or more securities held by the Fund or the market as a whole, after the quotation is derived or after the closing of the primary market on which the security is traded, but before the time that the Fund's NAV is determined, the Fund may use “fair value pricing,” which is implemented by a valuation committee (Valuation Committee) consisting of representatives of the Manager or by the Board. The subadviser often provides relevant information for the Valuation Committee meeting. In addition, the Fund may use fair value pricing determined by the Valuation Committee or Board if the pricing source does not provide an evaluated price for a security or provides an evaluated price that, in the judgment of the Manager (which may be based upon a recommendation from the subadviser), does not represent fair value. Equity securities that are traded on foreign exchanges are valued using pricing vendor services that provide fair value model prices. The models generate an evaluated adjustment factor for each security, which can be applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post-closing market movements. Utilizing that evaluated adjustment factor, the vendor provides an evaluated price to the extent that the valuation meets the established confidence level for each security. Such confidence level is a measure of the probability of a relationship between a given equity security and the factors used in the models. Non-US securities markets are open for trading on weekends and other days when the Fund does not price shares. Therefore, the value of the Fund’s shares may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or redeem the Fund’s shares.
With respect to the Fund's assets in Underlying Funds, the Fund's NAV will be calculated based upon the NAV of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests, which will reflect the Underlying Funds’ fair valuation procedures.
Different valuation methods may result in differing values for the same security. The fair value of a portfolio security that the Fund uses to determine its NAV may differ from the security's quoted or published price. If the Fund needs to implement fair value pricing after the NAV publishing deadline but before shares of the Fund are processed, the NAV you receive or pay may differ from the published NAV price. The Underlying Funds use the same fair valuation procedures as the Funds.
Fair value pricing procedures are designed to result in prices for the Fund's securities and its NAV that are reasonable in light of the circumstances which make or have made market quotations unavailable or unreliable, and may have the effect of reducing arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders. There is no assurance, however, that fair value pricing will more accurately reflect the market value of a security than the market price of such security on that day or that it will prevent dilution of the Fund's NAV by short-term traders.
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What Price Will You Pay for Shares of the Fund? You will pay the NAV next determined after we receive your order to purchase. Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for purchases of shares. Unless regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, or later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, your order to purchase must be received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern time in order to receive that day's NAV. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to purchase is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading as a closure of the NYSE and will price its shares as of 4:00 p.m., if the particular disruption directly affects only the NYSE. We deem an order received when it is received by the Transfer Agent at its processing center. If you submit your order through a broker or other financial intermediary, it may be deemed received when received by the broker or financial intermediary.
Each business day, the Fund’s current NAV per share is made available at www.pgiminvestments.com (click on “Prices and Yields,” under the “I’m Looking For…” section, and then select a fund).
HOW TO SELL YOUR SHARES
You can sell your Fund shares for cash at any time, subject to certain restrictions. For more information about these restrictions, see “Restrictions on Sales” below.
When you sell shares of the Fund—also known as redeeming your shares—the price you will receive will be the NAV next determined after the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary receives your order to sell (less any applicable CDSC).
Shares Held by Financial Intermediaries. If your financial intermediary holds your shares, your financial intermediary must receive your order to sell no later than the time regular trading on the NYSE closes—which is usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time—to process the sale on that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
Shares Held by the Transfer Agent. If the Transfer Agent holds your shares, PMFS must receive your order to sell no later than the time regular trading on the NYSE closes—which is usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time—to process the sale on that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. You may contact the Transfer Agent at:
Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
Payment for Shares You Have Sold
Shares Held by Financial Intermediaries. Typically, if your order to sell shares is received in good order, payment will be credited to your account within 1 to 3 business days after the order is received, but in any event within seven days. Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for sales of shares.
Shares Held by the Transfer Agent. Typically, if your order to sell shares is received in good order, we will send payment on the next business day, but in any event within seven days, regardless of the method of payment (e.g., payment by check, wire or electronic transfer (ACH)).
Restrictions on Sales
If you are selling shares you recently purchased with a check, we may delay sending you the proceeds until your check clears, which can take up to seven days from the purchase date.
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As a result of restrictions on withdrawals and transfers imposed by Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, we may consider a redemption request to not be in good order until we obtain information from your employer that is reasonably necessary to ensure that the payment is in compliance with such restrictions, if applicable. In such an event, the redemption request will not be in good order and we will not process it until we obtain information from your employer.
In addition, there are certain times when you may not be able to sell shares of the Fund or when we may delay paying you the proceeds from a sale. As permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the former may happen only during unusual market conditions or emergencies when the Fund is unable to determine the value of its assets or sell its holdings. For more information, see the SAI.
If you hold your shares directly with the Transfer Agent, you will need to have the signature on your sell order Medallion signature guaranteed if:
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.
The Medallion signature guarantee may be obtained from an authorized officer from a bank, broker, dealer, securities exchange or association, clearing agency, savings association, or credit union that is participating in one of the recognized Medallion guarantee programs (STAMP, SEMP, or NYSE MSP), but not from a notary public. The Medallion signature guarantee must be appropriate for the dollar amount of the transaction. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to reject sale transactions where the value of the transaction exceeds the value of the surety coverage indicated on the Medallion imprint. The Fund may change the signature guarantee requirements from time to time without prior notice to shareholders. For more information, see the SAI.
How the Fund Pays for Shares You Have Sold
Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects to pay for shares that you have sold primarily by using cash or cash equivalents in its portfolio or selling portfolio assets to generate cash. Supplementally, the Fund may also raise cash to pay for sold shares by short-term borrowing in the form of overdrafts permitted by the Fund’s custodian bank and/or by short-term borrowing from a group of banks through an unsecured credit facility, which is intended to provide the Fund with a temporary additional source of liquidity. In certain circumstances the Fund reserves the right to pay for sold shares by giving you securities from the Fund’s portfolio. If you receive securities, you would incur transaction costs in converting the securities to cash, and you may receive less for the securities than the price at which they were valued for redemption purposes.
During stressed market conditions, it may be impractical or impossible to raise sufficient cash to pay for sold shares through the primary methods described above. In these circumstances, the Fund would be more likely to rely more heavily on the credit facility as a source of liquidity, as described above.
Redemption In Kind
If the sales of Fund shares you make during any 90-day period reach the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the value of the Fund’s net assets, the Fund reserves the right to pay redemption proceeds by giving you shares of Underlying Funds. The shares that you receive will be valued at the net asset value per share of the class of the Underlying Fund held by the Fund on the day of the redemption. If you later decide to redeem the Underlying Fund shares, those shares will be redeemed at the next-determined net asset value per share of the class of the Underlying Fund that you hold, which may be more or less than the value on the date of your redemption from the Fund. You may pay transaction costs to dispose of the Fund shares.
Involuntary Redemption of Small Accounts Held by the Transfer Agent
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If the value of your account with PMFS is less than $500 for any reason, we may sell your shares and close your account. We would do this to minimize the Fund's expenses paid by other shareholders. The involuntary sale provisions do not apply to employee savings plan accounts, payroll deduction plan accounts, retirement accounts (such as a 401(k) plan, an IRA or other qualified or tax-deferred plan or account), omnibus accounts, and accounts for which a broker or other financial intermediary is responsible for recordkeeping. Prior thereto, if you make a sale that reduces your account value to less than the threshold, we may sell the rest of your shares and close your account; this involuntary sale does not apply to shareholders who own their shares as part of a retirement account. For more information, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Involuntary Redemption” in the SAI.
Retirement Plans
To sell shares and receive a distribution from your retirement account, call your broker or the Transfer Agent for a distribution request form. There are special distribution and income tax withholding requirements for distributions from retirement plans and you must submit a withholding form with your request to avoid delay. If your retirement plan account is held for you by your employer or plan trustee, you must arrange for the distribution request to be signed and sent by the plan administrator or trustee. For additional information, see the SAI.
HOW TO EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES
You can exchange your shares of the Fund for shares of the same class in another Fund if you satisfy the minimum investment requirements. For example, you can exchange Class R6 shares of the Fund for Class R6 shares of other funds, but you can’t exchange Class R6 shares for a different share class of another fund. We may change the terms of any exchange privilege after giving you 60 days' notice.
Contact your program sponsor or financial intermediary with any questions.
Exchanging Shares Held by a Financial Intermediary. If you hold shares through a financial intermediary, you must exchange shares through your financial intermediary.
Exchanging Shares Held by the Transfer Agent. If you hold shares through the Transfer Agent, contact your financial advisor or PMFS at (800) 225-1852 or write to PMFS at:
Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
Remember, as we explained in the section entitled “Fund Distributions and Tax Issues—If You Sell or Exchange Your Shares,” exchanging shares is considered a sale for tax purposes. Therefore, if the shares you exchange are worth more than the amount that you paid for them, you may have to pay capital gains tax. For additional information about exchanging shares, see the SAI.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares
The Fund seeks to prevent patterns of frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares by its shareholders. Frequent purchases and sales of shares of the Fund may adversely affect Fund performance and the interests of long-term investors. When a shareholder engages in frequent or short-term trading, the Fund may have to sell portfolio securities to have the cash necessary to redeem the shareholder's shares. This can happen when it is not advantageous to sell any securities, so the Fund's performance may be hurt. When large dollar amounts are involved, frequent trading can also make it difficult to use long-term investment strategies because the Fund cannot predict how much cash it will have to invest. In addition, if the Fund is forced to liquidate investments due to short-term trading activity, it may incur increased brokerage and tax costs. Similarly, the Fund may bear increased administrative costs as a result of the asset level and investment volatility that accompanies patterns of short-term trading. Moreover, frequent or short-term trading by certain shareholders may cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by other shareholders. Funds that invest in non-US securities may be particularly susceptible to frequent trading because time zone differences among international stock markets can allow a shareholder engaging in frequent trading to exploit
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fund share prices that may be based on closing prices of non-US securities established some time before the Fund calculates its own share price. Funds that invest in certain fixed-income securities, such as high-yield bonds or certain asset-backed securities, may also constitute an effective vehicle for a shareholder's frequent trading strategy.
The Fund does not knowingly accommodate or permit frequent trading, and the Board has adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage or prevent frequent trading activities by Fund shareholders. In an effort to prevent such practices, the Fund's Transfer Agent monitors trading activity on a daily basis. The Fund has implemented a trading policy that limits the number of times a shareholder may purchase Fund shares or exchange into the Fund and then sell those shares within a specified period of time (a “round-trip transaction”) as established by the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”). The CCO is authorized to set and modify the parameters of the trading policy at any time as required to prevent the adverse impact of frequent trading on Fund shareholders.
The CCO has defined frequent trading as one or more round-trip transactions in shares of the Fund within a 30-day period. If this occurs, the shareholder’s account will be subject to a 60-day warning period. If a second round-trip occurs before the conclusion of the 60-day warning period, a trading suspension will be placed on the account by the Fund’s Transfer Agent that will remain in effect for 90 days. The trading suspension will relate to purchases and exchange purchases (but not redemptions) in the Fund in which the frequent trading occurred. Exceptions to the trading policy will not normally be granted.
Transactions in the Prudential money market funds are excluded from this policy. In addition, transactions by affiliated Prudential mutual funds, which are structured as “funds-of-funds,” and invest primarily in other mutual funds within the Prudential fund family, are not subject to the limitations of the trading policy and are not considered frequent or short-term trading.
The Fund reserves the right to reject or cancel, without prior notice, all additional purchases or exchanges into the Fund by a shareholder. Moreover, the Fund may direct a broker-dealer or other intermediary to block a shareholder account from future trading in the Fund. The Transfer Agent will monitor trading activity over $25,000 per account on a daily basis for a rolling 90-day period. If a purchase into the Fund is rejected or canceled, the shareholder will receive a return of the purchase amount.
If the Fund is offered to qualified plans on an omnibus basis or if Fund shares may be purchased through other omnibus arrangements, such as through a financial intermediary such as a broker-dealer, a bank, an insurance company separate account, an investment adviser, or an administrator or trustee of a retirement plan (“Intermediaries”) that holds your shares in an account under its name, Intermediaries maintain the individual beneficial owner records and submit to the Fund only aggregate orders combining the transactions of many beneficial owners. The Fund itself generally cannot monitor trading by particular beneficial owners. The Fund has notified Intermediaries in writing that it expects the Intermediaries to impose restrictions on transfers by beneficial owners. Intermediaries may impose different or stricter restrictions on transfers by beneficial owners. Consistent with the restrictions described above, investments in the Fund through retirement programs administered by Prudential Retirement will be similarly identified for frequent purchases and redemptions and appropriately restricted.
The Transfer Agent also reviews the aggregate net flows in excess of $1 million. In those cases, the trade detail is reviewed to determine if any of the activity relates to potential offenders. In cases of omnibus orders, the Intermediary may be contacted by the Transfer Agent to obtain additional information. The Transfer Agent has the authority to cancel all or a portion of the trade if the information reveals that the activity relates to potential offenders. Where appropriate, the Transfer Agent may request that the Intermediary block a financial adviser or client from accessing the Fund. If necessary, the Fund may be removed from a particular Intermediary's platform.
Shareholders seeking to engage in frequent trading activities may use a variety of strategies to avoid detection and, despite the efforts of the Fund to prevent such trading, there is no guarantee that the Fund, the Transfer Agent or Intermediaries will be able to identify these shareholders or curtail their trading practices. The Fund does not have any arrangements intended to permit trading of its shares in contravention of the policies described above.
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Telephone Redemptions or Exchanges
You may redeem your shares of the Fund if the proceeds of the redemption do not exceed $250,000 or exchange your shares in any amount by calling the Fund at (800) 225-1852 and communicating your instructions in good order to a customer service representative before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. You will receive a redemption or exchange amount based on that day's NAV. Certain restrictions apply; please see the section entitled “How to Sell Your Shares—Restrictions on Sales” above for additional information. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell or exchange is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
The Transfer Agent will record your telephone instructions and request specific account information before redeeming or exchanging shares. The Fund will not be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions if it follows instructions that it reasonably believes are made by the shareholder. If the Fund does not follow reasonable procedures, it may be liable.
In the event of drastic economic or market changes, you may have difficulty in redeeming or exchanging your shares by telephone. If this occurs, you should consider redeeming or exchanging your shares by mail or through your broker.
The telephone redemption and exchange procedures may be modified or terminated at any time. If this occurs, you will receive a written notice from the Fund.
Expedited Redemption Privilege
If you have selected the Expedited Redemption Privilege, you may have your redemption proceeds sent directly to your bank account. Expedited redemption requests may be made by telephone or letter, must be received by the Transfer Agent prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time to receive a redemption amount based on that day's NAV and are subject to the terms and conditions regarding the redemption of shares. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. For more information, see the SAI. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time without notice.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
No financial information is available for the Fund as of the date of this Prospectus, as the Fund is new and has no prior financial information.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please read this Prospectus before you invest in the Fund and keep it for future reference.
For information or shareholder questions contact:
MAIL
Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
PO Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
WEBSITE
www.pgiminvestments.com
TELEPHONE
(800) 225-1852
(973) 367-3529
(from outside the US)
    
E-DELIVERY
To receive your mutual fund documents on-line, go to www.pgiminvestments.com/edelivery and enroll. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive notification via email when new materials are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your email address at any time by visiting the website address above.
    
The Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and the SAI contain additional information about the Fund. Shareholders may obtain free copies of the SAI, Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report as well as other information about the Fund and may make other shareholder inquiries through the telephone number, address and website listed above.
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI)
(incorporated by reference into this Prospectus)
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
ANNUAL REPORT
(contains a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during the last fiscal year)
    
You can also obtain copies of Fund documents, including the SAI, from the Securities and Exchange Commission as follows (the SEC charges a fee to copy documents):
MAIL
Securities and Exchange Commission
Public Reference Section
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549-1520
ELECTRONIC REQUEST
publicinfo@sec.gov
IN PERSON
Public Reference Room located at
100 F Street, NE in Washington, DC
For hours of operation, call (202) 551-8090
VIA THE INTERNET
on the EDGAR Database at www.sec.gov
    
Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund
Share Class R6
NASDAQ PALDX
CUSIP 74440V724
STAT The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-09439
PGIM INVESTMENTS  | Bringing you the investment managers of Prudential Financial, Inc.
Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  |  September 12, 2017
This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) of Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus of the Fund dated September 12, 2017. The Prospectus can be obtained, without charge, by calling (800) 225-1852 or by writing to Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, P.O. Box 9658, Providence, RI 02940. This SAI has been incorporated by reference into the Fund's Prospectus.
The information presented in this SAI applies only to Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund. Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund is a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 (PIP 5). PIP 5 has 14 other series, which are currently offered pursuant to separate prospectuses and separate SAIs
The Fund is new and therefore no audited financial statements or other financial information are available.
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PART I
INTRODUCTION
This SAI sets forth information about the Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund (the Fund).
The Fund is a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 (the Trust). This SAI provides information about certain of the securities, instruments, policies and strategies that are used by the Fund in seeking to achieve its objective. This SAI also provides additional information about the Fund's Board of Trustees (hereafter referred to as Board Members), the advisory services provided to and the management fees paid by the Fund and information about other fees paid by and services provided to the Fund.
In addition to the Fund, Prudential Day One Income Fund, Prudential Day One 2010 Fund, Prudential Day One 2015 Fund, Prudential Day One 2020 Fund, Prudential Day One 2025 Fund, Prudential Day One 2030 Fund, Prudential Day One 2035 Fund, Prudential Day One 2040 Fund, Prudential Day One 2045 Fund, Prudential Day One 2050 Fund, Prudential Day One 2055 Fund, Prudential Day One 2060, Fund Prudential Jennison Conservative Growth Fund, and Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund are also series of the Trust.
Before reading the SAI, you should consult the Glossary below, which defines certain of the terms used in the SAI:
GLOSSARY
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

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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
FUND CLASSIFICATION, INVESTMENT objectives & POLICIES
The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek a balance between growth and conservation of capital.
The Fund may not be successful in achieving its objectives and you could lose money.
While the principal investment policies and strategies for seeking to achieve the Fund’s objectives are described in the Prospectus, the Fund may from time to time also use the securities, instruments, policies and principal and non-principal strategies that are further described in the following section, entitled “Investment Risks and Considerations,” in seeking to achieve its objective.
The Fund also may invest from time to time in certain types of investments and investment strategies that are not discussed below.
The Fund pursues its objective by investing in a portfolio of other mutual funds within the Prudential fund family (collectively, the “Underlying Funds”) that represent various asset classes and sectors. The Fund will invest in Underlying Funds that provide exposure to fixed income and equity. The investments held by Underlying Funds that provide exposure to equities may include US large-cap equity, mid-cap equity and small-cap equity, as well as international developed markets equity, emerging markets equity and other non-US securities. Underlying Funds that provide exposure to fixed income will invest primarily in bonds. Such fixed-income securities may include below investment grade bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.”
The Fund’s Prospectus also discusses the investment objectives and principal investment strategies of each of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund may invest. In pursuing their investment objectives, each of the Underlying Funds is permitted to engage in a wide range of investment policies. Because the Fund invests in the Underlying Funds, shareholders of the Fund will be affected by these investment policies in direct proportion to the amount of assets the Fund allocates to the Underlying Funds pursuing such policy. This SAI also contains supplemental information concerning the types of securities, instruments, policies and principal and non-principal strategies used by the Underlying Funds and certain risks attendant to such investments, policies and strategies.
There is no guarantee that the investment objectives of the Underlying Funds will be achieved.
INVESTMENT RISKS AND CONSIDERATIONS
Set forth below are descriptions of the types of investments and investment strategies that the Fund and the Underlying Funds may use and the risks and considerations associated with those investments and investment strategies. Please also see the Prospectus of the Fund and the “Fund Classification, Investment Objectives & Policies” section of this SAI.
Because the Fund principally invests in the Underlying Funds, the strategies and risks below are described principally by reference to the Underlying Funds. The strategies and risks described below may not apply to all of the Underlying Funds. Unless otherwise specified, references to a “Fund” apply to the Fund and each Underlying Fund.
BORROWING AND LEVERAGE. Unless noted otherwise, the Fund may borrow up to 33  1 3 % of the value of its total assets (calculated at the time of the borrowing). The Fund may pledge up to 33  1 3 % of its total assets to secure these borrowings. If the Fund’s asset coverage for borrowings falls below 300%, the Fund will take prompt action to reduce borrowings. If the Fund borrows to invest in securities, any investment gains made on the securities in excess of interest paid on the borrowing will cause the NAV of the shares to rise faster than would otherwise be the case. On the other hand, if the investment performance of the additional securities purchased fails to cover their cost (including any interest paid on the money borrowed) to the Fund, the NAV of the Fund’s shares will decrease faster than would otherwise be the case. This is the speculative factor known as “leverage.” In addition, the Fund may use certain investment management techniques (collectively, “effective leverage”), such as certain derivatives, that may provide leverage and are not subject to the borrowing limitation noted above.

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The Fund may borrow from time to time, at the discretion of the subadviser, to take advantage of investment opportunities, when yields on available investments exceed interest rates and other expenses of related borrowing, or when, in the subadviser's opinion, unusual market conditions otherwise make it advantageous for the Fund to increase its investment capacity. The Fund will only borrow when there is an expectation that it will benefit the Fund after taking into account considerations such as interest income and possible losses upon liquidation. Borrowing by the Fund creates an opportunity for increased net income but, at the same time, creates risks, including the fact that leverage may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the yield on the Fund. Unless otherwise stated, the Fund may borrow through forward rolls, dollar rolls or reverse repurchase agreements.
CURRENCY FUTURES . The Fund may seek to enhance returns or hedge against the decline in the value of a currency through use of currency futures or options thereon. Currency futures are similar to forward foreign exchange transactions except that futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts. See the sub-section entitled “Futures.” Currency futures involve substantial currency risk, and also involve leverage risk.
CURRENCY OPTIONS . The Fund may seek to enhance returns or hedge against the decline in the value of a currency against the US dollar through the use of currency options. Currency options are similar to options on securities, but in consideration for an option premium the writer of a currency option is obligated to sell (in the case of a call option) or purchase (in the case of a put option) a specified amount of a specified currency on or before the expiration date for a specified amount of another currency. The Fund may engage in transactions in options on currencies either on exchanges or OTC markets. See “Types of Options” and “Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives” in this SAI. Currency options involve substantial currency risk, and may also involve credit, leverage or liquidity risk.
CYBER SECURITY RISK. With the increasing use of technology and computer systems in general and, in particular, the Internet to conduct necessary business functions, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. These risks, which are often collectively referred to as “cyber security” risks, may include deliberate or malicious attacks, as well as unintentional events and occurrences. Cyber security is generally defined as the technology, operations and related protocol surrounding and protecting a user’s computer hardware, network, systems and applications and the data transmitted and stored therewith. These measures ensure the reliability of a user’s systems, as well as the security, availability, integrity, and confidentiality of data assets.
Deliberate cyber attacks can include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to computer systems in order to misappropriate and/or disclose sensitive or confidential information; deleting, corrupting or modifying data; and causing operational disruptions. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (in order to prevent access to computer networks). In addition to deliberate breaches engineered by external actors, cyber security risks can also result from the conduct of malicious, exploited or careless insiders, whose actions may result in the destruction, release or disclosure of confidential or proprietary information stored on an organization’s systems.
Cyber security failures or breaches, whether deliberate or unintentional, arising from the Fund’s third-party service providers (e.g., custodians, financial intermediaries, transfer agents), subadviser, shareholder usage of unsecure systems to access personal accounts, as well as breaches suffered by the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, may cause significant disruptions in the business operations of the Fund. Potential impacts may include, but are not limited to, potential financial losses for the Fund and the issuers’ securities, the inability of shareholders to conduct transactions with the Fund, an inability of the Fund to calculate NAV, and disclosures of personal or confidential shareholder information.
In addition to direct impacts on Fund shareholders, cyber security failures by the Fund and/or its service providers and others may result in regulatory inquiries, regulatory proceedings, regulatory and/or legal and litigation costs to the Fund, and reputational damage. The Fund may incur reimbursement and other expenses, including the costs of litigation and litigation settlements and additional compliance costs. The Fund may also incur considerable expenses in enhancing and upgrading computer systems and systems security following a cyber security failure.
The rapid proliferation of technologies, as well as the increased sophistication and activities of organized crime, hackers, terrorists, and others continue to pose new and significant cyber security threats. Although the Fund and its service providers and subadviser may have established business continuity plans and risk management systems to mitigate cyber security risks, there can be no guarantee or assurance that such plans or systems will be effective, or that all risks that exist, or may develop in the future, have been completely anticipated and identified or can be protected against. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control or assure the efficacy of the cyber security plans and systems implemented by third-party service providers, the subadviser, and the issuers in which the Fund invests.
DEBT SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in debt securities, such as bonds, that involve credit risk. This is the risk that the issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest. The degree of credit risk depends on the issuer's financial condition and on the terms of the bonds. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's creditworthiness may also affect the value of the

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Fund’s investment in that issuer. Credit risk is reduced to the extent the Fund invests its assets in US Government securities. All debt securities, however, are subject to interest rate risk. This is the risk that the value of the security may fall when interest rates rise. In general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will go up or down more in response to changes in interest rates than the market price of shorter-term securities. The Fund may face a heightened level of interest rate risk since the US Federal Reserve Board has ended its quantitative easing program and may continue to raise rates. The Fund may lose money if short-term or long-term interest rates rise sharply or in a manner not anticipated by the subadviser.
DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS. The Fund may invest in the securities of foreign issuers in the form of Depositary Receipts or other securities convertible into securities of foreign issuers. Depositary Receipts may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities into which they may be converted. ADRs and ADSs are receipts or shares typically issued by an American bank or trust company that evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. EDRs are receipts issued in Europe that evidence a similar ownership arrangement. GDRs are receipts issued throughout the world that evidence a similar arrangement. Generally, ADRs and ADSs, in registered form, are designed for use in the US securities markets, and EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets. GDRs are tradable both in the United States and in Europe and are designed for use throughout the world.
The Fund may invest in unsponsored Depositary Receipts. The issuers of unsponsored Depositary Receipts are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States, and, therefore, there may be less information available regarding such issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the Depositary Receipts. Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted or exchanged.
DERIVATIVES. The Fund may use instruments referred to as derivatives. Derivatives are financial instruments the value of which is derived from another security, a commodity (such as gold or oil), a currency or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500 Index or the prime lending rate). Derivatives allow the Fund to increase or decrease the level of risk to which the Fund is exposed more quickly and efficiently than transactions in other types of instruments. The Fund may use derivatives for hedging purposes. The Fund may also use derivatives to seek to enhance returns. The use of a derivative is speculative if the Fund is primarily seeking to achieve gains, rather than offset the risk of other positions. When the Fund invests in a derivative for speculative purposes, the Fund will be fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the derivative's cost. The Fund may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that the Fund would be prohibited by its investment restrictions from purchasing directly.
A discussion of the risk factors relating to derivatives is set out in the sub-section entitled “Risk Factors Involving Derivatives.”
RISK FACTORS INVOLVING DERIVATIVES. Derivatives are volatile and involve significant risks, including:
Counterparty Risk —the risk that the counterparty on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to the Fund.
Currency Risk —the risk that changes in the exchange rate between two currencies will adversely affect the value (in US dollar terms) of an investment.
Leverage Risk —the risk associated with certain types of investments or trading strategies (such as borrowing money to increase the amount of investments) that relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of an investment. Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
Liquidity Risk —the risk that certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth.
Regulatory Risk —the risk that new regulation of derivatives may make them more costly, may limit their availability, or may otherwise affect their value or performance. In December 2015, the SEC proposed a new rule that would change the regulation of the use of derivatives by regulated investment companies. If adopted as proposed, the rule could require changes to the Fund’s use of derivatives.
The use of derivatives for hedging purposes involves correlation risk. If the value of the derivative moves more or less than the value of the hedged instruments, the Fund will experience a gain or loss that will not be completely offset by movements in the value of the hedged instruments.

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The Fund intends to enter into transactions involving derivatives only if there appears to be a liquid secondary market for such instruments or, in the case of illiquid instruments traded in OTC transactions, such instruments satisfy the criteria set forth below under “Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives.” However, there can be no assurance that, at any specific time, either a liquid secondary market will exist for a derivative or the Fund will otherwise be able to sell such instrument at an acceptable price. It may therefore not be possible to close a position in a derivative without incurring substantial losses, if at all.
Certain transactions in derivatives (such as futures transactions or sales of put options) involve substantial leverage risk and may expose the Fund to potential losses, which exceed the amount originally invested by the Fund. When the Fund engages in such a transaction, the Fund will deposit in a segregated account at its custodian liquid securities or cash and cash equivalents with a value at least equal to the Fund’s exposure, on a mark-to-market basis, to the transaction (as calculated pursuant to requirements of the SEC). Such segregation will ensure that the Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction, but will not limit the Fund’s exposure to loss.
ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS OF OTC TRANSACTIONS; LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF OTC DERIVATIVES. Certain derivatives traded in OTC markets, including indexed securities, certain swaps and OTC options, involve substantial liquidity risk. The absence of liquidity may make it difficult or impossible for the Fund to sell such instruments promptly at an acceptable price. The absence of liquidity may also make it more difficult for the Fund to ascertain a market value for such instruments. The Fund will, therefore, acquire illiquid OTC instruments (i) if the agreement pursuant to which the instrument is purchased contains a formula price at which the instrument may be terminated or sold, or (ii) for which the subadviser anticipates the Fund can receive on each business day at least two independent bids or offers, unless a quotation from only one dealer is available, in which case that dealer's quotation may be used.
Because derivatives traded in OTC markets are not guaranteed by an exchange or clearing corporation and generally do not require payment of margin, to the extent that the Fund has unrealized gains in such instruments or has deposited collateral with its counterparties, the Fund is at risk that its counterparties will become bankrupt or otherwise fail to honor their obligations. The Fund will attempt to minimize the risk that a counterparty will become bankrupt or otherwise fail to honor its obligations by engaging in transactions in derivatives traded in OTC markets only with financial institutions that appear to have substantial capital or that have provided the Fund with a third-party guaranty or other credit enhancement.
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS. The Fund may invest in ETFs. ETFs, which may be unit investment trusts or mutual funds, typically hold portfolios of securities designed to track the performance of various broad securities indexes or sectors of such indexes. ETFs provide another means, in addition to futures and options on indexes, of including exposure to global equities, global bonds, commodities and currencies markets in the Fund’s investment portfolio. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such ETF.
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. The Fund may invest in foreign equity and/or debt securities. Foreign debt securities include certain foreign bank obligations and US dollar or foreign currency-denominated obligations of foreign governments or their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, international agencies and supranational entities.
Foreign Market Risk. Foreign securities offer the potential for more diversification than if the Fund invests only in the United States because securities traded on foreign markets have often (though not always) performed differently from securities in the United States. However, such investments involve special risks not present in US investments that can increase the chances that the Fund will lose money. In particular, the Fund is subject to the risk that, because there are generally fewer investors on foreign exchanges and a smaller number of shares traded each day, it may be difficult for the Fund to buy and sell securities on those exchanges. In addition, prices of foreign securities may fluctuate more than prices of securities traded in the United States.
Foreign Economy Risk. The economies of certain foreign markets often do not compare favorably with that of the United States with respect to such issues as growth of gross national product, reinvestment of capital, resources, and balance of payments position. Certain such economies may rely heavily on particular industries or foreign capital and are more vulnerable to diplomatic developments, the imposition of economic sanctions against a particular country or countries, changes in international trading patterns, trade barriers, and other protectionist or retaliatory measures. Investments in foreign markets may also be adversely affected by governmental actions such as the imposition of capital controls, nationalization of companies or industries, expropriation of assets, or the imposition of punitive taxes. In addition, the governments of certain countries may prohibit or impose substantial restrictions on foreign investing in their capital markets or in certain industries. Any of these actions could severely affect security prices, impair the Fund’s ability to purchase or sell foreign securities or transfer the Fund’s assets or income back into the United States, or otherwise adversely affect the Fund’s operations. Other foreign market risks include foreign exchange controls, difficulties in pricing securities, defaults on foreign government securities, difficulties in enforcing favorable legal judgments in foreign courts, and political and social instability. Legal remedies available to investors in certain foreign countries may be less extensive than those available to investors in the United States or other foreign countries.

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Currency Risk and Exchange Risk. Securities in which the Fund invests may be denominated or quoted in currencies other than the US dollar. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. Generally, when the US dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency loses value because the currency is worth fewer US dollars. Conversely, when the US dollar decreases in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency gains value because the currency is worth more US dollars. This risk, generally known as “currency risk,” means that a stronger US dollar will reduce returns for US investors while a weak US dollar will increase those returns.
Governmental Supervision and Regulation/Accounting Standards. Many foreign governments supervise and regulate stock exchanges, brokers and the sale of securities less rigorously than the United States. Some countries may not have laws to protect investors comparable to the US securities laws. For example, some foreign countries may have no laws or rules against insider trading. Insider trading occurs when a person buys or sells a company's securities based on nonpublic information about that company. Accounting standards in other countries are not necessarily the same as in the United States. If the accounting standards in another country do not require as much detail as US accounting standards, it may be harder for Fund management to completely and accurately determine a company's financial condition.
Certain Risks of Holding Fund Assets Outside the United States. The Fund generally holds its foreign securities and cash in foreign banks and securities depositories. Some foreign banks and securities depositories may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business. In addition, there may be limited or no regulatory oversight over their operations. Also, the laws of certain countries may put limits on the Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a foreign bank or depository or issuer of a security or any of their agents goes bankrupt. In addition, it is often more expensive for the Fund to buy, sell and hold securities in certain foreign markets than in the United States. The increased expense of investing in foreign markets reduces the amount the Fund can earn on its investments and typically results in a higher operating expense ratio for the Fund as compared to investment companies that invest only in the United States.
Settlement Risk. Settlement and clearance procedures in certain foreign markets differ significantly from those in the United States. Foreign settlement procedures and trade regulations also may involve certain risks (such as delays in payment for or delivery of securities) not typically generated by the settlement of US investments. Communications between the United States and emerging market countries may be unreliable, increasing the risk of delayed settlements or losses of security certificates. Settlements in certain foreign countries at times have not kept pace with the number of securities transactions; these problems may make it difficult for the Fund to carry out transactions. If the Fund cannot settle or there is a delay in settling a purchase of securities, the Fund may miss attractive investment opportunities and certain assets may be uninvested with no return earned thereon for some period. If the Fund cannot settle or there is a delay in settling a sale of securities, the Fund may lose money if the value of the security then declines or, if there is a contract to sell the security to another party, the Fund could be liable to that party for any losses incurred.
Dividends or interest on, or proceeds from the sale of, foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, thereby reducing the amount available for distribution to shareholders.
RECENT EVENTS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES . A number of countries in Europe have experienced severe economic and financial difficulties. Many non-governmental issuers, and even certain governments, have defaulted on, or been forced to restructure, their debts; many other issuers have faced difficulties obtaining credit or refinancing existing obligations; financial institutions have in many cases required government or central bank support, have needed to raise capital, and/or have been impaired in their ability to extend credit; and financial markets in Europe and elsewhere have experienced extreme volatility and declines in asset values and liquidity. These difficulties may continue, worsen or spread within and beyond Europe. Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults or restructurings by governments and others of their debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and asset valuations around the world. In addition, the United Kingdom has voted to withdraw from the European Union, and one or more other countries may withdraw from the European Union and/or abandon the euro, the common currency of the European Union. The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, is not clear but could be significant and far-reaching. Whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries, these events could negatively affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments.
INVESTMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers domiciled in various emerging market countries. Specifically, an emerging market country is any country included as an emerging market country in the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets.

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As of March 31, 2017, the MSCI ACWI consisted of 23 developed country indices and 23 emerging market country indices. The developed countries include: Canada, the United States, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore. The emerging markets countries include: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. This list is subject to change from time to time.
The Fund may also invest in securities of issuers domiciled in various frontier market countries. Specifically, a frontier market country is any country included as a frontier market country in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index, a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of frontier markets. As of March 31, 2017, the MSCI Frontier Markets Index consisted of 30 frontier market country indices. The frontier countries include Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Benin, Croatia, Estonia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Mauritius, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia, Senegal, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Togo, Tunisia and Vietnam. This list is subject to change from time to time.
Investments in the securities of issuers domiciled in countries with emerging capital markets involve certain additional risks not involved in investments in securities of issuers in more developed capital markets, such as (i) low or non-existent trading volume, resulting in a lack of liquidity and increased volatility in prices for such securities, as compared to securities of comparable issuers in more developed capital markets, (ii) uncertain national policies and social, political and economic instability, increasing the potential for expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, high rates of inflation or unfavorable diplomatic developments, (iii) possible fluctuations in exchange rates, differing legal systems and the existence or possible imposition of exchange controls, custodial restrictions or other non-US or US governmental laws or restrictions applicable to such investments, (iv) national policies that may limit the Fund’s investment opportunities such as restrictions on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to national interests, and (v) the lack or relatively early development of legal structures governing private and non-US investments and private property. In addition to withholding taxes on investment income, some countries with emerging markets may impose differential capital gains taxes on non-US investors.
Such capital markets are emerging in a dynamic political and economic environment brought about by events over recent years that have reshaped political boundaries and traditional ideologies. In such a dynamic environment, there can be no assurance that these capital markets will continue to present viable investment opportunities for the Fund. In the past, governments of such nations have expropriated substantial amounts of private property, and most claims of the property owners have never been fully settled. There is no assurance that such expropriations will not reoccur. In such an event, it is possible that the Fund could lose the entire value of its investments in the affected markets.
Also, there may be less publicly available information about issuers in emerging markets than would be available about issuers in more developed capital markets, and such issuers may not be subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those governing US companies. In certain countries with emerging capital markets, reporting standards vary widely. As a result, traditional investment measurements used in the United States, such as price/earnings ratios, may not be applicable. Emerging market securities may be substantially less liquid and more volatile than those of mature markets, and companies may be held by a limited number of persons. This may adversely affect the timing and pricing of the Fund’s acquisition or disposal of securities.
Practices in relation to settlement of securities transactions in emerging markets involve higher risks than those in developed markets, in part because the Fund will need to use brokers and counterparties that are less well capitalized, and custody and registration of assets in some countries may be unreliable. The possibility of fraud, negligence, undue influence being exerted by the issuer or refusal to recognize ownership exists in some emerging markets, and, along with other factors, could result in ownership registration being completely lost. The Fund would absorb any loss resulting from such registration problems and may have no successful claim for compensation.
RISKS OF INVESTING IN ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES. In addition to the risks of foreign investing and the risks of investing in emerging markets, the developing market Asia-Pacific countries in which the Fund may invest are subject to certain additional or specific risks. There is a high concentration of market capitalization and trading volume in a small number of issuers representing a limited number of industries, as well as a high concentration of investors and financial intermediaries. Many of these markets also may be affected by developments with respect to more established markets in the region such as in Japan and Hong Kong. Brokers in developing market Asia-Pacific countries typically are fewer in number and less well capitalized than brokers in the United States. These factors, combined with the US regulatory requirements for open-end investment companies and the restrictions on foreign investment discussed below, result in potentially fewer investment opportunities for the Fund and may have an adverse impact on the investment performance of the Fund.

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Many of the developing market Asia-Pacific countries may be subject to a greater degree of economic, political and social instability than is the case in the United States and Western European countries. Such instability may result from, among other things: (i) authoritarian governments or military involvement in political and economic decision-making, including changes in government through extra-constitutional means; (ii) popular unrest associated with demands for improved political, economic and social conditions; (iii) internal insurgencies; (iv) hostile relations with neighboring countries; and (v) ethnic, religious and racial disaffection. In addition, the governments of many such countries, such as Indonesia, have a heavy role in regulating and supervising the economy. Another risk common to most such countries is that the economy is heavily export oriented and, accordingly, is dependent upon international trade. The existence of overburdened infrastructure and obsolete financial systems also present risks in certain countries, as do environmental problems. Certain economies also depend to a significant degree upon exports of primary commodities and, therefore, are vulnerable to changes in commodity prices that, in turn, may be affected by a variety of factors.
The legal systems in certain developing market Asia-Pacific countries also may have an adverse impact on the Fund. For example, while the potential liability of a shareholder in a US corporation with respect to acts of the corporation is generally limited to the amount of the shareholder’s investment, the notion of limited liability is less clear in certain emerging market Asia-Pacific countries. Similarly, the rights of investors in developing market Asia-Pacific companies may be more limited than those of shareholders of US corporations. It may be difficult or impossible to obtain and/or enforce a judgment in a developing market Asia-Pacific country.
Governments of many developing market Asia-Pacific countries have exercised and continue to exercise substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector. In certain cases, the government owns or controls many companies, including the largest in the country. Accordingly, government actions in the future could have a significant effect on economic conditions in developing market Asia-Pacific countries, which could affect private sector companies and the Fund itself, as well as the value of securities in the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, economic statistics of developing market Asia-Pacific countries may be less reliable than economic statistics of more developed nations.
In addition to the relative lack of publicly available information about developing market Asia-Pacific issuers and the possibility that such issuers may not be subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards as US companies, inflation accounting rules in some developing market Asia-Pacific countries require companies that keep accounting records in the local currency, for both tax and accounting purposes, to restate certain assets and liabilities on the company’s balance sheet in order to express items in terms of currency of constant purchasing power. Inflation accounting may indirectly generate losses or profits for certain developing market Asia-Pacific companies. Satisfactory custodial services for investment securities may not be available in some developing Asia-Pacific countries, which may result in the Fund incurring additional costs and delays in providing transportation and custody services for such securities outside such countries.
Certain developing Asia-Pacific countries, such as the Philippines, India and Turkey, are especially large debtors to commercial banks and foreign governments. Fund management may determine that, notwithstanding otherwise favorable investment criteria, it may not be practicable or appropriate to invest in a particular developing Asia-Pacific country. The Fund may invest in countries in which foreign investors, including management of the Fund, have had no or limited prior experience.
Restrictions on Foreign Investments in Asia-Pacific Countries. Some developing Asia-Pacific countries prohibit or impose substantial restrictions on investments in their capital markets, particularly their equity markets, by foreign entities such as the Fund. As illustrations, certain countries may require governmental approval prior to investments by foreign persons or limit the amount of investment by foreign persons in a particular company or limit the investment by foreign persons to only a specific class of securities of a company which may have less advantageous terms (including price) than securities of the company available for purchase by nationals. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to obtain required governmental approvals in a timely manner. In addition, changes to restrictions on foreign ownership of securities subsequent to the Fund’s purchase of such securities may have an adverse effect on the value of such shares. Certain countries may restrict investment opportunities in issuers or industries deemed important to national interests.
The manner in which foreign investors may invest in companies in certain developing Asia-Pacific countries, as well as limitations on such investments, also may have an adverse impact on the operations of the Fund. For example, the Fund may be required in certain of such countries to invest initially through a local broker or other entity and then have the shares purchased re-registered in the name of the Fund. Re-registration may in some instances not be able to occur on a timely basis, resulting in a delay during which the Fund may be denied certain of its rights as an investor, including rights as to dividends or to be made aware of certain corporate actions. There also may be instances where the Fund places a purchase order but subsequently learns, at the time of re-registration, that the permissible allocation of the investment to foreign investors has been filled, depriving the Fund of the ability to make its desired investment at that time.

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Substantial limitations may exist in certain countries with respect to the Fund’s ability to repatriate investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. The Fund could be adversely affected by delays in, or a refusal to grant, any required governmental approval for repatriation of capital, as well as by the application to the Fund of any restrictions on investments. For example, in September 1998, Malaysia imposed currency controls that limited funds’ ability to repatriate proceeds of Malaysian investments. It is possible that Malaysia, or certain other countries may impose similar restrictions or other restrictions relating to their currencies or to securities of issuers in those countries. To the extent that such restrictions have the effect of making certain investments illiquid, securities may not be available to meet redemptions. Depending on a variety of financial factors, the percentage of the Fund’s portfolio subject to currency controls may increase. In the event other countries impose similar controls, the portion of the Fund’s assets that may be used to meet redemptions may be further decreased. Even where there is no outright restriction on repatriation of capital, the mechanics of repatriation may affect certain aspects of the operations of the Fund. For example, funds may be withdrawn from the People’s Republic of China only in US or Hong Kong dollars and only at an exchange rate established by the government once each week. In certain countries, banks or other financial institutions may be among the leading companies or have actively traded securities. The 1940 Act restricts the Fund’s investments in any equity securities of an issuer that, in its most recent fiscal year, derived more than 15% of its revenues from “securities related activities,” as defined by the rules thereunder. These provisions may restrict the Fund’s investments in certain foreign banks and other financial institutions.
In addition to the risks listed above, investing in China presents additional risks. Investing in China involves a high degree of risk and special considerations not typically associated with investing in other more established economies or securities markets. Such risks may include: (a) the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets or confiscatory taxation; (b) greater social, economic and political uncertainty (including the risk of war and social unrest); (c) dependency on exports and the corresponding importance of international trade; (d) the increasing competition from Asia’s other low-cost emerging economies; (e) greater price volatility and significantly smaller market capitalization of securities markets; (f) substantially less liquidity, particularly of certain share classes of Chinese securities; (g) currency exchange rate fluctuations and the lack of available currency hedging instruments; (h) higher rates of inflation; (i) controls on foreign investment and limitations on repatriation of invested capital and on the Fund’s ability to exchange local currencies for US dollars; (j) greater governmental involvement in and control over the economy; (k) the risk that the Chinese government may decide not to continue to support the economic reform programs implemented since 1978 and could return to the prior, completely centrally planned, economy; (l) the fact that China companies, particularly those located in China, may be smaller, less seasoned and newly-organized; (m) the difference in, or lack of, auditing and financial reporting standards which may result in unavailability of material information about issuers, particularly in China; (n) the fact that statistical information regarding the economy of China may be inaccurate or not comparable to statistical information regarding the US or other economies; (o) the less extensive, and still developing, regulation of the securities markets, business entities and commercial transactions; (p) the fact that the settlement period of securities transactions in foreign markets may be longer; (q) the willingness and ability of the Chinese government to support the Chinese and Hong Kong economies and markets is uncertain; (r) the risk that it may be more difficult, or impossible, to obtain and/or enforce a judgment than in other countries; and (s) the rapidity and erratic nature of growth, particularly in China, resulting in efficiencies and dislocations.
Investment in China is subject to certain political risks. Following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China by the Communist Party in 1949, the Chinese government renounced various debt obligations incurred by China’s predecessor governments, which obligations remain in default, and expropriated assets without compensation. There can be no assurance that the Chinese government will not take similar action in the future. The political reunification of China and Taiwan is a highly problematic issue and is unlikely to be settled in the near future. This situation poses a threat to Taiwan’s economy and could negatively affect its stock market.
Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997 as a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China under the principle of “one country, two systems.” Although China is obligated to maintain the current capitalist economic and social system of Hong Kong through June 30, 2047, the continuation of economic and social freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong is dependent on the government of China. Any attempt by China to tighten its control over Hong Kong’s political, economic, legal or social policies may result in an adverse effect on Hong Kong’s markets. Uncertainty over Hong Kong’s political future arising from interactions with China has resulted in social unrest, which could in turn cause uncertainty in the markets. In addition, the Hong Kong dollar trades at a fixed exchange rate in relation to (or, is “pegged” to) the US dollar, which has contributed to the growth and stability of the Hong Kong economy. However, it is uncertain how long the currency peg will continue or what effect the establishment of an alternative exchange rate system would have on the Hong Kong economy. Because the Fund's NAV is denominated in US dollars, the establishment of an alternative exchange rate system could result in a decline in the Fund’s NAV.
The Chinese economy has grown rapidly during the past several years but there is no assurance that this growth rate will be maintained. In fact, the Chinese economy may experience a significant slowdown as a result of, among other things, a deterioration in global demand for Chinese exports, as well as contraction in spending on domestic goods by Chinese consumers. In addition, China may experience

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substantial rates of inflation or economic recessions, which would have a negative effect on the economy and securities market. Delays in enterprise restructuring, slow development of well-functioning financial and widespread corruption have also hindered performance of the Chinese economy. China continues to receive substantial pressure from trading partners to liberalize official currency exchange rates.
Risk of Investing through Stock Connect . China A-shares (“A-shares”) are equity securities of companies based in mainland China that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange (“SSE”) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”). Foreign investment in A-shares on the SSE and SZSE has historically not been permitted, other than through a license granted under regulations in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) known as the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor and Renminbi (“RMB”) Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor systems. Each license permits investment in A-shares only up to a specified quota.
Investment in eligible A-shares listed and traded on the SSE is also permitted through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program (“Stock Connect”). Stock Connect is a securities trading and clearing program established by Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (“HKSCC”), the SSE and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (“CSDCC”) that aims to provide mutual stock market access between the PRC and Hong Kong by permitting investors to trade and settle shares on each market through their local exchanges. The Fund may invest in A-shares through Stock Connect or on such other stock exchanges in China which participate in Stock Connect from time to time. Under Stock Connect, the Fund’s trading of eligible A-shares listed on the SSE would be effectuated through its Hong Kong broker.
Although no individual investment quotas or licensing requirements apply to investors in Stock Connect, trading through Stock Connect’s Northbound Trading Link is subject to aggregate and daily investment quota limitations that require that buy orders for A-shares be rejected once the remaining balance of the relevant quota drops to zero or the daily quota is exceeded (although the Fund will be permitted to sell A-shares regardless of the quota balance). These limitations may restrict the Fund from investing in A-shares on a timely basis, which could affect the Fund’s ability to effectively pursue its investment strategy. Investment quotas are also subject to change.
Investment in eligible A-shares through Stock Connect is subject to trading, clearance and settlement procedures that could pose risks to the Fund. A-shares purchased through Stock Connect generally may not be sold or otherwise transferred other than through Stock Connect in accordance with applicable rules. For example, PRC regulations require that in order for an investor to sell any A-shares on a certain trading day, there must be sufficient A-shares in the investor’s account before the market opens on that day. If there are insufficient A-shares in the investor’s account, the sell order will be rejected by the SSE. The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (“SEHK”) carries out pre-trade checking on sell orders of certain stocks listed on the SSE market (“SSE Securities”) of its participants (i.e., stock brokers) to ensure that this requirement is satisfied. While shares must be designated as eligible to be traded under Stock Connect, those shares may also lose such designation, and if this occurs, such shares may be sold but cannot be purchased through Stock Connect. In addition, Stock Connect will only operate on days when both the Chinese and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banks in both markets are open on the corresponding settlement days. Therefore, an investment in A-shares through Stock Connect may subject the Fund to a risk of price fluctuations on days where the Chinese market is open, but Stock Connect is not trading. Moreover, day (turnaround) trading is not permitted on the A-shares market. If an investor buys A-shares on day “T,” the investor will only be able to sell the A-shares on or after day T+1. Further, since all trades of eligible Stock Connect A-shares must be settled in RMB, investors must have timely access to a reliable supply of offshore RMB, which cannot be guaranteed.
A-shares held through the nominee structure under Stock Connect will be held through HKSCC as nominee on behalf of investors. The precise nature and rights of the Fund as the beneficial owner of the SSE Securities through HKSCC as nominee is not well defined under PRC law. There is lack of a clear definition of, and distinction between, legal ownership and beneficial ownership under PRC law and there have been few cases involving a nominee account structure in the PRC courts. The exact nature and methods of enforcement of the rights and interests of the Fund under PRC law is also uncertain. In the unlikely event that HKSCC becomes subject to winding up proceedings in Hong Kong there is a risk that the SSE Securities may not be regarded as held for the beneficial ownership of the Fund or as part of the general assets of HKSCC available for general distribution to its creditors. Notwithstanding the fact that HKSCC does not claim proprietary interests in the SSE Securities held in its omnibus stock account in the CSDCC, the CSDCC as the share registrar for SSE listed companies will still treat HKSCC as one of the shareholders when it handles corporate actions in respect of such SSE Securities. HKSCC monitors the corporate actions affecting SSE Securities and keeps participants of Central Clearing and Settlement System (“CCASS”) informed of all such corporate actions that require CCASS participants to take steps in order to participate in them. Investors may only exercise their voting rights by providing their voting instructions to the HKSCC through participants of the CCASS. All voting instructions from CCASS participants will be consolidated by HKSCC, who will then submit a combined single voting instruction to the relevant SSE-listed company.

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The Fund’s investments through Stock Connect’s Northbound Trading Link are not covered by Hong Kong’s Investor Compensation Fund. Hong Kong’s Investor Compensation Fund is established to pay compensation to investors of any nationality who suffer pecuniary losses as a result of default of a licensed intermediary or authorized financial institution in relation to exchange-traded products in Hong Kong. In addition, since the Fund is carrying out Northbound trading through securities brokers in Hong Kong but not PRC brokers, it is not protected by the China Securities Investor Protection Fund in the PRC.
Market participants are able to participate in Stock Connect subject to meeting certain information technology capability, risk management and other requirements as may be specified by the relevant exchange and/or clearing house. Further, the “connectivity” in Stock Connect requires the routing of orders across the border of Hong Kong and the PRC. This requires the development of new information technology systems on the part of the SEHK and exchange participants. There is no assurance that these systems will function properly or will continue to be adapted to changes and developments in both markets. In the event that the relevant systems fail to function properly, trading in A-shares through Stock Connect could be disrupted.
Stock Connect launched on November 17, 2014 and is in its initial stages. The current regulations are untested and there is no certainty as to how they will be applied or interpreted going forward. In addition, the current regulations are subject to change and there can be no assurance that Stock Connect will not be discontinued. New regulations may be issued from time to time by the regulators and stock exchanges in PRC and Hong Kong in connection with operations, legal enforcement and cross-border trades under Stock Connect. The Fund may be adversely affected as a result of such changes. Furthermore, the securities regimes and legal systems of PRC and Hong Kong differ significantly and issues may arise based on these differences. In the event that the relevant systems fail to function properly, trading in both markets through Stock Connect could be disrupted and the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective may be adversely affected. In addition, the Fund’s investments in A-shares through Stock Connect are generally subject to Chinese securities regulations and listing rules, among other restrictions. Further, different fees, costs and taxes are imposed on foreign investors acquiring A-shares obtained through Stock Connect, and these fees, costs and taxes may be higher than comparable fees, costs and taxes imposed on owners of other securities providing similar investment exposure.
A-Share Market Suspension Risk. A-shares may only be bought from, or sold to, the Fund at times when the relevant A-shares may be sold or purchased on the relevant Chinese stock exchange. The A-shares market has historically had a higher propensity for trading suspensions than many other global equity markets. Trading suspensions in certain stocks could lead to greater market execution risk and costs for the Fund. The SSE currently applies a daily price limit, set at 10%, of the amount of fluctuation permitted in the prices of A-shares during a single trading day. The daily price limit refers to price movements only and does not restrict trading within the relevant limit. There can be no assurance that a liquid market on an exchange will exist for any particular A-share or for any particular time.
FORWARD FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS . Forward foreign exchange transactions are OTC contracts to purchase or sell a specified amount of a specified currency or multinational currency unit at a price and future date set at the time of the contract. Spot foreign exchange transactions are similar but require current, rather than future, settlement. The Fund will enter into foreign exchange transactions for purposes of hedging either a specific transaction or a portfolio position, or to seek to enhance returns. The Fund may enter into a foreign exchange transaction for purposes of hedging a specific transaction by, for example, purchasing a currency needed to settle a security transaction or selling a currency in which the Fund has received or anticipates receiving a dividend or distribution.
The Fund may enter into a foreign exchange transaction for purposes of hedging a portfolio position by selling forward a currency in which a portfolio position of the Fund is denominated or by purchasing a currency in which the Fund anticipates acquiring a portfolio position in the near future. The Fund may also hedge portfolio positions through currency swaps, which are transactions in which one currency is simultaneously bought for a second currency on a spot basis and sold for the second currency on a forward basis. Forward foreign exchange transactions involve substantial currency risk, and also involve credit and liquidity risk.
RISK FACTORS IN HEDGING FOREIGN CURRENCY. Hedging transactions involving Currency Instruments have substantial risks, including correlation risk. While the Fund’s use of Currency Instruments to effect hedging strategies is intended to reduce the volatility of the NAV of the Fund’s shares, the NAV of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate. Moreover, although Currency Instruments will be used with the intention of hedging against adverse currency movements, transactions in Currency Instruments involve the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted and that the Fund’s hedging strategies will be ineffective. To the extent that the Fund hedges against anticipated currency movements that do not occur, the Fund may realize losses and decrease its total return as the result of its hedging transactions. Furthermore, the Fund will only engage in hedging activities from time to time and may not be engaging in hedging activities when movements in currency exchange rates occur.
In connection with its trading in forward foreign currency contracts, the Fund will contract with a foreign or domestic bank, or a foreign or domestic securities dealer, to make or take future delivery of a specified amount of a particular currency. There are no limitations on daily price moves in such forward contracts, and banks and dealers are not required to continue to make markets in such contracts. There have been periods during which certain banks or dealers have refused to quote prices for such forward contracts or have quoted

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prices with an unusually wide spread between the price at which the bank or dealer is prepared to buy and that at which it is prepared to sell. Governmental imposition of credit controls might limit any such forward contract trading. With respect to its trading of forward contracts, if any, the Fund will be subject to the risk of bank or dealer failure and the inability of, or refusal by, a bank or dealer to perform with respect to such contracts. Any such default would deprive the Fund of any profit potential or force the Fund to cover its commitments for resale, if any, at the then market price and could result in a loss to the Fund.
It may not be possible for the Fund to hedge against currency exchange rate movements, even if correctly anticipated, in the event that (i) the currency exchange rate movement is so generally anticipated that the Fund is not able to enter into a hedging transaction at an effective price, or (ii) the currency exchange rate movement relates to a market with respect to which Currency Instruments are not available and it is not possible to engage in effective foreign currency hedging. The cost to the Fund of engaging in foreign currency transactions varies with such factors as the currencies involved, the length of the contract period and the market conditions then prevailing. Since transactions in foreign currency exchange usually are conducted on a principal basis, no fees or commissions are involved.
FUTURES. The Fund may engage in transactions in futures and options thereon. Futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts which obligate a purchaser to take delivery, and a seller to make delivery, of a specific amount of an asset at a specified future date at a specified price. No price is paid upon entering into a futures contract. Rather, upon purchasing or selling a futures contract the Fund is required to deposit collateral (“margin”) equal to a percentage (generally less than 10%) of the contract value. Each day thereafter until the futures position is closed, the Fund will pay additional margin representing any loss experienced as a result of the futures position the prior day or be entitled to a payment representing any profit experienced as a result of the futures position the prior day. Futures involve substantial leverage risk.
The sale of a futures contract limits the Fund’s risk of loss through a decline in the market value of portfolio holdings correlated with the futures contract prior to the futures contract's expiration date. In the event the market value of the portfolio holdings correlated with the futures contract increases rather than decreases, however, the Fund will realize a loss on the futures position and a lower return on the portfolio holdings than would have been realized without the purchase of the futures contract.
The purchase of a futures contract may protect the Fund from having to pay more for securities as a consequence of increases in the market value for such securities during a period when the Fund was attempting to identify specific securities in which to invest in a market the Fund believes to be attractive. In the event that such securities decline in value or the Fund determines not to complete an anticipatory hedge transaction relating to a futures contract, however, the Fund may realize a loss relating to the futures position.
The Fund is also authorized to purchase or sell call and put options on futures contracts including financial futures and stock indices in connection with its hedging activities. Generally, these strategies would be used under the same market and market sector conditions (i.e., conditions relating to specific types of investments) in which the Fund entered into futures transactions. The Fund may purchase put options or write (i.e., sell) call options on futures contracts and stock indices rather than selling the underlying futures contract in anticipation of a decrease in the market value of its securities. Similarly, the Fund can purchase call options, or write put options on futures contracts and stock indices, as a substitute for the purchase of such futures to hedge against the increased cost resulting from an increase in the market value of securities which the Fund intends to purchase.
The Fund may only write “covered” put and call options on futures contracts. The Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a call option written on a futures contract if the Fund owns the assets that are deliverable under the futures contract or an option to purchase that futures contract having a strike price equal to or less than the strike price of the “covered” option and having an expiration date not earlier than the expiration date of the “covered” option, or if it segregates for the term of the option cash or other liquid assets equal to the fluctuating value of the optioned future. The Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a put option written on a futures contract if the Fund owns an option to sell that futures contract having a strike price equal to or greater than the strike price of the “covered” option, or if the Fund segregates for the term of the option cash or other liquid assets at all times equal in value to the exercise price of the put (less any initial margin deposited by the Fund with its futures custody manager or as otherwise permitted by applicable law with respect to such option). There is no limitation on the amount of the Fund’s assets that can be segregated.
The Manager has filed a notice of exclusion from registration as a “commodity pool operator” with respect to the Fund under CFTC Rule 4.5 and, therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation with respect to the Fund under the CEA. In order for the Manager to claim exclusion from registration as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA, the Fund is limited in its ability to trade instruments subject to the CFTC’s jurisdiction, including commodity futures (which include futures on broad-based securities indexes, interest rate futures and currency futures), options on commodity futures, certain swaps or other investments (whether directly or indirectly through investments in other investment vehicles). Under this exclusion, the Fund must satisfy one of the following two trading limitations whenever it enters into a new commodity trading position: (1) the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish the Fund’s positions in CFTC-regulated instruments may not exceed 5% of the liquidation value of the Fund’s portfolio (after accounting for

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unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such investments); or (2) the aggregate net notional value of such instruments, determined at the time the most recent position was established, may not exceed 100% of the liquidation value of the Fund’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such positions). The Fund would not be required to consider its exposure to such instruments if they were held for “bona fide hedging” purposes, as such term is defined in the rules of the CFTC. In addition to meeting one of the foregoing trading limitations, the Fund may not market itself as a commodity pool or otherwise as a vehicle for trading in the markets for CFTC-regulated instruments.
HEDGING. Hedging is a strategy in which a derivative or security is used to offset the risks associated with other Fund holdings. Losses on the other investment may be substantially reduced by gains on a derivative that reacts in an opposite manner to market movements. While hedging can reduce losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains or cause losses if the market moves in a different manner than anticipated by the Fund or if the cost of the derivative outweighs the benefit of the hedge. Hedging also involves the risk that changes in the value of the derivative will not match those of the holdings being hedged as expected by the Fund, in which case any losses on the holdings being hedged may not be reduced or may be increased. The inability to close options and futures positions also could have an adverse impact on the Fund’s ability to hedge effectively its portfolio. There is also a risk of loss by the Fund of margin deposits or collateral in the event of bankruptcy of a broker with whom the Fund has an open position in an option, a futures contract or a related option.
There can be no assurance that the Fund’s hedging strategies will be effective or that hedging transactions will be available to the Fund. The Fund is not required to engage in hedging transactions and the Fund may choose not to do so from time to time.
ILLIQUID OR RESTRICTED SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in securities that lack an established secondary trading market or otherwise are considered illiquid. Liquidity of a security relates to the ability to dispose easily of the security and the price to be obtained upon disposition of the security, which may be less than would be obtained for a comparable more liquid security. Illiquid securities may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments. Investment of the Fund’s assets in illiquid securities may restrict the ability of the Fund to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and for a fair price as well as its ability to take advantage of market opportunities. The risks associated with illiquidity will be particularly acute where the Fund’s operations require cash, such as when the Fund redeems shares or pays dividends, and could result in the Fund borrowing to meet short-term cash requirements or incurring capital losses on the sale of illiquid investments. The Fund may invest in securities that are not registered (restricted securities) under the 1933 Act. The Fund is subject to a maximum of 15% of net assets invested in illiquid securities.
Restricted securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets. In many cases, privately placed securities may not be freely transferable under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction or due to contractual restrictions on resale. As a result of the absence of a public trading market, privately placed securities may be less liquid and more difficult to value than publicly traded securities. To the extent that privately placed securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from the sales, due to illiquidity, could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than their fair market value. In addition, issuers whose securities are not publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that may be applicable if their securities were publicly traded. If any privately placed securities held by the Fund are required to be registered under the securities laws of one or more jurisdictions before being resold, the Fund may be required to bear the expenses of registration. Certain of the Fund’s investments in private placements may consist of direct investments and may include investments in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater risks. These issuers may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources or they may be dependent on a limited management group. In making investments in such securities, the Fund may obtain access to material nonpublic information, which may restrict the Fund’s ability to conduct portfolio transactions in such securities.
The Fund may purchase restricted securities that can be offered and sold to “qualified institutional buyers” under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act. The Board has determined to treat as liquid Rule 144A securities that are either freely tradable in their primary markets offshore or have been determined to be liquid in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted by the Board. The Board has adopted guidelines and delegated to the Manager the daily function of determining and monitoring liquidity of restricted securities. The Board, however, will retain sufficient oversight and be ultimately responsible for the determinations. Since it is not possible to predict with assurance exactly how the market for restricted securities sold and offered under Rule 144A will continue to develop, the Board will carefully monitor the Fund’s investments in these securities. This investment practice could have the effect of increasing the level of illiquidity in the Fund to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become for a time uninterested in purchasing these securities.
INVESTMENT IN OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES. The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including ETFs. In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities of other investment companies. In addition, under the 1940 Act, the Fund may not own more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of any investment company and not more than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in securities of any single investment company.

