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on December 22, 2004

Securities Act Registration No. 2-72097
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-3175

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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PRUDENTIAL SECTOR FUNDS, INC.

(d/b/a Jennnison Sector Funds, Inc.)

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GATEWAY CENTER THREE
100 MULBERRY STREET
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102-4077

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Jennison Sector Funds, Inc.

  Jennison Financial Services Fund

  Jennison Health Sciences Fund

  Jennison Technology Fund

Formerly known as Prudential Financial Services Fund
Prudential Health Sciences Fund
Prudential Technology Fund

                , 2005

PROSPECTUS

FUND TYPE

Sector stock

OBJECTIVE

Long-term capital
appreciation

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Funds' shares nor has the SEC determined that this prospectus is complete or accurate. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.

JennisonDryden is a service mark of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ, and its affiliates.

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Table of Contents

  1     Risk/Return Summary  
  1     Investment Objective and Principal Strategies  
  3     Principal Risks  
  4     Evaluating Performance  
  10     Fees and Expenses  
  13     How the Funds Invest  
  13     Investment Objective and Policies  
  16     Other Investments and Strategies  
  19     Investment Risks  
  25     How the Funds are Managed  
  25     Board of Directors  
  25     Manager  
  26     Investment Advisers  
  26     Portfolio Managers  
  27     Distributor  
  28     Fund Distributions and Tax Issues  
  28     Distributions  
  29     Tax Issues  
  30     If You Sell or Exchange Your Shares  
  32     How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares of the Funds  
  32     How to Buy Shares  
  43     How to Sell Your Shares  
  46     How to Exchange Your Shares  
  49     Telephone Redemptions or Exchanges  
  49     Expedited Redemption Privilege  
  50     Financial Highlights  
  50     Jennison Financial Services Fund  
  54     Jennison Health Sciences Fund  
  58     Jennison Technology Fund  
        For More Information (Back Cover)  

 



Risk/Return Summary

This prospectus provides information about three of the four series of Jennison Sector Funds, Inc., which we refer to as "the Company." Those three series are Jennison Financial Services Fund , Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund (each referred to as a "Fund" and collectively as "the Funds"). To obtain information about the fourth series, Jennison Utility Fund, see the back cover page of this prospectus. While the three Funds have some common attributes, such as their investment objective and many of their investment policies, each focuses on a different sector. Therefore, some sections of this prospectus deal with each Fund separately, while other sections address all three Funds at the same time. Prior to June 30, 2003, the Funds were known as Prudential Financial Services Fund, Prudential Health Sciences Fund and Prudential Technology Fund, respectively, and the Company was known as Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.

This section highlights key information about each Fund. Additional information follows this summary.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES

Each Fund's investment objective is long-term capital appreciation . This means that we seek investments whose price will increase over time. Each Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets in equity-related securities of U.S. companies within a specific group of industries. The term "investable assets" in this prospectus refers to the applicable Fund's net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes. A 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. Each Fund will provide 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders of a change in its non-fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its investable assets in the type of investment suggested by its name. We refer to the group of industries in which each Fund concentrates as its "sector."

n    Jennison Financial Services Fund buys securities of companies in the financial services sector, such as banks, finance companies, insurance companies and securities/brokerage firms that are primarily engaged in providing financial services.

n    Jennison Health Sciences Fund buys securities of companies in the health sciences sector, such as pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, medical device manufacturers, healthcare service providers and HMOs that derive a substantial portion of their sales from healthcare-related products or services.

n    Jennison Technology Fund buys securities of companies in the technology sector, such as those that derive, or that the Fund's investment adviser expects will derive, a substantial portion of their sales from products or services in technology and technology-related activities.

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Risk/Return Summary

Each Fund may have two separate segments that we call the "Strategically Managed" portfolio and the "Enhanced Index" portfolio. Currently, each Fund has all of its assets in a single Strategically Managed portfolio, and has no Enhanced Index portfolio segment.

Each Strategically Managed portfolio holds those equity-related securities in which the portfolio managers have the highest confidence. Equity-related securities in which the Funds primarily invest are common stocks, nonconvertible preferred stocks and convertible securities. The portfolio managers use fundamental and quantitative analyses to select individual securities, and they may invest more than 5% of a Fund's assets in any one issuer. Each Fund participates in the initial public offering (IPO) market.

An Enhanced Index portfolio would contain securities selected from a benchmark index made up of securities of that Fund's sector from the Standard & Poor's (S&P) SuperComposite 1500 Index. The S&P SuperComposite 1500 Index is made up of the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500), the S&P Mid-Cap 400 Stock Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Under an Enhanced Index strategy, the adviser would seek to outperform the benchmark index and to limit the possibility of significantly underperforming that benchmark. Enhanced Index portfolios are expected to hold a representative sample of the securities in the benchmark index and to over-weight or under-weight selected securities based upon proprietary quantitative models. The portfolio managers would try to control the risk of significantly underperforming the benchmark by keeping size and industry weightings relatively close to those in the benchmark. Because the S&P 500 makes up 90% of each benchmark index's market capitalization, large-cap stocks may dominate a Fund's portfolio, particularly under an Enhanced Index strategy.

For the Strategically Managed portfolio of Jennison Financial Services Fund, we consider selling a security when it has increased in price to the point where it is no longer underpriced in the opinion of the investment adviser. However, for the Strategically Managed portfolios of Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, we consider selling or reducing a stock position when, in the opinion of the investment adviser, the stock has experienced a fundamental disappointment in earnings; the stock has experienced adverse price movement; the stock has reached an intermediate-term price objective and its outlook no longer seems sufficiently promising; or a relatively more attractive stock emerges. While we make every effort to achieve each Fund's investment objective, we can't guarantee success.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS

Although we try to invest wisely, all investments involve risk. Each Fund is subject to risks within its own sector because it concentrates its investments in securities of companies within that sector's industries. For example, although each Fund may be affected, Jennison Financial Services Fund can be most adversely affected by legislative changes, increased competition and general economic conditions. Jennison Health Sciences Fund faces risks created by government regulation and invests in companies whose products or services may quickly become obsolete. Jennison Technology Fund is subjected to risks of investing in companies subject to intense competition whose products may quickly become obsolete. For all Funds, the prices of the securities in which they invest can be volatile.

Since each Fund is a sector fund, its holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of a Fund can deviate from the performance of the indexes. For the Enhanced Index portfolios, there is a risk that the quantitative analysis used to determine which securities each Fund will invest in may result in underperforming the benchmark index. Because we invest in stocks, there is the risk that a particular stock we own could go down in value or pay lower-than-expected dividends. In addition to an individual stock losing value, the value of the equity markets could go down. Stock markets may be volatile.

Each Fund is nondiversified, meaning we can invest more than 5% of the Fund's assets in the securities of any one issuer. Investing in a nondiversified fund involves greater risk than investing in a diversified fund because a loss resulting from the decline in value of any one security may represent a greater portion of the total assets of a nondiversified fund.

In addition, as the Funds' assets grow, the impact of their IPO investments on performance will decline, which could reduce total returns.

Like any mutual fund, an investment in a Fund could lose value and you could lose money. For more detailed information about the risks associated with each Fund, see "How the Funds Invest - Investment Risks."

An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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Risk/Return Summary

EVALUATING PERFORMANCE

A number of factors - including risk - can affect how each Fund performs. The following bar charts show each Fund's performance for each full calendar year of its operation. The bar charts and tables below demonstrate the risks of investing in a Fund by showing how returns can change and by showing how each Fund's average annual total returns compare with stock indexes and a group of similar mutual funds. Past performance, before and after taxes, does not mean that a Fund will achieve similar results in the future.

Jennison Financial Services Fund

Annual Total Returns* (Class A shares)

BEST QUARTER:  _____% (___ quarter of ____) WORST QUARTER: ____% (___ quarter of ____)

*  These annual total returns do not include deductions for sales charges. If the sales charges were included, the annual total returns would be lower than those shown. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver of 0.05% for Class A shares, the annual returns for Class A shares would have been lower. Effective June 9, 2003, Jennison Associates LLC became the Fund's sole investment adviser.

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Average Annual Total Returns 1   (as of 12/31/04)

Return Before Taxes   One Year   Five Years   Since Inception
(6-30-99)
 
Class A shares   %       %   (     %)  
Class C shares               (     )  
Class Z shares               (     )  
Class B Shares  
Return Before Taxes               (     )  
Return After Taxes on Distributions 2               (     )  
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 2               (     )  
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)  
S&P SC 1500 Index 3  
S&P SC Financials Index 4  
S&P 500 Financial Index 5  
Lipper Average 6  

 

1  The Fund's returns are after deduction of sales charges and expenses. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver for Class A shares of 0.05%, the returns for Class A shares would have been lower. Without a waiver of management fees and/or expense subsidization, the Fund's average annual returns would have been lower, as indicated in parentheses.

2  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class B shares. After-tax returns for other classes will vary due to differing sales charges and expenses. Past performance, before and after taxes, does not mean that the Fund will achieve similar results in the future.

3  The S&P SuperComposite 1500 Index (S&P SC 1500 Index) - an unmanaged index of the 500 large, established, publicly-traded stocks in the S&P 500 Index, the 400 largest companies outside of the S&P 500 Index contained in the S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index and the 600 small capitalization stocks comprising the S&P SmallCap 600 Index - gives a broad look at how U.S. stock prices have performed. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. The securities in the S&P SC 1500 Index may be very different from those in the Fund. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

4  The S&P SuperComposite Financials Index (S&P SC Financials Index) is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the financial sector of the S&P SC 1500 Index. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

5  [description of benchmark to come]

6  The Lipper Average is based on the average return of all mutual funds in the Lipper Financial Services Funds category and does not include the effect of any sales charges or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

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Risk/Return Summary

Jennison Health Sciences Fund

Annual Total Returns* (Class A shares)

BEST QUARTER:  ____% (___ quarter of ____) WORST QUARTER: ____% (___ quarter of ____)

*  These annual total returns do not include deductions for sales charges. If the sales charges were included, the annual total returns would be lower than those shown. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver of 0.05% for Class A shares, the annual returns for Class A shares would have been lower. Effective June 9, 2003, Jennison Associates LLC became the Fund's sole investment adviser.

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Average Annual Total Returns 1   (as of 12/31/04)

Return Before Taxes   One Year   Five Years   Since Inception
(6-30-99)
 
Class A shares   %       %   (    %)  
Class C shares               (    )  
Class Z shares               (    )  
Class B Shares  
Return Before Taxes               (    )  
Return After Taxes on Distributions 2               (    )  
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 2               (    )  
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)  
S&P SC 1500 Index 3  
S&P SC Health Care Index 4  
Lipper Average 5  

 

1  The Fund's returns are after deduction of sales charges and expenses. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver of 0.05% for Class A shares, the returns for Class A shares would have been lower. Without a waiver of management fees and/or expense subsidization, the Fund's average annual returns would have been lower, as indicated in parentheses.

2  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class B shares. After-tax returns for other classes will vary due to differing sales charges and expenses. Past performance, before and after taxes, does not mean that the Fund will achieve similar results in the future.

3  The S&P SC 1500 Index is described above under the table for Jennison Financial Services Fund. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. The securities in the S&P SC 1500 Index may be very different from those in the Fund. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

4  The S&P SuperComposite Health Care Index (S&P SC Health Care Index) is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the health care sector of the S&P SC 1500 Index. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

5  The Lipper Average is based on the average return of all mutual funds in the Lipper Health/Bio-technology Funds category and does not include the effects of any sales charges or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

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Risk/Return Summary

Jennison Technology Fund

Annual Total Returns* (Class A shares)

BEST QUARTER:   ____% (___ quarter of ____) WORST QUARTER: ____% (___ quarter of ____)

*  These annual total returns do not include deductions for sales charges. If the sales charges were included, the annual total returns would be lower than those shown. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver of 0.05% for Class A shares, the annual returns for Class A shares would have been lower. Effective June 9, 2003, Jennison Associates LLC became the Fund's sole investment adviser.

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Average Annual Total Returns 1   (as of 12/31/04)

Return Before Taxes   One Year   Five Years   Since Inception
(6-30-99)
 
Class A shares   %       %   (     %)  
Class C shares               (     )  
Class Z shares               (     )  
Class B Shares  
Return Before Taxes               (     )  
Return After Taxes on Distributions 2               (     )  
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 2               (     )  
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)  
S&P SC 1500 Index 3  
S&P SC Information Technology Index 4  
Lipper Average 5  

 

1  The Fund's returns are after deduction of sales charges and expenses. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver of 0.05% for Class A shares, the returns for Class A shares would have been lower. Without a waiver of management fees and/or expense subsidization, the Fund's average annual returns would have been lower, as indicated in parentheses.

2  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class B shares. After-tax returns for other classes will vary due to differing sales charges and expenses. Past performance, before and after taxes, does not mean that the Fund will achieve similar results in the future.

3  The S&P SC 1500 Index is described above under the table for Jennison Financial Services Fund. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. The securities in the S&P SC 1500 Index may be very different from those in the Fund. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

4  The S&P SuperComposite Information Technology Index (S&P SC Information Technology Index) is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the technology sector of the S&P SC 1500 Index. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

5  The Lipper Average is based on the average return of all mutual funds in the Lipper Science & Technology Funds category and does not include the effects of any sales charges or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of a Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

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Risk/Return Summary

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table shows the sales charges, fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of each share class of each Fund - Class A, B, C and Z. The sales charges of a class are the same for each Fund, but the fees and expenses vary among the classes and the Funds. Each share class of a particular Fund has different (or no) sales charges - known as loads - and expenses, but represents an investment in the same Fund. Class Z shares are available only to a limited group of investors. For more information about which share class may be right for you, see "How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares of the Funds."

Shareholder Fees 1 (paid directly from your investment)

    Class A   Class B   Class C   Class Z  
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    5.50 %   None   None   None  
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of the lower of original purchase
price or sale proceeds)
    1 % 2     5 % 3     1 % 4   None  
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
reinvested dividends and other distributions
  None   None   None   None  
Redemption fees   None   None   None   None  
Exchange fee   None   None   None   None  

 

1  Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for purchases and sales of shares.

2  Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are not subject to an initial sales charge but are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1% (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential).

3  The CDSC for Class B shares decreases by 1% annually to 1% in the fifth and sixth years and 0% in the seventh year. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares approximately seven years after purchase.

4  The CDSC for Class C shares is 1% for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase (within 18 months of purchase for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004).

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (deducted from Fund assets)

    Class A   Class B   Class C   Class Z  
Jennison Financial Services Fund  
Management fees     .75 %     .75 %     .75 %     .75 %  
+ Distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .30 % 1     1.00 %     1.00 %     None    
+ Other expenses     .57 %     .57 %     .57 %     .57 %  
= Total annual Fund operating expenses     1.62 %     2.32 %     2.32 %     1.32 %  
– Fee waiver  
= Net annual Fund operating expenses  
Jennison Health Sciences Fund      
Management fees     .75 %     .75 %     .75 %     .75 %  
+ Distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .30 % 1     1.00 %     1.00 %     None    
+ Other expenses     .42 %     .42 %     .42 %     .42 %  
= Total annual Fund operating expenses     1.47 %     2.17 %     2.17 %     1.17 %  
– Fee waiver  
= Net annual Fund operating expenses  
Jennison Technology Fund      
Management fees     .75 %     .75 %     .75 %     .75 %  
+ Distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .30 % 1     1.00 %     1.00 %     None    
+ Other expenses     .86 %     .86 %     .86 %     .86 %  
= Total annual Fund operating expenses     1.91 %     2.61 %     2.61 %     1.61 %  
– Fee waiver  
= Net annual Fund operating expenses  

 

1  For the fiscal year ending November 30, 2005, the Distributor of the Fund has contractually agreed to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class A shares to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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Risk/Return Summary

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the fees and expenses of each Fund's different share classes and the cost of investing in each Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in a Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares of that Fund at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that each Fund's operating expenses remain the same, except for any contractual and service (12b-1) fee waivers and overall expense limitations that may be in effect. Approximately seven years after purchase, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis. The information in the ten years column reflects the conversion. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

    One Year   Three Years   Five Years   Ten Years  
Jennison Financial Services Fund      
Class A shares   $     $     $     $    
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  
Jennison Health Sciences Fund  
Class A shares  
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  
Jennison Technology Fund  
Class A shares  
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  

 

You would pay the following expenses on the same investment if you did not sell your shares:

    One Year   Three Years   Five Years   Ten Years  
Jennison Financial Services Fund  
Class A shares   $     $     $     $    
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  
Jennison Health Sciences Fund  
Class A shares  
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  
Jennison Technology Fund  
Class A shares  
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  

 

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How the Funds Invest

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES

Each Fund's investment objective is long-term capital appreciation. This means we seek investments whose prices will increase over time. While we make every effort to achieve each Fund's investment objective, we can't guarantee success.

In pursuing each Fund's objective, we normally invest at least 80% of a Fund's investable assets in equity-related securities of U.S. companies in its sector. Each Fund considers a company to be principally engaged in a sector if at the time of investment, in the opinion of the investment adviser, at least 50% of a company's assets, revenues or profits on a consolidated basis are derived or (for start-up companies) are expected to be derived from operations in that area.

Jennison Financial Services Fund invests principally in stocks of the following types of banking and financial services companies: monetary authorities, credit institutions, securities and commodity institutions, and related institutions. Companies in these industries also include thrifts, commercial and investment banks, savings institutions (including their parent holding companies), brokerage and advisory firms, commercial and industrial finance companies, diversified financial service companies, leasing companies and insurance companies (including multi-line, property, casualty and life insurance companies, and insurance holding companies).

We're Value Investors

In deciding which stocks to buy for the Jennison Financial Services Fund, we use what is known as a value investment style; that is, we invest in companies selling at a price that we believe is low relative to the company's earnings, assets, cash flow or dividends.

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How the Funds Invest

Jennison Health Sciences Fund invests principally in stocks of the following types of health services companies: hospitals, nursing and residential care, health and medical insurance carriers, pharmaceutical and medicine companies, and medical equipment and supply companies. Companies in these industries also include manufacturers of healthcare products, such as; biotechnology companies; other providers of healthcare- or healthcare-related services, such as assisted living centers and physician practices; HMOs; distributors and retailers of healthcare products; healthcare information-technology suppliers; contract research organizations; and providers of outsourcing or other services to the healthcare industry.

Jennison Technology Fund invests principally in stocks of companies that derive, or that its investment adviser expects will derive, a substantial portion of their sales from products or services in technology and technology-related activities within the following industries: computers, electronics and electronic equipment. These companies include those that design, manufacture or sell computers, peripheral products, electronic components and systems software, equipment vendors, electronic component manufacturers, contract manufacturers and distributors, and electronic instruments and system vendors. They also include companies that provide media, telecommunication and information services and companies expected to benefit from technological advances and improvements.

Each Fund will invest in equity-related securities, principally common stocks, convertible securities and nonconvertible preferred stocks. In addition, equity-related securities include American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and S&P Depositary Receipts (SPDRs); 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.

We're Growth Investors

In deciding which stocks to buy for the Jennison Health Sciences Fund, we use what is known as a growth investment style. This means we invest in companies experiencing some or all of the following: above-average revenue and earnings per share growth, strong market position, improving profitability and distinctive attributes such as unique marketing ability, and what we believe to be strong research and development and productive new product flow, and financial strength. Such companies generally trade at high prices relative to their current earnings.

Our Growth Strategy

In managing the Jennison Technology Fund, we look for companies that have growth in sales and earnings driven by products or services. These companies usually have a unique market niche, a strong new product profile or what we believe to be superior management. We analyze companies using both fundamental and quantitative techniques.

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Convertible securities are securities - like bonds, corporate notes and preferred stocks - that we can convert into the company's common stock or some other equity security. We buy only investment-grade convertible securities. We may buy equity-related securities of companies of every size - small-, medium- and large-capitalization.

Each Fund may participate in the initial public offering (IPO) market. Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund are expected to invest in IPOs to a greater extent than Jennison Financial Services Fund. IPO investments may increase a Fund's total returns, but as a Fund's assets grow, the impact of IPO investments will decline, which may reduce the Fund's total returns.

Division of Assets

Strategy. To the extent that there is a division of each Fund's assets between the Strategically Managed and Enhanced Index portfolios of each Fund, all daily cash inflows (that is, purchases and reinvested distributions) and outflows (that is, redemptions and expense items) will be divided between the two portfolios of each Fund as the Manager deems appropriate. A divided portfolio structure will be managed by periodic rebalancing of each portfolio's assets to take account of market fluctuations that may skew the original allocation. As a consequence, the Manager may allocate assets from the portfolio that has appreciated more to the other.

Risks. Reallocations may result in additional costs since sales of securities may result in higher portfolio turnover. Also, because each portfolio manager in a divided structure selects portfolio securities independently, it is possible that a security held by one portfolio may also be held by the other portfolio of a Fund. In addition, if one portfolio manager buys a security as the other portfolio manager sells it, the net position of a Fund in the security may be approximately the same as it would have been with a single portfolio and no such sale and purchase, but the Fund will have incurred additional costs. The Manager will consider these costs in determining the allocation of assets. The Manager will consider the timing of reallocation based upon the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. To maintain each Fund's federal income tax status as a regulated investment company, the Manager also may have to sell securities on a periodic basis and the Fund could realize capital gains that would not have otherwise occurred.

For more information, see "Investment Risks" below and the Statement of Additional Information, "Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks." The Statement of Additional Information - which we refer to as the SAI - contains additional information about the Funds. To obtain a copy, see the back cover page of this prospectus.

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How the Funds Invest

Each Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy that cannot be changed without shareholder approval. The Board of Directors of each Fund (the Board) can change investment policies that are not fundamental.

OTHER INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIES

In addition to the principal strategies, we also may use the following investments and strategies to try to increase a Fund's returns or protect its assets if market conditions warrant.

Investments in Non-Sector Industries

Each Fund may invest in securities of issuers not in its sector. These include equity-related securities, fixed-income instruments (Jennison Financial Services Fund and Jennison Technology Fund only) and money market instruments.

Foreign Securities

We may invest in foreign securities , including money market instruments and other fixed-income securities (Jennison Financial Services Fund and Jennison Technology Fund only), stocks and other equity-related securities. Foreign securities have additional risks. Foreign markets are more volatile than U.S. markets. Changes in currency exchange rates can reduce or increase market performance. We do not consider ADRs, ADSs and other similar receipts or shares traded in U.S. markets to be foreign securities. The ability to choose securities from around the world allows us to pursue potentially higher returns and attempt to decrease Fund risk.

Short Sales

Each Fund may make short sales of a security. This means that a Fund may sell a security that it does not own, which it may do, for example, when the investment adviser thinks the value of the security will decline. Each Fund generally borrows the security to deliver to the buyer in a short sale. Each Fund must then replace the borrowed security by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. Short sales involve costs and risk. Each Fund must pay the lender any dividends or interest that accrues on the security it borrows, and each Fund will lose money if the price of the security increases between the time of the short sale and the date when the Fund replaces the borrowed security. Each Fund also may make short sales " against the box. " In a short sale against the box, at the time of sale, each Fund owns or has the right to acquire the identical security at no additional cost. When selling short against the box, each Fund gives up the opportunity for capital appreciation in the security. Up to 20% of each Fund's investable assets may be subject to short sales.

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Fixed-Income Obligations

Jennison Financial Services Fund and Jennison Technology Fund may invest up to 10% of their total assets in debt securities for capital appreciation, primarily those rated investment-grade by a major rating service (such as BBB or above by S&P or Baa or above by Moody's Investors Service Inc. (Moody's)). Jennison Financial Services Fund and Jennison Technology Fund may continue to hold a security if it is downgraded below investment grade or is no longer rated by a major rating service. Lower-rated obligations are subject to a greater risk of loss of principal and interest.

Temporary Defensive Investments

In response to adverse market, economic or political conditions, we may temporarily invest up to 100% of a Fund's total assets in money market instruments . Money market instruments include the commercial paper of corporations, the obligations of banks, certificates of deposit and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or a foreign government. Investing heavily in these securities limits a Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective, but can help to preserve the Fund's assets when the equity markets are unstable.

Repurchase Agreements

Each Fund also may use repurchase agreements , where a party agrees to sell a security to the Fund and then repurchase it at an agreed-upon price at a stated time. This creates a fixed return for the Fund and is, in effect, a loan by the Fund. Repurchase agreements are used for cash management purposes only.

Derivative Strategies

We may use various derivative strategies to try to improve a Fund's returns. We may use hedging techniques to try to protect a Fund's assets. We cannot guarantee that these strategies will work, that the instruments necessary to implement these strategies will be available or that the Fund will not lose money. Derivatives - such as futures, options, swaps, foreign currency forward contracts and options on futures - involve costs and can be volatile. With derivatives, a Fund's investment adviser tries to predict whether the underlying investment - a security, market index, currency, interest rate or some other benchmark - will go up or down at some future date. We may use derivatives to try to reduce risk, for cash management purposes or to increase return consistent with a Fund's overall investment objective. A Fund's investment adviser will consider other factors (such as cost) in deciding whether to employ any particular strategy or use any particular instrument. Any derivatives we use may not match or offset a Fund's underlying positions and this could result in losses to a Fund that would not otherwise have occurred. Derivatives that involve leverage could magnify losses.

Options. Each Fund may purchase and sell put and call options on equity securities and stock indexes and currencies traded on U.S. or foreign securities exchanges, on Nasdaq

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How the Funds Invest

or in the over-the-counter market. An option gives the purchaser the right to buy or sell securities in exchange for a premium. The Funds will sell only covered options.

Futures Contracts and Related Options. Each Fund may purchase and sell stock and bond index futures contracts and related options on stock and bond index futures to improve its returns or protect its assets. Each Fund also may purchase and sell futures contracts on foreign currencies and related options on foreign currency futures contracts. A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a set quantity of an underlying asset at a future date, or to make or receive a cash payment based on the value of a securities index or some other asset at a future date. The terms of futures contracts are standardized. In the case of a financial futures contract based upon a broad index, there is no delivery of the securities comprising the index, margin is uniform, a clearing corporation or an exchange is the counterparty and the Fund makes daily margin payments based on price movements in the index. Each Fund also may enter into foreign currency forward contracts to protect the value of its assets against future changes in the level of foreign exchange rates. A foreign currency   forward contract is an obligation to buy or sell a given currency on a future date at a set price. Delivery of the underlying currency is expected, the terms are individually negotiated, the counterparty is not a clearing corporation or an exchange and payment on the contract is made upon delivery, rather than daily.

Additional Strategies

Each Fund also follows certain policies when it borrows money (each Fund can borrow up to 33 1 / 3 % of the value of its total assets and may pledge up to 33 1 / 3 % of its total assets to secure these borrowings); purchases shares of affiliated investment companies (the Fund may also invest up to 10% of its assets in shares of affiliated money market funds or open-ended short term bond funds with a portfolio maturity of three years or less);  lends its securities to others for cash management purposes (each Fund can lend up to 33 1 / 3 % of the value of its total assets, including collateral received in the transaction); and holds illiquid securities (each 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 subject to certain investment restrictions that are fundamental policies, which means they cannot be changed without that Fund's shareholders' approval. For more information about these restrictions, see "Investment Restrictions" in the SAI.

For more information about these strategies, see the SAI, "Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks - Risk Management and Return Enhancement Strategies."

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Portfolio Turnover

Primarily as a result of the reallocation of assets of each Fund, all of the Funds had annual portfolio turnover rates over 100%, except for Jennison Financial Services Fund which had annual portfolio turnover rate over [ ]%, during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004. Generally, the Funds trade portfolio securities actively when warranted by market conditions, although Jennison Financial Services Fund historically has experienced lower turnover. Portfolio turnover is generally the percentage found by dividing the lesser of portfolio purchases or sales by the monthly average value of the portfolio. High portfolio turnover (100% or more) results in higher transaction costs and can affect a Fund's performance. It can also result in a greater amount of distributions as ordinary income rather than long-term capital gains. For more information, see "Brokerage Allocation and Other Purchases" and "Taxes, Dividends and Distributions" in the SAI.

INVESTMENT RISKS

As noted previously, all investments involve risk, and investing in the Funds is no exception. Since each Fund's holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes, performance of a Fund can deviate from performance of the indexes. This chart outlines the key risks and potential rewards of the Funds' principal strategies and certain other non-principal strategies that the Funds may make. The investment types are listed in the order in which they normally will be used by the portfolio managers. Unless otherwise noted, the Funds' ability to engage in a particular type of investment is expressed as a percentage of investable assets. For more information, see "Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks" in the SAI.

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How the Funds Invest

Investment Type

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Equity-related securities
At least 80%
  n Individual stocks could lose value
n The equity markets could go down, resulting in a decline in value of a Fund's investments
n Changes in economic or political conditions, both domestic and international, may result in a decline in value of a Fund's investments
  n Historically, stocks have outperformed other investments over the long term
n Generally, economic growth means higher corporate profits, which leads to an increase in stock prices, known as capital appreciation
 
Securities of financial services companies (Jennison Financial Services Fund only)
At least 80%
  n Companies in which the Fund invests may be adversely affected by the adoption of legislation that impacts the financial services industry
n General economic conditions affect companies that face exposure to credit losses and depend on interest rate activity
n Changes in regulatory environment
n See risks of equity-related securities above
  n Potential for capital appreciation
n  Improved economic conditions may reduce exposure to credit losses and dependence on interest rate activity
n As baby boomers approach retirement age, the financial services industry may profit from retirement investing
 

 

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Investment Type (cont'd)

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Securities of health sciences companies (Jennison Health Sciences Fund only)
At least 80%
  n Issuers are often subject to government regulation and approval, which could suddenly and negatively affect the price and availability of their products or services
n Product cycle may be volatile
n Products and services may quickly become obsolete
n Products may be withdrawn for safety reasons
n See risks of equity-related securities above
  n Potential for capital appreciation
n New products or services may reap profits from rendering others obsolete
n Technological advances in healthcare products and services may produce more effective and more profitable therapies for unmet medical needs
n The aging of the population and the industrialization of emerging markets may increase demand for healthcare products and services
n The healthcare industry enjoys demand that is relatively insensitive to the ups and downs of the business cycle
 
Securities of technology companies (Jennison Technology Fund only)
At least 80%
  n Products and services may quickly become obsolete
n Dependence on global markets
n Companies with electronic products are subject to intense competition
n Securities of companies with emerging concepts may be more volatile due to their limited product lines, markets or financial resources
n See risks of equity-related securities above
  n Potential for capital appreciation
n New products or services may reap profits from rendering others obsolete
 

 

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How the Funds Invest

Investment Type (cont'd)

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Derivatives
Percentage varies; usually less than 10% of total assets
  n The value of derivatives (such as futures and options) that are used to hedge a portfolio security is generally determined independently from that security and could result in a loss to a Fund when the price movement of the derivative does not correlate with a change in the value of the portfolio security
n Derivatives may not have the intended effects and may result in losses or missed opportunities
n The other party to a derivatives contract could default
n Derivatives can increase share price volatility and those that involve leverage could magnify losses
n Certain types of derivatives involve costs to a Fund that can reduce returns
  n A Fund could make money and protect against losses if the investment analysis proves correct
n Derivatives that involve leverage could generate substantial gains at low cost
n One way to manage a Fund's risk/return balance is by locking in the value of an investment ahead of time
n Hedges that correlate well with an underlying position can reduce or eliminate investment income or capital gains at low cost
 

 

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Investment Type (cont'd)

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Foreign securities
Up to 20%; usually less than 10%
  n Foreign markets, economies and political systems may not be as stable as those in the U.S.
n Currency risk - changing values of foreign currencies can cause losses
n May be less liquid than U.S. stocks and bonds
n Differences in foreign laws, accounting standards, public information, custody and settlement practices may result in less reliable information on foreign investments and more risks
  n Investors can participate in the growth of foreign markets through a Fund's investments in companies operating in those markets
n May profit from changing values of foreign currencies
 
Short sales
Up to 20%
  n May magnify underlying investment losses
n Investment costs may exceed potential underlying investment gains
n Short sales "against the box" give up the opportunity for capital appreciation in the security
  n May magnify underlying investment gains  
Fixed-income obligations (Jennison Financial Services Fund and Jennison Technology
Fund only)
Up to 10% of total assets
  n A Fund's holdings, share price, yield and total return may fluctuate in response to bond market movements
n Credit risk - the risk that the default of an issuer would leave a Fund with unpaid interest or principal. The lower a bond's quality, the higher its potential volatility
  n Bonds have generally outperformed money market instruments over the long term, with less risk than stocks
n Most bonds will rise in value when interest rates fall
n   A source of regular interest income
n Investment-grade bonds have a lower risk of default than junk bonds
 

 

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How the Funds Invest

Investment Type (cont'd)

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Fixed-income obligations (cont'd)   n  Market risk - the risk that the market value of an investment may move up or down rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect an industry, a sector, or the market as a whole
n Interest rate risk - the risk that the value of most bonds will fall when interest rates rise. The longer a bond's maturity and the lower its credit quality, the more its value typically falls. It can lead to price volatility
n Junk bonds have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and may be more difficult to value
n Some government securities are not issued or guaranteed by the issuing government, but only by the issuing agency, which must rely on its own resources to repay the debt and are subject to risk of default like private issuers
  n High-quality debt obligations generally are more secure than stocks since companies must pay their debts before they pay dividends
n Junk bonds offer higher yields and higher potential gains
n Principal and interest on government securities may be guaranteed by the issuing government
 
Illiquid securities
Up to 15% of net assets
  n May be difficult to value precisely
n May be difficult to sell at the time or price desired
  n May offer a more attractive yield or potential for growth than more widely traded securities  
Money market instruments
Up to 20% under normal circumstances; up to
100% of total assets on a temporary basis
  n Limits a Fund's potential for capital appreciation and achieving its objective
n See credit risk and market risk above (which are less of a concern for money market funds)
  n May preserve a Fund's assets  

 

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How the Funds are Managed

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Company's Board oversees the actions of the Manager, Investment Advisers and Distributor and decides on general policies. The Board also oversees the Company's officers, who conduct and supervise the daily business operations of each Fund.

MANAGER

Prudential Investments LLC (PI or the Manager)
Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4077

Under a management agreement for each Fund, PI manages the Fund's investment operations and administers its business affairs. PI also is responsible for supervising each Fund's investment advisers. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, each Fund paid PI a management fee of .75 of 1% of its average daily net assets.

PI and its predecessors have served as manager or administrator to investment companies since 1987. As of December 31, 2004, PI served as the investment manager to all of the Prudential U.S. and offshore open-end investment companies, and as administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets of approximately $___ billion.

Subject to the supervision of the Board, PI is responsible for conducting the initial review of prospective investment advisers for each Fund. In evaluating a prospective investment adviser, PI considers many factors, including the firm's experience, investment philosophy and historical performance. PI is also responsible for monitoring the performance of each Fund's investment adviser.

PI and the Company operate under an exemptive order (the Order) from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) that generally permits PI to enter into or amend agreements with investment advisers without obtaining shareholder approval each time. This authority is subject to certain conditions, including the requirement that the Board must approve any new or amended agreements with an investment adviser. Shareholders of a Fund still have the right to terminate these agreements at any time by a vote of the majority of outstanding shares of the Fund. Each Fund will notify shareholders of any new investment advisers to the Fund or material amendments to its advisory agreements pursuant to the Order.

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How the Funds are Managed

INVESTMENT ADVISERS

Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison) is each Fund's investment adviser. Its address is 466 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017. PI has responsibility for all investment advisory services, supervises Jennison and pays Jennison for its services. As of December 31, 2004, Jennison had approximately $___ billion in assets under management. Jennison has served as an investment adviser since 1969 and has advised investment companies since 1990.

Jennison has served as an investment adviser to the Jennison Financial Services Fund and the Jennison Technology Fund since 2000 and to the Jennison Health Sciences Fund since its inception.

Prudential Investment Management, Inc. served as an investment adviser to these Funds from their inception until June 9, 2003, when PI allocated investment advisory responsibility for 100% of the assets of these Funds to Jennison.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

n    Jennison Financial Services Fund. Michael A. Del Balso and Andrew M. Tucker, CFA, are the portfolio managers of the Fund. Michael Del Balso, a Director and Executive Vice President of Jennison and its Director of Research for Growth Equity, became a portfolio manager of the Fund in May 2003. He has been a part of the Jennison investment team since 1972. Mr. Del Balso received his B.S. from Yale University and his M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a member of The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc. Andrew Tucker, a Vice President of Jennison, has served as a portfolio manager to the Fund since June 2002. Prior to joining Jennison in September 1997, he served as an equity analyst and portfolio manager with the Wachovia Bank of North Carolina. Mr. Tucker received his B.S. magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 1992.

n    Jennison Health Sciences Fund. David Chan, CFA, and Michael A. Del Balso are the portfolio managers of the Fund. David Chan, who has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception, is an Executive Vice President of Jennison. Prior to joining Jennison in 1992, he was employed at the Boston Consulting Group, where he was a team leader and consultant on projects in many industries, including a special focus in the healthcare area. He received a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Michael Del Balso became a portfolio manager of the Fund in October 2000. Mr Del Balso's biographical information is presented above under "Jennison Financial Services Fund."

n    Jennison Technology Fund. Susan Hirsch is the portfolio manager of the Fund. Susan Hirsch, an Executive Vice President of Jennison, has managed the portfolio since its inception. Prior to joining Jennison, Ms. Hirsch was a Managing Director of PIM, which she joined in July 1996. Before that she was employed by Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management from 1986 to 1996 and Delphi Asset

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Management in 1996. She managed growth stock portfolios at both firms. During that time, Ms. Hirsch was named as an Institutional Investor All-American Research Team Analyst for small growth stocks in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Ms. Hirsch received her B.S. from Brooklyn College and is a member of the Financial Analysts Federation and The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc.

DISTRIBUTOR

Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS or the Distributor) distributes the Funds' shares under a Distribution Agreement with each Fund. Each Fund has Distribution and Service Plans (the Plans) under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), applicable to the Fund's shares. Under the Plans and the Distribution Agreements, PIMS pays the expenses of distributing each Fund's Class A, B, C and Z shares and provides certain shareholder support services. Each Fund pays distribution and other fees to PIMS as compensation for its services for each class of shares other than Class Z. These fees - known as 12b-1 fees - are shown in the "Fees and Expenses" tables. Class A, Class B and Class C shares are subject to an annual 12b-1 fee of .30%, 1% and 1%, respectively. Because these fees are paid from each 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

A description of the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio securities is described in the Fund's Statement of Additiona l Information and on the Fund's website at www.jennisondryden.com. The Fund will provide a full list of the Fund's portfolio holdings as of the end of the fiscal quarter on its website within 60 days after the end of the Fund's fiscal quarter. In addition, the Fund may release the Fund's top ten hol dings, sector and country breakdowns, and largest industries on a monthly basis. Such information wi ll be posted to the Fund's website no earlier than 15 days after the end of each month. These postin gs can be located at www.jennisondryden.com.

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Fund Distributions and Tax Issues

Investors who buy shares of a Fund should be aware of some important tax issues. For example, each Fund distributes dividends of net investment income and realized net capital gains , if any, to shareholders. These distributions are subject to 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 each Fund also may be subject to state and local income taxes.

Also, if you sell shares of a 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 federal 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.

DISTRIBUTIONS

Each Fund distributes dividends of any net investment income to shareholders - typically once a year. For example, if a 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 a Fund will be subject to taxation whether or not they are reinvested in the Fund.

Each Fund also distributes any realized net capital gains to shareholders - typically once a year. Capital gains are generated when a Fund sells its assets for a profit. For example, if a 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 a Fund holds the security - if a 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%. If a 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. Different rates apply to corporate shareholders.

Dividends of net investment income paid to a noncorporate U.S. shareholder before January 1, 2009 that are designated as qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at a maximum rate of 15%. Dividends of net investment income that are not designated 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 a Fund's income is derived from certain dividends received from U.S. corporations.

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For your convenience, a 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 Series LLC (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. For more information about automatic reinvestment and other shareholder services, see subsection "Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services" in the next section.

TAX ISSUES
Form 1099

Every year, you will receive a Form 1099, which reports the amount of dividends and capital gains we distributed to you during the prior year unless you own shares of a Fund as part of a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. If you do own shares of a 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 distributions 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 in the fourth quarter and actually pay them in January of the following year. In such cases, the dividends are treated as if they were paid on December 31 of the prior year.

Withholding Taxes

If federal tax law requires you to provide a 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 U.S. Treasury a portion (currently 28%) of your distributions and sale proceeds. Dividends of net investment income and net short-term capital gains paid to a nonresident foreign shareholder generally will be subject to a U.S. withholding tax of 30%. This rate may be lower, depending on any tax treaty the U.S. may have with the shareholder's country.

If You Purchase Just Before Record Date

If you buy shares of a Fund just 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 a 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. The distribution you receive makes up for the decrease in share value. However, the timing of your purchase does mean that part of your investment came back to you as taxable income.

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Fund Distributions and Tax Issues

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 JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds that are suitable for retirement plans offered by Prudential.

IF YOU SELL OR EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES

If you sell any shares of a Fund for a profit, you have realized a capital gain , which is subject to tax unless you hold shares in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. The amount of tax you pay depends on how long you owned your shares and when you bought them. If you sell shares of a Fund for a loss, you may have a capital loss, which you may use to offset certain capital gains you have.

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 the sale and ending 30 days after the sale of the shares). If you acquire shares of the Fund and sell 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 of the shares.

Exchanging your shares of a Fund for the shares of another JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual fund 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.

Any gain or loss you may have from selling or exchanging Fund shares will not be reported on Form 1099; however, proceeds from the sale or exchange will be reported on Form 1099-B. Therefore, 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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Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares

We have obtained a legal opinion that the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares - which happens automatically approximately seven years after purchase - is not a "taxable event". This opinion, however, is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). For more information about the automatic conversion of Class B shares, see subsection "Class B Shares Convert to Class A Shares After Approximately Seven Years" in the next section.

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How to Buy, Sell and
Exchange Shares of the Funds

HOW TO BUY SHARES

In order to buy shares of the Fund, the following steps need to be taken: Step 1: Open an Account; Step 2: Choose a Share Class; Step 3: Understanding the Price You'll Pay; and Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services. Each of these steps is described below.

Step 1: Open an Account

If you don't have an account with us or a securities firm that is permitted to buy or sell shares of a Fund for you, call Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS) at
(800) 225-1852 or contact:

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Investment Services
P.O. Box 8179
Philadelphia, PA 19176 

You may purchase shares by check or wire. We do not accept cash or money orders. To purchase by wire, call the number above to obtain an application. After PMFS receives your completed application, you will receive an account number. We have the right to reject any purchase order (including an exchange into a Fund) or suspend or modify a Fund's sale of its shares.

With certain limited exception, a Fund is only available only to U.S. citizens or residents.

Step 2: Choose a Share Class

Individual investors can choose among Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares of a Fund, although Class Z shares are available only to limited groups of investors.

Multiple share classes let you choose a cost structure that meets your needs:

n   Class A shares purchased in amounts of less than $1 million require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but the operating expenses of Class A shares are lower than the operating expenses of Class B and Class C shares. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a CDSC of 1%, although they are not subject to an initial sales charge (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans).

n   Class B shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a sales charge if you sell your shares within six years (that is why it is called a CDSC). The operating expenses of Class B shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares.

n   Class C shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a sales charge if you sell your shares within 12 months of purchase. The operating expenses of Class C shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares.

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When choosing a share class, you should consider the following factors:

n   The amount of your investment and any previous or planned future investments, which may qualify you for reduced sales charges for Class A shares under Rights of Accumulation or a Letter of Intent.

n   The length of time you expect to hold the shares and the impact of varying distribution fees. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. For this reason, Class C shares may not be appropriate for investors who plan to hold their shares for more than 4 years.

n   The different sales charges that apply to each share class - Class A's front-end sales charge vs. Class B's CDSC vs. Class C's low CDSC.

n   The fact that Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares approximately seven years after purchase.

n   Class B shares purchased in amounts greater than $100,000 are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class B shares exceeding this amount generally will not be accepted.

n   Class C shares purchased in amounts greater than $1 million are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class C shares above this amount generally will not be accepted.

n   Because Class Z shares have lower operating expenses than Class A, Class B or Class C shares, you should consider whether you are eligible to purchase Class Z shares.

See "How to Sell Your Shares" for a description of the impact of CDSCs.

Some investors purchase or sell shares of the Fund through financial intermediaries and omnibus accounts maintained by brokers that aggregate the orders of multiple investors and forward the aggregate orders to the Fund. The Fund has advised each financial intermediary and broker of the share class guidelines explained above, and it is their responsibility to monitor and enforce these guidelines with respect to shareholders purchasing shares through financial intermediaries or omnibus accounts. You should consult your financial intermediary or broker for assistance in choosing a share class.

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Share Class Comparison. Use this chart to help you compare the Funds' different share classes. The discussion following this chart will tell you whether you are entitled to a reduction or waiver of any sales charges.

    Class A   Class B   Class C   Class Z  
Minimum purchase amount 1   $ 1,000     $ 1,000             $ 2,500     None  
Minimum amount for
subsequent purchases 1
  $ 100     $ 100             $ 100     None  
Maximum initial sales charge 1
 
 
  5.50 % of the
public
offering price
  None
 
 
      None
 
 
  None
 
 
 
Contingent Deferred
Sales Charge (CDSC) 2
 
 
 
 
 
  1 % 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
  If sold during:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Years 5/6
Year 7
 
5 %
4 %
3 %
2 %
1 %
0 %
  1% on sales
made within
12 months of
purchase (18 
months for shares
purchased prior to
February 2, 2004)
  None
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annual distribution and service (12b-1)
fees shown as a percentage of
average net assets 4
  .30 of 1%
(.25 of 1%
currently)
  1 %
 
 
      1 %
 
 
  None
 
 
 

 

1  The minimum investment requirements do not apply to certain retirement and employee savings plans and custodial accounts for minors. The minimum initial and subsequent investment for purchases made through the Automatic Investment Plan is $50. For more information, see "Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services - Automatic Investment Plan."

2  For more information about the CDSC and how it is calculated, see "How to Sell Your Shares - Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)."

3  Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and redeem those shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a CDSC of 1%, but are not subject to an initial sales charge. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential.

4  These distribution and service fees are paid from a Fund's assets on a continuous basis. The service fee for Class A, Class B and Class C shares is .25 of 1%. The distribution fee for Class A shares is limited to .30 of 1% (including the .25 of 1% service fee) and is .75 of 1% for Class B and Class C shares. For the fiscal year ending November 30, 2005, the Distributor of each Fund has contractually agreed to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class A shares to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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Reducing or Waiving Class A's Initial Sales Charge

The following describes the different ways investors can reduce or avoid paying Class A's initial sales charge.

Increase the Amount of Your Investment. You can reduce Class A's initial sales charge by increasing the amount of your investment. This table shows how the sales charge decreases as the amount of your investment increases.

Amount of Purchase   Sales Charge as % of
Offering Price
  Sales Charge as % of
Amount Invested
  Dealer
Reallowance
 
Less than $25,000     5.50 %     5.82 %     5.00 %  
$25,000 to $49,999     5.00       5.26       4.50    
$50,000 to $99,999     4.50       4.71       4.00    
$100,000 to $249,999     3.75       3.90       3.25    
$250,000 to $499,999     2.75       2.83       2.50    
$500,000 to $999,999     2.00       2.04       1.75    
$1 million and $4,999,999*     None       None       1.00 %**  

 

*  If you invest $1 million or more, you can buy only Class A shares, unless you qualify to buy Class Z shares. If you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase, you will be subject to a 1% CDSC, although you will not be subject to an initial sales charge (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans).

**  For investments of $5 million to $9,999,999, the dealer reallowance is 0.50%. For investments of $10 million and above, the dealer reallowance is 0.25%.

To satisfy the purchase amounts above, you can:

n   Use your Rights of Accumulation , which allow you o r an eligible group of related investors to combine (1) the current value of JennisonDryden or Strat egic Partners mutual fund shares you or the group already own, (2) the value of money market shares y ou or an eligible group of related investors have received for shares of other JennisonDryden or Str ategic Partners mutual funds in an exchange transaction, and (3) the value of the shares you or an el igible group of related investors are purchasing, or

n   Sign a Letter of Intent , stating in writing t hat you or an eligible group of related investors will purchase a certain amount of shares in the Fu nd and other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds within 13 months, or

n   Use your Combi ned Purchase and Cumulative Purchase Privilege , which allows you and an eligible group of related in vestors to combine the value of Class A shares of this Fund with the value of Class A shares of othe r JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds that you or the group are purchasing at the same time.

Note: Class Z shares cannot be aggregated with any other share class for purposes of reducing or waiving Class A's initial sales charge.

An eligible group of related investors includes any comb ination of the following:

n   an individual,

n   the individual's spouse, their children and parents,

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n   th e individual's and spouse's Individual Retirement Account (IRA),

n   any company controlled by the indi vidual (a person, entity or group that holds 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a c ompany will be deemed to control the company, and a partnership will be deemed to be controlled by e ach of its general partners), with the exception of employee benefit plans of a company controlled b y the individual,

n   a trust created by the individual, the beneficiaries of which are the individual, his or her spouse, parents or children, or

n   a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act/ Uniform Transfers to Minors Act account created by the individual or the individual's spouse,

The value of shares held by you or an eligible group of related investors will be determined as follows:

n   for Class A shares, the val ue of existing shares is determined by the maximum offering price (NAV plus maximum sales charge) as of the previous business day, and

n   for Class B shares and Class C shares, the value of existing shares is determined by the NAV as of the previous business day.

If your shares are held directly by the T ransfer Agent, and you believe you qualify for a reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales char ge, you must notify the Transfer Agent at the time of the qualifying share purchase in order to rece ive the applicable reduction or waiver. If your shares are held through a broker or other financial intermediary, and you believe you qualify for a reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales charg e, you must notify your broker or intermediary at the time of the qualifying purchase in order to re ceive the applicable reduction or waiver. Shares held through a broker or other financial intermedia ry will not be systematically aggregated with shares held directly by the Transfer Agent for purpose s of receiving a reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales charge. The reduced or waived sales charge will be granted subject to confirmation of account holdings.

If your shares are held directly by the Transfer Agent, you must identify the eligible group of related investors. Although the Tran sfer Agent does not require any specific form of documentation in order to establish your eligibilit y to receive a waiver or reduction of Class A's initial sales charge, you may be required to provide appropriate documentation if the Transfer Agent is unable to establish your eligibility.

If your sh ares are held through a broker or other intermediary, the broker or intermediary is responsible for determining the specific documentation, if any, that you may need in order to establish your eligibi lity to receive a waiver or reduction of

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Class A's initial sales charge. Your broker or intermediary is also responsible for notifying the Transfer Agent if your share purchase qualifies for a reducti on or waiver of Class A's initial sales charge.

Purchases of $1 million or more . If you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares, you will not be subject to an initial sales charge, although a CD SC may apply, as previously noted (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit  plans affiliated with Prudential).

Benefit Plans . Certain group retirement and savings plans may purchase Class A shares withou t paying the initial sales charge if they meet the required minimum for amount of assets, average ac count balance or number of eligible employees. For more information about these requirements, call P rudential at (800) 353-2847.

Mutual Fund Programs . The initial sales charge will be waived for inves tors in certain programs sponsored by broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial planners who have agreements with the Distributor relating to:

n   Mutual fund "wrap" or asset allocation programs ; where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the spons or's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services, or

n   Mutua l fund "supermarket" programs; where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services.

Broker-dealers, investment advise rs or financial planners sponsoring these mutual fund programs may offer their clients more than one class of shares in the Fund in connection with different pricing options for their programs. Invest ors should consider carefully any separate transaction and other fees charged by these programs in c onnection with investing in each available share class before selecting a share class.

Other Types o f Investors . Certain other types of investors may purchase Class A shares without paying the initial sales charge, including:

n   certain directors, officers, employees (and certain members of their fam ilies) of Prudential and its affiliates, the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds, and the investment advisers of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds,

n   persons who have retired directly from active service with Prudential or one of its subsidiaries,

n   certain real estat e brokers, agents and employees of real estate brokerage companies affiliated with the Prudential Re al Estate Affiliates,

n   registered representatives and employees of brokers that have entered into de aler agreements with the Distributor, and

n   investors in IRA accounts, provided that (a) the purchase is made either from a directed rollover to such Individual Retirement Account or with the proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan for which Prudential Retirement (the institutional Benefit Plan recordkeeping entity of Prudential) provides, 

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administrative or recordkeeping services, in each case provided that such purchase is made within 60 days of receipt of the Benefit Plan distr ibution, or (b) recordkeeping for the Individual Retirement Account is performed by Prudential Retir ement as part of its "Rollover IRA" program (regardless of whether or not the assets of the Individu al Retirement Account consist of proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan descr ibed in (a) above).

To qualify for a waiver of the Class A sales charge at the time of purchase, you must notify the Transfer Agent or the Distributor must be notified by the broker facilitating the p urchase that the transaction qualifies for a waiver of the Class A sales charge. The waiver will be granted subject to confirmation of your account holdings.

Additional Information About Reducing or W aiving Class A's Sales Charge . Additional Information concerning the Reduction or waiver of Class A's actual sales charges is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) which is available free of charge upon request. The Fund makes available free of charge, on the Fund's website at www .jennisondryden.com, in a clear and prominent format, information relating to the Fund's Class A initial sales charge, and the different ways that investors can reduce or avoid paying the initial sales ch arge. The Fund's website includes hyperlinks that facilitate access to this information.

The Distrib utor may reallow Class A's sales charge to deale rs.

Qualifying for Class Z Shares

Benefit Plans. Certain group retirement plans may purchase Class Z shares if they meet the required minimum for amount of assets, average account balance or number of eligible employees. For more information about these requirements, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

Mutual Fund Programs.  Class Z shares also can be purchased by participants in any fee-based program or trust program sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes a Fund as an available option. Class Z shares also can be purchased by investors in certain programs sponsored by broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial planners who have agreements with Prudential Investments Advisory Group relating to:

n   Mutual fund "wrap" or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services, or

n   Mutual fund "supermarket" programs, where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services.

Broker-dealers, investment advisers or financial planners sponsoring these mutual fund programs may offer their clients more than one class of shares in a Fund in

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connection with different pricing options for their programs. Investors should consider carefully any separate transaction and other fees charged by these programs in connection with investing in each available share class before selecting a share class.

Other Types of Investors. Class Z shares also can be purchased by any of the following:

n   Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds are an available option,

n   Current and former Directors/Trustees of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds (including the Company),

n   Prudential, with an investment of $10 million or more, and

n   Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans).

Payments to Third Parties

In connection with the sale of Fund shares, the Manager, Distributor or one of their affiliates may provide additional compensation, out of their own resources and without additional cost to each Fund or its shareholders, to financial firms, including affiliates of the Manager. Your individual financial advisor may receive some or all of the amounts paid to the financial firm that employs him. Such compensation, which is sometimes referred to as "revenue sharing," may include the placement of each Fund on a preferred or recommended product list and/or access to the firm's registered representatives, and may incentivize firms to recommend or sell shares of each Fund to you. Financial firms and financial advisors participating in revenue sharing programs may receive greater compensation for selling Series shares than for selling a different mutual fund that is not eligible for revenue sharing. These payments are in addition to the sales charges (including Rule 12b-1 fees) paid by each Fund.

The Manager, Distributor or one of their affiliates may enter into arrangements with insurance companies, banks, selected broker-dealers or other financial firms to make additional payments based on a percentage of Series assets and/or sale of each Fund shares attributable to a particular firm. Any additional payments to such firms are negotiated based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, reputation in the industry, ability to attract and retain assets, target markets, customer relationships and scope and quality of services provided and the amounts may vary based on the class of shares you purchase. No one factor is determinative of the type or amount of additional compensation to be provided. In addition, the Manager, Distributor or one of their affiliates may make ongoing payments from their own resources to firms for providing recordkeeping or otherwise facilitating the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Please contact your financial service provider for details about revenue sharing payments it may receive.

Class B Shares Automatically Convert to Class A Shares After Approximately Seven Years

If you buy Class B shares and hold them for approximately seven years, we will automatically convert them into Class A shares without charge. At that time, we also will convert any Class B shares that you purchased with reinvested dividends and other distributions. Since the 12b-1 fees for Class A shares are lower than for Class B shares, converting to Class A shares lowers your Fund expenses.

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Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions will be converted to Class A shares according to the procedures utilized by the broker-dealer through which the Class B shares were purchased, to the extent the shares are carried on the books of that broker-dealer and the broker-dealer provides subaccounting services to each Fund. Otherwise, the procedures utilized by PMFS, or its affiliates, will be used. The use of different procedures may result in a timing differential in the conversion of Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

When we do the conversion, you will get fewer Class A shares than the number of converted Class B shares if the price of the Class A shares is higher than the price of Class B shares. The total dollar value will be the same, so you will not have lost any money by getting fewer Class A shares. We do the conversions quarterly, not on the anniversary date of your purchase. For more information, see the SAI; "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Conversion Feature - Class B Shares."

Step 3: Understanding the Price You'll Pay

The price you pay for each share of a 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 price of one share of the fund - or the NAV - is $10 ($1,000 divided by 100).