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Notwithstanding the limits discussed above, the Fund may invest in other investment companies without regard to the limits set forth above provided that the Fund complies with Rules 12d1-1, 12d1-2 and 12d1-3 promulgated by the SEC under the 1940 Act or otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions.
As with other investments, investments in other investment companies are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, if the Fund acquires shares in other investment companies, shareholders would bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, their proportionate shares of the expenses of such investment companies (including management and advisory fees).
JUNK BONDS. Junk bonds are debt securities that are rated below investment grade by a NRSRO or are unrated securities that the subadviser believes are of comparable quality. Although junk bonds generally pay higher rates of interest than investment grade bonds, they are high risk investments that may cause income and principal losses for the Fund. The major risks of junk bond investments include the following:
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.
MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS. The Fund may invest in money market instruments. Money market instruments include cash equivalents and short-term obligations of US banks, non-US government securities, certificates of deposit and short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the US Government or its agencies. Money market instruments also include bankers' acceptances, commercial paper, certificates of deposit and Eurodollar obligations issued or guaranteed by bank holding companies in the US, their subsidiaries and non-US branches, by non-US banking institutions, and by the World Bank and other multinational instrumentalities, as well as commercial paper and other short-term obligations of, and variable amount master demand notes, variable rate notes and funding agreements issued by, US and non-US corporations.
OPTIONS ON SECURITIES AND SECURITIES INDEXES.
TYPES OF OPTIONS. The Fund may engage in transactions in options on individual securities, baskets of securities or securities indices, or particular measurements of value or rate (an “index”), such as an index of the price of treasury securities or an index representative of short term interest rates. Such investments may be made on exchanges and in OTC markets. In general, exchange-traded options have standardized exercise prices and expiration dates and require the parties to post margin against their obligations, and the performance of the parties' obligations in connection with such options is guaranteed by the exchange or a related clearing corporation. OTC options have more flexible terms negotiated between the buyer and the seller, but generally do not require the parties to post margin and are subject to greater credit risk. OTC options also involve greater liquidity risk. See “Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives.”
CALL OPTIONS. The Fund may purchase call options on any of the types of securities or instruments in which it may invest. A call option gives the Fund the right to buy, and obligates the seller to sell, the underlying security at the exercise price at any time during the option period. The Fund also may purchase and sell call options on indices. Index options are similar to options on securities except that, rather than taking or making delivery of securities underlying the option at a specified price upon exercise, an index option gives the holder the right to receive cash upon exercise of the option if the level of the index upon which the option is based is greater than the exercise price of the option.
The Fund may only write (i.e., sell) covered call options on the securities or instruments in which it may invest and enter into closing purchase transactions with respect to certain of such options, provided such options are “covered,” as defined herein. A covered call option is an option in which the Fund owns the underlying security or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security,

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without additional consideration (or for additional consideration held in a segregated account by its custodian), upon conversion or exchange of other securities currently held in its portfolio or with respect to which the Fund holds cash or other liquid assets segregated within the Fund’s account at the custodian or in a separate segregation account at the custodian. The principal reason for writing call options is the attempt to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a greater return than would be realized on the securities alone. By writing covered call options, the Fund gives up the opportunity, while the option is in effect, to profit from any price increase in the underlying security above the option exercise price. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the underlying security will be limited while the option is in effect unless the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction. A closing purchase transaction cancels out the Fund’s position as the writer of an option by means of an offsetting purchase of an identical option prior to the expiration of the option it has written. Covered call options also serve as a partial hedge to the extent of the premium received against a decline in the price of the underlying security. Also, with respect to call options written by the Fund that are covered only by segregated portfolio securities, the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss equal to the amount by which the price of the underlying securities rises above the exercise price.
PUT OPTIONS. The Fund may purchase put options to seek to hedge against a decline in the value of its securities or to enhance its return. By buying a put option, the Fund acquires a right to sell such underlying securities or instruments at the exercise price, thus limiting the Fund’s risk of loss through a decline in the market value of the securities or instruments until the put option expires. The amount of any appreciation in the value of the underlying securities or instruments will be partially offset by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and any related transaction costs. Prior to its expiration, a put option may be sold in a closing sale transaction and profit or loss from the sale will depend on whether the amount received is more or less than the premium paid for the put option plus the related transaction costs. A closing sale transaction cancels out the Fund’s position as the purchaser of an option by means of an offsetting sale of an identical option prior to the expiration of the option it has purchased. The Fund also may purchase uncovered put options.
The Fund may write (i.e., sell) put options on the types of securities or instruments that may be held by the Fund, provided that such put options are covered (as described above, covered options are secured by cash or other liquid assets held in a segregated account or the referenced security). The Fund will receive a premium for writing a put option, which increases the Fund’s return.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Fund may invest in securities pursuant to repurchase agreements. The Fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with parties meeting creditworthiness standards as set forth in the Fund’s repurchase agreement procedures.
Under such agreements, the other party agrees, upon entering into the contract with the Fund, to repurchase the security at a mutually agreed-upon time and price in a specified currency, thereby determining the yield during the term of the agreement. This results in a fixed rate of return insulated from market fluctuations during such period, although such return may be affected by currency fluctuations. In the case of repurchase agreements, the prices at which the trades are conducted do not reflect accrued interest on the underlying obligation. Such agreements usually cover short periods, such as under one week. Repurchase agreements may be construed to be collateralized loans by the purchaser to the seller secured by the securities transferred to the purchaser.
In the case of a repurchase agreement, as a purchaser, the Fund will require all repurchase agreements to be fully collateralized at all times by cash or other liquid assets in an amount at least equal to the resale price. The seller is required to provide additional collateral if the market value of the securities falls below the repurchase price at any time during the term of the repurchase agreement. In the event of default by the seller under a repurchase agreement construed to be a collateralized loan, the underlying securities are not owned by the Fund but only constitute collateral for the seller's obligation to pay the repurchase price. Therefore, the Fund may suffer time delays and incur costs or possible losses in connection with disposition of the collateral.
The Fund may participate in a joint repurchase agreement account with other investment companies managed by the Manager pursuant to an order of the SEC. On a daily basis, any uninvested cash balances of the Fund may be aggregated with those of such investment companies and invested in one or more repurchase agreements. The Fund participates in the income earned or accrued in the joint account based on the percentage of its investment.
SECURITIES LENDING. Unless otherwise noted, the Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions subject to applicable regulatory requirements and guidance, including the requirements that: (1) the aggregate market value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed 33 1/3% of the total assets of the Fund; (2) the borrower pledge and maintain with the Fund collateral consisting of cash having at all times a value of not less than 102% of the value of the securities lent; and (3) the loan be made subject to termination by the Fund at any time. Securities Finance Trust Company (eSecLending) serves as securities lending agent for the Fund, and in that role administers the Fund’s securities lending program. As compensation for these services, eSecLending receives a portion of any amounts earned by the Fund through lending securities.

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Cash collateral is invested in an affiliated prime money market fund and will be subject to market depreciation or appreciation. The Fund will be responsible for any loss that results from this investment of collateral. The affiliated prime money market fund in which cash collateral is invested may impose liquidity fees or temporary gates on redemptions if its weekly liquid assets fall below a designated threshold. If this were to occur, the Fund may lose money on its investment of cash collateral in the affiliated prime money market fund, or the Fund may not be able to redeem its investment of cash collateral in the affiliated prime money market fund, which might cause the Fund to liquidate other holdings in order to return the cash collateral to the borrower upon termination of a securities loan. These events could trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund.
On termination of the loan, the borrower is required to return the securities to the Fund, and any gain or loss in the market price during the loan would inure to the Fund. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities lent because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities lent or in gaining access to the collateral. In such situations, the Fund may sell the collateral and purchase a replacement investment in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the value of the replacement investment by the time the replacement investment is purchased.
During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund an amount equivalent to any dividend or interest paid on such securities. Voting or consent rights which accompany loaned securities pass to the borrower. However, all loans may be terminated at any time to facilitate the exercise of voting or other consent rights with respect to matters considered to be material. The Fund bears the risk that there may be a delay in the return of the securities which may impair the Fund’s ability to exercise such rights.
SHORT SALES AND SHORT SALES AGAINST-THE-BOX. The Fund may make short sales of securities, either as a hedge against potential declines in value of a portfolio security or to realize appreciation when a security that the Fund does not own declines in value. Because making short sales in securities not owned by the Fund exposes the Fund to the risks associated with those securities, such short sales involve speculative exposure risk. As a result, if the Fund makes short sales in securities that increase in value, the Fund will likely underperform similar mutual funds that do not make short sales in securities they do not own. The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in price between those dates. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to close out a short sale position at any particular time or at a desired price. Although the Fund’s gain is limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, its potential loss is limited only by the maximum attainable price of the security, less the price at which the security was sold and may, theoretically, be unlimited. There is also a risk that a borrowed security will need to be returned to the broker/dealer on short notice. If the request for the return of a security occurs at a time when other short sellers of the security are receiving similar requests, a “short squeeze” can occur, meaning that the Fund might be compelled, at the most disadvantageous time, to replace the borrowed security with a security purchased on the open market, possibly at prices significantly in excess of the proceeds received earlier.
The Fund has a short position in the securities sold short until it delivers to the broker/dealer the securities sold, at which time the Fund receives the proceeds of the sale. In addition, the Fund is required to pay to the broker/dealer the amount of any dividends or interest paid on shares sold short. The Fund will normally close out a short position by purchasing on the open market and delivering to the broker/dealer an equal amount of the securities sold short.
The Fund may also make short sales against-the-box. A short sale against-the-box is a short sale in which the Fund owns an equal amount of the securities sold short, or securities convertible or exchangeable for, with or without payment of any further consideration, such securities. However, if further consideration is required in connection with the conversion or exchange, cash or other liquid assets, in an amount equal to such consideration, must be segregated on the Fund’s records or with its Custodian.
TEMPORARY DEFENSIVE STRATEGY AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS. The Fund may temporarily invest without limit in money market instruments, including commercial paper of US corporations, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and other obligations of domestic banks, and obligations issued or guaranteed by the US Government, its agencies or its instrumentalities, as part of a temporary defensive strategy.
The Fund may invest in money market instruments to maintain appropriate liquidity to meet anticipated redemptions. Money market instruments typically have a maturity of one year or less as measured from the date of purchase. The Fund also may temporarily hold cash or invest in money market instruments pending investment of proceeds from new sales of Fund shares or during periods of portfolio restructuring.
US GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in adjustable rate and fixed rate US Government securities. US Government securities are instruments issued or guaranteed by the US Treasury or by an agency or instrumentality of the US Government. US Government guarantees do not extend to the yield or value of the securities or the Fund’s shares. Not all US Government securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Some are supported only by the credit of the issuing agency.

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US Treasury securities include bills, notes, bonds and other debt securities issued by the US Treasury. These instruments are direct obligations of the US Government and, as such, are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. They differ primarily in their interest rates, the lengths of their maturities and the dates of their issuances.
Securities issued by agencies of the US Government or instrumentalities of the US Government, including those which are guaranteed by Federal agencies or instrumentalities, may or may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Obligations of Ginnie Mae, the Farmers Home Administration and the Small Business Administration are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. In the case of securities not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the Fund must look principally to the agency issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitments.
The Fund may also invest in component parts of US Government securities, namely either the corpus (principal) of such obligations or one or more of the interest payments scheduled to be paid on such obligations. These obligations may take the form of (1) obligations from which the interest coupons have been stripped; (2) the interest coupons that are stripped; (3) book-entries at a Federal Reserve member bank representing ownership of obligation components; or (4) receipts evidencing the component parts (corpus or coupons) of US Government obligations that have not actually been stripped. Such receipts evidence ownership of component parts of US Government obligations (corpus or coupons) purchased by a third party (typically an investment banking firm) and held on behalf of the third party in physical or book-entry form by a major commercial bank or trust company pursuant to a custody agreement with the third party. The Fund may also invest in custodial receipts held by a third party that are not US Government securities.
WARRANTS AND RIGHTS. Warrants and rights are securities permitting, but not obligating, the warrant holder to subscribe for other securities. Buying a warrant does not make the Fund a shareholder of the underlying stock. The warrant holder has no right to dividends or votes on the underlying stock. A warrant does not carry any right to assets of the issuer, and for this reason investment in warrants may be more speculative than other equity-based investments.
WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES, DELAYED DELIVERY SECURITIES AND FORWARD COMMITMENTS. The Fund may purchase or sell securities that the Fund is entitled to receive on a when-issued basis. The Fund may also purchase or sell securities on a delayed delivery basis or through a forward commitment. These transactions involve the purchase or sale of securities by the Fund at an established price with payment and delivery taking place in the future. The Fund enters into these transactions to obtain what is considered an advantageous price to the Fund at the time of entering into the transaction. The Fund has not established any limit on the percentage of its assets that may be committed in connection with these transactions. When the Fund purchases securities in these transactions, the Fund segregates liquid securities in an amount equal to the amount of its purchase commitments.
There can be no assurance that a security purchased on a when-issued basis will be issued or that a security purchased or sold through a forward commitment will be delivered. The value of securities in these transactions on the delivery date may be more or less than the Fund’s purchase price. The Fund may bear the risk of a decline in the value of the security in these transactions and may not benefit from an appreciation in the value of the security during the commitment period.
ZERO COUPON SECURITIES, PAY-IN-KIND SECURITIES AND DEFERRED PAYMENT SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in zero coupon securities. Zero coupon securities are securities that are sold at a discount to par value and on which interest payments are not made during the life of the security. The discount approximates the total amount of interest the security will accrue and compound over the period until maturity on the particular interest payment date at a rate of interest reflecting the market rate of the security at the time of issuance. Upon maturity, the holder is entitled to receive the par value of the security. While interest payments are not made on such securities, holders of such securities are deemed to have received income (“phantom income”) annually, notwithstanding that cash may not be received currently. To the extent a distribution is paid, there may be uncertainty about the source of the distribution. The effect of owning instruments that do not make current interest payments is that a fixed yield is earned not only on the original investment but also, in effect, on all discount accretion during the life of the obligations. This implicit reinvestment of earnings at the same rate eliminates the risk of being unable to invest distributions at a rate as high as the implicit yield on the zero coupon bond, but at the same time eliminates the holder's ability to reinvest at higher rates in the future. For this reason, some of these securities may be subject to substantially greater price fluctuations during periods of changing market interest rates than are comparable securities that pay interest currently, which fluctuation increases the longer the period to maturity. These investments benefit the issuer by mitigating its need for cash to meet debt service, but also require a higher rate of return to attract investors who are willing to defer receipt of cash. Because these securities do not pay current cash income, their price can be volatile when interest rates fluctuate and an investment in these securities generally has a greater potential for complete loss of principal and/or return than an investment in debt securities that make periodic interest payments. Such investments are more vulnerable to the creditworthiness of the issuer and any other parties upon which performance relies. If the issuer defaults, the Fund may not obtain any return on its investment. These securities may be subject to less liquidity in the event of adverse market conditions than comparably rated securities that pay cash interest at regular intervals. The Fund accrues income with respect to these securities for federal income tax and accounting purposes prior to the receipt of cash payments.

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Pay-in-kind securities are securities that have interest payable by delivery of additional securities. Upon maturity, the holder is entitled to receive the aggregate par value of the securities. Deferred payment securities are securities that remain a zero coupon security until a predetermined date, at which time the stated coupon rate becomes effective and interest becomes payable at regular intervals. Pay-in-kind and deferred payment securities may be subject to greater fluctuation in value and lesser liquidity in the event of adverse market conditions than comparable rated securities paying cash interest at regular intervals.
In addition to the above described risks, there are certain other risks related to investing in zero coupon, pay-in-kind and deferred payment securities. During a period of severe market conditions, the market for such securities may become even less liquid. In addition, as these securities do not pay cash interest, the Fund’s investment exposure to these securities and their risks, including credit risk, will increase during the time these securities are held in the Fund’s portfolio. Further, to maintain its qualification for pass-through treatment under the federal tax laws, the Fund is required to distribute income to its shareholders and, consequently, may have to dispose of its portfolio securities under disadvantageous circumstances to generate the cash, or may have to leverage itself by borrowing the cash to satisfy these distributions, as they relate to the distribution of phantom income and the value of the paid-in-kind interest. The required distributions will result in an increase in the Fund’s exposure to such securities.
SECURITIES OF SMALLER OR EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES. Investment in smaller or emerging growth companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with investments in more established companies. The securities of smaller or emerging growth companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than larger, more established companies or the market average in general. These companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, or they may be dependent on a limited management group.
While smaller or emerging growth company issuers may offer greater opportunities for capital appreciation than large cap issuers, investments in smaller or emerging growth companies may involve greater risks and thus may be considered speculative. The subadviser believes that properly selected companies of this type have the potential to increase their earnings or market valuation at a rate substantially in excess of the general growth of the economy. Full development of these companies and trends frequently takes time.
Small cap and emerging growth securities will often be traded only in the OTC market or on a regional securities exchange and may not be traded every day or in the volume typical of trading on a national securities exchange. As a result, the disposition by the Fund of portfolio securities to meet redemptions or otherwise may require the Fund to make many small sales over a lengthy period of time, or to sell these securities at a discount from market prices or during periods when, in the subadviser's judgment, such disposition is not desirable.
While the process of selection and continuous supervision by the subadviser does not, of course, guarantee successful investment results, it does provide access to an asset class not available to the average individual due to the time and cost involved. Careful initial selection is particularly important in this area as many new enterprises have promise but lack certain of the fundamental factors necessary to prosper. Investing in small cap and emerging growth companies requires specialized research and analysis. In addition, many investors cannot invest sufficient assets in such companies to provide wide diversification.
Small companies are generally little known to most individual investors although some may be dominant in their respective industries. The subadviser believes that relatively small companies will continue to have the opportunity to develop into significant business enterprises. The Fund may invest in securities of small issuers in the relatively early stages of business development that have a new technology, a unique or proprietary product or service, or a favorable market position. Such companies may not be counted upon to develop into major industrial companies, but Fund management believes that eventual recognition of their special value characteristics by the investment community can provide above-average long-term growth to the portfolio.
Equity securities of specific small cap issuers may present different opportunities for long-term capital appreciation during varying portions of economic or securities markets cycles, as well as during varying stages of their business development. The market valuation of small cap issuers tends to fluctuate during economic or market cycles, presenting attractive investment opportunities at various points during these cycles. Smaller companies, due to the size and kinds of markets that they serve, may be less susceptible than large companies to intervention from the federal government by means of price controls, regulations or litigation.
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AGREEMENTS AND SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS . The Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements and similar agreements. The credit default swap agreement or similar instrument may have as reference obligations one or more securities that are not currently held by the Fund. The protection “buyer” in a credit default contract may be obligated to pay the protection “seller” an up-front or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided generally that no credit event on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required

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to deliver the related net cash amount, if the swap is cash settled. The Fund may be either the buyer or seller in the transaction. If the Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund recovers nothing if the swap is held through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity that may have little or no value. As a seller, the Fund generally receives an up-front payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If a credit event occurs, generally the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity that may have little or no value.
Credit default swaps and similar instruments involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly, since, in addition to general market risks, they are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund will enter into credit default swap agreements and similar instruments only with counterparties that are rated investment grade quality by at least one credit rating agency at the time of entering into such transaction or whose creditworthiness is believed by the subadviser to be equivalent to such rating. If a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the seller, coupled with the up-front or periodic payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the Fund. When acting as a seller of a credit default swap or a similar instrument, the Fund is exposed to many of the same risks of leverage since, if a credit event occurs, the seller may be required to pay the buyer the full notional value of the contract net of any amounts owed by the buyer related to its delivery of deliverable obligations.
TOTAL RETURN SWAP AGREEMENTS . The Fund may enter into total return swap agreements. Total return swap agreements are contracts in which one party agrees to make periodic payments based on the change in market value of the underlying assets, which may include a specified security, basket of securities or securities indices during the specified period, in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the total return from other underlying assets. Total return swap agreements may be used to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or market. Total return swap agreements may effectively add leverage to the Fund’s portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. Total return swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligations to the Fund thereunder. Swap agreements also bear the risk that the Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty. Generally, the Fund will enter into total return swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to each total return swap will be accrued on a daily basis, and an amount of cash or liquid instruments having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the accrued excess will be segregated by the Fund. If the total return swap transaction is entered into on other than a net basis, the full amount of the Fund’s obligations will be accrued on a daily basis, and the full amount of the Fund’s obligations will be segregated by the Fund in an amount equal to or greater than the market value of the liabilities under the total return swap agreement or the amount it would have cost the Fund initially to make an equivalent direct investment, plus or minus any amount the Fund is obligated to pay or is to receive under the total return swap agreement.
Segregation and other requirements pertaining to total return swap agreements are subject to change in the event of future changes in applicable laws or regulations. It is possible that any such changes in laws or regulations could require modifications to the operation of the Fund.
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in convertible securities. Convertible securities entitle the holder to receive interest payments paid on corporate debt securities or the dividend preference on a preferred stock until such time as the convertible security matures or is redeemed or until the holder elects to exercise the conversion privilege.
The characteristics of convertible securities make them appropriate investments for an investment company seeking long-term capital appreciation and/or total return. These characteristics include the potential for capital appreciation as the value of the underlying common stock increases, the relatively high yield received from dividend or interest payments as compared to common stock dividends and decreased risks of decline in value relative to the underlying common stock due to their fixed-income nature. As a result of the conversion feature, however, the interest rate or dividend preference on a convertible security is generally less than would be the case if the securities were issued in nonconvertible form.
In analyzing convertible securities, the subadviser will consider both the yield on the convertible security relative to its credit quality and the potential capital appreciation that is offered by the underlying common stock, among other things.
Convertible securities are issued and traded in a number of securities markets. Even in cases where a substantial portion of the convertible securities held by the Fund are denominated in US dollars, the underlying equity securities may be quoted in the currency of the country where the issuer is domiciled. With respect to convertible securities denominated in a currency different from that of the underlying equity securities, the conversion price may be based on a fixed exchange rate established at the time the security is issued.

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As a result, fluctuations in the exchange rate between the currency in which the debt security is denominated and the currency in which the share price is quoted will affect the value of the convertible security. As described below, the Fund is authorized to enter into foreign currency hedging transactions in which the Fund may seek to reduce the effect of such fluctuations.
Apart from currency considerations, the value of convertible securities is influenced by both the yield of nonconvertible securities of comparable issuers and by the value of the underlying common stock. The value of a convertible security viewed without regard to its conversion feature (i.e., strictly on the basis of its yield) is sometimes referred to as its “investment value.” To the extent interest rates change, the investment value of the convertible security typically will fluctuate. However, at the same time, the value of the convertible security will be influenced by its “conversion value,” which is the market value of the underlying common stock that would be obtained if the convertible security were converted. Conversion value fluctuates directly with the price of the underlying common stock. If, because of a low price of the common stock, the conversion value is substantially below the investment value of the convertible security, the price of the convertible security is governed principally by its investment value.
To the extent the conversion value of a convertible security increases to a point that approximates or exceeds its investment value, the price of the convertible security will be influenced principally by its conversion value. A convertible security will sell at a premium over the conversion value to the extent investors place value on the right to acquire the underlying common stock while holding a fixed-income security. The yield and conversion premium of convertible securities issued in Japan and the Euromarket are frequently determined at levels that cause the conversion value to affect their market value more than the securities' investment value.
Holders of convertible securities generally have a claim on the assets of the issuer prior to the common stockholders but may be subordinated to other debt securities of the same issuer. A convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the charter provision, indenture or other governing instrument pursuant to which the convertible security was issued. If a convertible security held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund will be required to redeem the security, convert it into the underlying common stock or sell it to a third party. Certain convertible debt securities may provide a put option to the holder, which entitles the holder to cause the security to be redeemed by the issuer at a premium over the stated principal amount of the debt security under certain circumstances.
Synthetic convertible securities may be either (i) a debt security or preferred stock that may be convertible only under certain contingent circumstances or that may pay the holder a cash amount based on the value of shares of underlying common stock partly or wholly in lieu of a conversion right (a “Cash-Settled Convertible”), (ii) a combination of separate securities chosen by the subadviser in order to create the economic characteristics of a convertible security, i.e., a fixed-income security paired with a security with equity conversion features, such as an option or warrant (a “Manufactured Convertible”) or (iii) a synthetic security manufactured by another party.
Synthetic convertible securities may include either Cash-Settled Convertibles or Manufactured Convertibles. Cash-Settled Convertibles are instruments that are created by the issuer and have the economic characteristics of traditional convertible securities but may not actually permit conversion into the underlying equity securities in all circumstances. As an example, a private company may issue a Cash-Settled Convertible that is convertible into common stock only if the company successfully completes a public offering of its common stock prior to maturity and otherwise pays a cash amount to reflect any equity appreciation. Manufactured Convertibles are created by the subadviser by combining separate securities that possess one of the two principal characteristics of a convertible security, i.e., fixed-income (“fixed-income component”) or a right to acquire equity securities (“convertibility component”). The fixed-income component is achieved by investing in nonconvertible fixed-income securities, such as nonconvertible bonds, preferred stocks and money market instruments. The convertibility component is achieved by investing in call options, warrants, or other securities with equity conversion features (“equity features”) granting the holder the right to purchase a specified quantity of the underlying stocks within a specified period of time at a specified price or, in the case of a stock index option, the right to receive a cash payment based on the value of the underlying stock index.
A Manufactured Convertible differs from traditional convertible securities in several respects. Unlike a traditional convertible security, which is a single security having a unitary market value, a Manufactured Convertible is comprised of two or more separate securities, each with its own market value. Therefore, the total “market value” of such a Manufactured Convertible is the sum of the values of its fixed-income component and its convertibility component.
More flexibility is possible in the creation of a Manufactured Convertible than in the purchase of a traditional convertible security. Because many corporations have not issued convertible securities, the subadviser may combine a fixed-income instrument and an equity feature with respect to the stock of the issuer of the fixed-income instrument to create a synthetic convertible security otherwise unavailable in the market. The subadviser may also combine a fixed-income instrument of an issuer with an equity feature with respect to the stock of a different issuer when the subadviser believes such a Manufactured Convertible would better promote the Fund’s objective(s) than alternate investments. For example, the subadviser may combine an equity feature with respect to an issuer's stock with a fixed-income security of a different issuer in the same industry to diversify the Fund’s credit exposure, or with a US Treasury

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instrument to create a Manufactured Convertible with a higher credit profile than a traditional convertible security issued by that issuer. A Manufactured Convertible also is a more flexible investment in that its two components may be purchased separately and, upon purchasing the separate securities, “combined” to create a Manufactured Convertible. For example, the Fund may purchase a warrant for eventual inclusion in a Manufactured Convertible while postponing the purchase of a suitable bond to pair with the warrant pending development of more favorable market conditions.
The value of a Manufactured Convertible may respond differently to certain market fluctuations than would a traditional convertible security with similar characteristics. For example, in the event the Fund created a Manufactured Convertible by combining a short-term US Treasury instrument and a call option on a stock, the Manufactured Convertible would likely outperform a traditional convertible of similar maturity that is convertible into that stock during periods when Treasury instruments outperform corporate fixed-income securities and underperform during periods when corporate fixed-income securities outperform Treasury instruments.
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS. The Fund may invest in securities sold in IPOs. An IPO is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. IPOs are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking capital to expand, but can also be done by large privately owned companies looking to become publicly traded.
In an IPO, the issuer obtains the assistance of an underwriting firm, which helps it determine what type of security to issue (common or preferred), best offering price and time to bring it to market. The volume of IPOs and the levels at which the newly issued stocks trade in the secondary market are affected by the performance of the stock market overall. If IPOs are brought to the market, availability may be limited and the Fund may not be able to buy any shares at the offering price, or if the Fund is able to buy shares, the Fund may not be able to buy as many shares at the offering price as the Fund would like.
Investing in IPOs entails risks. Importantly, the prices of securities involved in IPOs are often subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than more established stocks. It is difficult to predict what the stock will do on its initial day of trading and in the near future since there is often little historical data with which to analyze the company. Also, most IPOs are of companies going through a transitory growth period, and they are therefore subject to additional uncertainty regarding their future value.
REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND DOLLAR ROLLS. The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. A reverse repurchase agreement involves the sale of a portfolio-eligible security by the Fund, coupled with its agreement to repurchase the instrument at a specified time and price. See “Repurchase Agreements.” The Fund’s investments in these instruments are subject to the Fund’s restrictions on borrowing.
The Fund may enter into dollar rolls. In a dollar roll, the Fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type and coupon) securities on a specified future date from the same party. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sale price and the forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the drop) as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. The Fund will segregate cash or other liquid assets, marked to market daily, having a value equal to the obligations of the Fund in respect of dollar rolls.
Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities retained by the Fund may decline below the price of the securities sold by the Fund but which the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement. In the event the buyer of securities under a dollar roll files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. Cash proceeds from dollar rolls may be invested in cash or other liquid assets.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
The Fund has adopted the restrictions listed below as fundamental policies. Under the 1940 Act, a fundamental policy is one that cannot be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities. A “majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities,” when used in this SAI, means the lesser of (i) 67% of the voting shares represented at a meeting at which more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares are present in person or represented by proxy or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares.
1. The Fund may not purchase the securities of any issuer if, as a result, the Fund would fail to be a diversified company within the meaning of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as each may be amended from time to time except to the extent that the Fund may be permitted to do so by exemptive order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations (collectively, the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions).

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2. The Fund may not issue senior securities or borrow money or pledge its assets, except as permitted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions. For purposes of this restriction, the purchase or sale of securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, reverse repurchase agreements, dollar rolls, short sales, derivative and hedging transactions such as interest rate swap transactions, and collateral arrangements with respect thereto, and transactions similar to any of the foregoing and collateral arrangements with respect thereto, and obligations of the Fund to its Trustees pursuant to deferred compensation arrangements are not deemed to be a pledge of assets or the issuance of a senior security.
3. The Fund may not buy or sell real estate, except that investment in securities of issuers that invest in real estate and investments in mortgage-backed securities, mortgage participations or other instruments supported or secured by interests in real estate are not subject to this limitation, and except that the Fund may exercise rights relating to such securities, including the right to enforce security interests and to hold real estate acquired by reason of such enforcement until that real estate can be liquidated in an orderly manner.
4. The Fund may not buy or sell physical commodities or contracts involving physical commodities, except as permitted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions.
5. The Fund may not purchase any security if as a result 25% or more of the Fund’s total assets would be invested in the securities of issuers having their principal business activities in the same industry, except that this limitation does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the US government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and except that investment companies are not considered an industry for purposes of this policy.
6. The Fund may not act as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain federal securities laws.
7. The Fund may make loans, including loans of assets of the Fund, repurchase agreements, trade claims, loan participations or similar investments, or as permitted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions. The acquisition of bonds, debentures, other debt securities or instruments, or participations or other interests therein and investments in government obligations, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances or instruments similar to any of the foregoing will not be considered the making of a loan, and is permitted if consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives.
For purposes of Investment Restriction 1, the Fund will currently not purchase any security (other than obligations of the US Government, its agencies or instrumentalities) if as a result, with respect to 75% of the Fund’s total assets, (i) more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets (determined at the time of investment) would be invested in securities of a single issuer and (ii) the Fund would own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any single issuer.  With respect to the remaining 25% of its total assets, the Fund can invest more than 5% of its assets in one issuer. Under the 1940 Act, the Fund cannot change its classification from diversified to non-diversified without shareholder approval.
With respect to Investment Restriction 2 above, the 1940 Act permits the Fund to borrow money in amounts of up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets from banks for any purpose, and to borrow up to 5% of the Fund’s total assets from banks or other lenders for temporary purposes. (The Fund’s total assets include the amounts being borrowed.) To limit the risks attendant to borrowing, the 1940 Act requires the Fund to maintain an “asset coverage” of at least 300% of the amount of its borrowings, provided that in the event that the Fund’s asset coverage falls below 300%, the Fund is required to reduce the amount of its borrowings so that it meets the 300% asset coverage threshold within three days (not including Sundays and holidays). Asset coverage means the ratio that the value of the Fund’s total assets (including amounts borrowed), minus liabilities other than borrowings, bears to the aggregate amount of all borrowings. Borrowing money to increase portfolio holdings is known as “leveraging.” Borrowing, especially when used for leverage, may cause the value of the Fund’s shares to be more volatile than if the Fund did not borrow. This is because borrowing tends to magnify the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Borrowed money thus creates an opportunity for greater gains, but also greater losses. To repay borrowings, the Fund may have to sell securities at a time and at a price that is unfavorable to the Fund. There also are costs associated with borrowing money, and these costs would offset and could eliminate the Fund’s net investment income in any given period. Investment Restriction 2 will be interpreted to permit the Fund to engage in trading practices and investments that may be considered to be borrowing to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. Practices and investments that may involve leverage but are not considered to be borrowings are not subject to the policy. In addition, Investment Restriction 2 will be interpreted not to prevent collateral arrangements with respect to swaps, options, forward or futures contracts or other derivatives, the posting of initial or variation margin or the Fund’s deferred compensation arrangements with the Trustees.

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Investment Restriction 3 prohibits the Fund from buying or selling real estate.  The Fund may invest in real estate-related companies, companies whose businesses consist in whole or in part of investing in real estate, instruments (like mortgages and mortgage participations) that are secured by real estate or interests therein, or REIT securities.  The Fund may exercise rights relating to real estate securities, including the right to enforce security interests and to hold real estate acquired by reason of such enforcement until that real estate can be liquidated in an orderly manner.
Investment Restriction 4 prohibits the Fund from buying or selling physical commodities (such as oil or grains) or contracts involving physical commodities.  The Fund may purchase and sell derivative, hedging and similar instruments such as financial futures contracts and options thereon (such as futures or options on market indexes, currencies, interest rates or some other benchmark, and swap agreements) and securities or instruments backed by, or the return from which is linked to, physical commodities or currencies, such as forward currency exchange contracts.  In addition, the Fund may exercise rights relating to such instruments, including the right to enforce security interests and to hold physical commodities and contracts involving physical commodities acquired as a result of the Fund’s ownership of instruments supported or secured thereby until they can be liquidated in an orderly manner.
With respect to Investment Restriction 5 relating to concentration, the 1940 Act does not define what constitutes “concentration” in an industry. The SEC staff has taken the position that investment of 25% or more of a fund’s total assets in one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry or group of industries constitutes concentration. It is possible that interpretations of concentration could change in the future. A fund that invests a significant percentage of its total assets in a single industry may be particularly susceptible to adverse events affecting that industry and may be more risky than a fund that does not concentrate in an industry. The policy in Investment Restriction 5 will be interpreted to refer to concentration as that term may be interpreted from time to time. Investment without limit in securities of the US Government and its agencies or instrumentalities is permitted by the restriction.  Accordingly, issuers of the foregoing securities will not be considered to be members of any industry. In addition, this Fund does not consider investment companies to be an industry.
Investment Restriction 6 prohibits the Fund from acting as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain federal securities laws. A fund engaging in transactions involving disposition of portfolio securities may be considered to be an underwriter under the 1933 Act. Under the 1933 Act, an underwriter may be liable for material omissions or misstatements in an issuer’s registration statement or prospectus. Securities purchased from an issuer and not registered for sale under the 1933 Act are considered restricted securities. There may be a limited market for these securities. If these securities are registered under the 1933 Act, they may then be eligible for sale but participating in the sale may subject the seller to underwriter liability. These risks could apply to a fund investing in restricted securities. The fund may purchase restricted securities without limit (except to the extent that restricted securities are subject to the limitation on investment in illiquid securities).
With respect to Investment Restriction 7, the 1940 Act does not prohibit the Fund from making loans; however, SEC staff interpretations currently prohibit funds from lending more than one-third of their total assets, except through the purchase of debt obligations or the use of repurchase agreements. (A repurchase agreement is an agreement to purchase a security, coupled with an agreement to sell that security back to the original seller on an agreed-upon date at a price that reflects current interest rates. The SEC frequently treats repurchase agreements as loans.) Investment Restriction 7 permits the Fund to lend its portfolio securities. While lending securities may be a source of income to the Fund, as with other extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the underlying securities should the borrower fail financially. Additionally, losses could result from the reinvestment of collateral received on loaned securities in investments that decline in value, default, or do not perform as well as expected. Investment Restriction 7 also permits the Fund to make loans of money, including loans of money to other Prudential Funds pursuant to an SEC order for exemptive relief.  Investment Restriction 7 will be interpreted not to prevent the Fund from purchasing or investing in debt obligations and loans.
Whenever any fundamental investment policy or investment restriction states a maximum percentage of the Fund’s assets, it is intended that if the percentage limitation is met at the time the investment is made, a later change in percentage resulting from changing total or net asset values will not be considered a violation of such policy.
The Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions will be interpreted broadly. For example, the policies will be interpreted to refer to the 1940 Act and the related rules as they are in effect from time to time, and to interpretations and modifications of or relating to the 1940 Act by the SEC and others as they are given from time to time. When a restriction provides that an investment practice may be conducted as permitted by the 1940 Act, the restriction will be interpreted to mean either that the 1940 Act expressly permits the practice or that the 1940 Act does not prohibit the practice.
As a matter of non-fundamental policy, the Fund may not invest in securities of other investment companies, except as permitted under the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, or by any exemptive relief granted by the SEC.

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INFORMATION ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
Information about Board Members and Officers of the Fund is set forth below. Board Members who are not deemed to be “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Board Members who are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Fund are referred to as “Interested Board Members.” The Board Members are responsible for the overall supervision of the operations of the Fund and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Board in turn elects the Officers, who are responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the Fund.
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
Ellen S. Alberding (59)
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 87
President and Board Member, The Joyce Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 2002); Vice Chair, City Colleges of Chicago (community college system) (since 2011); Trustee, Skills for America’s Future (national initiative to connect employers to community colleges) (since 2011); Trustee, National Park Foundation (charitable foundation for national park system) (since 2009); Trustee, Economic Club of Chicago (since 2009). None.
Kevin J. Bannon (65)
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 (65)
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).
Barry H. Evans (56)±
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 87
Retired; Formerly President (2005 – 2016), Global Chief Operating Officer (2014– 2016), Chief Investment Officer – Global Head of Fixed Income (1998-2014), and various portfolio manager roles (1986-2006), Manulife Asset Management U.S. Director, Manulife Trust Company (2011- present); Director, Manulife Asset Management Limited (2015-present); Formerly Chairman of the Board of Directors of Manulife Asset Management U.S. (2005-2016); Formerly Chairman of the Board, Declaration Investment Management and Research (2008-2016).
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.
Laurie Simon Hodrick (55)±
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 87
A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School (since 1996); Visiting Professor of Law and Rock Center for Corporate Governance Fellow, Stanford Law School (since 2015); Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (since 2015); Sole Member, ReidCourt LLC (since 2008) (a consulting firm); Formerly Managing Director, Global Head of Alternative Investment Strategies, Deutsche Bank (2006-2008); Formerly Director/Trustee, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Funds (1999-2006). Independent Director, Corporate Capital Trust (since April 2017) (a business development company).
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 (74)
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.

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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
Stephen G. Stoneburn (74)
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.
±Mr. Evans and Ms. Hodrick joined the Board effective as of September 1, 2017.
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*
(58)
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
* Note: Prior to her retirement in 2014, Ms. Torres was employed by PGIM Investments LLC. Due to her prior employment, she is considered to be an “interested person” under the 1940 Act. Ms. Torres is a Non-Management Interested Board Member.
(1) The year that each individual joined the Board is as follows:
Ellen S. Alberding, 2013; Linda W. Bynoe, 2005; Barry H. Evans, 2017; Richard A. Redeker, 2003; Stephen G. Stoneburn, 2000; Kevin J. Bannon, 2008; Laurie Simon Hodrick, 2018; Keith F. Hartstein, 2013; Michael S. Hyland, 2008; Stuart S. Parker, Board Member and President since 2012; Scott E. Benjamin, Board Member and Vice President since 2009; Grace C. Torres, 2014.
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 (62)
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

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Fund Officers (a)    
Name, Address and Age
Position with Fund
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years Length of
Service as Fund Officer
Chad A. Earnst (42)
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 (59)
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 (59)
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 (50)
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 (56)
Assistant Treasurer
Vice President (since 2011) and Director (2008-2011) within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration. Since 2014
Kelly A. Coyne (49)
Assistant Treasurer
Director, Investment Operations of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since 2010). Since 2015
(a) Excludes Mr. Parker and Mr. Benjamin, interested Board Members who also serve as President and Vice President, respectively.
Explanatory Notes to Tables:
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 OF BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS. Pursuant to a management agreement with the Fund, the Manager pays all compensation of Fund Officers and employees as well as the fees and expenses of all Interested Board Members.

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The Fund pays each Independent Board Member and Non-Management Interested Board Member annual compensation in addition to certain out-of-pocket expenses. Independent Board Members and Non-Management Interested Board Members who serve on Board Committees may receive additional compensation. The amount of annual compensation paid to each Independent Board Member and Non-Management Interested Board Member may change as a result of the introduction of additional funds on whose Boards the Board Member may be asked to serve.
Independent Board Members and Non-Management Interested Board Members may defer receipt of their fees pursuant to a deferred fee agreement with the Fund. Under the terms of the agreement, the Fund accrues deferred Board Members' fees daily which, in turn, accrue interest at a rate equivalent to the prevailing rate of 90-day US Treasury Bills at the beginning of each calendar quarter or at the daily rate of return of any mutual fund managed by PGIM Investments chosen by the Board Member. Payment of the interest so accrued is also deferred and becomes payable at the option of the Board Member. The obligation to make payments of deferred Board Members' fees, together with interest thereon, is a general obligation of the Fund. The Fund does not have a retirement or pension plan for Board Members.
The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation paid by the Fund for the most recently completed fiscal year to the Independent Board Members and Non-Management Interested Board Members for service on the Board, and the Board of any other investment company in the Fund Complex for the most recently completed calendar year. Board Members and officers who are “interested persons” of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act) (with the exception of Non-Management Interested Board Members) do not receive compensation from PGIM Investments-managed funds and therefore are not shown in the following table.
Name Aggregate Fiscal Period
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*
Compensation Received by Independent Board Members
Ellen S. Alberding $1,000 None None $249,000 (32/88)*
Kevin J. Bannon $1,000 None None $255,000 (32/88)*
Linda W. Bynoe** $1,000 None None $243,000 (32/88)*
Barry H. Evans± $1,000 None None None
Keith F. Hartstein** $1,000 None None $249,000 (32/88)*
Laurie Simon Hodrick± $1,000 None None None
Michael S. Hyland $1,000 None None $255,000 (32/88)*
Richard A. Redeker** $1,000 None None $313,000 (32/88)*
Stephen G. Stoneburn** $1,000 None None $244,000 (32/88)*
Compensation Received by Non-Management Interested Board Member
Grace C. Torres‡ $1,000 None None $218,562 (30/86)*
± Mr. Evans and Ms. Hodrick joined the Board effective as of September 1, 2017.
‡ Ms. Torres serves as a Non-Management Interested Board Member, and receives compensation from the Fund for her service as a Board Member.
‡‡ As the Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI, information is estimated for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2018.
Explanatory Notes to Board Member Compensation Table
* Compensation relates to portfolios that were in existence for any period during 2016. Number of funds and portfolios represent those in existence as of December 31, 2016, and excludes funds that have merged or liquidated during the year. Additionally, the number of funds and portfolios includes those which are approved as of December 31, 2016, but may commence operations after that date. No compensation is paid out from such funds/portfolios.
** Under the deferred fee agreement for the PGIM Investments-managed funds, certain Board Members have elected to defer all or part of their total compensation. The total amount of deferred compensation accrued during the calendar year ended December 31, 2016, including investment results during the year on cumulative deferred fees, amounted to $64,545, $45,725, $(2,253), and $169,627 for Ms. Bynoe, Mr. Hartstein, Mr. Redeker, and Mr. Stoneburn, respectively.
BOARD COMMITTEES. The Board has established three standing committees in connection with Fund governance—Audit, Nominating and Governance, and Investment. Information on the membership of each standing committee and its functions is set forth below.
Audit Committee: The Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board in overseeing the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, accounting policies and procedures and other areas relating to the Fund's auditing processes. The Audit Committee is responsible for pre-approving all audit services and any permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm directly to the Fund. The Audit Committee is also responsible for pre-approving permitted services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to (1) the Manager and (2) any entity in a control relationship with the Manager that provides ongoing services to the Fund, provided that the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm relates directly to the operation and financial reporting of the Fund. The scope of the Audit Committee's responsibilities is oversight. It is

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management's responsibility to maintain appropriate systems for accounting and internal control and the independent registered public accounting firm's responsibility to plan and carry out an audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). The number of Audit Committee meetings held during the Fund's most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the table below.
The membership of the Audit Committee is set forth below:

Kevin J. Bannon (Chair)
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Michael S. Hyland, CFA
Richard A. Redeker
Stephen G. Stoneburn
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Nominating and Governance Committee: The Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board is responsible for nominating Board Members and making recommendations to the Board concerning Board composition, committee structure and governance, director education, and governance practices. The Board has determined that each member of the Nominating and Governance Committee is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act. The number of Nominating and Governance Committee meetings held during the Fund's most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the table below. The Nominating and Governance Committee Charter is available on the Fund's website.
The membership of the Nominating and Governance Committee is set forth below:

Linda W. Bynoe (Chair)
Ellen S. Alberding
Barry H. Evans
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Richard A. Redeker (ex-officio)
Investment Committees: The Board of each fund in the Prudential retail mutual funds complex has formed joint committees to review the performance of each Fund in the Fund Complex. The Gibraltar Investment Committee reviews the performance of each Fund that is subadvised by Jennison Associates LLC and Quantitative Management Associates LLC. The Dryden Investment Committee reviews the performance of each Fund that is subadvised by PGIM Fixed Income and PGIM Real Estate (each of which is a business unit of PGIM, Inc.). In addition, the Dryden Investment Committee reviews the performance of the closed-end funds. Each committee meets at least four times per year and reports the results of its review to the full Board of each Fund at each regularly scheduled Board meeting. Every Independent Board Member sits on one of the two committees. The Non-Management Interested Board Member sits on one of the two committees.
The number of Gibraltar Investment Committee or Dryden Investment Committee meetings, as applicable, held during the Fund's most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the table below.
The membership of the Gibraltar Investment Committee and the Dryden Investment Committee is set forth below:

Gibraltar Investment Committee
Ellen S. Alberding (Chair)
Kevin J. Bannon
Keith F. Hartstein
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Richard A. Redeker
Dryden Investment Committee
Michael S. Hyland, CFA (Chair)
Linda W. Bynoe
Barry H. Evans
Stephen G. Stoneburn
Grace C. Torres
Board Committee Meetings (for most recently completed fiscal period)*
Audit Committee Nominating & Governance Committee Dryden Investment Committee Gibraltar Investment Committee
N/A N/A N/A N/A
*Because the Fund is new this information is not yet available.

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LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS. The Board is responsible for oversight of the Fund. The Fund has engaged the Manager to manage the Fund on a day-to-day basis. The Board oversees the Manager and certain other principal service providers in the operations of the Fund. The Board is currently composed of twelve members, nine of whom are Independent Board Members. The Board meets in-person at regularly scheduled meetings four times throughout the year. In addition, the Board Members may meet in-person or by telephone at special meetings or on an informal basis at other times. As described above, the Board has established three standing committees—Audit, Nominating and Governance, and Investment—and may establish ad hoc committees or working groups from time to time, to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities. The Independent Board Members have also engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in fulfilling their responsibilities.
The Board is chaired by an Independent Board Member. As Chair, this Independent Board Member leads the Board in its activities. Also, the Chair acts as a member or as an ex-officio member of each standing committee and any ad hoc committee of the Board. The Board Members have determined that the Board's leadership and committee structure is appropriate because the Board believes it sets the proper tone to the relationships between the Fund, on the one hand, and the Manager, the subadviser(s) and certain other principal service providers, on the other, and facilitates the exercise of the Board's independent judgment in evaluating and managing the relationships. In addition, the structure efficiently allocates responsibility among committees.
The Board has concluded that, based on each Board Member's experience, qualifications, attributes or skills on an individual basis and in combination with those of the other Board Members, each Board Member should serve as a Board Member. Among other attributes common to all Board Members are their ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the various service providers to the Fund, and to exercise reasonable business judgment in the performance of their duties as Board Members. In addition, the Board has taken into account the actual service and commitment of the Board Members during their tenure in concluding that each should continue to serve. A Board Member's ability to perform his or her duties effectively may have been attained through a Board Member's educational background or professional training; business, consulting, public service or academic positions; experience from service as a Board Member of the Fund, other funds in the Fund Complex, public companies, or non-profit entities or other organizations; or other experiences. Set forth below is a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills of each Board Member that led the Board to conclude that he or she should serve as a Board Member.
Ellen S. Alberding. Ms. Alberding joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2013. Ms. Alberding has 30 years of experience in the non-profit sector, including over 20 years as the president of a charitable foundation, where she oversees multiple investment managers. Ms. Alberding also served as a Trustee of the Aon Funds from 2000 to 2003.
Kevin J. Bannon. Mr. Bannon joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2008. Mr. Bannon has held senior executive positions in the financial services industry, including serving as a senior executive of asset management firms, for over 17 years.
Linda W. Bynoe. Ms. Bynoe has been a Board Member of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex since 2005, having served on the boards of other mutual fund complexes since 1993. She has worked in the financial services industry over 11 years, has approximately 20 years of experience as a management consultant and serves as a Director of financial services and other complex global corporations.
Barry H. Evans. Mr. Evans joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2017. Mr. Evans has held senior executive positions and various portfolio manager roles in an asset management firm for thirty years.
Keith F. Hartstein . Mr. Hartstein joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2013. Mr. Hartstein has worked in the asset management industry for almost 30 years and served as a senior executive in an asset management firm.
Laurie Simon Hodrick . Ms. Hodrick joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2017. Ms. Hodrick brings almost 30 years of experience as a finance academic, practitioner, and consultant.
Michael S. Hyland . Mr. Hyland joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2008. Mr. Hyland has held senior executive positions in the financial services industry, including serving as a senior executive of asset management firms, for over 17 years.
Richard A. Redeker. Mr. Redeker has served as a Board Member of mutual funds in the Fund Complex for more than 15 years, including as a member and/or Chair of various Board committees. Mr. Redeker has more than 50 years of experience as a senior executive in the mutual fund industry.