A Fund's portfolio securities are valued based upon market quotations or, if not readily available, at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by the Company's Board. A Fund also may use fair value pricing if it determines that the market quotation is not reliable based, among other things, on events or market conditions that occur after the quotation is derived or after the close of the primary market on which the security is traded, but before the time that the Fund's NAV is determined. This use of fair value pricing most commonly occurs with securities that are primarily traded outside the U.S. because such securities present time-zone arbitrage opportunities when events or conditions affecting the prices of specific securities or the prices of securities traded in such markets generally occur after the

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. stock in its portfolio and the price of ACME stock 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.

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close of the foreign markets but prior to the time the Fund determines its NAV. The Fund may also use fair value pricing with respect to U.S.-traded securities if, for example, trading in a particular security is halted and does not resume before the Fund calculates its NAV or the exchange on which a security is traded closes early. In addition, fair value pricing is used for securities where 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) does not represent fair value. Different valuation methods may result in differing values for the same security. The fair value of a portfolio security that a Fund uses to determine its NAV may differ from the security's quoted or published price. If a Fund needs to implement fair value pricing after the NAV publishing deadline, but before shares of a Fund are processed, the NAV you receive or pay may differ from the published NAV price. For purposes of computing a Fund's NAV, we will value the Fund's futures contracts 15 minutes after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Except when we fair value securities, we normally value each foreign security held by a Fund as of the close of the security's primary market. Fair value pricing procedures are designed to result in prices for the Fund's securities and its net asset value that are reasonable in light of the circumstances which make or have made market quotations unavailable or unreliable, and to reduce 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.

We determine each Fund's NAV once each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. New York time. The NYSE is closed on most national holidays and Good Friday. We do not price, and you will not be able to purchase, redeem or exchange a Fund's shares on days when the NYSE is closed but the primary markets for the Fund's foreign securities are open, even though the value of these securities may have changed. Conversely, each Fund will ordinarily price its shares, and you may purchase, redeem or exchange shares on days that the NYSE is open but foreign securities markets are closed. We may not determine the NAV of a Fund on days when we have not received any orders to purchase, sell or exchange the Fund's shares, or when changes in the value of the Fund's portfolio do not materially affect its NAV.

Most national newspapers report the NAVs of larger mutual funds, allowing investors to check the prices of those funds daily.

What Price Will You Pay for Shares of a Fund?

For Class A shares, you'll pay the public offering price, which is the NAV next determined after we receive your order to purchase, plus an initial sales charge (unless you're entitled to a waiver). For Class B, Class C and Class Z shares, you will pay the NAV next determined after we receive your order to purchase (remember, there are no up-front sales charges for these share classes). Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for purchases of shares.

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Unless regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York time, your order to purchase must be received by 4:00 p.m. New York time in order to receive that day's NAV. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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.

Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services

As a Fund shareholder, you can take advantage of the following services and privileges:

Automatic Reinvestment. As we explained in the "Fund Distributions and Tax Issues" section, each Fund pays out - or distributes - its net investment income and
capital gains to all shareholders. For your convenience, we will automatically reinvest your distributions in your Fund at NAV without any sales charge. If you want your distributions paid in cash, you can indicate this preference on your application or by notifying your broker or the Transfer Agent in writing (at the address below) at least five business days before the date we determine who receives dividends.

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Account Maintenance
P.O. Box 8159
Philadelphia, PA 19176 

Automatic Investment Plan. You can make regular purchases of a Fund for as little as $50 by having the funds automatically withdrawn from your bank or brokerage account at specified intervals.

Retirement Plan Services. Prudential offers a wide variety of retirement plans for individuals and institutions, including large and small businesses. For information on IRAs, including Roth IRAs or SEP-IRAs for a one-person business, please contact your financial adviser. If you are interested in opening a 401(k) or other company-sponsored retirement plan (SIMPLE IRAs, SEP plans, Keoghs, 403(b) plans, pension and profit-sharing plans), your financial adviser will help you determine which retirement plan best meets your needs. Complete instructions about how to establish and maintain your plan and how to open accounts for you and your employees will be included in the retirement plan kit you receive in the mail.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan is available that will provide you with monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual redemption checks. Remember, the sale of Class A (in certain cases), Class B and Class C shares may be

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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.

Reports to Shareholders. Every year we will send you an annual report (along with an updated prospectus) and a semi-annual report for each Fund, which contain important financial information about the Funds. To reduce Fund expenses, we may send one annual shareholder report, one semi-annual shareholder report and one annual prospectus per household, unless you instruct us or your broker otherwise. If each Fund shareholder in your household would like to receive a copy of a Fund's prospectus, shareholder report and proxy statement, please call us toll free at (800) 225-1852. We will begin sending additional copies of these documents within 30 days of receipt of your request.

HOW TO SELL YOUR SHARES

You can sell your shares of a Fund for cash (in the form of a check) at any time, subject to certain restrictions. For more information about these restrictions, see "Restrictions on Sales" below.

When you sell shares of a Fund - also known as redeeming your shares - the price you will receive will be the NAV next determined after the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker receives your order to sell (less any applicable CDSC). If your broker holds your shares, your broker must receive your order to sell by 4:00 p.m. New York time to process the sale on that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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. Otherwise contact:

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Redemption Services
P.O. Box 8149
Philadelphia, PA 19176 

Generally, we will pay you for the shares that you sell within seven days after the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker receives your sell order. If you hold shares through a broker, payment will be credited to your account. 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 10 days from the purchase date. You can avoid delays if you purchase shares by wire, certified check or cashier's check. Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for sales of shares.

Restrictions on Sales

There are certain times when you may not be able to sell shares of a Fund, or when we may delay paying you the proceeds from a sale. As permitted by the Commission, this may happen only during unusual market conditions or emergencies when the

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Fund can't determine the value of its assets or sell its holdings. For more information, see the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Sale of Shares."

If you are selling more than $100,000 of shares and you want the redemption proceeds payable to or sent to someone or some place that is not in our records, or you are a business or a trust and you hold your shares directly with the Transfer Agent, you will need to have the signature on your sell order signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution." An "eligible guarantor institution" includes any bank, broker-dealer, savings association or credit union. For more information, see the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Signature Guarantee."

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)

If you sell Class B shares within six years of purchase or Class C shares within
12 months of purchase (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004), you will have to pay a CDSC. In addition, if you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares through certain broker-dealers that are not affiliated with Prudential, although you are not subject to an initial sales charge, you are subject to a 1% CDSC for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential). To keep the CDSC as low as possible, we will sell amounts representing shares in the following order:

n   Amounts representing shares you purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions,

n   Amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for shares made during the past 12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and Class C (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004) shares and six years for Class B shares and

n   Amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the CDSC period
(12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and Class C shares (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004) and six years for Class B shares).

Since shares that fall into any of the categories listed above are not subject to the CDSC, selling them first helps you to avoid - or at least minimize - the CDSC.

Having sold the exempt shares first, if there are any remaining shares that are subject to the CDSC, we will apply the CDSC to amounts representing the cost of shares held for the longest period of time within the applicable CDSC period.

As we noted before in the "Share Class Comparison" chart, if you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares through certain broker-dealers that are not affiliated with Prudential, although you are not subject to an initial sales charge, you are subject to a

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1% CDSC for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase. The CDSC for Class B shares is 5% in the first year, 4% in the second, 3% in the third, 2% in the fourth and 1% in the fifth and sixth years. The rate decreases on the first day of the month following the anniversary date of your purchase, not on the anniversary date itself. The CDSC is 1% for Class C shares - which is applied to shares sold within 12 months of purchase (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004). For Class A, Class B and Class C shares, the CDSC is calculated based on the lesser of the original purchase price or the redemption proceeds. For purposes of determining how long you've held your shares, all purchases during the month are grouped together and considered to have been made on the last day of the month.

The holding period for purposes of determining the applicable CDSC will be calculated from the first day of the month after initial purchase, excluding any time shares were held in a money market fund.

Waiver of the CDSC - Class B Shares

The CDSC will be waived if the Class B shares are sold:

n   After a shareholder is deceased or disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, the death or disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or disability,

n   To provide for certain distributions - made without IRS penalty - from a
tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, and

n   On certain sales effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan.

For more information on the above and other waivers, see the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Contingent Deferred Sales Charge - Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge - Class B Shares."

Waiver of the CDSC - Class C Shares

Benefit Plans. The CDSC will be waived for purchases by certain group retirement plans for which Prudential or brokers not affiliated with Prudential provide administrative or recordkeeping services. The CDSC also will be waived for certain redemptions by benefit plans sponsored by Prudential and its affiliates. For more information, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

Redemption In Kind

If the sales of a Fund's 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, we can then give you securities from the Fund's portfolio instead of cash. If you want to sell the securities for cash, you would have to pay the costs charged by a broker.

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How to Buy, Sell and
Exchange Shares of the Funds

Small Accounts

If you make a sale that reduces your account value to less than $500, we may sell the rest of your shares (without charging any CDSC) and close your account. We would do this to minimize Fund expenses paid by other shareholders. We will give you 60 days' notice, during which time you can purchase additional shares to avoid this action.
This involuntary sale does not apply to shareholders who own their shares as part of a 401(k) plan, an IRA or some other qualified or tax-deferred plan or account.

90-Day Repurchase Privilege

After you redeem your shares, you have a 90-day period during which you may reinvest any of the redemption proceeds in shares of the same Fund and account without paying an initial sales charge. Also, if you paid a CDSC when you redeemed your shares, we will credit your new account with the appropriate number of shares to reflect the amount of the CDSC you paid. In order to take advantage of this one-time privilege, you must notify the Transfer Agent or your broker at the time of the repurchase. See the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Sale of Shares."

Retirement Plans

To sell shares and receive a distribution from a 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, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares".

HOW TO EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES

You can exchange your shares of a Fund for shares of the same class in certain other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds - including certain money market funds - if you satisfy the minimum investment requirements. For example, you can exchange Class A shares of a Fund for Class A shares of another JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual fund, but you can't exchange Class A shares for Class B, Class C or Class Z shares. Class B and Class C shares may not be exchanged into money market funds other than Special Money Market Fund, Inc. After an exchange, at redemption, the CDSC will be calculated from the first day of the month after initial purchase, excluding any time shares were held in a money market fund. We may change the terms of any exchange privilege after giving you 60 days' notice.

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If you hold shares through a broker, you must exchange shares through your broker. Otherwise contact:

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Exchange Processing
P.O. Box 8157
Philadelphia, PA 19176

There is no sales charge for such exchanges. However, if you exchange - and then sell - Class A shares within 12 months of your original purchase (only in certain circumstances), Class B shares within approximately six years of your original purchase or Class C shares within 12 months of your original purchase (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004), you must still pay the applicable CDSC. If you have exchanged Class A, Class B or Class C shares into a money market fund, the time you hold the shares in the money market account will not be counted in calculating the required holding period for CDSC liability.

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, "Shareholder Investment Account - Exchange Privilege."

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Each Fund seeks to prevent patterns of frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares by its share holders. Frequent purchases and sales of shares of each Fund may adversely affect Fund performance an d the interests of long-term investors. When a shareholder engages in frequent or short-term trading , each Fund may have to sell portfolio securities to have the cash necessary to redeem the shareholde r's shares. This can happen when it is not advantageous to sell any securities, so each Fund's perfor mance may be hurt. When large dollar amounts are involved, frequent trading can also make it difficu lt to use long-term investment strategies because each Fund cannot predict how much cash it will have to invest. In addition, if each Fund is forced to liquidate investments due to short-term trading ac tivity, it may incur increased brokerage and tax costs. Similarly, each Fund may bear increased admin istrative costs as a result of the asset level and investment volatility that accompanies patterns o f short-term trading. Moreover, frequent or short-term trading by certain shareholders may cause dil ution in the value of Fund shares held by other shareholders. Funds that invest in foreign securitie s may be particularly susceptible to frequent trading because time zone differences among internatio nal stock markets can allow a shareholder engaging in frequent trading to exploit fund share prices that may be based on closing prices of foreign securities established some time before each fund calc ulates 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 shareholde r's frequent trading strategy.

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How to Buy, Sell and
Exchange Shares of the Funds

The Board has adopted policies and procedures designed t o discourage or prevent frequent trading activities by Fund shareholders. In an effort to prevent su ch practices, each Fund's Transfer Agent monitors trading activity on a daily basis. Each Fund has imp lemented a trading policy that limits the number of times a shareholder may purchase Fund shares or exchange into each Fund and then sell those shares within a specified period of time (a "round-trip t ransaction") as established by each Fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). The CCO is authorized to s et and modify the parameters at any time as required to prevent the adverse impact of frequent tradi ng on Fund shareholders. The CCO has defined frequent trading as one or more round-trip transactions in shares of each Fund within a 30-day period. A second round-trip within 60 days will begin a warni ng period that will remain in effect for 90 days. If additional purchase activity is initiated durin g the warning period, the purchase activity will be cancelled. In addition, if two round-trips have already been completed within the past 90 days, a trading suspension will be placed on the account t hat remains in effect for 90 days. Transactions in the Prudential money market funds and the Dryden Ultra Short Bond Fund are excluded from this policy.

Each Fund reserves the right to reject or cancel , without prior notice, all additional purchases or exchanges into each Fund by a shareholder who has violated this policy. Moreover, each Fund may direct a broker-dealer or other intermediary to block a shareholder account from future trading in each Fund. The Transfer Agent will monitor trading activ ity over $25,000 per account on a daily basis for a rolling 30-day period.

If each Fund is offered to qualified plans on an omnibus basis or if Fund shares may be purchased through other omnibus arrang ements ("Intermediaries"), Intermediaries maintain the individual beneficial owner records and submi t to each Fund only aggregate orders combining the transactions of many beneficial owners. Each Fund i tself generally cannot monitor trading by particular beneficial owners. Each Fund communicates to Int ermediaries in writing that each Fund expects the Intermediaries to impose restrictions on transfers by ben eficial owners. Intermediaries may impose different or stricter restrictions on transfers by benefic ial owners. Consistent with the restrictions described above, investments in each Fund through retire ment programs administered by Prudential Retirement will be similarly identified for frequent purcha ses and redemptions and appropriately restricted.

The Transfer Agent also reviews the aggregate net flows in excess of one million dollars. In those cases, the trade detail is reviewed to determine if any of the activity relates to previously identified policy offenders. In cases of omnibus orders, the Intermediary may be contacted by the Transfer Agent to obtain additional information. The Transf er Agent has the authority to cancel all or a portion of the trade if the

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information reveals that t he activity relates to previously identified policy offenders. Where appropriate, the Transfer Agent may request that the Intermediary block a financial adviser or client from accessing each Fund. If n ecessary, each 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, despi te the efforts of each Fund to prevent such trading, there is no guarantee that each Fund, the Transfe r Agent or Intermediaries will be able to identify these shareholders or curtail their trading pract ices. Each Fund does not have any arrangements intended to permit trading of its shares in contravent ion of the policies described above.

TELEPHONE REDEMPTIONS OR EXCHANGES

You may redeem your shares of a Fund if the proceeds of the redemption do not exceed $100,000 or exchange your shares in any amount by calling the applicable Fund at (800) 225-1852 before 4:00 p.m. New York time. You will receive a redemption or exchange amount based on that day's NAV. Certain restrictions apply; please see section entitled "How to Sell Your Shares - Restrictions on Sales" for additional information. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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 Funds' Transfer Agent will record your telephone instructions and request specific account information before redeeming or exchanging shares. A 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 a Fund does not follow reasonable procedures, it may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions.

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 procedure may be modified or terminated at any time. If this occurs, you will receive a written notice from the applicable 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 applicable Fund prior to 4:00 p.m. New York 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. New York 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 "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Sale of Shares - Expedited Redemption Privilege" in the SAI. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time without notice.

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Financial Highlights

The financial highlights below are intended to help you evaluate each Fund's financial performance since its inception. The total return in each chart represents the rate that a shareholder of each share class of the Fund would have earned on an investment in that share class of a Fund, assuming investment at the start of the period and reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions and sale at the end of the period. The information is for each share class for the periods indicated.

A copy of each Fund's annual report, along with each Fund's audited financial statements and report of independent registered public accounting firm, is available, upon request, at no charge, as described on the back cover of this prospectus.

JENNISON FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND

Class A Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class A Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001 (c)     2000 (c)    
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.58     $ 11.92     $ 11.11     $ 9.36    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment income         .08       .04       .05       .08    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.60       (.76 )     .86       1.67    
Total from investment operations         1.68       (.72 )     .91       1.75    
Less distributions:      
Dividends from net investment income         -       -       (.10 )     -    
Distributions from net realized gains         (.38 )     (.62 )     -       -    
Total distributions         (.38 )     (.62 )     (.10 )     -    
Net asset value, end of period       $ 11.88     $ 10.58     $ 11.92     $ 11.11    
Total return (a)           16.61 %     (6.42 )%     8.06 %     18.80 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001 (f)     2000 (c)    
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 27,092     $ 27,084     $ 36,622     $ 28,801    
Average net assets (000)   $ 25,604     $ 32,778     $ 36,447     $ 22,614    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees (d)  
    1.57 %     1.50 %     1.45 %     1.33 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.32 %     1.25 %     1.20 %     1.08 % (b)    
Net investment income     .74 %     .28 %     .44 %     .83 % (b)    
For Class A, B, C and Z shares:      
Portfolio turnover rate     93 %     65 %     81 %     85 %  

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total return for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

(c)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(d)  For each period the Distributor of the Fund contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service fees to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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JENNISON FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND

Class B Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class B Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002 (c)     2001 (c)     2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.39     $ 11.80     $ 11.00     $ 9.33    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
     
Net investment income (loss)         - (d)       (.06 )     (.04 )     .01    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.56       (.73 )     .84       1.66    
Total from investment operations         1.56       (.79 )     .80       1.67    
Less distributions:  
Distributions from net realized gains         (.38 )     (.62 )     -       -    
Net asset value, end of period       $ 11.57     $ 10.39     $ 11.80     $ 11.00    
Total return (a)           15.73 %     (7.11 )%     7.27 %     17.90 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001 (c)     2000 (c)    
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 68,888     $ 70,132     $ 91,892     $ 78,182    
Average net assets (000)   $ 65,823     $ 83,029     $ 92,775     $ 59,442    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    2.32 %     2.25 %     2.20 %     2.08 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.32 %     1.25 %     1.20 %     1.08 % (b)    
Net investment income (loss)     (.01 )%     (.47 )%     (.31 )%     .09 % (b)    

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total return for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

(c)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(d)  Less than $.005 per share.

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Financial Highlights

JENNISON FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND

Class C Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class C Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001 (c)     2000 (c)    
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.39     $ 11.80     $ 11.00     $ 9.33    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment income (loss)         - (d)       (.06 )     (.04 )     .01    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.56       (.73 )     .84       1.66    
Total from investment operations         1.56       (.79 )     .80       1.67    
Less distributions:      
Distributions from net realized gains         (.38 )     (.62 )     -       -    
Net asset value, end of period       $ 11.57     $ 10.39     $ 11.80     $ 11.00    
Total return (a)           15.73 %     (7.11 )%     7.27 %     17.90 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001 (c)     2000 (c)    
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 28,820     $ 30,937     $ 44,119     $ 41,011    
Average net assets (000)   $ 28,204     $ 38,005     $ 46,601     $ 30,639    
Ratios to average net assets:  
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    2.32 %     2.25 %     2.20 %     2.08 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.32 %     1.25 %     1.20 %     1.08 % (b)    
Net investment income (loss)     (.02 )%     (.47 )%     (.30 )%     .09 % (b)    

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total return for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

(c)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(d)  Less than $.005 per share.

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JENNISON FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND

Class Z Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class Z Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001 (c)     2000 (c)    
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.63     $ 11.95     $ 11.15     $ 9.36    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment income         .11       .08       .08       .11    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.62       (.78 )     .86       1.68    
Total from investment operations         1.73       (.70 )     .94       1.79    
Less distribution:      
Dividends from net investment income         -       -       (.14 )     -    
Distributions from net realized gains         (.38 )     (.62 )     -       -    
Total distributions         (.38 )     (.62 )     (.14 )     -    
Net asset value, end of period       $ 11.98     $ 10.63     $ 11.95     $ 11.15    
Total investment return (a)           17.02 %     (6.22 )%     8.30 %     19.10 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001 (c)     2000 (c)    
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 7,007     $ 8,131     $ 13,570     $ 9,753    
Average net assets (000)   $ 6,851     $ 11,031     $ 12,855     $ 5,913    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.32 %     1.25 %     1.20 %     1.08 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.32 %     1.25 %     1.20 %     1.08 % (b)    
Net investment income     .98 %     .52 %     .70 %     1.13 % (b)    

 

(a)  Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total return for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

(c)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

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Financial Highlights

JENNISON HEALTH SCIENCES FUND

Class A Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class A Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.78     $ 15.62     $ 18.51     $ 10.86    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
     
Net investment income (loss)         (.09 )     (.04 )     (.01 )     (.01 ) (d)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        3.24       (3.99 )     .10       7.81    
Total from investment operations         3.15       (4.03 )     .09       7.80    
Less distributions:  
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.81 )     (2.98 )     (.15 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 13.93     $ 10.78     $ 15.62     $ 18.51    
Total return (a)           29.22 %     (27.09 )%     .76 %     72.32 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 71,249     $ 54,246     $ 92,196     $ 98,129    
Average net assets (000)   $ 62,783     $ 72,143     $ 94,702     $ 59,890    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees (d)  
    1.42 %     1.37 %     1.29 %     1.10 %  
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.17 %     1.12 %     1.04 %     .85 % (c)    
Net investment income (loss)     (.73 )%     (.48 )%     (.49 )%     (.13 )% (c)    
For Class A, B, C and Z shares:      
Portfolio turnover rate     192 %     116 %     94 %     138 %  

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effect of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Annualized.

(c)  Net of management fee waiver.

(d)  For each period the Distributor of the Fund contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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JENNISON HEALTH SCIENCES FUND

Class B Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class B Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.47     $ 15.30     $ 18.31     $ 10.83    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
     
Net investment income (loss)         (.20 )     (.17 )     (.21 )     (.11 ) (b)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        3.15       (3.85 )     .18       7.74    
Total from investment operations         2.95       (4.02 )     (.03 )     7.63    
Less distributions:  
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.81 )     (2.98 )     (.15 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 13.42     $ 10.47     $ 15.30     $ 18.31    
Total return (a)           28.18 %     (27.62 )%     .06 %     70.85 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 148,077     $ 129,568     $ 215,087     $ 222,772    
Average net assets (000)   $ 137,866     $ 164,481     $ 207,806     $ 156,579    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    2.17 %     2.12 %     2.04 %     1.85 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.17 %     1.12 %     1.04 %     .85 % (b)    
Net investment income (loss)     (1.47 )%     (1.23 )%     (1.24 )%     (.87 )% (b)    

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effect of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

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Financial Highlights

JENNISON HEALTH SCIENCES FUND

Class C Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class C Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.47     $ 15.30     $ 18.31     $ 10.83    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
     
Net investment income (loss)         (.21 )     (.18 )     (.22 )     (.12 ) (b)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        3.16       (3.84 )     .19       7.75    
Total from investment operations         2.95       (4.02 )     (.03 )     7.63    
Less distributions:  
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.81 )     (2.98 )     (.15 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 13.42     $ 10.47     $ 15.30     $ 18.31    
Total return (a)           28.18 %     (27.62 )%     .06 %     70.85 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 52,212     $ 47,750     $ 86,887     $ 93,698    
Average net assets (000)   $ 49,357     $ 63,423     $ 86,176     $ 69,491    
Ratios to average net assets:  
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    2.17       2.12 %     2.04 %     1.85 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.17       1.12 %     1.04 %     .85 % (b)    
Net investment income (loss)     (1.47 )%     (1.23 )%     (1.23 )%     (.87 )% (b)    

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effect of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

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JENNISON HEALTH SCIENCES FUND

Class Z Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class Z Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 10.90     $ 15.74     $ 18.58     $ 10.88    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
     
Net investment income (loss)         (.01 )     - (c)       .04       .01 (b)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        3.22       (4.03 )     .10       7.84    
Total from investment operations         3.21       (4.03 )     .14       7.85    
Less distributions:  
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.81 )     (2.98 )     (.15 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 14.11     $ 10.90     $ 15.74     $ 18.58    
Total return (a)           29.45 %     (26.88 )%     1.14 %     72.55 %  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 21,607     $ 19,106     $ 32,475     $ 31,101    
Average net assets (000)   $ 18,671     $ 24,447     $ 30,209     $ 17,429    
Ratios to average net assets:  
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.17 %     1.12 %     1.04 %     .85 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.17 %     1.12 %     1.04 %     .85 % (b)    
Net investment income (loss)     (.48 )%     (.23 )%     (.25 )%     .12 % (b)    

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effect of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

(c)  Less than ($0.005).

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Financial Highlights

JENNISON TECHNOLOGY FUND

Class A Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class A Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 5.15     $ 7.07     $ 11.72     $ 13.44    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment loss         (.09 )     (.10 )     (.07 )     (.11 ) (b)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.68       (1.82 )     (3.36 )     (1.53 )  
Total from investment operations         1.59       (1.92 )     (3.43 )     (1.64 )  
Less distributions:      
Distributions from net realized gains
on investments
        -       -       (1.22 )     (.08 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 6.74     $ 5.15     $ 7.07     $ 11.72    
Total return (a)           30.87 %     (27.16 )%     (33.35 )%     (12.39 )%  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 51,747     $ 43,808     $ 70,417     $ 107,924    
Average net assets (000)   $ 42,894     $ 54,459     $ 86,366     $ 137,874    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees (c)  
    1.86 %     1.86 %     1.53 %     1.08 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.61 %     1.61 %     1.28 %     .83 % (b)    
Net investment loss     (1.59 )%     (1.57 )%     (.85 )%     (.74 )% (b)    
For Class A, B, C and Z shares:      
Portfolio turnover rate     188 %     164 %     154 %     151 %  

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

(c)  For each period the Distributor of the Fund contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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JENNISON TECHNOLOGY FUND

Class B Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class B Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 5.01     $ 6.94     $ 11.60     $ 13.40    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment loss         (.13 )     (.15 )     (.14 )     (.23 ) (b)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.64       (1.78 )     (3.30 )     (1.49 )  
Total from investment operations         1.51       (1.93 )     (3.44 )     (1.72 )  
Less distributions:      
Distributions from net realized gains
on investments
        -       -       (1.22 )     (.08 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 6.52     $ 5.01     $ 6.94     $ 11.60    
Total return (a)           30.14 %     (27.81 )%     (33.83 )%     (13.03 )%  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 92,163     $ 80,613     $ 138,220     $ 230,357    
Average net assets (000)   $ 77,751     $ 101,549     $ 170,790     $ 306,603    
Ratios to average net assets:  
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    2.61 %     2.61 %     2.28 %     1.83 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.61 %     1.61 %     1.28 %     .83 % (b)    
Net investment loss     (2.35 )%     (2.32 )%     (1.59 )%     (1.49 )% (b)    

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

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Financial Highlights

JENNISON TECHNOLOGY FUND

Class C Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class C Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 5.01     $ 6.94     $ 11.60     $ 13.40    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment loss         (.13 )     (.15 )     (.14 )     (.23 ) (b)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.64       (1.78 )     (3.30 )     (1.49 )  
Total from investment operations         1.51       (1.93 )     (3.44 )     (1.72 )  
Less distributions:      
Distributions from net realized gains
on investments
        -       -       (1.22 )     (.08 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 6.52     $ 5.01     $ 6.94     $ 11.60    
Total return (a)           30.14 %     (27.81 )%     (33.83 )%     (13.03 )%  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 32,234     $ 28,710     $ 50,876     $ 83,717    
Average net assets (000)   $ 27,519     $ 36,790     $ 63,088     $ 111,334    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    2.61 %     2.61 %     2.28 %     1.83 % (b)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.61 %     1.61 %     1.28 %     .83 % (b)    
Net investment loss     (2.35 )%     (2.31 )%     (1.59 )%     (1.49 )% (b)    

 

(a)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

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JENNISON TECHNOLOGY FUND

Class Z Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose reports were unqualified.

Class Z Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30)

Per Share Operating Performance   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 5.20     $ 7.12     $ 11.76     $ 13.46    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment loss         (.06 )     (.08 )     (.05 )     (.08 ) (d)    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment transactions
        1.68       (1.84 )     (3.37 )     (1.54 )  
Total from investment operations         1.62       (1.92 )     (3.42 )     (1.62 )  
Less distributions:      
Distributions from net realized gains
on investments
        -       -       (1.22 )     (.08 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 6.82     $ 5.20     $ 7.12     $ 11.76    
Total return (b)           31.15 %     (26.97 )%     (33.14 )%     (12.23 )%  

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data   2003   2002   2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)   $ 7,478     $ 5,906     $ 10,274     $ 16,386    
Average net assets (000)   $ 5,030     $ 7,193     $ 12,330     $ 21,704    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.61 %     1.61 %     1.28 %     .83 % (d)    
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
    1.61 %     1.61 %     1.28 %     .83 % (d)    
Net investment loss     (1.28 )%     (1.32 )%     (.58 )%     (.49 )% (d)    

 

(a)  Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

(b)  Net of management fee waiver.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please read this prospectus before you invest in the Funds and keep it for future reference. For information or shareholder questions contact:

n   MAIL

Prudential Mutual
Fund Services LLC
PO Box 8098
Philadelphia, PA 19176

n   TELEPHONE

(800) 225-1852
(732) 482-7555 (from
outside the U.S.)

n   WEBSITES

www.jennisondryden.com

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n   Outside Brokers should contact:
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Services LLC
PO Box 8310
Philadelphia, PA 19176

n   TELEPHONE

(800) 778-8769

You can also obtain copies of Funds documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission as follows:

n   MAIL

Securities and Exchange Commission
Public Reference Section
Washington, DC 20549-0102

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publicinfo@sec.gov
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For hours of operation, call (202) 942-8090

n   VIA THE INTERNET

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Additional information about the Funds can be obtained without charge and can be found in the following documents:

n   STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI)

(incorporated by reference into this prospectus)

n   ANNUAL REPORT

(contains a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during the last fiscal year)

n   SEMIANNUAL REPORT

Jennison Financial Services Fund Symbols

Share Class   A   B   C   Z  
NASDAQ     PFSAX       PUFBX       PUFCX       PFSZX    
CUSIP     476294103       476294202       476294301       476294400    

 

Jennison Health Sciences Fund Symbols

Share Class   A   B   C   Z  
NASDAQ     PHLAX       PHLBX       PHLCX       PHSZX    
CUSIP     476294509       476294608       476294707       476294806    

 

Jennison Technology Fund Symbols

Share Class   A   B   C   Z  
NASDAQ     PTYAX       PTYBX       PTYCX       PTFZX    
CUSIP     476294889       476294871       476294863       476294855    

 

MF188A   Investment Company Act File No. 811-3175



Jennison Utility Fund

Formerly known as Prudential Utility Fund

              , 2005

PROSPECTUS

FUND TYPE

Sector stock

OBJECTIVE

Total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income

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.

JennisonDryden is a service mark of
The Prudential Insurance Company
of America, Newark, NJ, and its affiliates.

JennisonDryden MutualFunds



Table of Contents

  1     Risk/Return Summary  
  1     Investment Objective and Principal Strategies  
  1     Principal Risks  
  3     Evaluating Performance  
  5     Fees and Expenses  
  7     How the Fund Invests  
  7     Investment Objective and Policies  
  8     Other Investments and Strategies  
  10     Investment Risks  
  15     How the Fund is Managed  
  15     Board of Directors  
  15     Manager  
  16     Investment Adviser  
  16     Portfolio Managers  
  16     Distributor  
  18     Fund Distributions and Tax Issues  
  18     Distributions  
  19     Tax Issues  
  20     If You Sell or Exchange Your Shares  
  21     How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares of the Fund  
  21     How to Buy Shares  
  32     How to Sell Your Shares  
  35     How to Exchange Your Shares  
  38     Telephone Redemptions or Exchanges  
  38     Expedited Redemption Privilege  
  40     Financial Highlights  
  41     Class A Shares  
  42     Class B Shares  
  43     Class C Shares  
  44     Class Z Shares  
        For More Information (Back Cover)  

 



Risk/Return Summary

This section highlights key information about the Jennison Utility Fund , which we refer to as "the Fund." The Fund is a series of Jennison Sector Funds, Inc. (the Company). Prior to June 30, 2003, the Fund was known as Prudential Utility Fund. To obtain information about the three other series of the Company, Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, see the back cover of this prospectus. Additional information follows this summary.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES

Our investment objective is total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income . This means that we seek investments whose price will increase as well as pay the Fund dividends and other income. We normally invest at least 80% of the Fund's investable assets in equity-related and investment-grade debt securities of utility companies. The term "investable assets" in this prospectus refers to the Fund's net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes. The 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 Fund will provide 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders of a change in its non-fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its investable assets in the type of investment suggested by its name. Utility companies include electric, gas, gas pipeline, telephone, telecommunications, water, cable, airport, seaport and toll road companies. Some of these securities are issued by foreign companies. We may invest more than 5% of the Fund's assets in any one issuer.

While we make every effort to achieve our objective, we can't guarantee success.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

Although we try to invest wisely, all investments involve risk. The Fund is subject to risks of the utility industry, such as inflation and regulatory changes, because it concentrates its investments in utility securities. Since the Fund is a sector fund, its holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Fund can deviate from the performance of the indexes. Since we invest in stocks, there is the risk that the price of a particular stock we own could go down, or pay lower-than-expected dividends. In addition to an individual stock losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector of them could go down. Stock markets are volatile.

We're Value Investors

In deciding which stocks to buy, we use what is known as a value investment style. That is, we invest in stocks that we believe are undervalued, given the company's earnings, assets, cash flow and dividends. We consider selling a security if it has increased to the point where we no longer consider it to be undervalued.

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Risk/Return Summary

Our investments in investment-grade debt securities involve market risk and credit risk. Market risk, which may affect an industry, a sector or the entire market, is the possibility that the market value of an investment may move up or down and that its movement may occur quickly or unpredictably. Credit risk is the possibility that an issuer of a debt obligation may fail to pay the Fund interest or principal.

Since the Fund invests in foreign securities, there are additional risks. Foreign markets are often more volatile than U.S. markets and foreign issuers are generally not subject to regulatory requirements comparable to those placed on U.S. issuers. Changes in currency exchange rates can reduce or increase market performance.

Some of our investment strategies - such as using derivatives - involve above-average risks. The Fund may use risk management techniques to try to preserve assets. We may use hedging techniques to try to enhance return. Derivatives may not fully match or offset the Fund's underlying positions and this could result in losses to the Fund that would not otherwise have occurred.

As a nondiversified fund, we can invest more than 5% of the Fund's assets in the securities of any one issuer. Investing in a nondiversified fund involves greater risk than investing in a diversified fund because a loss resulting from the decline in value of any one security may represent a greater portion of the total assets of a nondiversifed fund.

Like any mutual fund, an investment in the Fund could lose value, and you could lose money. For more detailed information about the risks associated with the Fund, see "How the Fund Invests - Investment Risks."

An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

2



EVALUATING PERFORMANCE

A number of factors - including risk - can affect how the Fund performs. The following bar chart shows the Fund's performance for each full calendar year of operation for the last 10 years. The bar chart and table below demonstrate the risk of investing in the Fund by showing how returns can change from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with broad-based market measures and a group of similar mutual funds. Past performance, before and after taxes, does not mean that the Fund will achieve similar results in the future.

Annual Total Returns* (Class B shares)

BEST QUARTER:  ____% (___ quarter of ____) WORST QUARTER:  _____% (___ quarter of ____)

*  These annual total returns do not include sales charges. If the sales charges were included, the annual total returns would be lower than those shown.

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Risk/Return Summary

Average Annual Total Returns 1   (as of 12/31/04)

Return Before Taxes   One Year   Five Years   Ten Years   Since Inception  
Class A shares   %   %   %   %   (since 1-22-90)  
Class C shares           N/A       (since 8-1-94)  
Class Z shares           N/A       (since 3-1-96)  
Class B Shares  
Return Before Taxes                   (since 8-10-81)  
Return After Taxes on Distributions 2                   (since 8-10-81)  
Return After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Fund Shares 2
                  (since 8-10-81)  
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)  
S&P 500 3                   * 3  
S&P Utility TR 4                   * 4  
Lipper Average 5                   * 5  

 

1  The Fund's returns are after deduction of sales charges and expenses. Without the distribution and service (12b-1) fee waiver of 0.05% for Class A shares, the returns for Class A shares would have been lower.

2  After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class B shares. After-tax returns for other classes will vary due to differing sales charges and expenses. Past performance, before and after taxes, does not mean that the Fund will achieve similar results in the future.

3  The Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index (S&P 500) - an unmanaged index of 500 stocks of large U.S. companies - gives a broad look at how U.S. stock prices have performed. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, or operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. Returns would be lower if they included the effects of these expenses. S&P 500 returns since the inception of each class are ___% for Class A, ___% for Class B, ___% for Class C and ___% for Class Z shares. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of the Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

4  The Standard & Poor's Utility Total Return Index (S&P Utility TR) is an unmanaged, market capitalization-weighted index representing three utility groups and, within the three groups, forty-three of the largest utility companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, including twenty-three electric power companies, twelve natural gas distributors and eight telephone companies. These returns do not include the effects of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes, which would lower the returns. S&P Utility TR returns since the inception of each class are ___% for Class A, ___% for Class B (since 9/30/89, the closest month-end after the inception of the index, 9/11/89), ___% for Class C and ___% for Class Z shares. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of the Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Ibbotson.

5  The Lipper Average is unmanaged and is based on the average return of all mutual funds in the Lipper Utility Funds category. Funds in the Lipper Average invest at least 65% of their equity portfolios in utility shares. The Lipper Average does not include the effects of any sales charges or taxes which would lower the returns. Lipper returns since the inception of each class are ___% for Class A, ___% for Class B, ___% for Class C and ___% for Class Z shares. Since inception returns reflect the average annual total returns from the closest month-end date to the inception date of the Fund's Class A, B, C, and Z shares. Source: Lipper Inc.

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FEES AND EXPENSES

These tables show the sales charges, fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of each share class of the Fund - Class A, B, C and Z. Each share class has different (or no) sales charges - known as loads - and expenses, but represents an investment in the same fund. Class Z shares are available only to a limited group of investors. For more information about which share class may be right for you, see "How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares of the Fund."

Shareholder Fees 1 (paid directly from your investment)

    Class A   Class B   Class C   Class Z  
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    5.50 %   None   None   None  
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a
percentage of the lower of original purchase
price or sale proceeds)
    1 % 2     5 % 3     1 % 4   None  
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
reinvested dividends and other distributions
  None   None   None   None  
Redemption fees   None   None   None   None  
Exchange fee   None   None   None   None  

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (deducted from Fund assets)

    Class A   Class B   Class C   Class Z  
Management fees     .45 %     .45 %     .45 %     .45 %  
+ Distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .30 % 5     1.00 %     1.00 %   None  
+ Other expenses   %   %   %   %  
= Total annual Fund operating expenses   %   %   %   %  
– Fee waiver                  
= Net annual Fund operating expenses                  

 

1  Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for purchases and sales of shares.

2  Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are not subject to an initial sales charge but are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1% (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential).

3  The CDSC for Class B shares decreases by 1% annually to 1% in the fifth and sixth years and 0% in the seventh year. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares approximately seven years after purchase.

4  The CDSC for Class C shares is 1% for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase (within 18 months of purchase for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004).

5  For the fiscal year ending November 30, 2005, the Distributor of the Fund has contractually agreed to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class A shares to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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Risk/Return Summary

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the fees and expenses of the Fund's different share classes and compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same, except for any contractual and service (12b-1) fee waivers and overall expense limitations that ma y be in effect. Approximately seven years after purchase, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis. The information in the ten years column reflects the conversion. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

    One Year   Three Years   Five Years   Ten Years  
Class A shares   $       $       $       $      
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  

 

You would pay the following expenses on the same investment if you did not sell your shares:

    One Year   Three Years   Five Years   Ten Years  
Class A shares   $       $       $       $      
Class B shares  
Class C shares  
Class Z shares  

 

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How the Fund Invests

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES

The Fund's investment objective is total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income . This means we seek investments whose price will increase as well as pay the Fund dividends and other income. While we make every effort to achieve our objective, we can't guarantee success.

In pursuing our objective, we normally invest at least 80% of the Fund's investable assets in equity-related and investment-grade debt securities of utility companies . This means that we concentrate on companies in the electric, gas, gas pipeline, telephone, telecommunication, water, cable, airport, seaport and toll road industries. We buy equity-related securities including common stocks; nonconvertible preferred stocks; American Depositary Receipts (ADRs); warrants and rights that can be exercised to obtain stocks; investments in various types of business ventures, including partnerships and joint ventures; securities of real estate investment trusts (REITs); and similar securities.

We may also buy convertible securities. These are securities - like bonds, corporate notes and preferred stocks - that we can convert into the company's common stock or some other equity security. Generally, we consider selling a security when it has increased in value to the point where it is no longer undervalued in the opinion of the investment adviser.

Our investment in debt securities, including corporate and government bonds, is limited to those rated investment-grade by a major rating service (such as BBB or above by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) or Baa or above by Moody's Investors Service Inc. (Moody's)) or, if not rated, to those we believe are of comparable quality. Obligations rated below BBB by S&P or Baa by Moody's have speculative characteristics. If the rating of a bond is downgraded after the Fund purchases it (or if the bond is no longer rated), we will not have to sell the bond, but we will take this into consideration in deciding whether the Fund should continue to hold the bond.

Foreign Securities

We may invest up to 20% of the Fund's investable assets in foreign securities , including money market instruments and other investment-grade fixed-income securities, stocks and other equity-related securities. For purposes of the 20% limit, we do not consider ADRs, ADSs and other similar receipts or shares traded in U.S. markets to be foreign securities.

Our Total Return Strategy

We look for stocks of companies that we believe will produce both above-average earnings and dividend growth over the long term. We also try to diversify within the utility industry to take advantage of opportunities that have arisen from deregulation.

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How the Fund Invests

For more information, see "Investment Risks" below and the Statement of Additional Information, "Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks." The Statement of Additional Information - which we refer to as the SAI - contains additional information about the Fund. To obtain a copy, see the back cover page of this prospectus.

The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy that cannot be changed without shareholder approval. The Board of the Directors of the Fund (the Board) can change investment policies that are not fundamental.

OTHER INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIES

In addition to the principal strategies, we also may use the following investments and strategies to try to increase the Fund's returns or protect its assets if market conditions warrant.

Non-Utility Investments

The Fund may invest in securities of issuers not in the utility industry. These include stocks and fixed-income obligations, like corporate and government bonds and money market instruments.

Short Sales

The Fund may make short sales of a security. This means that the Fund may sell a security that it does not own, when, for example, the investment adviser thinks the value of the security will decline. The Fund generally borrows the security to deliver to the buyer in a short sale. The Fund must then replace the borrowed security by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. Short sales involve costs and risk. The Fund must pay the lender any dividends or interest that accrues on the security it borrows, and the Fund will lose money if the price of the security increases between the time of the short sale and the date when the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund may only make short sales "against the box." In a short sale against the box, at the time of sale, the Fund owns or has the right to acquire the identical security at no additional cost. When selling short against the box, the Fund gives up the opportunity for capital appreciation in the security. Up to 10% of the Fund's total assets may be subject to short sales.

Temporary Defensive Investments

In response to adverse market, economic or political conditions, we may temporarily invest up to 100% of the Fund's total assets in money market instruments or short-term municipal obligations. Investing heavily in these securities limits our ability to achieve our investment objective, but can help to preserve the Fund's assets when the equity markets are unstable.

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Repurchase Agreements

The Fund also may use repurchase agreements , where a party agrees to sell a security to the Fund and then repurchase it at an agreed-upon price at a stated time. This creates a fixed return for the Fund and is, in effect, a loan by the Fund. The Fund uses repurchase agreements for cash management purposes only.

DERIVATIVE STRATEGIES

We may use various derivative strategies to try to improve the Fund's returns. We may use hedging techniques to try to protect the Fund's assets. We cannot guarantee that these strategies will work, that the instruments necessary to implement these strategies will be available or that the Fund will not lose money. Derivatives - such as futures, options, swaps, foreign currency forward contracts and options on futures - involve costs and can be volatile. With derivatives, the investment adviser tries to predict whether the underlying investment - a security, market index, currency, interest rate or some other benchmark - will go up or down at some future date. We may use derivatives to try to reduce risk or to increase return consistent with the Fund's overall investment objective. The investment adviser will consider other factors (such as cost) in deciding whether to employ any particular strategy or use any particular instrument. Any derivatives we may use may not match or offset the Fund's underlying positions and this could result in losses to the Fund that would not otherwise have occurred. Derivatives that involve leverage could magnify losses.

Options. The Fund may purchase and sell put and call options on equity securities, stock indexes and foreign currencies traded on U.S. or foreign securities exchanges, on Nasdaq or in the over-the-counter market. An option gives the purchaser the right to buy or sell securities or currencies in exchange for a premium. The Fund will sell only covered options.

Futures Contracts and Related Options. The Fund may purchase and sell stock and bond index futures contracts and related options on stock and bond index futures. The Fund also may purchase and sell futures contracts on foreign currencies and related options on foreign currency futures contracts. A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a set quantity of an underlying asset at a future date, or to make or receive a cash payment based on the value of a securities index or some other asset at a future date. The terms of futures contracts are standardized. In the case of a financial futures contract based upon a broad index, there is no delivery of the securities comprising the index, margin is uniform, a clearing corporation or an exchange is the counterparty and the Fund makes daily margin payments based on price movements in the index. The Fund also may enter into foreign currency forward contracts to protect the value of its assets against future changes in the level of foreign exchange rates. A foreign currency forward contract is an obligation to buy or sell a given currency on a future date at a set price. Delivery of the underlying currency is expected, the terms are individually negotiated, the counterparty is not a clearing

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How the Fund Invests

corporation or an exchange and payment on the contract is made upon delivery, rather than daily.

ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES

The Fund also follows certain policies when it borrows money (the Fund can borrow up to 33 1 / 3 % of the value of its total assets and may pledge up to 33 1 / 3 % of its total assets to secure these borrowings); purchases shares of affiliated investment companies (the Fund may also invest up to 25% of its assets in shares of affiliated money market funds or open-ended short term bond funds with a portfolio maturity of three years or less);  lends its securities to others for cash management purposes (the Fund can lend up to 33 1 / 3 % of the value of its total assets, including collateral received in the transaction); and holds illiquid securities (the 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). The Fund is subject to certain investment restrictions that are fundamental policies, and cannot be changed without shareholder approval. For more information about these restrictions, see "Investment Restrictions" in the SAI.

For more information about these strategies, see the SAI, "Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks - Risk Management and Return Enhancement Strategies."

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

It is not a principal strategy of the Fund to actively and frequently trade its portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. In four of the past five fiscal years, the Fund has had annual turnover rates of less than 100%. Future portfolio turnover could be higher or lower. The portfolio turnover rate for fiscal years 2004, 2003 and 2001 was ___%, ___% and ___%, respectively. Portfolio turnover is generally the percentage obtained by dividing the lesser of portfolio purchases and sales by the monthly average value of the portfolio. High portfolio turnover (100% or more) results in higher brokerage commissions and other costs and can affect the Fund's performance. It also can result in a greater amount of distributions as ordinary income rather than long-term capital gains.

INVESTMENT RISKS

As noted previously, all investments involve risk, and investing in the Fund is no exception. Since the Fund's holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes, performance of the Fund can deviate from performance of the indexes. This chart outlines the key risks and potential rewards of the Fund's principal strategies and certain other non-principal strategies that the Fund may make. The investment types are listed in the order in which they normally will be used by the portfolio managers. Unless otherwise noted, the Fund's ability to engage in a particular type of investment is expressed as a percentage of investable assets. For more information, see "Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks" in the SAI .

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Investment Type

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Securities of utility companies
At least 80%
  n Inflationary and other cost increases in fuel and other operating expenses
n Utilities' earnings growth may be slower than broad market indexes
n Deregulation of utility companies may negatively affect their earnings
n Changes in regulatory environment
n See risks of equity-related securities and fixed-income obligations
  n Potential for both current income and capital appreciation
n Utilities are regulated by the government so earnings tend to be more consistent and less susceptible to economic cycles
n Most utility stocks have higher yields than other sectors of the market
n Deregulation of utility companies may present opportunities for significant capital appreciation
 
Equity-related securities
Up to 100%
  n Individual stocks could lose value
n The equity markets could go down, resulting in a decline in value of the Fund's investments
n Companies that pay dividends may not do so if they don't have profits or adequate cash flow
n Changes in economic or political conditions, both domestic and international, may result in a decline in value of the Fund's investments
  n Historically, stocks have outperformed other investments over the long term
n Generally, economic growth means higher corporate profits, which lead to an increase in stock prices, known as capital appreciation
n May be a source of dividend income
 

 

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How the Fund Invests

Investment Type (cont'd)

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Fixed-income obligations
Up to 100%; usually less than 15%
  n The Fund's holdings, share price, yield and total return may fluctuate in response to bond market movements
n Credit risk - the risk that the default of an issuer would leave the Fund with unpaid interest or principal. The lower a bond's quality, the higher its potential volatility
n Market risk - the risk that the market value of an investment may move up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect an industry, a sector or the market as a whole
n Interest rate risk - the risk that the value of most bonds will fall when interest rates rise. The longer a bond's maturity and the lower its credit quality, the more its value typically falls. It can lead to price volatility
n Some government securities are not issued or guaranteed by the issuing government, but only by the issuing agency, which must rely on its own resources to repay the debt and are subject to risk of default like private issuers.
  n Bonds have generally outperformed money market instruments over the long term, with less risk than stocks
n Most bonds will rise in value when interest rates fall
n A source of regular interest income
n Investment-grade bonds have a lower risk of default than junk bonds
n High-quality debt obligations generally are more secure than stocks since companies must pay their debts before they pay dividends
n Principal and interest on government securities may be guaranteed by the issuing government
 

 

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Investment Type (cont'd)

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Foreign securities
Up to 20%; usually less than 15%
  n Foreign markets, economies and political systems may not be as stable as those in the U.S.
n Currency risk - changing values of foreign currencies can cause losses
n May be less liquid than U.S. stocks and bonds
n Differences in foreign laws, accounting standards, public information, custody and settlement practices may result in less reliable information on foreign investments and more risk
  n Investors can participate in the growth of foreign markets through the Fund's investment in companies operating in those markets
n May profit from changing values of foreign currencies
 
Derivatives
Up to 10% of total assets
  n The value of derivatives (such as futures and options) that are used to hedge a portfolio security is generally determined independently from that security and could result in a loss to the Fund when the price movement of the derivative does not correlate with a change in the value of the portfolio security
n Derivatives may not have the intended effects and may result in losses or missed opportunities
n The other party to a derivatives contract could default
n Derivatives can increase share price volatility and those that involve leverage could magnify losses
n Certain types of derivatives involve costs to the Fund that can reduce returns
  n The Fund could make money and protect against losses if the investment analysis proves correct
n Derivatives that involve leverage could generate substantial gains at low cost
n One way to manage the Fund's risk/return balance is by locking in the value of an investment ahead of time
n Hedges that correlate well with an underlying position can reduce or eliminate investment income or capital gains at low cost
 

 

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How the Fund Invests

Investment Type (cont'd)

% of Fund's Investable Assets   Risks   Potential Rewards  
Illiquid securities
Up to 15% of net assets
  n May be difficult to value precisely
n May be difficult to sell at the time or price desired
  n May offer a more attractive yield or potential for growth than more widely traded securities  
Short sales "against the box"
Up to 10% of total assets
  n Investment costs may exceed potential underlying investment gains
n Short sales "against the box" give up the opportunity for capital appreciation in the security
  n May preserve underlying investment gains  
Money market instruments
Up to 20% under normal circumstances; up to 100% of total assets on a temporary basis
  n Limits the Fund's potential for capital appreciation and achieving our objective
n See credit risk and market risk above (which are less of a concern for money market funds)
  n May preserve the Fund's assets  

 

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How the Fund is Managed

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Company's Board oversees the actions of the Manager, Investment Adviser and Distributor and decides on general policies. The Board also oversees the Company's officers, who conduct and supervise the daily business operations of the Fund.

MANAGER

Prudential Investments LLC (PI)
Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4077

Under a management agreement with the Fund, PI manages the Fund's investment operations and administers its business affairs. PI also is responsible for supervising the Fund's investment adviser. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Fund paid PI management fees of .45% of the Fund's average net assets.

PI and its predecessors have served as manager or administrator to investment companies since 1987. As of December 31, 2004, PI served as the investment manager to all of the Prudential U.S. and offshore open-end investment companies, and as administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets of approximately $___ billion.

Subject to the supervision of the Board, PI is responsible for conducting the initial review of prospective investment advisers for the Fund. In evaluating a prospective investment adviser, PI considers many factors, including the firm's experience, investment philosophy and historical performance. PI is also responsible for monitoring the performance of the Fund's investment adviser.

PI and the Company operate under an exemptive order (the Order) from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) that generally permits PI to enter into or amend agreements with investment advisers without obtaining shareholder approval each time. This authority is subject to certain conditions, including the requirement that the Board must approve any new or amended agreements with an investment adviser. 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 investment advisers or material amendments to advisory agreements pursuant to the Order.

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How the Fund is Managed

INVESTMENT ADVISER

Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison) is the Fund's investment adviser. Its address is 466 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017. PI has responsibility for all investment advisory services, supervises Jennison and pays Jennison for its services. As of December 31, 2004, Jennison had approximately $__ billion in assets under management. Jennison has served as an investment adviser since 1969 and has advised investment companies since 1990.

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, PI paid Jennison subadvisory fees of             of          of the Fund's average daily net assets.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

David A. Kiefer, CFA, Shaun Hong, CFA and [   ] are the portfolio managers of the Fund.

David Kiefer , a Senior Vice President of Jennison, has managed the Fund since 1994. He joined Prudential's management training program in 1986. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Kiefer worked at Prudential Power Funding Associates, making loans to the energy industry. He then left to attend business school, rejoining Prudential in equity asset management in 1992. Mr. Kiefer became a portfolio manager in 1994 at Prudential. In September 2000, he joined Jennison. Mr. Kiefer earned a B.S. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Shaun Hong , a Vice President of Jennison, has managed the Fund since September 2000. Previously, he was a Vice President and equity research analyst of PIM. Prior to joining Prudential in 1999, Mr. Hong was employed as an analyst at Equinox Capital Management following the utility, consumer products, commodities and technology sectors from 1994-1999. Mr. Hong earned a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of The New York Society of Security Analysts, Inc.

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DISTRIBUTOR

Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS) distributes the Fund's shares under a Distribution Agreement with the Fund. The Fund has Distribution and Service Plans (the Plans) under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) applicable to the Fund's shares. Under the Plans and the Distribution Agreement, PIMS pays the expenses of distributing the Fund's Class A, B, C and Z shares and provides certain shareholder support services. The Fund pays distribution and other fees to PIMS as compensation for its services for each class of shares other than Class Z. These fees - known as 12b-1 fees - are shown in the "Fees and Expenses" tables. Class A, Class B and Class C shares are subject to an

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annual 12b-1 fee of .30%, 1% and 1%, respectively. Because these fees are paid from each 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

A description of the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio securities is described in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information and on the Fund's website at www.jennisondryden.com. The Fund will provide a full list of the Fund's portfolio holdings as of the end of the fiscal quarter on its website within 60 days after the end of the Fund's fiscal quarter. In addition, the Fund may release the Fund's top ten holdings, sector and country breakdowns, and largest industries on a monthly basis. Such information will be posted to the Fund's website no earlier than 15 days after the end of each month. These postings can be located at www.jennisondryden.com.

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Fund Distributions and Tax Issues

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 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 taxes.

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 federal 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.

DISTRIBUTIONS

The Fund distributes dividends of any net investment income to shareholders - typically once a quarter. 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 taxed subject to taxation whether or not they are reinvested in the Fund.

The Fund also distributes any realized net capital gains to shareholders - typically once a year. 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%. 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. Different rates apply to corporate shareholders.

Dividends of net investment income paid to a noncorporate U.S. shareholder before January 1, 2009 that are designated as qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at a maximum rate of 15%. Dividends of net investment income that are not designated 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 a Fund's income is derived from certain dividends received from U.S. corporations.

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For your convenience, Fund 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 (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. For more information about automatic reinvestment and other shareholder services, see subsection "Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services" in the next section.

TAX ISSUES
Form 1099

Every year, you will receive a Form 1099 , which reports the amount of dividends and 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 distributions 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 in the fourth quarter and actually pay them in January of the following year. In such cases, the dividends are treated as if they were paid on December 31 of the prior year.

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 U.S. Treasury a portion (currently 28%) of your distributions and sale proceeds. Dividends of net investment income and net short-term capital gains paid to a nonresident foreign shareholder generally will be subject to a U.S. withholding tax of 30%. This rate may be lower, depending on any tax treaty the U.S. may have with the shareholder's country.

If You Purchase Just Before Record Date

If you buy shares of the Fund just 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. The distribution you receive makes up for the decrease in share value. However, the timing of your purchase does mean that part of your investment came back to you as taxable income.