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Stephen G. Stoneburn. Mr. Stoneburn has served as a Board Member of mutual funds in the Fund Complex for more than 15 years, including as a member and/or Chair of various Board committees. Mr. Stoneburn has more than 30 years of experience as a senior executive officer of operating companies and/or as a director of public companies.
Stuart S. Parker . Mr. Parker, who has served as an Interested Board Member and President of the Fund and the other funds in the Fund Complex since 2012, is President, Chief Operating Officer and Officer-in-Charge of PGIM Investments and several of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund and has held senior positions in PGIM Investments since 2005.
Scott E. Benjamin . Mr. Benjamin, an Interested Board Member of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex since 2010, has served as a Vice President of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex since 2009 and has held senior positions in PGIM Investments since 2003.
Grace C. Torres. Ms. Torres, a Non-Management Interested Board Member of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex, formerly served as Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer for the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex for 16 years and held senior positions with the Manager from 1999 to 2014. In addition, Ms. Torres is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Specific details about each Board Member's professional experience appear in the professional biography tables, above.
Risk Oversight. Investing in general and the operation of a mutual fund involve a variety of risks, such as investment risk, compliance risk, and operational risk, among others. The Board oversees risk as part of its oversight of the Fund. Risk oversight is addressed as part of various regular Board and committee activities. The Board, directly or through its committees, reviews reports from among others, the Manager, subadvisers, the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, counsel, and internal auditors of the Manager or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Fund and the risk management programs of the Manager and certain service providers. The actual day-to-day risk management with respect to the Fund resides with the Manager and other service providers to the Fund. Although the risk management policies of the Manager and the service providers are designed to be effective, those policies and their implementation vary among service providers and over time, and there is no guarantee that they will be effective. Not all risks that may affect the Fund can be identified or processes and controls developed to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects, and some risks are simply beyond any control of the Fund or the Manager, its affiliates or other service providers.
Selection of Board Member Nominees. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for considering nominees for Board Members at such times as it considers electing new members to the Board. The Nominating and Governance Committee may consider recommendations by business and personal contacts of current Board Members, and by executive search firms which the Committee may engage from time to time and will also consider shareholder recommendations. The Nominating and Governance Committee has not established specific, minimum qualifications that it believes must be met by a nominee. In evaluating nominees, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers, among other things, an individual's background, skills, and experience; whether the individual is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act; and whether the individual would be deemed an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of applicable SEC rules. The Nominating and Governance Committee also considers whether the individual's background, skills, and experience will complement the background, skills, and experience of other nominees and will contribute to the diversity of the Board. There are no differences in the manner in which the Nominating and Governance Committee evaluates nominees for the Board based on whether the nominee is recommended by a shareholder.
A shareholder who wishes to recommend a board member for nomination should submit his or her recommendation in writing to the Chair of the Board (Keith Hartstein) or the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (Linda W. Bynoe), in either case in care of the specified Fund(s), at 655 Broad Street, 17 th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. At a minimum, the recommendation should include: the name, address and business, educational and/or other pertinent background of the person being recommended; a statement concerning whether the person is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act; any other information that the Fund would be required to include in a proxy statement concerning the person if he or she was nominated; and the name and address of the person submitting the recommendation, together with the number of Fund shares held by such person and the period for which the shares have been held. The recommendation also can include any additional information which the person submitting it believes would assist the Nominating and Governance Committee in evaluating the recommendation.
Shareholders should note that a person who owns securities issued by Prudential (the parent company of the Fund's Manager) would be deemed an “interested person” under the 1940 Act. In addition, certain other relationships with Prudential or its subsidiaries, with registered broker-dealers, or with the Fund's outside legal counsel may cause a person to be deemed an “interested person.” Before the Nominating and Governance Committee decides to nominate an individual to the Board, Committee members and other Board

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Members customarily interview the individual in person. In addition, the individual customarily is asked to complete a detailed questionnaire which is designed to elicit information which must be disclosed under SEC and stock exchange rules and to determine whether the individual is subject to any statutory disqualification from serving on the board of a registered investment company.
Share Ownership. Information relating to each Board Member's Fund share ownership and in all registered funds in the PGIM Investments-advised funds that are overseen by the respective Board Member as of the most recently completed calendar year is set forth in the chart below.
Name Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Funds
Aggregate Dollar Range of
Equity Securities in All
Registered Investment
Companies Overseen by
Board Member in Fund Complex
Board Member Share Ownership: Independent Board Members
Ellen S. Alberding None Over $100,000
Kevin J. Bannon None Over $100,000
Linda W. Bynoe None Over $100,000
Barry H. Evans None None
Keith F. Hartstein None Over $100,000
Laurie Simon Hodrick None None
Michael S. Hyland None Over $100,000
Richard A. Redeker None Over $100,000
Stephen G. Stoneburn None Over $100,000
Board Member Share Ownership: Interested Board Members
Stuart S. Parker None Over $100,000
Scott E. Benjamin None Over $100,000
Grace C. Torres None Over $100,000
None of the Independent Board Members, or any member of his/her immediate family, owned beneficially or of record any securities in an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund or a person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund as of the most recently completed calendar year.
Shareholder Communications with Board Members. Shareholders can communicate directly with Board Members by writing to the Chair of the Board, c/o the Fund, 655 Broad Street, 17 th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Board Member by writing to that Board Member, c/o the Fund, 655 Broad Street, 17 th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. Such communications to the Board or individual Board Members are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.
MANAGEMENT & ADVISORY ARRANGEMENTS
MANAGER. The Manager’s address is 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102-4410. The Manager serves as manager to all of the other investment companies that, together with the Fund, comprise the Prudential mutual funds. See the Prospectus for more information about PGIM Investments. As of July 31, 2017, the Manager served as the investment manager to all of the Prudential US and offshore open-end investment companies, and as administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets of approximately $271.7 billion.
The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PIFM Holdco LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Asset Management Holding Company LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential. PMFS, an affiliate of PGIM Investments, serves as the transfer agent and dividend distribution agent for the Prudential mutual funds and, in addition, provides customer service, record keeping and management and administrative services to qualified plans.
Pursuant to a management agreement with the Fund (the Management Agreement), PGIM Investments, subject to the supervision of the Fund's Board and in conformity with the stated policies of the Fund, manages both the investment operations of the Fund and the composition of the Fund's portfolio, including the purchase, retention, disposition and loan of securities and other assets. In connection therewith, the Manager is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. The Manager is authorized to enter into subadvisory

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agreements for investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. The Manager will continue to have responsibility for all investment advisory services performed pursuant to any such subadvisory agreements. PGIM Investments will review the performance of the investment subadviser(s) and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the retention of investment subadvisers and the renewal of contracts. The Manager also administers the Fund's corporate affairs and, in connection therewith, furnishes the Fund with office facilities, together with those ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services which are not being furnished by the Fund's custodian (the Custodian) and PMFS. The management services of PGIM Investments to the Fund are not exclusive under the terms of the Management Agreement and PGIM Investments is free to, and does, render management services to others.
PGIM Investments may from time to time waive all or a portion of its management fee and subsidize all or a portion of the operating expenses of the Fund. Fee waivers and subsidies will increase the Fund's total return. These voluntary waivers may be terminated at any time without notice. To the extent that PGIM Investments agrees to waive its fee or subsidize the Fund's expenses, it may enter into a relationship agreement with the subadviser to share the economic impact of the fee waiver or expense subsidy.
In connection with its management of the corporate affairs of the Fund, PGIM Investments bears the following expenses:
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.
Under the terms of the Management Agreement, the Fund is responsible for the payment of the following expenses:
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 counsel to the Independent Board Members;
brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with its 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 its 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.
The Management Agreement provides that PGIM Investments will not be liable for any error of judgment by PGIM Investments or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the matters to which the Management Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services (in which case any award of damages shall be limited to the period and the amount set forth in Section 36(b)(3) of the 1940 Act) or loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties. The Management Agreement provides that it will terminate automatically if assigned (as defined in the 1940 Act), and that it may be terminated without penalty by either PGIM Investments or the Fund by the Board or vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act) upon not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice. The Management Agreement will continue in effect for a period of more than two years from the date of execution only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act.
Fees payable under the Management Agreement are computed daily and paid monthly. The applicable fee rate under the Management Agreement is set forth below.
Management Fee Rate
The Management Fee rate for the Fund is:
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The Fund, as a shareholder in the Underlying Funds, will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses paid by the Underlying Funds.
SUBADVISORY ARRANGEMENTS. The Manager has entered into a subadvisory agreement (Subadvisory Agreement) with the Fund's investment subadviser. The Subadvisory Agreement provides that the subadviser will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, the subadviser is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. Under the Subadvisory Agreement, the subadviser, subject to the supervision of PGIM Investments, is responsible for managing the assets of the Fund in accordance with the Fund's investment objectives, investment program and policies. The subadviser determines what securities and other instruments are purchased and sold for the Fund and is responsible for obtaining and evaluating financial data relevant to the Fund. PGIM Investments continues to have responsibility for all investment advisory services pursuant to the Management Agreement and supervises the subadviser's performance of such services.
As discussed in the Prospectus, PGIM Investments employs the subadviser under a “manager of managers” structure that allows PGIM Investments to replace the subadviser or amend a Subadvisory Agreement without seeking shareholder approval. The Subadvisory Agreement provides that it will terminate in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act) or upon the termination of the Management Agreement. The Subadvisory Agreement may be terminated by the Fund, PGIM Investments, or the subadviser upon not more than 60 days’ nor less than 30 days’ written notice. The Subadvisory Agreement provides that it will continue in effect for a period of not more than two years from its execution only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act. Any new subadvisory agreement or amendment to the Fund’s Management Agreement or Subadvisory Agreement that directly or indirectly results in an increase in the aggregate management fee rate payable by the Fund will be submitted to the Fund’s shareholders for their approval. PGIM Investments does not currently intend to retain unaffiliated subadvisers.
The applicable fee rate payable by PGIM Investments is set forth below. Subadvisory fees are based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, calculated and paid on a monthly basis, at the fee rate as set forth in the Subadvisory Agreement. Subadvisory fees are deducted out of the management fee paid by the Fund.
Subadvisory Fee Rate
The Subadvisory Fee for the Fund is:
0.02% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED
The table below identifies the number and total assets of other mutual funds and other types of investment accounts managed by each portfolio manager. For each category, the number of investment accounts and total assets in the investment accounts whose fees are based on performance, if any, is indicated in italics typeface. Information shown below is as of the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, unless noted otherwise.
Other Funds and Investment Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers
Subadviser Portfolio Managers Registered Investment
Companies*/Total Assets
Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles*/
Total Assets
Other Accounts*/
Total Assets
Quantitative Management Associates LLC Ted Lockwood 32/$82.57 billion 5/$1.75 billion 24/$1.72 billion
1/$30.8 million
  Joel Kallman, CFA 31/$82.07 billion 5/$1.75 billion 21/$1.48 billion
  Jeremy Stempien 31/$82.07 billion 5/$1.75 billion 21/$1.48 billion
*Accounts are managed on a team basis. If a portfolio manager is a member of a team, any account managed by that team is included in the number of accounts and total assets for such portfolio manager (even if such portfolio manager is not primarily involved in the day-to-day management of the account).
“QMA Other Pooled Investment Vehicles” includes commingled insurance company separate accounts, commingled trust funds and other commingled investment vehicles. “QMA Other Accounts” includes single client accounts, managed accounts (which are counted as one account per managed account platform), asset allocation clients, and accounts of affiliates. The assets in certain accounts have been estimated due to the availability of information only at the end of calendar quarters.
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The table below identifies the dollar value (in ranges) of investments beneficially held by, and financial interests awarded to, each portfolio manager, if any, in the Fund and in other investment accounts managed by each portfolio manager that utilize investment strategies, objectives and policies similar to the Fund. Information shown below is as of each Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, unless noted otherwise.
Personal Investments and Financial Interests of the Portfolio Managers
Subadviser Portfolio Managers Investments and Other Financial Interests
in the Fund and Similar Strategies*
Quantitative Management Associates LLC Ted Lockwood $100,001-$500,000
  Joel Kallman, CFA $10,001-$50,000
  Jeremy Stempien $10,001-$50,000
* “Investments and Other Financial Interests in the Fund and Similar Strategies” include the indicated Fund and all other investment accounts which are managed by the same portfolio manager that utilize investment strategies, investment objectives and policies that are similar to those of the Fund. “Other Investment Accounts” in similar strategies include other Prudential mutual funds, insurance company separate accounts, and collective and commingled trusts. “Investments” include holdings in the Fund and in investment accounts in similar strategies, including shares or units that may be held through a 401(k) plan and/or deferred compensation plan. “Other Financial Interests” include interests in the Fund and in investment accounts in similar strategies resulting from awards under an investment professional’s long-term compensation plan, where such awards track the performance of certain strategies and are subject to increase or decrease based on the annual performance of such strategies.
The dollar ranges for each Portfolio Manager's investment in the Fund are as follows: Ted Lockwood: None; Joel Kallman: None; Jeremy Stempien: None.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS—COMPENSATION AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Set forth below, for each portfolio manager, is an explanation of the structure of, and methods used to determine, portfolio manager compensation. Also set forth below, for each portfolio manager, is an explanation of any material conflicts of interest that may arise between a portfolio manager's management of the Fund's investments and investments in other accounts.
Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA)
COMPENSATION . QMA’s investment professionals are compensated through a combination of base salary, a performance-based annual cash incentive bonus and an annual long-term incentive grant. QMA regularly utilizes third party surveys to compare its compensation program against leading asset management firms to monitor competitiveness.
An investment professional’s incentive compensation, including both the annual cash bonus and long-term incentive grant, is largely driven by a person’s contribution to QMA’s goal of providing investment performance to clients consistent with portfolio objectives, guidelines and risk parameters, as well as such person’s qualitative contributions to the organization. An investment professional’s long-term incentive grant is currently divided into two components: (i) 80% of the value of the grant is subject to increase or decrease based on the performance of certain QMA strategies, and (ii) 20% of the value of the grant consists of stock options and/or restricted stock of Prudential Financial, Inc. (QMA’s ultimate parent company). The long-term incentive grants are subject to vesting requirements. The incentive compensation of each investment professional is not based solely or directly on the performance of the Fund (or any other individual account managed by QMA) or the value of the assets of the Fund (or any other individual account managed by QMA).
The annual cash bonus pool is determined quantitatively based on two primary factors: 1) investment performance of composites representing QMA’s various investment strategies on a 1-year and 3-year basis relative to appropriate market peer groups and the indices against which QMA’s strategies are managed, and 2) business results as measured by QMA’s pre-tax income.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST . Like other investment advisers, QMA is subject to various conflicts of interest in the ordinary course of its business. QMA strives to identify potential risks, including conflicts of interest, that are inherent in its business, and conducts annual conflict of interest reviews. When actual or potential conflicts of interest are identified, QMA seeks to address such conflicts through one or more of the following methods:
Elimination of the conflict;
Disclosure of the conflict; or
Management of the conflict through the adoption of appropriate policies and procedures.
QMA follows Prudential Financial's standards on business ethics, personal securities trading, and information barriers. QMA has adopted a code of ethics, allocation policies and conflicts of interest policies, among others, and has adopted supervisory procedures to monitor compliance with its policies. QMA cannot guarantee, however, that its policies and procedures will detect and prevent, or result in the disclosure of, each and every situation in which a conflict may arise.
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Side-by-side management of multiple accounts can create incentives for QMA to favor one account over another. Examples are detailed below, followed by a discussion of how QMA addresses these conflicts.
Asset-Based Fees vs. Performance-Based Fees; Other Fee Considerations. QMA manages accounts with asset-based fees alongside accounts with performance-based fees. Asset-based fees are calculated based on the value of a client’s portfolio at periodic measurement dates or over specified periods of time. Performance-based fees are generally based on a share of the capital appreciation of a portfolio, and may offer greater upside potential to an investment manager than asset-based fees, depending on how the fees are structured. This side-by-side management can create an incentive for QMA and its investment professionals to favor one account over another. Specifically, QMA has the incentive to favor accounts for which it receives performance fees, and possibly take greater investment risks in those accounts, in order to bolster performance and increase its fees. In addition, since fees are negotiable, one client may be paying a higher fee than another client with similar investment objectives or goals. In negotiating fees, QMA takes into account a number of factors including, but not limited to, the investment strategy, the size of a portfolio being managed, the relationship with the client, and the required level of service. Fees may also differ based on account type. For example, fees for commingled vehicles, including those that QMA subadvises, may differ from fees charged for single client accounts.
Long Only/Long-Short Accounts. QMA manages accounts that only allow it to hold securities long as well as accounts that permit short selling. QMA may, therefore, sell a security short in some client accounts while holding the same security long in other client accounts, creating the possibility that QMA is taking inconsistent positions with respect to a particular security in different client accounts.
Compensation/Benefit Plan Accounts/Other Investments by Investment Professionals. QMA manages certain funds and strategies whose performance is considered in determining long-term incentive plan benefits for certain investment professionals. Investment professionals involved in the management of accounts in these strategies have an incentive to favor them over other accounts they manage in order to increase their compensation. Additionally, QMA’s investment professionals may have an interest in those strategies if the funds are chosen as options in their 401(k) or deferred compensation plans offered by Prudential or if they otherwise invest in those funds directly.
Affiliated Accounts. QMA manages accounts on behalf of its affiliates as well as unaffiliated accounts. QMA could have an incentive to favor accounts of affiliates over others.
Non-Discretionary Accounts or Model Portfolios. QMA provides non-discretionary model portfolios to some clients and manages other portfolios on a discretionary basis. When QMA manages accounts on a non-discretionary basis, the investment team will typically deliver a model portfolio to a non-discretionary client at or around the same time as executing discretionary trades in the same strategy. The non-discretionary clients may be disadvantaged if QMA delivers the model investment portfolio to them after it initiates trading for the discretionary clients, or vice versa.
Large Accounts. Large accounts typically generate more revenue than do smaller accounts. As a result, a portfolio manager has an incentive when allocating scarce investment opportunities to favor accounts that pay a higher fee or generate more income for QMA.
Securities of the Same Kind or Class. QMA sometimes buys or sells, or directs or recommends 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. QMA 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 can appear as inconsistencies in QMA’s management of multiple accounts side-by-side.
How QMA Addresses These Conflicts of Interest
The conflicts of interest described above with respect to QMA’s different types of side-by-side management could influence QMA’s allocation of investment opportunities as well as its timing, aggregation and allocation of trades. QMA has developed policies and procedures designed to address these conflicts of interest. QMA's Conflicts of Interest and related policies stress that investment decisions are to be made in accordance with the fiduciary duties owed to each account without giving consideration to QMA or QMA personnel's pecuniary, investment or other financial interest.
In keeping with its fiduciary obligations, QMA’s policies with respect to allocation and aggregation are to treat all of its accounts fairly and equitably. QMA’s investment strategies generally require that QMA invest its clients’ assets in securities that are publicly traded. QMA generally does not participate in initial public offerings. QMA's investment strategies are team managed, reducing the likelihood that one portfolio would be favored over other portfolios managed by the team. These factors significantly reduce the risk that QMA could favor one client over another in the allocation of investment opportunities. QMA’s compliance procedures with respect to these policies include independent reviews by its compliance unit of the timing, allocation and aggregation of trades, allocation of investment opportunities and the performance of similarly managed accounts. These procedures are designed to detect patterns and anomalies in QMA’s side-by-side management and trading so that QMA may take measures to correct or improve its processes. QMA’s trade management oversight committee, which consists of senior members of QMA’s management team, reviews trading patterns on a periodic basis.
QMA rebalances portfolios periodically with frequencies that vary with market conditions and investment objectives and may differ across portfolios in the same strategy based on variations in portfolio characteristics and constraints. QMA may aggregate trades for multiple portfolios rebalanced on any given day, where appropriate and consistent with its duty of best execution. Orders are generally

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allocated at the time of the transaction, or as soon as possible thereafter, on a pro rata basis equal to each account’s appetite for the issue when such appetite can be determined. As mentioned above, QMA’s compliance unit performs periodic reviews to determine that all portfolios are rebalanced consistently, over time, within all equity strategies.
With respect to QMA’s management of long-short and long-only active equity accounts, the security weightings (positive or negative) in each account are typically determined by a quantitative algorithm. An independent review is performed by the compliance unit to assess whether any such positions would represent a departure from the quantitative algorithm used to derive the positions in each portfolio. QMA’s review is also intended to identify situations where QMA would seem to have conflicting views of the same security in different portfolios although such views may actually be reasonable due to differing portfolio constraints.
QMA’s Relationships with Affiliates and Related Conflicts of Interest
As an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, QMA is part of a diversified, global financial services organization. QMA is affiliated with many types of financial service providers, including broker-dealers, insurance companies, commodity pool operators and other investment advisers. Some of its employees are officers or directors of some of these affiliates.
Conflicts Related to QMA’s Affiliations
Conflicts Arising Out of Legal Restrictions. QMA may be restricted by law, regulation, contract or other constraints as to how much, if any, of a particular security it may purchase or sell on behalf of a client, and as to the timing of such purchase or sale. Sometimes, these restrictions apply as a result of QMA’s relationship with Prudential Financial and its other affiliates. For example, QMA’s holdings of a security on behalf of its clients are required, under some SEC rules, to be aggregated with the holdings of that security by other Prudential Financial affiliates. These holdings could, on an aggregate basis, exceed certain reporting or ownership thresholds. QMA tracks these aggregate holdings and may restrict purchases to avoid crossing such thresholds because of the potential consequences to Prudential if such thresholds are exceeded. In addition, QMA could receive material, non-public information with respect to a particular issuer from an affiliate and, as a result, be unable to execute purchase or sale transactions in securities of that issuer for its clients. QMA is generally able to avoid receiving material, non-public information from its affiliates by maintaining information barriers to prevent the transfer of information between affiliates.
The Fund may be prohibited from engaging in transactions with its affiliates even when such transactions may be beneficial for the Fund. Certain affiliated transactions are permitted in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund and reviewed by the independent board members of the Fund.
Conflicts Related to QMA’s Multi-Asset Class Services. 
QMA performs asset allocation services as subadviser for affiliated mutual funds managed or co-managed by the Manager, including for some Portfolios offered by the Funds. Where, in these arrangements, QMA also manages underlying funds or accounts within asset classes included in the mutual fund guidelines (as is the case with the Funds), QMA will allocate assets to such underlying funds or accounts.  In these circumstances, QMA receives both an asset allocation fee and a management fee. As a result, QMA has an incentive to allocate assets to an asset class or underlying fund that it manages in order to increase its fees. To help mitigate this conflict, the compliance group reviews the asset allocation to determine that the investments were made within the guidelines established for each asset class or fund. QMA’s affiliates can have an incentive to seek to influence QMA’s asset allocation decisions, for example to facilitate hedging or improve profit margins.  Through training and the establishment of communication barriers, however, QMA seeks to avoid any influence by its affiliates and implements its asset allocation decisions solely in what QMA believes to be the best interests of the funds and in compliance with applicable guidelines.  QMA also believes that it makes such allocations in a manner consistent with its fiduciary obligations.
In certain arrangements, QMA subadvises mutual funds for the Manager through a program where they have selected QMA as a manager, resulting in QMA’s collection of subadvisory fees from them. The Manager also selects managers for some of QMA’s asset allocation products and, in certain cases, is compensated by QMA for these services under service agreements. The Manager and QMA may have a mutual incentive to continue these types of arrangements that benefit both companies. These and other types of conflicts of interest are reviewed to verify that appropriate oversight is performed.
Conflicts Related to QMA’s Financial Interests and the Financial Interests of QMA’s Affiliates.
QMA, Prudential Financial, Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America (PICA) and other affiliates of QMA have financial interests in, or relationships with, companies whose securities QMA holds, purchases or sells in its client accounts. Certain of these interests and relationships are material to QMA or to the Prudential enterprise. At any time, these interests and relationships could be inconsistent or in potential or actual conflict with positions held or actions taken by QMA on behalf of its client accounts. For example, QMA invests in the securities of one or more clients for the accounts of other clients. QMA’s affiliates sell various products and/or services to certain companies whose securities QMA purchases and sells for its clients. QMA’s affiliates hold public and private debt and equity securities of a large number of issuers. QMA invests in some of the same issuers for its client accounts but at different levels in the capital structure. For instance, QMA may invest client assets in the equity of companies whose debt is held by an affiliate. Certain of QMA’s affiliates (as well as directors of QMA’s affiliates) are officers or directors of issuers in which QMA invests from time to

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  time. These issuers may also be service providers to QMA or its affiliates. In general, conflicts related to the financial interests described above are addressed by the fact that QMA makes investment decisions for each client independently considering the best economic interests of such client.
Certain of QMA’s employees may offer and sell securities of, and interests in, commingled funds that QMA manages or subadvises. Employees may offer and sell securities in connection with their roles as registered representatives of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (a broker-dealer affiliate), or as officers, agents, or approved persons of other affiliates. There is an incentive for QMA’s employees to offer these securities to investors regardless of whether the investment is appropriate for such investor since increased assets in these vehicles will result in increased advisory fees to QMA. In addition, although sales commissions are not paid for such activities, such sales could result in increased compensation to the employee. To mitigate this conflict, QMA performs suitability checks on new clients as well as on an annual basis with respect to all clients.
A portion of the long-term incentive grant of some of QMA’s investment professionals will increase or decrease based on the performance of several of QMA’s strategies over defined time periods. Consequently, some of QMA’s portfolio managers from time to time have financial interests in the accounts they advise. To address potential conflicts related to these financial interests, QMA has procedures, including supervisory review procedures, designed to verify that each of its accounts is managed in a manner that is consistent with QMA’s fiduciary obligations, as well as with the account’s investment objectives, investment strategies and restrictions. Specifically, QMA’s chief investment officer will perform a comparison of trading costs between accounts in the strategies whose performance is considered in connection with the long-term incentive grant and other accounts, to verify that such costs are consistent with each other or otherwise in line with expectations. The results of the analysis are discussed at a trade management meeting.
Conflicts Arising Out of Certain Vendor Agreements.
QMA and its affiliates, from time to time, have service agreements with various vendors that are also investment consultants. Under these agreements, QMA or its affiliates compensate the vendors for certain services, including software, market data and technology services. QMA’s clients may also retain these vendors as investment consultants. The existence of service agreements between these consultants and QMA may provide an incentive for the investment consultants to favor QMA when they advise their clients. QMA does not, however, condition its purchase of services from consultants upon their recommending QMA to their clients. QMA will provide clients with information about services that QMA or its affiliates obtain from these consultants upon request. QMA retains third party advisors and other service providers to provide various services for QMA as well as for funds that QMA manages or subadvises. A service provider may provide services to QMA or one of its funds while also providing services to PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), other PGIM-advised funds, or affiliates of PGIM, and may negotiate rates in the context of the overall relationship. QMA may benefit from negotiated fee rates offered to its funds and vice-versa. There is no assurance that QMA will be able to obtain advantageous fee rates from a given service provider negotiated by its affiliates based on their relationship with the service provider, or that it will know of such negotiated fee rates.
Conflicts of Interest in the Voting Process
Occasionally, a conflict of interest may arise in connection with proxy voting. For example, the issuer of the securities being voted may also be a client or affiliate of QMA. When QMA identifies an actual or potential conflict of interest between QMA and its clients or affiliates, QMA votes in accordance with the policy of its proxy vendor rather than its own policy. In that manner, QMA seeks to maintain the independence and objectivity of the vote.
OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS
CUSTODIAN. The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as Custodian for the Fund’s portfolio securities and cash, and in that capacity, maintains certain financial accounting books and records pursuant to an agreement with the Fund. Subcustodians provide custodial services for any non-US assets held outside the United States.
TRANSFER AGENT. PMFS, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, serves as the transfer and dividend disbursing agent of the Fund. PMFS is an affiliate of the Manager. PMFS provides customary transfer agency services to the Fund, including the handling of shareholder communications, the processing of shareholder transactions, the maintenance of shareholder account records, the payment of dividends and distributions, and related functions. For these services, PMFS receives compensation from the Fund and is reimbursed for its transfer agent expenses which include an annual fee and certain out-of-pocket expenses including, but not limited to, postage, stationery, printing, allocable communication expenses and other costs.
The Fund's Board has appointed BNY Mellon Asset Servicing (US) Inc. (BNYAS), 301 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, as sub-transfer agent to the Fund. PMFS has contracted with BNYAS to provide certain administrative functions to PMFS. PMFS will compensate BNYAS for such services.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. KPMG LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154, serves as independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund, and in that capacity will audit the annual financial statements for the next fiscal year. 

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DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES
DISTRIBUTOR. Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS or the Distributor), 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410, acts as the distributor of all of the shares of the Fund. The Distributor is a subsidiary of Prudential.
FEE WAIVERS AND SUBSIDIES. PGIM Investments may from time to time waive all or a portion of its management fee and subsidize all or a portion of the operating expenses of the Fund. Fee waivers and subsidies will increase the Fund's total return.
COMPUTATION OF OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE
Because the Fund is new, this information is not available.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS & BROKERAGE
The Fund has adopted a policy pursuant to which the Fund and its Manager, subadviser and principal underwriter are prohibited from directly or indirectly compensating a broker-dealer for promoting or selling Fund shares by directing brokerage transactions to that broker. The Fund has adopted procedures for the purpose of deterring and detecting any violations of the policy. The policy permits the Fund, the Manager and the subadviser to use selling brokers to execute transactions in portfolio securities so long as the selection of such selling brokers is the result of a decision that executing such transactions is in the best interest of the Fund and is not influenced by considerations about the sale of Fund shares. For purposes of this section, the term “Manager” includes the subadviser.
The Manager is responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities, futures contracts and options on such securities and futures for the Fund, the selection of brokers, dealers and futures commission merchants to effect the transactions and the negotiation of brokerage commissions, if any. On a national securities exchange, broker-dealers may receive negotiated brokerage commissions on Fund portfolio transactions, including options, futures, and options on futures transactions and the purchase and sale of underlying securities upon the exercise of options. On a non-US securities exchange, commissions may be fixed. Orders may be directed to any broker or futures commission merchant including, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable laws, one of the Manager's affiliates (an affiliated broker). Brokerage commissions on US securities, options and futures exchanges or boards of trade are subject to negotiation between the Manager and the broker or futures commission merchant.
In the OTC market, securities are generally traded on a “net” basis with dealers acting as principal for their own accounts without a stated commission, although the price of the security usually includes a profit to the dealer. In underwritten offerings, securities are purchased at a fixed price which includes an amount of compensation to the underwriter, generally referred to as the underwriter's concession or discount. On occasion, certain money market instruments and US Government agency securities may be purchased directly from the issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are paid. The Fund will not deal with an affiliated broker in any transaction in which an affiliated broker acts as principal except in accordance with the rules of the SEC.
In placing orders for portfolio securities of the Fund, the Manager's overriding objective is to obtain the best possible combination of favorable price and efficient execution. The Manager seeks to effect such transaction at a price and commission that provides the most favorable total cost of proceeds reasonably attainable in the circumstances. The factors that the Manager may consider in selecting a particular broker, dealer or futures commission merchant (firms) are the Manager's knowledge of negotiated commission rates currently available and other current transaction costs; the nature of the portfolio transaction; the size of the transaction; the desired timing of the trade; the activity existing and expected in the market for the particular transaction; confidentiality; the execution, clearance and settlement capabilities of the firms; the availability of research and research-related services provided through such firms; the Manager's knowledge of the financial stability of the firms; the Manager's knowledge of actual or apparent operational problems of firms; and the amount of capital, if any, that would be contributed by firms executing the transaction. Given these factors, the Fund may pay transaction costs in excess of that which another firm might have charged for effecting the same transaction.
When the Manager selects a firm that executes orders or is a party to portfolio transactions, relevant factors taken into consideration are whether that firm has furnished research and research-related products and/or services, such as research reports, research compilations, statistical and economic data, computer databases, quotation equipment and services, research-oriented computer software and services, reports concerning the performance of accounts, valuations of securities, investment-related periodicals, investment seminars and other economic services and consultations. Such services are used in connection with some or all of the Manager's investment activities; some of such services, obtained in connection with the execution of transactions for one investment account, may be used in managing other accounts, and not all of these services may be used in connection with the Fund. The Manager maintains an internal allocation procedure to identify those firms who have provided it with research and research-related products and/or services, and the amount that was provided, and to endeavor to direct sufficient commissions to them to ensure the continued receipt of those services that the Manager believes provide a benefit to the Fund and its other clients. The Manager makes a good faith determination that the research and/or service is reasonable in light of the type of service provided and the price and execution of the related portfolio transactions.

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When the Manager deems the purchase or sale of equities to be in the best interests of the Fund or its other clients, including Prudential, the Manager may, but is under no obligation to, aggregate the transactions in order to obtain the most favorable price or lower brokerage commissions and efficient execution. In such event, allocation of the transactions, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Manager in the manner it considers to be most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to its clients. The allocation of orders among firms and the commission rates paid are reviewed periodically by the Fund's Board. Portfolio securities may not be purchased from any underwriting or selling syndicate of which any affiliate, during the existence of the syndicate, is a principal underwriter (as defined in the 1940 Act), except in accordance with rules of the SEC. This limitation, in the opinion of the Fund, will not significantly affect the Fund's ability to pursue its present investment objectives. However, in the future in other circumstances, the Fund may be at a disadvantage because of this limitation in comparison to other funds with similar objectives but not subject to such limitations.
Subject to the above considerations, an affiliate may act as a broker or futures commission merchant for the Fund. In order for an affiliate of the Manager to effect any portfolio transactions for the Fund, the commissions, fees or other remuneration received by the affiliated broker must be reasonable and fair compared to the commissions, fees or other remuneration paid to other firms in connection with comparable transactions involving similar securities or futures being purchased or sold on an exchange or board of trade during a comparable period of time. This standard would allow the affiliated broker to receive no more than the remuneration which would be expected to be received by an unaffiliated firm in a commensurate arm's-length transaction. Furthermore, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, has adopted procedures which are reasonably designed to provide that any commissions, fees or other remuneration paid to the affiliated broker (or any affiliate) are consistent with the foregoing standard. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934 Act, an affiliate may not retain compensation for effecting transactions on a national securities exchange for the Fund unless the Fund has expressly authorized the retention of such compensation. The affiliate must furnish to the Fund at least annually a statement setting forth the total amount of all compensation retained by the affiliate from transactions effected for the Fund during the applicable period. Brokerage transactions with an affiliated broker are also subject to such fiduciary standards as may be imposed upon the affiliate by applicable law. Transactions in options by the Fund will be subject to limitations established by each of the exchanges governing the maximum number of options which may be written or held by a single investor or group of investors acting in concert, regardless of whether the options are written or held on the same or different exchanges or are written or held in one or more accounts or through one or more brokers. Thus, the number of options which the Fund may write or hold may be affected by options written or held by the Manager and other investment advisory clients of the Manager. An exchange may order the liquidation of positions found to be in excess of these limits, and it may impose certain other sanctions.
Because the Fund is new, it has not made payment of commissions as of the most recently completed fiscal year.
The Fund is required to disclose its holdings of securities of its regular brokers and dealers (as defined under Rule 10b-1 under the 1940 Act) and their parents as of the most recently completed fiscal year. Because the Fund is new, it held no securities of its regular brokers and dealers as of the most recently completed fiscal year.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FUND HISTORY. Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 (the Trust), organized in 1999 under the laws of Delaware, is a trust of the type commonly known as a “statutory trust.” The Strategic Partners Large Capitalization Value Fund, which was a series of the Trust, was reorganized (merged) into the Jennison Value Fund as of March 2, 2007. Prior to February 16, 2010, the Trust was known as Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds. Prior to December 2013, the Trust was comprised of Prudential Jennison Conservative Growth Fund and Prudential Small Cap Value Fund. In December 2013 the Board authorized the creation of a new series of the Trust, known as Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund.
The Prudential Small Cap Value Fund, which was a series of the Trust, was reorganized (merged) into the Target Small Capitalization Value Portfolio of The Target Portfolio Trust as of June 19, 2015.
In September 2016, the following new series of the Trust were established and commenced operations on December 13, 2016: Prudential Day One Income Fund, Prudential Day One 2010 Fund, Prudential Day One 2015 Fund, Prudential Day One 2020 Fund, Prudential Day One 2025 Fund, Prudential Day One 2030 Fund, Prudential Day One 2035 Fund, Prudential Day One 2040 Fund, Prudential Day One 2045 Fund, Prudential Day One 2050 Fund, Prudential Day One 2055 Fund, and Prudential Day One 2060 Fund.
On June 7, 2017, a new series of the Trust, Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund, was established and commenced operations on September 12, 2017.
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES AND ORGANIZATION. The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value per share, currently divided into fifteen series (referred to as the Funds) and eleven classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Q, Class Z, Class R1, Class R2, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5 and Class R6 shares. Each Fund offers only certain of these

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share classes, as identified in each Fund’s prospectus. Each class of shares represents an interest in the same assets of a Fund and is identical in all respects except that (1) each class is subject to different sales charges and distribution fees (except for Class Q, Class Z, Class R5 and Class R6, which are not subject to any sales charges and distribution fees), which may affect performance, (2) each class has exclusive voting rights on any matter submitted to shareholders that relates solely to its arrangement and has separate voting rights on any matter submitted to shareholders in which the interests of one class differ from the interests of any other class, (3) each class has a different exchange privilege, and (4) Class B shares have a conversion feature. In accordance with the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Board Members may authorize the creation of additional series and classes within such series, with such preferences, privileges, limitations and voting and dividend rights as the Board Members may determine.
Shares of the Trust, when issued, are fully paid, nonassessable, fully transferable and redeemable at the option of the holder. Shares are also redeemable at the option of the Trust under certain circumstances. Each share of each class is equal as to earnings, assets and voting privileges, except as noted above, and each class of shares (with the exception of Class Q, Class Z, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, which are not subject to any distribution fees) bears the expenses related to the distribution of its shares. Except for the conversion feature applicable to the Class B shares, there are no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights. In the event of liquidation, each share of a Fund is entitled to its portion of all of the Fund's assets after all debt and expenses of the Fund have been paid. Since Class B and Class C shares generally bear higher distribution expenses than Class A shares, and Class Q, Class Z, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are not subject to any distribution fees, the liquidation proceeds to shareholders of Classes B and C are likely to be lower than to shareholders of the other classes.
The Trust does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders unless otherwise required by law. The Trust will not be required to hold meetings of shareholders unless, for example, the election of Board Members is required to be acted on by shareholders under the 1940 Act. Shareholders have certain rights, including the right to call a meeting upon the request in writing by shareholders holding at least 10% of the Trust's outstanding shares for the purpose of voting on the removal of one or more Board Members. The Trust will render assistance to those shareholders who call such a meeting.
Under the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Board Members may authorize the creation of additional series of shares (the proceeds of which would be invested in separate, independently managed portfolios with distinct investment objectives and policies and share purchase, redemption and net asset value procedures) with such preferences, privileges, limitations and voting and dividend rights as the Board Members may determine. All consideration received by the Trust for shares of any additional series, and all assets in which such consideration is invested, would belong to that series (subject only to the rights of creditors of that series) and would be subject to the liabilities related thereto. Under the 1940 Act, shareholders of any additional series of shares would normally have to approve the adoption of any advisory contract relating to such series and of certain changes in the investment policies related thereto.
The Board Members have the power to alter the number and the terms of office of the Board Members, provided that always at least a majority of the Board Members have been elected by the shareholders of the Trust. The voting rights of shareholders are not cumulative, so that holders of more than 50 percent of the shares voting can, if they choose, elect all Board Members being selected, while the holders of the remaining shares would be unable to elect any Board Members.
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND CONTROL PERSONS
PGIM Investments, Inc., an affiliate of the Manager, will own all initial seed capital shares of the Fund as of the date of this SAI and shall be deemed a control person of the Fund. Shareholders owning voting securities in excess of 25% may determine the outcome of any matter affecting and voted on by shareholders of the Fund.
As of the date of this SAI, the Board Members and Officers of the Fund, as a group, owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Because the Fund is new, no financial information is available. When available, the Fund’s Annual and Semi-Annual Reports will be available upon request and without charge.

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PART II
PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF FUND SHARES
SHARE CLASSES. The Fund may offer shares of one or more classes to investors. Not every share class described in this SAI may be offered, and investors should consult their Prospectus for specific information concerning the share classes that are available to them.
Shares of the Fund may be purchased at a price equal to the next determined NAV per share plus a sales charge (if applicable) which, at the election of the investor, may be imposed either (1) at the time of purchase (Class A shares) or (2) on a deferred basis (Class B and Class C shares or Class A shares, in certain circumstances). Class Q, Class R, Class R1, Class R2, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class R6, and Class Z shares, if offered, are offered only to a limited group of investors at NAV without any sales charges.
Additional or different classes of shares may also be offered, including Class Q, Class R, Class R1, Class R2, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, and Class R6. If offered, specific information with respect to these share classes is set forth in the Prospectus and SAI.
For more information, see “How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares—How to Buy Shares” in the Prospectus.
PURCHASE BY WIRE . For an initial purchase of shares of the Fund by wire, you must complete an application and telephone PMFS at (800) 225-1852 (toll-free) to receive an account number. PMFS will request the following information: your name, address, tax identification number, Fund name, class election (if applicable), dividend distribution election, amount being wired and wiring bank. PMFS will also furnish you with instructions for wiring the funds from your bank to the Fund's Custodian.
If you arrange for receipt by the Custodian of federal funds prior to the calculation of NAV (once each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time), on a business day, you may purchase shares of the Fund as of that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to purchase is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
In making a subsequent purchase order by wire, you should wire the Custodian directly and should be sure that the wire specifies the Fund name, the share class to be purchased, your name, individual account number, Direct Deposit Account (DDA) Number and the Fund's Bank Account registration. You do not need to call PMFS to make subsequent purchase orders utilizing federal funds. The minimum amount for subsequent purchase by wire is $100.
ISSUANCE OF FUND SHARES FOR SECURITIES. Transactions involving the issuance of Fund shares for securities (rather than cash) will be limited to (1) reorganizations, (2) statutory mergers, or (3) other acquisitions of portfolio securities that: (a) meet the investment objectives and policies of the Fund, (b) are liquid and not subject to restrictions on resale, (c) have a value that is readily ascertainable via listing on or trading in a recognized United States or international exchange or market, and (d) are approved by the Fund's Manager.
MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS. An institution may open a single master account by filing an application with PMFS, signed by personnel authorized to act for the institution. Individual subaccounts may be opened at the time the master account is opened by listing them, or they may be added at a later date by written advice. Procedures will be available to identify subaccounts by name and number within the master account name. The foregoing procedures would also apply to related institutional accounts (i.e., accounts of shareholders with a common institutional or corporate parent). The investment minimums as set forth in the relevant Prospectus under “How to Buy and Sell Fund Shares—How to Buy Shares” are applicable to the aggregate amounts invested by a group, and not to the amount credited to each subaccount.
REOPENING AN ACCOUNT. Subject to the minimum investment restrictions, an investor may reopen an account, without filing a new application, at any time during the calendar year the account is closed, provided that the information on that application is still applicable.
RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF FUND SHARES. The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment may be postponed for a period of up to seven days. Suspensions or postponements may not exceed seven days except at times (1) when the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekends and holidays, (2) when trading on the NYSE is restricted, (3) when an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of Fund securities is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or (4) during any other period when the SEC, by order, so permits; provided that applicable rules and regulations of the SEC shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (2), (3) or (4) exist.
REDEMPTION IN KIND. The Fund may pay the redemption price in whole or in part by a distribution in kind of securities from the investment portfolio of the Fund, in lieu of cash, in conformity with applicable rules of the SEC and procedures adopted by the Board. Securities will be readily marketable and will be valued in the same manner as in a regular redemption. If your shares are redeemed in

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kind, you would incur transaction costs in converting the assets into cash. The Fund, however, has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, under which the Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the NAV of the Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder.
RIGHTS OF ACCUMULATION. Reduced sales charges are also available through Rights of Accumulation, under which an investor or an eligible group of related investors, as described under “Reducing or Waiving Class A's Initial Sales Charge” in the Prospectus, may aggregate the value of their existing holdings of Class A, Class B, and Class C shares of the Fund and shares of other Prudential mutual funds (excluding money market funds other than those acquired pursuant to the exchange privilege) to determine the reduced sales charge. However, the value of shares held directly with PMFS and through your broker will not be aggregated to determine the reduced sales charge. The value of existing holdings for purposes of determining the reduced sales charge is calculated using the maximum offering price (NAV plus maximum sales charge). The Distributor, your broker or PMFS must be notified at the time of purchase that the investor is entitled to a reduced sales charge. Reduced sales charges will be granted subject to confirmation of the investor's holdings. This does not apply to Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc.
SALE OF SHARES. You can redeem your shares at any time for cash at the NAV next determined after the redemption request is received in proper form (in accordance with procedures established by PMFS in connection with investors' accounts) by PMFS or your broker or other financial intermediary. See “Net Asset Value” below. In certain cases, however, redemption proceeds will be reduced by the amount of any applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), as described in “Contingent Deferred Sales Charge” below. If you are redeeming your shares through a broker, your broker must receive your sell order before the NAV is computed for that day (at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) in order to receive that day's NAV. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Your broker will be responsible for furnishing all necessary documentation to the Distributor and may charge you for its services in connection with redeeming shares of the Fund.
All correspondence and documents concerning redemptions should be sent to the Fund in care of PMFS, P.O. Box 9658, Providence, Rhode Island 02940 or to your broker or other financial intermediary.
If you hold shares in non-certificate form, a written request for redemption signed by you exactly as the account is registered is required. If you hold certificates, the certificates must be received by PMFS, the Distributor or your broker in order for the redemption request to be processed. If redemption is requested by a corporation, partnership, trust or fiduciary, written evidence of authority acceptable to PMFS must be submitted before such request will be accepted. All correspondence and documents concerning redemptions should be sent to the Fund in care of PMFS, P.O. Box 9658, Providence, RI 02940, to the Distributor or to your broker.
Payment for redemption of recently purchased shares will be delayed until the Fund or PMFS has been advised that the purchase check has been honored, which may take up to 7 calendar days from the time of receipt of the purchase check by PMFS. Such delay may be avoided by purchasing shares by wire or by certified or cashier's check.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE. If the proceeds of the redemption (1) exceed $100,000, (2) are to be paid to a person other than the record owner, (3) are to be sent to an address other than the address on PMFS’ records, (4) are to be paid to a corporation, partnership, trust or fiduciary, or (5) are to be paid due to the death of the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder, and your shares are held directly with PMFS, the signature(s) on the redemption request or stock power must be medallion signature guaranteed. The medallion signature guarantee must be obtained from an authorized officer of a bank, broker, dealer, securities exchange or association, clearing agency, savings association, or credit union that is participating in one of the recognized medallion programs (STAMP, SEMP, or NYSE MSP). The medallion signature guarantee must be appropriate for the dollar amount of the transaction. PMFS reserves the right to reject transactions where the value of the transaction exceeds the value of the surety coverage indicated on the medallion imprint. PMFS also reserves the right to request additional information from, and make reasonable inquires of, any institution that provides a medallion signature guarantee. In the case of redemptions from a PruArray Plan, if the proceeds of the redemption are invested in another investment option of the plan in the name of the record holder and at the same address as reflected in PMFS' records, a medallion signature guarantee is not required.
Payment for shares presented for redemption will be made by check within seven days after receipt by PMFS or your broker of the written request and certificates, if issued, except as indicated below. If you hold shares through a broker, payment for shares presented for redemption will be credited to your account at your broker, unless you indicate otherwise. Such payment may be postponed or the right of redemption suspended at times (1) when the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekends and holidays, (2) when trading on the NYSE is restricted, (3) when an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or (4) during any other period when the SEC, by order, so permits; provided that applicable rules and regulations of the SEC shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (2), (3) or (4) exist.

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EXPEDITED REDEMPTION PRIVILEGE. By electing the Expedited Redemption Privilege, you may arrange to have redemption proceeds sent to your bank account. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be used to redeem shares in an amount of $100 or more, except if an account for which an expedited redemption is requested has an NAV of less than $100, the entire account will be redeemed. Redemption proceeds in the amount of $500 or more will be remitted by wire to your bank account at a domestic commercial bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve system. The money would generally be received by your bank within one business day of the redemption. Redemption proceeds of less than $500 will be sent by ACH to your bank which must be a member of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system. The money would generally be received by your bank within three business days of the redemption. Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. Expedited redemption requests may be made by telephone or letter, must be received by the Transfer Agent prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time to receive a redemption amount based on that day's NAV and are subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in the Prospectus regarding redemption of shares. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. For more information, see “How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares-Telephone Redemptions or Exchanges” in the Prospectus. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time without notice. To receive further information, shareholders should contact PMFS.
INVOLUNTARY REDEMPTION. If the value of your account with PMFS is less than $500 for any reason, we may sell the rest of your shares (without charging any CDSC) and close your account. The involuntary sale provisions do not apply to: (i) an individual retirement account (IRA) or other qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan or account, (ii) Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) accounts, employee savings plan accounts or payroll deduction plan accounts, (iii) accounts under the same registration with multiple share classes in the Fund whose combined value exceeds $500, or (iv) clients with assets more than $50,000 across the Prudential family of mutual funds. “Client” for this purpose has the same definition as for purposes of Rights of Accumulation, i.e., an investor and an eligible group of related investors.
We have the right to reject any purchase order (including an exchange into a Fund) or suspend or modify a Fund's sales of its shares under certain circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, failure by you to provide additional information requested, such as information required to verify the source of funds used to purchase shares, your identity or the identity of any underlying beneficial owners of your shares. Furthermore, we are required by law to close your account if you do not provide the required identifying information; this would result in the redemption of shares at the then-current day's NAV and the proceeds would be remitted to you via check. We will attempt to verify your identity within a reasonable time frame (e.g., 60 days) which may change from time to time.
ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE FEE. With respect to Class R2 shares purchased by individuals and Class R5 shares purchased by current and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates, in order to offset the disproportionate effect (in basis points) of expenses associated with servicing lower balance accounts, if the value of your account with PMFS is less than $10,000, a $15 annual account maintenance fee (“account maintenance fee”) will be deducted from your account. The account maintenance fee will be assessed during the 4th calendar quarter of each year. Any applicable CDSC on the shares redeemed to pay the account maintenance fee will be waived. The account maintenance fee will not be charged on: (i) accounts during the first six months from inception of the account, (ii) accounts for which you have elected to receive your account statements, transaction confirmations, prospectuses, and fund shareholder reports electronically rather than by mail, (iii) omnibus accounts or other accounts for which the dealer is responsible for recordkeeping, (iv) institutional accounts, (v) group retirement plans (including SIMPLE IRA plans, profit-sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, Keogh plans, defined compensation plans, defined benefit plans and 401(k) plans), (vi) AIP accounts or employee savings plan accounts, (vii) accounts with the same registration associated with multiple share classes within the Fund, provided that the aggregate value of share classes with the same registration within the Fund is $10,000 or more, or (viii) clients with assets of $50,000 or more across the Prudential family of mutual funds. “Client” for this purpose has the same definition as for purposes of Rights of Accumulation, i.e., an investor and an eligible group of related investors or other financial intermediary.
NET ASSET VALUE
The price an investor pays for a Fund share is based on the share value. The share value—known as the net asset value per share or NAV—is determined by subtracting Fund liabilities from the value of Fund assets and dividing the remainder by the number of outstanding shares. NAV is calculated separately for each class. The Fund will compute its NAV once each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. For purposes of computing NAV, the Fund will value futures contracts generally 15 minutes after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The Fund may not compute its NAV on days on which no orders to purchase, sell or exchange shares of the Fund have been received or on days on which changes in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities do not materially affect NAV. The Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading as a closure of the NYSE and will price its shares as of 4:00 p.m., if the particular disruption directly affects only the NYSE. Please see the NYSE website (www.nyse.com) for a specific list of the holidays on which the NYSE is closed.

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In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, the value of investments listed on a securities exchange and NASDAQ System securities (other than options on stock and stock indices) are valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation or, if there was no sale on such day, the mean between the last bid and asked prices on such day, or at the bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price, as provided by a pricing service or principal market marker. Securities included on the NASDAQ Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (NOCP) on the day of valuation, or if there was no NOCP, at the last sale price. NASDAQ Market Securities for which there was no NOCP or last sale price are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices on the day of valuation, or the last bid price in the absence of an asked price. Open-end, non-exchange traded mutual funds are valued at their net asset value as determined as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. Corporate bonds (other than convertible debt securities) and US Government securities that are actively traded in the OTC market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by the Manager in consultation with the subadviser to be over-the-counter, are valued on the basis of valuations provided by an independent pricing agent which uses information with respect to transactions in bonds, quotations from bond dealers, agency ratings, market transactions in comparable securities and various relationships between securities in determining value. Convertible debt securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by the Manager in consultation with the subadviser to be OTC, are valued on the day of valuation at an evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing agent, or, in the absence of valuation provided by an independent pricing agent, at the bid price provided by a principal market maker or primary market dealer.
Options on securities and securities indexes that are listed on an exchange are valued at the last sale price on such exchange on the day of valuation or, if there was no such sale on such day, at the mean between the most recently quoted bid and asked prices on such exchange or at the last bid price in the absence of an asked price. Where exchange trading has halted on exchange-traded call or put options, the last available traded price may be used for a period of no longer than five business days. On the sixth business day, such options may be valued at zero in the absence of trading, when such options are “out of the money” by more than 5% of the value of the underlying asset and expire within 14 calendar days of the valuation date. If this methodology is determined to not be representative of the market value for the options, they will be fair valued.
Futures contracts and options thereon traded on a commodities exchange or Board of Trade shall be valued on the day of valuation at the last sale price at the close of trading on such exchange or Board of Trade or, if there was no sale on the applicable exchange or Board of Trade on such date, at the mean between the most recently quoted bid and asked prices on such exchange or Board of Trade or at the last bid price in the absence of an asked price. Quotations of non-US securities in a non-US currency are converted to US dollar equivalents at the current rate obtained from a recognized bank, dealer or independent service, and forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the current cost of covering or offsetting such contacts. Should an extraordinary event, which is likely to affect the value of the security, occur after the close of an exchange on which a portfolio security is traded, such security will be valued at fair value considering factors determined in good faith by the subadviser or Manager under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund's Board.
Under the 1940 Act, the Board is responsible for determining in good faith the fair value of securities of the Fund. Portfolio securities for which reliable market quotations are not readily available or for which the pricing agent or principal market maker does not provide a valuation or methodology or provides a valuation or methodology that, in the judgment of the Manager or subadviser (or Valuation Committee or Board) does not represent fair value (Fair Value Securities), are valued by the Valuation Committee or Board in consultation with the subadviser or Manager, as applicable, including, as applicable, their portfolio managers, traders, research and credit analysts, and legal and compliance personnel, on the basis of the following factors: the nature of any restrictions on disposition of the securities; assessment of the general liquidity/illiquidity of the securities; the issuer's financial condition and the markets in which it does business; the cost of the investment; the size of the holding and the capitalization of issuer; the prices of any recent transactions or bids/offers for such securities or any comparable securities; any available analyst, media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the Manager or subadviser regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates; other analytical data; consistency with valuation of similar securities held by other Prudential mutual funds; and such other factors as may be determined by the subadviser, Manager, Board or Valuation Committee to materially affect the value of the security. Fair Value Securities may include, but are not limited to, the following: certain private placements and restricted securities that do not have an active trading market; securities whose trading has been suspended or for which market quotes are no longer available; debt securities that have recently gone into default and for which there is no current market; securities whose prices are stale; securities affected by significant events; and securities that the subadviser or Manager believes were priced incorrectly.
A “significant event” (which includes, but is not limited to, an extraordinary political or market event) is an event that the subadviser or Manager believes with a reasonably high degree of certainty has caused the closing market prices of portfolio securities to no longer reflect their value at the time of the NAV calculation. On a day that the Manager determines that one or more portfolio securities constitute Fair Value Securities, the Manager’s Fair Valuation Committee may determine the fair value of these securities if the fair valuation of each security results in a change of less than $0.01 to the Fund's NAV and/or the fair valuation of the securities in the aggregate results in a change of less than one half of one percent of the Fund's daily net assets and the Fair Valuation Committee

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presents these valuations to the Board for its ratification. In the event that the fair valuation of a security results in a NAV change of $0.01 or more per share and/or in the aggregate results in a change of one half of one percent or more of the daily NAV, the Board shall promptly be notified, in detail, of the fair valuation, and the fair valuation will be reported on and presented for ratification at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting. Also, the Board receives, on an interim basis, reports of the meetings of the Valuation Committee that occur between regularly scheduled Board meetings.
In addition, the Fund uses a service provided by a pricing vendor to fair value non-US Fair Value Securities, which are securities that are primarily traded in non-US markets and subject to a valuation adjustment upon the reaching of a valuation “trigger” determined by the Board. The fair value prices of non-US Fair Value Securities reflect an adjustment to closing market prices that is intended to reflect the causal link between movements in the US market and the non-US market on which the securities trade.
The use of fair value pricing procedures involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if the security were sold at approximately the same time at which the NAV per share is determined.
Generally, we will value the Fund's futures contracts at the close of trading for those contracts (normally 15 minutes after the close of regular trading on the NYSE). If, in the judgment of the subadviser or Manager, the closing price of a contract is materially different from the contract price at the NYSE close, a fair value price for the contract will be determined.
If dividends are declared daily, the NAV of each class of shares will generally be the same. It is expected, however, that the dividends, if any, will differ by approximately the amount of the distribution and/or service fee expense accrual differential among the classes.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
Upon the initial purchase of Fund shares, a Shareholder Investment Account is established for each investor under which a record of the shares is maintained by PMFS. Share certificates are no longer issued for shares of the Fund. The Fund furnishes to shareholders the following privileges and plans:
AUTOMATIC REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND/OR DISTRIBUTIONS. For the convenience of investors, all dividends and distributions are automatically reinvested in full and fractional shares of the Fund at NAV per share. An investor may direct PMFS in writing not less than five full business days prior to the record date to have subsequent dividends and/or distributions sent in cash rather than reinvested. In the case of recently purchased shares for which registration instructions have not been received by the record date, cash payment will be made directly to the broker. Any shareholder who receives dividends or distributions in cash may subsequently reinvest any such dividend or distribution at NAV by returning the check or the proceeds to PMFS within 30 days after the payment date. Such reinvestment will be made at the NAV per share next determined after receipt of the check or the proceeds by PMFS. Shares purchased with reinvested dividends and/or distributions will not be subject to any CDSC upon redemption.
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGES. The Fund furnishes to shareholders the privilege of exchanging their shares of the Fund for shares of certain other Prudential mutual funds, as disclosed in each Fund’s Prospectus, including one or more specified money market funds, subject in each case to the minimum investment requirements of such funds. Shares of such other Prudential mutual funds may also be exchanged for shares of the Fund. All exchanges are made on the basis of the relative NAV next determined after receipt of an order in proper form. An exchange will be treated as a redemption and purchase for federal income tax purposes. Shares may be exchanged for shares of another fund only if shares of such fund may legally be sold under applicable state laws. For retirement and group plans having a limited menu of Prudential mutual funds, the exchange privilege is available for those funds eligible for investment in the particular program.
It is contemplated that the exchange privilege may be applicable to new Prudential mutual funds, the shares of which may be distributed by the Distributor.
In order to exchange shares by telephone, you must authorize telephone exchanges on your initial application form or by written notice to PMFS and hold shares in non-certificated form. Thereafter, you may call the Fund at (800) 225-1852 to execute a telephone exchange of shares, on weekdays, except holidays, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern time. For your protection and to prevent fraudulent exchanges, your telephone call will be recorded and you will be asked to authenticate your account. A written confirmation of the exchange transaction will be sent to you. Neither the Fund nor its agents will be liable for any loss, liability or cost which results from acting upon instructions reasonably believed to be genuine under the foregoing procedures. All exchanges will be made on the basis of the relative NAV of the two funds next determined after the request is received in good order.
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If you hold share certificates, the certificates must be returned in order for the shares to be exchanged. See “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Sale of Shares” above.
You may also exchange shares by mail by writing to PMFS, P.O. Box 9658, Providence, RI 02940.
In periods of severe market or economic conditions the telephone exchange of shares may be difficult to implement and you should make exchanges by mail by writing to PMFS at the address noted above.
Class R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 shares: Class R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 shares may be exchanged for shares of the same share class. Class R2 shares held directly with PMFS may be exchanged for Class A shares of Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc. Class R5 shares held directly with PMFS may be exchanged for Class Z shares of Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc.
Additional details about the exchange privilege and prospectuses for each of the Prudential mutual funds are available from PMFS, the Distributor or your broker. The special exchange privilege may be modified, terminated or suspended on sixty days' notice, and the Fund, or the Distributor, has the right to reject any exchange application relating to the Fund's shares.
AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN (AIP). Under AIP, an investor may arrange to have a fixed amount automatically invested in shares of the Fund by authorizing his or her bank account or brokerage account to be debited to invest specified dollar amounts in shares of the Fund. The investor's bank must be a member of the Automated Clearing House System.
Further information about this program and an application form can be obtained from PMFS, the Distributor or your broker.
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan is available to shareholders through the PMFS or your broker. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan provides for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual redemptions in any amount, except as provided below, up to the value of the shares in the shareholder's account. Systematic withdrawals of Class A (in certain instances), Class B and Class C shares may be subject to a CDSC. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan is not available to participants in certain retirement plans. Please contact PMFS at (800) 225-1852 for more details.
PMFS, the Distributor or your broker acts as an agent for the shareholder in redeeming sufficient full and fractional shares to provide the amount of the systematic withdrawal payment. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan may be terminated at any time.
Systematic withdrawals should not be considered as dividends, yield or income. If systematic withdrawals continuously exceed reinvested dividends and distributions, the shareholder's original investment will be correspondingly reduced and ultimately exhausted.
Furthermore, each withdrawal constitutes a redemption of shares, and any gain or loss realized must be recognized for federal income tax purposes. In addition, withdrawals made concurrently with purchases of additional shares are inadvisable because of the sales charges applicable to (i) the purchase of Class A shares and (ii) the redemption of Class A (in certain instances), Class B and Class C shares. Each shareholder should consult his or her own tax adviser with regard to the tax consequences of the Systematic Withdrawal Plan, particularly if used in connection with a retirement plan.
MUTUAL FUND PROGRAMS. From time to time, the Fund may be included in a mutual fund program with other Prudential mutual funds. Under such a program, a group of portfolios will be selected and thereafter marketed collectively. Typically, these programs are marketed with an investment theme, such as pursuit of greater diversification, protection from interest rate movements or access to different management styles. In the event such a program is instituted, there may be a minimum investment requirement for the program as a whole. The Fund may waive or reduce the minimum initial investment requirements in connection with such a program.
The mutual funds in the program may be purchased individually or as a part of a program. Since the allocation of portfolios included in the program may not be appropriate for all investors, investors should consult their financial adviser concerning the appropriate blends of portfolios for them. If investors elect to purchase the individual mutual funds that constitute the program in an investment ratio different from that offered by the program, the standard minimum investment requirements for the individual mutual funds will apply.
TAX-DEFERRED RETIREMENT PROGRAMS. Various tax-deferred retirement plans, including a 401(k) plan, self-directed individual retirement accounts and “tax-deferred accounts” under Section 403(b)(7) of the Code are available through the Distributor. These plans are for use by both self-employed individuals and corporate employers. These plans permit either self-direction of accounts by participants or a pooled account arrangement. Information regarding the establishment of these plans, their administration, custodial fees and other details is available from the Distributor or PMFS.
Investors who are considering the adoption of such a plan should consult with their own legal counsel and/or tax adviser with respect to the establishment and maintenance of any such plan.

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TAXES, DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
The following is a summary of certain tax considerations generally affecting each Fund and its shareholders. This section is based on the Code, Treasury Regulations, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. Please consult your own tax adviser concerning the consequences of investing in a Fund in your particular circumstances under the Code and the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
QUALIFICATION AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY. Each Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and intends to meet all other requirements that are necessary for it to be relieved of federal taxes on income and gains it distributes to shareholders. As a regulated investment company, a Fund is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its net investment income (i.e., investment company taxable income, as that term is defined in the Code, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that it distributes to shareholders, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its net tax-exempt income and investment company taxable income for the year (the “Distribution Requirement”), and satisfies certain other requirements of the Code that are described below.
Net capital gains of a Fund that are available for distribution to shareholders will be computed by taking into account any applicable capital loss carryforward. If a Fund has a capital loss carryforward, the amount and duration of any such capital loss carryforward will be set forth at the end of this section.
In addition to satisfying the Distribution Requirement, each Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to loans of stock and securities, gains from the sale or disposition of stock, securities or non-US currencies and other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies and net income derived from an interest in a “qualified publicly traded partnership” (as such term is defined in the Code).
Each Fund must also satisfy an asset diversification test on a quarterly basis. Failure to do so may result in a Fund being subject to penalty taxes, being required to sell certain of its positions, and may cause the Fund to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. Under this asset diversification test, at the close of each quarter of a Fund’s taxable year, (1) 50% or more of the value of the Fund’s assets must be represented by cash, United States government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund’s assets and 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer and (2) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund’s assets may be invested in securities of (x) any one issuer (other than United States government securities or securities of other regulated investment companies), or two or more issuers (other than securities of other regulated investment companies) of which the Fund owns 20% or more of the voting stock and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses or (y) one or more “qualified publicly traded partnerships” (as such term is defined in the Code) and commonly referred to as “master limited partnerships.”
A Fund may be able to cure a failure to derive 90% of its income from the sources specified above or a failure to diversify its holdings in the manner described above by paying a tax, by disposing of certain assets, or by paying a tax and disposing of assets. If, in any taxable year, a Fund fails one of these tests and does not timely cure the failure, the Fund will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation and distributions to its shareholders will not be deductible by the Fund in computing its taxable income.
Although in general the passive loss rules of the Code do not apply to regulated investment companies, such rules do apply to a regulated investment company with respect to items attributable to an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership. A Fund’s investments in partnerships, including in qualified publicly traded partnerships, may result in the Fund being subject to state, local or non-US income, franchise or withholding tax liabilities.
If for any year a Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, or fails to meet the Distribution Requirement, all of its taxable income (including its net capital gain) will be subject to tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders. In addition, in the event of a failure to qualify, a Fund’s distributions, to the extent derived from the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, including any distributions of net long-term capital gains, will be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. However, such dividends will be eligible (i) to be treated as qualified dividend income in the case of shareholders taxed as individuals and (ii) for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders. Moreover, if a Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company in any year, it must pay out its earnings and profits accumulated in that year in order to qualify again as a regulated investment company. If a Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company for a period greater than two taxable years, the Fund may be subject to taxation on any net built-in-gains (i.e., the excess of the aggregate gain, including items of income, over aggregate loss that would have been realized if the Fund had been liquidated) recognized for a period of ten years, or, under certain circumstances, may have to recognize and pay tax on such net built-in-gain, in order to qualify as a regulated investment company in a subsequent year.