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Fund Distributions and Tax Issues

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 JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners 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 you hold shares in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. The amount of tax you pay depends on how long you owned your shares and when you bought them. If you sell shares of the Fund for a loss, you may have a capital loss, which you may use to offset certain capital gains you have.

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 the sale and ending 30 days after the sale of the shares). If you acquire shares of the Fund and sell 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 of the shares.

Exchanging your shares of the Fund for the shares of another JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual fund 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.

Any gain or loss you may have from selling or exchanging Fund shares will not be reported on Form 1099; however, proceeds from the sale or exchange will be reported on Form 1099-B. Therefore, 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.

Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares

We have obtained a legal opinion that the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares - which happens automatically approximately seven years after purchase - 

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How to Buy, Sell and
Exchange Shares of the Fund

is not a "taxable event". This opinion, however, is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). For more information about the automatic conversion of Class B shares, see subsection "Class B Shares Convert to Class A Shares After Approximately Seven Years" in the next section.

HOW TO BUY SHARES

In order to buy shares of the Fund, the following steps need to be taken: Step 1: Open an Account; Step 2: Choose a Share Class; Step 3: Understanding the Price You'll Pay; and Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services. Each of these steps is described below.

Step 1: Open an Account

If you don't have an account with us or a securities firm that is permitted to buy or sell shares of the Fund for you, call Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS) at (800) 225-1852 or contact:

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Investment Services
P.O. Box 8179
Philadelphia, PA 19176

You may purchase shares by check or wire. We do not accept cash or money orders. To purchase by wire, call the number above to obtain an application. After PMFS receives your completed application, you will receive an account number. We have the right to reject any purchase order (including an exchange into the Fund) or suspend or modify the Fund's sale of its shares.

With certain limited exception, a Fund is only available only to U.S. citizens or residents.

Step 2: Choose a Share Class

Individual investors can choose among Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares of the Fund, although Class Z shares are available only to limited groups of investors.

Multiple share classes let you choose a cost structure that meets your needs:

n   Class A shares purchased in amounts of less than $1 million require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but the operating expenses of Class A shares are lower than the operating expenses of Class B and Class C shares. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a CDSC of 1%, although they are not subject to an initial sales charge (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans).

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n   Class B shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a sales charge if you sell your shares within six years (that is why it is called a CDSC). The operating expenses of Class B shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares.

n   Class C shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a sales charge if you sell your shares within 12 months of purchase. The operating expenses of Class C shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares.

When choosing a share class, you should consider the following factors:

n   The amount of your investment and any previous or planned future investments, which may qualify you for reduced sales charges for Class A shares under Rights of Accumulation or a Letter of Intent.

n   The length of time you expect to hold the shares and the impact of varying distribution fees. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. For this reason, Class C shares may not be appropriate for investors who plan to hold their shares for more than 4 years.

n   The different sales charges that apply to each share class - Class A's front-end sales charge vs. Class B's CDSC vs. Class C's low CDSC.

n   The fact that Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares approximately seven years after purchase.

n   Class B shares purchased in amounts greater than $100,000 are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class B shares exceeding this amount generally will not be accepted.

n   Class C shares purchased in amounts greater than $1 million are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class C shares above this amount generally will not be accepted.

n   Because Class Z shares have lower operating expenses than Class A, Class B or Class C shares, you should consider whether you are eligible to purchase Class Z shares.

See "How to Sell Your Shares" for a description of the impact of CDSCs.

Some investors purchase or sell shares of the Fund through financial intermediaries and omnibus accounts maintained by brokers that aggregate the orders of multiple investors and forward the aggregate orders to the Fund. The Fund has advised each financial intermediary and broker of the share class guidelines explained above, and it is their responsibility to monitor and enforce these guidelines with respect to shareholders purchasing shares through financial intermediaries or omnibus accounts. You should consult your financial intermediary or broker for assistance in choosing a share class.

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Share Class Comparison. Use this chart to help you compare the Fund's different share classes. The discussion following this chart will tell you whether you are entitled to a reduction or waiver of any sales charges.

    Class A   Class B   Class C   Class Z  
Minimum purchase amount 1   $ 1,000     $ 1,000             $ 2,500     None  
Minimum amount for
subsequent purchases 1
  $ 100     $ 100             $ 100     None  
Maximum initial sales charge     5.50 % of the
public
offering price
      None           None     None  
Contingent Deferred
Sales Charge (CDSC) 2
    1 % 3     If sold during:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Years 5/6
Year 7
    5 %
4 %
3 %
2 %
1 %
0 %
    1% on sales
made within
12 months of
purchase (18
months for shares
purchased prior to
February 2, 2004)
    None  
Annual distribution and service (12b-1)
fees shown as a percentage of
average net assets 4
    .30 of 1%
(.25 of 1%
currently)
      1 %         1 %   None  

 

1  The minimum investment requirements do not apply to certain retirement and employee savings plans and custodial accounts for minors. The minimum initial and subsequent investment for purchases made through the Automatic Investment Plan is $50. For more information, see "Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services - Automatic Investment Plan."

2  For more information about the CDSC and how it is calculated, see "How to Sell Your Shares - Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)."

3  Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and redeem those shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a CDSC of 1%, but are not subject to an initial sales charge. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential, although they are not subject to an initial sales charge (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential).

4  These distribution and service fees are paid from the Fund's assets on a continuous basis. The service fee for Class A, Class B and Class C shares is .25 of 1%. The distribution fee for Class A shares is limited to .30 of 1% (including the .25 of 1% service fee) and is .75 of 1% for Class B and Class C shares. For the fiscal year ending November 30, 2005, the Distributor of the Fund has contractually agreed to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class A shares to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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Reducing or Waiving Class A's Initial Sales Charge

The following describes the different ways investors can reduce or avoid paying Class A's initial sales charge.

Increase the Amount of Your Investment. You can reduce Class A's initial sales charge by increasing the amount of your investment. This table shows how the sales charge decreases as the amount of your investment increases.

Amount of Purchase   Sales Charge as % of
Offering Price
  Sales Charge as % of
Amount Invested
  Dealer
Reallowance
 
Less than $25,000     5.50 %     5.82 %     5.00 %  
$25,000 to $49,999     5.00       5.26       4.50    
$50,000 to $99,999     4.50       4.71       4.00    
$100,000 to $249,999     3.75       3.90       3.25    
$250,000 to $499,999     2.75       2.83       2.50    
$500,000 to $999,999     2.00       2.04       1.75    
$1 million to $4,999,999*     None       None       1.00 %**  

 

*  If you invest $1 million or more, you can buy only Class A shares, unless you qualify to buy Class Z. If you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase, you will be subject to a 1% CDSC, although you will not be subject to an initial sales charge.

**  For investments of $5 million to $9,999,999, the dealer reallowance is 0.50%. For investments of $10 million and above, the dealer reallowance is 0.25%.

To satisfy the purchase amounts above, you can:

n   Use your Rights of Accumulation , which allow you or an eligible group of related investors to combine (1) the current value of JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual fund shares you or the group already own, (2) the value of money market shares you or an eligible group of related investors have received for shares of other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds in an exchange transaction, and (3) the value of the shares you or an eligible group of related investors are purchasing, or

n   Sign a Letter of Intent , stating in writing that you or an eligible group of related investors will purchase a certain amount of shares in the Fund and other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds within 13 months, or

n   Use your Combined Purchase and Cumulative Purchase Privilege , which allows you and an eligible group of related investors to combine the value of Class A shares of this Fund with the value of Class A shares of other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds that you or the group are purchasing at the same time.

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Note: Class Z shares cannot be aggregated with any other share class for purposes of reducing or waiving Class A's initial sales charge.

An eligible group of related investors includes any combination of the following:

n   an individual

n   the individual's spouse, their children and parents

n   the individual's and spouse's Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

n   any company controlled by the individual (a person, entity or group that holds 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a company will be deemed to control the company, and a partnership will be deemed to be controlled by each of its general partners), with the exception of employee benefit plans of a company controlled by the individual

n   a trust created by the individual, the beneficiaries of which are the individual, his or her spouse, parents or children

n   a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act/ Uniform Transfers to Minors Act account created by the individual or the individual's spouse

The value of shares held by you or an eligible group of related investors will be determined as follows:

n   for Class A shares, the value of existing shares is determined by the maximum offering price (NAV plus maximum sales charge) as of the previous business day.

n   for Class B shares and Class C shares, the value of existing shares is determined by the NAV as of the previous business day.

If your shares are held directly by the Transfer Agent, and you believe you qualify for a reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales charge, you must notify the Transfer Agent at the time of the qualifying share purchase in order to receive the applicable reduction or waiver. If your shares are held through a broker or other financial intermediary, and you believe you qualify for a reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales charge, you must notify your broker or intermediary at the time of the qualifying purchase in order to receive the applicable reduction or waiver. Shares held through a broker or other financial intermediary will not be systematically aggregated with shares held directly by the Transfer Agent for purposes of receiving a reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales charge. The reduced or waived sales charge will be granted subject to confirmation of account holdings.

If your shares are held directly by the Transfer Agent, you must identify the eligible group of related investors. Although the Transfer Agent does not require any specific form of documentation in order to establish your eligibility to receive a waiver or reduction of Class A's initial sales charge, you may be required to provide appropriate documentation if the Transfer Agent is unable to establish your eligibility.

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you may need in order to establish your eligibility to receive a waiver or reduction of Class A's initial sales charge. Your broker or intermediary is also responsible for notifying the Transfer Agent if your share purchase qualifies for a reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales charge.

Purchases of $1 million or more. If you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares, you will not be subject to an initial sales charge, although a CDSC may apply, as previously noted (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential).

Benefit Plans. Certain group retirement and savings plans may purchase Class A shares without paying the initial sales charge if they meet the required minimum for amount of assets, average account balance or number of eligible employees. For more information about these requirements, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

Mutual Fund Programs. The initial sales charge will be waived for investors in certain programs sponsored by broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial planners who have agreements with the Distributor relating to:

n   Mutual fund "wrap" or asset allocation programs; where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services, or

n   Mutual fund "supermarket" programs; where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services.

Broker-dealers, investment advisers or financial planners sponsoring these mutual fund programs may offer their clients more than one class of shares in the Fund in connection with different pricing options for their programs. Investors should consider carefully any separate transaction and other fees charged by these programs in connection with investing in each available share class before selecting a share class.

Other Types of Investors. Certain other types of investors may purchase Class A shares without paying the initial sales charge, including:

n   certain directors, officers, employees (and certain members of their families) of Prudential and its affiliates, the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds, and the investment advisers of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds

n   persons who have retired directly from active service with Prudential or one of its subsidiaries

n   certain real estate brokers, agents and employees of real estate brokerage companies affiliated with the Prudential Real Estate Affiliates

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n   registered representatives and employees of brokers that have entered into dealer agreements with the Distributor

n   investors in IRA accounts, provided that (a) the purchase is made either from a directed rollover to such Individual Retirement Account or with the proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan for which Prudential Retirement (the institutional Benefit Plan recordkeeping entity of Prudential) provides administrative or recordkeeping services, in each case provided that such purchase is made within 60 days of receipt of the Benefit Plan distribution, or (b) recordkeeping for the Individual Retirement Account is performed by Prudential Retirement as part of its "Rollover IRA" program (regardless of whether or not the assets of the Individual Retirement Account consist of proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan described in (a) above).

To qualify for a waiver of the Class A sales charge at the time of purchase, you must notify the Transfer Agent or the Distributor must be notified by the broker facilitating the purchase that the transaction qualifies for a waiver of the Class A sales charge. The waiver will be granted subject to confirmation of your account holdings.

Additional Information A bout Reducing or Waiving Class A's Sales Charge.  Additional information concerning reduction or waiver of Class A's initial sales charge is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI), which is available free of charge upon request. The Fund makes available free of charge, on the Fund's website at www.prudential.com, in a clear and prominent format, information relating to the Fund's Class A initial sales charge, and the different ways that investors can reduce or avoid paying the initial sales charge. The Fund's website includes hyperlinks that facilitate access to this information.

The Distributor may reallow Class A's sales charge to dealers.

Qualifying for Class Z Shares

Benefit Plans. Certain group retirement plans may purchase Class Z shares if they meet the required minimum for amount of assets, average account balance or number of eligible employees. For more information about these requirements, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

Mutual Fund Programs. Class Z shares also can be purchased by participants in any fee-based program or trust program sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option. Class Z shares also can be purchased by investors in certain programs sponsored by broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial planners who have agreements with Prudential Investments Advisory Group relating to:

n   Mutual fund "wrap" or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services, or

n   Mutual fund "supermarket" programs, where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services.

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Broker-dealers, investment advisers or financial planners sponsoring these mutual fund programs may offer their clients more than one class of shares in the Fund in connection with different pricing options for their programs. Investors should consider carefully any separate transaction and other fees charged by these programs in connection with investing in each available share class before selecting a share class.

Other Types of Investors. Class Z shares can be purchased by any of the following:

n   Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds are an available option,

n   Current and former Directors/Trustees of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds (including the Company),

n   Prudential, with an investment of $10 million or more, and

n   Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans).

Payments to Third Parties

In connection with the sale of Fund shares, the Manager, Distributor or one of their affiliates may provide additional compensation, out of their own resources and without additional cost to the Fund or its shareholders, to financial firms, including affiliates of the Manager. Your individual financial advisor may receive some or all of the amounts paid to the financial firm that employs him. Such compensation, which is sometimes referred to as "revenue sharing," may include the placement of the Fund on a preferred or recommended product list and/or access to the firm's registered representatives, and may incentivize firms to recommend or sell shares of the Fund to you. Financial firms and financial advisors participating in revenue sharing programs may receive greater compensation for selling Fund shares than for selling a different mutual fund that is not eligible for revenue sharing. These payments are in addition to the sales charges (including Rule 12b-1 fees) paid by the Fund.

The Manager, Distributor or one of their affiliates may enter into arrangements with insurance companies, banks, selected broker-dealers or other financial firms to make additional payments based on a percentage of Fund assets and/or sale of Fund shares attributable to a particular firm. Any additional payments to such firms are negotiated based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, reputation in the industry, ability to attract and retain assets, target markets, customer relationships and scope and quality of services provided and the amounts may vary based on the class of shares you purchase. No one factor is determinative of the type or amount of additional compensation to be provided. In addition, the Manager, Distributor or one of their affiliates may make ongoing payments from their own resources to firms for providing recordkeeping or otherwise facilitating the maintenance of shareholder

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accounts. Please contact your financial service provider for details about revenue sharing payments it may receive.

Class B Shares Automatically Convert to Class A Shares After Approximately Seven Years

If you buy Class B shares and hold them for approximately seven years, we will automatically convert them into Class A shares without charge. At that time, we will also convert any Class B shares that you purchased with reinvested dividends and other distributions. Since the 12b-1 fees for Class A shares are lower than for Class B shares, converting to Class A shares lowers your Fund expenses.

Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions will be converted to Class A shares according to the procedures utilized by the broker-dealer through which the Class B shares were purchased, to the extent the shares are carried on the books of that broker-dealer and the broker-dealer provides subaccounting services to the Fund. Otherwise, the procedures utilized by PMFS, or its affiliates, will be used. The use of different procedures may result in a timing differential in the conversion of Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

When we do the conversion, you will get fewer Class A shares than the number of converted Class B shares if the price of the Class A shares is higher than the price of Class B shares. The total dollar value will be the same, so you will not have lost any money by getting fewer Class A shares. We do the conversions quarterly; not on the anniversary date of your purchase. For more information, see the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Conversion Feature - Class B Shares."

Step 3: 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 price of one share of the fund - or the NAV - is $10 ($1,000 divided by 100).

The Fund's portfolio securities are valued based upon market quotations or, if not readily available, at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by the Company's Board. The Fund also may use fair value pricing if it determines that the market quotation is not reliable based, among other things, on events or market conditions that occur after the quotation is derived or after the close of the primary market on which the

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. stock in its portfolio and the price of ACME stock 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.

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security is traded, but before the time that the Fund's NAV is determined. This use of fair value pricing most commonly occurs with securities that are primarily traded outside the U.S. because such securities present time-zone arbitrage opportunities when events or conditions affecting the prices of specific securities or the prices of securities traded in such markets generally occur after the close of the foreign markets but prior to the time the Fund determines its NAV. The Fund may also use fair value pricing with respect to U.S.-traded securities if, for example, trading in a particular security is halted and does not resume before the Fund calculates its NAV or the exchange on which a security is traded closes early. In addition, fair value pricing is used for securities where 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) does not represent fair value. 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. For purposes of computing the Fund's NAV, we will value the Fund's futures contracts 15 minutes after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Except when we fair value securities, we normally value each foreign security held by the Fund as of the close of the security's primary market. Fair value pricing procedures are designed to result in prices for the Fund's securities and its net asset value that are reasonable in light of the circumstances which make or have made market quotations unavailable or unreliable, and to reduce 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.

We determine the Fund's NAV once each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. New York time. The NYSE is closed on most national holidays and Good Friday. We do not price, and you will not be able to purchase, redeem or exchange the Fund's shares on days when the NYSE is closed but the primary markets for the Fund's foreign securities are open, even though the value of these securities may have changed. Conversely, the Fund will ordinarily price its shares, and you may purchase, redeem or exchange shares on days that the NYSE is open but foreign securities markets are closed. We may not determine the Fund's NAV on days when we have not received any orders to purchase, sell or exchange Fund shares, or when changes in the value of the Fund's portfolio do not materially affect its NAV.

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Most national newspapers report the NAVs of larger mutual funds, allowing investors to check the price of those funds daily.

What Price Will You Pay for Shares of the Fund?

For Class A shares, you'll pay the public offering price, which is the NAV next determined after we receive your order to purchase, plus an initial sales charge (unless you're entitled to a waiver). For Class B, Class C and Class Z shares, you will pay the NAV next determined after we receive your order to purchase (remember, there are no up-front sales charges for these share classes). 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. New York time, your order to purchase must be received by 4:00 p.m. New York time in order to receive that day's NAV. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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.

Step 4: Additional Shareholder Services

As a Fund shareholder, you can take advantage of the following services and privileges:

Automatic Reinvestment. As we explained in the "Fund Distributions and Tax Issues" section, the Fund pays out - or distributes - its net investment income and capital gains to all shareholders. For your convenience, we will automatically reinvest your distributions in the Fund at NAV without any sales charge. If you want your distributions paid in cash, you can indicate this preference on your application or by notifying your broker or the Transfer Agent in writing (at the address below) at least five business days before the date we determine who receives dividends.

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Account Maintenance
P.O. Box 8159
Philadelphia, PA 19176

Automatic Investment Plan. You can make regular purchases of the Fund for as little as $50 by having the funds automatically withdrawn from your bank or brokerage account at specified intervals.

Retirement Plan Services. Prudential offers a wide variety of retirement plans for individuals and institutions, including large and small businesses. For information on IRAs, including Roth IRAs or SEP-IRAs for a one-person business, please contact your financial adviser. If you are interested in opening a 401(k) or other company-sponsored retirement plan (SIMPLE IRAs, SEP plans, Keoghs, 403(b) plans, pension and profit-sharing plans), your financial adviser will help you determine which retirement plan best meets your needs. Complete instructions about how to establish

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and maintain your plan and how to open accounts for you and your employees will be included in the retirement plan kit you receive in the mail.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan is available that will provide you with monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual redemption checks. Remember, the sale of Class A (in certain cases), 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.

Reports to Shareholders.  Every year we will send you an annual report (along with an updated prospectus) and a semi-annual report, which contain important financial information about the Fund. To reduce Fund expenses, we may send one annual shareholder report, one semi-annual shareholder report and one annual prospectus per household, unless you instruct us or your broker otherwise. If each Fund shareholder in your household would like to receive a copy of the Fund's prospectus, shareholder report and proxy statement, please call us toll free at (800) 225-1852. We will begin sending additional copies of these documents within 30 days of receipt of your request.

HOW TO SELL YOUR SHARES

You can sell your shares of the Fund for cash (in the form of a check) 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, the Distributor or your broker receives your order to sell (less any applicable CDSC). If your broker holds your shares, your broker must receive your order to sell by 4:00 p.m. New York time to process the sale on that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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. Otherwise contact:

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Redemption Services
P.O. Box 8149
Philadelphia, PA 19176

Generally, we will pay you for the shares that you sell within seven days after the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker receives your sell order. If you hold shares through a broker, payment will be credited to your account. If you are selling shares you recently purchased with a check, we may delay sending you the proceeds

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until your check clears, which can take up to 10 days from the purchase date. You can avoid delays if you purchase shares by wire, certified check or cashier's check. Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for sales of shares.

Restrictions on Sales

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 Commission, this may happen during unusual market conditions or emergencies when the Fund can't determine the value of its assets or sell its holdings. For more information, see the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Sale of Shares."

If you are selling more than $100,000 of shares and you want the redemption proceeds payable to or sent to someone or some place that is not in our records or you are a business or a trust and you hold your shares directly with the Transfer Agent, you will need to have the signature on your sell order signature guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution." An "eligible guarantor institution" includes any bank, broker-dealer, savings association or credit union. For more information, see the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Signature Guarantee."

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)

If you sell Class B shares within six years of purchase or Class C shares within 12 months of purchase (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004), you will have to pay a CDSC. In addition, if you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares through certain broker-dealers that are not affiliated with Prudential, although you are not subject to an initial sales charge, you are subject to a 1% CDSC for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential). To keep the CDSC as low as possible, we will sell amounts representing shares in the following order:

n   Amounts representing shares you purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions,

n   Amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for shares made during the past 12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and Class C shares (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004) and six years for Class B shares, and

n   Amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the CDSC period (12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and Class C (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004) shares and six years for Class B shares).

Since shares that fall into any of the categories listed above are not subject to the CDSC, selling them first helps you to avoid - or at least minimize - the CDSC.

Having sold the exempt shares first, if there are any remaining shares that are subject to the CDSC, we will apply the CDSC to amounts representing the cost of shares held for the longest period of time within the applicable CDSC period.

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As we noted before in the "Share Class Comparison" chart, if you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares through certain broker-dealers that are not affiliated with Prudential, although you are not subject to an initial sales charge, you are subject to a 1% CDSC for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase. The CDSC for Class B shares is 5% in the first year, 4% in the second, 3% in the third, 2% in the fourth and 1% in the fifth and sixth years. The rate decreases on the first day of the month following the anniversary date of your purchase, not on the anniversary date itself. The CDSC is 1% for Class C shares - which is applied to shares sold within 12 months of purchase (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004). For Class A, Class B and Class C shares, the CDSC is calculated based on the lesser of the original purchase price or the redemption proceeds. For purposes of determining how long you've held your shares, all purchases during the month are grouped together and considered to have been made on the last day of the month.

The holding period for purposes of determining the applicable CDSC will be calculated from the first day of the month after initial purchase, excluding any time shares were held in a money market fund.

Waiver of the CDSC - Class B Shares

The CDSC will be waived if the Class B shares are sold:

n   After a shareholder is deceased or disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, the death or disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or disability,

n   To provide for certain distributions - made without IRS penalty - from a tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, and

n   On certain sales effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan.

For more information on the above and other waivers, see the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Contingent Deferred Sales Charge - Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge - Class B Shares."

Waiver of the CDSC - Class C Shares

Benefit Plans. The CDSC will be waived for purchases by certain group retirement plans for which Prudential or brokers not affiliated with Prudential provide administrative or recordkeeping services. The CDSC also will be waived for certain redemptions by benefit plans sponsored by Prudential and its affiliates. For more information, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

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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, we can then give you securities from the Fund's portfolio instead of cash. If you want to sell the securities for cash, you would have to pay the costs charged by a broker.

Small Accounts

If you make a sale that reduces your account value to less than $500, we may sell the rest of your shares (without charging any CDSC) and close your account. We would do this to minimize the Fund's expenses paid by other shareholders. We will give you 60 days' notice, during which time you can purchase additional shares to avoid this action. This involuntary sale does not apply to shareholders who own their shares as part of a 401(k) plan, an IRA or some other qualified or tax-deferred plan or account.

90-Day Repurchase Privilege

After you redeem your shares, you have a 90-day period during which you may reinvest any of the redemption proceeds in shares of the same Fund and account without paying an initial sales charge. Also, if you paid a CDSC when you redeemed your shares, we will credit your new account with the appropriate number of shares to reflect the amount of the CDSC you paid. In order to take advantage of this one-time privilege, you must notify the Transfer Agent or your broker at the time of the repurchase. See the SAI, "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Sale of Shares."

Retirement Plans

To sell shares and receive a distribution from a 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, Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares.

HOW TO EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES

You can exchange your shares of the Fund for shares of the same class in certain other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds - including certain money market funds - if you satisfy the minimum investment requirements. For example, you can exchange Class A shares of the Fund for Class A shares of another JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual fund, but you can't exchange Class A shares for Class B, Class C or Class Z shares. Class B and Class C shares may not be exchanged into money market funds other than Special Money Market Fund, Inc. After an exchange, at redemption, the CDSC will be calculated from the first day of the month after initial purchase, excluding any time shares were held in a money market fund. We may change the terms of any exchange privilege after giving you 60 days' notice.

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How to Buy, Sell and
Exchange Shares of the Fund

If you hold shares through a broker, you must exchange shares through your broker. Otherwise contact:

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC
Attn: Exchange Processing
P.O. Box 8157
Philadelphia, PA 19176

There is no sales charge for such exchanges. However, if you exchange - and then sell - Class A shares (in certain circumstances) or Class C shares within 12 months of your original purchase (18 months for Class C shares purchased prior to February 2, 2004) or Class B shares within approximately six years of your original purchase, you must still pay the applicable CDSC. If you have exchanged Class A, Class B or Class C shares into a money market fund, the time you hold the shares in the money market account will not be counted in calculating the required holding period for CDSC liability.

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, "Shareholder Investment Account - Exchange Privilege."

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 foreign securities may be particularly susceptible to frequent trading because

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time zone differences among international stock markets can allow a shareholder engaging in frequent trading to exploit fund share prices that may be based on closing prices of foreign 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 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 at any time as required to prevent the adverse impact of frequent trading on Series shareholders. The CCO has defined frequent trading as one or more round-trip transactions in shares of the Fund within a 30-day period. A second round-trip within 60 days will begin a warning period that will remain in effect for 90 days. If additional purchase activity is initiated during the warning period, the purchase activity will be cancelled. In addition, if two round-trips have already been completed within the past 90 days, a trading suspension will be placed on the account that remains in effect for 90 days. Transactions in the Prudential money market funds and the Dryden Ultra Short Bond Fund are excluded from this policy.

The Fund reserves the right to reject or cancel, without prior notice, all additional purchases or exchanges into the Fund by a shareholder who has violated this policy. 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 30-day period.

If the Fund is offered to qualified plans on an omnibus basis or if Fund shares may be purchased through other omnibus arrangements ("Intermediaries"), 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 communicates to Intermediaries in writing that the Fund 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 one million dollars. In those cases, the trade detail is reviewed to determine if any of the activity relates to previously identified policy offenders. In cases of omnibus orders, the Intermediary may be contacted by the Transfer Agent to obtain additional information.

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How to Buy, Sell and
Exchange Shares of the Fund

The Transfer Agent has the authority to cancel all or a portion of the trade if the information reveals that the activity relates to previously identified policy 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.

TELEPHONE REDEMPTIONS AND EXCHANGES

You may redeem your shares of the Fund if the proceeds of the redemption do not exceed $100,000 or exchange your shares in any amount by calling the Fund at (800) 225-1852 before 4:00 p.m. New York time. You will receive a redemption or exchange amount based on that day's NAV. Certain restrictions apply; please see section entitled "How to Sell Your Shares - Restrictions on Sales" for additional information. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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 Fund's 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 for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions.

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 Fund prior to

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4:00 p.m. New York 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. New York 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 "Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares - Sale of Shares - Expedited Redemption Privilege" in the SAI. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time without notice.

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Financial Highlights

The financial highlights below are intended to help you evaluate the Fund's financial performance of each share class of the Fund for the last five fiscal years. The total return in each chart represents the rate that a shareholder would have earned on an investment in that share class of the Fund, assuming investment at the start of the period and reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions and sale at the end of the period. The information is for each share class for the periods indicated.

A copy of the Fund's annual report, along with the Fund's audited financial statements and report of independent auditors, is available, upon request, at no charge, as described on the back cover of this prospectus.

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Class A Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firms whose reports were unqualified.

Class A Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30 )

Per Share Operating Performance (a)     2004   2003   2002 (c)     2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 7.02     $ 9.46     $ 13.74     $ 11.02    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment income         .17       .17       .20       .29    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment and
foreign currency transactions
        1.52       (2.42 )       (1.92 )       2.85    
Total from investment operations         1.69       (2.25 )     (1.72 )     3.14    
Less distributions:      
Dividends from net investment income         (.16 )     (.17 )     (.23 )     (.21 )  
Distributions in excess of
net investment income
        -       -       -       - )  
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.02 )     (2.33 )     (.21 )  
Total distributions         (.16 )     (.19 )     (2.56 )     (.42 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 8.55     $ 7.02     $ 9.46     $ 13.74    
Total return (c)           24.51 %     (23.99 )%     (15.24 )%     28.85 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data       2003   2002 (b)     2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000,000)       $ 2,150     $ 1,924     $ 2,978     $ 3,348    
Average net assets (000,000)       $ 1,989     $ 2,428     $ 3,518     $ 3,011    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees (d)  
        .91 %     .87 %     .80 %     .79 %  
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
        .66 %     .62 %     .55 %     .54 %  
Net investment income         2.27 %     2.03 %     1.69 %     2.30 %  
For Class A, B, C and Z shares:      
Portfolio turnover rate         35 %     52 %     40 %     31 %  

 

(a)  Calculated based upon weighted average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)  Effective December 1, 2001, the Jennison Utility Fund has adopted the provisions of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began amortizing premium on debt securities. The effect of this change for the year ended November 30, 2002 was to decrease net investment income per share and increase net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share by less than $.005. There was no effect on the ratio of net investment income. Per share amounts and ratios for the periods ended prior to November 30, 2002 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.

(c)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

(d)  For each period the Distributor of the Fund contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

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Financial Highlights

Class B Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firms whose reports were unqualified.

Class B Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30 )

Per Share Operating Performance (a)     2004   2003   2002 (b)     2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 7.02     $ 9.44     $ 13.71     $ 11.02    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment income         .11       .10       .11       .21    
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investment and foreign
currency transactions
        1.52       (2.40 )       (1.91 )       2.83    
Total from investment operations         1.63       (2.30 )     (1.80 )     3.04    
Less distributions:      
Dividends from net investment income         (.11 )     (.10 )     (.14 )     (.14 )  
Distributions in excess of
net investment income
        -       -       -       -    
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.02 )     (2.33 )     (.21 )  
Total distributions         (.11 )     (.12 )     (2.47 )     (.35 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 8.54     $ 7.02     $ 9.44     $ 13.71    
Total return (c)           23.50 %     (24.44 )%     (15.89 )%     27.81 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data       2003   2002 (b)     2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000,000)       $ 286     $ 294     $ 523     $ 917    
Average net assets (000,000)       $ 279     $ 402     $ 687     $ 1,123    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
        1.66 %     1.62 %     1.55 %     1.54 %  
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
        .66 %     .62 %     .55 %     .54 %  
Net investment income         1.52 %     1.27 %     .95 %     1.63 %  

 

(a)  Calculated based upon weighted average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)  Effective December 1, 2001, the Jennison Utility Fund has adopted the provisions of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began amortizing premium on debt securities. The effect of this change for the year ended November 30, 2002 was to decrease net investment income per share and increase net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share by less than $.005. There was no effect on the ratio of net investment income. Per share amounts and ratios for the periods ended prior to November 30, 2002 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.

(c)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

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Class C Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firms whose reports were unqualified.

Class C Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30 )

Per Share Operating Performance (a)     2004   2003   2002 (b)     2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 7.02     $ 9.44     $ 13.71     $ 11.02    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment income         .11       .11       .11       .19    
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investment and foreign
currency transactions
        1.52       (2.41 )       (1.91 )       2.85    
Total from investment operations         1.63       (2.30 )     (1.80 )     3.04    
Less distributions:      
Dividends from net investment income         (.11 )     (.10 )     (.14 )     (.14 )  
Distributions in excess of
net investment income
        -       -       -       -    
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.02 )     (2.33 )     (.21 )  
Total distributions         (.11 )     (.12 )     (2.47 )     (.35 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 8.54     $ 7.02     $ 9.44     $ 13.71    
Total return (c)           23.50 %     (24.44 )%     (15.89 )%     27.81 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data       2003   2002 (b)     2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)       $ 32,839     $ 31,675     $ 48,344     $ 35,725    
Average net assets (000)       $ 31,569     $ 40,759     $ 46,369     $ 24,061    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
        1.66 %     1.62 %     1.55 %     1.54 %  
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
        .66 %     .62 %     .55 %     .54 %  
Net investment income         1.53 %     1.29 %     .97 %     1.54 %  

 

(a)  Calculated based upon weighted average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)  Effective December 1, 2001, the Jennison Utility Fund has adopted the provisions of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began amortizing premium on debt securities. The effect of this change for the year ended November 30, 2002 was to decrease net investment income per share and increase net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share by less than $.005. There was no effect on the ratio of net investment income. Per share amounts and ratios for the periods ended prior to November 30, 2002 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.

(c)  Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

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Financial Highlights

Class Z Shares

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the financial highlights were part of the financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified. The financial highlights for the periods presented through November 30, 2003 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firms whose reports were unqualified.

Class Z Shares (fiscal periods ended 11-30 )

Per Share Operating Performance (a)     2004   2003   2002 (b)     2001   2000  
Net asset value, beginning of period       $ 7.03     $ 9.47     $ 13.76     $ 11.02    
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
         
Net investment income         .19       .19       .23       .31    
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investment and foreign
currency transactions
        1.52       (2.42 )       (1.93 )       2.87    
Total from investment operations         1.71       (2.23 )     (1.70 )     3.18    
Less distributions:      
Dividends from net investment income         (.18 )     (.19 )     (.26 )     (.23 )  
Distributions in excess of
net investment income
        -       -       -       -    
Distributions from net realized gains         -       (.02 )     (2.33 )     (.21 )  
Total distributions         (.18 )     (.21 )     (2.59 )     (.44 )  
Net asset value, end of period       $ 8.56     $ 7.03     $ 9.47     $ 13.76    
Total return (c)           24.76 %     (23.76 )%     (15.06 )%     29.13 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data       2003   2002 (b)     2001   2000  
Net assets, end of period (000)       $ 42,055     $ 41,582     $ 63,867     $ 66,422    
Average net assets (000)       $ 40,872     $ 52,230     $ 69,628     $ 48,486    
Ratios to average net assets:      
Expenses, including distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
        .66 %     .62 %     .55 %     .54 %  
Expenses, excluding distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
        .66 %     .62 %     .55 %     .54 %  
Net investment income         2.53 %     2.28 %     1.95 %     2.51 %  

 

(a)  Calculated based upon weighted average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)  Effective December 1, 2001, the Jennison Utility Fund has adopted the provisions of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began amortizing premium on debt securities. The effect of this change for the year ended November 30, 2002 was to decrease net investment income per share and increase net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share by less than $.005. There was no effect on the ratio of net investment income. Per share amounts and ratios for the periods ended prior to November 30, 2002 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.

(c)  Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns for periods of less than a full year are not annualized.

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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:

n   MAIL

Prudential Mutual
Fund Services LLC
PO Box 8098
Philadelphia, PA 19176

n   TELEPHONE

(800) 225-1852
(732) 482-7555 (from
outside the U.S.)

n   WEBSITES

www.jennisondryden.com

E-DELIVERY

To receive your mutual fund documents on-line, go to www.icsdelivery.com/prudential/funds and enroll. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive notification via e-mail when new materials are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your e-mail address at any time by clicking on the change/cancel enrollment option at the icsdelivery website address.

n   Outside Brokers should contact:
Prudential Investment
Management Services LLC
PO Box 8310
Philadelphia, PA 19176

n   TELEPHONE

(800) 778-8769

You can also obtain copies of Fund documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission as follows:

n   MAIL

Securities and Exchange Commission

Public Reference Section

Washington, DC 20549-0102

n   ELECTRONIC REQUEST

publicinfo@sec.gov

Note: The SEC charges a fee to copy documents

n   IN PERSON

Public Reference Room in Washington, DC
For hours of operation, call (202) 942-8090

n   VIA THE INTERNET

on the EDGAR database at http://www.sec.gov

Additional information about the Fund can be obtained without charge and can be found in the following documents:

n   STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI)

(incorporated by reference into this prospectus)

n   ANNUAL REPORT

(contains a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during the last fiscal year)

n   SEMIANNUAL REPORT

Jennison Utility Fund

Share Class   A   B   C   Z  
NASDAQ     PRUAX       PRUTX       PCUFX       PRUZX    
CUSIP     476294848       476294830       476294822       476294814    

 

MF105A  Investment Company Act File No. 811-3175



JENNISON SECTOR FUNDS, INC.

Statement of Additional Information
              2005

Jennison Sector Funds, Inc. (the Company) is an open-end, management investment company presently consisting of the following four series: Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund, Jennison Technology Fund and Jennison Utility Fund (each a Fund and, collectively, the Funds). Each of the Funds is a non-diversified series that focuses its investments on companies in a particular group of industries (a sector).

The investment objective of Jennison Financial Services Fund is long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity-related securities of U.S. companies in the banking and financial services group of industries. Under normal circumstances, the Fund intends to invest at least 80% of its investable assets in such securities.

The investment objective of Jennison Health Sciences Fund is long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity-related securities of U.S. companies engaged in the drug, health care, medicine, medical device, medical insurance carriers and biotechnology group of industries. Under normal circumstances, the Fund intends to invest at least 80% of its investable assets in such securities.

The investment objective of Jennison Technology Fund is long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity-related securities of U.S. companies in the technology and technology-related group of industries. Under normal circumstances, the Fund intends to invest at least 80% of its investable assets in such securities.

The investment objective of Jennison Utility Fund is total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective through investment in equity-related and investment-grade debt securities of utility companies, which include electric, gas, gas pipeline, telephone, telecommunications, water, cable, airport, seaport and toll road companies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund intends to invest at least 80% of its investable assets in such securities. It is anticipated that the Fund will invest primarily in common stocks of utility companies that its investment adviser believes have the potential for total return; however, the Fund may invest primarily in preferred stocks and debt securities of utility companies when it appears that the Fund will be better able to achieve its investment objective through investments in such securities.

There can be no assurance that a Fund's investment objective will be achieved, see "Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks."

The Company's address is Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077, and its telephone number is (800) 225-1852.

This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with Jennison Utility Fund's Prospectus dated __________, 2005, and the Prospectus of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund dated __________, 2005 (each, a Prospectus), copies of which may be obtained at no charge from the Company upon request at the address or telephone number noted above. Each Fund's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004 are incorporated in this SAI by reference to that Fund's 2004 annual report to shareholders (File No. 811-3175). You may obtain a copy of each Fund's annual report at no charge by request to the Company at the address or telephone number noted above.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Company History   B-2  
Description of the Funds, Their Investments and Risks   B-2  
Investment Restrictions   B-18  
Management of the Company   B-20  
Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities   B-26  
Investment Advisory and Other Services   B-27  
Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices   B-33  
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings   B-36  
Capital Shares, Other Securities and Organization   B-37  
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares   B-38  
Shareholder Investment Account   B-44  
Net Asset Value   B-48  
Taxes, Dividends and Distributions   B-50  
Performance Information   B-53  
Financial Statements   B-55  
Appendix I-Description of Security Ratings   I-1  
Appendix II-General Investment Information   II-1  
Appendix III-Description of Proxy Voting Policies and Recordkeeping Procedures   III-1  
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MF188B

COMPANY HISTORY

The Company was incorporated in Maryland on April 29, 1981. At a special meeting held on July 19, 1994, shareholders approved an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to change the Company's name from Prudential-Bache Utility Fund, Inc. to Prudential Utility Fund, Inc. Effective May 17, 1999, the Company's name changed from Prudential Utility Fund, Inc. to Prudential Sector Funds, Inc. in conjunction with the creation of Prudential Financial Services Fund, Prudential Health Sciences Fund and Prudential Technology Fund, and Prudential Utility Fund became a fourth series of the Company.

Since June 30, 2003, the Company and Funds have used the following names:

Former Name   Current Name  
Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.
-Prudential Financial Services Fund
-Prudential Health Sciences Fund
-Prudential Technology Fund
  Jennison Sector Funds, Inc.
Jennison Financial Services Fund
Jennison Health Sciences Fund
Jennison Technology Fund
 
-Prudential Utility Fund   Jennison Utility Fund  

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDS, THEIR INVESTMENTS AND RISKS

Classification

The Company is an open-end, management investment company. Each Fund is non-diversified.

Investment Strategies, Policies and Risks

Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund each have an investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. Jennison Utility Fund's investment objective is total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. Under normal circumstances, each Fund, other than Jennison Utility Fund, intends to invest at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (investable assets) in equity-related securities of U.S. companies within its sector. Jennison Utility Fund intends to invest at least 80% of its investable assets in equity-related and investment-grade debt securities of utility companies. Each Fund considers a company to be principally engaged in a sector if at the time of investment, in the opinion of the investment adviser, at least 50% of a company's assets, revenues or profits on a consolidated basis are derived or (for start-up companies) are expected to be derived from operations in that area. While the principal investment policies and strategies for seeking to achieve each Fund's objective are described in that Fund's Prospectus, each Fund may from time to time use the securities, instruments, principal and non-principal policies and strategies that are further described below in seeking to achieve its objective. A Fund may not be successful in achieving its objective and you could lose money.

Each Fund will concentrate its investments in the sector as described in its Prospectus.

Jennison Financial Services Fund concentrates its investments in industries comprised of the following types of companies: monetary authorities, credit institutions, securities and commodity institutions, and insurance carriers and related institutions. Companies in these industries include the following:

Major banks
Mid-sized banks
Smaller banks
Non-U.S. banks
Real estate investment trusts
Rental/leasing companies
  Savings & loan associations
Finance companies
Investment banking/brokers
Investment managers
Diversified financial services
Mutual funds
  Property/casualty insurers
Multi-line insurers
Life insurance
Accident and health insurance
Specialty insurers
Insurance brokers
 

 

Jennison Health Sciences Fund concentrates its investments in the following types of health services companies: hospitals, nursing and residential care homes, health and medical insurance carriers, pharmaceutical and medicine companies, and medical equipment and supply companies. Companies in these industries include the following:

Major pharmaceuticals
Specialty pharmaceuticals (including
drug delivery)
Other pharmaceuticals
  Medical specialties
Healthcare providers
Managed care
Drug/medical/dental distribution
  Medical nursing services companies
Healthcare information services
companies
Other healthcare services companies
 

 

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Generic drug companies
Biotechnology companies
Medical devices/equipment companies
  Hospital management
Assisted living services
  (including providers of outsourcing
services)
Contract research organizations
 

 

Jennison Technology Fund concentrates its investments in the following industries: computers, electronics and electronic equipment. These industries include companies that provide the following services or design, manufacture or sell the following products:

Semiconductors
Telecommunications equipment
Precision instruments
Office/plant automation
Consumer electronics/applications
Electronics distribution
Media content
Major U.S. telecommunications services
  Electronic components
Military/government services
Electronic data processing (E.D.P.)
Computer communications
Internet services
Broadcasting
Other telephone/communications
  Diversified electronic products
Aerospace
E.D.P. peripherals
Electronic production
Computer software
Financial publishing/services
Cable television
Cellular telephone
 

 

Jennison Utility Fund invests in utility companies, including companies in the following businesses:

Electric
Gas
Gas pipeline
Telephone
  Telecommunications
Water
Cable
  Airport
Seaport
Toll road
 

 

Where the focus of one Fund may overlap with that of another Fund, such Funds may invest in securities of the same issuer.

Foreign Securities

Each Fund may invest up to 20% of its investable assets in foreign money market instruments and debt and equity securities. American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and American Depositary Shares (ADSs) are not considered foreign securities within this limitation. In many instances, foreign debt securities may provide higher yields but may be subject to greater fluctuations in price than securities of domestic issuers which have similar maturities and quality. Under certain market conditions, these investments may be less liquid than the securities of U.S. corporations and are certainly less liquid than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its instrumentalities or agencies.

Foreign securities involve certain risks that should be considered carefully by an investor in a Fund. These risks include exchange rate fluctuations, political, social or economic instability of the country of issue, diplomatic developments which could affect the assets of a Fund held in foreign countries, and the possible imposition of exchange controls, withholding taxes on dividends or interest payments, confiscatory taxes or expropriation. There may be less government supervision and regulation of foreign securities exchanges, brokers and listed companies than exists in the United States, foreign brokerage commissions and custody fees are generally higher than those in the United States, and foreign security settlements will in some instances be subject to delays and related administrative uncertainties. A Fund may have greater difficulty in obtaining or enforcing a court judgment abroad than it would have doing so within the United States. Less information may be publicly available about a foreign company than about a domestic company, and foreign companies may not be subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards comparable to those applicable to domestic companies. In addition, foreign securities markets have substantially less volume than the New York Stock Exchange and securities of some foreign companies are less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies.

Investing in Jennison Utility Fund may involve additional risks because the utility companies of many major foreign countries, such as the United Kingdom, Spain and Mexico, have substantially increased investor ownership (including ownership by U.S. investors). As a result, these companies have become subject to adversarial rate-making procedures. In addition, certain foreign utilities are experiencing demand growth at rates greater than economic expansion in their countries or regions. Political conditions and instability in certain countries may also create additional risks. These factors as well as those associated with foreign issuers generally may affect the future values of foreign securities held by Jennison Utility Fund.

Structured Notes

Jennison Health Sciences Fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in structured notes. The values of the structured notes in which the Fund will invest are linked to equity securities or equity indexes (reference instruments). These notes differ

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from other types of debt securities in several respects. The interest rate or principal amount payable at maturity may vary based on changes in the value of the equity security or index. A structured note may be positively or negatively indexed; that is, its value or interest rate may increase or decrease if the value of the reference instrument increases. Similarly, its value may increase or decrease if the value of the reference instrument decreases. Further, the change in the principal amount payable with respect to, or the interest rate of, a structured note may be a multiple of the percentage change (positive or negative) in the value of the underlying reference instrument(s).

Investments in structured notes involve certain risks, including the credit risk of the issuer and the normal risks of price changes in response to changes in interest rates. Further, in the case of certain structured notes, a decline or increase in the reference instrument may cause the interest rate to be reduced to zero, and any further declines or increases in the reference instrument may then reduce the principal amount payable on maturity. The percentage by which the value of the structured note decreases may be far greater than the percentage by which the value of the reference instrument increases or decreases. Finally, these securities may be less liquid than other types of securities, and may be more volatile than their underlying reference instruments.

Fixed-Income Obligations

Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Technology Fund and Jennison Utility Fund may each invest in fixed-income obligations. Jennison Health Sciences Fund may not invest in fixed-income obligations. Except where otherwise indicated, each such Fund will invest in securities rated BBB/Baa or above by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) or Moody's Investors Service Inc. (Moody's), respectively, or in securities determined by the investment advisers to be of comparable quality.

The market value of fixed-income obligations of each Fund (except Jennison Health Sciences Fund) will be affected by general changes in interest rates, which will result in increases or decreases in the value of the obligations held by each such Fund. The market value of the obligations held by a Fund can be expected to vary inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates. Investors also should recognize that, in periods of declining interest rates, a Fund's yield will tend to be somewhat higher than prevailing market rates and, in periods of rising interest rates, a Fund's yield will tend to be somewhat lower. Also, when interest rates are falling, the inflow of net new money to a Fund from the continuous sale of its shares will tend to be invested in instruments producing lower yield than the balance of its portfolio, thereby reducing the Fund's current yield. In periods of rising interest rates, the opposite can be expected to occur. In addition, securities in which a Fund may invest may not yield as high a level of current income as might be achieved by investing in securities with less liquidity, less creditworthiness or longer maturities.

Ratings made available by S&P, Moody's or other major rating service are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Although these ratings are initial criteria for selection of portfolio investments, each investment adviser will also make its own evaluation of these securities on behalf of a Fund. Among the factors that will be considered are the long-term ability of the issuers to pay principal and interest and general economic trends.

Lower-Rated and Unrated Debt Securities

Jennison Financial Services Fund and Jennison Technology Fund may invest up to 5% of their total assets in lower-rated and unrated debt securities. Non-investment-grade fixed-income securities are rated lower than Baa by Moody's or BBB by S&P (or, if not rated, determined by the investment adviser to be of comparable quality to securities so rated) and are commonly referred to as high risk or high yield securities or "junk" bonds. High yield securities are generally riskier than higher quality securities and are subject to more credit risk, including risk of default, and the prices of such securities are more volatile than higher quality securities. Such securities may also have less liquidity than higher quality securities.

Fixed-income securities are subject to the risk of an issuer's inability to meet principal and interest payments on the obligations (credit risk) and may also be subject to price volatility due to such factors as interest rate sensitivity, market perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and general market liquidity (market risk). Lower rated or unrated (that is, high yield or high risk) securities are more likely to react to developments affecting market and credit risk than are more highly rated securities, which react primarily to movements in the general level of interest rates. An investment adviser considers both credit risk and market risk in making investment decisions for a Fund.

Under adverse economic conditions, there is a risk that highly leveraged issuers may be unable to service their debt obligations or to repay their obligations upon maturity. In addition, the secondary market for high yield securities, which is concentrated in relatively few market makers, may not be as liquid as the secondary market for more highly rated securities and, from time to time, it may be more difficult to value high yield securities than more highly rated securities. Under adverse market or economic conditions, the secondary market for high yield securities could contract further, independent of any specific adverse changes in the condition of a particular issuer. As a result, the investment adviser could find it more difficult

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to sell these securities or may be able to sell the securities only at prices lower than if such securities were widely traded. Prices realized upon the sale of such lower rated or unrated securities, under these circumstances, may be less than the prices used in calculating a Fund's net asset value.

Lower-rated fixed-income securities present risks based on payment expectations. If an issuer calls the obligation for redemption, the Fund may have to replace the security with a lower-yielding security, resulting in a decreased return for investors. Also, as the principal value of fixed-income securities moves inversely with movements in interest rates, in the event of rising interest rates, the value of the securities held by the Fund may decline proportionately more than a fund consisting of higher-rated securities. Investments in zero coupon bonds may be more speculative and subject to greater fluctuations in value due to changes in interest rates than bonds that pay interest currently. If a Fund experiences unexpected net redemptions, it may be forced to sell its higher-rated bonds, resulting in a decline in the overall credit quality of the securities held by the Fund and increasing the exposure of the Fund to the risks of lower-rated securities.

Risk Management and Return Enhancement Strategies

Each Fund also may engage in various portfolio strategies, including using derivatives, to seek to reduce certain risks of its investments and to enhance return but not for speculation. These strategies include (1) the purchase and writing (that is, sale) of put and call options on equity securities and on stock indexes, (2) the purchase and sale of listed stock and bond index futures and options thereon and (3) the purchase and sale of options on foreign currencies and futures contracts on foreign currencies and options on such contracts. Each Fund may engage in these transactions on U.S. or foreign securities exchanges or, in the case of equity and stock index options, in the over-the-counter market (OTC). Each Fund also may purchase and sell foreign currency forward contracts. A Fund, and thus its investors, may lose money through any unsuccessful use of these strategies. A Fund's ability to use these strategies may be limited by various factors, such as market conditions, regulatory limits and tax considerations, and there can be no assurance that any of these strategies will succeed. If new financial products and risk management techniques are developed, a Fund may use them to the extent they are consistent with its investment objective and policies.

Options on Equity Securities

Each Fund may purchase and write (that is, sell) put and call options on equity securities that are traded on securities exchanges, on Nasdaq (Nasdaq options) or in the over-the-counter market (OTC options).

Call Options on Stock. A call option is a short-term contract that gives the purchaser, in exchange for a premium paid, the right to buy the security subject to the option at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option. The writer of the call option, in return for the premium, has the obligation, upon exercise of the option, to deliver, depending on the terms of the option contract, the underlying securities or a specified amount of cash to the purchaser upon receipt of the exercise price. When a Fund writes a call option, the Fund gives up the potential for gain on the underlying securities in excess of the exercise price of the option during the period that the option is open. There is no limitation on the amount of call options a Fund may write.

Each Fund may write only call options which are "covered," meaning that the Fund either owns the underlying security or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security, 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. In addition, a Fund will not permit the call to become uncovered prior to the expiration of the option or termination through a closing purchase transaction as described below. If a Fund writes a call option, the purchaser of the option has the right to buy (and the Fund has the obligation to sell) the underlying security at the exercise price throughout the term of the option. The amount paid to a Fund by the purchaser of the option is the "premium." A Fund's obligation to deliver the underlying security against payment of the exercise price would terminate either upon expiration of the option or earlier if the Fund were to effect a "closing purchase transaction" through the purchase of an equivalent option on an exchange. There can be no assurance that a closing purchase transaction can be effected.

A Fund would not be able to effect a closing purchase transaction after it had received notice of exercise. In order to write a call option on an exchange, a Fund is required to comply with the rules of The Options Clearing Corporation and the various exchanges with respect to collateral requirements. It is possible that the cost of effecting a closing purchase transaction may be greater than the premium received by a Fund for writing the option.

Put Options on Stock. A put option gives the purchaser, in return for a premium, the right, for a specified period of time, to sell the securities subject to the option to the writer of the put at the specified exercise price. The writer of the put, in return for the premium, has the obligation, upon exercise of the option, to acquire the securities underlying the option at the exercise

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price. A Fund as the writer of a put option might, therefore, be obligated to purchase underlying securities for more than their current market price.

Each Fund also may purchase a "protective put," that is, a put option acquired for the purpose of protecting a portfolio security from a decline in market value. In exchange for the premium paid for the put option, the Fund acquires the right to sell the underlying security at the exercise price of the put regardless of the extent to which the underlying security declines in value. The loss to the Fund is limited to the premium paid for, and transaction costs in connection with, the put plus the initial excess, if any, of the market price of the underlying security over the exercise price. However, if the market price of the security underlying the put rises, the profit the Fund realizes on the sale of the security will be reduced by the premium paid for the put option less any amount (net of transaction costs) for which the put may be sold. Similar principles apply to the purchase of puts on stock indexes as described below.

A Fund may purchase put options as a portfolio investment strategy when its investment adviser perceives significant short-term risk but substantial long-term appreciation for the underlying security. The put option acts as an insurance policy, as it protects against significant downward price movement while it allows full participation in any upward movement. If a Fund is holding a security that it feels has strong fundamentals, but for some reason may be weak in the near term, it may purchase a put on such security, thereby giving itself the right to sell such security at a certain strike price throughout the term of the option. Consequently, the Fund will exercise the put only if the price of such security falls below the strike price of the put. The difference between the put's strike price and the market price of the underlying security on the date the Fund exercises the put, less transaction costs, will be the amount by which the Fund will be able to hedge against a decline in the underlying security.

Stock Index Options

Each Fund also may purchase and write (that is, sell) put and call options on stock indexes traded on securities exchanges, on Nasdaq or in the OTC market. Options on stock indexes are similar to options on stock except that, rather than the right to take or make delivery of a stock at a specified price, an option on a stock index gives the holder the right in return for premium paid to receive, upon exercise of the option, an amount of cash if the closing level of the index upon which the option is based is greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option. The writer of the index option, in return for a premium, is obligated to pay the amount of cash due upon exercise of the option. Unlike stock options, all settlements are in cash, and gain or loss depends on price movements in the underlying market generally (or in a particular industry or segment of the market) rather than price movements in individual securities.

A Fund's successful use of options on indexes depends upon its investment adviser's ability to predict the direction of the market and is subject to various additional risks. The correlation between movements in the index and the price of the securities being written against is imperfect and the risk from imperfect correlation increases as the composition of the Fund's portfolio diverges from the composition of the relevant index. Accordingly, a decrease in the value of the securities being written against may not be wholly offset by a gain on the exercise of a stock index put option held by a Fund. Likewise, if a stock index call option written by a Fund is exercised, the Fund may incur a loss on the transaction which is not offset, in whole or in part, by an increase in the value of the securities being written against, which securities may, depending on market circumstances, decline in value.

Except as described below, a Fund will write call options on indexes only if on such date it holds a portfolio of stocks at least equal to the value of the index times the multiplier times the number of contracts. When a Fund writes a call option on a broadly-based stock market index, the Fund will segregate with its Custodian, or pledge to a broker as collateral for the option, any combination of cash, other liquid assets or "qualified securities" with a market value at the time the option is written of not less than 100% of the current index value times the multiplier times the number of contracts.

If a Fund has written an option on an industry or market segment index, it will segregate with its Custodian, or pledge to a broker as collateral for the option, one or more "qualified securities," all of which are stocks of issuers in such industry or market segment, with a market value at the time the option is written of not less than 100% of the current index value times the multiplier times the number of contracts.