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EXCISE TAX ON REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES. A 4% non-deductible excise tax is imposed on a regulated investment company to the extent that it distributes income in such a way that it is taxable to shareholders in a calendar year other than the calendar year in which a Fund earned the income. Specifically, the excise tax will be imposed if a Fund fails to distribute in each calendar year an amount equal to 98% of ordinary taxable income, including qualified dividend income, for the calendar year and 98.2% of capital gain net income for the one-year period ending on October 31 of such calendar year (or, at the election of a regulated investment company having a taxable year ending November 30 or December 31, for its taxable year). The balance of such income must be distributed during the next calendar year. For the foregoing purposes, a regulated investment company is treated as having distributed otherwise retained amounts if it is subject to income tax on those amounts for any taxable year ending in such calendar year.
Each Fund intends to make sufficient distributions or deemed distributions of its qualified dividend income, ordinary income and capital gain net income prior to the end of each calendar year to avoid liability for this excise tax. However, investors should note that a Fund may in certain circumstances be required to borrow money or liquidate portfolio investments to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise tax liability.
FUND INVESTMENTS. Each Fund may make investments or engage in transactions that affect the character, amount and timing of gains or losses realized by a Fund. A Fund may make investments that produce income that is not matched by a corresponding cash receipt by the Fund. Any such income would be treated as income earned by the Fund and therefore would be subject to the Distribution Requirement. Such investments may require a Fund to borrow money or dispose of other securities in order to comply with those requirements. Each Fund may also make investments that prevent or defer the recognition of losses or the deduction of expenses. These investments may likewise require a Fund to borrow money or dispose of other securities in order to comply with the Distribution Requirement. Additionally, a Fund may make investments that result in the recognition of ordinary income rather than capital gain, or that prevent the Fund from accruing a long-term holding period. These investments may prevent the Fund from making capital gain distributions as described below. Each Fund intends to monitor its transactions, will make the appropriate tax elections and will make the appropriate entries in its books and records when it makes any such investments in order to mitigate the effect of these rules. The foregoing concepts are explained in greater detail in the following paragraphs.
Gains or losses on sales of stock or securities by a Fund generally will be treated as long-term capital gains or losses if the stock or securities have been held by it for more than one year, except in certain cases where the Fund acquires a put or writes a call or otherwise holds an offsetting position, with respect to the stock or securities. Other gains or losses on the sale of stock or securities will be short-term capital gains or losses.
In certain situations, a Fund may, for a taxable year, defer all or a portion of its net capital loss realized after October (or if there is no net capital loss, then any net long-term or short-term capital loss) and its late-year ordinary loss (defined as the sum of the excess of post-October non-US currency and passive non-US investment company (“PFIC”) losses over post-October non-US currency and PFIC gains plus the excess of post-December ordinary losses over post-December ordinary income) until the next taxable year in computing its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, which will defer the recognition of such realized losses. Such deferrals and other rules regarding gains and losses realized after October (or December) may affect the tax character of shareholder distributions.
If an option written by a Fund on securities lapses or is terminated through a closing transaction, such as a repurchase by the Fund of the option from its holder, the Fund will generally realize short-term capital gain or loss. If securities are sold by the Fund pursuant to the exercise of a call option written by it, the Fund will include the premium received in the sale proceeds of the securities delivered in determining the amount of gain or loss on the sale. Gain or loss on the sale, lapse or other termination of options acquired by a Fund on stock or securities and on narrowly-based stock indexes will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term or short-term depending on the holding period of the option.
Certain Fund transactions may be subject to wash sale, short sale, constructive sale, conversion transaction, constructive ownership transaction and straddle provisions of the Code that may, among other things, require a Fund to defer recognition of losses or convert long-term capital gain into ordinary income or short-term capital gain taxable as ordinary income.
As a result of entering into swap contracts, a Fund may make or receive periodic net payments. A Fund may also make or receive a payment when a swap is terminated prior to maturity through an assignment of the swap or other closing transaction. Periodic net payments will generally constitute taxable ordinary income or deductions, while termination of a swap will generally result in capital gain or loss (which will be a long-term capital gain or loss if the Fund has been a party to the swap for more than one year). With respect to certain types of swaps, a Fund may be required to currently recognize income or loss with respect to future payments on such swaps or may elect under certain circumstances to mark such swaps to market annually for tax purposes as ordinary income or loss. Periodic net payments that would otherwise constitute ordinary deductions but are allocable under the Code to exempt-interest dividends will not be allowed as a deduction but instead will reduce net tax-exempt income.

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In general, gain or loss on a short sale is recognized when a Fund closes the sale by delivering the borrowed property to the lender, not when the borrowed property is sold. Gain or loss from a short sale is generally capital gain or loss to the extent that the property used to close the short sale constitutes a capital asset in a Fund’s hands. Except with respect to certain situations where the property used by a Fund to close a short sale has a long-term holding period on the date of the short sale, special rules would generally treat the gains on short sales as short-term capital gains. These rules may also terminate the running of the holding period of “substantially identical property” held by a Fund. Moreover, a loss on a short sale will be treated as a long-term capital loss if, on the date of the short sale, “substantially identical property” has been held by a Fund for more than one year. In general, a Fund will not be permitted to deduct payments made to reimburse the lender of securities for dividends paid on borrowed stock if the short sale is closed on or before the 45th day after the short sale is entered into.
Debt securities acquired by a Fund may be subject to original issue discount and market discount rules which, respectively, may cause the Fund to accrue income in advance of the receipt of cash with respect to interest or cause gains to be treated as ordinary income subject to the Distribution Requirement referred to above. Market discount generally is the excess, if any, of the principal amount of the security (or, in the case of a security issued at an original issue discount, the adjusted issue price of the security) over the price paid by the Fund for the security. Original issue discount that accrues in a taxable year is treated as income earned by a Fund and therefore is subject to the Distribution Requirement. Because the original issue discount income earned by a Fund in a taxable year may not be represented by cash income, the Fund may have to borrow money or dispose of other securities and use the proceeds to make distributions to satisfy the Distribution Requirement.
Certain futures contracts and certain listed options (referred to as Section 1256 contracts) held by the Funds will be required to be “marked to market” for federal income tax purposes at the end of a Fund’s taxable year, that is, treated as having been sold at the fair market value on the last business day of the Fund’s taxable year. Except with respect to certain non-US currency forward contracts, sixty percent of any gain or loss recognized on these deemed sales and on actual dispositions will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and forty percent will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. Any net mark-to-market gains may be subject to the Distribution Requirement referred to above, even though a Fund may receive no corresponding cash amounts, possibly requiring the disposition of portfolio securities or borrowing to obtain the necessary cash.
Gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates that occur between the time a Fund accrues interest or other receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a non-US currency and the time the Fund actually collects such receivables or pays such liabilities are treated as ordinary income or loss. Similarly, gains or losses on non-US currency forward contracts or dispositions of debt securities denominated in a non-US currency that are attributable to fluctuations in the value of the non-US currency between the date of acquisition of the security or contract and the date of disposition thereof generally also are treated as ordinary income or loss. These gains or losses, referred to under the Code as “Section 988” gains or losses, increase or decrease the amount of a Fund’s investment company taxable income available to be distributed to its shareholders as ordinary income, rather than increasing or decreasing the amount of the Fund’s net capital gain. If Section 988 losses exceed other investment company taxable income during a taxable year, a Fund would not be able to make any ordinary dividend distributions from current earnings and profits, and distributions made before the losses were realized could be recharacterized as a return of capital to shareholders, rather than as an ordinary dividend, thereby reducing each shareholder’s basis in his or her Fund shares.
If the Fund holds (directly or indirectly) one or more “tax credit bonds” (defined below) on one or more specified dates during the Fund’s taxable year, and the Fund satisfies the minimum distribution requirement, the Fund may elect for US federal income tax purposes to pass through to shareholders tax credits otherwise allowable to the Fund for that year with respect to such bonds. A tax credit bond is defined in the Code as a “qualified tax credit bond” (which includes a qualified forestry conservation bond, a new clean renewable energy bond, a qualified energy conservation bond, a qualified zone academy bond, or a qualified school construction bond, each of which must meet certain requirements specified in the Code), a “build America bond” or certain other specified bonds. If the Fund were to make an election, a shareholder of the Fund would be required to include in gross income an amount equal to such shareholder’s proportionate share of the interest income attributable to such credits and would be entitled to claim as a tax credit an amount equal to the shareholder’s proportionate share of such credits. Certain limitations may apply on the extent to which the credit may be claimed.
A Fund may make investments in equity securities of non-US issuers. If a Fund purchases shares in PFICs, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” from such non-US corporation, including any gain from the disposition of such shares, even if such income is distributed by the Fund to its shareholders. In addition, certain interest charges may be imposed on the Fund as a result of such distributions. If a Fund were to invest in an eligible PFIC and elected to treat the PFIC as a qualified electing fund (a “QEF”), in lieu of the foregoing requirements, the Fund would be required to include each year in its income and distribute to shareholders in accordance with the Distribution Requirement, a pro rata portion of the QEF’s ordinary earnings and net capital gain, whether or not distributed by the QEF to the Fund. A Fund may not be able to make this election with respect to many PFICs because of certain requirements that the PFICs would have to satisfy.

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Alternatively, a Fund generally will be permitted to “mark to market” any shares it holds in a PFIC. If a Fund made such an election, with such election being made separately for each PFIC owned by the Fund, the Fund would be required to include in income each year and distribute to shareholders in accordance with the Distribution Requirement, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the PFIC stock as of the close of the taxable year over the adjusted basis of such stock at that time. A Fund would be allowed a deduction for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the PFIC stock over its fair market value as of the close of the taxable year, but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to the stock included by the Fund for prior taxable years. A Fund will make appropriate basis adjustments in the PFIC stock to take into account the mark-to-market amounts.
Notwithstanding any election made by a Fund, dividends attributable to distributions from a non-US corporation will not be eligible for the special tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income if the non-US corporation is a PFIC either in the taxable year of the distribution or the preceding taxable year, but instead will be taxable at rates applicable to ordinary income.
A Fund may invest in REITs. Such Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may require a Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, a Fund may be required to sell securities in its portfolio that it otherwise would have continued to hold (including when it is not advantageous to do so). A Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may at other times result in the Fund’s receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings; if the Fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to Fund shareholders for federal income tax purposes. Dividends received by the Fund from a REIT will generally not constitute qualified dividend income. REITs will generally be able to pass through the tax treatment of tax-qualified dividends they receive.
Some of the REITs in which the Funds may invest will be permitted to hold residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits (“REMICs”). Under Treasury regulations not yet issued, but that may apply retroactively, a portion of a Fund’s income from a REIT that is attributable to the REIT’s residual interest in a REMIC (referred to in the Code as an “excess inclusion”) will be subject to federal income tax in all events. These regulations are expected to provide that excess inclusion income of a regulated investment company, such as a Fund, will be allocated to shareholders of the regulated investment company in proportion to the dividends received by shareholders, with the same consequences as if shareholders held the related REMIC residual interest directly.
In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders (i) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) will constitute unrelated business taxable income to entities (including a qualified pension plan, an individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or other tax-exempt entity) subject to tax on unrelated business income, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and that otherwise might not be required to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case of a non-US shareholder, will not qualify for any reduction in US federal withholding tax.
Under current law, if a charitable remainder trust (defined in Section 664 of the Code) realizes any unrelated business taxable income for a taxable year, it will be subject to an excise tax equal to 100% of such unrelated business taxable income. In addition, if at any time during any taxable year a “disqualified organization” (as defined in the Code) is a record holder of a share in a regulated investment company, then the regulated investment company will be subject to a tax equal to that portion of its excess inclusion income for the taxable year that is allocable to the disqualified organization, multiplied by the highest federal income tax rate imposed on corporations. The Funds do not intend to invest directly in residual interests in REMICs or to invest in REITs in which a substantial portion of the assets will consist of residual interests in REMICs.
FUND DISTRIBUTIONS. Each Fund anticipates distributing substantially all of its net investment income for each taxable year. Dividends of net investment income paid to a non-corporate US shareholder that are reported as qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at capital gain income tax rates. The amount of dividend income that may be reported by a Fund as qualified dividend income will generally be limited to the aggregate of the eligible dividends received by the Fund. In addition, a Fund must meet certain holding period requirements with respect to the shares on which the Fund received the eligible dividends, and the non-corporate US shareholder must meet certain holding period requirements with respect to the Fund shares. Dividends of net investment income that are not reported as qualified dividend income or exempt-interest dividends and dividends of net short-term capital gains will be taxable to shareholders at ordinary income rates. Dividends paid by a Fund with respect to a taxable year will qualify for the 70% dividends received deduction generally available to corporations to the extent of the amount of dividends received by the Fund from certain domestic corporations for the taxable year. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the US federal income tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year, including the portion of dividends paid that qualify for the reduced tax rate.
Ordinarily, shareholders are required to take taxable distributions by a Fund into account in the year in which the distributions are made. However, for federal income tax purposes, dividends that are declared by a Fund in October, November or December as of a record date in such month and actually paid in January of the following year will be treated as if they were paid on December 31 of the year declared. Therefore, such dividends will generally be taxable to a shareholder in the year declared rather than the year paid.

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Dividends paid by a Fund that are properly reported as exempt-interest dividends will not be subject to regular federal income tax. Dividends paid by a Fund will be exempt from federal income tax (though not necessarily exempt from state and local taxation) to the extent of the Fund’s tax-exempt interest income as long as 50% or more of the value of the Fund’s assets at the end of each quarter is invested in (1) state, municipal and other bonds that are excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes or (2) interests in other regulated investment companies, and, in each case, as long as the Fund properly reports such dividends as exempt-interest dividends. Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal securities of a state, or its political subdivisions, are generally exempt from income tax in that state. However, income from municipal securities from other states generally will not qualify for tax-free treatment.
Interest on indebtedness incurred by a shareholder to purchase or carry shares of a Fund will not be deductible for US federal income tax purposes to the extent it relates to exempt-interest dividends received by a shareholder. If a shareholder receives exempt-interest dividends with respect to any share of a Fund (other than a Fund that declares income dividends daily and pays such dividends at least as frequently as monthly) and if the share is held by the shareholder for six months or less, then any loss on the sale or exchange of the share may, to the extent of the exempt-interest dividends, be disallowed. In addition, the Code may require a shareholder that receives exempt-interest dividends to treat as taxable income a portion of certain otherwise non-taxable social security and railroad retirement benefit payments. Furthermore, a portion of any exempt-interest dividend paid by a Fund that represents income derived from certain revenue or private activity bonds held by the Fund may not retain its tax-exempt status in the hands of a shareholder who is a “substantial user” of a facility financed by such bonds, or a “related person” thereof. In addition, the receipt of dividends and distributions from a Fund may affect a non-US corporate shareholder’s federal “branch profits” tax liability and the federal “excess net passive income” tax liability of a shareholder of an S corporation. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers as to whether they are (i) “substantial users” with respect to a facility or “related” to such users within the meaning of the Code or (ii) subject to the federal “branch profits” tax, or the federal “excess net passive income” tax.
A Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain (i.e., excess net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) for each taxable year. Each Fund currently intends to distribute any such amounts. If net capital gain is distributed and reported as a “capital gain dividend,” it will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain, regardless of the length of time the shareholder has held its shares or whether such gain was recognized by the Fund prior to the date on which the shareholder acquired its shares. Conversely, if a Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund will be taxed thereon (except to the extent of any available capital loss carryovers) at the 35% corporate tax rate. In such a case, it is expected that the Fund also will elect to have shareholders of record on the last day of its taxable year treated as if each received a distribution of its pro rata share of such gain, with the result that each shareholder will be required to report its pro rata share of such gain on its tax return as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax credit for its pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain, and will increase the tax basis for its shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.
Distributions by a Fund that exceed the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of (and in reduction of) the shareholder’s tax basis in its shares; any distribution in excess of such tax basis will be treated as gain from the sale of its shares, as discussed below. Distributions in excess of a Fund’s minimum distribution requirements but not in excess of the Fund’s earnings and profits will be taxable to shareholders and will not constitute nontaxable returns of capital. A Fund’s capital loss carryforwards, if any, carried from taxable years beginning before 2011 do not reduce current earnings and profits, even if such carryforwards offset current year realized gains. In the event that the Fund were to experience an ownership change as defined under the Code, the Fund’s loss carryforwards, if any, may be subject to limitation.
Distributions by a Fund will be treated in the manner described above regardless of whether such distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund (or of another fund). Shareholders receiving a distribution in the form of additional shares will be treated as receiving a distribution in an amount equal to the amount of cash that could have been received. In addition, prospective investors in a Fund should be aware that distributions from the Fund will, all other things being equal, have the effect of reducing the NAV of the Fund’s shares by the amount of the distribution. If the NAV is reduced below a shareholder’s cost, the distribution will nonetheless be taxable as described above, even if the distribution effectively represents a return of invested capital. Investors should consider the tax implications of buying shares just prior to a distribution, when the price of shares may reflect the amount of the forthcoming distribution.
SALE OR REDEMPTION OF SHARES. A shareholder will generally recognize gain or loss on the sale or redemption of shares in an amount equal to the difference between the proceeds of the sale or redemption and the shareholder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares. All or a portion of any loss so recognized may be disallowed if the shareholder acquires other shares of the Fund or substantially identical stock or securities within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before such disposition, such as pursuant to reinvestment of a dividend in shares of the Fund. Additionally, if a shareholder disposes of shares of a Fund within 90 days following their acquisition, and the shareholder subsequently re-acquires Fund shares (1) before January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the original stock was disposed of, (2) pursuant to a reinvestment right received upon the purchase of the original shares and (3) at a

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reduced load charge (i.e., sales or additional charge), then any load charge incurred upon the acquisition of the original shares will not be taken into account as part of the shareholder’s basis for computing gain or loss upon the sale of such shares, to the extent the original load charge does not exceed any reduction of the load charge with respect to the acquisition of the subsequent shares. To the extent the original load charge is not taken into account on the disposition of the original shares, such charge shall be treated as incurred in connection with the acquisition of the subsequent shares. In general, any gain or loss arising from (or treated as arising from) the sale or redemption of shares of a Fund will be considered capital gain or loss and will be long term capital gain or loss if the shares were held for more than one year. However, any capital loss arising from the sale or redemption of shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the amount of long-term capital gain dividends received on (or undistributed long-term capital gains credited with respect to) such shares.
Capital gain of a non-corporate US shareholder is generally taxed at a federal income tax rate of up to 15% for individuals with incomes below approximately $418,000 ($471,000 if married filing jointly), adjusted annually for inflation, and 20% for any income above such levels that is generally net long-term capital gain or qualified dividend income, where the property is held by the shareholder for more than one year. Capital gain of a corporate shareholder is taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.
Cost Basis Reporting . Mutual funds must report cost basis information to you and the IRS when you sell or exchange shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 in your non-retirement accounts. The cost basis regulations do not affect retirement accounts, money market funds, and shares acquired before January 1, 2012. The regulations also require mutual funds to report whether a gain or loss is short-term (shares held one year or less) or long-term (shares held more than one year) for all shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 that are subsequently sold or exchanged. To calculate the gain or loss on shares sold, you need to know the cost basis of the shares. Cost basis is the original value of an asset for tax purposes (usually the gross purchase price), adjusted for stock splits, reinvested dividends, and return of capital distributions. This value is used to determine the capital gain (or loss), which is the difference between the cost basis of the shares and the gross proceeds when the shares are sold. The Fund’s Transfer Agent supports several different cost basis methods from which you may select a cost basis method you believe best suited to your needs. If you decide to elect the Transfer Agent’s default method, which is average cost, no action is required on your part. For shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012, if you change your cost basis method, the new method will apply to all shares in the account if you request the change prior to the first redemption. If, however, you request the change after the first redemption, the new method will apply to shares acquired on or after the date of the change. Keep in mind that the Fund’s Transfer Agent is not required to report cost basis information to you or the IRS on shares acquired before January 1, 2012. However, the Transfer Agent will provide this information to you, as a service, if its cost basis records are complete for such shares. This information will be separately identified on the Form 1099-B (Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions) sent to you by the Transfer Agent and not transmitted to the IRS.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING. A Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold and remit to the US Treasury 28% of all dividends and capital gain dividends, and the proceeds of redemption of shares, paid to any shareholder (1) who has provided the Fund with either an incorrect tax identification number or no number at all, (2) who is subject to backup withholding by the IRS for failure to report the receipt of interest or dividend income properly or (3) who has failed to certify to the Fund that it is not subject to backup withholding or that it is a corporation or other exempt recipient. In addition, dividends and capital gain dividends made to corporate United States holders may be subject to information reporting and backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax and any amounts withheld may be refunded or credited against a shareholder’s federal income tax liability, provided the appropriate information is furnished to the IRS.
If a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to a Fund’s shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases exempted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a regulated investment company are not exempted. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.
MEDICARE CONTRIBUTION TAX. A US person that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, is subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the US person’s “net investment income” for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the US person’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over $200,000 (or $250,000 if married filing jointly). A Fund shareholder’s net investment income will generally include, among other things, dividend income from the Fund and net gains from the disposition of Fund shares, unless such dividend income or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). If you are a US person that is an individual, estate or trust, you are urged to consult your tax advisers regarding the applicability of the Medicare contribution tax to your income and gains in respect of your investment in the Fund shares.

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NON-US SHAREHOLDERS. Dividends paid to a shareholder who, as to the United States, is a nonresident alien individual, non-US trust or estate, non-US corporation, or non-US partnership (“non-US shareholder”) will be subject to US withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) on the gross amount of the dividend. Such a non-US shareholder would generally be exempt from US federal income tax, including withholding tax, on gains realized on the sale of shares of a Fund, net capital gain dividends, exempt-interest dividends, and amounts retained by the Fund that are reported as undistributed capital gains.
The foregoing applies when the non-US shareholder’s income from a Fund is not effectively connected with a US trade or business. If the income from a Fund is effectively connected with a US trade or business carried on by a non-US shareholder, then ordinary income dividends, qualified dividend income, net capital gain dividends, undistributed capital gains credited to such shareholder and any gains realized upon the sale of shares of the Fund will be subject to US federal income tax at the graduated rates applicable to US citizens or domestic corporations.
Distributions that a Fund reports as “short-term capital gain dividends” or “long-term capital gain dividends” will not be treated as such to a recipient non-US shareholder if the distribution is attributable to a REIT’s distribution to a Fund of a gain from the sale or exchange of US real property or an interest in a US real property holding corporation and a Fund’s direct or indirect interests in US real property exceed certain levels. Instead, if the non-US shareholder has not owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of a Fund at any time during the one year period ending on the date of distribution, such distributions will be subject to 30% withholding by a Fund and will be treated as ordinary dividends to the non-US shareholder; if the non-US shareholder owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of a Fund at any time during the one-year period ending on the date of the distribution, such distribution will be treated as real property gain subject to 35% withholding tax and could subject the non-US shareholder to US filing requirements. Additionally, if a Fund’s direct or indirect interests in US real property were to exceed certain levels, a non-US shareholder realizing gains upon redemption from a Fund could be subject to the 35% withholding tax and US filing requirements unless more than 50% of a Fund’s shares were owned by US persons at such time or unless the non-US person had not held more than 5% of a Fund’s outstanding shares throughout either such person’s holding period for the redeemed shares or, if shorter, the previous five years.
The rules laid out in the previous paragraph, other than the withholding rules, will apply notwithstanding a Fund’s participation in a wash sale transaction or its payment of a substitute dividend.
Provided that 50% or more of the value of the Fund’s stock is held by US shareholders, distributions of US real property interests (including securities in a US real property holding corporation, unless such corporation is regularly traded on an established securities market and the Fund has held 5% or less of the outstanding shares of the corporation during the five-year period ending on the date of distribution), in redemption of a non-US shareholder’s shares of the Fund will cause the Fund to recognize gain. If the Fund is required to recognize gain, the amount of gain recognized will be equal to the fair market value of such interests over the Fund’s adjusted bases to the extent of the greatest non-US ownership percentage of the Fund during the five-year period ending on the date of redemption.
In the case of non-US non-corporate shareholders, a Fund may be required to backup withhold US federal income tax on distributions that are otherwise exempt from withholding tax unless such shareholders furnish the Fund with proper notification of their non-US status.
A 30% withholding tax is currently imposed on US-source dividends, interest and other income items, and will be imposed on proceeds from the sale of property producing US-source dividends and interest paid after December 31, 2018, to (i) non-US financial institutions including non-US investment funds unless they agree to collect and disclose to the IRS information regarding their direct and indirect US account holders and (ii) certain other non-US entities, unless they certify certain information regarding their direct and indirect US owners. To avoid withholding, non-US financial institutions will need to (i) enter into agreements with the IRS that state that they will provide the IRS information, including the names, addresses and taxpayer identification numbers of direct and indirect US account holders, comply with due diligence procedures with respect to the identification of US accounts, report to the IRS certain information with respect to US accounts maintained, agree to withhold tax on certain payments made to non-compliant non-US financial institutions or to account holders, or (ii) in the event that an intergovernmental agreement and implementing legislation are adopted, provide local revenue authorities with similar account holder information. Other non-US entities will need to either provide the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each substantial US owner or certifications of no substantial US ownership unless certain exceptions apply.
The tax consequences to a non-US shareholder entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Non-US shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in a Fund, the procedure for claiming the benefit of a lower treaty rate and the applicability of non-US taxes.

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NON-US TAXES. A Fund may be subject to non-US withholding taxes or other non-US taxes with respect to income (possibly including, in some cases, capital gain) received from sources within non-US countries. So long as more than 50% by value of the total assets of the Fund (1) at the close of the taxable year, consists of stock or securities of non-US issuers, or (2) at the close of each quarter, consists of interests in other regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat any non-US income taxes paid by it as paid directly by its shareholders.
If the Fund makes the election, each shareholder will be required to (i) include in gross income, even though not actually received, its pro rata share of the Fund’s non-US income taxes, and (ii) either deduct (in calculating US taxable income) or credit (in calculating US federal income tax) its pro rata share of the Fund’s income taxes. A non-US tax credit may not exceed the US federal income tax otherwise payable with respect to the non-US source income. For this purpose, each shareholder must treat as non-US source gross income (i) its proportionate share of non-US taxes paid by the Fund and (ii) the portion of any actual dividend paid by the Fund which represents income derived from non-US sources; the gain from the sale of securities will generally be treated as US source income and certain non-US currency gains and losses likewise will be treated as derived from US sources. This non-US tax credit limitation is, with certain exceptions, applied separately to separate categories of income; dividends from the Fund will be treated as “passive” or “general” income for this purpose. The effect of this limitation may be to prevent shareholders from claiming as a credit the full amount of their pro rata share of the Fund’s non-US income taxes. In addition, shareholders will not be eligible to claim a non-US tax credit with respect to non-US income taxes paid by the Fund unless certain holding period requirements are met at both the Fund and the shareholder levels. For purposes of foreign tax credits for US shareholders of the Fund, foreign capital gains taxes may not produce associated foreign source income, limiting the availability of such credits for US persons.
A Fund will make such an election only if it deems it to be in the best interest of its shareholders. A shareholder not subject to US tax may prefer that this election not be made. The Fund will notify shareholders in writing each year if it makes the election and of the amount of non-US income taxes, if any, to be passed through to the shareholders and the amount of non-US taxes, if any, for which shareholders of the Fund will not be eligible to claim a non-US tax credit because the holding period requirements (described above) have not been satisfied.
Shares of a Fund held by a non-US shareholder at death will be considered situated within the United States and subject to the US estate tax.
STATE AND LOCAL TAX MATTERS. Depending on the residence of the shareholders for tax purposes, distributions may also be subject to state and local taxes. Rules of state and local taxation regarding qualified dividend income, ordinary income dividends and capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies and other items may differ from federal income tax rules. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers as to the consequences of these and other state and local tax rules affecting investment in a Fund.
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Board of each Fund in the Prudential mutual fund complex has adopted policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of portfolio securities owned by each Fund and to authorize certain arrangements to make available information about portfolio holdings. These policies and procedures are designed to ensure that disclosures of a Fund’s portfolio holdings are made consistently with the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and the fiduciary duties of each Fund and each Fund adviser. The policy is designed to ensure that disclosures of nonpublic portfolio holdings to selected third parties are made only when the Fund has legitimate business purposes for doing so and the recipients are subject to a duty of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on the nonpublic information.
The Board has authorized PGIM Investments, as the investment manager of each Fund, to administer these policies and procedures and to enter into confidentiality agreements on behalf of the Funds that provide that all information disclosed shall be treated as confidential and that the recipient will not trade on the nonpublic information. No material, non-public information, including but not limited to portfolio holdings, may be disseminated to third parties except in compliance with these policies and procedures.
The Custodian Bank (Bank of New York Mellon) is authorized to facilitate, under the supervision of PGIM Investments, the release of portfolio holdings.
Regulatory Filings. Portfolio holdings for each Fund will be made public at the time of quarterly public regulatory filings via Forms N-CSR and/or N-Q unless noted otherwise herein.
Annual and semi-annual reports for each Fund are filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR and mailed to shareholders within 60 days after the end of the second and fourth fiscal quarters. Annual and semi-annual shareholder reports for a Fund may be accessed at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and at the website for the Prudential mutual funds (www.pgiminvestments.com).

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Portfolio holdings for each Fund are filed with the SEC on Form N-Q within 60 days after the end of the first and third fiscal quarters. Filings on Form N-Q may be accessed at www.sec.gov.
Public Disclosures—Fund Holdings and Characteristics. Each Fund may post on the Prudential mutual funds website a detailed list of its portfolio holdings and characteristics derived from the portfolio holdings as of the end of each calendar month approximately 15 days after the end of the month, unless noted otherwise herein.
Any portfolio holdings and characteristics information that is posted to the Fund’s website and third-party databases but not contained in regulatory filings may be distributed at or after posting to financial advisors, investment consultants, broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, plan sponsors, shareholders, plan participants, and third-party databases.
Public Disclosures—Other Time Periods. Where a Fund has recently commenced operations or adopted significant changes to its investment policies (a “repositioning”), it may make available in the manner described above the same portfolio holdings and characteristics information, but as of other relevant period-ends besides month-end, with such information made available and posted to the website approximately 15 days after the commencement of the Fund’s operations or the date of the repositioning (“Effective Date”), and any portfolio holdings or characteristics information may be distributed after posting to financial advisors, investment consultants, broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, plan sponsors, shareholders, plan participants, and third-party databases. The Fund may release this information until the first quarter-end or the first month-end following the Effective Date, as applicable.
Other than as set forth above, the release of holdings and characteristics information will normally occur 15 days after the end of the month: the release of holdings and characteristics information other than 15 days after the end of the month will be determined based on procedures approved by the Chief Compliance Officer. In addition, when authorized by the Chief Compliance Officer and another officer of the Prudential mutual funds, portfolio holdings information may be publicly disseminated more frequently or at different periods than as described above.
Ongoing Nonpublic Disclosure Arrangements. Each Fund has entered into ongoing arrangements to make available nonpublic information about its portfolio holdings, subject to the conditions, restrictions and requirements set forth below. Parties receiving this information may include intermediaries that distribute Fund shares, third-party providers of auditing, custody, proxy voting and other services for the Funds, rating and ranking organizations, and certain affiliated persons of each Fund, as described below. The procedures utilized to determine eligibility are set forth below:
All requests from third parties for portfolio holdings shall require the following steps:
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.
Requests for disclosure to PGIM Investments or its employees shall follow the procedures noted above other than the execution of a confidentiality agreement.
Set forth below are the authorized ongoing arrangements as of the date of this SAI:
1. Traditional External Recipients/Vendors
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;

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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.
2. Analytical Service Providers
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.
In each case, the information disclosed must be for a legitimate business purpose and is subject to a confidentiality agreement intended to prohibit the recipient from trading on or further disseminating such information (except for legitimate business purposes).
In addition, certain authorized employees of PGIM Investments receive portfolio holdings information on a quarterly, monthly or daily basis or upon request, in order to perform their business functions. All PGIM Investments employees are subject to the requirements of the personal securities trading policy of Prudential, which prohibits employees from trading on or further disseminating confidential information, including portfolio holdings information.
Also, affiliated shareholders may, subject to execution of a non-disclosure agreement, receive current portfolio holdings for the sole purpose of enabling a Fund to effect the payment of the redemption price to such shareholder in whole or in part by a distribution in kind of securities from the investment portfolio of the Fund, in lieu of cash, in conformity with the rules of the SEC and procedures adopted by the Board. For more information regarding the payment of the redemption price by a distribution in kind of securities from the investment portfolio of the Fund, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Redemption in Kind” in the SAI.
PGIM Investments’ Law Department and the Chief Compliance Officer shall review the arrangements with each recipient on an annual basis. The Board shall, on a quarterly basis be advised of any revisions to the list of recipients of portfolio holdings and the reason for such disclosure. These policies and procedures will be reviewed for adequacy and effectiveness in connection with the Funds’ compliance program under Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act.
A listing of the parties who will receive portfolio holdings pursuant to these procedures is maintained by PGIM Investments Compliance.
There can be no assurance that the policies and procedures on portfolio holdings information will protect a Fund from the potential misuse of such information by individuals or entities that come into possession of the information.
PROXY VOTING
The Board has delegated to the Manager the responsibility for voting any proxies and maintaining proxy recordkeeping with respect to the Fund. The Manager is authorized by the Fund to delegate, in whole or in part, its proxy voting authority to the investment subadviser(s) or third party vendors consistent with the policies set forth below. The proxy voting process shall remain subject to the supervision of the Board, including any committee thereof established for that purpose.
The Manager and the Board view the proxy voting process as a component of the investment process and, as such, seek to ensure that all proxy proposals are voted with the primary goal of seeking the optimal benefit for the Fund. Consistent with this goal, the Board views the proxy voting process as a means to encourage strong corporate governance practices and ethical conduct by corporate management. The Manager and the Board maintain a policy of seeking to protect the best interests of the Fund should a proxy issue potentially implicate a conflict of interest between the Fund and the Manager or its affiliates.
The Manager delegates to the Fund's Subadviser(s) the responsibility for voting proxies. The Subadviser is expected to identify and seek to obtain the optimal benefit for the Fund, and to adopt written policies that meet certain minimum standards, including that the policies be reasonably designed to protect the best interests of the Fund and delineate procedures to be followed when a proxy vote presents a conflict between the interests of the Fund and the interests of the Subadviser or its affiliates. The Manager and the Board expect that the Subadviser will notify the Manager and Board at least annually of any such conflicts identified and confirm how the issue was resolved. In addition, the Manager expects that the Subadviser will deliver to the Manager, or its appointed vendor, information required for filing

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the Form N-PX with the SEC. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to its portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge on the Fund's website at www.pgiminvestments.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
A summary of the proxy voting policies of the Subadviser(s) is set forth in its respective Appendix to this SAI.
CODES OF ETHICS
The Board has adopted a Code of Ethics. In addition, the Manager, investment subadviser(s) and Distributor have each adopted a Code of Ethics. The Codes of Ethics apply to access persons (generally, persons who have access to information about the Fund's investment program) and permit personnel subject to the Codes of Ethics to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund. However, the protective provisions of the Codes of Ethics prohibit certain investments and limit such personnel from making investments during periods when the Fund is making such investments. The Codes of Ethics are on public file with, and are available from, the SEC.
APPENDIX I: PROXY VOTING POLICIES OF THE SUBADVISER
QUANTITATIVE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC (QMA)
Description of QMA Proxy Voting Policies. It is the policy of Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA) to vote proxies on client securities in the best long-term economic interest of its clients (i.e., the mutual interests of clients in seeing the appreciation in value of a common investment over time). In the case of pooled accounts, QMA’s policy is to vote proxies on securities in such account in the best long-term economic interest of the pooled account. In the event of any actual or apparent material conflict between its clients’ interest and QMA’s own, QMA’s policy is to act solely in its clients’ interest. To this end, the proxy voting policy and procedures adopted by QMA include procedures to address potential material conflicts of interest arising in connection with the voting of proxies.
QMA’s proxy voting policy contains detailed voting guidelines on a wide variety of issues commonly voted upon by shareholders. These guidelines reflect QMA’s judgment of how to further the best long-range economic interest of its clients through the shareholder voting process. QMA may consider Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in its voting decisions. Where issues are not addressed by its policy, or when circumstances suggest a vote not in accordance with its established guidelines, voting decisions are made on a case-by-case basis taking into consideration the potential economic impact of the proposal, as well as any circumstances that may result in restrictions on trading the security. With respect to non-U.S. holdings, QMA takes into account additional restrictions in some countries that might impair its ability to trade those securities or have other potentially adverse economic consequences, and generally vote foreign securities on a best efforts basis if QMA determines that voting is in the best economic interest of its clients. QMA may be unable to vote proxies in countries where clients or their custodians do not have the ability to cast votes due to lack of documentation or operational capacity, or otherwise. The Fund determines whether fund securities out on loan are to be recalled for voting purposes and QMA is not involved in any such decision. QMA’s proxy voting committee includes representatives of QMA’s investment, operations, compliance, risk and legal teams. QMA’s proxy voting committee is responsible for interpreting the proxy voting policy, identifying conflicts of interest, and periodically assessing the effectiveness of the policies and procedures.
QMA utilizes the services of a third party proxy voting facilitator, and has directed the voting facilitator, upon receipt of the proxies, to vote in a manner consistent with QMA’s established proxy voting guidelines described above (assuming timely receipt of proxy materials from issuers and custodians). In accordance with its obligations under the Advisers Act, QMA provides full disclosure of its proxy voting policy, guidelines and procedures to its clients upon their request, and will also provide to any client, upon request, the proxy voting records for that client’s securities.

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APPENDIX II: DESCRIPTIONS OF SECURITY RATINGS
MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. (MOODY'S)
Debt Ratings
Aaa: Bonds which are rated Aaa are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as “gilt edged.” Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.
Aa: Bonds which are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than the Aaa securities.
A: Bonds which are rated A possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium-grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate, but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some time in the future.
Baa: Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium-grade obligations, i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well.
Ba: Bonds which are rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.
B: Bonds which are rated B generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.
Caa: Bonds which are rated Caa are of poor standing. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.
Ca: Bonds which are rated Ca represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.
C: Bonds which are rated C are the lowest-rated class of bonds, and issues so rated can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.
Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating category from Aa to Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the issuer is in the higher end of its letter rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; the modifier 3 indicates that the issuer is in the lower end of the letter ranking category.
Short-Term Ratings
Moody's short-term debt ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor senior financial obligations and contracts. Such obligations generally have an original maturity not exceeding one year, unless explicitly noted.
PRIME-1: Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:
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.
PRIME-2: Issuers rated Prime-2 (or supporting institutions) have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This normally will be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

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MIG 1: This designation denotes best quality. There is strong protection by established cash flows, superior liquidity support or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.
MIG 2: This designation denotes high quality. Margins of protection are ample although not so large as in the preceding group.
S&P Global ratings (S& P)
Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings
AAA: An obligation rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.
AA: An obligation rated AA differs from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.
A: An obligation rated A is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.
BBB: An obligation rated BBB exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
BB: An obligation rated BB is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
B: An obligation rated B is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated BB, but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
CCC: An obligation rated CCC is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
CC: An obligation rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
C: The C rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action has been taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued.
Plus (+) or Minus (–): The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.
Commercial Paper Ratings
A-1: This designation indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus sign (+) designation.
A-2: Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is satisfactory. However, the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated A-1.
Notes Ratings
An S&P notes rating reflects the liquidity factors and market risks unique to notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a notes rating. Notes maturing beyond three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. The following criteria will be used in making that assessment.
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.
Note rating symbols are as follows:
SP-1: Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.

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SP-2: Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
FITCH RATINGS LTD.
International Long-Term Credit Ratings
AAA: Highest Credit Quality. AAA ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.
AA: Very High Credit Quality. AA ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.
A: High Credit Quality. A ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB: Good Credit Quality. BBB ratings indicate that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment-grade category.
BB: Speculative. BB ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time; however, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not investment grade.
B: Highly Speculative. B ratings indicate that significant credit risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, capacity for continued payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.
CCC, CC, C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments. A CC rating indicates that default of some kind appears probable. C ratings signal imminent default.
International Short-Term Credit Ratings
F1: Highest Credit Quality. Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.
F2: Good Credit Quality. A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.
F3: Fair Credit Quality. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate; however, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment grade.
B: Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic investment.
Plus (+) or Minus (–): Plus or minus signs may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the AAA long-term rating category, to categories below CCC, or to short-term ratings other than F1.

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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28. Exhibits.
(a) (1) Certificate of Trust. Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N1- A filed on July 9, 1999 (File No. 333-82621).
(2) Amendment to Certificate of Trust dated September 4, 2001. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on September 30, 2002.
(3) Agreement and Declaration of Trust. Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form N1-A filed on July 9, 1999 (File No. 333-82621).
(4) Certificate of Correction of Amendment to Certificate of Trust dated May 14, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on September 30, 2002.
(5) Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust dated February 16, 2010. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to the Registration Statement on Form N1-A filed on September 27, 2010.
(b) By-Laws, amended as of November 16, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on November 22, 2004.
(c) In response to this item, Registrant incorporates by reference the following provisions of its Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016 as Exhibit (a)(3) and Exhibit (b), defining the rights of the Trust's shareholders: Articles III and V of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Article III of the By-Laws.
(d) (1) Management Agreement between Registrant and Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC (now known as PGIM Investments LLC) (PGIM Investments). Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on October 30, 2000.
(i) Amendment to Management Agreement between Registrant and Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on September 29, 2005.
(2) Management Agreement between Registrant and Prudential Investments LLC (PI) (now known as PGIM Investments) with respect to the Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on March 5, 2014.
(i) Amendment to Management Agreement between Registrant and Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 49 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on July 17, 2017.
(3) (i) Subadvisory Agreement between PI and Jennison Associates LLC. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on September 29, 2005.
(ii) Subadvisory Agreement between PI and Jennison Associates LLC with respect to the Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on March 5, 2014.
(4)(i) Expense Cap for Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
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(5) Management Agreement between Registrant and PI with respect to Prudential Day One Income Fund, Prudential Day One 2010 Fund, Prudential Day One 2015 Fund, Prudential Day One 2020 Fund, Prudential Day One 2025 Fund, Prudential Day One 2030 Fund, Prudential Day One 2035 Fund, Prudential Day One 2040 Fund, Prudential Day One 2045 Fund, Prudential Day One 2050 Fund, Prudential Day One 2055 Fund, and Prudential Day One 2060 Fund. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on December 12, 2016.
(6) Subadvisory Agreement between PI and Quantitative Management Associates LLC with respect to Prudential Day One Income Fund, Prudential Day One 2010 Fund, Prudential Day One 2015 Fund, Prudential Day One 2020 Fund, Prudential Day One 2025 Fund, Prudential Day One 2030 Fund, Prudential Day One 2035 Fund, Prudential Day One 2040 Fund, Prudential Day One 2045 Fund, Prudential Day One 2050 Fund, Prudential Day One 2055 Fund, and Prudential Day One 2060 Fund. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on December 12, 2016.
(7) Expense Cap for Prudential Day One Income Fund, Prudential Day One 2010 Fund, Prudential Day One 2015 Fund, Prudential Day One 2020 Fund, Prudential Day One 2025 Fund, Prudential Day One 2030 Fund, Prudential Day One 2035 Fund, Prudential Day One 2040 Fund, Prudential Day One 2045 Fund, Prudential Day One 2050 Fund, Prudential Day One 2055 Fund, and Prudential Day One 2060 Fund. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on December 12, 2016.
(8) Management Agreement between Registrant and PGIM Investments with respect to Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund. Filed herewith.
(9) Subadvisory Agreement between PGIM Investments and Quantitative Management Associates LLC with respect to Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund. Filed herewith
(10) Expense Cap for Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund. Filed herewith.
(e) (1) Second Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between Prudential Investments Mutual Funds and the Target Mutual Funds, and Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS) dated September 22, 2016. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(2) Selected Dealer Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement filed on Form N1-A on August 1, 2000.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) (1) Custodian Contract between the Registrant and The Bank of New York (BNY) dated November 7, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement filed on Form N1-A on October 2, 2003.
(2) Custodian Services Agreement between the Registrant and PFPC Trust Company (PFPC)(now known as BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company) dated July 1, 2005. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registration Statement filed on Form N-1A on September 29, 2005.
(3) Amendment to Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and BNY. Incorporated by reference to the Dryden Municipal Bond Fund Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on June 30, 2009 (File No. 33-10649).
(4) Amendment dated December 21, 2010 to Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and BNY, incorporated by reference to the Prudential Investment Portfolios 9 Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on December 21, 2010 (File No. 333-66895).
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(5) Amendment dated September 1, 2017 to Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and BN, dated July 1, 2005. Filed herewith.
(h) (1) Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the Registrant and Prudential Mutual Fund Services, Inc. (PMFS), dated May 29, 2007. Incorporated by reference to the Dryden Municipal Bond Fund Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on June 29, 2007 (File No. 33-10649).
(2) Amendment dated September 2, 2008 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated May 29, 2007. Incorporated by reference to the Target Portfolio Trust Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on January 30, 2009 (File No. 33-50476).
(3) Amendment dated December 21, 2010 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated May 29, 2007, incorporated by reference to the Prudential Investment Portfolios 9 Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on December 21, 2010 (File No. 333-66895).
(4) Amendment dated September 1, 2017 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated May 29, 2007. Filed herewith.
(i) (1) Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell dated September 27, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N1-A filed on September 30, 2002.
(2) Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell dated February 9, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement on Form N1-A filed on February 9, 2007.
(3) Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell dated July 18, 2011, concerning the validity of Class R and Class Z shares. Incorporated by reference to corresponding Exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on July 18, 2011.
(4) Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell with respect to Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on March 5, 2014.
(5) Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell relating to the Class R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 shares of the Prudential Day One Funds. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on December 12, 2016.
(6) Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell relating to the Class R6 shares of the Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund. Filed herewith.
(7) Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell relating to the Class Q and Z shares of the Prudential Jennison Conservative Growth Fund and Class Q shares of the Prudential Jenison Rising Dividend Fund. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
(j) Not applicable.
(k) Not applicable.
(l) Not applicable.
(m)(1) Distribution and Service Plan for Class A Shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on September 30, 2008 (File No. 333-82621).
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(2) Distribution and Service Plan for Class B Shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on September 30, 2008 (File No. 333-82621).
(3) Distribution and Service Plan for Class C Shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on September 30, 2008 (File No. 333-82621).
(5) Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver for Class A Shares of Prudential Jennison Conservative Growth Fund. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
(6) Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver for Class A Shares of Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
(7) Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan for Class R1 Shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(8) Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan for Class R2 Shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(9) Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan for Class R3 Shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(10) Shareholder Services Plan for R1, R2, R3 and R4 Shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(n) Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan. Incorporated by reference to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(o) Power of Attorney dated December 7, 2016 and September 1, 2017.
(p) (1) Code of Ethics of the Registrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (p)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14, filed via EDGAR on June 21, 2016 (File No. 002-82976).
(2) Investment Adviser Code of Ethics, dated January 9, 2017 and Personal Securities Trading Policy of Prudential Financial including the Manager, the Distributor, Quantitative Management Associates LLC, and PGIM Fixed Income, dated February 6, 2017. Filed herewith.
(3) Code of Ethics of Jennison Associates LLC dated October 5, 2005. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Advanced Series Trust, filed via EDGAR on December 19, 2016 (File No. 033-24962).
Item 29. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with the Registrant.
None.
Item 30. Indemnification.
As permitted by Sections 17(h) and (i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), and pursuant to Article VII of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Exhibit (a)(3) to this Registration Statement) and Article XI of the Trust's By-Laws (Exhibit (b) to the Registration Statement), officers, trustees, employees and agents of Registrant will not be liable to Registrant, any stockholder, officer, director, employee, agent or other person for any action or failure to act, except for bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties, and those individuals may be indemnified against liabilities in connection with Registrant, subject to the same
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exceptions. Section 3817 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act permits indemnification of trustees who acted in good faith and reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interest of the Trust. As permitted by Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act, pursuant to Section 10 of the Distribution Agreement (Exhibit (e)(1) to this Registration Statement), the Distributor of Registrant may be indemnified against liabilities which it may incur, except liabilities arising from bad faith, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or reckless disregard of duties.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1940 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against Registrant by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the shares being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1940 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Registrant has purchased an insurance policy insuring its officers and trustees against liabilities, and certain costs of defending claims against such officers and trustees, to the extent such officers and trustees are not found to have committed conduct constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard in the performance of their duties. The insurance policy also insures Registrant against the cost of indemnification payments to officers and trustees under certain circumstances.
Section 8 of the Management Agreement (Exhibit (d)(1) to the Registration Statement) and Section 4 of the Subadvisory Agreements (Exhibits (d)(2)(i) through (xi) to the Registration Statement) limit the liability of PI and each Adviser, respectively, to liabilities arising from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of their respective duties or from reckless disregard by them of their respective obligations and duties under the agreements.
Registrant hereby undertakes that it will apply the indemnification provisions of its By-Laws and the Distribution Agreement in a manner consistent with Release No. 11330 of the Commission under the 1940 Act as long as the interpretation of Section 17(h) and 17(i) of such Act remains in effect and is consistently applied.
Item 31. Business and other Connections of the Investment Adviser.
PGIM Investments LLC (PGIM Investments)
See the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.
The business and other connections of the officers of PGIM Investments are listed in Schedules A and D of Form ADV of PGIM Investments as currently on file with the Commission, the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference (File No. 801-31104).
Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison)
See the Prospectus constituting a portion of Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.
Information as to Jennison’s directors and executive officers is included in its Form ADV filed with the Commission (801-5608), as most recently amended, the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA)
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See the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.
Information as to QMA’s directors and executive officers is included in its Form ADV as currently on file with the Commission (File No. 801-62692), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.
PIMS is distributor for Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc., The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, Prudential Investment Portfolios 3, Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14, Prudential Investment Portfolios 4, Prudential Investment Portfolios 5, Prudential Investment Portfolios 6, Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc., Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc., Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 7, Prudential Investment Portfolios 8, Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 9, Prudential World Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10, Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 12, Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15, Prudential Investment Portfolios 16, Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17, Prudential Investment Portfolios 18, Prudential Sector Funds, Inc. Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc., The Target Portfolio Trust, and The Prudential Series Fund.
PIMS is also distributor of the following other investment companies: Separate Accounts: Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc., The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-11, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-24, The Prudential Variable Contract GI-2, The Prudential Discovery Select Group Variable Contract Account, The Pruco Life Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account, The Pruco Life of New Jersey Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account, The Prudential Individual Variable Contract Account, The Prudential Qualified Individual Variable Contract Account and PRIAC Variable Contract Account A.
(b) The following table sets forth information regarding certain officers of PIMS. As a limited liability company, PIMS has no directors.
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
James Gemus (1)   Executive Vice President   N/A
Scott E. Benjamin (1)   Vice President   Board Member and
Vice President
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
   
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
Principal Business Addresses:
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(1) 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
(2) 751 Broad Street, Newark NJ, 07102
(3) 280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103
(c) Registrant has no principal underwriter who is not an affiliated person of the Registrant.
Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.
All accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the Rules thereunder are maintained at the offices of Bank of New York Mellon, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286, Jennison Associates LLC, 466 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 100017, Quantitative Management Associates LLC, Gateway Center Two, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 , the Registrant, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, and Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS), 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.
Documents required by Rules 31a-1(b) (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) and 31a-1 (d) and (f) will be kept at 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, and the remaining accounts, books and other documents required by such other pertinent provisions of Section 31(a) and the Rules promulgated thereunder will be kept by BNY and PMFS.
Item 34. Management Services.
Other than as set forth under the captions “How the Fund is Managed-Manager” and “How the Fund is Managed-Distributor” in the Prospectus and the caption “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI, constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement, Registrant is not a party to any management-related service contract.
Item 35. Undertakings.
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Newark, and State of New Jersey, on the 12th day of September, 2017.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5
*
Stuart S. Parker, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature   Title   Date
*
Ellen S. Alberding
  Trustee    
*
Kevin J. Bannon
  Trustee    
*
Scott E. Benjamin
  Trustee    
*
Linda W. Bynoe
  Trustee    
*
Barry H. Evans
  Trustee    
*
Keith F. Hartstein
  Trustee    
*
Laurie Simon Hodrick
  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    
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Signature   Title   Date
*By: /s/ Jonathan D. Shain
Jonathan D. Shain
  Attorney-in-Fact   September 12, 2017
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
for the Prudential Fund Complex
The undersigned, Ellen S. Alberding, Kevin J. Bannon, Scott E. Benjamin, Linda W. Bynoe, Keith F. Hartstein, Michael S. Hyland, Stuart S. Parker, Richard A. Redeker, Stephen Stoneburn and Grace C. Torres as directors/trustees of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, and M. Sadiq Peshimam, as treasurer and principal financial and accounting officer of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, hereby authorize Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Deborah A. Docs, Raymond A. O’Hara and Jonathan D. Shain, or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed for such registered investment company or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) and any and all supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and 5 for or on behalf of each registered investment company listed in Appendix A or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
   
/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  
   
/s/ Barry H. Evans
Barry S. Evans
/s/ Laurie Simon Hodrick
Laurie Simon Hodrick
   
Dated: September 1, 2017  
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APPENDIX A
Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc.
The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14
Prudential Investment Portfolios 4
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5
Prudential Investment Portfolios 6
Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 7
Prudential Investment Portfolios 8
Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 9
Prudential World Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10
Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 12
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15
Prudential Investment Portfolios 16
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17
Prudential Investment Portfolios 18
Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.
Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.
The Target Portfolio Trust
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10
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Prudential Investment Portfolios 5
Exhibit Index
Item 28
Exhibit No.
  Description
(d)(8)   Management Agreement between Registrant and PGIM Investments with respect to Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund
(d)(9)   Subadvisory Agreement between PGIM Investments and Quantitative Management Associates LLC with respect to Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund
(d)(10)   Expense Cap for Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund
(g)(5)   Amendment dated September 1, 2017 to Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and BN, dated July 1, 2005
(h)(4)   Amendment dated September 1, 2017 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated May 29, 2007
(i)(6)   Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell relating to the Class R6 shares of the Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund
(p)(2)   Investment Adviser Code of Ethics, dated January 9, 2017 and Personal Securities Trading Policy of Prudential Financial including the Manager, the Distributor, Quantitative Management Associates LLC, and PGIM Fixed Income, dated February 6, 2017
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PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 5

Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

Agreement made the 1 st day of September, 2017, between Prudential Investment Portfolios 5, a Delaware business trust (the Trust), on behalf of its series, the Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund, and PGIM Investments LLC, a New York limited liability company (the Manager).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act); and

WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain the Manager to render or contract to obtain as hereinafter provided investment advisory services to the Trust and its series, Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund and the Trust also desires to avail itself of the facilities available to the Manager with respect to the administration of its day-to-day business affairs, and the Manager is willing to render such investment advisory and administrative services;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. The Trust hereby appoints the Manager to act as manager of the Trust and each series thereof, if any (each, a Portfolio) and as administrator of its business affairs for the period and on the terms set forth in this Agreement. The Manager accepts such appointment and agrees to render the services herein described, for the compensation herein provided. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Trust, the Manager is authorized to enter into a subadvisory agreement with Quantitative Management Associates, LLC or any other subadviser, whether or not affiliated with the Manager (each, a Subadviser), pursuant to which such Subadviser shall furnish to the Trust the investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Trust (each, a Subadvisory Agreement). Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Manager is authorized to retain more than one Subadviser for the Trust, and if the Trust has more than one Subadviser, the Manager is authorized to allocate the Trust’s assets among the Subadvisers. The Manager will continue to have responsibility for all investment advisory services furnished pursuant to any Subadvisory Agreement. The Trust and Manager understand and agree that the Manager may manage the Trust in a “manager-of-managers” style with either a single or multiple subadvisers, which contemplates that the Manager will, among other things and pursuant to an Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): (i) continually evaluate the performance of each Subadviser to the Trust, if applicable, through quantitative and qualitative analysis and consultations with such Subadviser; (ii) periodically make recommendations to the Board as to whether the contract with one or more Subadvisers should be renewed, modified, or terminated; and (iii) periodically report to the Board regarding the results of its evaluation and monitoring functions. The Trust recognizes that a Subadviser’s services may be terminated or modified pursuant to the “manager-of-managers” process, and that the Manager may appoint a new Subadviser for a Subadviser that is so removed.

2. Subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees, the Manager shall administer the Trust’s business affairs and, in connection therewith, shall furnish the Trust with office facilities and with clerical, bookkeeping and recordkeeping services at such office facilities and, subject to Section 1 hereof and any Subadvisory Agreement, the Manager shall manage the investment operations of the Trust and the composition of the Trust’s portfolio, including the purchase, retention and disposition thereof, in accordance with the Trust’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions as stated in the Trust’s SEC registration statement, and subject to the following understandings:

(a) The Manager (or a Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) shall provide supervision of the Trust’s investments, and shall determine from time to time what investments or securities will be purchased, retained, sold or loaned by the Trust, and what portion of the assets will be invested or held uninvested as cash.

(b) The Manager, in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, shall act in conformity with the Articles of Incorporation of the Trust as may be amended from time to time and the Trust’s SEC registration statement and with the instructions and directions of the Board of Directors, and will conform to and comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act and all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations. In connection therewith, the Manager shall, among other things, prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) such reports as are, or may in the future be, required by the SEC.

(c) The Manager (or the Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) shall determine the securities and futures contracts to be purchased or sold by the Trust and will place orders pursuant to its determinations with or through such persons, brokers, dealers or futures commission merchants in conformity with the policy with respect to brokerage as set forth in the Trust’s registration statement or as the Board of Directors may direct from time to time. In providing the Trust with investment supervision, it is recognized that the Manager (or the Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) will give primary consideration to securing the most favorable price and efficient execution. Consistent with this policy, the Manager (or Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) may consider the financial responsibility, research and investment information and other services provided by brokers, dealers or futures commission merchants who may effect or be a party to any such transaction or other transactions to which other clients of the Manager (or

 
 

Subadviser) may be a party, the size and difficulty in executing an order, and the value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the investment performance of the Trust on a continuing basis. The Manager (or Subadviser) to the Trust each shall have discretion to effect investment transactions for the Trust through broker-dealers (including, to the extent legally permissible, broker-dealers affiliated with the Subadviser(s)) qualified to obtain best execution of such transactions who provide brokerage and/or research services, as such services are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and to cause the Trust to pay any such broker-dealers an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker-dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the brokerage or research services provided by such broker-dealer, viewed in light of either that particular investment transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Manager (or the Subadviser) with respect to the Trust and other accounts as to which they or it may exercise investment discretion (as such term is defined in Section  3(a)(35) of the 1934 Act), are reasonable in relation to the amount of commission.