If at the close of business on any day the market value of such qualified securities so segregated or pledged falls below 100% of the current index value times the multiplier times the number of contracts, the Fund will segregate or pledge an amount in cash or other liquid assets equal in value to the difference. In addition, when a Fund writes a call on an index which is in-the-money at the time the call is written, the Fund will segregate with its Custodian or pledge to the broker as collateral cash or other liquid assets equal in value to the amount by which the call is in-the-money times the multiplier times the number of contracts. Any amount segregated pursuant to the foregoing sentence may be applied to the Fund's obligation to segregate additional amounts in the event that the market value of the qualified securities falls below 100% of the current index value

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times the multiplier times the number of contracts. A "qualified security" is an equity security which is listed on a securities exchange or listed on Nasdaq against which the Fund has not written a stock call option and which has not been hedged by the Fund by the sale of stock index futures. However, if a Fund holds a call on the same index as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written or greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by the Fund in cash or other liquid assets segregated with its Custodian, it will not be subject to the requirements described in this paragraph.

Futures Contracts and Options Thereon

Stock and Bond Index Futures. Each Fund may use listed stock and bond index futures traded on a commodities exchange or board of trade to better manage or reduce certain risks of its investments and to attempt to enhance return in accordance with regulations of the Commodity Exchange Act as enforced by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. A Fund, and thus its investors, may lose money through any unsuccessful use of these strategies.

A stock or bond index futures contract is an agreement in which one party agrees to deliver to the other an amount of cash equal to a specific dollar amount times the difference between the value of a specific stock or bond index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the agreement is made. Unlike the cash market, where a physical commodity is being traded for immediate or spot delivery, for which a seller receives payment as soon as delivery is made, no physical delivery of the underlying stocks in the index is made. The agreement in other types of futures contracts is for deferred delivery of currency or financial instruments.

A Fund will purchase and sell stock and bond index futures contracts as a hedge against changes resulting from market conditions in the values of securities that are held in the Fund's portfolio or that it intends to purchase or when they are economically appropriate for the reduction of risks inherent in the ongoing management of the Fund or for return enhancement. In instances involving the purchase of stock or bond index futures contracts by a Fund, an amount of cash or other liquid assets equal to the market value of the futures contracts will be segregated with the Fund's Custodian and/or in a margin account with a broker or futures commission merchant to collateralize the position and thereby insure that the use of such futures is unleveraged.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act, all futures contracts and options thereon must be traded on an exchange. Therefore, as with exchange-traded options, a clearing corporation is technically the counterparty on every futures contract and option thereon.

Options on Stock and Bond Index Futures Contracts. Each Fund also may purchase and write options on stock and bond index futures contracts to reduce certain risks of its investments and to attempt to enhance return. In the case of options on stock or bond index futures, the holder of the option pays a premium and receives the right, upon exercise of the option at a specified price during the option period, to assume a position in a stock or bond index futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put). If the option is exercised by the holder before the last trading day during the option period, the option writer delivers the futures position, as well as any balance in the writer's futures margin account, which represents the amount by which the market price of the stock or bond index futures contract at exercise exceeds, in the case of a call, or is less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option on the stock or bond index future. If it is exercised on the last trading day, the option writer delivers to the option holder cash in an amount equal to the difference between the option exercise price and the closing level of the relevant index on the date the option expires.

Futures Contracts on Foreign Currencies. Each Fund is permitted to buy and sell futures contracts on foreign currencies, and purchase and write options thereon for hedging purposes. A Fund will engage in transactions in only those futures contracts and options thereon that are traded on a commodities exchange or a board of trade. A "sale" of a futures contract on foreign currency means the assumption of a contractual obligation to deliver the specified amount of foreign currency at a specified price in a specified future month. A "purchase" of a futures contract means the assumption of a contractual obligation to acquire the currency called for by the contract at a specified price in a specified future month. At the time a futures contract is purchased or sold, a Fund must allocate cash or securities as a deposit payment (initial margin). Thereafter, the futures contract is valued daily and the payment of "variation margin" may be required, resulting in the Fund's paying or receiving cash that reflects any decline or increase, respectively, in the contract's value, a process known as "mark-to-market."

A Fund's successful use of futures contracts and options thereon depends on its investment adviser's ability to predict the direction of the market and is subject to various additional risks. The correlation between movements in the price of a futures contract and the price of the securities being hedged is imperfect and there is a risk that the value of the securities being hedged may increase or decrease at a greater rate than the related futures contract, resulting in losses to the Fund. The use of these instruments will hedge only the currency risks associated with investments in foreign securities, not market risks.

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Certain futures exchanges or boards of trade have established daily limits on the amount that the price of a futures contract or option thereon may vary, either up or down, from the previous day's settlement price. These daily limits may restrict a Fund's ability to purchase or sell certain futures contracts or options thereon on any particular day. In addition, if a Fund purchases futures to hedge against market advances before it can invest in stocks or bonds in an advantageous manner and the market declines, the Fund might incur a loss on the futures contract. In addition, the ability of a Fund to close out a futures position or an option depends on a liquid secondary market. There is no assurance that liquid secondary markets will exist for any particular futures contract or option thereon at any particular time.

Under regulations of the Commodity Exchange Act, investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act) are exempt from the definition of "commodity pool operator," subject to compliance with certain conditions. Each Fund intends to limit its futures-related investment activity so that it, and/or any applicable person associated with it, is excluded from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator " under applicable rules and regulatory relief issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Each Fund will so limit its futures-related investment activity so that, other than with respect to bona fide hedging activity (as defined in CFTC Rule 1.3(z)):

(i)  the aggregate initial margin and premiums paid to establish commodity futures and commodity option contract positions does not exceed 5% of the liquidation value of the Fund's portfolio, after taking into account unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such contracts it has entered into (provided that, in the case of an option that is in-the-money at the time of purchase, the in-the-money amount may be excluded in calculating such 5% limitation) and/or

(ii)  the aggregate "notional value" ( i.e. , the size of a commodity futures or commodity option contract, in contract units, multiplied by the current market price (for a futures contract) or strike price (for an option contract) of each such unit) of all commodity futures and commodity option contracts that each Fund has entered into does not exceed the liquidation value of each Fund's portfolio, after taking into account profits and unrealized losses on any such contracts that each Fund has entered into (the foregoing alternative limits being the "Alternative Commodity Trading Limits"). The Alternative Commodity Trading Limits are based on provisional no-action relief issued by the CFTC. If this relief is modified or terminated, each Fund will limit its futures-related investment activity accordingly so that it will be excluded from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" under applicable rules and regulatory relief issued by the CFTC. In the event that any final rule adopted by the CFTC with respect to this exemption permits greater ability to invest in futures-related instruments, each Fund may avail itself of this relief.

Risks of Risk Management and Return Enhancement Strategies

Participation in the options or futures markets and in currency exchange transactions involves investment risks and transaction costs to which a Fund would not be subject absent the use of these strategies. A Fund, and thus its investors, may lose money through any unsuccessful use of these strategies. If a Fund's investment adviser's predictions of movements in the direction of the securities, foreign currency or interest rate markets are inaccurate, the adverse consequences to the Fund may leave the Fund in a worse position than if such strategies were not used. Risks inherent in the use of these strategies include: (1) dependence on the investment adviser's ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of interest rates, securities prices and currency markets; (2) imperfect correlation between the price of options and futures contracts and options thereon and movements in the prices of the securities or currencies being hedged; (3) the fact that skills needed to use these strategies are different from those needed to select portfolio securities; (4) the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument at any time; (5) the risk that the counterparty may be unable to complete the transaction; and (6) the possible inability of a Fund to purchase or sell a portfolio security at a time that otherwise would be favorable for it to do so or the possible need for a Fund to sell a portfolio security at a disadvantageous time, due to the need for the Fund to maintain "cover" or to segregate assets in connection with hedging transactions.

Risks of Transactions in Stock Options

Writing of options involves the risk that there will be no market in which to effect a closing transaction. An exchange traded option may be closed out only on an exchange, board of trade or other trading facility which provides a secondary market for an option of the same series. Although a Fund will generally purchase or write only those exchange-traded options for which there appears to be an active secondary market, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market on an exchange will exist for any particular option, or at any particular time, and for some options no secondary market on an exchange may exist. In such event, it might not be possible to effect closing transactions in particular exchange-traded options, with the result that the Fund would have to exercise its options in order to realize any profit and would incur brokerage commissions upon the exercise of call options and upon the subsequent disposition of underlying securities acquired through the exercise of call options or upon the purchase of underlying securities for the exercise of put options. If a Fund as a covered call option writer

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is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon exercise.

In the case of OTC options, it is not possible to effect a closing transaction in the same manner as exchange-traded options because a clearing corporation is not interposed between the buyer and seller of the option. When a Fund writes an OTC option, it generally will be able to close out the OTC option prior to its expiration only by entering into a closing purchase transaction with the dealer with which the Fund originally wrote the OTC option. Any such cancellation, if agreed to, may require the Fund to pay a premium to the counterparty. While a Fund will enter into OTC options only with dealers which agree to, and which are expected to be capable of, entering into closing transactions with the Fund, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to liquidate an OTC option at a favorable price at any time prior to expiration. Until a Fund is able to effect a closing purchase transaction in a covered OTC call option the Fund has written, it will not be able to liquidate securities used as cover until the option expires or is exercised or different cover is substituted. Alternatively, a Fund could write an OTC call option to, in effect, close an existing OTC call option or write an OTC put option to close its position on an OTC put option. However, the Fund would remain exposed to each counterparty's credit risk on the put or call until such option is exercised or expires. There is no guarantee that a Fund will be able to write put or call options, as the case may be, that would effectively close an existing position. In the event of insolvency of the counterparty, a Fund may be unable to liquidate an OTC option.

Each Fund also may purchase a "protective put," that is, a put option acquired for the purpose of protecting a portfolio security from a decline in market value. In exchange for the premium paid for the put option, a Fund acquires the right to sell the underlying security at the exercise price of the put regardless of the extent to which the underlying security declines in value. The loss to the Fund is limited to the premium paid for, and transaction costs in connection with, the put plus the initial excess, if any, of the market price of the underlying security over the exercise price. However, if the market price of the security underlying the put rises, the profit the Fund realizes on the sale of the security will be reduced by the premium paid for the put option less any amount (net of transaction costs) for which the put may be sold. Similar principles apply to the purchase of puts on stock or bond indexes in the over-the-counter market.

As discussed above, an OTC option is a direct contractual relationship with another party. Consequently, in entering into OTC options, a Fund will be exposed to the risk that the counterparty will default on, or be unable to complete, due to bankruptcy or otherwise, its obligation on the option. In such an event, the Fund may lose the benefit of the transaction. The value of an OTC option to a Fund is dependent upon the financial viability of the counterparty. If a Fund decides to enter into transactions in OTC options, its investment adviser will take into account the credit quality of counterparties in order to limit the risk of default by the counterparty.

Risks of Options on Indexes

A Fund's purchase and sale of options on indexes will be subject to risks described above under "Risks of Transactions in Stock Options." In addition, the distinctive characteristics of options on indexes create certain risks that are not present with stock options.

Because the value of an index option depends upon movements in the level of the index rather than the price of a particular security, whether a Fund will realize a gain or loss on the purchase or sale of an option on an index depends upon movements in the level of prices in the market in which the securities comprising the index are traded generally or in an industry or market segment rather than movements in the price of a particular security. Accordingly, successful use by a Fund of options on indexes would be subject to its investment adviser's ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of the market generally or of a particular industry. This requires different skills and techniques than predicting changes in the price of individual securities. Each investment adviser currently uses such techniques in conjunction with the management of other mutual funds.

Index prices may be distorted if trading of certain securities included in the index is interrupted. Trading in index options also may be interrupted in certain circumstances, such as if trading were halted in a substantial number of securities included in the index. If this occurred, a Fund would not be able to close out options that it had purchased or written and, if restrictions on exercise were imposed, the Fund may be unable to exercise an option it holds, which could result in substantial losses to the Fund. It is each Fund's policy to purchase or write options only on indexes that include a number of securities sufficient to minimize the likelihood of a trading halt in the index, such as the S&P 100 or S&P 500 index option.

Although the markets for certain index option contracts have developed rapidly, the markets for other index options are still relatively illiquid. The ability to establish and close out positions on such options will be subject to the development and maintenance of a liquid secondary market. It is not certain that this market will develop in all index option contracts. A Fund will not purchase or sell any index option contract unless and until, in its investment adviser's opinion, the market for such

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options has developed sufficiently that the risk in connection with these transactions is no greater than the risk in connection with options on stocks.

Special Risks of Writing Calls on Indexes

Because exercises of index options are settled in cash, a call writer such as a Fund cannot determine the amount of its settlement obligations in advance and, unlike call writing on specific stocks, cannot provide in advance for, or cover, its potential settlement obligations by acquiring and holding the underlying securities. However, a Fund will write call options on indexes only under the circumstances described above under "Stock Index Options."

Price movements in a Fund's portfolio probably will not correlate precisely with movements in the level of a particular index and, therefore, the Fund bears the risk that the price of the securities held by the Fund may not increase as much as the index. In such an event, the Fund would bear a loss on the call which is not completely offset by movements in the price of the Fund's portfolio. It is also possible that the index may rise when the price of a Fund's portfolio does not rise. If this occurred, the Fund would experience a loss on the call that is not offset by an increase in the value of its portfolio and might also experience a loss in its portfolio.

Unless a Fund has other liquid assets which are sufficient to satisfy the exercise of a call, the Fund would be required to liquidate portfolio securities in order to satisfy the exercise. Because an exercise must be settled within hours after receiving the notice of exercise, if a Fund fails to anticipate an exercise, it may have to borrow from a bank (in amounts not exceeding 33 1 / 3 % of the Fund's total assets) pending settlement of the sale of securities in its portfolio and would incur interest charges thereon.

When a Fund has written a call, there also is a risk that the market may decline between the time the Fund has a call exercised against it, at a price which is fixed as of the closing level of the index on the date of exercise, and the time the Fund is able to sell securities in its portfolio. As with stock options, a Fund will not learn that an index option has been exercised until the day following the exercise date but, unlike a call on stock where the Fund would be able to deliver the underlying securities in settlement, the Fund may have to sell part of its portfolio in order to make settlement in cash, and the price of such securities might decline before they can be sold. This timing risk makes certain strategies involving more than one option substantially more risky with index options than with stock or bond options. For example, even if an index call which a Fund has written is "covered" by an index call held by the Fund with the same strike price, the Fund will bear the risk that the level of the index may decline between the close of trading on the date the exercise notice is filed with the clearing corporation and the close of trading on the date the Fund exercises the call it holds or the time the Fund sells the call which in either case would occur no earlier than the day following the day the exercise notice is filed.

Special Risks of Purchasing Puts and Calls on Indexes

If a Fund holds an index option and exercises it before final determination of the closing index value for that day, it runs the risk that the level of the underlying index may change before closing. If such a change causes the exercised option to fall out-of-the-money, the Fund will be required to pay the difference between the closing index value and the exercise price of the option (times the applicable multiple) to the assigned writer. Although a Fund may be able to minimize this risk by withholding exercise instructions until just before the daily cutoff time or by selling rather than exercising an option when the index level is close to the exercise price, it may not be possible to eliminate this risk entirely because the cutoff times for index options may be earlier than those fixed for other types of options and may occur before definitive closing index values are announced.

Risks of Transactions in Options on Stock and Bond Index Futures

There are several risks in connection with the use of options on stock and bond index futures contracts as a hedging device. The correlation between the price of the futures contract and the movements in the index may not be perfect. Therefore, a correct forecast of interest rates and other factors affecting markets for securities may still not result in a successful hedging transaction.

Futures prices often are extremely volatile so successful use of options on stock or bond index futures contracts by a Fund is also subject to the ability of the Fund's investment adviser to predict correctly movements in the direction of markets, changes in supply and demand, interest rates, international political and economic policies, and other factors affecting the stock and bond markets generally. For example, if a Fund has hedged against the possibility of a decrease in an index which would adversely affect the price of securities in its portfolio and the price of such securities increases instead, then the Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of its securities because it will have offsetting losses in its futures positions. In addition, in such situations, if the Fund has insufficient cash to meet daily variation margin requirements, it may need to sell

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securities to meet such requirements at a time when it is disadvantageous to do so. Such sales of securities may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising market.

The hours of trading of options on stock or bond index futures contracts may not conform to the hours during which a Fund may trade the underlying securities. To the extent the futures markets close before the securities markets, significant price and rate movements can take place in the securities markets that cannot be reflected in the futures markets.

Options on stock and bond index futures contracts are highly leveraged and the specific market movements of the contract underlying an option cannot be predicted. Options on futures must be bought and sold on exchanges. Although the exchanges provide a means of selling an option previously purchased or of liquidating an option previously written by an offsetting purchase, there can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist for a particular option at a particular time. If such a market does not exist, a Fund, as the holder of an option on futures contracts, would have to exercise the option and comply with the margin requirements for the underlying futures contract to realize any profit, and if a Fund were the writer of the option, its obligation would not terminate until the option expired or the Fund was assigned an exercise notice.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

Each Fund may enter into foreign currency forward contracts to protect the value of its portfolio against future changes in the level of currency exchange rates. A forward contract on foreign currency is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days agreed upon by the parties from the date of the contract at a price set on the date of the contract. These contracts are traded in the interbank market conducted directly between currency traders (typically large commercial banks) and their customers. A forward contract generally has no deposit requirements, and no commissions are charged for such trades.

A Fund may not use forward contracts to generate income, although the use of such contracts may incidentally generate income. There is no limitation on the value of forward contracts into which a Fund may enter. However, a Fund's dealings in forward contracts will be limited to hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio positions. Transaction hedging is the purchase or sale of a forward contract with respect to specific receivables or payables of a Fund generally arising in connection with the purchase or sale of its portfolio securities and accruals of interest or dividends receivable and Fund expenses. Position hedging is the sale of a foreign currency with respect to portfolio security positions denominated or quoted in that currency or in a different foreign currency (cross-hedge). A Fund will not speculate in forward contracts. A Fund may not position hedge (including cross-hedges) with respect to a particular currency for an amount greater than the aggregate market value (determined at the time of making any sale of foreign currency) of the securities being hedged.

When a Fund enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency, or when a Fund anticipates the receipt in a foreign currency of dividends or interest payments on a security which it holds, the Fund may desire to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of the security or the U.S. dollar equivalent of such dividend or interest payment, as the case may be. By entering into a forward contract for a fixed amount of dollars for the purchase or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in the underlying transaction, a Fund may be able to protect itself against possible loss resulting from an adverse change in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and the subject foreign currency during the period between the date on which the security is purchased or sold, or on which the dividend or interest payment is declared, and the date on which such payments are made or received.

Additionally, when a Fund's investment adviser believes that the currency of a particular foreign country may suffer a substantial decline against the U.S. dollar, the Fund may enter into a forward contract for a fixed amount of dollars, to sell the amount of foreign currency approximating the value of some or all of the Fund's portfolio securities denominated in such foreign currency. The precise matching of the forward contract amounts and the value of the securities involved will not generally be possible since the future value of securities in foreign currencies will change as a consequence of market movements in the value of those securities between the date on which the forward contract is entered into and the date it matures. The projection of short-term currency market movement is extremely difficult and the successful execution of a short-term hedging strategy is highly uncertain. A Fund will not enter into such forward contracts or maintain a net exposure to such contracts where the consummation of the contracts would obligate the Fund to deliver an amount of foreign currency in excess of the value of the Fund's portfolio securities or other assets denominated in that currency. Under normal circumstances, consideration of the prospect for currency parities will be incorporated into the long-term investment decisions made with regard to overall diversification strategies. However, each Fund believes that it is important to have the flexibility to enter into such forward contracts when it determines that the best interests of the Fund will thereby be served. If a Fund enters into a position hedging transaction, the transaction will be covered by the position being hedged, or the Fund's Custodian will segregate cash or other liquid assets of the Fund (less the value of the "covering" positions, if any) in an amount equal to the value of the Fund's total assets committed to the consummation of the given forward contract.

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A Fund generally will not enter into a forward contract with a term of greater than one year. At the maturity of a forward contract, a Fund may either sell the portfolio security and make delivery of the foreign currency, or it may retain the security and terminate its contractual obligation to deliver the foreign currency by purchasing an "offsetting" contract with the same currency trader obligating it to purchase, on the same maturity date, the same amount of the foreign currency.

It is impossible to forecast with absolute precision the market value of a particular portfolio security at the expiration of the contract. Accordingly, it may be necessary for a Fund to purchase additional foreign currency on the spot market (and bear the expense of such purchase) if the market value of the security is less than the amount of foreign currency that the Fund is obligated to deliver and if a decision is made to sell the security and make delivery of the foreign currency.

If a Fund retains the portfolio security and engages in an offsetting transaction, the Fund will incur a gain or a loss (as described below) to the extent that there has been movement in forward contract prices. Should forward prices decline during the period between a Fund's entering into a forward contract for the sale of a foreign currency and the date it enters into an offsetting contract for the purchase of the foreign currency, the Fund will realize a gain to the extent that the price of the currency it has agreed to sell exceeds the price of the currency it has agreed to purchase. Should forward contract prices increase, the Fund will suffer a loss to the extent that the price of the currency it has agreed to purchase exceeds the price of the currency it has agreed to sell.

A Fund's dealing in foreign currency forward contracts will be limited to the transactions described above. Of course, a Fund is not required to enter into such transactions with regard to its foreign currency-denominated securities. Also, this method of protecting the value of a Fund's portfolio securities against a decline in the value of a currency does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities which are unrelated to exchange rates. It simply establishes a rate of exchange which one can achieve at some future point in time. Additionally, although such contracts tend to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency, they also tend to limit any potential gain which might result should the value of such currency increase. A Fund's ability to enter into foreign currency forward contracts may be limited by certain requirements for qualification as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code, see "Taxes, Dividends and Distributions."

Although each Fund values its assets daily in terms of U.S. dollars, it does not intend physically to convert its holdings of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars on a daily basis. It will do so from time to time, and investors should be aware of the costs of currency conversion. Although foreign exchange dealers do not charge a fee for conversion, they do realize a profit based on the difference (the spread) between the prices at which they are buying and selling various currencies. Thus, a dealer may offer to sell a foreign currency to a Fund at one rate, while offering a lesser rate of exchange should the Fund desire to resell that currency to the dealer.

Options on Foreign Currencies

Each Fund is permitted to purchase and write put and call options on foreign currencies and on futures contracts on foreign currencies traded on securities exchanges or boards of trade (foreign and domestic) for hedging purposes in a manner similar to that in which forward foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts on foreign currencies will be employed. Options on foreign currencies and on futures contracts on foreign currencies are similar to options on stock, except that a Fund has the right to take or make delivery of a specified amount of foreign currency, rather than stock.

Each Fund may purchase and write options to hedge the Fund's portfolio securities denominated in foreign currencies. If there is a decline in the dollar value of a foreign currency in which a Fund's portfolio securities are denominated, the dollar value of such securities will decline even though the foreign currency value remains the same. To hedge against the decline of the foreign currency, a Fund may purchase put options on futures contracts on such foreign currency. If the value of the foreign currency declines, the gain realized on the put option would offset, in whole or in part, the adverse effect such decline would have on the value of the portfolio securities. Alternatively, a Fund may write a call option on a futures contract on the foreign currency. If the value of the foreign currency declines, the option would not be exercised and the decline in the value of the portfolio securities denominated in such foreign currency would be offset in part by the premium the Fund received for the option.

If, on the other hand, a Fund's investment adviser anticipates purchasing a foreign security and also anticipates a rise in the value of such foreign currency (thereby increasing the cost of such security), the Fund may purchase call options on the foreign currency. The purchase of such options could offset, at least partially, the effects of the adverse movements of the exchange rates. Alternatively, a Fund could write a put option on the currency and, if the exchange rates move as anticipated, the option would expire unexercised.

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Instead of purchasing or selling futures or forward currency exchange contracts, a Fund may attempt to accomplish similar objectives by purchasing put or call options on currencies either on exchanges or in over-the-counter markets or by writing put options or covered call options on currencies. A put option gives a Fund the right to sell a currency at the exercise price until the option expires. A call option gives a Fund the right to purchase a currency at the exercise price until the option expires. Both options serve to insure against adverse currency price movements in the underlying portfolio assets designated in a given currency. Currency options traded on U.S. or other exchanges may be subject to position limits which may limit the ability of a Fund to fully hedge its positions by purchasing such options.

Each Fund may hedge against the risk of a decrease or increase in the U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security which a Fund owns or intends to acquire by purchasing or selling options contracts, futures contracts or options thereon with respect to a foreign currency other than the foreign currency in which such security is denominated, where the values of such different currencies (as compared to the U.S. dollar) historically have a high degree of positive correlation.

Risks of Transactions in Exchange-Traded Options

An option position may be closed out only on an exchange, board of trade or other trading facility which provides a secondary market for an option of the same series. Although a Fund will generally purchase or write only those options for which there appears to be an active secondary market, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market on an exchange will exist for any particular option, or at any particular time, and for some options no secondary market on an exchange or otherwise may exist. In such event it might not be possible to effect closing transactions in particular options, with the result that the Fund would have to exercise its options in order to realize any profits and would incur brokerage commissions upon the exercise of call options and upon the subsequent disposition of underlying currencies acquired through the exercise of call options or upon the purchase of underlying currencies for the exercise of put options. If a Fund, as a covered call option writer, is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying currency until the option expires or it delivers the underlying currency upon exercise.

Reasons for the absence of a liquid secondary market on an exchange include the following: (1) there may be insufficient trading interest in certain options; (2) restrictions may be imposed by an exchange on opening transactions or closing transactions or both; (3) trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions may be imposed with respect to particular classes or series of options; (4) unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt normal operations on an exchange; (5) the facilities of an exchange or a clearing corporation may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading or volume; or (6) one or more exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be compelled at some future date to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series of options), in which event the secondary market on that exchange (or in the class or series of options) would cease to exist, although outstanding options on that exchange that had been issued by a clearing corporation as a result of trades on that exchange would continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms. There is no assurance that higher than anticipated trading activity or other unforeseen events might not, at times, render certain of the facilities of any of the clearing corporations inadequate, and thereby result in the institution by an exchange of special procedures which may interfere with the timely execution of customers' orders. Each Fund intends to purchase and sell only those options which are cleared by a clearinghouse whose facilities are considered to be adequate to handle the volume of options transactions.

Risks of Options on Foreign Currencies

Options on foreign currencies involve the currencies of two nations and, therefore, developments in either or both countries can affect the values of options on foreign currencies. Risks include those described above under "Risks of Risk Management and Return Enhancement Strategies," including government actions affecting currency valuation and the movements of currencies from one country to another. The quantity of currency underlying option contracts represents odd lots in a market dominated by transactions between banks; this can mean extra transaction costs upon exercise. Options markets may be closed while round-the-clock interbank currency markets are open. This can create price and rate discrepancies.

Risks of Transactions in Futures Contracts on Foreign Currencies

There are several risks in connection with the use of futures contracts as a hedging device. Due to the imperfect correlation between the price of futures contracts and movements in the currency or group of currencies, the price of a futures contract may move more or less than the price of the currencies being hedged. Therefore, a correct forecast of currency rates, market trends or international political trends by the Manager or a Fund's investment adviser may still not result in a successful hedging transaction for the Fund.

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Although a Fund will purchase or sell futures contracts only on exchanges where there appears to be an adequate secondary market, there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market on an exchange will exist for any particular contract or at any particular time. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that it will be possible, at any particular time, to close a futures position. In the event a Fund could not close a futures position and the value of such position declined, the Fund would be required to continue to make daily cash payments of variation margin. There is no guarantee that the price movements of the portfolio securities denominated in foreign currencies will, in fact, correlate with the price movements in the futures contracts and thus provide an offset to losses on a futures contract.

Successful use of futures contracts by a Fund is also subject to the ability of the Fund's Manager or investment adviser to predict correctly movements in the direction of markets and other factors affecting currencies generally. For example, if a Fund has hedged against the possibility of an increase in the price of securities in its portfolio and the price of such securities increases instead, the Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value of its securities because it will have offsetting losses in its futures positions. In addition, in such situations, if the Fund has insufficient cash to meet daily variation margin requirements, it may need to sell securities to meet such requirements. Such sales of securities may be, but will not necessarily be, at increased prices which reflect the rising market. A Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it is disadvantageous to do so.

The hours of trading of futures contracts may not conform to the hours during which a Fund may trade the underlying securities. To the extent that the futures markets close before the securities markets, significant price and rate movements can take place in the securities markets that cannot be reflected in the futures markets.

Options on Futures Contracts on Foreign Currencies

An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to assume a position in a futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put) at a specified exercise price at any time during the option exercise period. The writer of the option is required upon exercise to assume an offsetting futures position (a short position if the option is a call and a long position if the option is a put). Upon exercise of the option, the assumption of offsetting futures positions by the writer and holder of the option will be accompanied by delivery of the accumulated cash balance in the writer's futures margin account which represents the amount by which the market price of the futures contract, at exercise, exceeds, in the case of a call, or is less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option on the futures contract.