On occasions when the Manager (or a Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) deems the purchase or sale of a security or a futures contract to be in the best interest of the Trust as well as other clients of the Manager (or the Subadviser), the Manager (or Subadviser), to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, may, but shall be under no obligation to, aggregate the securities or futures contracts to be so sold or purchased in order to obtain the most favorable price or lower brokerage commissions and efficient execution. In such event, allocation of the securities or futures contracts so purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Manager (or the Subadviser) in the manner it considers to be the most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Trust and to such other clients.

(d) The Manager (or the Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) shall maintain all books and records with respect to the Trust’s portfolio transactions and shall render to the Trust’s Board of Directors such periodic and special reports as the Board may reasonably request.

(e) The Manager (or the Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) shall be responsible for the financial and accounting records to be maintained by the Trust (including those being maintained by the Trust’s Custodian).

(f) The Manager (or the Subadviser under the Manager’s supervision) shall provide the Trust’s Custodian on each business day information relating to all transactions concerning the Trust’s assets.

(g) The investment management services of the Manager to the Trust under this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Manager shall be free to render similar services to others.

(h) The Manager shall make reasonably available its employees and officers for consultation with any of the Directors or officers or employees of the Trust with respect to any matter discussed herein, including, without limitation, the valuation of the Trust’s securities.

3. The Trust has delivered to the Manager copies of each of the following documents and will deliver to it all future amendments and supplements, if any:

(a) Articles of Incorporation or Declaration of Trust;

(b) By-Laws of the Trust (such By-Laws, as in effect on the date hereof and as amended from time to time, are herein called the “By-Laws”);

(c) Certified resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Trust authorizing the appointment of the Manager and approving the form of this agreement;

(d) Registration Statement under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form N-1A (the Registration Statement), as filed with the SEC relating to the Trust and its shares of beneficial interest, and all amendments thereto; and

(e) Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Trust.

4. The Manager shall authorize and permit any of its officers and employees who may be elected as Directors or officers of the Trust to serve in the capacities in which they are elected. All services to be furnished by the Manager under this Agreement may be furnished through the medium of any such officers or employees of the Manager.

5. The Manager shall keep the Trust’s books and records required to be maintained by it pursuant to Paragraph 2 hereof. The Manager agrees that all records that it maintains for the Trust are the property of the Trust, and it will surrender promptly to the Trust any such records upon the Trust’s request, provided however that the Manager may retain a copy of such records. The Manager further agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act any such records as are required to be maintained by the Manager pursuant to Paragraph 2 hereof.

6. During the term of this Agreement, the Manager shall pay the following expenses:

(i) the salaries and expenses of all employees of the Trust and the Manager, except the fees and expenses of Directors who are not affiliated persons of the Manager or any Subadviser,

 
 

(ii) all expenses incurred by the Manager in connection with managing the ordinary course of the Trust’s business, other than those assumed by the Trust herein, and

(iii) the fees, costs and expenses payable to a Subadviser pursuant to a Subadvisory Agreement.

The Trust assumes and will pay the expenses described below:

(a) the fees and expenses incurred by the Trust in connection with the management of the investment and reinvestment of the Trust’s assets,

(b) the fees and expenses of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act,

(c) the fees and expenses of the Custodian that relate to (i) the custodial function and the recordkeeping connected therewith, (ii)  preparing and maintaining the general accounting records of the Trust and the provision of any such records to the Manager useful to the Manager in connection with the Manager’s responsibility for the accounting records of the Trust pursuant to Section 31 of the 1940 Act and the rules  promulgated thereunder, (iii) the pricing or valuation of the shares of the Trust, including the cost of any pricing or valuation service or services which may be retained pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors, and (iv) for both mail and wire orders, the cashiering function in connection with the issuance and redemption of the Trust’s securities,

(d) the fees and expenses of the Trust’s Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent that relate to the maintenance of each shareholder account,

(e) the charges and expenses of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Trust,

(f) brokers’ commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Trust in connection with its securities and futures transactions,

(g) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Trust to federal, state or other governmental agencies,

(h) the fees of any trade associations of which the Trust may be a member,

(i) the cost of share certificates representing, and/or non-negotiable share deposit receipts evidencing, shares of the Trust,

(j) the cost of fidelity, directors’ and officers’ and errors and omissions insurance,

(k) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Trust and of its shares with the SEC, and paying notice filing fees under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Trust’s registration statement and the Trust’s prospectuses and statements of additional information for filing under federal and state securities laws for such purposes,

(l) allocable communications expenses with respect to investor services and all expenses of shareholders’ and Directors’ meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports and notices to shareholders in the amount necessary for distribution to the shareholders,

(m) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Trust’s business, and

(n) any expenses assumed by the Trust pursuant to a Distribution and Service Plan adopted in a manner that is consistent with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act.

7. For the services provided and the expenses assumed pursuant to this Agreement, the Trust will pay to the Manager as full compensation therefor a fee at the annual rate(s) as described on the attached Schedule A with respect to the average daily net assets of the Trust. This fee will be computed daily, and will be paid to the Manager monthly. The Trust shall not pay any fee or other compensation to the Manager for the services provided and the expenses assumed pursuant to this Agreement.

8. The Manager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or for any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services (in which case any award of damages shall be limited to the period and the amount set forth in Section 36(b)(3) of the 1940 Act) or loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

The Trust shall indemnify the Manager and hold it harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlements) incurred by the Manager in or by reason of any pending, threatened or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding (including an action or suit by or in the right of the Trust or its security holders) arising out of or otherwise based upon any action actually or allegedly taken or omitted to be taken by the Manager in connection with the performance of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall protect or be deemed to protect the Manager against or entitle or be deemed to entitle the Manager to indemnification in respect of any liability to the Trust or its security holders to which the Manager would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, by reason of its reckless disregard of their duties and obligations under this Agreement.

 
 

9. This Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of more than two years from the date hereof only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually in conformity with the requirements of the 1940 Act; provided, however, that this Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Trust at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Board of Directors of the Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust, or by the Manager at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on not more than 60 days’ nor less than 30 days’ written notice to the Trust. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

10. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any officer or employee of the Manager who may also be a Directors, officer or employee of the Trust to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any business, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature, nor limit or restrict the right of the Manager to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind to any other corporation, firm, individual or association.

11. Except as otherwise provided herein or authorized by the Board of Directors of the Trust from time to time, the Manager shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent contractor, and shall have no authority to act for or represent the Trust in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Trust.

12. During the term of this Agreement, the Trust agrees to furnish the Manager at its principal office all prospectuses, proxy statements, reports to shareholders, sales literature, or other material prepared for distribution to shareholders of the Trust or the public, which refer in any way to the Manager, prior to use thereof and not to use such material if the Manager reasonably objects in writing within five business days (or such other time as may be mutually agreed) after receipt thereof. In the event of termination of this Agreement, the Trust will continue to furnish to the Manager copies of any of the above-mentioned materials which refer in any way to the Manager. Sales literature may be furnished to the Manager hereunder by first-class or overnight mail, facsimile transmission equipment or hand delivery. The Trust shall furnish or otherwise make available to the Manager such other information relating to the business affairs of the Trust as the Manager at any time, or from time to time, reasonably requests in order to discharge its obligations hereunder.

13. This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of the Trust must be obtained in conformity with the requirements of the 1940 Act.

14. Any notice or other communication required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed duly given if delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, (1) to the Manager at 655 Broad Street, 17th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Attention: Secretary; or (2) to the Trust at 655 Broad Street, 17th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Attention: President.

15. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

16. The Trust may use the name “Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 - Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund” or any name including the words “Prudential” only for so long as this Agreement or any extension, renewal or amendment hereof remains in effect, including any similar agreement with any organization which shall have succeeded to the Manager’s business as Manager or any extension, renewal or amendment thereof remain in effect. At such time as such an agreement shall no longer be in effect, the Trust will (to the extent that it lawfully can) cease to use such a name or any other name indicating that it is advised by, managed by or otherwise connected with the Manager, or any organization which shall have so succeeded to such businesses. In no event shall the Trust use the name “Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 – Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund” or any name including the words “Prudential” if the Manager’s function is transferred or assigned to a company of which Prudential Financial, Inc. and/or the The Prudential Insurance Company of America does not have control.

17. A copy of the Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

18. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act, shall be resolved by reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States courts or, in the absence of any controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued pursuant to the 1940 Act. In addition, where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act, reflected in any provision of this Agreement, is related by rules, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.

 

 
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as of the day and year above written.

 

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 5

On behalf of its series, Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund

 

 

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

 
 

SCHEDULE A

 

Fund Annual Fee Rate
Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund 0.02% of average daily net assets

 

Schedule dated September 1, 2017

 

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 5

Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund

SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT

Agreement made as of this 1 st day of September, 2017 between PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments” or the “Manager”), a New York limited liability company, and Quantitative Management Associates LLC, (the “Subadviser” or “QMA”), a New Jersey limited liability company.

WHEREAS, the Manager has entered into a Management Agreement, dated September 1, 2017 (the “Management Agreement”) with Prudential Investment Portfolios 5, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and an open-end, management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), pursuant to which PGIM Investments acts as Manager of the Trust; and

WHEREAS, the Manager desires to retain the Subadviser to provide investment advisory services to the Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund (the “Fund”), which is a series of the Trust, and to manage such portion of the Fund’s portfolio as the Manager shall from time to time direct, and the Subadviser is willing to render such investment advisory services to the Fund.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Subject to the supervision of the Manager and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Subadviser shall:

(a) manage such portion of the Fund’s portfolio as the Manager shall from time to time direct, including the purchase, retention and disposition thereof; and

(b) provide such additional advisory services as agreed to between the Manger and Subadviser, including, but not limited to asset allocation advice. Such services shall be performed in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions as stated in its then current prospectus and statement of additional information (such prospectus and statement of additional information as currently in effect and as amended or supplemented from time to time, being herein called the “Prospectus”), and subject to the following understandings:

(i) The Subadviser shall provide supervision of such portion of the Fund’s portfolio as the Manager shall direct and shall determine from time to time what investments and securities will be purchased, retained, sold or loaned (other than directing a securities lending program) by the Fund, and what portion of the assets will be invested or held uninvested as cash.

(ii) In the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, the Subadviser shall act in conformity with the Declaration of Trust, as amended, and the By-Laws of the Trust and Prospectus of the Fund and any procedures adopted by the Board applicable to the Fund and any amendments to those procedures (“Board Procedures”) which have been provided to it by the Manager (the “Trust Documents”), and with the instructions and directions of the Manager and of the Board, and co-operate with the Manager’s (or its designee’s) personnel responsible for monitoring the Fund’s compliance. The Subadviser shall also comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended (the “CEA”), the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations, including securities laws. The Manager shall provide Subadviser timely with copies of any updated Trust or Fund Documents, including a list of Fund affiliates.

(iii) The Subadviser shall determine the securities and futures contracts to be purchased or sold by such portion of the Fund’s portfolio, as applicable, and may place orders with or through such persons, brokers, dealers or futures commission merchants (including but not limited to any broker-dealer affiliated with the Manager or the Subadviser) to carry out the policy with respect to brokerage as set forth in the Fund’s Prospectus or as the Board may direct in writing from time to time. In providing the Fund with investment supervision, it is recognized that the Subadviser will give primary consideration to securing the most favorable price and efficient execution. Within the framework of this policy, the Subadviser may consider the receipt of services that affect securities transactions and incidental

 
 

functions, such as clearance and settlement functions, and advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in securities, the availability of securities or purchasers or sellers of securities and analyses and reports concerning issues, industries, securities, economic factors, trends, portfolio strategy, and the performance of accounts, the financial responsibility, and other services provided by brokers, dealers or futures commission merchants who may effect or be a party to any such transaction or other transactions to which the Subadviser’s other clients may be a party. The Manager (or Subadviser) to the Fund each shall have discretion to effect investment transactions for the Fund through broker-dealers and prime brokerage arrangements with broker-dealers (including, to the extent legally permissible, broker-dealers affiliated with the Subadviser(s)) qualified to obtain best execution of such transactions who provide brokerage and/or research services, as such services are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and to cause the Fund to pay any such broker-dealers an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker-dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the brokerage or research services provided by such broker-dealer, viewed in light of either that particular investment transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Manager (or the Subadviser) with respect to the Fund and other accounts as to which they or it may exercise investment discretion (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(35) of the 1934 Act), are reasonable in relation to the amount of commission. Pursuant to the rules promulgated under Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, broker-dealers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identities each person who opens an account with them. In accordance therewith, broker-dealers whom the Subadviser selects to execute transactions in the Fund’s account may seek identifying information about the Trust and/or the Fund.

On occasions when the Subadviser deems the purchase or sale of a security or futures contract to be in the best interest of the Fund as well as other clients of the Subadviser, the Subadviser, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, may, but shall be under no obligation to, aggregate the securities or futures contracts to be sold or purchased in order to obtain the most favorable price or lower brokerage commissions and efficient execution. In such event, allocation of the securities or futures contracts so purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Subadviser in the manner the Subadviser considers to be the most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Fund and to such other clients.

(iv) The Subadviser shall maintain all books and records with respect to the Fund’s portfolio transactions effected by it as required by subparagraph (b)(5), (6), (7), (9), (10), and (11) and paragraph (f) of Rule31a-1 under the 1940 Act, and shall render to the Board of Trustees such periodic and special reports as the Trustees may reasonably request. The Subadviser shall make reasonably available its employees and officers for consultation with any of the Trustees or officers or employees of the Trust with respect to any matter discussed herein, including, without limitation, the valuation of the Trust’s securities.

(v) The Subadviser or its affiliates shall provide the Fund’s Custodian on each business day with information relating to all transactions concerning the portion of the Fund’s assets it manages. The Subadviser shall provide the Manager each day with mutually agreed upon information in a mutually agreed upon format concerning portfolio transactions, and such other reports in a form and frequency as agreed upon from time to time concerning transactions, portfolio holdings and performance of the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to review the Fund and discuss the management of the Fund with the Manager and the Board as either or both shall from time to time reasonably request.

(vi) The investment management services provided by the Subadviser hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Subadviser shall be free to render similar services to others.

 

(vii) The Subadviser and Manager understand and agree that if the Manager manages the Fund in a “manager-of-managers” style, the Manager will, among other things, (i) continually evaluate the performance of the Subadviser through quantitative and qualitative analysis and consultations with the Subadviser, (ii) periodically make recommendations to the Trust’s Board as to whether the contract with the Subadviser should be renewed, modified, or terminated, and (iii) periodically report to the Trust’s Board regarding the results of its evaluation and monitoring functions. The Subadviser recognizes that its services may be terminated or modified pursuant to this process.

 
 

(viii) The Subadviser acknowledges that the Manager and the Trust intend to rely on Rule 17a-10, Rule 10f-3, Rule 12d3-1 and Rule 17e-1 under the 1940 Act, and the Subadviser hereby agrees that it shall not consult with any other subadviser to the Trust with respect to transactions in securities for the Fund’s portfolio or any other transactions of Fund assets.

(ix) The Subadviser shall provide annually to the Manager a copy of Subadviser’s Form ADV as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).

(c) The Subadviser shall authorize and permit any of its directors, officers and employees who may be elected as trustees or officers of the Trust to serve in the capacities in which they are elected. Services to be furnished by the Subadviser under this Agreement may be furnished through the medium of any of such trustees, officers or employees.

(d) The Subadviser shall keep the Fund’s books and records required to be maintained by the Subadviser pursuant to paragraph 1(a) hereof in the form and for the period required by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act. The Subadviser agrees that all records which it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund, and the Subadviser will surrender promptly to the Fund any of such records upon the Fund’s request, provided, however, that the Subadviser may retain copies of such record. The Fund’s books and records maintained by the Subadviser shall be made available, within a reasonable period of time following submission of a written request, to the Fund’s accountants or auditors during regular business hours at the Subadviser’s offices. The Fund, the Manager or their respective authorized representatives shall have the right to copy any records in the Subadviser’s possession that pertain to the Fund. These books, records, information, or reports may be made available to properly authorized government representatives consistent with state and federal law and/or regulations, provided that the Subadviser is given prior notice of such disclosure, unless such prior notice is prohibited by law or regulation. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, the Fund’s books and records maintained by the Subadviser shall be returned to the Fund or the Manager upon the written request of the Trust, provided that the Subadviser shall be permitted to keep copies of such records. The Subadviser agrees that, subject to the execution of a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement by and between the Subadviser and the Manager, the policies and procedures the Subadviser has established for managing the Fund’s portfolio, including, but not limited to, all policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations governing the adviser/client relationship and management and operation of the Fund, shall be made available for inspection by the Fund, the Manager or their respective authorized representatives upon reasonable written request within not more than 10 business days.

(e) The Subadviser shall maintain a written code of ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) that it reasonably believes complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act, a copy of which shall be provided to the Manager and the Fund, and shall institute procedures reasonably necessary to prevent any Access Person (as defined in Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act) from violating its Code of Ethics. The Subadviser shall follow such Code of Ethics in performing its services under this Agreement. Further, the Subadviser represents that it maintains adequate compliance procedures to ensure its compliance with the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, and other applicable federal and state laws and regulations. In particular, the Subadviser represents that it has policies and procedures regarding the detection and prevention of the misuse of material, nonpublic information by the Subadviser and its employees as required by the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988, a copy of which it shall provide to the Manager and the Fund upon reasonable request, subject to the requirements of paragraph 1(c) hereof. The Subadviser shall use its best efforts to ensure that its employees comply in all material respects with the provisions of Section 16, as applicable, of the 1934 Act, and to cooperate reasonably with the Manager for purposes of filing any required reports with respect to the Fund with the Commission or such other regulator having appropriate jurisdiction. The Subadviser shall be responsible for the preparation and filing of Form 13F on behalf of the Fund, unless otherwise directed by the Manager.

(f) The Subadviser is a commodity trading advisor duly registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) and is a member in good standing of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”). The Subadviser shall maintain such registration and membership in good standing during the term of this Agreement for so long as such registration or membership is required in connection with the Subadviser’s provision of investment advisory services under this Agreement. Further, the Subadviser agrees to notify the

 
 

Manager promptly upon (i) a statutory disqualification of the Subadviser under Sections 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the CEA, (ii) a suspension, revocation or limitation of the Subadviser’s commodity trading advisor registration or NFA membership, or (iii) the institution of an action or proceeding that could lead to a statutory disqualification under the CEA or an investigation by any United States governmental agency or self-regulatory organization of which the Subadviser is subject or has been advised it is a target and such investigation is related to the Subadviser’s investment management activities.

 

(g) The Subadviser shall furnish to the Manager a mutually-agreed upon certification regarding records prepared in connection with maintenance of compliance procedures pursuant to paragraph 1(c) hereof as the Manager may reasonably request in writing.

(h) The Subadviser shall be responsible for the voting of all shareholder proxies with respect to the investments and securities held in the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the Subadviser’s procedures, subject to such reasonable reporting and other requirements as shall be established by the Manager which may include use by Manager of a third-party vendor for proxy voting administration services. The Subadviser may use a third-party voting service and customized procedures in accordance with Subadviser’s policies.

(i) Upon reasonable request from the Manager in writing, the Subadviser (through a qualified person) shall assist the valuation committee of the Trust or the Manager in valuing securities of the Fund as may be required from time to time, including making available information of which the Subadviser has knowledge related to the securities being valued.

(j) The Subadviser shall provide the Manager with any information reasonably requested regarding its management of the Fund’s portfolio required for any shareholder report, amended registration statement, or prospectus supplement to be filed by the Trust with the Commission. The Subadviser shall provide the Manager with any reasonable certification, documentation or other information reasonably requested or required by the Manager for purposes of the certifications of shareholder reports by the Trust’s principal financial officer and principal executive officer pursuant to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 or other law or regulation. The Subadviser shall promptly inform the Fund and the Manager if any information provided by Subadviser in the Prospectus is (or will become) materially inaccurate or incomplete.

(k) The Subadviser shall comply with Board Procedures provided to the Subadviser by the Manager or the Fund. The Subadviser shall notify the Manager as soon as reasonably practicable upon detection of any material breach of such Board Procedures.

(l) The Subadviser shall keep the Fund and the Manager informed of developments relating to its duties as Subadviser of which the Subadviser has knowledge that would materially affect the Fund. In this regard, the Subadviser shall provide the Trust, the Manager, and their respective officers with such periodic reports concerning the obligations the Subadviser has assumed under this Agreement as the Fund and the Manager may from time to time reasonably request. Additionally, prior to each Board meeting, the Subadviser shall provide the Manager and the Board with reports regarding the Subadviser’s management of the Fund’s portfolio during the most recently completed quarter, in such form as may be mutually agreed upon by the Subadviser and the Manager. The Subadviser shall certify quarterly to the Fund and the Manager that it and its “Advisory Persons” (as defined in Rule 17j-under the 1940 Act) have complied materially with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act during the previous quarter or, if not, explain what the Subadviser has done to seek to ensure such compliance in the future. Annually, the Subadviser shall furnish a written report, which complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 and Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act, concerning the Subadviser’s Code of Ethics and compliance program, respectively, to the Fund and the Manager. Upon written request of the Fund or the Manager with respect to material violations of the Code of Ethics directly affecting the Fund, the Subadviser shall permit representatives of the Fund or the Manager to examine reports (or summaries of the reports) required to be made by Rule 17j-1(d)(1) relating to enforcement of the Code of Ethics.

2. The Manager shall continue to have responsibility for all services to be provided to the Fund pursuant to the Management Agreement and, as more particularly discussed above, shall oversee and review the Subadviser’s performance of its duties under this Agreement. The Manager shall provide (or cause the Fund’s custodian to provide) timely information to the Subadviser regarding such matters as the composition of assets in the portion of the Fund managed by the Subadviser, cash requirements and cash available for investment in such portion of the

 
 

Fund, and all other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Subadviser to perform its duties hereunder (including any excerpts of minutes of meetings of the Board that affect the duties of the Subadviser).

3. For the services provided pursuant to this Agreement, the Manager shall pay the Subadviser as full compensation therefor, a fee equal to the percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets (as calculated by the Custodian) of the portion of the Fund managed by the Subadviser as described in the attached Schedule A . Expense caps or fee waivers for the Fund that may be agreed to by the Manager, but not agreed to in writing by the Subadviser, shall not cause a reduction in the amount of the payment to the Subadviser by the Manager. If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates, or if the manner of determining the applicable fee changes, in the middle of any month, the fee (if any) for the period from the effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination or change, as the case may be, shall be prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to the full month in which such effectiveness or termination or change occurs.

 

4. (a) The Subadviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or for any loss suffered by the Fund or the Manager in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance or bad faith on the Subadviser’s part in the performance of its duties or from its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to waive any rights the Manager or the Fund may have against the Subadviser under federal or state securities laws. The Manager shall indemnify the Subadviser, its affiliated persons, its officers, directors and employees, for any liability and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, which may be sustained as a result of the Manager’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder or violation of applicable law, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act and federal and state securities laws. The Subadviser shall indemnify the Manager, their affiliated persons, their officers, directors and employees, for any liability and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, which may be sustained as a result of the Subadviser’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, or reckless disregard of its duties hereunder or violation of applicable law, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act and federal and state securities laws. 

5. This Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of more than 2 years from the date hereof only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually in conformity with the requirements of the 1940 Act; provided, however, that this Agreement may be terminated by the Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Board or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund, or by the Manager or the Subadviser at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on not more than 60 days’ nor less than 30 days’ written notice to the other party. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act) or upon the termination of the Management Agreement. The Subadviser agrees that it will promptly notify the Fund and the Manager of the occurrence of any event that would result in the assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act) of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, a change of control (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Subadviser.

Any notice or other communication required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed duly given if delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, (1) to the Manager at 655 Broad Street, 17th Floor Newark, NJ 07102, Attention: Secretary; (2) to the Trust at 655 Broad Street, 17th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Attention: Secretary; or (3) to the Subadviser at Gateway Center Two, 6th Floor, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07102-4077, Attention: Secretary, with a copy to QMA’s Chief Legal Officer at Gateway Center Two, 7th Floor, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07102-4077.

6. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any of the Subadviser’s directors, officers or employees who may also be a Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust or the Fund to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any business, whether of a similar or a dissimilar nature, nor limit or restrict the Subadviser’s right to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind to any other corporation, firm, individual or association.

 

7. During the term of this Agreement, the Manager agrees to furnish the Subadviser at its principal office all prospectuses, proxy statements, reports to shareholders, sales literature or other material prepared for distribution to shareholders of the Fund or the public, which refer to the Subadviser in any way (including the Subadviser’s name, derivatives thereof and any logo associated therewith), prior to use thereof and not to use material if the Subadviser reasonably objects in writing 5 business days (or such other time as may be mutually agreed) after receipt thereof.

 
 

Sales literature may be furnished to the Subadviser hereunder by first-class or overnight mail, facsimile transmission equipment or hand delivery. 

8.The Manager hereby certifies that there are policies and procedures reasonably designed to effect the Fund’s policies and procedures disclosed in its prospectus to detect and deter disruptive trading practices in the Fund, including “market timing,” and the Manager agrees that it will continue to enforce and abide by such policies and procedures, as amended from time to time. The Subadviser agrees, upon reasonable request from the Manager, reasonably to assist the Manager to detect and deter disruptive trading practices in the Fund. Manager and Subadviser agree to fulfill their respective duties under this Agreement in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, both state and federal.

9. This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of the Trust must be obtained in conformity with the requirements of the 1940 Act.

 

10. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

11. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act, shall be resolved by reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States courts or, in the absence of any controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of the Commission issued pursuant to the 1940 Act. In addition, where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act, reflected in any provision of this Agreement, is related by rules, regulation or order of the Commission, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.

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.

PGIM INVESTMENTS LLC

 

 

     
BY:  

 /s/ Scott E. Benjamin

    Name:  Scott E. Benjamin
    Title:    Executive Vice President

QUANTITATIVE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC

 

     
BY:  

 /s/ Kathleen M. Barabas

    Name: Kathleen M. Barabas
    Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 
 

 

Schedule A

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 5

Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund

 

As compensation for services provided by Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA), PGIM Investments LLC will pay QMA an advisory fee on the net assets managed by QMA that is equal, on an annualized basis, to the following:

Fund Subadvisory Fee Rate
Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund 0.02% of the Fund’s average daily net assets

 

Dated as of September 1, 2017

PGIM Investments LLC

655 Broad Street, 17th Floor

Newark, New Jersey 07102

 

 

 

September 1, 2017

 

The Board of Trustees

Prudential Investment Portfolios 5

655 Broad Street, 17th Floor

Newark, New Jersey 07102

 

 

Re: Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund

 

To the Board of Trustees:

 

PGIM Investments LLC has contractually agreed, through November 30, 2018, to limit Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or reimbursements to 0.40% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares. This contractual waiver includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and excludes Fund and any acquired fund interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales.

 

Very truly yours,

 

PGIM INVESTMENTS LLC

By:

/s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Name: Scott E. Benjamin
Title: Executive Vice President

 

AMENDMENT

Amendment made as of September 1, 2017, to that certain Custody Agreement dated as of November 7, 2002, as amended from time to time, between each Fund listed on the attached Schedule A thereto, including any series thereof (the “Fund”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly, The Bank of New York) (“Custodian”) (such Custody Agreement hereinafter referred to as the “Custody Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them pursuant to the Custody Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Custody Agreement to add certain Funds, as parties to the Custody Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Schedule A of the Custody Agreement shall be amended as set forth in Exhibit I to this Amendment, attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

2. Each party represents to the other that this Amendment has been duly executed.

 

3. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts, shall, together, constitute only one amendment.

 

4. This Amendment shall become effective for each Fund as of the date of first service as listed in Exhibit I hereto upon execution by the parties hereto. From and after the execution hereof, any reference to the Custody Agreement shall be a reference to the Custody Agreement as amended hereby. Except as amended hereby, the Custody Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each Fund and Custodian have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives, as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

EACH FUND LISTED ON

EXHIBIT I HERETO

 

By: /s/ Peter Parrella

Name: Peter Parrella

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

 

By: /s/ Shalini O’Suilleabhain

Name: Shalini O’Suilleabhain

Title: Vice President

 

 

 
 

Exhibit I

SCHEDULE A TO THE CUSTODY AGREEMENT

 

INSURANCE FUNDS

RIC/Fund Name Former Name Date of First Service
Advanced Series Trust    
AST AB Global Bond Portfolio   7/8/15
AST AQR Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio   2/25/13
AST AQR Large-Cap Portfolio   4/29/13
AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio   5/1/11
AST BlackRock iShares ETF Portfolio   4/29/13
AST BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio   4/15/14
AST Bond Portfolio 2017   12/31/09
AST Bond Portfolio 2018   1/28/08
AST Bond Portfolio 2019   1/28/08
AST Bond Portfolio 2020   1/1/09
AST Bond Portfolio 2021   12/31/09
AST Bond Portfolio 2022   12/31/10
AST Bond Portfolio 2023   12/28/11
AST Bond Portfolio 2024   11/14/12
AST Bond Portfolio 2025   12/5/13
AST Bond Portfolio 2026   1/2/15
AST Bond Portfolio 2027   12/21/15
AST Bond Portfolio 2028   12/15/16
AST ClearBridge Dividend Growth Portfolio   2/25/13
AST Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Portfolio   7/8/15
AST Emerging Managers Diversified Portfolio   7/8/15
AST FQ Absolute Return Currency Portfolio   4/15/14
AST Franklin Templeton K2 Global Absolute Return Portfolio   4/15/14
AST Goldman Sachs Global Growth Allocation Portfolio   4/15/14
AST Goldman Sachs Global Income Portfolio   7/8/15
AST Goldman Sachs Strategic Income Portfolio   4/15/14
AST Investment Grade Bond Portfolio   1/28/08
AST Jennison Global Infrastructure Portfolio   4/15/14
AST Jennison Large-Cap Growth Portfolio   9/25/09
AST Legg Mason Diversified Growth Portfolio   7/1/14
AST Managed Alternatives Portfolio   7/8/15
AST Managed Equity Portfolio   4/15/14
AST Managed Fixed Income Portfolio   4/15/14
AST MFS Large-Cap Value Portfolio   8/20/12
AST Morgan Stanley Multi-Asset Portfolio   7/8/15
AST Multi-Sector Fixed-Income Portfolio AST Long Duration Bond Portfolio 2/25/13
AST Neuberger Berman Long/Short Portfolio   7/8/15
AST New Discovery Asset Allocation Portfolio   3/25/12
 
 

 

AST Prudential Core Bond Portfolio   10/5/11
AST Prudential Flexible Multi-Strategy Portfolio   4/15/14
AST QMA International Core Equity Portfolio   1/5/15
AST QMA Large-Cap Portfolio   4/29/13
AST Quantitative Modeling Portfolio   5/1/11
AST T. Rowe Price Diversified Real Growth Portfolio   4/15/14
AST T. Rowe Price Growth Opportunities Portfolio   12/5/13
AST Wellington Management Global Bond Portfolio   7/8/15
AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio AST Aggressive Asset Allocation Portfolio 5/1/11
AST Wellington Management Real Total Return Portfolio   7/8/15
AST Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio   8/20/12
Prudential Series Fund    
Conservative Balanced Portfolio   7/25/05
Diversified Bond Portfolio   7/25/05
Flexible Managed Portfolio   7/25/05
Global Portfolio   7/25/05
Government Income Portfolio   7/25/05
Government Money Market Portfolio Money Market Portfolio 9/12/05
High Yield Bond Portfolio   7/25/05
Jennison Portfolio   7/25/05
Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio   7/25/05
Natural Resources Portfolio   7/25/05
Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio   7/25/05
Stock Index Portfolio   7/25/05
Value Portfolio   7/25/05
SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio   7/25/05
Prudential Gibraltar Fund   7/25/05

 

RETAIL FUNDS

RIC/Fund Name Former Name Date of First Service
Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc. Dryden Global Total Return Fund, Inc. 6/6/05
Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc. Prudential MoneyMart Assets, Inc., MoneyMart Assets, Inc. 6/6/05
     
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.    
Prudential Balanced Fund Prudential Asset Allocation Fund, Dryden Asset Allocation Fund, Dryden Active Allocation Fund 6/6/05
Prudential Jennison Equity Opportunity Fund Jennison Equity Opportunity Fund 6/27/05
Prudential Jennison Growth Fund Jennison Growth Fund 6/27/05
Prudential Conservative Allocation Fund JennisonDryden Conservative Allocation Fund 7/25/05
Prudential Growth Allocation Fund JennisonDryden Growth Allocation Fund 7/25/05
Prudential Moderate Allocation Fund JennisonDryden Allocation Fund 7/25/05
Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 Dryden Core Investment Fund  
Prudential Commodity Strategies Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Commodity Strategies Subsidiary, Ltd.   11/1/16
 
 

 

Prudential Core Bond Enhanced Index Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Core Short Term Bond Fund   Short Term Bond Series 6/6/05
Prudential Core Ultra Short Bond Fund Prudential Core Taxable Money Market Fund, Taxable Money Market Series 6/6/05
Prudential Institutional Money Market Fund   7/15/16
Prudential Jennison Small-Cap Core Equity Fund   11/1/16
Prudential QMA Emerging Markets Equity Fund   11/1/16
Prudential QMA International Developed Markets Index Fund   11/1/16
Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Quantitative Core Equity Fund   11/1/16
Prudential QMA US Broad Market Index Fund   11/1/16
Prudential TIPS Enhanced Index Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3 Jennison Dryden Opportunity Funds, Strategic Partners Opportunity Funds  
Prudential Jennison Select Growth Fund   Jennison Select Growth Fund, Strategic Partners Focused Growth Fund 12/9/02
Prudential Real Assets Fund   12/30/10
Prudential Real Assets Subsidiary, Ltd.   12/30/10
Prudential QMA Global Tactical Allocation Fund Prudential Global Tactical Allocation Fund 4/1/15
Prudential Global Tactical Allocation Subsidiary, Ltd.   4/1/15
Prudential Unconstrained Bond Fund   6/1/15
Prudential Global Absolute Return Bond Fund   10/1/15
Prudential Investment Portfolios 4 Dryden Municipal Bond Fund  
Prudential Muni High Income Fund High Income Series 6/6/05
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds  
Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund   9/1/17
Prudential Day One Income Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2010 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2015 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2020 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2025 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2030 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2035 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2040 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2045 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2050 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2055 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Day One 2060 Fund   11/1/16
Prudential Jennison Conservative Growth Fund     11/18/02
Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund   3/5/14
Prudential Investment Portfolios 6 Dryden California Municipal Fund  
Prudential California Muni Income Fund   9/12/05
Prudential Investment Portfolios 7 JennisonDryden Portfolios  
Prudential Jennison Value Fund      6/27/05
Prudential Investment Portfolios 8 Dryden Index Series Fund  
Prudential QMA Stock Index Fund   Prudential Stock Index Fund   6/27/05
Prudential Investment Portfolios 9 Dryden Tax-Managed Funds  
 
 

 

Prudential Absolute Return Bond Fund   3/30/11
Prudential International Bond Fund     11/1/16
Prudential QMA Large-Cap Core Equity Fund Prudential Large-Cap Core Equity Fund, Dryden Large-Cap Core Equity Fund 6/27/05
Prudential Select Real Estate Fund   7/7/14
Prudential Real Estate Income Fund   6/1/15
Prudential Investment Portfolios 12 Prudential Global Real Estate Fund  
Prudential QMA Large-Cap Core Equity PLUS   9/1/17
Prudential QMA Long-Short Equity Fund Prudential Long-Short Equity Fund 5/28/14
Prudential Short Duration Muni High Income Fund   5/28/14
Prudential US Real Estate Fund   12/21/10
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14 Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.  
Prudential Government Income Fund   Dryden Government Income Fund, Inc. 7/25/05
Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund     3/30/11
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15 Prudential High Yield Fund, Inc., Dryden High Yield Fund, Inc.  
Prudential Short Duration High Yield Income Fund   9/24/12
Prudential High Yield Fund   7/25/05
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17 Prudential Total Return Bond Fund, Inc., Dryden Total Return Bond Fund, Inc.  
Prudential Total Return Bond Fund   7/25/05
Prudential Short Duration Multi-Sector Bond Fund   12/5/13
Prudential Investment Portfolios 18 Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund, Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund 6/27/05
Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund   6/27/05
Prudential Jennison MLP Fund   12/5/13
Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc Jennison Blend Fund, Inc., Strategic Partners Equity Fund, Inc. 9/12/05
Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc., Jennison U.S. Emerging Growth Fund, Inc. 6/27/05
Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc. Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc. 6/27/05
Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc. Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc. 6/27/05
Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc. Dryden National Municipals Fund, Inc. 9/12/05
Prudential Sector Funds Jennison Sector Funds, Inc.  
Prudential Financial Services Fund Jennison Financial Services 6/27/05
Prudential Health Sciences Fund d/b/a Prudential Jennison Health Sciences Fund Jennison Health Sciences Fund 6/27/05
Prudential Utility Fund d/b/a Prudential Jennison Utility Fund Jennison Utility Fund 6/27/05
Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc. Dryden Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. 6/6/05
Prudential World Fund, Inc.    
Prudential Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund   3/30/11
Prudential QMA International Equity Fund Prudential International Equity Fund 6/6/05
Prudential Jennison Emerging Markets Equity Fund   9/3/14
Prudential Jennison Global Infrastructure Fund   8/12/13
Prudential Jennison Global Opportunities Fund   3/14/12
Prudential Jennison International Opportunities Fund   6/5/12

 

 
 

CLOSED END FUNDS

RIC/Fund Name Former Name Date of First Service
Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.   3/8/12
Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.   9/24/12
Prudential Real Estate Income Fund, Inc.   8/12/13

 

 

AMENDMENT

 

AMENDMENT made as of September 1, 2017 to that certain Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement made as of May 29, 2007 (the "TA Agreement"), between each of the investment companies listed in Exhibit A hereto including any series thereof (the "Fund") and Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC ("PMFS"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them pursuant to the TA Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the TA Agreement to add certain Funds, as parties to the TA Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Exhibit A of the TA Agreement shall be amended as set forth in this Amendment, attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

2. Each party represents to the other that this Amendment has been duly executed.

 

3. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts, shall, together, constitute only one amendment.

 

4. This Amendment shall become effective for each Fund as of the date of first service as listed in Exhibit A hereto upon execution by the parties hereto. From and after the execution hereof, any reference to the TA Agreement shall be a reference to the TA Agreement as amended hereby. Except as amended hereby, the TA Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Fund and PMFS have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives, as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

EACH FUND LISTED ON EXHIBIT A HERETO

 

 

By: /s/ Scott E. Benjamin

Scott E. Benjamin

Title: Executive Vice President

 

PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL FUND SERVICES LLC

 

By: Hansjerg P. Schlenker

Hansjerg P. Schlenker

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 
 

EXHIBIT A

 

FUNDS AND PORTFOLIOS

 

Retail Funds

Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc.

Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc. ( formerly, Prudential MoneyMart Assets, Inc .)

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.

         Prudential Balanced Fund ( formerly, Prudential Asset Allocation Fund )

         Prudential Conservative Allocation Fund

         Prudential Growth Allocation Fund

         Prudential Jennison Equity Opportunity Fund

         Prudential Jennison Growth Fund

         Prudential Moderate Allocation Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2

Prudential Commodity Strategies Fund

Prudential Core Bond Enhanced Index Fund

Prudential Core Short Term Bond Fund

Prudential Core Ultra Short Bond Fund ( formerly, Prudential Core Taxable Money Market Fund )

Prudential Institutional Money Market Fund

Prudential Jennison Small-Cap Core Equity Fund

Prudential QMA Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Prudential QMA International Developed Markets Index Fund

Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Quantitative Core Equity Fund

Prudential QMA US Broad Market Index Fund

Prudential TIPS Enhanced Index Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 3

Prudential Global Absolute Return Bond Fund

Prudential Jennison Select Growth Fund

        Prudential QMA Global Tactical Allocation Fund ( formerly, Prudential QMA Global Tactical Allocation Fund )

        Prudential QMA Strategic Value Fund ( formerly, Prudential Strategic Value Fund )

        Prudential Real Assets Fund

Prudential Unconstrained Bond Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 4

        Prudential Muni High Income Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 5

        Prudential Day One Income Fund

Prudential Day One 2010 Fund

Prudential Day One 2015 Fund

Prudential Day One 2020 Fund

Prudential Day One 2025 Fund

Prudential Day One 2030 Fund

Prudential Day One 2035 Fund

Prudential Day One 2040 Fund

Prudential Day One 2045 Fund

Prudential Day One 2050 Fund

Prudential Day One 2055 Fund

Prudential Day One 2060 Fund

Prudential Jennison Conservative Growth Fund

Prudential Jennison Rising Dividend Fund

Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 6

        Prudential California Muni Income Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 7

        Prudential Jennison Value Fund

 
 

Prudential Investment Portfolios 8

        Prudential QMA Stock Index Fund ( formerly, Prudential Stock Index Fund )

Prudential Investment Portfolios 9

        Prudential Absolute Return Bond Fund

        Prudential International Bond Fund

        Prudential QMA Large-Cap Core Equity Fund ( formerly, Prudential Large-Cap Core Equity Fund )

Prudential Real Estate Income Fund

Prudential Select Real Estate Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 12

        Prudential Global Real Estate Fund

Prudential QMA Large-Cap Core Equity PLUS Fund

Prudential QMA Long-Short Equity Fund ( formerly, Prudential Long-Short Equity Fund )

Prudential Short Duration Muni High Income Fund

        Prudential U.S. Real Estate Fund

Prudential QMA Large-Cap Core Equity PLUS Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 16  

        Prudential QMA Defensive Equity Fund ( formerly, Prudential Defensive Equity Fund )

        Prudential Income Builder Fund ( formerly, Target Conservative Allocation Fund )

Prudential Investment Portfolios 18

Prudential Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund

Prudential Jennison MLP Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10

        Prudential Jennison Equity Income Fund

        Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund ( formerly, Prudential Mid-Cap Value Fund )

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14

        Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund

        Prudential Government Income Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15 

        Prudential High Yield Fund

        Prudential Short Duration High Yield Income Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17

Prudential Short Duration Multi-Sector Bond Fund

Prudential Total Return Bond Fund

Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.

Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.  

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.  

Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.

          Prudential Financial Services Fund

          Prudential Health Sciences Fund d/b/a Prudential Jennison Health Sciences Fund

          Prudential Utility Fund d/b/a Prudential Jennison Utility Fund

Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.

Prudential World Fund, Inc.

          Prudential Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund

Prudential QMA International Equity Fund ( formerly, Prudential International Equity Fund )

         Prudential Jennison Emerging Markets Equity Fund

          Prudential Jennison Global Infrastructure Fund

          Prudential Jennison Global Opportunities Fund

          Prudential Jennison International Opportunities Fund

The Target Portfolio Trust  

          International Equity Portfolio

Prudential Core Bond Fund (formerly, Intermediate-Term Bond Portfolio)

Prudential Corporate Bond Fund (formerly, Mortgage Backed Securities Portfolio)

          Prudential QMA Small-Cap Value Fund (formerly, Prudential Small-Cap Value Fund, Small Capitalization Value Portfolio)

 
 

Insurance Funds

 

Advanced Series Trust

AST AB Global Bond Portfolio

AST Academic Strategies Asset Allocation Portfolio

AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio

AST AQR Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio

AST AQR Large-Cap Portfolio

AST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio

AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio

AST BlackRock iShares ETF Portfolio

AST BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio (formerly, AST PIMCO Limited Maturity Bond Portfolio)

AST BlackRock/Loomis Sayles Bond Portfolio (formerly, AST PIMCO Total Return Bond Portfolio)

AST BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

AST Bond Portfolio 2017

AST Bond Portfolio 2018

AST Bond Portfolio 2019

AST Bond Portfolio 2020

AST Bond Portfolio 2021

AST Bond Portfolio 2022

AST Bond Portfolio 2023

AST Bond Portfolio 2024

AST Bond Portfolio 2025

AST Bond Portfolio 2026

AST Bond Portfolio 2027

AST Bond Portfolio 2028

AST Capital Growth Asset Allocation Portfolio

AST ClearBridge Dividend Growth Portfolio

AST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio

AST Columbia Adaptive Risk Allocation Portfolio

AST Emerging Managers Diversified Portfolio

AST FI Pyramis ® Quantitative Portfolio

AST FQ Absolute Return Currency Portfolio

AST Franklin Templeton K2 Global Absolute Return Portfolio

AST Global Real Estate Portfolio

AST Goldman Sachs Global Growth Allocation Portfolio

AST Goldman Sachs Global Income Portfolio

AST Goldman Sachs Large-Cap Value Portfolio

AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

AST Goldman Sachs Multi-Asset Portfolio

AST Goldman Sachs Small-Cap Value Portfolio

AST Goldman Sachs Strategic Income Portfolio

AST Government Money Market Portfolio (formerly, AST Money Market Portfolio)

AST High Yield Portfolio

AST Hotchkis & Wiley Large-Cap Value Portfolio (formerly, AST Large-Cap Value Portfolio)

AST International Growth Portfolio

AST International Value Portfolio

AST Investment Grade Bond Portfolio

AST J.P. Morgan Global Thematic Portfolio

AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio

AST J.P. Morgan Strategic Opportunities Portfolio

AST Jennison Global Infrastructure Portfolio

AST Jennison Large-Cap Growth Portfolio

AST Legg Mason Diversified Growth Portfolio

AST Loomis Sayles Large-Cap Growth Portfolio

 
 

AST Lord Abbett Core Fixed Income Portfolio

AST Managed Alternatives Portfolio

AST Managed Equity Portfolio

AST Managed Fixed Income Portfolio

AST MFS Global Equity Portfolio

AST MFS Growth Portfolio

AST MFS Large-Cap Value Portfolio

AST Morgan Stanley Multi-Asset Portfolio

AST Multi-Sector Fixed Income Portfolio

AST Neuberger Berman Long/Short Portfolio

AST Neuberger Berman/LSV Mid-Cap Value Portfolio

AST New Discovery Asset Allocation Portfolio

AST Parametric Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio

AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio

AST Prudential Core Bond Portfolio

AST Prudential Flexible Multi-Strategy Portfolio

AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio

AST QMA International Core Equity Portfolio

AST QMA Large-Cap Portfolio

AST QMA US Equity Alpha Portfolio

AST Quantitative Modeling Portfolio

AST RCM World Trends Portfolio

AST Small-Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio ( formerly, AST Federated Aggressive Growth Portfolio )

AST Small-Cap Growth Portfolio

AST Small-Cap Value Portfolio

AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio

AST T. Rowe Price Diversified Real Growth Portfolio

AST T. Rowe Price Growth Opportunities Portfolio

AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Growth Portfolio

AST T. Rowe Price Large-Cap Value Portfolio (formerly, AST Value Equity Portfolio)

AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources Portfolio

AST Templeton Global Bond Portfolio

AST WEDGE Capital Mid-Cap Value Portfolio (formerly, AST Mid-Cap Value Portfolio)

AST Wellington Management Global Bond Portfolio

AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio

AST Wellington Management Real Total Return Portfolio

AST Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio

AST Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio

 

The Prudential Series Fund

Conservative Balanced Portfolio

Diversified Bond Portfolio

Equity Portfolio

Flexible Managed Portfolio

Global Portfolio

Government Income Portfolio

Government Money Market Portfolio (formerly, Money Market Portfolio)

High Yield Bond Portfolio

Jennison Portfolio

Jennison 20/20 Focus Portfolio

Natural Resources Portfolio

Small Capitalization Stock Portfolio

Stock Index Portfolio

Value Portfolio

SP International Growth Portfolio

SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth Portfolio

 
 

SP Small-Cap Value Portfolio

 

 

 

 

End of Exhibit A

 

 

 

 

[Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP Letterhead]

 

 

 

 

September 11, 2017

 

Prudential Investment Portfolios 5

655 Broad Street -- 17th Floor South

Newark, New Jersey 07102

 

Re: Prudential Investment Portfolios 5

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5, a Delaware statutory trust (formerly known as Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds and as Target Funds) (the “Trust”), in connection with certain matters relating to the formation of the Trust and the issuance of Class R6 (the “New Class”) shares (the “Shares”) of Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund, a Series of the Trust (the “Fund”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise herein defined are used as defined in the Governing Instrument (as defined below).

In rendering this opinion, we have examined and relied on copies of the following documents, each in the form provided to us: Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to Registration Statement No. 333-82621 under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form N-1A of the Trust to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”); the Certificate of Trust of the Trust as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “State Office”) on July 8, 1999 (the “Certificate”); the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Trust as filed in the State Office on September 4, 2001 reflecting the change in the name of the Trust from Target Funds to Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds (the “Certificate of Amendment”); the Certificate of Correction of the Certificate of Amendment as filed in the State Office on May 14, 2002; the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Trust as filed in the State Office on February 4, 2010 reflecting the change in the name of the Trust from Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds to Prudential Investment Portfolios 5; the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated July 8, 1999 (the “Original Governing Instrument”, as amended by the April Resolutions (as defined below), the “Intermediate Governing Instrument” and, as amended by the Amendment Resolutions (as defined below) and the December 2016 Resolutions (as defined below), the “Governing Instrument”); the By-laws of the Trust (the “By-laws” and as amended by the Amendment Resolutions, the “Amended By-laws”); a Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Trustees of the Trust dated July 8, 1999 relating to the organization of the Trust (the “July 8, 1999 Consent”); resolutions prepared for adoption at a meeting of the Trustees of the Trust held on May 22, 2001; resolutions prepared for adoption at a

 
 

meeting of the Trustees of the Trust held on April 11, 2003 relating to certain amendments to the Original Governing Instrument and the By-laws (the “April Resolutions”); resolutions prepared for adoption at a meeting of the Trustees of the Trust held on May 27, 2003 relating to certain amendments to the Intermediate Governing Instrument and the By-laws (collectively with the April Resolutions, the “Amendment Resolutions”); resolutions prepared for adoption at a meeting of the Trustees of the Trust held on December 8, 2016 (the “December 2016 Resolutions”); resolutions prepared for adoption at a meeting of the Trustees of the Trust held on June 7, 2017 relating to the creation of the Fund and the New Class, the filing of the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Shares (the “Authorizing Resolutions” and collectively with the Registration Statement, the Governing Instrument, the Amended By-laws and all of the foregoing actions by the Trustees of the Trust, the “Governing Documents”); and a certification of good standing of the Trust obtained as of a recent date from the State Office. In such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies or drafts of documents to be executed, and the legal capacity of natural persons to complete the execution of documents. We have further assumed for purposes of this opinion: (i) the due formation or organization, valid existence and good standing of each entity (other than the Trust) that is a party to any of the documents reviewed by us under the laws of the jurisdiction of its respective formation or organization; (ii) the due adoption, authorization, execution and delivery by, or on behalf of, each of the parties thereto of the above-referenced agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents (including, without limitation, the due adoption by the Trustees of all of the resolutions of the Trustees referenced above and the due adoption of the Authorizing Resolutions by the Trustees prior to the first issuance of Shares pursuant thereto) and of all documents contemplated by the Governing Documents to be executed by investors desiring to become Shareholders; (iii) the payment of consideration for Shares, and the application of such consideration, as provided in the Original Governing Instrument, the Intermediate Governing Instrument and the Governing Documents, as applicable, the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the issuance of Shares and compliance with all other terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Governing Documents in connection with the issuance of Shares (including, without limitation, the taking of all appropriate action by the Trustees to designate the Fund as a Series of the Trust and to designate the New Class as a Class of shares of the Fund and the rights and preferences attributable thereto prior to the issuance thereof); (iv) that the amendments to the Original Governing Instrument and the By-laws as adopted by the Trustees pursuant to the April Resolutions were duly approved by the requisite vote of the Shareholders of the Trust; (v) that any name changes of the Trust have been accomplished in accordance with the provisions of the Governing Instrument as in effect at the time of such name changes; (vi) that appropriate notation of the names and addresses of, the number of Shares held by, and the consideration paid by, Shareholders will be maintained in the appropriate registers and other books and records of the Trust in connection with the issuance, redemption or transfer of Shares; (vii) that, subsequent to the filing of the Certificate, no event has occurred, or prior to the issuance of the Shares will occur, that would cause a termination, dissolution or reorganization of the Trust under Sections 2 or 3 of Article VIII of the Governing Instrument, Sections 2 or 3 of Article VIII of the Intermediate Governing Instrument or Sections 2 or 3 of Article VIII of the Original Governing

 
 

Instrument, as applicable; (viii) that, subsequent to the filing of the Certificate, no event has occurred, or prior to the issuance of the Shares will occur, that would cause a termination, dissolution or reorganization of the Fund under Section 6 of Article III or Sections 2 or 3 of Article VIII of the Governing Instrument, Section 6 of Article III or Sections 2 or 3 of Article VIII of the Intermediate Governing Instrument or Sections 2 or 3 of Article VIII of the Original Governing Instrument, as applicable; (ix) that the Trust became, prior to or within 180 days following the first issuance of beneficial interests therein, a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (x) that the activities of the Trust have been and will be conducted in accordance with the terms of the Governing Instrument, the Intermediate Governing Instrument or the Original Governing Instrument, as applicable, and the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. §§ 3801 et seq. ; and (xi) that each of the documents examined by us is in full force and effect, expresses the entire understanding of the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and has not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, except as herein referenced. We have not reviewed any documents other than those identified above in connection with this opinion, and we have assumed that there are no other documents that are contrary to or inconsistent with the opinions expressed herein. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the requirements of, or compliance with, federal or state securities or blue sky laws. Further, we express no opinion on the sufficiency or accuracy of the Registration Statement, or any other registration or offering documentation relating to the Trust, the Fund or the Shares. As to any facts material to our opinion, other than those assumed, we have relied without independent investigation on the above-referenced documents and on the accuracy, as of the date hereof, of the matters therein contained.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, and limited in all respects to matters of Delaware law, it is our opinion that:

1.                   The Trust is a duly formed and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

2.                   The Shares to be issued and delivered to Shareholders of the Fund, upon issuance, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Post-Effective Amendment. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. This opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and is based on our understandings and assumptions as to present facts and our review of the above-referenced documents and on the application of Delaware law as the same exist on the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or supplement this opinion after the date hereof for the benefit of any person or entity (including any Shareholder) with respect to any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in facts or law that may hereafter occur or take effect. This opinion is intended solely for the benefit of the

 
 

Trust and the Shareholders in connection with the matters contemplated hereby and may not be relied on by any other person or entity or for any other purpose without our prior written consent.

Sincerely,

 

MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP

 

/s/ Louis G. Hering

 

Louis G. Hering

11261315.2

INVESTMENT ADVISER CODE OF ETHICS

 

 

INTRODUCTION

Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act requires each federally registered investment adviser to adopt a written code of ethics (the “Code”) designed to prevent fraud by reinforcing the principles that govern the conduct of investment advisory firms and their personnel. In addition, the Code must set forth specific requirements relating to personal securities trading activity including reporting transactions and holdings.

 

Generally, the Code applies to directors, officers and employees acting in an investment advisory capacity who are known as Supervised Persons and, in some cases, also as Access Persons of the adviser. Supervised Persons covered by more than one code of ethics meeting the requirements of Rule 204A-1 will be subject to the code of the primary entity with which the Supervised Person is associated.

 

Employees identified as Supervised and Access Persons must comply with the Code. Compliance is responsible for notifying each individual who is subject to the Code. Supervised Persons must be provided and must acknowledge receipt of this Code and any amendments to the Code. They must also comply with the federal securities laws.

 

 

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS

Prudential holds its employees to the highest ethical standards. Maintaining high standards requires a total commitment to sound ethical principles and Prudential’s values. It also requires nurturing a business culture that supports decisions and actions based on what is right, not simply what is expedient.

 

It is the responsibility of management to make the Company’s ethical standards clear. At every level, employees must set the right example in their daily conduct. Prudential expects employees to be honest and forthright and to use good judgment. We expect them to deal fairly with customers, suppliers, competitors, and one another. We expect them to avoid taking unfair advantage of others through manipulation, concealment, abuse of confidential information or misrepresentation. Moreover, employees must understand the expectations of the Company and apply these guidelines to analogous situations or seek guidance if they have questions about conduct in given circumstances.

 

It is each employee’s responsibility to ensure that we:

 

Ø Nurture a company culture that is highly moral and make decisions based on what is right.
Ø Build lasting customer relationships by offering only those products and services that are appropriate to customers’ needs and provide fair value.
Ø Maintain an environment where employees conduct themselves with courage, integrity, honesty and fair dealing at all times.
Ø Ensure no individual’s personal success or business group’s bottom line is more important than preserving the name and goodwill of Prudential.
Ø Regularly monitor and work to improve our ethical work environment.

 

Because Ethics is not a science, there may be gray areas. We encourage individuals to ask for help in making the right decisions. Business Management, Business Ethics Officers, and our Human Resources, Law and Compliance and Enterprise Ethics professionals are all available for guidance at any time.

 
 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT ADVISER FIDUCIARY STANDARDS

Investment advisers frequently are fiduciaries for clients. Fiduciary status may exist under contract; common law; state law; or federal laws, such as the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and ERISA.

 

Whenever a Prudential adviser acts in a fiduciary capacity, it will endeavor to consistently put the client’s interest ahead of the firm’s. It will disclose actual and potential meaningful conflicts of interest. It will manage actual conflicts in accordance with applicable legal standards. If applicable legal standards do not permit management of a conflict, the adviser will avoid the conflict. Adviser personnel will not engage in fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative conduct. Advisers will act with appropriate care, skill and diligence.

 

Advisory personnel are required to know when an adviser is acting as a fiduciary with respect to the work they are doing. In such cases, advisory personnel are expected to comply with all fiduciary standards applicable to the firm in performing their duties. In addition, they must also put the client’s interest ahead of their own personal interest. An employee’s fiduciary duty is a personal obligation. While advisory personnel may rely upon subordinates to perform many tasks that are part of their responsibilities, they are personally responsible for fiduciary obligations even if carried out through subordinates.

 

Employees should be aware that failure to adhere to the standards under this Code might lead to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE

It is the responsibility of each Supervised Person and Access Person to promptly report any violations of this Code to his/her Chief Compliance Officer. The investment adviser will provide disclosure of issues to clients upon request.

 

INCORPORATED POLICIES

In addition to this document, the following policies are also considered part of this Code:

 

Ø U.S. Information Barrier Standards. It is each Supervised and Access Person’s responsibility to know whether their investment management unit is subject to the information barrier restrictions under the U.S. Information Barrier Standards. Compliance will provide training to inform employees of their obligations.
Ø Personal Securities Trading Standards
¨ Section I – Prudential’s Standards on Insider Trading
¨ Section II – Securities Trade Monitoring for Covered and Access Persons
¨ Section III – Standards and Restrictions for Personal Trading in Securities Issued by Prudential by Designated Persons
¨ Section IV – Trading Restrictions for Employees of Broker-Dealers
¨ Section V – Trading Restrictions for Portfolio Management and Trading Units and Registered Investment Advisers
¨ Section VI – Trading Restrictions for Private Asset Management Units

 

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Although not part of the this Code, the Prudential’s Code of Conduct, titled Making the Right Choices, applies to all Prudential employees, including those affiliated with an investment adviser. In addition

 
 

to the Code, employees in the investment advisory business are also subject to all applicable compliance manuals, policies and procedures. If you have any questions as to your requirements under the Code or as to which registered investment adviser(s) you are affiliated with, you should contact your business unit compliance officer.

 

 

Personal Securities

Trading Standards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Introduction

 

As a leader in the financial services industry, Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential” or “Company”) aspires to the highest standards of business conduct. Consistent with this standard, Prudential has developed Personal Securities Trading Standards (”Standards”) incorporating standards and procedures followed by leading financial service firms. These Standards are designed for Prudential and its associates to comply with various securities laws and regulations including the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (“ITSFEA”) and the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), and to have its associates conduct their personal trading in a manner consistent with Prudential’s requirement of placing its shareholders’ and customers’ interests first.

 

These Standards set forth insider trading requirements, trade monitoring procedures, and personal trading restrictions for Prudential associates.

 

Section I sets forth Prudential’s Standards on Insider Trading that applies to all Prudential associates. It is important that all Prudential associates read and understand these standards, which sets forth their responsibilities in connection with the use and disclosure of material nonpublic information.

 

Section II sets forth Prudential’s trade monitoring procedures and trade reporting obligations for Covered and Access Persons, including the authorized broker-dealer requirements.

 

Section III sets forth Prudential’s standards and restrictions relating to personal trading in securities issued by Prudential for Designated Persons and all other Prudential associates. Responsibilities for Section 16 Insiders are covered under a separate document.

 

Section IV sets forth the additional trading standards and procedures applicable to associates of a Prudential broker-dealer.

 

Section V sets forth the additional trading standards and procedures applicable to associates of a Prudential portfolio management unit, trading unit or registered investment adviser.

 

Section VI sets forth the additional trading standards and procedures applicable to associates of the private asset management units of PGIM.

 

If you are unclear as to your personal trading and reporting responsibilities, or have any questions concerning any aspect of these Standards, please contact the Compliance Department at PST.help@prudential.com.

 

The personal trading standards and trade monitoring procedures described in this document reflect the practices followed by leading financial service firms. No business unit or group may adopt standards or procedures that are inconsistent with these Standards. However, business units may adopt standards and procedures that are more stringent than those contained herein. Exceptions to these standards may only be granted by the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer.

 
 


Table of Contents

Introduction i
Table of Contents iii
Table of Contents iii
I. Prudential’s Standards On Insider Trading 7
A. Use of Material Nonpublic and Confidential Information 7
B. Prudential Insider Trading Rules 8
C. What is Nonpublic Information? 9
D. What is Material Information? 9
E. “Front-running” and “Scalping” 10
F. Private Securities Transactions 11
G. Charitable Gifts 11
H. Penalties for Insider Trading 11
1.  Penalties for Individuals 11
2.  Penalties for Supervisors 11
3.  Penalties for Prudential 12
II. Securities Trade Monitoring for Covered and Access Persons 13
A. The FIS Protegent PTA System 13
B. Covered, Access and Supervised Persons 13
C.  Trade Reporting Requirements 15
1.  Reporting New Accounts 15
2.  Personal and Family Member Accounts 15
3. Accounts in which purchases and sales are limited to open-end mutual funds 15
4.  Authorized Broker-Dealer Requirements 17
5.  Authorized Broker-Dealer Exceptions 18
6.  Trade Reporting Requirements for Exception Accounts 19
7.  Discretionary Accounts 19
8.  Reportable Securities Transactions 20
9. Confidentiality of Trading Information 21
10. Prohibited Transactions Involving Securities of Prudential Financial, Inc. 21
11. Code Violations and Sanctions 21
12. Additional Requirements 22
III. Standards and Restrictions for Personal Trading in Securities Issued by Prudential by Designated Persons 23
 
 
A.  Designated Persons 23
B. Specific Trading Requirements 24
1.  Brokerage Account Requirements for Designated Persons 24
2.  Trade Reporting Requirements for Accounts with Non-Authorized Broker-Dealers 25
3.  Reporting New Accounts 26
4.  Trading Windows/Blackout Periods 26
5.  Preclearance of Trading in Prudential Securities 26
6.  Prohibited Transactions Involving Securities of Prudential Financial, Inc. 27
7.  PESP 27
C. Supervisory Responsibilities 28
D. Violations of these Standards 28
IV. Trading Restrictions for Associates of Broker-Dealers 29
A.  Trade Monitoring for Associated Persons of a Broker-Dealer 29
1.  Notification Requirements for Personal Securities Accounts 30
2.  Periodic Compliance Training and Sign-off 30
3.  Requirement for Supervised Persons 31
B.  Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings 31
C. Private Placements 32
D. Code Violations and Sanctions 32
V. Trading Restrictions for Portfolio Management and Trading Units and Registered Investment Advisers 34
A. Background 34
1. Advisers Act Requirements 34
2. Investment Company Act Requirements 34
B. Definitions 35
C. Conflicts of Interest 35
D. Mutual Fund Reporting and Trading Restrictions 36
1. Mutual Fund Holding Period 36
2. Standards Relating to Reporting and Trading Mutual Funds 37
E. Additional Trading Restrictions for Access and Investment Personnel of PGIM Fixed Income (“FI”), Quantitative Management Associates LLC (“QMA”), PGIM Real Estate Global Real Estate Securities (“GRES”), AST Investment Services, Inc. (“ASTIS”) , Prudential International Investments Advisers, LLC (“PIIA”), Prudential Investments LLC (“PI”). 38
1.  Initial Public Offerings 38
2.  Private Placements 38
 
 
3.  Blackout Periods 38
4.  Short-Term Trading Profits 39
5.  Short Sales 40
6.  Options 40
7.  Trading Conflicts 40
F. Investment Clubs 40
G. Prohibited Transactions Involving Securities of Prudential Financial, Inc. 40
H. Preclearance 41
I. Exemptions 41
J. Personal Trade Reporting 44
K. Personal Securities Holdings 44
L. Service as a Director 45
M. Gifts 45
N. Code Violations and Sanctions 45
O. Reports to Clients 46
P. Additional Trading Requirements for Access Persons of Global Portfolio Strategies Inc. (“GPSI”) 46
1.  Initial Public Offerings 46
2.  Private Placements 46
3.  Watchlist 47
Q. Additional Trading Requirements for certain Covered Persons 47
1.  Watchlist 47
R. Violations of these Standards 47
S. Additional Trading Requirements for Access Persons of Pruco Securities, LLC 47
1.   Pruco Securities Watch List 48
2.   Initial Public Offerings 48
3.   Private Placements 48
VI. Trading Restrictions of Private Asset Management Units 49
A. Background 49
B. Conflicts of Interest 49
C. Requirements of Private-Side Associates 50
D. PCG, PMCC and PGIM Real Estate Material Nonpublic Information Lists 51
E. Investment Clubs 52
F. Mutual Fund Reporting and Trading Restrictions 52
1. Mutual Fund Holding Period 52
 
 
2. Standards Relating to Reporting and Trading Mutual Funds 53
G. Personal Securities Holdings 54
H. Private Placements 54
I. Initial Public Offerings 54
J. Additional Restrictions for Certain Units 54
1. Real Estate Units 54
2. PGIM Real Estate – Prudential Retirement Real Estate Fund Restrictions (“PRREF”) 55
3. Prudential Capital Group 90-Day Pricing List 55
K. Violations of these Standards 55
Exhibits 56
Exhibit 1 – Sample Letter to Brokerage Firm 56
Exhibit 2a – Acknowledgment of the Personal Securities Trading Standards - US 57
Exhibit 2b - Acknowledgment of the Personal Securities Trading Standards - International 59
Exhibit 3 – Preclearance and Reporting of Personal Transactions 61
Exhibit 4 – DRIP, PESP and PSPP Requirements Relating to Designated Persons 65
Exhibit 5 – Index Option and Futures Transactions in Broad-Based Indices that are Exempt from Preclearance & Short-Term Trading Prohibitions 70
Exhibit 6 – Personal Securities Holdings Report 71
Exhibit 7 -- Section 16 Insiders and Designated Persons Preclearance Request Form 72
Exhibit 8 -- Non Proprietary Subadvised Mutual Funds 74
Exhibit 9 – Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Preclearance Form for Access Persons and Private-Side Associates 76
Exhibit 10 – PESP Requirements Relating to PRREF Covered Individuals 77
 
 

I. Prudential’s Standards On Insider Trading

 

Prudential aspires to the highest standard of business ethics. Accordingly, Prudential has developed the following standards and requirements to properly protect material nonpublic information and to comply with laws and regulations governing insider trading.

 

A. Use of Material Nonpublic and Confidential Information

 

In the course of your work at Prudential, you may receive or have access to material nonpublic information about Prudential or other public companies. The Company standards, industry practice and federal and state laws establish strict guidelines regarding the use of material nonpublic information. In addition to these requirements, Prudential has established the corporate master policy entitled “Protection and Use of Material Nonpublic Information: Information Barriers and Personal Securities Trading”. Additionally, the U.S. Information Barrier Standards have been adopted to provide specific requirements for employees of a U.S. Investment Sector (as defined in the U.S. Information Barrier Standards) and its constituent investment units (including their operations located outside the U.S.).

· You may not use material nonpublic information, including information obtained in the course of your employment, for your personal gain or share such information with others for their personal benefit.
· You must treat as confidential all information that is not publicly disclosed concerning Prudential’s financial information and key performance drivers, investment activity or plans, or the financial condition and business activity of Prudential or any company with which Prudential is doing business.
· If you possess material nonpublic information, you must preserve its confidentiality and disclose it only to other associates who have a legitimate business need for the information. In addition, there are special rules for non-investment unit employees sharing material nonpublic information with employees of an investment unit. In these circumstances, you must contact the Law Department or Compliance prior to sharing this information so that proper precautions can be taken.
· In the course of your business activities you may be involved in confidential analysis involving other external public companies. You must treat as confidential all information received relating to this analysis and discuss it only with those employees who have a legitimate business need for the information. You may not personally use this information or share such information with others for anyone’s personal benefit.
 
 

Under federal securities law, it is illegal to buy or sell a security while in possession of material nonpublic information relating to the security. [1] , [2] It is also illegal to “tip” others about inside information. In other words, you may not pass material nonpublic information about an issuer on to others or recommend that they trade the issuer’s securities.

 

Insider trading is an extremely complex area of the law principally regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). If you have any questions concerning the law or a particular situation, you should consult with the Compliance Department or the Law Department. If you believe that you may have material nonpublic information about a public company obtained in the course of your position, or if you are in a portfolio or asset management unit and you believe you may have material nonpublic information regardless of the source, you should notify your Chief Compliance Officer so that the securities can be monitored and/or placed on a restricted list as appropriate.

 

B. Prudential Insider Trading Rules

 

Below are rules concerning insider trading. Failure to comply with these rules could result in violations of the federal securities laws and subject you to severe penalties described in Section I.H. Violations of these rules also may result in discipline by Prudential up to and including termination of employment.

 

(1) You may not buy or sell securities issued by Prudential or any other public company if you are in possession of material nonpublic information relating to those companies. [3] This restriction applies to transactions for you, members of your family, Prudential or any other person for whom you may buy or sell securities. In addition, you may not recommend to others that they buy or sell that security while in possession of material nonpublic information.
(2) If you are aware that Prudential is considering or actually trading any security for any account it manages, you must regard that as material nonpublic information. Accordingly, you may not make any trade or recommendation involving that security until seven calendar days after you know that such trading is no longer being considered or until seven calendar days after Prudential ceases trading in that security, whichever is longer. In addition, you must treat any nonpublic information about portfolio holdings of any registered investment company managed by Prudential as material nonpublic information.
(3) You may not communicate material nonpublic information to anyone except individuals who are entitled to receive it in connection with the performance of their responsibilities for Prudential (i.e., individuals with a “need to know”).
 
 
(4) You should refrain from buying or selling securities issued by any companies about which you are involved in confidential analysis. In addition, you may not communicate any information regarding the confidential analysis of the company, or that Prudential is even evaluating the company, to anyone except individuals who are entitled to receive it in connection with the performance of their responsibilities for Prudential.

 

C. What is Nonpublic Information?

 

Nonpublic information is information that is not generally available to the investing public. Information is public if it is generally available through the media or disclosed in public documents such as corporate filings with the SEC. If it is disclosed in a national business or financial wire service (such as Dow Jones or Bloomberg), in a national news service (such as AP or Reuters), in a newspaper, on the television, on the radio, or in a publicly disseminated disclosure document (such as a proxy statement or prospectus), you may consider the information to be public. If the information is not available in the general media or in a public filing, you should consider it to be nonpublic. Neither partial disclosure (disclosure of part of the information) nor the existence of rumors is sufficient to consider the information to be public. If you are uncertain as to whether information is nonpublic, you should consult the Law Department or your Chief Compliance Officer.

 

While you must be especially alert to sensitive information, you may consider information received directly from a designated company spokesperson to be public information unless you know or have reason to believe that such information is not generally available to the investing public. An associate working on a private securities transaction who receives information from a company representative regarding the transaction should presume that the information is nonpublic.

 

Example :

When telling a Prudential analyst certain information about the company, a company representative gives indication that the information may be nonpublic by saying: “This is not generally known but . . .” In such a situation, the analyst should assume that the information is nonpublic.

 

D. What is Material Information?

 

There is no statutory definition of material information. You should assume that information is material if an investor, considering all the surrounding facts and circumstances, would find such information important in deciding whether or when to buy, sell, or hold a security. In general, any nonpublic information that, if announced, could affect the price of the security should be considered to be material information. If you are not sure whether nonpublic information is material, you should consult the Law Department or your Chief Compliance Officer.

 

Material information may be about Prudential or another public company.

 

Examples :

· Information about a company’s earnings or dividends (e.g., whether earnings will increase or decrease);
· Information about a company’s physical assets (e.g., an oil discovery, a fire that destroyed a factory, or an environmental problem);
 
 
· Information about a company’s personnel (e.g., a valuable employee leaving or becoming seriously ill);
· Information about a company’s pension plans (e.g., the removal of assets from an over-funded plan or an increase or decrease in future contributions);
· Information about a company’s financial status (e.g., financial restructuring plans or changes to planned payments of debt securities);
· Information about a merger, acquisition, tender offer, joint venture or similar transaction involving the Company; or
· Information about pending litigation involving a company generally should be considered material.

 

Information may be material even though it may not be directly about a company (e.g., if the information is relevant to that company or its products, business, or assets).

 

Examples :

· Information that a company’s primary supplier is going to increase dramatically the prices it charges; or
· Information that a competitor has just developed a product that will cause sales of a company’s products to plummet.

 

Material information may also include information about Prudential’s activities or plans relating to a company unaffiliated with Prudential.

 

Example :

Information that Prudential is going to enter into a transaction with a company, such as, for example, awarding a large service contract to a particular company.

 

E. “Front-running” and “Scalping”

 

Trading while in possession of information concerning Prudential’s trades is prohibited by Prudential’s insider trading rules and may also violate federal law. This type of trading activity is referred to as “front running” and “scalping”.

 

Front running occurs when an individual, with knowledge of Prudential’s trading intentions, knowingly makes a trade in the same direction as Prudential just before Prudential makes its trade. Examples include buying a security just before Prudential buys that security (in the expectation that the price may rise based on such purchase) or selling a security just before Prudential sells such security (in the expectation that such sale will lead to a drop in price).

 

Scalping is making a trade in the opposite direction just after Prudential’s trade, in other words, buying a security just after Prudential stops selling such security or selling just after Prudential stops buying such security.

 

Example:

Prudential is planning to sell a large position in ABC Co. If you sell ABC Co. securities ahead of

 
 

Prudential in expectation that the large sale will depress its price, you are engaging in front running. If you purchase ABC Co. securities after Prudential has completed its sale to take advantage of the temporary price decrease, you are engaging in scalping.

 

F. Private Securities Transactions

 

The anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws apply to transactions in both publicly traded securities and private securities. However, the insider trading laws do not prohibit private securities transactions where both parties to the transaction have possession of the same material nonpublic information.

 

G. Charitable Gifts

 

If you are in possession of material nonpublic information concerning a security you hold, you may not gift the security to a charitable institution and receive a tax deduction on the gift.

 

H. Penalties for Insider Trading [4]

 

1. Penalties for Individuals

Individuals who illegally trade while in possession of material nonpublic information or who illegally tip such information to others may be subject to severe civil and criminal penalties including disgorgement of profits, substantial fines and imprisonment. Employment consequences of such behavior may include the loss or suspension of licenses to work in the securities industry, and disciplinary action by Prudential that may include fines or other monetary penalties, suspension without pay, reduction in PTO days or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

2. Penalties for Supervisors

The law provides for penalties for “controlling persons” of individuals who engage in insider trading. Accordingly, under certain circumstances, supervisors of an associate who is found liable for insider trading may be subject to criminal fines up to $1 million per violation, civil penalties and fines, and discipline by Prudential up to and including termination of employment.

 

3. Penalties for Prudential

Prudential could also be subject to penalties in the event an associate is found liable for insider trading. Such penalties include, among others, harsh criminal fines and civil penalties, as well as restrictions placed on Prudential’s ability to conduct certain business activities including broker-dealer, investment adviser, and investment company activities.

 
 

II. Securities Trade Monitoring for Covered and Access Persons

 

A. The FIS Protegent PTA System

 

Federal Law requires all broker-dealers and investment advisers to establish procedures to prevent insider trading by their associates. In addition, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines require companies to establish reasonable procedures to prevent and detect violations of the law. To comply with these and other similar laws and rules, Prudential has developed the Personal Securities Trading Standards to assist in preventing the misuse of material nonpublic information about Prudential or other public companies. All employees are held to the general principles of these Standards to ensure the proper use of material nonpublic information.

 

However, certain employees are required to have their personal trading activities monitored and may be subject to additional restrictions. Prudential has established a program to monitor the personal securities trading of associates with routine access to nonpublic corporate information about Prudential or any external public company, portfolio management activities, nonpublic mutual fund holdings information or other sensitive information. These individuals are required to have their personal securities transactions monitored in the securities trade monitoring system known as FIS Protegent PTA [5] , [6]

 

B. Covered, Access and Supervised Persons

 

Certain employees are classified as “Covered” or “Access” Persons (as defined below). [7] These individuals are categorized based on the information to which they have access or their role within the organization. Covered and Access Persons are required to report their personal securities transactions and conform to the authorized broker-dealer requirements (discussed below). Individuals classified as “Access”, “Covered” and “Designated Persons” (as defined in Section III.A.) are collectively referred to as “Monitored Persons” under these Standards.

 

“Access Persons” - Associates who work in or support portfolio management activities, have access to nonpublic investment advisory client trading information or recommendations or have access to nonpublic portfolio holdings of mutual funds. See Section V for specific requirements. Certain Access Persons are subject to preclearance of all personal securities trading activity, while other Access Persons may only be subject to specific trading restrictions.

 

“Covered Persons” – Associates, other than Access Persons, who may have access to sensitive or confidential information about third parties or external companies or those individuals who the Company determines should be monitored due to their role in the organization. Certain Covered

 
 

Persons may be subject to preclearance of personal securities trading activity, depending on their access to material non-public information. [8]

 

“Supervised Persons” - Individuals who are officers, directors and employees of a registered investment adviser, as well as certain other individuals who provide advice on behalf of the adviser and are subject to the adviser’s supervision and control.

 

Supervised Persons are subject to the following requirements:

 

 

If an individual is only classified as a Supervised Person, and is not also classified as an Access, Covered or Designated Person, as defined in Section III.A., he/she is not required to report his/her personal securities trading activity to Corporate Compliance and is not subject to the authorized broker-dealer requirements. [9]

 

If you are unsure as to whether you are an Access, Covered, or Supervised Person, contact your Chief Compliance Officer.

 

All personal trade monitoring requirements outlined in these standards remain in effect while an employee is on leave of absence, disability, or vacation. In certain circumstances when the employee will have no access to Prudential or its systems while on extended leave, the employee may request a temporary suspension from certain standard requirements. The employee must work with the appropriate business unit compliance officer (and management) to document the circumstances and obtain such an exemption. Until such time as an exemption is granted in writing, all standard requirements remain in effect for that employee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Trade Reporting Requirements

 

1. Reporting New Accounts

Covered and Access Persons must promptly report any new bank or brokerage accounts in which securities can be held to the Securities Monitoring Unit, including new account numbers, to ensure that

 
 

transaction records are sent to the Securities Monitoring Unit. Beginning in 2017, brokerage accounts and mutual fund investment accounts activated in connection with Health Savings Accounts, including Cigna Health Savings Accounts, must be reported to the Securities Monitoring Unit. These accounts are reportable in accordance with the requirements of these Standards.

 

Employees should disclose account information on the Acknowledgment of the Personal Securities Trading Standards form, to PST.Help@Prudential.com, or complete electronically through FIS Protegent PTA Preclearance which can be accessed by typing PST into your browser. We recommend that you bookmark this link for future use. Monitored associates are required to report new accounts within thirty days of activating the account.

 

2. Personal and Family Member Accounts

You are required to report, in the manner described above, all securities accounts in which you have a beneficial interest, including the following:

(1) Personal accounts;
(2) Accounts in which your spouse has a beneficial interest; [10]
(3) Accounts in which your minor children or any dependent family member has a beneficial interest; 10
(4) Joint or tenant-in-common accounts in which you are a participant;
(5) Accounts for which you act as trustee, executor or custodian;
(6) Accounts over which you exercise control or have any investment discretion, including accounts of family members and other persons that reside at locations other than your residence; and
(7) Accounts of any individual to whose financial support you materially contribute. [11]

 

3. Accounts in which purchases and sales are limited to open-end mutual funds

Investment Personnel, Access Persons, Public-Side Associates and Private-Side Associates must report new brokerage accounts even if they are limited to open-end mutual funds. However, this requirement does not apply to 401(k) accounts, variable annuities, transfer agency accounts and 529 plans acquired directly from the state. Furthermore, authorized broker-dealer requirements, preclearance, duplicate confirmations and statements are not required for mutual fund only accounts. Additionally, the holdings in mutual fund only accounts do not require disclosure on Personal Securities Holdings Reports.

 

Some mutual fund companies allow mutual fund shares to be purchased and held directly through the fund’s transfer agent, rather than through a broker-dealer. Such mutual fund transfer agency accounts, including the underlying transactions and holdings in those accounts, do not need to be reported to

 
 

Prudential. Additionally, 529 College Savings Plans purchased directly from a state sponsor are not subject to these Standards and do not require disclosure. [12]

 

All Monitored associates are required to complete and sign an annual Acknowledgment Form, attached as Exhibit 2, identifying and listing the location of all reportable securities accounts, including those held at authorized broker-dealers and those held at non-authorized firms. For the latter, your signature on the Acknowledgement Form will confirm that you have instructed all brokers for such accounts to send duplicate copies of account statements and trade confirmations to the Securities Monitoring Unit. [13] If you are classified as an Access or Covered Person, by signing the annual Acknowledgment Form you are also confirming your obligations of notifying the Securities Monitoring Unit of any changes to your accounts that have been granted exceptions under the authorized broker-dealer requirements. [14] Acknowledgment forms, which are supplied to you electronically by the Securities Monitoring Unit, must be completed annually. [15]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Authorized Broker-Dealer Requirements

Covered and Access Persons are required to maintain personal securities accounts at an authorized broker-dealer. [16] The authorized firms are:

 

· Charles Schwab
· Chase Investor Services Corp (CISC)
· E*TRADE
· Fidelity Investments
· JP Morgan Chase
· Merrill Lynch
 
 
· Morgan Stanley
· Pruco Securities
· Raymond James
· Scottrade
· TD Ameritrade
· UBS Financial Services
· Wells Fargo Advisors

 

Covered and Access Persons should review the Frequently Asked Questions document which is available through FIS Protegent PTA for additional information about each firm. The account types that are subject to the authorized broker-dealer requirements are listed below in Section II.C.2. Covered and Access Persons must report new accounts within 30 days to the Securities Monitoring Unit, including new account numbers, to ensure that transaction records are sent to Prudential via electronic feed. [17]

 

Prudential Financial, Inc. securities held at Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”) are not required to be transferred.

 

New Monitored Persons who are subject to this requirement will be required to transfer accounts to an authorized broker-dealer within sixty days of becoming a Covered and/or Access Person. Such Monitored Persons must instruct their brokers to send trading activity (written confirmations and statements) to the Securities Monitoring Unit while they are in the process of transferring their accounts. A sample letter to a brokerage firm is provided as Exhibit 1 to these Standards. New Monitored Persons should disclose all accounts on the Personal Securities Trading Standards Acknowledgement form or by entering them into FIS Protegent PTA Preclearance. We recommend that you bookmark this link for future use. Alternatively, you may send the new account information to PST.help@Prudential.com.

 

It is recommended that employees subject to preclearance and special restricted lists not enter into limit orders that carry over to the next trading day or maintain margin accounts. Transactions triggered by limit orders or margin calls or margin account maintenance fees may result in violations of the Standards.

 

5. Authorized Broker-Dealer Exceptions

Exceptions to the authorized broker-dealer requirement are limited and should be submitted to the Chief Compliance Officer responsible for your business unit who will submit the request to the appropriate Business Unit or Corporate Department Executive at the Senior Vice President (“SVP”) level or above for review. [18] Documentation for all exceptions must be forwarded to your business unit compliance officer for review. Exceptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis based on the following criteria [19] :

 
 

 

· Accounts held jointly with or accounts for spouses who are subject to the same type of personal trading requirements prior to being subject to these Standards. Employees must provide supporting documentation from their spouse’s employer to business unit compliance officers.
· Accounts for which the employee has a formal investment management agreement that provides full discretionary authority to a third party money manager (“Discretionary Accounts”) further defined in Section II.C.7. Access and Covered Persons should follow instructions in Section II.C.7. pertaining to Discretionary Accounts and are not required to receive formal SVP approval under the authorized broker-dealer requirements for Discretionary Accounts. However, employees must submit signed copies of managed account agreements to business unit compliance officers to verify the criteria have been met for the account exception. Note, accounts where trading authorization has been granted to another do not qualify as Discretionary Accounts.
· Blind trusts and family trusts. A copy of the trust agreement must be submitted to the business unit compliance officer. Trust accounts with multiple trustees, where all trustees do not unanimously support transfer of the account, may be eligible for an exception. [20]
· Accounts holding non-transferable securities that may not, due to their nature, be liquidated without undue hardship to the employee (new purchases generally will not be permitted.)
· Direct stock purchase or dividend reinvestment plans that are established directly with a public company or certain limited purpose accounts, such as 401(k) accounts and employee stock compensation accounts (Senior Vice President may delegate authority for approving these accounts to the Business Unit Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee).
· Accounts of dependent parents for which the Monitored person exercises control or has investment discretion where the account was established prior to the Monitored person’s role in managing the account.

 

If, at any time, the facts and circumstances have changed regarding an account(s) for which an exception has been previously granted, the employee must promptly notify Compliance and request that the account(s) be reviewed in light of the changed circumstances.

 

6. Trade Reporting Requirements for Exception Accounts

Even if you are granted an exception to the authorized broker-dealer requirement and are permitted to maintain an account with a broker-dealer who is not authorized, you must direct the brokerage firm(s) that maintain(s) your securities account(s) to send duplicate copies of your trade confirmations and

 
 

account statements (“trading activity”) to the Securities Monitoring Unit. A sample letter to a brokerage firm is provided as Exhibit 1 to these Standards. Remember, accounts maintained at Charles Schwab, Chase Investor Services Corp. (CISC), E*TRADE, Fidelity Investments, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Pruco Securities, Raymond James, Scottrade, TD Ameritrade, UBS Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors, as well as Discretionary Accounts and certain trust accounts, are exempt from this requirement. [21]

 

For employees outside of the United States who are only classified as Designated Persons, accounts established in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Mexico are exempt from the duplicate statement and confirmation requirement. [22] However, Prudential Financial, Inc. securities may not be traded in these accounts. Individuals located in these countries who open or maintain accounts in the United States or in other countries not specifically identified will generally be required to send duplicate statements and confirmations to the Securities Monitoring Unit. Designated Persons located outside of the US should contact the Securities Monitoring Unit or their local compliance officer for guidance.

 

7. Discretionary Accounts

A Discretionary Account is an account for which the employee has a formal investment management agreement that provides full discretionary authority to a third party money manager (“Discretionary Accounts”). A Discretionary Account agreement may establish general investment objectives but cannot permit the employee to make specific decisions regarding the purchase or sale of any individual securities for the account and the employee must not in fact influence or control such transactions. If the employee has given discretion to a third party, he or she must not influence or control the account, such as by suggesting purchases or sales of investments, directing transactions, or consulting with the manager regarding allocation of investments in any way that could affect the selection of specific securities.

 

Designated, Access and Covered Persons must disclose Discretionary Account(s) to the Securities Monitoring Unit and must provide a copy of the executed investment management agreement to the Securities Monitoring Unit for review and approval, however, duplicate statements and trade confirmations for these accounts are not required to be submitted. [23] However, an employee may be asked to provide Compliance with periodic statements for these discretionary accounts.

 

These employees are required to complete a periodic certification to the effect that they have not suggested or directed purchases and sales of investments to the discretionary manager nor have they

 
 

consulted with the discretionary manager regarding the allocation of investments in any way that could affect the selection of specific securities. Additionally, they may be asked periodically to discuss the nature of the account with Compliance. Discretionary investment managers will confirm that the employee has not sought (or will not seek) to influence, control, or direct the account’s investments.

 

8. Reportable Securities Transactions

In general, all securities transactions are reportable by Access and Covered Persons except where noted below:

 

 

Individuals under these classifications are, however, required to report purchases and sales of affiliated variable insurance products and variable annuities and any underlying sub-account transactions associated with these products, as well as any transactions and holdings of certain open-end mutual funds as described in Section V.D.

 

The chart attached as Exhibit 3 identifies the personal securities transactions that are reportable.

 

9. Confidentiality of Trading Information

The Securities Monitoring Unit uses FIS Protegent PTA which is a third party vendor system that facilitates the surveillance and reporting of personal securities trading information, disclosures, and certifications and reporting. Associates’ personal data, including personal trading information, is housed on Prudential’s own servers behind the Prudential firewall. Only authorized persons within the Prudential Compliance Department have access to this information.

 

10. Prohibited Transactions Involving Securities of Prudential Financial, Inc.

All employees, including Covered and Access Persons, are prohibited from selling short including “short sales against the box”, hedging transactions [24] and from participating in any exchange traded Prudential options or futures transactions on any securities issued by Prudential. Non-margin account collateral arrangements are prohibited. Employees may not enter into any arrangement involving the pledge or use as collateral of Company securities, other than a permissible securities brokerage margin account. It is recommended that employees subject to preclearance and special restricted lists not enter into limit orders that carry over to the next trading day or maintain margin accounts. Transactions triggered by limit orders or margin calls or margin account maintenance fees may result in violations of the Standards. Employees classified as Designated Persons are subject to additional restrictions relating to securities issued by Prudential. These requirements are outlined in Section III of these Standards.

 
 

 

11. Code Violations and Sanctions

 

Access Persons and Supervised Persons are required to promptly report any known violations of the Code or these Standards to the Business Unit Chief Compliance Officer. Reported violations and other exceptions to these Standards detected through internal monitoring will be provided to the Business Unit Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee and the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee (“Committee”). The Committee, comprised of business unit executives, compliance and human resources personnel, will review all violations of these Standards. The Committee will determine any sanctions or other disciplinary actions that may be deemed appropriate, which may include monetary penalties, suspension without pay, reduction in PTO days or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

In accordance with FINRA Rule 3110, certain transactions by Registered Representatives prompting an investigation, may require notification to the SRO.

 

 

 

 

 

12. Additional Requirements

Additional information and guidance can be found in the following Sections:

 

Requirements for Designated Person – Section III.

Requirements for Associates of Broker Dealers – Section IV.

Requirements for Portfolio Management and Trading Units and Registered Investment Advisers – Section V.

Requirements for Private Asset Management Units – Section VI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Standards and Restrictions for Personal Trading in Securities Issued by Prudential by Designated Persons

 

This Section specifically addresses the requirements for those associates who have routine access to material nonpublic information about Prudential. These requirements are consistent with policies of leading financial service firms. Specific standards and procedures relating to Section 16 Insiders are addressed in a separate document, which is available through the Securities Monitoring Unit. The requirements and restrictions covered in this Section apply to all accounts in which a Designated Person has a direct or indirect beneficial interest as described in Section II.C.2 including, but not limited to, accounts for spouses, family members and other persons that reside at locations other than their residence, and accounts for which the Designated Person or his/her family member exercises investment discretion.

 

A. Designated Persons

 

A “Designated Person” is an employee who, during the normal course of his or her job, has routine access to material nonpublic information about Prudential. [25] Material nonpublic information may consist of financial or non-financial information about Prudential as a whole or one or more Divisions or Segments. The Vice Presidents (“VPs”) of Finance for each business unit must identify employees in each unit who have routine access to material nonpublic information about Prudential. It is the responsibility of the VPs of Finance to notify the Securities Monitoring Unit of any changes to this list.

 

Management of all other business groups and corporate departments are required to identify and inform the Securities Monitoring Unit of any additional employees, who through the performance of their jobs, have regular access to material nonpublic information.

 

Employees who have been classified as a Designated Person, but believe that they do not have access to material nonpublic information, may request an exception to or reclassification under this

 
 

requirement. Requests should be forwarded to the business unit compliance officer or Securities Monitoring Unit, who in consultation with the Law Department, will review and facilitate the request. Certain exceptions must be approved by Prudential’s General Counsel.

 

 
 

B. Specific Trading Requirements

 

All employees are prohibited from trading Prudential securities while in possession of material nonpublic information regarding the Company. [26] For purposes of these Standards, all requirements and restrictions relating to Prudential securities include, but are not limited to common stock, bonds (including convertible bonds), the Prudential Financial, Inc. Common Stock Fund (“PFI Common Stock Fund”), employee stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, exchange traded or other options and Prudential Financial single stock futures. All employees, including Designated Persons, are prohibited from selling short including “short sales against the box”, hedging transactions [27] and from participating in any exchange traded Prudential options or futures transactions on any security issued by Prudential. Non-margin account collateral arrangements are prohibited. Employees may not enter into any arrangement involving the pledge or use as collateral of Company securities, other than a permissible securities brokerage margin account. It is recommended that employees subject to preclearance and special restricted lists not enter into limit orders that carry over to the next trading day or maintain margin accounts. Transactions triggered by limit orders or margin calls or margin account maintenance fees may result in violations of the Standards. Employees are also discouraged from engaging in speculative transactions in Prudential securities and are encouraged to hold Prudential securities for long-term investment.

 

Designated Persons may only trade Prudential securities (“PRU”) during open trading windows. Designated Persons at levels 1 through 6 and pay grades 56A and 560, as well as Designated Persons of QMA, are required to preclear all transactions in Prudential securities through the Securities Monitoring Unit prior to execution. [28] This requirement excludes transactions in Prudential mutual funds and annuities. Trades will be approved only during open “trading windows.”

 

All Designated Persons are subject to the general prohibition relating to short sales and options transactions on Prudential securities. These restrictions apply to all accounts in which a Designated Person has a direct or indirect beneficial interest as described in Section II.C.2 including, but not limited to, accounts for spouses, family members and other persons that reside at locations other than their residence, and accounts for which the Designated Person or his/her family member exercises investment discretion.

 

1. Brokerage Account Requirements for Designated Persons

Designated Persons are required to hold and trade Prudential securities (“PRU”) only at an authorized broker-dealer. The authorized firms are Charles Schwab, Chase Investor Services Corp. (CISC), E*TRADE, Fidelity Investments, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Pruco Securities, Raymond James, Scottrade, TD Ameritrade, UBS Financial Services and Wells Fargo Advisors. In addition, the PFI Common Stock Fund may be held in Prudential Employee Savings Plan (“PESP”) or Prudential Deferred Compensation Plan accounts. Designated Persons should review the Frequently Asked Questions document which is available through FIS Protegent PTA. This requirement applies to

 
 

accounts for you, your family members, or accounts in which you have a beneficial interest or over which you have trading authority. See Section II.C.2. for a complete list of applicable accounts. If you are a Designated Person, and not a Covered Person or an Access Person as defined in Section II.B., you may maintain your accounts at non-authorized broker-dealers for your non-PRU positions. Discretionary Accounts, as defined in Section II.C.7., must be disclosed to the Securities Monitoring Unit and Designated Persons must provide a copy of the signed Discretionary Account agreement to the Securities Monitoring Unit for review and approval.

 

While PRU stock held by you at Computershare is subject to the provisions of these Standards (e.g., transactions are subject to preclearance and trading window requirements), Designated Persons are not required to transfer PRU positions held at Computershare to an authorized broker-dealer.

 

2. Trade Reporting Requirements for Accounts with Non-Authorized Broker-Dealers

Certain Designated Persons (see table below) who maintain brokerage or certain trust accounts with brokerage firms (for their non-PRU positions) other than the authorized broker-dealers listed in Section III.B.1. above must direct the brokerage firm(s) to send duplicate copies of trade confirmations and account statements to the Securities Monitoring Unit. [29] A sample letter to a brokerage firm is provided as Exhibit 1 to these Standards. Duplicate statements and trade confirmations are not required for Discretionary Accounts.

 

Designated Persons (DPs) Who Must Send Duplicate Confirms and Statements

 

Type of Designated Person (DP) Direct unauthorized brokerage firms to send duplicate copies of trade confirmations and account statements

DPs associated with a broker-dealer (e.g. PRUCO, PAD, PIMS)

 

Yes

DPs Levels 1-6 (and pay grades 56A and 560)

 

Yes

DPs Levels 7 and below (those NOT associated with a broker-dealer – e.g. PRUCO, PAD, PIMS)

 

No

 

 

3. Reporting New Accounts

Designated Persons must report new accounts promptly to the Securities Monitoring Unit, including new account numbers, to ensure that transaction records are sent to the Securities Monitoring Unit. [30]

 

 
 

4. Trading Windows/Blackout Periods

Designated Persons are permitted to trade in Prudential securities only during open trading windows. [31] In addition, sales of stock acquired by participating in the Prudential Stock Purchase Plan (“PSPP”) can be made only during an open trading window and are subject to preclearance by Designated Persons at levels 1 through 6 and pay grades 56A and 560, as well as Designated Persons of QMA. See Section III.B.5. below. Approximately 48 hours after the Company releases its quarterly earnings to the public, the trading window generally opens and generally will remain open until approximately two weeks before the end of each quarter. In addition, the Company may notify Designated Persons regarding unscheduled blackout periods. For example, in the event the Company decides to make an unscheduled announcement (e.g., a pre quarter-end earnings estimate), Prudential may restrict trading activity during a normally permissible trading window. The Securities Monitoring Unit will notify Designated Persons of the opening of trading windows and the commencement of blackout periods via e-mail. Preclearances, where required, will only be approved weekdays from 6:00 AM through 4:00 PM EST.

 

5. Preclearance of Trading in Prudential Securities

Designated Persons at levels 1 through 6 and pay grades 56A and 560, as well as Designated Persons of QMA, are required to preclear all transactions in Prudential securities, including equity and debt securities, through the Securities Monitoring Unit. [32] , [33] These Designated Persons should submit requests electronically through the FIS Protegent PTA Preclearance Intranet site which can be accessed by typing PST into your browser(we recommend that you bookmark this link for future use). Since FIS Protegent PTA accommodates single sign on, no additional logging in will be necessary. All approved transactions are valid until the close of the market on the day in which preclearance is granted. Designated Persons located outside of North or South America are granted approval for two business days including the date preclearance is granted, however, trades must be executed before the trading window closes. [34] Therefore, Designated Persons may not enter into “good until cancelled” or “limit” orders involving Prudential securities that carry over until the next trading day. (See Exhibit 7 for sample FIS Protegent PTA Preclearance Request Form.)

 

Transactions that require preclearance include, but are not limited to, the following:

· Open market transactions through a broker-dealer;
· Prudential securities transactions executed in Computershare accounts;
· Gifts received or given;
· Stock option exercises;
· Sales of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units;
 
 
· PESP and Deferred Compensation Plan Company Stock Fund transactions. For more details relating to PESP transactions that are subject to this requirement see Exhibit 4;
· Prudential Stock Purchase Plan (“PSPP”) transactions. Sales of shares of Prudential stock that have accumulated in your account under the PSPP are permitted during an open trading window.

 

6. Prohibited Transactions Involving Securities of Prudential Financial, Inc.

All employees are prohibited from selling short including “short sales against the box”, hedging transactions [35] and from participating in any exchange traded Prudential options or futures transactions on any security issued by Prudential. Non-margin account collateral arrangements are prohibited. Employees may not enter into any arrangement involving the pledge or use as collateral of Company securities, other than a permissible securities brokerage margin account. It is recommended that employees subject to preclearance and special restricted lists not maintain margin accounts. Transactions triggered by margin calls or maintenance fees may result in violations of the Standards. In addition, Designated Persons are prohibited from exercising and selling their employee stock options during a blackout period. As a result, some controls have been established to prevent employee stock option exercises during closed trading windows such as blocks on Designated Persons established at E*Trade, preventing a trade in Prudential common stock from occurring during a closed trading window. However, there are currently no blocking capabilities in place during blackout periods to prevent transactions relating to your PSPP related sales as described above. When no blocking system exists or if a blocking system fails, the employee is still responsible for adherence to these Standards.

 

7. PESP

Certain controls have been established to prevent trading activity in the PFI Common Stock Fund within PESP during closed trading periods. Additionally, loans and in-service distributions are processed from sources other than the PFI Common Stock Fund and therefore are permitted during closed trading windows; however, repayments may or may not be permitted during a closed window. Remember, it is the Designated Person’s obligation to comply with these Standards including the preclearance and trading window requirements. If a blocking system fails, the employee remains responsible (for a violation of these Standards). See Exhibit 4 for more details.

 

 

C. Supervisory Responsibilities

 

The VPs of Finance, in conjunction with the Business Unit and Department Heads or their designees, are responsible for identifying changes to the Designated Persons list in their areas and informing the Securities Monitoring Unit, and, with the Securities Monitoring Unit, facilitating employee understanding of and conformity with these Standards. The trade monitoring process is conducted by the Securities Monitoring Unit with matters brought to the attention of Business Unit/Department Head management as needed.

 

 
 

D. Violations of these Standards

 

Violations or other exceptions to Section III of these Standards including the preclearance and trading window requirements are reviewed by the Designated Persons and Pension Risk Transfer Personal Trading Standards Committee. [36] Violations or exceptions that may result in disciplinary action, other than an educational reminder, will be resolved with the employee’s supervisor. Individuals who do not comply with these Standards are subject to disciplinary action that may include fines, as permitted by law, or other monetary penalties, suspension without pay, reduction in PTO days or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

In accordance with FINRA Rule 3110, certain transactions by Registered Representatives prompting an investigation, may require notification to the SRO.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

IV. Trading Restrictions for Associates of Broker-Dealers

 

A. Trade Monitoring for Associated Persons of a Broker-Dealer

 

Prudential has three broker-dealers, Pruco Securities, LLC (“Pruco”), Prudential Investment Management Services, LLC (“PIMS”) and Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. (“PAD”), referred to collectively as “Broker-Dealers” under this Section.

 

PIMS and PAD are limited broker-dealers whose primary business is restricted to the facilitation of customer orders in and distribution of Prudential mutual funds and annuities. In addition, PAD offers 529 plan interests and PIMS is a discount broker-dealer that offers brokerage accounts and Individual Retirement Accounts ("IRAs") to roll over customers who were formerly retirement plan participants serviced by Prudential Retirement. Investments offered include mutual funds, stocks, bonds and municipal securities.

 

Unlike other Prudential businesses that are subject to the personal trade monitoring system, the nature and scope of the PIMS and PAD Broker-Dealers’ businesses are such that their Associated Persons do not have access to material nonpublic information concerning publicly traded securities through their association with the broker-dealer. [37] , [38] Accordingly, PIMS and PAD Broker-Dealer associates are generally not required to participate in FIS Protegent PTA. However, pursuant to SEC and FINRA regulations, Broker-Dealer Associated Persons must comply with the reporting requirements listed below. [39] In addition, certain officers and Registered Representatives of Pruco, which is also a federally registered investment adviser, have been identified as Supervised Persons, as defined in Section II.B. The requirements for Supervised Persons are also outlined below in Section IV.A.3.

 

Pruco is a dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser. As an investment adviser, Pruco acts as the sponsor of three wrap fee advisory programs, namely PruChoice, a non-discretionary mutual fund program; Managed Assets Consulting Services (“MACS”), a discretionary program, and PruStrategist Portfolios Program (“PSP”). Pruco also offers fee-based financial planning services.

 

Pruco also offers Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) across its wrap fee programs.

 

ETFs are classified as Reportable Securities. Those Pruco IARs who are permitted to recommend the purchase and sale of ETFs are deemed Access Persons, as that term is defined in Section II.B., subjecting them to Prudential’s personal brokerage reporting and trade monitoring requirements, as outlined in Sections II.A. and II.C., and trading restrictions outlined in Section V.S.

 

 
 

Pruco IARs, whether or not they have ETF recommendation authority, are deemed Supervised Persons, as that term is defined in Section II.B.

 

 

CLASSIFICATION SCOPE OF AUTHORITY
Supervised Person Applies to all Pruco IARs and others as defined in these Standards
Access Person Applies only to those Pruco IARs with authority to recommend the purchase and sale of ETFs
Associated Person Applies to Pruco RRs and others as defined in these Standards

 

1. Notification Requirements for Personal Securities Accounts

In accordance with NASD Rule 3050, Broker-Dealer Associated Persons (“Associated Persons”) must notify the Broker-Dealer to which they are associated, in writing, prior to opening an account at another broker-dealer, and must notify the Broker-Dealer of any accounts opened prior to becoming an Associated Person. Associated Persons must also notify broker-dealers, prior to opening such accounts, that they are an Associated Person of a broker-dealer. However, if the account was established prior to the association of the person with the Broker-Dealer, the Associated Person must notify the broker-dealer in writing promptly after becoming so associated.

 

These notification requirements apply to all personal securities accounts of Associated Persons and any securities accounts over which they have discretionary authority.

 

Associated Persons are not required to report accounts that are limited to the following types of investments: (1) mutual funds; (2) variable life and variable annuity contracts; (3) unit investment trusts; (4) certificates of deposit; (5) 529 Plans; and (6) money market fund accounts. [40]

 

2. Periodic Compliance Training and Sign-off

The NASD/NYSE Joint Memorandum on Information Barriers and Procedures (NASD Notice to Members 91-45) provides that firms that do not conduct investment banking research or arbitrage activities still must have “reasonable procedures for the education and training of its associates about insider trading” in order to be in compliance with ITSFEA. Annually, all Registered Representatives are required to sign a statement affirming that they have read and understand the policy concerning insider trading as described in the Broker-Dealer’s compliance manual and as set forth in Prudential’s Standards On Insider Trading contained in Section I of these Standards.

 

3. Requirement for Supervised Persons

Certain Pruco officers and Registered Representatives involved in investment advisory activity have been classified as Supervised Persons. [41] Supervised Persons are subject to the following additional requirements:

 
 

 

 

If an individual is only classified as a Supervised Person, and is not also classified as an Access, Covered, or Designated Person, he/she is not required to report his/her personal securities trading activity to Corporate Compliance and is not subject to the authorized broker-dealer requirements outlined in Section II. However, these individuals are still subject to the notification requirements outlined in Section IV.A.1 .

 

 

B. Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings

 

FINRA Rule 5130 prohibits broker-dealers from purchasing or retaining “new issues” in their own accounts and from selling new issues to a restricted person. “Restricted persons” are defined as directors, officers, general partners, employees, associated persons and agents engaged in the investment banking or securities business of any broker-dealer. “New Issues” are any initial public offerings of an equity security.

 

This basic prohibition also covers sales of new issues to accounts in which any restricted person may have a beneficial interest and, with limited exceptions, to members of the immediate family of such persons. A Restricted Person is permitted to have an interest in an account that purchases new issues (i.e., collective investment accounts including hedge funds, investment partnerships, investment corporations, etc.) provided that the beneficial interests of all restricted persons do not in aggregate exceed 10% of the total account.

 

The overall purpose of this prohibition is to protect the integrity of the public offering process by requiring that FINRA members make a bona-fide public distribution of securities by not withholding such securities for their own benefit or using the securities to reward other persons who are in a position to direct future business to the firm.

 

To ensure compliance with this Rule, Associated Persons of Prudential’s Broker-Dealers are prohibited from purchasing securities in any public offerings of equity securities, except as noted below.

 

The FINRA Rule and these Standards apply to all public offerings of equity securities, whether or not the above broker-dealers are participating in the offering. However, the prohibitions do not apply to purchases of public offerings of investment grade asset-backed securities, open-end mutual funds, closed-end mutual funds, preferred securities, convertible securities or any debt securities, including but not limited to municipal or government securities.

 

Which accounts are restricted:

 

Accounts of all Associated Persons of the above broker-dealers and their immediate families are restricted from purchasing equity public offerings of securities. The term “immediate family” includes parents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, spouse, siblings, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, children and their

 
 

spouses, or any other person who is supported (directly or indirectly) to a material extent by the Associated Person.

 

The prohibition does not apply to sales to a member of the Associated Person’s immediate family who is not supported directly or indirectly to a material extent by the associate, if the sale is by a broker-dealer other than that employing the restricted person and the restricted person has no ability to control the allocation of the new issue. For information on this exception, please contact your broker-dealer compliance officer.

 

C. Private Placements

 

In order to review private placement transactions in relation to certain conflicts of interest that may arise, all associates of Prudential’s Broker-Dealers must notify their broker-dealer, in writing, and obtain written approval from the broker-dealer, prior to engaging in any private placement transactions, including purchases and sales of limited partnership interests. Such notification should be made to the compliance officer for the broker-dealer or the compliance officer’s designee who will be responsible for approving the private placement transaction. [42] For associates who are subject to preclearance, the preclearance form will satisfy the notification requirement.

 

D. Code Violations and Sanctions

 

Access Persons and Supervised Persons are required to promptly report any known violations of the Code or these Standards to the Business Unit Chief Compliance Officer. Reported violations and other exceptions to these Standards detected through internal monitoring will be provided to the Business Unit Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee and the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee (“Committee”). The Committee, generally comprised of business unit executives, compliance and human resources personnel, will review all violations of these Standards. The Committee will determine any sanctions or other disciplinary actions that may be deemed appropriate, which may include monetary penalties, suspension without pay, reduction in PTO days or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

In accordance with FINRA Rule 3110, certain transactions by Registered Representatives prompting an investigation, may require notification to the SRO.

 

 

 

 
 

 

V. Trading Restrictions for Portfolio Management and Trading Units and Registered Investment Advisers

 

A. Background

The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) govern activities of officers, directors and employees of registered investment advisers and advisers who manage registered investment companies, respectively. These rules set forth specific requirements relating to conflicts of interest and personal securities trading activity.

 

1. Advisers Act Requirements

Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act requires each federally registered investment adviser to adopt a written code of ethics designed to prevent fraud by reinforcing fiduciary principles that govern the conduct of investment advisory firms and their personnel. In addition, the code must set forth specific requirements relating to personal trading activity including reporting transactions and holdings.

 

Generally, the code of ethics applies to all Supervised Persons of the adviser, including all Access Persons of the adviser. The Investment Adviser Code of Ethics (“Code”), as adopted by Prudential’s registered investment advisers, includes the Personal Securities Trading Standards and the U. S. Information Barrier Standards. Employees identified as Supervised Persons must comply with the Code, including these Standards. [43] Compliance is responsible for notifying each individual who is subject to the Code.

 

2. Investment Company Act Requirements

Rule 17(j) under the Investment Company Act requires that every investment company adopt procedures designed to prevent improper personal trading by investment company personnel. Rule 17(j) was created to prevent conflicts of interest between investment company personnel and shareholders, to promote shareholder value, and to prevent investment company personnel from profiting from their access to proprietary information.

 

 

Set forth below are procedures applicable to portfolio management and investment management units and certain associates outside the specific business unit who provide direct support to these units. [44] These procedures are designed to comply with the rules set forth above and industry best practices. [45]

 

B. Definitions

 

The following terms are defined for purposes of these Standards:

 
 

 

· “Access Persons”, as defined in Section II.B., include employees or officers of a mutual fund or investment adviser, who, in connection with their normal responsibilities, make, participate in, or have access to current or pending information regarding the purchase or sale of a security by the Complex (Complex defined below) or nonpublic portfolio holdings of mutual funds.
· “Investment Personnel” are Access Persons who are public-side portfolio managers, analysts, traders, or certain other individuals as designated by the compliance officer. Note: Investment Personnel from PI’s Strategic Investment Research Group (“SIRG”) are subject to slightly different requirements with respect to Initial Public Offerings and Short Term Trading Profit provisions. These requirements are expressly noted in these sections.
· A “pending buy or sell order” exists when a decision to purchase or sell a security has been made and communicated.
· The “Complex” includes all portfolios managed by the business unit or group of units to which an individual is deemed to have access.

 

C. Conflicts of Interest

 

Prudential holds its employees to the highest ethical standards. Maintaining high standards requires a total commitment to sound ethical principles and Prudential’s values. It also requires nurturing a business culture that supports decisions and actions based on what is right, not simply what is expedient. Management must make the Company’s ethical standards clear. At every level, associates must set the right example in their daily conduct. Moreover, associates are encouraged to understand the expectations of the Company and apply these guidelines to analogous situations or seek guidance if they have questions about conduct in given circumstances.

 

All Access Persons must act in accordance with the following general principles:

 

· It is their duty at all times to place the interests of investment company shareholders and other investment advisory clients first.
· Access Persons should scrupulously avoid serving their own personal interests ahead of clients’ interests in any decision relating to their personal investments.
· All personal securities transactions must be conducted in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an individual’s position of trust and responsibility.
· Access Persons must not only seek to achieve technical compliance with these Standards, but should strive to abide by the spirit and the principles articulated herein.

 

Example:

An appearance of a conflict of interest may occur if, following a meeting with a representative of an issuer, an analyst buys the issuer’s securities for his or her personal account, but does not recommend his or her client purchase such securities.

 

 
 
· Access Persons may not take inappropriate advantage of their positions.
· Access Persons must avoid any situation that might compromise, or call into question, their exercise of fully independent judgment in the interest of shareholders or clients, including, but not limited to the receipt of unusual investment opportunities, perquisites or gifts from persons doing or seeking business with their portfolios.
· Access Persons may not bunch a personal order with a client order.
· Access Persons may not conduct personal business with brokers who execute trades for their portfolios.

D. Mutual Fund Reporting and Trading Restrictions

 

Investment Personnel and Access Persons are prohibited from market timing any proprietary mutual funds, as well as non-proprietary funds subadvised by Prudential, and must comply with any trading restrictions established by Prudential and its clients to prevent market timing of these funds.

 

To deter the market timing in proprietary and non-proprietary funds subadvised by Prudential, Investment Personnel and certain officers of PGIM and Prudential Investments LLC (“PI”) are required to hold all proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds for a period of sixty days. Investment Persons and Access Persons are also required to report mutual fund transactions covered under these Standards as described below.

 

1 . Mutual Fund Holding Period

Investment Personnel and certain PGIM, PI, and AST Investment Services, Inc. (“ASTIS”) officers and/or employees are required to hold proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds, excluding money market funds and the PESP Fixed Rate Fund, for a period of at least sixty days. [46] , [47] Proprietary funds include Prudential Investments, Advanced Series Trust, Prudential Series Fund, Target, and Variable Contract Accounts 2, 10, and 11. Non-proprietary subadvised funds are defined in Exhibit 8. Specifically, Investment Personnel and certain PGIM and PI employees are prohibited from executing a purchase and a sale of the same proprietary or certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual fund during any sixty day period. [48] This restriction applies to accounts for which Investment Personnel and certain PIM and PI employees have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including household members. See Section II.C. Profits realized on such transactions must be disgorged to the applicable mutual fund or client, or as otherwise deemed appropriate by the Committee. [49]

 
 

 

2. Standards Relating to Reporting and Trading Mutual Funds

Access Persons are required to report all transactions in proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds. [50] This requirement applies to accounts for which Access Persons have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including household members. Transactions in proprietary funds that are held directly at the transfer agency (Prudential Mutual Fund Services, LLC) are monitored by the Securities Monitoring Unit via electronic feed and therefore, employees are not required to independently report such transactions. See Section II.C.

 

Access Persons may hold and trade proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds only through one of the authorized broker-dealers, directly with Prudential Mutual Fund Services (“PMFS”), the Prudential Employee Savings Plan (“PESP”), or the Jennison Associates (“Jennison”) Savings Plan. [51] However, non-proprietary subadvised funds may be traded directly with the fund provided that duplicate account statements and trade confirmations are sent directly to the Securities Monitoring Unit, Compliance Department. For certain non-proprietary subadvised funds, Access Persons must notify fund complexes within ten business days of receipt of these Standards requesting that duplicate statements and confirmations be forwarded to the Securities Monitoring Unit. Investment elections or transactions executed in the executive deferred compensation plans are not subject to this requirement. [52]

 

Investment Personnel and Access Persons must notify the Securities Monitoring Unit of all mutual fund accounts. This includes accounts of all household members, 401(k) Plans held at other companies, variable insurance products and annuities held directly with the fund or through another company or service provider for all proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds. [53] In addition, Investment Personnel and Access Persons must contact these funds to request that duplicate statements and confirmations of mutual fund trading activity be sent to the Securities Monitoring Unit. A sample letter to a brokerage firm is provided as Exhibit 1 to these Standards.

 

E. Additional Trading Restrictions for Access and Investment Personnel of PGIM Fixed Income (“FI”), Quantitative Management Associates LLC (“QMA”), PGIM Real Estate Global Real Estate Securities (“GRES”), AST Investment Services, Inc. (“ASTIS”) , Prudential International Investments Advisers, LLC (“PIIA”), Prudential Investments LLC (“PI”) [54] .

 

 
 

The following restrictions and requirements apply to all accounts in which Access Persons and Investment Personnel have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including accounts of household members as described in Section II.C.2.

 

1. Initial Public Offerings

Investment Personnel, excluding SIRG’s Investment Personnel, are prohibited from purchasing initial public offerings of securities. [55] Access Persons and SIRG’s Investment Personnel must obtain preclearance prior to purchasing initial public offerings of securities. For purposes of these Standards, “initial public offerings of securities” do not include offerings of government or municipal securities.

 

2. Private Placements

Investment Personnel and Access Persons are prohibited from acquiring any securities in a private placement without express prior approval. Such approval must be obtained from the local business unit head in consultation with the business unit compliance officer (such person having no personal interest in such purchases or sales), based on a determination that no conflict of interest is involved.

 

Investment Personnel must disclose their private placement holdings to the business unit compliance officer and the business unit’s chief investment officer when the Investment Personnel play a part in the consideration of any investment by the portfolio in the issuer. In such circumstances, the portfolio’s decision to purchase securities of the issuer will be subject to independent review by appropriate personnel with no personal interest in the issuer.

 

3. Blackout Periods

Access Persons are prohibited from knowingly executing a securities transaction on a day during which any portfolio in their Complex has a pending buy or sell order in the same or an equivalent security and until such time as that order is executed or withdrawn. [56] This prohibition will not apply to purchases and sales executed in a fund or portfolio that replicates a broad based securities market index. Transactions inadvertently executed by an Access Person during a blackout period will not be considered a violation and disgorgement will not be required provided that the transaction was effected in accordance with the preclearance procedures applicable to such person under the Standards and without prior knowledge of any pending purchase or sale orders in the Complex in the same or equivalent security.

 

Investment Personnel are prohibited from knowingly buying or selling a security within seven calendar days before or after a portfolio in their Complex trades in the same or an equivalent security. Nevertheless, a personal trade by any Investment Personnel shall not prevent a portfolio in the same business unit from trading in the same or an equivalent security. However, such a transaction shall be subject to independent review by their business unit compliance officer. [57] This prohibition will not apply to purchases and sales executed in a fund or portfolio that replicates a broad based securities market index.

 
 

 

Profits realized on transactions that are executed during blackout periods may be required to be disgorged. All disgorged profits will be donated to a charitable organization in the name of the Company or to an account or client for which the security is held or traded.

 

4. Short-Term Trading Profits

Investment Personnel, excluding SIRG’s Investment Personnel, are prohibited from profiting from a purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the same or an equivalent security within any sixty calendar day period. [58] SIRG’s Investment Personnel are prohibited from profiting from a purchase and sale, or sale and purchase of the same or equivalent exchange traded fund within any sixty calendar day period. In keeping with the spirit of this restriction, Investment Personnel should not engage in options or other derivative strategies, even if intended solely to generate option premium income, that lead to the exercise or assignment of securities that would result in a prohibited transaction, i.e., writing a short call or buying a long put with an expiration date of less than sixty days. Any such transaction would be considered as turnover within the sixty day period and will result in a violation of these Standards. Investments in derivatives offer a variety of alternative investment strategies and it is incumbent upon the investor to understand the potential outcomes of using derivatives and to take into account whether a violation of these Standards may occur. Profits realized on such proscribed trades must be disgorged. All disgorged profits will be donated to a charitable organization in the name of the Company or to an account or client for which the security is held. [59]

 

5. Short Sales

Access Persons may not sell any security short which is owned by any portfolio managed by the business unit with the exception of short sales “against the box.” A short sale “against the box” refers to a short sale when the seller owns an equivalent amount of the same securities. However, employees may not sell short Prudential securities under any circumstances.

 

6. Options

Access Persons may not write naked call options or buy naked put options on a security owned by any portfolio managed by the business unit. Access Persons may purchase options on securities not traded by any portfolio managed by the business unit, or purchase call options or write put options on securities owned by any portfolio managed by the business unit, subject to preclearance and the same restrictions applicable to other securities. Access Persons may write covered call options or buy covered put options on a security owned by any portfolio managed by the business unit at the discretion of the business unit compliance officer. However, Investment Personnel should keep in mind that the short-term trading profit rule might affect their ability to close out an option position at a profit.

 

 
 

7. Trading Conflicts

To avoid perceived or actual conflicts inherent in managing client assets, the personal trading of Investments Persons must not be opposed to the prevailing strategy they employ on behalf of clients. Consequently, Investment Persons are prohibited from effecting trades in securities also held in portfolio(s) they manage, where such trades represent an investment view that is inconsistent with the strategy then employed for their clients.

 

F. Investment Clubs

Access Persons and Investment Persons may not participate in investment clubs.

 

G. Prohibited Transactions Involving Securities of Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

All employees, including Access Persons, are prohibited from selling short including “short sales against the box”, hedging transactions [60] and from participating in any exchange traded options or futures transactions on any Prudential securities. Employees classified as Designated Persons are subject to additional restrictions relating to securities issued by Prudential. Non-margin account collateral arrangements are prohibited. Employees may not enter into any arrangement involving the pledge or use as collateral of Company securities, other than a permissible securities brokerage margin account. It is recommended that employees subject to preclearance and special restricted lists not enter into limit orders that carry over to the next trading day or maintain margin accounts. Transactions triggered by limit orders or margin calls or margin account maintenance fees may result in violations of the Standards. These requirements are outlined in Section III of these Standards.

H. Preclearance

Access and Investment Persons of FI, QMA, PIIA, ASTIS, GRES and PI must preclear all personal securities transactions with the exception of those identified in Section V.I. below. [61] , [62] See also Exhibit 3 for a list of securities transactions requiring preclearance. Preclearance is also not required for both proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds. All requests for preclearance are submitted to the business unit compliance officer for approval using the FIS Protegent PTA automated preclearance website which can be accessed by typing PST into your browser. We recommend that you bookmark this link for future use. [63] , [64]

 

All approved orders must be executed by the close of business on the day in which preclearance is granted; provided however that approved orders for securities traded in foreign markets may be executed within two business days from the date preclearance is granted. If any order is not timely executed, a request for preclearance must be resubmitted by the Access Person.

 

 
 

I. Exemptions

The following exemptions apply to the blackout periods, short-term trading profit rule, preclearance requirements and mutual fund sixty-day holding period as noted below. [65]

 

 

 

Type of Account/Security

 

Short Swing Profit Rule

 

Blackout Periods

 

Preclearance [66]

Mutual Fund 60-Day Holding Period

 

Ineligible Securities [67]

Not Applicable Not Applicable

 

Required

 

Applies

Exercise of rights

issued by an issuer [68]

Not Applicable Not Applicable

 

Required

 

Applies

De Minimis Transactions:

 

1) Any trades, or series of trades effected over a 30 calendar day period, involving 500 shares or less in each direction (purchase or sale) of an equity security, if the Access Person has no prior knowledge of activity in such security by any portfolio in the business unit. [69]

2) Any fixed-income securities transaction, or series of related transactions effected over a 30 calendar day period, involving 100 units ($100,000 principal amount) or less in each direction (purchase or sale), if the Access Person has no prior knowledge of transactions in such security by any portfolio in the business unit.

Not Applicable Not Applicable Required

Applies

 

 
 

 

 

Discretionary Accounts [70]

Not Applicable Not Applicable

 

Not Required

 

Not Applicable

Index Options

on a Broad Based Index [71]

Not Applicable Not Applicable

 

Not Required

 

Not Applicable

Unit Investment Trusts and Open-End Mutual Funds, including Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”)

 

Applies to all ETFs with limited exceptions for certain broad based funds and options that track such funds. [72]

Not Applicable for all other UITs and Open-end funds.

Applies to all ETFs.

Not Applicable for all other UITs and Open-end funds.

Required for all ETFs. [73]

 

Not required for all other UITs and Open-end funds.

 

Applies – See Section V.D.1.  
Non-volitional Transactions and Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPS) Not Applicable Not Applicable

Not applicable for non-volitional transactions. For non-Prudential stock DRIPs, the plan requires approval and subsequent transactions do not require preclearance.

 

 

Not Applicable

 
 

 

Automatic Investment/ Withdrawal Programs and Automatic Rebalancing [74]

Not Applicable. However, applicable for transactions that override any pre-set schedule or allocation.

 

Not Applicable.

However, applicable for transactions that override any pre-set schedule or allocation.

 

Not required -

However, transactions that override any pre-set schedule or allocation must be precleared and reported to the Securities Monitoring Unit.

Not Applicable
PSPP Transactions [75] Applies only to PSPP sales. Purchases made under PSPP are exempt.   Applies only to PSPP sales. Purchases made under PSPP are exempt.   Required only for Prudential stock sold under the PSPP.  Only Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons, are required to preclear.  Elections and purchases made under the plan are exempt. Not Applicable
Prudential Financial, Inc. common stock Only applies to employees of QMA, including its support functions Only applies to employees of QMA, including its support functions. Designated Persons should refer to Section III.4. Only applies to Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, Section 16 Officers/Directors, and  employees of QMA, including its support functions Not Applicable
 
 

 

Proprietary Closed-end Funds [76] Applies to certain Access and Investment Persons Applies to certain Access and Investment Persons Applies to certain Access and Investment Persons Not applicable- See Short Swing Profit Rule prohibition

 

 

J. Personal Trade Reporting

 

All Access Persons must participate in FIS Protegent PTA Trade Monitoring System as described in Section II of these Standards. In addition, all Access Persons must preclear all private securities transactions immediately and report completion of the transaction promptly, in any event not later than ten days following the close of each quarter in which the trade was executed. Forms to report such private securities transactions are available from your business unit compliance officer or the Securities Monitoring Unit.

 

K. Personal Securities Holdings

 

Within ten calendar days of becoming an Access Person, and thereafter on an annual basis, Access Persons (other than disinterested directors/trustees) must disclose their personal securities holdings. This report should include all holdings of private securities (e.g., limited partnership interests, private placements, hedge funds, etc.) and all holdings of proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds. [77] , [78] This includes those positions held in 401(k) Plans held at other companies, variable insurance products and annuities, excluding money market funds. Security positions held in Discretionary Accounts, as defined in Section II.C.7., and certain trust accounts are not required to be reported. Holdings Reports must include information that is current within the previous forty five days of becoming an Access Person or submitting the annual Holdings Report. (See Exhibit 6 for the Holdings Report Form.)

 

L. Service as a Director

 

Consistent with Prudential standards, Investment Personnel are prohibited from serving on the board of directors of publicly traded companies, absent prior authorization from the business unit compliance officer or pursuant to Prudential Standards based upon a determination that the board service would not be inconsistent with the interests of the investment company or other clients. In the limited instances that such board service may be authorized, Investment Personnel will be isolated from those making investment decisions affecting transactions in securities issued by any publicly traded company on whose board such Investment Personnel serves as a director through the use of an Information Barrier or other procedures designed to address the potential conflicts of interest.

 

 

M. Gifts

 

 
 

Consistent with Prudential’s Gift and Entertainment Policy, Access Persons are prohibited from receiving any gift or other thing that would be considered excessive in value from any person or entity that does business with or on behalf of Prudential. Access Persons must comply with Company limits and reporting guidelines for all gifts and entertainment given and/or received.

 

 

N. Code Violations and Sanctions

 

Access Persons and Supervised Persons are required to promptly report any known violations of the Code or these Standards to the Business Unit Chief Compliance Officer. Reported violations and other exceptions to these Standards detected through internal monitoring will be provided to the Business Unit Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee and the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee (“Committee”). The Committee, comprised of business unit executives, compliance and human resource personnel, will review all violations of these Standards. The Committee will determine any sanctions or other disciplinary actions that may be deemed appropriate, which may include monetary penalties, suspension without pay, reduction in PTO days or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

In accordance with FINRA Rule 3110, certain transactions by Registered Representatives prompting an investigation, may require notification to the SRO.

 

O. Reports to Clients

The Board of Directors/Trustees of any investment company client will be provided, as requested by client or otherwise required by regulation, with a report, no less frequently than annually, which at a minimum:

 

· Certifies that the investment adviser/portfolio management unit has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent its Access Persons from violating these Standards;
· Summarizes existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in the procedures made during the preceding year;
· Identifies material violations of these Standards and sanctions imposed in response to those violations; and
· Identifies any recommended changes in existing restrictions or procedures based upon experience under these Standards, evolving industry practices, or developments in applicable laws and regulations.

 

P. Additional Trading Requirements for Access Persons of Global Portfolio Strategies Inc. (“GPSI”)

 

The following restrictions and requirements apply to all accounts in which GPSI Access Persons have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including accounts of household members as described in Section II.C.2.

 

1. Initial Public Offerings

GPSI Access Persons must preclear purchases of initial public offerings of securities. For purposes of

 
 

these Standards, “initial public offerings of securities” do not include offerings of government or municipal securities. See Exhibit 9 for a copy of the preclearance request form.

 

2. Private Placements

GPSI Access Persons are prohibited from personally acquiring any securities in a private placement without express prior approval. Such approval must be obtained from the business unit compliance officer, based on a determination that no conflict of interest is involved. See Exhibit 9 for a copy of the preclearance request form.

 

3. Watchlist

GPSI Access Persons may be restricted from purchasing or selling securities of certain issuers on the GPSI Watchlist. Such restrictions apply to all accounts in which the associate is deemed to have a beneficial interest as listed above. Associates who held GPSI Watchlist securities prior to becoming a GPSI Access Person, the security being placed on the GPSI Watchlist or the institution of these Standards must obtain written approval from their business unit compliance officer prior to the sale of such securities.

 

Q. Additional Trading Requirements for certain Covered Persons

 

1. Watchlist

Certain Covered Persons in Prudential Retirement and other areas of the company may be restricted from purchasing or selling securities of certain issuers engaged in pension risk transfer activities. [79] Such restrictions apply to all accounts in which the associate is deemed to have a beneficial interest as listed above. Associates who held pension risk transfer securities prior to becoming a Covered Person, the security being placed on a Watchlist or the institution of these Standards, must obtain written approval from their business unit compliance officer prior to the sale of such securities.

 

If you are a Covered Person subject to pension risk transfer restrictions, you must determine whether the security you intend to trade is restricted prior to executing a trade. You can confirm the restricted status of a security by entering a preclearance request into FIS Protegent PTA. Preclearance approval is valid until the close of the market on the day preclearance is granted. Trading in a restricted security is prohibited and may result in review by a disciplinary committee and potential disciplinary action.

 

R. Violations of these Standards

 

Violations or other exceptions to these standards, excluding GPSI, are reviewed by the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee. Individuals who do not comply with these Standards are subject to disciplinary action that may include fines, as permitted by law, or other monetary penalties, suspension without pay, reduction in PTO days or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

 
 

S. Additional Trading Requirements for Access Persons of Pruco Securities, LLC

 

Those IARs of Pruco Securities, LLC who are deemed Access Persons, as set forth in Section IV.A. and defined in Section II.B., are subject to the following restrictions.

 

1. Pruco Securities Watch List

Pruco Securities will maintain a watch list of ETFs that are offered across its programs. Pruco Securities Access Persons’ personal brokerage accounts will be monitored to assure against apparent conflicts of interest.

 

2. Initial Public Offerings

Pruco Securities Access Persons must obtain preclearance prior to purchasing initial public offerings of securities. For purposes of these Standards, “initial public offerings of securities” do not include government or municipal securities.

 

3. Private Placements

Pruco Securities Access Persons are prohibited from acquiring any securities in a private placement without express approval. Such approval must be obtained from the Registered Principal in consultation with the business unit compliance officer (such person having no personal interest in such purchases or sales), based on a determination that no conflict of interest is involved.

 

 
 

VI. Trading Restrictions of Private Asset Management Units

 

A. Background

The Advisers Act governs activities of officers, directors and employees of registered investment advisers. The rules under the Advisers Act set forth specific requirements relating to conflicts of interest and personal securities trading activity.

 

Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act requires each federally registered investment adviser to adopt a written code of ethics designed to prevent fraud by reinforcing fiduciary principles that govern the conduct of investment advisory firms and their Personnel. In addition, the code must set forth specific requirements relating to personal trading activity including reporting transactions and holdings.

 

The code of ethics applies to all Supervised Persons of the adviser, including all “Access Persons” of the adviser. Under the rules, “Access Persons” are considered employees of the adviser who have access to client recommendations and trading activity. Based on this definition, Private-Side Associates, as defined in Section VI.C. below, (excluding employees of PMCC) would be considered “Access Persons” and be subject to the requirements of the rules due to their access to investment advisory client recommendations and trading activity. In addition, employees of Prudential Real Estate Fixed Income Investors (“PREFII”) are considered Supervised Persons under the rules.

 

The Investment Adviser Code of Ethics (“Code”), as adopted by Prudential’s registered investment advisers, includes the Personal Securities Trading Standards and the U.S. Information Barrier Standards. Employees identified as Supervised Persons must comply with the Code, including these Standards. Compliance is responsible for notifying each individual who is subject to the Code. Sections II and VI of these Standards set forth the requirements that are intended to enable Private-Side Associates to comply with Rule 204A-1.

 

B. Conflicts of Interest

 

Prudential holds its employees to the highest ethical standards. Maintaining high standards requires a total commitment to sound ethical principles and Prudential’s values. It also requires nurturing a business culture that supports decisions and actions based on what is right, not simply what is expedient. Management must make the Company’s ethical standards clear. At every level, associates must set the right example in their daily conduct. Moreover, associates are encouraged to understand the expectations of the Company and apply these guidelines to analogous situations or seek guidance if they have questions about conduct in given circumstances.

 

All Private-Side Associates must act in accordance with the following general principles:

 

· It is their duty at all times to place the interests of investment advisory clients and investment company shareholders first.
· Private Side Associates should scrupulously avoid serving their own personal interests ahead of clients’ interests in any decision relating to their personal investments.
· All personal securities transactions must be conducted in such a manner as to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an individual’s position of trust and responsibility.
 
 
· Private-Side Associates must not only seek to achieve technical compliance with these Standards, but should strive to abide by the spirit and the principles articulated herein.
· Private-Side Associates may not take inappropriate advantage of their positions.
· Private-Side Associates must avoid any situation that might compromise, or call into question, their exercise of fully independent judgment in the interest of clients, including, but not limited to the receipt of unusual investment opportunities, perquisites or gifts from persons doing or seeking business with their portfolios.
· Private-Side Associates may not bunch a personal order with a client order.
· Private-Side Associates may not conduct personal business with brokers who execute trades for their portfolios.

C. Requirements of Private-Side Associates

 

Reporting Requirements

In addition to the personal securities trade reporting requirements set forth in Section II of these Standards, all associates of Private Asset Management units of PGIM are subject to certain trading restrictions as set forth below. The Private Asset Management units of PGIM are as follows: Prudential Capital Group (“PCG”), PGIM Real Estate and Prudential Mortgage Capital Company (“PMCC”). [80] These individuals are referred to as Private-Side Associates throughout these Standards.

 

The following restrictions and requirements apply to all accounts in which Private-Side Associates have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including accounts of household members as described in Section II.C.2.

 

Such restrictions apply to transactions in any securities accounts for which the associate maintains a beneficial interest, including the following:

· Personal accounts;
· Joint or tenant-in-common accounts in which the associate is a participant;
· Accounts for which the associate acts as trustee, executor or custodian;
· Accounts in which the associate’s spouse has a beneficial interest;
· Accounts in which the associate’s minor children or any dependent family member has a beneficial interest;
· Accounts over which the associate exercises control or has any investment discretion including accounts of family members and other persons that reside at locations other than the associate’s residence; and
· Accounts of any individual to whose financial support the associate materially contributes.

 

Preclearance Requirements

 
 

Private-Side Associates are required to preclear personal securities transactions. See Exhibit 3 for a list of securities transactions that require preclearance. Failure to preclear will be subject to review by the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee and potential disciplinary action. Requests for preclearance are submitted to the business unit compliance officer for approval using the FIS Protegent PTA automated preclearance website which can be accessed by typing PST into your browser.

 

Approved orders must be executed by the close of business on the day in which preclearance is granted; provided however that approved orders for securities traded in foreign markets may be executed within two business days from the date preclearance is granted. If any order is not timely executed, a request for preclearance must be resubmitted by the Private-Side Associate.

 

D. PCG, PMCC and PGIM Real Estate Material Nonpublic Information Lists

 

Under the U.S. Information Barrier Standards, PCG, PMCC and PGIM Real Estate are each required to maintain a material nonpublic information list (“MNPI Lists”) containing the names of publicly traded issuers about which they possess material nonpublic information. In addition, PCG maintains a list of companies that have issued public securities on a PCG Portfolio Holdings List, as well as the PCG 90 Day Pricing List and the PCG Watch and Early Warning List. PGIM Real Estate, PCG and PMCC employees are restricted from purchasing or selling securities of the issuers on the PCG, PMCC and PGIM Real Estate MNPI Lists as well as PCG’s Portfolio Holdings List, 90 Day Pricing Lists and PCG Watch and Early Warning List (“Applicable Restricted Lists”) for their personal accounts. These restrictions apply to all accounts in which the associate is deemed to have a beneficial interest as listed above.

 

For clarity, all Private-Side Associates are subject to all restricted lists for the relevant units except that only PMCC and PGIM Real Estate employees are subject to the REIT/REOC Restricted List, as referred to in Section VI.J.2.

 

Associates may not provide the Applicable Restricted Lists to individuals outside of their investment sector and may not advise a person of another investment segment or a person not employed by Prudential that a security is restricted because Prudential is in possession of material nonpublic information.

 

The employee should instruct individuals (e.g., spouse, parent, etc.) who exercise control or have investment discretion over an account in which the associate has a beneficial interest to check with the associate prior to purchasing or selling any security for such account to ensure that no trade is placed in a security of an issuer on any of the Applicable Restricted Lists. Private-Side Associates are required to preclear personal securities transactions for all accounts in which Private-Side Associates have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including accounts of household members as described in Section II.C.2. See Section VI.J.1 below for more information.

 

In the case of a Discretionary Account (as defined in Section II.C.7.), the preceding rule does not apply and the associate must not discuss any security or issuer with the broker or investment adviser in advance of any trade.

 

 

 
 

E. Investment Clubs

 

Private-Side Associates are prohibited from participating in investment clubs.

 

F. Mutual Fund Reporting and Trading Restrictions

 

Private-Side Associates are prohibited from market timing any proprietary mutual funds, as well as non-proprietary funds subadvised by Prudential, and must comply with any trading restrictions established by Prudential and its clients to prevent market timing of these funds.

 

To deter the market timing in proprietary and non-proprietary funds subadvised by Prudential, certain officers of PGIM are required to hold all proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds for a period of sixty days. [81] Private-Side Associates are also required to report mutual fund transactions covered under these standards as described below.

 

1. Mutual Fund Holding Period

Certain officers of PGIM are required to hold proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds, excluding money market funds and the PESP Fixed Rate Fund, purchased for a period of sixty days. [82] [83] Proprietary funds include Prudential Investments, Target, Advanced Series Trust, Prudential Series Fund and Variable Contract Accounts 2, 10, and 11. Non-proprietary subadvised funds are defined in Exhibit 8. Specifically, affected officers are prohibited from executing a purchase and a sale of the same proprietary or non-proprietary subadvised mutual fund during any sixty day period. [84] This restriction applies to accounts for which these officers have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including household members. See Section II.C. Profits realized on such transactions must be disgorged to the applicable mutual fund or client, or as otherwise deemed appropriate by the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee (“Committee”). [85] , [86]

 

2. Standards Relating to Reporting and Trading Mutual Funds

Private-Side Associates are required to report all transactions of proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds. [87] This requirement applies to accounts for which Private-Side

 
 

Associates have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including household members. See Section II.C.

 

Private-Side Associates may hold and trade proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds only through one of the authorized broker-dealers, directly with Prudential Mutual Fund Services (“PMFS”), or the Prudential Employee Savings Plan (“PESP”). [88] However, non-proprietary subadvised funds may be traded directly with the fund provided that duplicate account statements and trade confirmations are sent directly to the Securities Monitoring Unit. For certain non-proprietary subadvised funds, Private-Side Associates must notify fund complexes within ten business days of receipt of these Standards requesting that duplicate statements and confirmations be forwarded to the Securities Monitoring Unit. Investment elections or transactions executed in the executive deferred compensation plans are not subject to this requirement. [89]

 

Private-Side Associates must notify the Securities Monitoring Unit of any mutual fund accounts that can trade proprietary or certain non-proprietary subadvised funds. This also includes accounts of all household members, 401(k) Plans held at other companies, variable insurance products and annuities held directly with the fund or through another company or service provider for all proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds. [90] In addition, Private-Side Associates must contact these funds to request that duplicate statements and confirmations of mutual fund trading activity be sent to the Securities Monitoring Unit. A sample letter to a brokerage firm is provided as Exhibit 1 to these Standards.

 

G. Personal Securities Holdings

 

Within ten calendar days of becoming a Private-Side Associate, and thereafter on an annual basis, Private-Side Associates (other than disinterested directors/trustees) must disclose their personal securities holdings. This report should include all holdings of private securities (e.g., hedge funds, limited partnership interests, private placements, etc.) and all holdings of proprietary and certain non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds. [91] This includes those positions held in 401(k) Plans at other companies, variable insurance products and annuities, excluding money market funds. Security positions held in Discretionary Accounts, as defined in Section II.C.7., and certain trust accounts are not required to be reported. Holdings Reports must include information that is current within the previous forty five days of becoming an Access Person or submitting the annual Holdings Report. (See Exhibit 6 for the Holdings Report Form.)

 
 

 

H. Private Placements

 

Private-Side Associates are prohibited from personally acquiring any securities in a private placement without express prior approval. Such approval must be obtained from the business unit compliance officer (such person having no personal interest in such purchases or sales), who may consult with the local business unit head when reviewing the request. Approval will be granted based on a determination that no conflict of interest is involved. See Exhibit 9 for a copy of the preclearance request form.

 

I. Initial Public Offerings

 

Private-Side Associates must preclear all purchases of initial public offerings of securities. For purposes of these Standards, “initial public offerings of securities” do not include offerings of government or municipal securities. See Exhibit 9 for a copy of the preclearance request form.

 

J. Additional Restrictions for Certain Units

1. Real Estate Units

In order to comply with certain U.S. federal securities laws and to prevent actual and apparent conflicts of interest in the Private Asset Management Real Estate units, all associates of PGIM Real Estate, PMCC and functional associates who are co-located with these units are restricted from purchasing interests in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and real estate-related securities as governed by those units’ respective restricted lists. [92]

 

PGIM Compliance maintains the REIT/REOC Restricted List, which constitutes the broad universe of REIT securities using conventional sources, and for which associates are prohibited from trading. Please note however, that absence from this list does not indicate approval to trade. This prohibition applies to all REITs and real estate-related securities, whether they are on the list or not.

 

Currently, in order to confirm whether a security is restricted, Private-Side Associates must enter a preclearance request into FIS Protegent PTA. FIS Protegent PTA can be accessed by typing PST into your browser.

 

Associates who hold REIT securities or real estate securities prior to the institution of these Standards or joining PGIM Real Estate and PMCC must obtain written approval from PGIM Compliance prior to the sale of such securities. Associates of the Private Asset Management Real Estate units will be permitted to purchase shares of open-end mutual funds that invest in REITs or real estate securities.

 

2. PGIM Real Estate – Prudential Retirement Real Estate Fund Restrictions (“PRREF”)

PGIM Real Estate employees, as well as certain other individuals who have been specifically notified, collectively called “PRREF Covered Individuals”, are subject to special restrictions and requirements relating to PRREF. PRREF Covered Individuals are subject to the PRREF trading window and blackout period procedures. PRREF Covered Individuals are only permitted to execute PRREF transactions during a PRREF open trading window - see Exhibit 10 for the PESP Requirements for

 
 

PRREF Covered Individuals and note that initial enrollment in Goalmaker is only permitted during an open PRREF trading window. Some controls have been established to prevent transactions during closed trading windows. If a blocking system fails, the employee is still responsible for adherence to these Standards. PGIM Real Estate Compliance will send PRREF trading window and blackout period notices to all PRREF Covered Persons.

 

3. Prudential Capital Group 90-Day Pricing List

To prevent actual or apparent conflicts of interest and to assure compliance with ITSFEA, all Private-Side Associates (and functional associates in support thereof) are prohibited from purchasing or selling securities of companies listed on PCG’s 90 Day Pricing Summary Update for Public Companies (90 Day Pricing List). Currently, Private-Side Associates who have access to information about investment advisory client transactions and holdings involving public securities are prohibited from trading the securities of those publicly traded issuers and must preclear using FIS Protegent PTA Preclearance. FIS Protegent PTA can be accessed by typing PST into your browser. We recommend you bookmark this site.

 

K. Violations of these Standards

 

Violations or other exceptions to these standards are reviewed by the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee. Individuals who do not comply with these Standards are subject to disciplinary action that may include fines, as permitted by law, or other monetary penalties, suspension without pay, reduction in PTO days or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 
 

Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Sample Letter to Brokerage Firm

 

 

TO: Broker-Dealer

 

 

RE: Account #:

Date of Establishment:

 

Dear Sir/Madam:

 

Please furnish to Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”), copies of all trade confirmations and account statements with respect to all transactions for the above listed account(s). Please include all transactions in shares of unit investment trusts, exchange traded funds and all closed-end mutual funds.

 

Copies of these confirmations and statements should be sent to Prudential, as trades are effected, addressed as follows:

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

Compliance Department

P.O. Box 919

Newark, NJ 07101-9998

 

This request is being made pursuant to NASD Rule 3050 and/or Rule 204-2(a) of the Investment Advisers Act, as applicable.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

cc: Vice President, Compliance

 

Compliance Department

 

 

 
 

Exhibit 2a – Acknowledgment of the Personal Securities Trading Standards - US

 

For employees required to report their transactions in FIS Protegent PTA as described in Section II of these Standards, please complete the following acknowledgment and send it to:

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

Compliance Department

P.O. Box 919

Newark, NJ 07101-9998

 

I have read and understand the Personal Securities Trading Standards and have and will continue to comply in all respects with the rules contained therein.

 

I confirm that I have instructed in writing all brokers for all securities accounts in which I maintain a beneficial interest, as described below, to send duplicate copies of all confirmations covering any transactions as trades are effected and all account statements to the address listed above. I understand that for accounts maintained at:

· Charles Schwab
· Chase Investor Services Corp (CISC)
· E*TRADE
· Fidelity Investments
· JP Morgan Chase
· Merrill Lynch
· Morgan Stanley
· Pruco Securities
· Raymond James
· Scottrade
· TD Ameritrade
· UBS Financial Services
· Wells Fargo Advisors

 

as well as Discretionary Accounts as defined in Section II.C.7., I do not need to contact these brokers in writing. Beneficial interest includes the following:

 

· personal accounts;
· accounts in which my spouse has a beneficial interest;**
· accounts in which my minor children or any dependent family member has a beneficial interest;**
· joint or tenant-in-common accounts in which I am a participant;
· accounts for which I act as trustee, executor or custodian;
· accounts over which I exercise control or have investment discretion;
· accounts of any individual to whose financial support I materially contribute; and
· accounts in which purchases and sales are limited to open-end mutual funds.***

 

** Due to applicable laws, employees located in Japan are not required to disclose or report information regarding accounts for which a spouse, dependent family member and/or minor child has a beneficial interest.

 

*** This requirement only applies to Investment Personnel, Access Persons, Public-Side and Private-Side Associates. Duplicate confirmations and statements are not required for such accounts.

 

 
 

Set forth below (and on accompanying pages if necessary) is a list of all such accounts (including my Discretionary Accounts and accounts held at Charles Schwab, E*Trade, Merrill Lynch, TD Ameritrade, UBS Financial Services , Fidelity Investments, Pruco Securities, Wells Fargo Advisors, JP Morgan Chase, Chase Investor Services Corp. (CISC), Morgan Stanley, Scottrade and Raymond James) indicating the individual holding the account, the name of the institution, and the account number. I understand that I must promptly advise the Compliance Department of any change in this information or changes to my previously reported Discretionary Account agreements or circumstances surrounding these Discretionary Accounts and that I cannot influence or control trades in Discretionary Accounts. I understand that if I have been classified as a Covered or Access Person that in the event circumstances change for an account for which I have been granted an exception to maintain at a non-authorized brokerage firm, I must notify the Compliance Department immediately and request that the account be reviewed in light of the changed circumstances.

 

_____________________________ ______________________________

Full Name of Employee Business Unit/Location

_____________________________ ______________________________

Signature Date

 

 

List of all Accounts

 

Name of Individual   Name of Institution Account Number
       
       

 

 
 

Exhibit 2b - Acknowledgment of the Personal Securities Trading Standards - International

 

I have read and understand the Personal Securities Trading Standards and have and will continue to comply in all respects with the rules contained therein.

 

I confirm that, where applicable, I have instructed in writing all brokers for all securities accounts in which I maintain a beneficial interest, as described below, to send duplicate copies of all confirmations covering any transactions as trades are effected and all account statements to the address listed below. I confirm that in cases where the broker cannot forward account information to Prudential that I will provide copies of all confirmations and account statements to Prudential in a timely manner. I understand that my account information will be maintained in a secure manner and available to only limited individuals with a business need for the information.

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

Compliance Department

P.O. Box 919

Newark, NJ 07101-9998

USA

 

I understand that for accounts maintained at Charles Schwab, Chase Investor Services Corp (CICS), E*Trade, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, UBS Financial Services , Fidelity Investments, Pruco Securities, Raymond James, Scottrade or Wells Fargo Advisors, as well as Discretionary Accounts as defined in Section II.C.7., I do not need to contact these brokers in writing. Beneficial interest includes the following:

 

· personal accounts;
· accounts in which my spouse has a beneficial interest;**
· accounts in which my minor children or any dependent family member has a beneficial interest;**
· joint or tenant-in-common accounts in which I am a participant;
· accounts for which I act as trustee, executor or custodian;
· accounts over which I exercise control or have investment discretion,
· accounts of any individual to whose financial support I materially contribute; and
· accounts in which purchases and sales are limited to U.S. open-end mutual funds.***

 

** Due to applicable laws, employees located in Japan are not required to disclose or report information regarding accounts for which a spouse, dependent family member and/or minor child has a beneficial interest.

 

*** This requirement only applies to Investment Personnel, Access Persons, Public-Side and Private-Side Associates. Duplicate confirmations and statements are not required for such accounts.

Set forth below (and on accompanying pages if necessary) is a list of all such accounts (including my Discretionary Accounts and accounts held at:

· Charles Schwab
· Chase Investor Services Corp (CISC)
· E*TRADE
· Fidelity Investments
· JP Morgan Chase
· Merrill Lynch
 
 
· Morgan Stanley
· Pruco Securities
· Raymond James
· Scottrade
· TD Ameritrade
· UBS Financial Services
· Wells Fargo Advisors

) indicating the individual holding the account, the name of the institution, and the account number. I understand that it is my obligation to ensure that Compliance has an accurate record of each account holder identified below. I understand that I must promptly advise the Compliance Department of any change in this information or changes to my previously reported Discretionary Account agreements or circumstances surrounding my Discretionary Accounts and that I cannot influence or control trades in Discretionary Accounts. I understand that if I have been classified as a Covered or Access Person that in the event circumstances change for an account for which I have been granted an exception to maintain at a non-authorized brokerage firm, I must notify the Compliance Department immediately and request that the account be reviewed in light of the changed circumstances.

 

I freely give my explicit unambiguous consent for this account information to be forwarded to Prudential’s Securities Trade Monitoring Unit in the U.S. for the purpose of monitoring my trading activities to ensure compliance with the Personal Securities Trading Standards and the various securities laws and regulations governing insider trading and the protection of material nonpublic information.

 

_____________________________ ______________________________

Full Name of Employee Business Unit/Location

_____________________________ ______________________________

Signature Date

 

 

 

List of all Accounts

 

Name of Individual

 

 

Name of Institution

 

Account Number

 

       
       

 

 

 

 
 

Exhibit 3 – Preclearance and Reporting of Personal Transactions

 

Investment Category/

Method

Sub-Category

Reportable

(Yes/No)

Requires Pre-clearance for Access and Investment Personnel [93] , [94] Comments
Bonds

ABS

Agency

 

 

 

CMOs

Convertibles

Corporates

MBS

 

 

 

Municipals

Public Offerings

Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes, Treasury Bonds

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes – only QMA & FI Investment Personnel; for all others no preclearance required.

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes – only FI Investment Personnel; for all others No preclearance required.

 

Yes

Yes

Yes - only FI Investment Personnel; for all others No preclearance required.

 

Stocks

( Purchases and sales of Individual Stocks)

Common (non-Prudential securities)

Common (Prudential securities only)

 

 

Optional Dividend Reinvestments

Preferred

Public Offerings (Initial & Secondary)

Rights

Warrants

Dividend Reinvestments Plans (Initial Enrollment)

 

 

 

Automatic Dividend Reinvestments

Yes

Yes

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes- except for Prudential Stock

 

 

No

Yes

Yes- exceptions apply, see

comments

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes- except for Prudential

stock

 

 

 

No- However, initial enrollments require preclearance.

Private-Side Associates must preclear initial public offerings of securities, see Section VI.I.

 

Transactions in Prudential only need to be precleared by employees of QMA, including its support functions, and Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560.

Private Placements including Limited Partnerships and Hedge Funds   Yes Yes

Private-Side Associates must preclear private placement transactions, see Section VI.H.

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Investment Category/

Method – CONTINUED

Sub-Category

Reportable

(Yes/No)

Requires Pre-clearance for Access and Investment Personnel [95] Comments
Open End Mutual Funds-   For Designated  and Covered Persons

Proprietary

Non Proprietary

Prudential Financial, Inc. Common Stock Fund

529 Plans

No

No

Yes

 

No

 

See rules below for Access and Investment Persons. Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560 must preclear all transactions in Prudential securities.    Transactions of the Prudential Financial, Inc. Common Stock Fund executed in the PESP plan are fed electronically to FIS PROTEGENT PTA.  

Open End Mutual Funds-

For Investment Personnel, Access Personsand Private-Side Associates

Exchange Traded Funds

Proprietary Non-Money Market

Non-proprietary subadvised Non-Money Market

Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Off-Shore Funds

 

Money Market Funds

Non Affiliated

529 Plans

Yes

Yes

Yes [96]

 

Yes 96

 

 

No

No

No [97]

Yes - see comments

No

No

 

No

 

 

No

No

No

All ETFs must be precleared, including those registered as open end mutual funds.

Proprietary Funds include Prudential Investments, Target, Advanced Series Trust, and Variable Contract Accounts 2, 10 & 11. A list of non-proprietary subadvised funds can be found in Exhibit 8.

Closed End Funds &

Unit Investments Trusts

Affiliated Funds

Affiliated Unit Investment Trusts

Non-Affiliated Funds

Non-Affiliated Unit Inv. Trusts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No - see comments

Yes

No - see comments

 

All ETFs must be precleared, including those registered as unit investment trusts.
Derivatives

Any Exchange Traded, NASDAQ,

or OTC Option or Future including

but not limited to:

Security Futures/Single Stock Futures

All other Futures (Including Financial Futures)

Options on Foreign Currency

 

 

 

 

 

Options on Futures

Options on Indexes

Options on Securities

 

 

 

Yes

No

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

Yes

No - see comments

 

Yes – only FI Investment Personnel; for all others No preclearance required.

 

Yes

Yes- see comments

Yes

Purchases and Sales of options on indexes must be precleared except as noted in Exhibit 5.

Exercises of options (other than Prudential Employee Stock Options) do not require preclearance.

 

PGIM/QMA Associated Persons with the National Futures Association are prohibited from trading futures in their personal trading accounts and are prohibited from maintaining a personal futures trading account.

 
 

 

Investment Category/

Method – CONTINUED

Sub-Category

Reportable

(Yes/No)

Requires Pre-clearance for Access and Investment Personnel [98] Comments
Foreign Currency   No No Exchanges made for personal travel are not reportable.

Stock or Option Bonus Awards

 

Prudential Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Pru Employee/

Household Member

Shares or Options received as part of Compensation:

 

Receipt of grant, including Options,

Restricted Stock (“RS”),

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

Performance Shares (“PS”)

Performance Units (“PUs”)

 

Exercise of Employee Stock Options (including employee stock options from a former employer)

 

Sale of RS, RSUs, PS, or PUs

 

 

 

Options received as part of

Compensation

 

Shares received as part of

Compensation

 

Exercise of Employee Stock Options

 

Sale of Stock Received

 

 

 

 

Yes- see comments

 

 

 

 

Yes- see comments

 

 

Yes- see comments

 

 

 

No

 

 

Yes

 

No

 

Yes

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

Yes- see comments

 

 

Yes- see comments

 

 

 

No

 

 

No

 

No

 

Yes

Prudential employee stock or option bonus awards and subsequent transactions (i.e., option exercises and sales of RS, RSU’s and PS) are electronically reported to the Securities Monitoring Unit. Only Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560 and employees of QMA and its support functions must preclear these transactions.

 

 

 

 

For Non-employee option bonus awards, the receipt is not reportable. However, the receipt of a stock award is reportable. The sale of stock or the exercise of an option is a reportable event.

 

 

PSPP Transactions   Yes- exceptions apply, see comments Yes- exceptions apply, see comments

PSPP elections and purchases do not have to be precleared by Access and Investment Persons. However, the sale of shares acquired through the plan must be precleared by employees of QMA and its support functions. All other Access and Investment Persons need not preclear PSPP transactions.

 

For Designated Persons, additional rules apply. See Exhibit 4.

 

 

 

 
 

 

Investment Category/

Method - CONTINUED

Sub-Category

Reportable

(Yes/No)

Requires Pre-clearance for Access and Investment Personnel [99] Comments

Gifts

 

Prudential securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All other gifts

 

 

Gifts given and received

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Given by Employee - Bonds and/or Stock

Received by Employee - Bonds and/or Stock

 

 

Yes - exceptions apply, see comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

No

 

 

Yes - exceptions apply, see comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

 

No

 

 

Only employees of QMA, including its support functions, and Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560 must preclear gifts of Prudential securities.

 

 

For non-Prudential securities, a gift given to a charity is reportable, however, the receipt of a gift is not a reportable transaction under the Personal Securities Trading Standards. Please see the Gift and Entertainment Policy for additional reporting requirements for gifts.

Commodities Other Commodities No No  

Annuities & Life

Insurance Contracts

w/Investment

Components (e.g.

Variable Life)

Affiliated

Non Affiliated

Yes**

Yes**

No

No

** Investment Personnel, Access Persons and Private-Side Associates must report transactions of both affiliated and non-affiliated variable life and annuities contracts where the underlying investment components invest in proprietary and/or certain subadvised non-proprietary mutual funds.  In addition, any underlying sub-account transactions are also reportable.  
 
 

Exhibit 4 – DRIP, PESP and PSPP Requirements Relating to Designated Persons

 

DRIP Requirements

 

 

PESP Transactions

Open Trading Windows

Blackout Periods

(Closed Trading Windows)

 

Prudential Stock Dividend Reinvestment Plan Enrollment

 

 

Permitted – No Preclearance required

 

 

Permitted

 

PESP Requirements

 

 

PESP Transactions

Open Trading Windows

Blackout Periods

(Closed Trading Windows)

 

Transfers/Exchanges into or out of the PFI Common Stock Fund

 

 

Permitted - Preclearance required for Designated Persons at levels 1-6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons

 

Prohibited

 

Allocation Changes to future contributions involving the PFI Common Stock Fund

 

 

Permitted - No preclearance required

 

Permitted

 

Automatic Rebalancing Elections affecting the PFI Common Stock Fund [100]

 

 

Permitted - Preclearance required for Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons

 

Prohibited

 

On-Demand Rebalancing affecting the PFI Common Stock Fund [101]

 

Permitted - Preclearance required for Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons

 

 

 

Prohibited

 
 

 

 

PESP Transactions

(CONTINUED)

Open Trading Windows

Blackout Periods

(Closed Trading Windows)

 

Loan Initiations

Permitted - Preclearance for Designated Persons levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons, required if funds will be taken from the PFI Common Stock Fund.

Permitted – The proceeds for the loan will be taken from all your investments except for the PFI Common Stock Fund.

 

Preclearance is not required.

 

Single Lump Sum Repayments

Permitted - Preclearance required for Designated Persons levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons, if funds will upon repayment be invested in the PFI Common Stock Fund

Permitted if funds, upon repayment, will not be invested in the PFI Common Stock Fund

 

Otherwise Prohibited

 

Catch-up Contributions

(generally available for those age 50 and older who meet the PESP rules)

 

Permitted – No preclearance required

 

Permitted

 

GoalMaker Elections

 

Permitted - No preclearance required

 

 

Permitted if you are not currently allocating funds to the PFI Common Stock Fund AND if none of your assets (other than the company directed match) are invested in the PFI Common Stock Fund

 

Otherwise Prohibited

 
 

 

 

PESP Transactions

(CONTINUED)

Open Trading Windows

Blackout Periods

(Closed Trading Windows)

Disbursements from the PFI Common Stock Fund for an In-Service Withdrawal Permitted - Preclearance required for Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons Prohibited from the PFI Common Stock Fund.  However, you MAY receive a disbursement from your other PESP investments. Contact 1-800-PRU-EASY for more information.

 

Disbursements from the PFI Common Stock Fund for a Hardship Withdrawal

 

Permitted – No preclearance required

 

Permitted

 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) dividend elections

 

 

Permitted – No preclearance required

 

Permitted

 

Changing your Contribution Rate a/k/a Deferral Rate (includes After Tax and Before Tax)

 

Permitted – No preclearance required

 

Permitted

Prudential Supplemental Employee Savings Plan (SESP)

 

Permitted – No preclearance required

 

Permitted

 

PSPP Requirements

 

PSPP Transactions Open Trading Windows

Blackout Periods

(Closed Trading Windows)

 

PSPP Enrollment

 

Permitted – No preclearance required

 

Permitted

 

PSPP Contribution Rate Change

 

Permitted – No preclearance required

 

 

Permitted

PSPP Suspension Permitted – No preclearance required

Permitted

 

PSPP Withdrawals Permitted – No Preclearance required  Permitted
PSPP Sale Permitted – Preclearance required for Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons Prohibited
 
 

 

Exhibit 5 – Index Option and Futures Transactions in Broad-Based Indices that are Exempt from Preclearance & Short-Term Trading Prohibitions

 

Index options and futures that track the indices below are exempt from preclearance and the short-term trading prohibitions of these Standards.

 

Exchange traded funds, including options on such funds, that track the indices below are exempt from the short-term trading prohibitions of these Standards. However, all exchange traded funds, including options on such funds, must be precleared.

 

TICKER SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
AGG Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index
VXD CBOE Dow Jones Industrial Volatility Index
MNX CBOE Mini-NDX (1 tenth value of NDX Index)
VXN CBOE Nasdaq Volatility Index
VIX CBOE Volatility Index
AW02 FTSE All-World ex US Index
FTSE FTSE 100
FTLC FTSE 350
IBOXIG iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade Index
LBUTTRUU Bloomberg Barclays U.S. TIPS Index
MZUSB MSCI U.S. Broad Based Market Index
NDDUEAFE MSCI EAFE
NDUEEGF MSCI Emerging Markets
NDX NASDAQ – 100
RAG Russell 3000 Growth
RAV Russell 3000 Value
RDG Russell MidCap Growth
RUI Russell 1000
RLG Russell 1000 Growth
RLV Russell 1000 Value
RMC Russell MidCap
RMV Russell Midcap Value
RUA Russell 3000
RUT Russell 2000
RUJ Russell 2000 Value
RUO Russell 2000 Growth
SPX S&P 500 Index
MID-X S&P Midcap 400
SML S&P Small Cap 600
  Treasury Indices – any index comprised of Treasury securities

 

 
 

 

Exhibit 6 – Personal Securities Holdings Report

 

Reviewed by: Initials:______ Date:______

Business Unit Compliance Officer

 

Personal Securities Holdings Report

 

To: Securities Monitoring Unit

Compliance Department

 

From: _______________________________ Employee ID: ______

 

Department: ___________________________________ Division: _______________

 

Signed: ____________________________________ Date:__________________

 

 

I currently have no securities holdings to report: ________________

Employee’s Initials

 

Listed below are all securities that I held, including those in which I had a direct or indirect beneficial interest, as of a date within the previous 45 days, as required by the Personal Securities Trading Standards and the Mutual Fund Code of Ethics.

 

Public Securities (including proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds). Please indicate if security was acquired through an initial public offering (“IPO”).

 

Number Mkt Value/ Broker-Dealer Account

Title of Security Of Shares Principal Amt or Institution Number Ticker IPO

 

______________ _________ ___________ ____________ _________ ____ ____

 

______________ _________ ___________ ____________ _________ ____ ____

 

______________ _________ ___________ ____________ _________ ____ ____

 

______________ _________ ___________ ____________ _________ ____ ____

 

 

Private Securities (e.g., hedge funds, limited partnerships, private placements).

 

Number Mkt Value/ Broker-Dealer Account

Title of Security Of Shares Principal Amt or Institution Number

 

______________ _________ ___________ ____________ _________

 
 

 

______________ _________ ___________ ____________ _________

 

Exhibit 7 -- Section 16 Insiders and Designated Persons Preclearance Request Form

This form is for preclearing transactions in Prudential securities (including equity and debt securities). Please include all requested information. An associate from the Securities Monitoring Unit of the Compliance Department will review and respond to this request. The response will indicate that your request has either been approved or denied. A request is not considered approved until you receive a confirmation of approval from the Securities Monitoring Unit. For employees located in North or South America, preclearance is only valid until the close of the market on the day approval is granted. Employees located outside of North and South America are granted preclearance approval for two business days counting the date of approval as the first business day, however trades must be executed before the trading window closes. Preclearance Forms should be faxed to the Securities Monitoring Unit at (973) 802-7454 [International Fax Number +1-973-802-7454] .

Part I – Information on Individual Requesting Preclearance:

 

Name: __________________________________ Phone #: ______________ Fax #: ________________

 

Department: ___________________________________ Division: ___________________________

 

In making this transaction, I understand it is my personal obligation under federal securities law not to trade securities of Prudential Financial, Inc. while in possession of material nonpublic information about the Company. This obligation continues during open trading windows and even where I have had a trade precleared.

___________________________ [Employee’s Signature]

 

If you have any questions, please contact Hillary Lorenzo at (973) 367-9358 [International +1-973-367-9358] or Richard Baker at (973) 802-6691 [International +1-973-802-6691].

Part II - Transaction Information:

Date: _______________________ Number of Shares/Options: ______

Transaction Type:

Open Market Transactions

______ Buy

______ Sell*

______Gift

Stock Option Exercises

______ Cashless Exercise (Exercise and Sell all Options)

______ Exercise & Sell to Cover (Exercise and Sell only enough shares to cover option cost and taxes)

______ Exercise & Hold (Exercise options and hold shares – no sale involved)

Prudential Employee Savings Plan (PESP) Transactions

______Exchange (into or out of Company Stock Fund)

______Disbursement (from Company Stock Fund)

______Loans (impacting Company Stock Fund)

______Single Lump Sum Loan Repayment (impacting Company Stock Fund)

______ Rebalancing (impacting Company Stock Fund)

Prudential Stock Purchase Plan (PSPP) Transactions

______ Sell (stock previously obtained from the PSPP)

Other Benefit Plan Elections

______Deferred Compensation Transactions (impacting Company Stock Fund)

Asset Type: ______Common Stock ______Employee Stock Option ______Company Stock Fund

______Bonds (including Convertible Bonds)

 

* I confirm that I currently hold securities to cover this transaction. (Note that this question applies to all sales due to the fact that short sales are prohibited.) _____ (employee’s initials)

 

Account in which transaction will take place: Brokerage Firm ________________________________

Account No. __________________________________

 

Part III – Information To Be Completed by Section 16 Insiders Only:

 
 

Have you traded the same or equivalent security for your personal account, accounts in which you have a beneficial interest, such as accounts of your spouse or family members, or accounts over which you maintain investment discretion within the past six months? If yes, the Securities Monitoring Unit may contact you for additional information.______________

 

Comments: ______________________________________________________________________

 

Part IV – Compliance/Law Response

 

Compliance Response: APPROVED : ____ DENIED:_____REVIEWER :____________DATE/TIME:__________

 

Law Response (for Section 16 Insiders Only): APPROVED : ____ DENIED:_____ REVIEWER :___________ DATE/TIME:__________

 
 

Exhibit 8 -- Non Proprietary Subadvised Mutual Funds [102]

 

QMA Subadvised Funds – reportable and subject to the sixty day holding period for all QMA division employees and support functions with access to QMA investment information (and therefore must preclear against QMA activity). This includes Investment, Operations, Systems, Finance and Compliance teams, as well as certain PGIM Operations and Systems divisions such as Enterprise Reporting, PAM Support/Maintenance and Sec Lending Support teams. This will also apply to any “dual hat” employees subject to both Jennison and QMA’s Personal Securities Trading Standards.

 

 

SEI Institutional Investments Trust (SIIT) – Large Cap Disciplined Equity Fund

SEI Institutional Managed Trust (SIMT) – Mid-Cap Fund

USAA Cornerstone Strategy Fund

USAA Global Strategies Fund

USAA First Start Growth Fund

Trans America Market Participation Strategy (MPS)

 

PGIM Fixed Income Subadvised Funds – reportable and subject to the sixty day holding period for all employees and support functions with access to PGIM Fixed Income investment information and therefore must preclear against PGIM Fixed Income activity. This includes Investment, Operations, Systems, Finance and Compliance teams, as well as certain PGIM Operations and Systems divisions such as Enterprise Reporting, PAM Support/Maintenance and Sec Lending Support teams. This will also apply to any “dual hat” employees subject to Jennison’s, Fixed Income’s and Prudential Investment’s Personal Securities Trading Standards.

Fidelity Strategic Advisers Core Income Fund

Fidelity Strategic Advisers Core Income Multi-Manager Fund

Edward Jones Bridge Builder Bond Fund

 

Jennison Subadvised Funds – reportable and subject to the sixty day holding period for all Jennison employees who preclear against Jennison activity, including any “dual hat” employees subject to both Jennison and QMA’s Personal Securities Trading Standards .

 

 

Edward Jones – Bridge Builder – Large Cap Growth Fund

Harbor Funds – Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund

John Hancock Funds II – Capital Appreciation Fund

John Hancock Funds II – Natural Resources Fund

SEI Institutional Investments Trust - Long Duration Fund

SEI Institutional Investments Trust – Core Fixed Income Fund

SEI Institutional Managed Trust – Core Fixed Income Fund

SEI Institutional Managed Trust – U.S. Fixed Income Fund

HC Capital Trust – The Growth Equity Portfolio

 
 

HC Capital Trust – The Institutional Growth Equity Portfolio

Transamerica Funds – Transamerica Jennison Growth

Transamerica Partners Portfolios – Transamerica Partners Large Growth Portfolio

Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund

Vanguard World Fund – Vanguard US Growth Fund

Transamerica Series Trust – Transamerica Jennison Growth VP

John Hancock Trust – Capital Appreciation Trust

Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. – Jennison Growth Portfolio

Ohio National Fund, Inc. – Capital Appreciation Portfolio

Columbia Funds Variable Series Trust II – Variable Portfolio - Jennison Mid Cap Growth Fund

Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund

 
 

Exhibit 9 – Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Preclearance Form for Access Persons and Private-Side Associates

 

This form is for preclearing transactions in Initial Public Offering (IPOs) and Private Placements for Access Persons and Private-Side Associates. Please include all requested information and submit the form to your business unit compliance officer. Your business unit compliance officer will review and respond to this request. The response will indicate that your request has either been approved or denied. A request is not considered approved until you receive a confirmation of approval from your business unit compliance officer.

Part I – Information on Individual Requesting Preclearance:

 

Name: __________________________________ Phone #: ______________ Fax #: ________________

 

Department: ___________________________________ Division: ___________________________

 

Registered Representative: (Yes) _____ (No) _____

Please be advised that Registered Representatives are prohibited from participating in initial public offerings.

 

Employee’s signature: ___________________________

 

 

Part II - Transaction Information:

Date: _______________________ Number of Shares/Options: ______

Transaction Type:

_______Initial Public Offering

 

_______Private Placement/Limited Partnership (A copy of the subscription agreement must be

submitted to the Securities Monitoring Unit of the Compliance Department).

 

Name of Issuer: _________________________________

 

 

Account in which transaction will take place:

 

Brokerage Firm _______________________________________

 

Account No. _________________________________________

 

Comments: ______________________________________________________________________

 

Part IV – Compliance/Law Response

 

Compliance Response:

 

APPROVED : ____ DENIED:_____REVIEWER :____________DATE/TIME:__________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Exhibit 10 – PESP Requirements Relating to PRREF Covered Individuals

 

Type of PESP Transaction During Open PRREF Trading Windows During PRREF Blackout Period (PRREF Closed Trading Windows)
Initial PRREF Enrollment Permitted Permitted
Initial Enrollment in Goal Maker Permitted Prohibited
Automatic Rebalancing Elections Permitted Permitted only if you are not allocating funds to PRREF or do not have funds invested in PRREF.
On-Demand Rebalancing Permitted Permitted only if you do not have funds invested in PRREF.
Changes to  Employee Contribution Rate Permitted Permitted
Allocation Changes to PRREF Permitted Permitted
Catch-up Contributions Permitted Permitted
Fund Transfers In/Out of PRREF Permitted Prohibited
In-Service Withdrawals Permitted Prohibited from PRREF.  However, you MAY receive a disbursement from your other PESP investments.
Hardship Withdrawals Permitted Permitted
Loan Initiation Permitted Permitted – The proceeds for the loan will be taken from all your investments except for PRREF.  
Lump Sum Loan Repayment Permitted

Permitted if loan was taken during a closed window. (Loans taken during a closed window are blocked from PRREF and repayment is not invested in PRREF regardless of trading window status at time of repayment.)

 

Permitted if loan was taken during open window and current allocations are not going to PRREF (repayment of funds will be invested based on current allocations).

 

Otherwise Prohibited.

 

 

 

 

 

U . S . I N FORM A T IO N B A RR I E R S T A ND A RD S

 

I N T R O DUC T IO N

 

P r u d e n t i al F i n a nc i a l , I nc.’s (“ P r u d e n t i a l ) corpora t e m aster p oli cy on P r otec t i on a n d Use of M ate r i al N o n p u b li c I n f or m ati o n: I n f or m ati o n Bar r i ers a n d Person a l S ec u r i t i es T r a di ng r e q u i r es t h a t

 
 

b u s i n e sses that r o u t i n el y or pred i c t a bl y o b t a i n m ate r i al n o n p u bli c i n f or m ati o n (“ M NP I” ) a b o u t i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es ha v e po li c i es and p r oc e d u r es des i gn e d to p r es e r v e t he co n f i d e nti ali t y of M NP I a n d p r e v e n t i t s com m u ni cati o n to o t h e r areas of t he C ompany u nl ess in acc o r d a nce w i t h appropri a t e con tr o l s. S uch p oli c i es and p r oc e d u r es m ust proh i b i t

sh a r i ng M NP I w i t h i n un i t s e x ce p t on a nee d -t o - k n o w b a s i s, pro v i de f or r est r i c t ed li s t s of r e l e v a n t i ssu e r s a n d p r o hi b i t f i r m a n d pe r so n al tr a di ng i n secu r i t i es of r est r i c t ed i ssu e r s. I n add i t i o n , t he p oli c i es and p r oc e d u r es of areas t h a t m a n a g e i n v est m e n t s of P r u d e n t i al or i t s c li e n t s m ust estab li sh and m a i nta i n i n f or m ati o n ba rr i ers t h a t c r e a t e appropri a t e ph y s i cal a n d e l ect r o ni c d a t a se p ara t i on of such u ni t s f r om other i n v est m e n t u ni t s a n d i n c l u d e co m p li a n ce m o ni t ori n g proced u r es and e m p l o y ee tr a i n i ng r e q u i r emen t s a n d ac k n o w l e d g ement proced u r es des i g n e d t o ca u se co m p li a n ce w i t h t hese S t a n d a r ds. F e d e r al sec u r i t i es l a w s proh i b i t tr a di ng sec u r i t i es on t he b a s i s of M N P I a n d r e q u i r e Prude n t i al t o es t a bli sh, m a i nta i n and en f orce w r i tt en p oli c i es and proced u r es r e a so n a bl y d e s i g n e d, t a k i ng i nto co n s i d e r ati o n t he n a t ure of i t s b u s i n e ss, t o p r e v e n t

t he m i suse of M NP I by P r u d e n t i al or a n y P r u d e n t i al emp l o y e e . 1 T hese U . S . I n f or m ati o n Bar r i er S t a n d a r ds are d e s i g n e d t o ensure t h a t P r u d e n t i a l’ s i n v est m e n t o p era t i o n s comp l y w i t h t h e se r e q u i r emen t s a n d imposes r est r i c t i o n s on com m u ni cati o n and use of i ssu e r -r e l ated i n f or m ati o n by P r u d e n t i al i n v est m e n t emp l o y e e s.

 

T hese S t a n d a r ds es t a bli sh I n f or m ati o n Bar r i ers b e t w e e n and a m o n g P r u d e n t i a l’ s i n v est m e n t u ni t s or g r o u ps of i n v est m e n t u ni t s i d e nti f i ed i n E x h i b i t A t o t h e se S t a n d a r ds ( e a ch an “I n v est m e n t S ecto r”) . Th ese S t a n d a r ds a r e d e s i g n e d t o a ll ow I n v est m e n t S ecto r s t h a t com m o nl y ob t a i n M NP I a b o u t i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es t o do so w i t h o ut a ff ecti n g t he i n v est m e n t acti v i t y of other I n v est m e n t S ecto r s. T he pri n c i p a l r est r i c t i on i m p o sed by t h ese

S t a n d a r ds i s t h a t , w i t h o ut t he pri o r w r i tt en a p pro v al of a C o m p li a n ce O ff i ce r 2 , emp l o y e e s ass i g n e d t o an I n v est m e n t S ector m ay n o t com m u ni cate a n y i n f or m ati o n w i t h r es p ect t o i d e nti f i ed i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es as t o w h i ch t h a t I n v est m e n t S ector h a s M NP I t o a n y emp l o y ee of a n other I n v est m e n t S ecto r . I t a l so p r o hi b i t s e m p l o y e e s of o n e I n v est m e n t S ector f r om com m u ni cati n g w i t h e m p l o y e e s of a n other I n v est m e n t S ector f or t he p u r p o se of e li c i t i ng M NP I w i t h r es p ect t o iss u ers of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es. I n add i t i o n , t h e se S t a n d a r ds estab li sh access r est r i c t i o n s, comp li a n c e m o ni t ori n g proced u r es, tr a i n i ng r e q u i r emen t s a n d co n f i rm ati o n p r oc e d u r es t h a t are d e s i g n e d t o ensure comp li a n ce w i t h t he S t a n d a r ds’ com m u ni cati o n r est r i c t i o n s.

 

Al l emp l o y e e s ass i g n e d t o a P r u d e n t i al I n v est m e n t S ector are r e q u i r ed t o become f ami l i ar w i t h and t o co m p l y w i t h t h ese S t a n d a r ds a n d t o si g n an a n n u al s t ate m e n t co n f i rm i ng t h ei r u n d e r s t a n d i ng of a n d co m p li a n ce w i t h th ese S t a n d a r ds. Vi o l ati o ns of t h e se S t a n d a r ds w il l be co n s i d e r ed seri o us m at t ers a n d m ay l e a d t o se r i o u s d i sc i p li n a r y acti o ns, i nc l u di ng t er m i n a t i on of emp l o y m e n t i n appropri a t e cases, t o t he e x t e n t co n s i s t e n t w i t h l o cal l a w .

 

 

1 In a d d i t i o n , P r u d e n t i a l’ s P er s o n al S e c uri ti es T r a di ng S ta n d a r ds pro vi d e s a d e s cr i pt i on of MN P I a nd

e s ta bli s h e s re q u i r e m e n ts a n d re s tr i c t i o n s re l at i ng to e m p l o y e e s ’ p e rs o n al trad i n g .

2 In th e s e S ta n d a r d s , “Co m p li a n c e O f f i c er” m e a ns ( i ) t h e I n v e s t m e n ts D ivi s i on Ch i ef Co m p li a n c e O f f i c er f or As s et M a n a g e m e n t, ( ii ) h i s or her Dep u ty C h i ef Co m p li a n c e O f f i c er, ( iii ) t h e re l e v a n t i n v e s t m e n t u n i t s s e ni or Co m p li a n c e O f f i c er or ( iv ) d e s i g n ee of o n e o f t h e f orego i n g .

 
 

 

 

A ny q u e s t i o n s w i t h r es p ect t o t h e se S t a n d a r ds sh o u l d be r e f er r ed t o C o m p li a n ce

O ff i cers or t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t .

 

1.        C OMM UN I C A T IO N RES T R I C T IO N S

 

A . D e s i g n at i on of I n v e st m e n t S e c t ors. F o r p u r p o ses of t h e se S t a n d a r ds, P r u d e n t i a l’ s i n v est m e n t u ni t s h a v e been d e s i g n a t ed as or g r o u p e d i n t o “I n v est m e n t S ecto r s , li s t ed i n E x h i b i t A , t h a t are presumed t o ha v e access t o t he same i n f or m ati o n abo u t t h i r d - p a rt y i ssu e r s a n d acco rd i n g l y sh a r e t he same r est r i c t ed li s t . I n v est m e n t u ni t s a n d t h ei r emp l o y e e s are proh i b i t ed f r om tr a di ng sec u r i t i es of i ssu e r s on t he r est r i c t ed li st t o w h i ch t h e y are su b j ect, w h e t h e r f or

c li e n t , propri e t ary or p e r so n al acc o u n t s . 3 E ach I n v est m e n t S ector a nd i t s co n s t i t u e nt i n v est m e n t u ni t s ( i nc l u di ng t h ei r o p era t i o n s l oc a t ed o u t s i de t he U . S . ) a n d t h ei r emp l o y e e s are co n s i d e r ed w a ll ed o ff f r om e a ch o t h e r I n v est m e n t

S ector f or p u r p o ses of t he com m u ni cati o n and access r est r i c t i o n s set f or t h in t h e se S t a n d a r ds.

 

B . R e s t r i cted C o m m u n i c a ti o n s . W i t h o ut t he pri o r w r i tt en a p pro v al of a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer f or e a ch I n v est m e n t S ecto r , e x ce p t as p r o v i d e d be l o w , an I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee m ay n o t com m u ni cate t o any emp l o y ee of a n other I n v est m e n t S ector a n y i n f or m a t i on ( w h e t h e r or n o t m ate r i al or n o n p u bli c) w i t h r es p ect t o:

 

( i )       an i ssu e r w h o se na m e app e ars on h i s or h e r I n v est m e n t S ecto r s

r est r i c t ed li s t ; or

( ii ) a n y other i d e nti f i ed i ssu e r of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es w i t h r es p ect t o w h i ch he or she h a s M NP I . 4

 

I n add i t io n , I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s m ay n o t com m u ni cate w i t h e m p l o y e e s of a n other I n v est m e n t S ector f or t he p u r p o se o f :

 

( i ) e li c i t i ng M NP I w i t h r es p ect t o an i ssu e r of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es;
( ii ) d e t er m i n i ng w h e t h e r t h e y h a v e M NP I w i t h r es p ect t o pa rt i cu l ar i ssuers of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es; or
( iii ) d e t er m i n i ng w h e t h e r t he n a m es of p a rt i cu l ar i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es app e ar on a n other I n v est m e n t S ecto r s r est r i c t ed li s t .

 

T h e se r est r i c t i o n s a p p l y t o bo t h o r al a n d w r i tt en com m u ni cati o n, i nc l u di ng com m u ni cati o n t hrou g h e-m a il , i nstant m ess a g e or t e x t m ess a g e. I f an I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee r ec ei v es a r e q u e st f r om an emp l o y ee of a n other I n v est m e n t S ector a b o u t an i ssu e r t h a t i s on t he r est r i c t ed li st t o w h i ch he or she i s su b j ect or a b o u t w h i ch he or she h a s M NP I , t he emp l o y ee m ay pro v i de

 

3 Re s tr i c ted li s ts re q u i r ed u n d e r t h e s e S ta n d a r ds i d e nt i f y i ss u e r s of p u b li c l y traded s e c uri ti es w i th r e s p e c t to w h i c h I n v e s t m ent S e c tors h av e M N P I. In v e s t m e n t u n i ts m ay h av e o r be s u b j e c t to o t h e r re s tr i c ted li s ts th a t a r e o uts i de t h e s c o p e o f t h e s e S ta n d a r d s .

4 A n i ss u e r i s c o v ered b y p a r a g r a p h 1 B a n d i s d e e m ed “ i d e nt i f i e d f or purpo s es of t h e s e S ta n d a r ds w h e n ev er the i n f or m ation i n q u e s t i on e i th e r i n c l u d es t h e i ss u e r s n a m e o r o t h e r f a c ts f r om w h i c h a kn o w l e d g e a bl e i n v e s t m e n t a n al y s t c o ul d i n f er i ts i d e nt i t y .

 
 

 

 

p u b li c l y a v a il a bl e i n f or m ati o n but sh al l n o t com m u ni cate a n y other i n f or m ati o n a b o u t t he i ssu e r a n d sha l l n o t d i sc l ose t h a t t he i ssu e r s n a m e app e ars on t he r est r i c t ed li st t o w h i ch he or she i s su b j ect or t h a t he or she h a s M NP I a b o u t t he i ssu e r . A n e m p l o y ee w ho r ec ei v es such a r e q u e st i s r e q u i r ed t o r e p ort i t t o a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer, w ho w il l d o cument i t a n d f or w ard a r ec o r d t o C o r p o r ate C omp li a n ce.

 

C . P erm i tt ed C ros s- Wa l l C ommunicat i o n s . ( 1) C omp li a n ce O ff i cers m ay a p pro v e co mm u ni cati o ns o t h e r w i se p r o hi b i t ed u n d e r p a r a g r a p h 1B sub j ect t o such co n d i t i o n s as t h e y m ay d e em a p propri a t e t o ensure t h a t I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s w il l n o t com m u ni cate t o e m p l o y e e s of a n other I n v est m e n t S ector a n y m ate r i al n o n- p u b li c i n f or m ati o n w i t h r es p ect t o i d e n t i f i ed i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y

tr a d ed sec u r i t i es. E x amp l es of co n d i t i o n s t h a t m ay be d e emed a p propri a t e on a case - b y - case b a s i s i nc l u d e m o ni t ori n g of oral com m u ni cati o ns by C omp li a n ce

O ff i cers or t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t , li m i t i ng t he su b j ects t o be a d dressed in oral com m u ni cati o ns, pr e- c l e a r i ng w r i tt en com m u ni cati o ns and r e q u i r i ng use of co d e n a m es in oral a n d w r i tt en com m u ni cati o ns. T he C omp li a n ce D e p a rtm e n t sh al l m a i nta i n a l og of such a p pro v ed c r os s - w a l l com m u ni cati o ns.

 

( 2) A n I n v es t m e n t S ector emp l o y ee m ay com m u ni cate a b o u t an i ssu e r w h o se n a m e does not a p p e ar on h i s or h e r I n v est m e n t S ecto r s r est r i c t ed li st a n d w i t h r es p ect t o w h i ch he or she d o es not h a v e M NP I w i t h an emp l o y ee i n another I n v est m e n t S ecto r , pro v i d e d t h a t , i f t he e m p l o y ee i s an i n v est m e n t pro f ess i o n a l , he or she pro m ptly r e p or t s t he com m u ni cati o n t o a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer. T h i s r e q u i r ement a p p li es t o bo t h o r al a n d w r i tt en com m u ni cati o n, i nc l u di ng com m u ni cati o n t hrou g h e -m a il , i nstant m ess a g e or t e x t m e s sa g e. B us i n e ss U n i t C omp li a n ce sh al l m a i nta i n a l og of such r e p or t ed c r oss - w a l l com m u ni cati o ns. I f an I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee r ec ei v es such a co mm u ni cati o n a b o u t an i ssu e r t h a t i s on t he r est r i c t ed li st t o w h i ch he or she i s su b j ect or a b o u t w h i ch he or she h a s M NP I , t he emp l o y ee m ay pro v i de p u b li c l y a v a il a bl e i n f or m ati o n but sh al l n o t com m u ni cate a n y other i n f or m ati o n abo u t t he i ssu e r a n d sha l l n o t d i sc l ose t h a t t he i ssu e r s n a m e app e ars on t he r est r i c t ed li st t o w h i ch he or she i s su b j ect or t h a t he or she h a s M NP I a b o u t t he i ssu e r . An I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee w ho r ec ei v es such a r e q u e st i s r e q u i r ed t o r e p ort i t t o a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer, w ho w il l d o cument i t a n d f or w ard a r ec o r d t o C o r p o r ate C omp li a n ce.

 

 

 

D . D eter mi n a ti o n s of M ater i al i t y ; M ater i al i t y G uidel i n e s . Q u e s t i o n s a b o u t t he m ate r i a li t y of p a rt i cu l ar n o n - p u b li c i n f or m ati o n t h a t I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s m ay h a v e shou l d be r e f er r ed t o C o m p li a n ce O ff i cers ( w ho m ay m a k e d e t er m i n a t i o n s i n consu l t ati o n w i t h t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t ) or d i r ectly t o t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t .

 

C orpora t e C o m p li a n ce, i n consu l t ati o n w i t h t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t , sh al l m a i nta i n g u i d eli n e s w i t h r es p ect t o t he m ate r i a li t y of n o n - p u b li c i ssu e r -r e l ated i n f or m ati o n of t he t y p e s com m o nl y p o ssess e d by I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s. T he m ate r i a li t y g u i d eli n e s, a nd a n y m o di f i cati o ns appro v ed by C orpora t e C o m p li a n ce, are a v a il a bl e f or emp l o y e e s on t he P ersonal S ec u r i t i es T r a d e M o ni t ori n g i nt r a n et p a g e. Al l d e t er m i n a t i o n s of t he m ate r i a li t y of n o n - p u b li c i ssu e r-r e l ated

 
 

 

 

i n f or m ati o n f or p u r p o ses of t h e se S t a n d a r ds sha l l be co n s i s t e n t w i t h t he m ate r i a li t y g u i d eli n e s, e x ce p t i n cases w h e r e a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer, i n co n su l t ati o n w i t h t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t , d e t er m i n e s i n w r i t i ng t h a t t he m ate r i a li t y g u i d eli n e s sh o u l d not a p p l y .

 

E . C o n fi d e nt i al i t y A gre e ment s . T h i s S t ate m e n t of S t a n d a r ds d o es not a ff ect a n y p a rt y s r i g hts or o bli g ati o ns und e r co n f i d e nti ali t y a g r e e m e n t s r est r i c t i ng t he i nte r n a l or e x t ernal com m u ni cati o n of i ssu e r -r e l ated i n f or m ati o n by P r u d e n t i al emp l o y e e s. W h e n an i n v est m e n t u ni t e n t ers i nto a con f i d e nti ali t y a g r e e m e n t g o v ern i ng i n f or m ati o n t o be r ec ei v ed f r om a t h i r d pa rt y i n conn e c t i on w i t h an actual or p o t e n t i al i n v est m e n t , t he emp l o y ee w ho s i g ns t he a g r e e m e n t i s r es p o n s i b l e f or d e t er m i n i ng w h e t h e r t he su b j ect company or i t s p a r e n t i s an i ssu e r of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es ( i nc l u di ng d e bt sec u r i t i es) a n d, i f so, he or she m ust pro m ptly r e p ort t he co n f i d e nti ali t y a g r e e m e n t t o a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer so t h a t t he i ssu e r m ay be p l ac e d on t he I n v est m e n t S ecto r s r est r i c t ed li s t , u nl ess t he emp l o y ee d e t er m i n e s , i n c o n su l t ati o n w i t h a C omp li a n ce O ff i ce r , t h a t t he co n f i d e nti ali t y a g r e e m e n t i s n o t li k e l y t o r es ul t i n r ec ei pt of M NP I . I f a d e t er m i n a t i on i s m a d e t h a t t he co n f i d e nti ali t y a g r e e m e n t i s n o t li k e l y t o r es ul t i n M NP I , t he i n v est m e n t u ni t m ust t a k e r e a so n a bl e p r ec a uti o ns t o ensure t h a t i n f or m ati o n is not sh a r ed w i t h other i n v est m e n t u ni t s w i t h i n t he same i n v est m e n t

secto r . 5

 

2.        A CCES S RES T R I C T IO N S

 

A . I nternal M e e ti n g s . I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s m ust o b ser v e t he com m u ni cati o n r est r i c t i o n s i n pa r a g r a p h 1B in m ak i ng presenta t i o n s at a n y i nte r n a l m e e t i n g s w h e r e t h e y are a w are t h a t emp l o y e e s of a n other I n v est m e n t S ector are i n a tt e n d a nc e . A d di t i o n a ll y , w i t h o ut t he pri o r w r i tt en a p pro v al of a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer, I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s m ay n o t at t e n d or p a rt i c i p a t e i n t h o se pa rt s of B o a r d of Di r ecto r s, I n v est m e n t C om m i tt e e , C a pi t al a n d F i n a nc i al C o n tr o l s C om m i tt ee or other o v ersi g ht m e e t i n g s ( such as R i sk M a n a g emen t , P GI M I n v est m e n t C om m i tt ee or other m e e t i n g s at t e n d e d by emp l o y e e s of other I n v est m e n t S ecto r s) o r t e l ec o n f erences or v i d e oc o n f erences d u r i ng w h i ch e m p l o y e e s of a n other I n v est m e n t S ector m a k e p r es e nta t i o n s t h a t are e x p e c t ed t o i n c l u d e d i scuss i on of an i d e nti f i ed i ssu e r of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es w i t h r es p ect t o w h i ch t he presenti n g I n v est m e n t S ect o r h a s M NP I .

 

B . R e c ords . W i t h o ut t he pri o r w r i tt en a p pro v al of a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer, I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s m ay n o t h a v e access t o board or com m i tt ee m emo r a n d a , p o rt f o li o r e p or t s, p a p e r or e l ect r o ni c f il es or compu t er d a t a b as e s prepared or m a i nta i n e d by a n other I n v est m e n t S ector t h a t i nc l u d e no n - p u b li c i n f or m ati o n w i t h r es p ect t o i d e n t i f i ed i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es. F o r p u r p o ses of t h i s p a r a g r a p h 2B, an I n v est m e n t S ecto r s r est r i c t ed li s t , as w e l l as no n - p u b li c q u ali t y r ati n g s ass i g n e d t o iss u ers of d e bt sec u r i t i es, sh al l g e n era ll y be d e emed t o i nc o r p o r ate n o n- p u b li c i n f or m ati o n.

 

 

 

 

 

5 Note t h at w h e n a c o n f i d e nt i a li ty a g r e e m e n t g o v erns i n f or m at i on to be pro vi d e d t o a t hi r d p art y , t h e f a c t that the th i r d p arty s e e ks to c o m p l ete a tra n s a c t i on c o ul d i n v o lv e M N P I requ i r i ng t h e t h i r d p arty to be p l a c ed on t h e I n v e s t m e n t S e c tor s re s tr i c ted li s t.

 
 

 

 

C . Offi ce S p a c e . Al l o ff i ce space occup i ed by I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s m ust h a v e appropri a t e access co n tr ol t o l i m i t acc e ss t o such emp l o y e e s or p e r so n s not su b j ect t o t h e se S t a n d a r ds or e x emp t ed f r om pro v i s i o n s h e r e o f u n d e r p a r a g r a p h 5A, B or C . E m p l o y e e s of t w o or m ore I n v est m e n t S ecto r s sh al l n o t m a i nta i n o f f i ces on t he same f l o o r of a n y b uil d i n g , u nl ess t he o ff i ce space f or e a ch I n v est m e n t S ector i s p h y s i ca ll y se p ara t ed a n d t he o nl y i n v est m e n t u ni t emp l o y e e s t h a t h a v e f r ee acc e ss t o each r es p ecti v e space be l o n g t o a s i n g l e I n v est m e n t S ecto r . A ccess shou l d be li m i t ed t hrou g h coded i d e nti f i cati o n ca r ds or a n other m ethod appro v ed by C omp li a n ce O ff i cers.

 

D . T rading R o oms . W i t h o ut e i t h e r t he pri o r w r i tt en a p pro v al of a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer or a C o m p li a n ce esco rt , I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s m ay n o t e n t er a p u b li c sec u r i t i es t r a di ng r o o m m a i nta i n e d by a n other I n v est m e n t S ecto r .

 

 

 

3.        C OM P LI A NC E MO N I T O R I N G

 

A . R est ri cted L i st s . T he C omp li a n ce un i t su p p o rt i ng e a ch I n v est m e n t S ector sh al l m a i nta i n in e l ect r o ni c f or m at a l i st of a l l i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es w i t h r es p ect t o w h i ch such I n v est m e n t S ector h a s M NP I . W h e n e v er a n y I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee o bta i ns ( f r om a n y so u r c e , i nc l u di ng w i t h o ut li m i t ati o n d a t a w areho u ses such as I nt r a Li n k s, m e e t i n g s w i t h co r p o r ate i ns i d e r s and f i n a nc i al s t ate m e n t s or pro j ecti o ns r ec ei v ed f r om i ssu e r s ) M NP I w i t h r es p ect t o an i ssu e r of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es, he or s h e m ust i mm e di ate l y n o t i f y a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer, w ho sh al l i mm e di ate l y ar r a n g e f or t he i ssu e r s n a m e t o be p l ac e d on t he I n v est m e n t S ecto r s r est r i c t ed li s t , e x ce p t i n ce rt a i n l i m i t ed s i t u a t i o n s as p r o v i d e d

i n pa r a g r a p h 3B, a n d m a i nta i n e d t h e r e o n un t i l such t i m e as a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer co n c l u d es t h a t no emp l o y ee of t h a t I n v est m e n t S ector p o ssess e s M NP I w i t h r es p ect t o t he i ssu e r . W i t h o ut t he pri o r w r i tt en a p pro v al of a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer

a n d t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t , an I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee m ay n o t p u r ch a se or se ll , f or a n y acc o u n t , sec u r i t i es of a n y i ssu e r w h o se na m e app e ars on t he r est r i c t ed li st t o w h i ch he or she i s su b j ect, or a n y d e r i v ati v e con tr acts i n r es p ect of such sec u r i t i es, u nl ess t he p u r ch a se or sa l e is f r om or t o t he i ssu e r or an u n d e r w r i t er f or t he i ssu e r .

 

B . I s o l ated I nfor m at i on B arr i er s . I n ce rt a i n circu m s t a n ces, t he I n v est m e n t s Di v i s i on C h i ef C omp li a n ce O ff i cer f or A sset M a n a g emen t 6 , i n con j u n c t i on w i t h t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t , m ay d e t er m i ne i n w r i t i ng t h a t i t i s a p propri a t e t o p l ace an i so l a t ed i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er around o n e or m ore p e r so n s w i t h i n an I n v est m e n t S ector w i t h r es p ect t o an i d e nti f i ed i ssu e r a b o u t w h i ch t h e y h a v e r ec ei v ed or are

e x p e c t ed t o r ec ei v e M NP I . I n t h e se situa t i o n s, t he i ssu e r n e ed n o t be p l ac e d on t he I n v est m e n t S ecto r’ s r est r i c t ed li st a n d i n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce in co n su l t ati o n w i t h t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t w il l d e t er m i ne other a p propri a t e proced u r es and r est r i c t i o n s t h a t m ay a p p l y . I n v est m e n t S ector C omp li a n ce, i n co n j u n c t i on w i t h t he L a w D e p ar tm e n t , sh al l d e v e l op a n d m a i nta i n p r oc e d u r es g o v ern i ng t he c i r cums t a n ces in w h i ch an i so l ated i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er m ay be estab li sh e d and how i t sh al l be m a i nta i n e d and m o ni t ored. T h e se p r oc e d u r es m ust pro v i de t h a t o nl y sp e c i f i c n a m ed i n di v i d u a l s be d e s i g n a t e d ; t h a t C orpora t e

 

 

6 Or , f or any I nv e s t m e n t S e c tor not c o m prised w i th i n P r u d e n t i a l’ s I nv e s t m e n ts D ivi s i o n , i ts Ch i ef

Co m p li a n c e O ff i c er.

 
 

 

 

C ompl i a n ce be a d v i sed of t h ei r n a m es and t he n a m e of t he i ssu e r f or p u r p o ses of m o ni t ori n g tr a di n g ; t h a t t he b a rr i er be r e g u l arly ass e ssed by i n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce; t h a t w r i tt en a p pro v a l s a n d o t h e r a p propri a t e r ec o r ds be m a i nta i n e d; a n d t h a t t he d e s i g n a t ed i n di v i d u a l s be n o t i f i ed of a p propri a t e r est r i c t i o n s on com m u ni cati o n abo u t t he i ssu e r a n d be pro v i d e d g u i d a nce on h o w t o cond u ct t h e m se l v es w h il e t he b a rr i er i s i n e f f ect. I n t he e v e n t of a n y breach of an

i so l ated i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er, i n v est m e n t u ni t C o m p li a n ce sha l l i mm e di ate l y p l ace

t he i ssu e r on t he I n v est m e n t S ecto r s r est r i c t ed li s t .

 

C . M o n it or i ng of I n v e s t ment S e c t ors t h a t T rade i n P u bl i c M arket s . P eri o d i ca ll y , C orpora t e C o m p li a n ce sha l l ar r a n g e f or ( i ) r e p or t s of tr a d es e x ec u t ed by I n v est m e n t S e ct ors p a rt i c i p a t i ng i n pub l i c m ar k et acti v i t i es du r i ng t he 15 preced i ng ca l e n d a r d a y s t o be compared w i t h cer t a i n I n v est m e n t S ector

r est r i c t ed li s t s, ( ii ) tr a d es in sec u r i t i es of i ssu e r s w h o se na m es app e ar on t h e se r est r i c t ed li s t s t o be i d e nti f i ed a n d ( ii i ) such tr ad i ng acti v i t y t o be r e v i e w ed a n d, i n

a p propri a t e cases, i n v esti g ated p u r su a nt t o p r oc e d u r es appro v ed i n w r i t i ng by

C orpora t e C o m p li a n ce. R es ul t s of t h e se i n v esti g ati o ns sha l l be d o cumen t e d .

 

D . M o n it or i ng of E mp l o y ee T radin g . C orpora t e C o m p li ance sha l l ar r a n g e f or r e p or t s of tr a d es e x ec u t ed by I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e s f or t h ei r o w n p e r so n al acc o u n t s t o be compared w i t h t he I n v est m e n t S ector r est r i c t ed li s t s i n acc o r d a nce w i t h Prude n t i a l’ s P ersonal S ec u r i t i es T r a di ng S t a n d a r ds.

 

4.        T R A I N I N G A ND C O N FIRM A T IO N S

 

A . I ni ti al T ra i nin g . W h e n e v er an emp l o y ee b e comes an I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee ( other t h a n upon tr a n s f er f r om a n other P r u d e n t i al I n v est m e n t S ecto r) , an a p propri a t e i n v est m e n t u ni t comp li a n ce con t act sh al l pro v i de h i m or h e r w i t h co pi es o f t h e se S t a n d a r ds a n d t he m ate r i a li t y g u i d eli n e s estab li sh e d pu r su a nt t o p a r a g r a p h 1 D .

 

W i t h i n 30 d a y s of b e comi n g a new I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y e e , e v ery emp l o y ee m ust p a rt i c i p a t e in a t r a i n i ng presenta t i on on t h e se S t a n d a r ds by a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer, C or p ora t e C o m p li a n ce or by t he Law D e p ar tm e n t .

 

B . P er i o d i c T ra i ning . E x ce p t as appro v ed by a C h i ef C omp li a n ce O ff i ce r , e a ch I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee m ust p a rt i c i p a t e in p e r i o di c tr a i n i n g , pre f erab l y o n ce p e r 12 m o n t h pe r i o d , on t h e se S t a n d a r ds.

 

C . A n n u a l C o n fi r m at i o n s . A t l e a st o n ce in e a ch ca l e n d a r y e a r , e a ch I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee m ust f il e w i t h C orpora t e C omp li a n ce w r i tt en co n f i rm ati o n t h a t he or she ( i ) h a s r e a d and und e r s t a n ds t h e se S t a n d a r d s , ( ii ) p a rt i c i p a t ed i n p e r i o di c tr a i n i ng on t h e se S t and a r ds, ( iii ) comp li ed w i t h t h e se S t a n d a r ds d u r i ng t he preced i ng ca l e n d a r y e a r a n d ( i v ) i s n o t a w are of a n y v i o l ati o n of t h e se S t a n d a r ds by a n other I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee t h a t h a s n o t b e en brou g ht t o t he at t e n t i on of C omp li a n ce or L a w . F ail ure t o sub m i t such co n f i rm ati o n in a t i m e l y f as hi on m ay l e a d t o d i sc i p li n a r y acti o n.

 

D . I n v e s t ment S e c t or E mp l o y ee T ran s f er s . W h e n e v er an I n v est m e n t S ector emp l o y ee tr a n s f ers t o a d i ff erent I n v est m e n t S ecto r , t he tr a n s f eree sh al l s i g n a n d f il e w i t h i n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce a s t ate m e n t ( i ) co n f i rm i ng t he s i g n e r s
 
 

 

 

u n d e r s t a n d i ng of h i s or h e r n e w r es p o n s i b ili t i es und e r t h e se S t a n d a r ds a n d ( ii ) i d e nti f y i ng a n y i ssu e r of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es w i t h r es p ect t o w h i ch he or she h a s M NP I . T he n a m es of a n y i ssu e r s of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es so i d e nti f i ed sh al l be i mm e di ate l y p l ac e d on t he r est r i c t ed li st of t he I n v est m e n t S ector t o w h i ch t he emp l o y ee h a s b e en tr a n s f er r ed u nl ess an i so l ated i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er

i s c r e a t ed i n acco r d a nce w i t h pa r a g r a p h 3B ab o v e.

 

5.        I ND I V I DU A LS O R SUPP O R T F U NC T IO N S DEE M E D T O B E “ A B O VE

I N FORM A T IO N B A RR I ER S

 

A . I n v e s t ment S e c t or S e n i or Offi c e r s . C er t a i n I n v est m e n t S ector S e ni or O ff i cers, e a ch of w h o m i s li s t ed on E x h i b i t B , m ay h a v e m a n a g ement or su p er v i sory r es p o n s i b ili t y f or m ore t h a n o n e I n v est m e n t S ector or m ay h a v e r es p o n s i b ili t i es i n v o l v i ng n o n- i n v est m e n t s b u s i n e sses. T h e se I n v est m e n t S ector S e ni or O ff i cers are d e emed t o be a b o v e” t he i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er ( s) t h a t se p ara t e such I n v est m e n t S ecto r s f r om e a ch o t h e r a n d acco r d i n g l y sh al l n o t be su b j ect t o t he acc e ss a n d co mm u ni cati o n r est r i c t i o n s set f or t h in t h e se S t a n d a r ds r e l ati n g t o such b a rr i er ( s ) , pro v i d e d t h a t t h e se i n d i v i d u a l s m e e t t he r e q u i r emen t s li s t ed i n p a r a g r a p h 5D b el o w . T h e se i n d i v i d u a l s are n e v er t h el ess p r o hi b i t ed f r om d i sc l os i ng n o n - p u b li c i n f or m ati o n abo u t a pub l i c l y tr a d ed i ssu e r t o any

i n v est m e n t u ni t emp l o y ee w h o se I n v est m e n t S ector d o es not a l r e a dy h a v e t he i n f or m ati o n w i t h o ut pri o r a p pro v al of a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer. I n di v i d u a l s d e s i g n a t ed as I n v est m e n t S ector S e ni or O ff i cers w il l be n o t i f i ed i n w r i t i ng of t h ei r s t atus by i n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce.

 

B . I n v e s t ment S e c t or S u p p o rt F u n c ti o n s. D ue t o t h ei r j ob f u n c t i on a n d r e q u i r emen t s, cer t a i n I n v est m e n t S ector S u p p o r t F u ncti o ns, e a ch of w h i ch is li s t ed on E x h i b i t A , m ay su p p o r t or h a v e access t o i n f or m ati o n f or o n e or m ore I n v est m e n t S ecto r s. I n ce rt a i n i n s t a n ces, t he emp l o y e e s of I n v est m e n t S ector S u p p o r t F u ncti o ns m ay be d e emed t o be a b o v e” t he i n f or m ati o n ba rr i ers t h a t se p ara t e such I n v est m e n t S ecto r s a n d a r e not s u b j ect t o t he acc e ss a n d com m u ni cati o n r est r i c t i o n s set f or t h in t h e se S t a n d a r d s , pro v i d e d t h a t t h e se i n di v i d u a l s m e e t t he r e q u i r emen t s li s t ed i n pa r a g r a p h 5D b el o w . H o w e v er, I n v est m e n t S ector S u p p o r t F u ncti o n e m p l o y e e s w ho su p p o rt , a n d a r e ph y s i ca ll y l oc a t ed w i t h i n space occup i ed b y , an I n v est m e n t S ector are n o t d e emed t o be a b o v e any i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er a n d a r e deemed t o be emp l o y e e s of t he I n v est m e n t S ector t h e y su p p o rt , other t h a n C o m p li a n ce O ff i cers a n d t he Law D e p ar tm e n t w ho sh al l i n a l l cas e s be d e e m ed t o be a b o v e a l l i n f or m ati o n b a rr i er s . E m p l o y e e s of t he I n v est m e n t S ector S u p p o r t F u ncti o ns w ho are d e emed t o be a b o v e an i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er are proh i b i t ed f r om d i sc l os i ng n o n - p u b li c i n f or m ati o n abo u t a pub l i c l y tr a d ed i ssu e r t o any i n v est m e n t u ni t em p l o y ee w ho d o es not a l r e a dy h a v e access t o t he i n f or m ati o n w i t h o ut pri o r a p pro v al of a C omp li a n ce O ff i cer. U n i t s d e s i g n a t ed as I n v est m e n t S ector S u p p o r t F u ncti o ns w il l be n o t i f i ed i n w r i t i ng of t h ei r s t atus by i n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce, w h i ch w il l m a i ntain r ec o r ds of t he d e t er m i n a t i o n s m a d e t o des i g n a t e I n v est m e n t S ector S u p p o r t F u ncti o ns.
 
 

 

 

C . A d d iti o n al Li mit ed E x c e p ti o n s. I n ce rt a i n circu m s t a n ces, t he I n v est m e n t s Di v i s i on C h i ef C omp li a n ce O ff i cer f or A sset M a n a g emen t 7 , i n con j u n c t i on w i t h t he L a w D e p ar t m e n t , m ay c l ass i f y cer t a i n i n d i v i d u a l s as be i ng a b o v e” an i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er a n d t h e r e f ore n o t su b j ect t o t he acc e ss a n d co mm u ni cati o n r est r i c t i o n s set f or t h in t h e se S t a n d a r ds. T h e se i n d i v i d u a l s are n e v er t h el ess

proh i b i t ed f r om d i sc l os i ng n o n - p u b li c i n f or m ati o n abo u t a pub l i c l y tr a d ed i ssu e r t o a n y i n v est m e n t u ni t emp l o y ee w ho d o es not a l r e a dy h a v e access t o t he i n f or m ati o n w i t h o ut pri o r a p pro v al f r om a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer. I n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce w il l a d v i se such i n di v i d u a l s i n w r i t i ng of t h ei r s t a t us and of a n y sp e c i f i c r est r i c t i o n s t h a t C omp li a n ce de t er m i n e s sh o u l d app l y t o t h ei r co n d u c t .

 

D . A b o v e t he I nfor m at i on B arr i er C r it er i a. I n v est m e n t S ector S e ni or O ff i cers or S u p p o r t F u ncti o ns m ust m e e t t he f o ll o w i ng c r i t eria i n o r d e r t o be d e emed a b o v e an i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er:

 

i . T h e y do n o t h a v e t r a d e d a t e acc e ss t o t r a di ng i n f or m ati o n of a n y I n v est m e n t S ector t hrou g h r e p or t s, r e g u l ar com m u ni cati o n or acc e ss t o tr a di ng s y s t ems ( d u r i ng n o rm al tr a di ng h o urs ) .

 

ii . T h e y do n o t m a k e t r a di ng or i n v est m e n t d e c i s i o n s or h a v e any d i r ect d a y - t o - d a y i n v est m e n t m a n a g ement r es p o n s i b ili t i es f or a n y u ni t s e n g a g i ng i n p u b li c m ar k et or pri v ate i n v est m e n t acti v i t y .

 

iii . T h e y do n o t p a rt i c i p a t e in r e g u l ar p e r i o di c m e e t i n g s w h e r e spec i f i c sec u r i t i es t o be p u r ch a sed or so l d by a n y i n v e s tm e n t u ni t e n g a g i ng i n p u b li c m ar k et acti v i t y are d i scuss e d.

 

6.        EXCEP T IO N S A N D MO D I FIC A T IO N S

 

A . A p p ro v a l . P r u d e n t i a l’ s C h i ef C omp li a n ce O ff i cer i s a u t h o r i z ed t o appro v e e x ce p t i o n s t o and m o di f i cati o ns of t h i s S t ate m e n t of S t a n d a r ds. A p p r o v a l s sh al l be i n w r i t i ng a n d sha l l set f or t h t he b a s i s a n d r ati o n al e t h e r e f ore a n d any co n d i t i o n s t o w h i ch t he a p pro v al i s su b j ect.

 

B . I nfor m at i on B arr i er B reac h e s . A ny k n o w n b r e a ch of an i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er sh al l be d o cumen t ed by i n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce and a r e c ord of t he breach sh al l be se n t t o C o r p o r ate C omp li a n ce. W h e n a breach of an i n f or m ati o n ba rr i er r es ul t s i n m ate r i al n o n- p u b li c i n f or m ati o n abo u t an i ssu e r of p u b li c l y tr a d ed sec u r i t i es be i ng p a ssed t o another I n v est m e n t S ecto r , u nl ess an i so l ated i n f or mat i on b a rr i er i s estab li sh e d pu r su a nt t o pa r a g r a p h 3B, i n v est m e n t u ni t C omp li a n ce m ust i mm e di ate l y p l ace t he i ssu e r on t he r ec i p i e n t I n v est m e n t S ecto r s r est r i c t ed li s t . I f , at t he t i m e of t he breach or pro m ptly t h e r e a f t er, i t i s d e t er m i n e d t h a t i n sp i t e o f t he f act t h a t t he n a m e of t he i ssu e r w as d i sc l os e d t o a n other I n v est m e n t S ecto r , no M NP I w as d i sc l os e d, a C o m p li a n ce O ff i cer m ay d e t er m i ne t h a t t he i ssu e r d o es not h a v e t o be p l ac e d on, or m ay be r emo v ed f r om, t he r ec i p i e n t s r est r i c t ed li s t .

 

7.        MI SCE L L A NE O U S

 

 

7 Or , f or any I nv e s t m e n t S e c tor not c o m prised w i th i n P r u d e n t i a l’ s I nv e s t m e n t D ivi s i o n , i ts Ch i ef

Co m p li a n c e O f f i c er.

 
 

 

 

 

A . P r i or P ol i cy S t atement s . T h i s S t ate m e n t of S t a n d a r ds su p ersedes a l l pri o r p oli cy s t ate m e n t s r est r i c t i ng t he com m u ni cati o n and use of i ssu e r -r e l ated i n f or m ati o n by P r u d e n t i al i n v est m e n t u ni t s g e n era ll y a n d p r i or e x ce p t i o n s t h e r eto, b u t i t sh al l n o t su p ersede po li cy s t ate m e n t s a d o p t ed by p a rt i cu l ar P r u d e n t i al i n v est m e n t u ni t s t h a t are co n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e se S t a n d a r ds.

 

 

 

B . N ew I n v e s t ment S e c t or S e n i or Offi c e rs a n d I n v e s t ment S e c t or s . E x h i b i t s A a n d B t o t h e se S t a n d a r ds m ay be amend e d w i t h t he w r i tt en a p pro v al of P r u d e n t i a l’ s C h i ef C omp li a n ce O ff i cer.

 

C . R e c ord s . C orpora t e C o m p li a n ce sha l l m a i nta i n a ce n tr al f il e of t he m ate r i a li t y g u i d eli n e s estab li sh e d pu r su a nt t o pa r a g r a p h 1 D a n d a l l other w r i tt en a p pro v a l s, e x ce p t i o n s, v i o l ati o ns, co n f i rm ati o ns, d e t er m i n a t i o n s, m emo r a n da a n d com m u ni cati o ns r e q u i r ed by t h i s S t ate m e n t of S t a n d a r ds.
 
 

Exh ibit A

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I n v e st m en t S e ct o r S en ior O f f icers

 

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Cert a in E mp lo y ee s o f I n v e st m en t S e ct o r S uppo rt Fu n cti on s:

 

Co m p l i an c e , La w , Fin an c e , P G I M E x e c u ti v e S uppo rt, I n t e rn a l A ud it,

PG I M I n stit u ti ona l Rel a ti on s h ip Gro up , PG I M In stit u ti ona l A d v isory & S o lu t io n s, O pe rati on s & S y st em s an d R i sk Ma na g em e n t

 

 

 

 

A . Q M A

C. Fix e d Income

 

U n i ts :

D. Pr i v ate In v e s t me n t S e c t or

E . P G IM Real E sta t e

In v e s t me n t S e c t or

 

U n i ts :

 

Q uan t i t a t i v e M anage m en t Ass o c iat e s LL C

P ruden t ial T ru s t Co . –

Q M A dua l -ha tt e d st a f f

 

 

Rest r i cte d L i st :

 

Q M A Re st r i ct e d L i s t

 

 

 

B. J e nnison

In v e s t me n t S e c t or

 

U n i ts :

 

J enn i s o n Ass o c iat e s

LLC

 

P ruden t ial T ru s t Co . – J enn i s o n dua l -ha tt e d st a f f

 

 

Rest r i cte d L i st :

 

J enn i s o n Re st r i ct e d L i s t

In v e s t me n t S e c t or

 

U n i ts :

 

P GIM Fi x e d I n c o m e

 

PGIM ( Si ngapore ) P t e . L t d . –

Fi x e d I n c o m e st a f f

 

P ruden t ial I nve st m en t M anage m en t J apa n Co . , L t d . ( PI M J )

P GIM L i m i t e d – Fi x e d

I n c o m e st a f f

 

P GIM Fu n d M anage m en t

L i m i t e d – Fi x e d I n c o m e st a f f

 

Cap i t a l M ar k e t s G rou p

 

Pr uden t i a l T ru s t Co . – Fi x e d

I n c o m e dua l -ha tt e d st a f f

 

Rest r i cte d L i st :

 

Fi x e d I n c o m e Ru le 10 b - 5 ( I n s ide I n f or m a t io n ) Re st r i ct e d L i s t

P GI M , I n c . - P GIM Rea l Est a t e , e x c lu d ing G R E S

P GIM Rea l Est a t e ( E urope ) an d a ff iliat ed / re lat e d en t i t ies ( in c lu d ing bu t no t li m i t e d t o) :

P GIM L i m i t e d – P GIM Rea l

Est a t e st a f f

P GIM Fu n d M anage m en t L i m i t e d – P GIM Rea l Est a t e st a f f

P GIM Rea l Est a t e Lu x e m bour g

SA

• PGIM Rea l E st a t e F ran c e S A S

P GIM Rea l Est a t e G er m an y A G P GIM Rea l Est a t e ( P an As ia) an d

a ff iliat e d en t i t ies ( in c lu d ing bu t no t li m i t e d t o) :

P GIM ( S in gapore ) Pt e . L t d . –

P GIM Rea l Est a t e st a f f

P GIM Rea l Est a t e ( J apan ) L t d .

P GIM (Hon g K ong ) L i m i t e d –

P GIM Rea l Est a t e st a f f

• PGIM ( Aus t ra lia) P t y . L t d .

P GIM K ore a I n c . – P GIM Rea l

Est a t e st a f f

 

P GIM Rea l Est a t e -La t in A m er i c a an d a ff iliat ed / re lat e d en t i t ies

P GI M , I n c . - P ruden t ial Cap i t a l G rou p

 

P ruden t ial P r i va t e P la c e m en t I nve st or s , L .P .

P R I C OA Cap i t a l G rou p L t d . P GIM L i m i t e d – P C G st a f f

P GIM Rea l Est a t e Fin an c e (a ll un i t s an d lo c a t io n s )

Ch ief I nve st m en t Of f i c e

P or tf o lio M anage m en t

A l t erna t i v e Ass e t s

I nve st m en t A na l y t i c s &

Poli c y

Cap i t a l M ar k e t s Hedg ing

 

E n t erpr i s e R i s k M anage m en t ( E R M ) - I nve st m en t R i s k M anage m en t

E R M M ar k e t an d M ode l R i s k

M anage m en t

 

P ruden t ial Gl oba l Fu nd ing

 

 

Rest r i cte d L i sts :

P C G P or tf o lio Ho ldi n g L i s t

90-Da y P r i c ing L i s t

P C G M N P I L i s t

P C G W a tc h an d E ar ly W arn ing L i s t P GIM Rea l Est a t e Fin an c e M N P I L i s t P GIM Rea l Est a t e M N P I L i s t

G lo b al Real E sta t e

S e c u r ities (G R ES ) In v e s t me n t S e c t or

U n i ts :

 

P GIM I n c . P GIM Rea l

Est a t e , G R E S

P GIM L i m i t e d – G R E S P GIM ( S in gapore ) Pt e . L t d .

– G R E S

 

Rest r i cte d L i st :

 

Gl oba l Rea l Est a t e S e c ur i t ies Re st r i ct e d L i s t (“ G RL” )

 

 

1 Cer t a in I nve st m en t S e ct o r S en ior Of f i c er s ar e dee m e d t o b e abov e t h e w a ll, s e e paragrap h 5 A , an d ar e li st e d o n E x h ibit B .

2 Cer t a in e m p lo yee s o f I nve st m en t S e ct o r S uppor t Fu n ct io n s ar e dee m e d t o b e abov e t h e w a ll, w h ile o t her s ar e dee m e d t o b e e m p l o yee s o f t h e I nve st m en t S e ct o r t he y s uppor t . S e e paragrap h 5 B .

 
 

 

 

E x hibit B

 

In v es tment S ec t o r Se nior Of f i ce rs

 

 

 

Er i c Ad ler Caitlin Pinc u s Da v id Hu n t T a i mu r H y a t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[1] Rule 10b5-1(c), adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, provides for an affirmative defense to allegations of insider trading for trades implemented in accordance with a Rule 10b5-1(c) trading plan (“Individual Trading Plan”). Certain Prudential employees may be eligible to enter into an Individual Trading Plan with respect to certain sales of Prudential securities and exercises of Prudential employee stock options. Any Individual Trading Plan must be precleared in accordance with Company standards. These individuals have been specifically notified.

[2] In some circumstances, additional elements may be required for there to be a violation of law, including scienter and breach of a duty.

[3] Certain sales of Prudential securities and exercises of Prudential employee stock options are permitted if made pursuant to a Company precleared Individual Trading Plan.

[4] In addition to the penalties listed in this section, Prudential and/or Prudential associates could be subject to penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) if the insider trading occurs in connection with an ERISA plan’s investment.

[5] Jennison Associates maintain a separate personal trading policy and monitoring system which may differ from these Standards. Any differences between the Jennison Associates policy and these Standards must be approved by the Chief Compliance Officer of Prudential.

[6] In certain circumstances due to local law and administrative issues, employees located outside the U.S. are monitored locally by the business unit compliance department.

[7] In certain circumstances temporary workers, consultants or independent contractors may be subject to certain aspects of these Standards based on their access to confidential information. Temporary employees should contact their business unit compliance officer with any questions about their obligations.

[8] Private-Side Associates, a subset of the Covered Person category, as defined under Section VI of these Standards (excluding employees of PMCC), are considered Access Persons under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 due to their access to investment advisory client trading information. These individuals will continue to be called Covered Private-Side Associates under these Standards.

[9] Supervised Persons who are Broker-Dealer Registered Representatives are subject to the additional requirements in Section IV.

[10] Due to applicable laws, employees located in Japan are not required to disclose or report information regarding accounts for which a spouse, dependent family member and/or minor child has a beneficial interest.

[11] For example, this could include individuals with whom you share living expenses, bank accounts, rent or mortgage payments, ownership of a home, or any other material financial support. These situations should be reviewed on a case by case basis by the business unit compliance officer or Securities Monitoring Unit.

[12] 529 plans purchased through a broker-dealer are reportable; however, 529 plans purchased directly from a state sponsor are not reportable. Investment Personnel, Access Persons and Private-Side Associates are subject to trading restrictions and reporting requirements with respect to certain mutual fund transactions and holdings. See Sections V.D. and VI.F.

[13] Duplicate confirmations and statements are not required for accounts in which purchases and sales are limited to open-end mutual funds.

[14] Any changes to accounts that have previously been granted exceptions must be reevaluated to determine if the exception is still permitted. This requirement does not apply to accounts in which purchases and sales are limited to open-end mutual funds.

[15] If you are a reporting associate, and have not completed an acknowledgment form, please contact the Securities Monitoring Unit.

[16] This requirement does not apply to accounts in which purchases and sales are limited to open-end mutual funds only. It similarly does not apply to employees outside of the U.S. maintaining accounts with foreign broker/dealers.

[17] Employees are required to report new accounts within thirty days of activating the account.

[18] Exceptions for employees outside the U.S. may be granted by the local Business Unit Head provided that Compliance recommends approval. Compliance recommendations are solely based on criteria provided in these Standards.

[19] Additional criteria may be evaluated by business unit compliance officers and Securities Monitoring Unit to grant account exceptions as warranted.

[20] Trust accounts for which the employee or other Monitored person is only the grantor and has no decision making capabilities do not need to be disclosed and are not subject to monitoring. Trust accounts for which the monitored person is only the beneficiary must be disclosed to Corporate Compliance, however, these accounts are not subject to monitoring. Additionally, when the monitored person is the trustee of a trust and he/she does not have investment discretion, the trust is not subject to monitoring or the authorized broker dealer requirements.

[21] Information concerning securities transactions at the authorized broker-dealers is fed by computer link directly to the FIS Protegent PTA system which Prudential uses for trade monitoring.

[22] For accounts established in countries not specifically listed, please contact the Securities Monitoring Unit or your local compliance officer for reporting requirements.

[23] Employees who are subject to reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are required to report transactions in Discretionary Accounts due to their Prudential securities filing obligations. Therefore, employees who maintain Discretionary Accounts at unauthorized broker dealers must provide duplicate statements and trade confirmations.

Section 204 of the Advisers Act requires access persons of a registered investment adviser to report their personal securities holdings and transactions. This rule provides an exemption to these reporting requirements with respect to securities that are held in accounts over which the access person has no direct or indirect influence or control. It is this exemption that permits Prudential employees covered by this rule to maintain managed accounts at brokers other than the Prudential approved brokers, with holdings and trading not required to be reported to Prudential.

[24] Includes prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, exchange funds, and other financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in market value of equity securities.

[25] In certain circumstances temporary workers, consultants or independent contractors may be subject to certain aspects of these Standards based on their access to confidential information.

[26] Certain sales of Prudential securities and exercises of Prudential employee stock options are permitted if made pursuant to a Company precleared Individual Trading Plan.

[27] Includes prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, exchange funds, and other financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in market value of equity securities.

[28] Transactions executed pursuant to a Company precleared Individual Trading Plan are not required to be individually precleared. However, the Individual Trading Plan itself must be precleared in accordance with Company standards.

[29] Information concerning securities transactions at the authorized broker-dealers is fed by computer link directly to FIS Protegent PTA. For accounts held at unauthorized firms, other than Discretionary Accounts and certain trust accounts, the Securities Monitoring Unit must receive paper copies of all confirms and monthly statements.

[30] Monitored Persons are expected to report new accounts within thirty days of activating the account.

[31] Trades executed pursuant to a Company precleared Individual Trading Plan need not be individually precleared and may be made in accordance with the terms of the Individual Trading Plan either during open trading windows or blackout periods.

[32] Certain sales of Prudential securities and exercises of Prudential employee stock options are permitted if made pursuant to a Company precleared Individual Trading Plan.

[33] Monitored Persons are expected to report new accounts within thirty days of activating the account.

[34] In addition, Designated Persons located in the United Kingdom (“UK”) will be permitted additional time to complete exercises of Prudential employee stock options due to the settlement requirements within the UK, provided that the exercise is submitted within two days of receiving preclearance approval.

[35] Includes prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, exchange funds, and other financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in market value of equity securities.

[36] Section 16 Insider policy exceptions are addressed in the Reporting Responsibilities and Procedures for Section 16 Officers and Control Persons of Prudential policy (“Section 16 Policy”). A similar policy also exists for Section 16 Directors.

[37] Associated Person means any officer, director or branch manager (or any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the broker-dealer, any employee of the broker-dealer or individuals performing covered functions under the Operations Professional rule 1230 (b)(6), except someone whose functions are solely clerical or ministerial. All Registered Representatives are Associated Persons.

[38] Certain PIMS personnel employed by portfolio management units may be subject to the personal securities trading restrictions set forth in Section V. due to their association with portfolio management activities in addition to the restrictions set forth in this Section.

[39] PAD Associated Persons follow policies and procedures outlined in PAD’s compliance manual that are generally consistent with the requirements of this Section.

[40] Associated persons who are also Access Persons and/or Private-Side Associates are required to report certain mutual fund transactions and holdings and purchases of certain variable-life and variable-annuity contracts and sub-account transactions, as described in Sections V.D. and VI.F.

[41] The Securities Monitoring Unit will notify all individuals who are classified as Supervised Persons.

[42] For PIMS Registered Representatives, approval may be granted by the appropriate business unit compliance officer, in conjunction with that unit’s policies and procedures. This review may serve as notification to and review by the broker-dealer.

[43] Generally, Private-Side Associates are also considered Access Persons under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. See Section VI for information on the requirements for Private-Side Associates.

[44] Certain PIMS personnel employed by portfolio management units may be subject to the personal securities trading restrictions set forth in this section due to their association with portfolio management activities in addition to the restrictions set forth in Section IV.

[45] Certain international units may also be subject to the requirements of this Section. Individuals should consult the applicable business unit compliance officer for additional information.

[46] PGIM employees are identified by the President of PGIM in consultation with the PGIM Chief Compliance Officer. PI and ASTIS employees are identified by the Presidents of PI and ASTIS, in consultation with the PI/ASTIS Chief Compliance Officer. The Chief Compliance Officers will be responsible for maintaining the list and submitting any changes to the Securities Monitoring Unit.

[47] The requirement for non-proprietary subadvised funds only applies to those funds for which the employee has access to information. See Exhibit 8 for details or contact your business unit compliance officer.

[48] For the Prudential Employee Savings Plan and the Jennison Associates Savings Plan, only exchanges of proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised funds are subject to the sixty-day holding period. Transactions due to automatic payroll deductions, company match, hardship withdrawals, loans and automatic rebalancing transactions are exempt from this requirement.

[49] Discipline and sanctions relating to violations occurring in the Prudential Employee Savings Plan or the Jennison Associates Savings Plan will be determined by the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee.

[50] Certain international units may also be subject to the requirements of this Section. Individuals should consult the applicable business unit compliance officer for additional information.

[51] Mutual fund transactions executed through PMFS, PESP and the Jennison Associates Savings Plan will be sent to Compliance through a daily electronic trading feed.

[52] Prudential’s deferred compensation plans (including The Prudential Insurance Company of America Deferred Compensation Plan, the Amended and Restated American Skandia Lifestyle Security Plan, and the Trust Agreement between Jennison Associates LLC and Wachovia Bank, N.A.) are notional plans; therefore, they are not susceptible to market timing. As a consequence, transactions in these plans are exempt from both the sixty-day holding period and reporting requirements.

[53] Certain exceptions may be granted for the proprietary and non-proprietary mutual fund reporting and holding requirements where funds are held in 401(k) Plans and variable insurance and annuity products held through companies other than Prudential, the fund transfer agent or one of the authorized broker-dealers. Access and Investment Persons should contact their local compliance officer to disclose these accounts and request an exception.

[54] GRES employees are also subject to certain trading restrictions covered under Section VI of these Standards.

[55] Investment Persons must preclear the purchase or sale of a new issue once it begins trading on an exchange.

[56] There is no presumption that Access Persons have knowledge of actual trading activity.

[57] Properly precleared personal trades executed within seven days prior to a portfolio trading will be presumed not violative of the seven day rule provided there was no additional evidence to the contrary.

[58] Transactions resulting in a loss are not subject to this prohibition; however, preclearance approval is still required.

[59] Purchases of Prudential stock automatically executed under PSPP are exempt from the short-swing profit restrictions. However, PSPP sales of Prudential stock are subject to the short-swing profit restrictions for employees of QMA and its support functions.

[60] Includes prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, exchange funds, and other financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in market value of equity securities.

[61] For Access and Investment Persons, PSPP elections and purchases are exempt from preclearance. However, Designated Persons are subject to additional restrictions relating to PSPP. See Section III.B.5. for more details.

[62] As part of the preclearance process, Compliance will review the preclearance requests against the appropriate restricted lists that apply to the individual.

[63] Paper preclearance forms may be used for international units and in certain hardship cases. Paper Forms are available from the business unit compliance officer.

[64] Access Persons preclearance forms are submitted to the business unit compliance officer of the Complex to which they are deemed to have access via FIS Protegent PTA.

[65] In addition to the examples listed in the grid, exceptions by Prior Written Approval may be available in certain circumstances. This may include, purchases or sales of securities which receive prior written approval of the business unit compliance officer (such person having no personal interest in such purchases or sales), based on a determination that no conflict of interest is involved and that such purchases or sales are not likely to have any economic impact on any portfolio in the business unit or on its ability to purchase or sell securities of the same class or other securities of the same issuer. For purposes of the mutual fund sixty-day holding period, only certain limited exceptions will be approved including, but not limited to, hardships and extended disability and must be approved by the Business Unit Head and the PGIM Chief Compliance Officer prior to execution. For purposes of these Standards, Business Unit Head is defined as the executive in charge of PGIM Fixed Income , QMA, Jennison, PI or his/her delegate. Delegation of this responsibility must be done in writing and submitted to the PGIM Chief Compliance Officer.

[66] See also Exhibit 3 for more details regarding the securities transactions that require preclearance.

[67] Those securities that are generally not eligible for purchase by the strategy utilized by your business unit.

[68] Purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired.

[69] For certain limited transactions, Jennison has a different de minimis standard under its Code of Ethics.

[70] Purchases or sales of securities effected in any account over which the Access Person has no direct or indirect influence or control or in any account of the Access Person which is managed exclusively on a discretionary basis by a person other than such Access Person and with respect to which such Access Person does not in fact influence or control such transactions. Access Persons must provide written documentation that evidences he/she does not have authority to participate in the management of the account and the employee must give exclusive discretion to his/her broker or investment adviser. A copy of such Discretionary Account agreement must be sent to the business unit compliance officer which will be forwarded to the Securities Monitoring Unit for review and approval. Such Discretionary Accounts are required to be reported, however duplicate statements and trade confirmations are not required to be reported. However, employees who maintain discretionary accounts may be required to submit periodic transaction confirmations and statements.

[71] Any transactions in index options effected on a broad-based index as indicated in Exhibit 5.

[72] Compliance will maintain criteria for determining which ETFs are broad based and exempt from this rule. All ETFs require preclearance.

[73] Preclearance is required for closed-end funds.

[74] This includes purchases or sales of securities that are part of an automatic investment/withdrawal program or resulting from an automatic rebalancing. Transactions that override any pre-set schedule or allocation are subject to the blackout period and short swing profit rules and must be precleared and reported to the Securities Monitoring Unit.

[75] Additional PSPP restrictions and requirements apply to Designated Persons, see Section III.B.5.

[76] Short Swing Profit, blackout period and preclearance requirements for proprietary closed end funds do not apply to GPSI Access Persons.

[77] The requirement for non-proprietary subadvised funds only applies to those funds for which the employee has access to information. See Exhibit 8 for details or contact your business unit compliance officer.

[78] Accounts that hold only mutual funds are reportable; however, the holdings in such accounts are exempt from disclosure.

[79] Employees working in or supporting portfolio management, trading and private asset management units are generally monitored as Access, Investment or Private-Side Associates. Such persons are subject to additional trading requirements.

[80] GRES employees are also subject to specific restrictions as Access and Investment Persons under these Standards - Private-Side Associates excluded – see Section V.E. for more details.

[81] Public-Side Investment Personnel and other individuals who are specifically notified are also subject to the sixty-day mutual fund holding period.

[82] These officers will be identified by the President of PGIM in consultation with the PGIM Chief Compliance Officer. The PGIM Chief Compliance Officer will be responsible for maintaining the list and submitting any changes to the Securities Monitoring Unit of the Compliance Department.

[83] The requirement for non-proprietary subadvised funds only applies to those funds for which the employee has access to information. See Exhibit 8 for details or contact your business unit compliance officers.

[84] For the Prudential Employee Savings Plan, only exchanges of proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised funds are subject to the sixty-day holding period. Transactions due to automatic payroll deductions, company match, hardship withdrawals, loans and automatic rebalancing transactions are exempt from this requirement.

[85] The Committee evaluates violations of the Standards and determines appropriate disciplinary action.

[86] Discipline and sanctions relating to violations occurring in the Prudential Employee Savings Plan or the Jennison Associates Savings Plan will be determined separately by the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee.

[87] The requirement for non-proprietary subadvised funds only applies to those funds for which the employee has access to information. See Exhibit 8 for details or contact your business unit compliance officers.

 

[88] Mutual fund transactions executed through PMFS and PESP will be sent to the Securities Monitoring Unit through a daily electronic trading feed.

[89] Prudential’s deferred compensation plans (including The Prudential Insurance Company of America Deferred Compensation Plan) are notional plans; therefore, they are not susceptible to market timing. As a consequence, transactions in these plans are exempt from both the sixty-day holding period and reporting requirements.

[90] Certain exceptions may be granted for the proprietary and non-proprietary mutual fund reporting and holding requirements, where funds are held in 401(k) and in variable insurance and annuity products held through companies other than Prudential, the fund transfer agent or one of the authorized broker-dealers. Access and Investment Persons should contact their local compliance officer to disclose these accounts and request an exception.

[91] The requirement for non-proprietary subadvised funds only applies to those funds for which the employee has access to information. See Exhibit 8 for details or contact your business unit compliance officer.

 

[92] Business Unit Compliance may approve certain transactions in private real estate securities on a case by case basis, subject to a conflict of interest review.

[93] Designated Persons must preclear transactions in Prudential securities, See Section III.B.5. for more details.

 

[94] If you do not see a particular security listed below, please check with your business unit compliance officer for reporting and preclearance requirements.

[95] Designated Persons at levels 1 – 6 and 56A and 560, as well as QMA Designated Persons must preclear transactions in Prudential securities, See Section III.B.5. for more details.

[96] This requirement only applies to the funds for which the employee is deemed to have access. See Exhibit 8 for details or contact your business unit compliance officer.

[97] 529 plans purchased through a broker-dealer are reportable.

[98] Designated Persons must preclear transactions in Prudential securities, See Section III.B.5. for more details.

[99] Designated Persons must preclear transactions in Prudential securities, See Section III.B.5. for more details.

[100] There are two types of rebalancing features, automatic (quarterly) and on-demand (ad hoc at your request), which may be used so your current PESP account is rebalanced to reflect your designated target investment allocation. Designated Persons may elect automatic rebalancing upon preclearance during an open trading window even though rebalancing may occur during a blackout period.

[101] When selecting on-demand rebalancing, if all sources or company match 2 (mandatory employer directed match) is selected, then any money previously moved out of company match 2 will be moved back into the company stock fund. Preclearance is therefore required.

[102] The reporting and holding period requirements for non-proprietary subadvised funds are applicable for only the funds to which the employee is deemed to have access. Contact your business unit compliance officer for additional information. Please note, these restrictions on Pru subadvised funds do not currently apply to PGIM Fixed Income, PGIM Real Estate, PMCC, PCG, PIIA, and PI employees as these units do not subadvise any non-proprietary funds.