The holder or writer of an option may terminate its position by selling or purchasing an option of the same series. There is no guarantee that such closing transactions can be effected.

Position Limits

Transactions by a Fund in futures contracts and options will be subject to limitations, if any, established by each of the exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities (including Nasdaq) governing the maximum number of options in each class which may be written or purchased by a single investor or group of investors acting in concert, regardless of whether the options are written on the same or different exchanges, boards of trade or other trading facilities or are held or written in one or more accounts or through one or more brokers. Thus, the number of futures contracts and options which a Fund may write or purchase may be affected by the futures contracts and options written or purchased by other investment advisory clients of its investment adviser. An exchange, board of trade or other trading facility may order the liquidation of positions found to be in excess of these limits, and it may impose certain other sanctions.

When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities

A Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. When-issued or delayed delivery transactions arise when securities are purchased or sold by a Fund with payment and delivery taking place in the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield to the Fund at the time of entering into the transaction. A Fund's Custodian will segregate cash or other liquid assets having a value equal to or greater than the Fund's purchase commitments. The securities so purchased are subject to market fluctuation and no interest accrues to the purchaser during the period between purchase and settlement. At the time of delivery of the securities, the value may be more or less than the purchase price and an increase in the percentage of the Fund's assets committed to the purchase of securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis may increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value.

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Repurchase Agreements

A Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, whereby the seller agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed-upon time and at a price in excess of the purchase price, reflecting an agreed-upon rate of return effective for the period of time the Fund's money is invested in the repurchase agreement. The period of maturity is usually quite short, possibly overnight or a few days, although it may extend over a number of months. A Fund's repurchase agreements will at all times be fully collateralized in an amount at least equal to the resale price. The instruments held as collateral are valued daily, and if the value of instruments declines, the Fund will require additional collateral. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral securing the repurchase agreement declines, the Fund may incur a loss.

A Fund will enter into repurchase transactions only with parties meeting creditworthiness standards approved by the investment adviser. In the event of a default or bankruptcy by a seller, the Fund will promptly seek to liquidate the collateral.

Each Fund participates in a joint repurchase agreement account with other investment companies managed by Prudential Investments LLC (PI) pursuant to an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission or SEC). On a daily basis, any uninvested cash balances of a Fund may be aggregated with those of such investment companies and invested in one or more repurchase agreements. Each Fund participates in the income earned or accrued in the joint account based on the percentage of its investment.

Borrowing

Each Fund may borrow up to 33 1 / 3 % of the value of its total assets (calculated when the loan is made). Each Fund may pledge up to 33 1 / 3 % of its total assets to secure these borrowings. If a Fund's asset coverage for borrowings falls below 300%, the Fund will take prompt action (within 3 days) to reduce its borrowings. If the 300% asset coverage should decline as a result of market fluctuations or other reasons, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities to reduce the debt and restore the 300% asset coverage, even though it may be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint to sell securities at that time. No Fund will purchase portfolio securities when borrowings exceed 5% of the value of its total assets, unless this policy is changed by the Board of Directors.

Lending of Securities

Consistent with applicable regulatory requirements, each Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and financial institutions, provided that outstanding loans do not exceed in the aggregate 33 1 / 3 % of the value of the Fund's total assets and that the loans are callable at any time by the Fund. As a matter of fundamental policy, each of the Funds will not lend more than 33 1 / 3 % of the value of their total assets. The loans must at all times be secured by cash or other liquid assets or secured by an irrevocable letter of credit in favor of the lending Fund in an amount equal to at least 100%, determined daily, of the market value of the loaned securities. The collateral is segregated pursuant to applicable regulations. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the lending Fund an amount equivalent to any dividend or interest paid on such securities and the Fund may invest the cash collateral and earn additional income, or it may receive an agreed-upon amount of interest income from the borrower. The advantage of such loans is that the Fund continues to receive payments in lieu of the interest and dividends on the loaned securities, while at the same time earning interest either directly from the borrower or on the collateral, which will be invested in short-term obligations.

A loan may be terminated by the borrower or by the lending Fund at any time. If the borrower fails to maintain the requisite amount of collateral, the loan automatically terminates and the Fund could use the collateral to replace the securities while holding the borrower liable for any excess of replacement cost over collateral. As with any extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery and in some cases loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially. However, these loans of portfolio securities will only be made to firms determined to be creditworthy pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. On termination of the loan, the borrower is required to return the securities to the lending Fund, and any gain or loss in the market price during the loan would inure to the Fund.

Since voting or consent rights which accompany loaned securities pass to the borrower, the lending Fund will follow the policy of calling the loan, in whole or in part as may be appropriate, to permit the exercise of such rights if the matters involved would have a material effect on the Fund's investment in the securities which are the subject of the loan. The Fund will pay reasonable finders', administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan of its securities or may share the interest earned on collateral with the borrower.

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Segregated Assets

Each Fund segregates with its Custodian, State Street Bank and Trust Company, cash, U.S. government securities, equity securities (including foreign securities), debt securities or other liquid, unencumbered assets equal in value to its obligations in respect of potentially leveraged transactions. These include forward contracts, when-issued and delayed delivery securities, futures contracts, written options and options on futures contracts (unless otherwise covered). If collateralized or otherwise covered, in accordance with Commission guidelines, these will not be deemed to be senior securities. The assets deposited in the segregated account will be marked-to-market daily.

Illiquid Securities

Each Fund may hold up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. If a Fund were to exceed this limit, the investment adviser would take prompt action to reduce the Fund's holdings in illiquid securities to no more than 15% of its net assets, as required by applicable law. Illiquid securities include repurchase agreements which have a maturity of longer than seven days, certain securities with legal or contractual restrictions on resale (restricted securities) and securities that are not readily marketable in securities markets either within or outside of the United States. Repurchase agreements subject to demand are deemed to have a maturity equal to the applicable notice period.

Historically, illiquid securities have included securities subject to contractual or legal restrictions on resale because they have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), securities that are otherwise not readily marketable and repurchase agreements having a maturity of longer than seven days. Securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act are referred to as private placements or restricted securities and are purchased directly from the issuer or in the secondary market. Mutual funds do not typically hold a significant amount of restricted or other illiquid securities because of the potential for delays on resale and uncertainty in valuation. Limitations on resale may have an adverse effect on the marketability of portfolio securities and a mutual fund might be unable to dispose of restricted or other illiquid securities promptly or at reasonable prices and might thereby experience difficulty satisfying redemptions within seven days. A mutual fund might also have to register such restricted securities in order to dispose of them, resulting in additional expense and delay. Adverse market conditions could impede such a public offering of securities.

A large institutional market has developed for certain securities that are not registered under the Securities Act including repurchase agreements, commercial paper, foreign securities, municipal securities, convertible securities and corporate bonds and notes. Institutional investors depend on an efficient institutional market in which unregistered securities can be readily resold or on an issuer's ability to honor a demand for repayment. The fact that there are contractual or legal restrictions on resale to the general public or to certain institutions may not be indicative of the liquidity of such investments.

Rule 144A under the Securities Act allows for a broader institutional trading market for securities otherwise subject to restriction on resale to the general public. Rule 144A establishes a "safe harbor" from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for resales of certain securities to qualified institutional buyers. The investment advisers anticipate that the market for certain restricted securities such as institutional commercial paper and foreign securities will expand further as a result of this new regulation and the development of automated systems for the trading, clearance and settlement of unregistered securities of domestic and foreign issuers, such as the PORTAL System sponsored by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD).

Restricted securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and privately placed commercial paper for which there is a readily available market are treated as liquid only when deemed liquid under procedures established by the Board of Directors. A Fund's investment in Rule 144A securities could have the effect of increasing illiquidity to the extent that qualified institutional buyers become, for a limited time, uninterested in purchasing Rule 144A securities. Each investment adviser will monitor the liquidity of such restricted securities subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors. In reaching liquidity decisions, each investment adviser will consider, among others, the following factors: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the security; (2) the number of dealers wishing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential purchasers; (3) dealer undertakings to make a market in the security; and (4) the nature of the security and the nature of the marketplace trades (for example, the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of the transfer). In addition, in order for commercial paper that is issued in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act to be considered liquid, (a) it must be rated in one of the two highest rating categories by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO), or if only one NRSRO rates the securities, by that NRSRO, or, if unrated, be of comparable quality in the view of the investment adviser; and (b) it must not be "traded flat" (that is, without accrued interest) or in default as to principal or interest.

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The staff of the Commission has taken the position that purchased OTC options and the assets used as "cover" for written OTC options are illiquid securities unless the Fund participating in the option and the counterparty have provided for the Fund, at the Fund's election, to unwind the OTC option. The exercise of such an option ordinarily would involve the payment by that Fund of an amount designed to reflect the counterparty's economic loss from an early termination, but does allow the Fund to treat the assets used as "cover" as "liquid."

Securities of Other Investment Companies

Each Fund may purchase shares of affiliated investment companies as permitted by the Commission. Each Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities of other non-affiliated investment companies. If a Fund does invest in securities of other investment companies, shareholders of such Fund may be subject to duplicate management and advisory fees.

Exchange-Traded Funds. Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund each may invest in exchange-traded funds in an amount up to 5% of their total assets. Shareholders may be subject to duplicate management and advisory fees if these Funds invest in securities of other investment companies. Also these securities are not traded at net asset value, i.e., they can be sold at a premium or with a discount.

Short Sales

Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund, Jennison Technology Fund and Jennison Utility Fund, each, may sell a security it does not own ( i.e. , make short sales) in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security. The Jennison Utility Fund is limited to making short sales "against the box." Generally, to complete the transaction, a Fund will borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay to the lender any interest that accrues during the period of the loan. To borrow the security, a Fund may be required to pay a premium that would increase the cost of the security sold. The proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements until the short position is closed out. Until a Fund replaces the borrowed security, it will (1) segregate on its records or with its Custodian cash or other liquid assets at such a level that the amount deposited in the account plus the amount deposited with the broker as collateral will equal the current market value of the security sold short and will not be less than the market value of the security at the time it was sold short or (2) otherwise cover its short position.

A Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short sale if the price of the security borrowed increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. A Fund will realize a gain if the security borrowed declines in price between those dates. The result is the opposite of what would occur from a cash purchase of a long position in a security. The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss will be increased, by the amount of any premium or interest paid in connection with the short sale. No more than 10% of Jennison Utility Fund's total assets and no more than 20% of other Funds' investable assets will be, when added together, (1) deposited as collateral for the obligation to replace securities borrowed to effect short sales, (2) segregated in connection with short sales, and (3) used as cover for short sales.

Temporary Defensive Strategy and Short-term Investments

When conditions dictate a defensive strategy, or pending investment of proceeds from sales of a Fund's shares, a Fund may invest up to 100% of the Fund's total assets in money market instruments, including commercial paper of domestic corporations, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and other obligations of domestic banks (including foreign branches), and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its instrumentalities or its agencies. Investments in foreign branches of domestic banks may be subject to certain risks, including future political and economic developments, the possible imposition of withholding taxes on interest income, the seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits and foreign exchange controls or other restrictions. Each Fund also may invest in short-term municipal obligations, such as tax, bond and revenue anticipation notes, construction loan and project financing notes and tax-exempt commercial paper. When cash may be available only for a few days, it may be invested by a Fund in repurchase agreements until such time as it may otherwise be invested or used for payment of obligations of the Fund, see "Repurchase Agreements" above.

Portfolio Turnover

Each Fund's portfolio turnover rate is computed by dividing the lesser of portfolio purchases or sales (excluding all securities whose maturities at acquisition were one year or less) by the average value of the portfolio. High portfolio turnover (100% or more) involves correspondingly greater brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, which are borne directly by a Fund. In addition, high portfolio turnover may also mean that a proportionately greater amount of distributions

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to shareholders will be taxed as ordinary income rather than long-term capital gains compared to investment companies with lower portfolio turnover, see "Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices" and "Taxes, Dividends and Distributions."

The portfolio turnover rates for the Funds for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2004 and 2003 were as follows:

Fund   2004   2003  
Jennison Utility Fund   %     35 %  
Jennison Financial Services Fund   %     93 %  
Jennison Health Sciences Fund   %     192 %  
Jennison Technology Fund   %     188 %  

 

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

Investment restrictions listed below have been adopted by the Funds as fundamental policies, except as otherwise indicated. Under the 1940 Act, a Fund's fundamental policy may not be changed without the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. A "majority of a Fund's outstanding voting securities," when used in this SAI, means the lesser of (1) 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 (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares.

Each Fund may not:

1.  Issue senior securities or borrow money or pledge its assets, except as permitted by the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as each may be amended from time to time except to the extent that a 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"). 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, including, without limitation, 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 a Fund to its Directors pursuant to deferred compensation arrangements are not deemed to be a pledge of assets or the issuance of a senior security.

2.  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 a 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.

3.  Buy or sell physical commodities or contracts involving physical commodities. A Fund may purchase and sell (i) derivative, hedging and similar instruments such as financial futures contracts and options thereon, and (ii) securities or instruments backed by, or the return from which is linked to, physical commodities or currencies, such as forward currency exchange contracts, and a 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.

4.  Purchase any security (other than obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities) if, as a result, 25% or more of the Fund's total assets (determined at the time of investment) would be invested in any one industry other than as follows: Jennison Financial Services Fund will concentrate its investments ( i.e., will invest at least 25% of its total assets under normal circumstances) in securities of companies in the financial services group of industries. Jennison Health Sciences Fund will concentrate its investments ( i.e., will invest at least 25% of its total assets under normal circumstances) in securities of companies in the health sciences group of industries. Jennison Technology Fund will concentrate its investments ( i.e., will invest at least 25% of its total assets under normal circumstances) in securities of companies in the technology group of industries. Jennison Utility Fund will concentrate its investments ( i.e., will invest at least 25% of its total assets under normal circumstances) in securities of companies in the utility group of industries.

5.  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.

Each 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

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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 objective.

For purposes of Investment Restriction 4, each Fund relies on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) published by S&P in determining industry classification. A Fund's reliance on this classification system is not a fundamental policy of the Fund and, therefore, can be changed without shareholder approval.

Whenever any fundamental investment policy or investment restriction states a maximum percentage of a 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 asset values will not be considered a violation of such policy. However, if a Fund's asset coverage for borrowings permitted by Investment Restriction 1 falls below 300%, the Fund will take prompt action to reduce its borrowings, as required by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions.

Although not fundamental, each Fund has the following additional investment restrictions.

The Fund may not:

1.  Purchase securities on margin (but a Fund may obtain such short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of transactions); provided that the deposit or payment by the Fund of initial or maintenance margin in connection with futures or options is not considered the purchase of a security on margin.

2.  Invest for the purpose of exercising control or management.

3.  Invest in securities of other investment companies, except: (a) purchases in the open market involving only customary brokerage commissions and as a result of which a Fund will not hold more than 3% of the outstanding voting securities of any one investment company, will not have invested more than 5% of its total assets in any one investment company and will not have invested more than 10% of its total assets (determined at the time of investment) in such securities of one or more investment companies, (b) as part of a merger, consolidation or other acquisition and (c) purchases of affiliated investment company shares pursuant to and subject to such limits as the Commission may impose by rule or order.

In addition to the previous investment restrictions, Jennison Utility Fund also has the following non-fundamental investment restrictions.

The Fund may not:

1.  Make short sales of securities or maintain a short position, unless at all times when a short position is open it owns an equal amount of such securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable, without payment of any further consideration, for securities of the same issue as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold short and unless not more than 25% of the Fund's net assets (taken at current value) is held as collateral for such sales at any one time.

2.  Purchase any security if as a result the Fund would then have more than 5% of its total assets (taken at current value) invested in securities of companies (including predecessors) less than three years old.

3.  Invest in interests in oil, gas or other mineral exploration or development programs, although it may invest in the common stocks of companies which invest in or sponsor such programs.

The Office of Public Utility Regulation of the Commission has advised The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its subsidiaries (Prudential) that the Office would not recommend enforcement action with respect to the purchase by Prudential of securities of "public utility companies" as defined by the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 in Prudential's capacity as owner or manager of securities on the conditions that (1) the aggregate voting securities of public utility companies held by accounts owned or managed by Prudential, including Jennison Utility Fund, will be less than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any public utility company and (2) Prudential will not attempt to control any public utility company, other than through the exercise of rights associated with stock ownership (including director representation). Accordingly, it is a policy of Jennison Utility Fund, which may be changed without shareholder approval, not to purchase any voting security of any public utility company if, as a result, the Fund, along with other accounts owned or managed by Prudential, would then hold 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such company.

Each Fund will provide 60 days' written notice to shareholders of a change in that Fund's non-fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its investable assets in the type of investment suggested by the Fund's name.

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MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY

Information pertaining to the Directors of the Company is set forth below. Directors who are not deemed to be "interested persons" of the Company (as defined in the 1940 Act) are referred to as "Independent Directors." Directors who are deemed to be "interested persons" of the Company are referred to as "Interested Directors." "Fund Complex" consists of the Company and any other investment companies managed by Prudential Investments LLC (PI).

Independent Directors

Name, Address** and Age   Position
with the
Company
  Term of
Office*** and
Length of
Time
Served
  Principal Occupations
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex†
Overseen by
Director
  Other Directorships
Held by the
Director****
 
David E. A. Carson (70)   Director   Since 2003   Director (January 2000 to May 2000), Chairman (January 1999
to December 1999), Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer (January 1998 to December 1998) and President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of People's Bank (1983-1997).
    97     Director of United Illuminating and UIL Holdings, (utility company) since 1993.  
Robert E. La Blanc (70)   Director   Since 2003   President (since 1981) of
Robert E. La Blanc Associates, Inc (telecommunications); formerly General Partner at Salomon Brothers and Vice-Chairman of Continental Telecom; Trustee of Manhattan College.
    100     Director of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (since 1998), Titan Corporation (electronics) (since 1995), Computer Associates International, Inc. (software company) (since 2002); FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. (telecom company) (since 2003); Director (since April 1999) of The High Yield Plus Fund, Inc.  
Douglas H. McCorkingdale (65)   Director   Since 1996   Chairman (since February 2001), Chief Executive Officer (since June 2000) and President (since September 1997) of Gannett Co. Inc. (publishing and media); formerly Vice Chairman (March 1984-May 2000) of Gannett Co. Inc.     93     Director of Gannett Co., Director of Continental Airlines, Inc., (since May 1993); Director of Lockheed Martin Corp. (aerospace and defense) (since May 2001); Director of The High Yield Plus Fund, Inc. (since 1996).  
Richard A. Redeker (61)   Director   Since 1993   Management Consultant; Director of Invesmart, Inc. (since 2001) and Director of Penn Tank Lines, Inc. (since 1999).     94     None.  
Robin B. Smith (65)   Director   Since 1996   Chairman of the Board (since January 2003) of Publishers Clearing House (direct marketing); formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (August 1996-January 2003) of Publishers Clearing House.     99     Director of BellSouth Corporation (since 1992).  

 

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Name, Address** and Age   Position
with the
Company
  Term of
Office*** and
Length of
Time
Served
  Principal Occupations
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex†
Overseen by
Director
  Other Directorships
Held by the
Director****
 
Stephen Stoneburn (61)   Director   Since 2003   President and Chief Executive Officer (since June 1996) of Quadrant Media Corp. (a 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 and Senior Vice President of Fairchild Publications, Inc. (1975-1989).     97     None.  
Clay T. Whitehead (66)   Director   Since 1996   President (since 1983) of National Exchange Inc. (new business development firm).     98     Director (since 2000) of The High Yield Plus Fund, Inc.  

 

Interested Directors

Name, Address** and Age   Position
with the
Company
  Term of
Office*** and
Length of
Time
Served
  Principal Occupations
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Directorships
Held by the
Director****
 
Judy A. Rice (57)*   President and Director   Since 2003

Since 2000
  President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and
Officer-in-Charge (since 2003) of Prudential Investments LLC (PI); Director, Officer-in-Charge, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer
(since May 2003) of American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc.; Director, Officer-in-Charge, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer (since May 2003) of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc. and American Skandia Fund Services, Inc.; Vice President (since February 1999) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; President, Chief Executive Officer and Officer-In-Charge (since April 2003) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC; formerly various positions to Senior Vice President (1992-1999) of Prudential Securities Incorporated; and various positions to Managing Director (1975-1992) of Salomon Smith Barney; Member of Board of Governors of the Money Management Institute.
    101     None.  

 

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Name, Address** and Age   Position
with the
Company
  Term of
Office*** and
Length of
Time
Served
  Principal Occupations
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other Directorships
Held by the
Director****
 
Robert F. Gunia (58)*   Vice President and Director   Since 1996   Chief Administrative Officer (since June 1999) of PI; Executive Vice President and Treasurer (since January 1996) of PI; President (since April 1999) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS); Corporate Vice President (since September 1997) of The Prudential Insurance Company of America; Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (since May 2003) of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc., American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc. and American Skandia Fund Services, Inc.; President (since April 1999) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since March 1999) and Treasurer (since May 2000) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC; formerly Senior Vice President (March 1987-May 1999) of Prudential Securities Incorporated.     175     Vice President and Director (since May 1989) and Treasurer (since 1999) of The Asia Pacific Fund Inc.  

 

Information pertaining to the Officers of the Company who are not also Directors is set forth below.

Officers

Name, Address** and Age   Position 
with the
Company
  Term of
Office*** and
Length of
Time
Served
  Principal Occupations
During Past Five Years
 
William V. Healey (51)   Chief Legal Officer and Secretary   Since 2004   Vice President and Associate General Counsel (since 1998) of Prudential; Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (since February 1999) of Prudential Investments LLC; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (since December 1998) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (since February 1999) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC; Vice President and Secretary (since October 1998) of Prudential Investment Management, Inc.; Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer (since May 2003) of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc. , American Skandia Fund Services, Inc. and American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc.; Director (June 1999-June 2002 and June 2003-present) of ICI Mutual Insurance Company; prior to August 1998, Associate General Counsel of the Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus), subsidiary of Mellon Bank, N.A. (Mellon Bank), and an officer and/or director of various affiliates of Mellon Bank and Dreyfus.  
Deborah A. Docs (46)   Assistant Secretary   Since 2004   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2001) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since December 1996) of PI; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since May 2003) of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc.  
Lee D. Augsburger (45)   Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2004   Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (since May 2003) of Pl; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (since October 2000) of Prudential Investment Management, Inc.; formerly Vice President and Chief Legal Officer-Annuities (August 1999-October 2000) of Prudential Insurance Company of America; Vice President and Corporate Counsel (November 1997-August 1999) of Prudential Insurance Company of America.  
Maryanne Ryan (40)   Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer   Since 2002   Vice President Prudential (since November 1998); First Vice President of Prudential Securities (March 1997-May 1998); Anti-Money Laundering Officer of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc., American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc. and American Skandia Marketing, Inc.  

 

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Name, Address** and Age   Position 
with the
Company
  Term of
Office*** and
Length of
Time
Served
  Principal Occupations
During Past Five Years
 
Grace C. Torres (45)   Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer   Since 1998   Senior Vice President (since January 2000) of PI; Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (since May 2003) of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc. and American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc.; formerly First Vice President (December 
1996-January 2000) of PI and First Vice President (March 1993-1999) of Prudential Securities Incorporated.
 

 

*  "Interested" Directors, as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of affiliation with the Manager (Prudential Investments LLC or PI), the investment advisers (Jennison Associates LLC and/or Prudential Investment Management, Inc.) or the Distributor (Prudential Investment Services LLC).

**  Unless otherwise noted, the address of the Directors and Officers is c/o Prudential Investments LLC, Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

***  There is no set term of office for Directors and Officers. The Independent Directors have adopted a retirement policy, which calls for the retirement of Directors on December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 75. The table shows the individual's length of service as a Director and/or Officer.

****  This column includes only Directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (that is, "public companies") or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

  The Fund Complex consists of all investment companies managed by PI. The funds for which PI serves as manager include JennisonDryden Mutual Funds, Strategic Partners Mutual Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts 2, 10, 11, The Target Portfolio Trust, The Prudential Series Fund, Inc., American Skandia Trust, and Prudential's Gibraltar Fund.

The Company has Directors who, in addition to overseeing the actions of the Company's Manager, investment advisers and Distributor, decide upon matters of general policy. In addition to their functions set forth under "Investment Advisory and Other Services-Manager and Investment Advisers" and "Principal Underwriter, Distributor and Rule 12b-1 Plans," the Directors also review the actions of the Company's officers, who conduct and supervise the daily business operations of the Company.

Directors and officers of the Company are also directors and officers of some or all of the other investment companies advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor.

The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer, Lee D. Augsburger, on behalf of the Fund. Mr. Augsburger oversees the implementation of policies and procedures for the Fund to ensure compliance with the applicable federal securities laws, and related rules. Mr. Augsburger serves in this capacity for all of the funds in the Fund Complex. In addition, Mr. Augsburger serves as chief compliance officer of the Manager.

Shareholder Communications with Directors

Shareholders of the Fund can communicate directly with the Board of Directors by writing to the Chair of the Board, Jennison Sector Funds, Inc., P.O. Box 13964, Philadelphia, PA 19176. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Director by writing to that director at Jennison Sector Funds, Inc., P.O. Box 13964, Philadelphia, PA 19176. Such communications to the Board or individual Directors are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.

Standing Board Committees

The Board of Directors (the Board) has established three standing committees in connection with governance of the Company-Audit, Nominating and Governance and Valuation.

Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Carson (Chair), Stoneburn and Whitehead. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board of Directors in overseeing the Company's independent registered public accounting firms, accounting policies and procedures, and other areas relating to the Company'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 firms directly to the Fund. The Audit Committee is also responsible for pre-approving permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firms to (1) the Manager and (2) any entity in a control relationship with the Manager that provides ongoing services to the Company, provided that the engagement of the independent auditors relates directly to the operation and financial reporting of the Company. The scope of the Audit Committee's responsibilities is oversight. It is management's responsibility to maintain appropriate systems for accounting and internal control and the independent registered public accounting firms' responsibility to plan and carry out an audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). The Audit Committee met ___ times during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004.

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Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board is responsible for nominating Directors and making recommendations to the Board concerning Board composition, committee structure and governance, director education, and governance practices. The members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are Mr. Redeker (Chair), Mr. LaBlanc, Mr. McCorkindale and Ms. Smith (ex-officio). 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 Nominating and Governance Committee met ___ times during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004. The Nominating and Governance Committee Charter is available on the Fund's website at www.jennisondryden.com

Selection o f Director Nominees. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for considering nominees for Directors 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 as "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; 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 director for nomination should submit his or her recommendation in writing to the Chair of the Board (Robin Smith) or the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (Richard Redeker), in either case at Jennison Sector Funds, Inc., P.O. Box 13964, Philadelphia, PA 19176. 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 Investment Company Act of 1940;

•  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 Financial, Inc. (the parent company of the Fund's investment adviser) would be deemed an "interested person" under the 1940 Act. In addition, certain other relationships with Prudential Financial, Inc. or its subsidiaries, with registered broker-dealers, or with the Funds' 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 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.

Valuation Committee.  The Valuation Committee consists of at least two Board members or an officer of the Fund and one Board member (in both instances the Valuation Committee may include employees of the Manager who may constitute a majority of the Valuation Committee). The Valuation Committee supervises the valuation of the Fund's portfolio securities and other assets and meets on an as needed basis. There are no appointed members of the Valuation Committee. If there is a need for a Valuation Committee decision to be made, the Manager will determine the composition of the Valuation Committee based on Board member and Trust Officer availability. The Valuation Committee met five times during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004. For more information about the Valuation Committee, see "Net Asset Value" below.

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In addition to the three standing committees of the Company, the Board has also approved Director participation in an Executive Committee designed to coordinate the governance of all of the mutual funds in the Fund Complex. The role of the Executive Committee is solely advisory and consultative, without derogation of any of the duties or responsibilities of the Board. The following Independent Directors of the Company serve on the Executive Committee: Mr. La Blanc and Ms. Smith. Independent directors/trustees from other funds in the Fund Complex also serve on the Executive Committee. The responsibilities of the Executive Committee include: facilitating communication and coordination between the Independent Directors and Company management on issues that affect more than one fund; serving as a liaison between the Boards of the funds and fund management; developing, in consultation with outside counsel and management, draft agendas for Board meetings; reviewing and recommending changes to Board practices generally and monitoring and supervising the performance of legal counsel to the funds generally and the Independent Directors. Pursuant to the Management Agreement with the Fund, the Manager pays all compensation of officers and employees of the Fund as well as the fees and expenses of Independent Directors.

The Company pays each of its Independent Directors annual compensation in addition to certain out-of-pocket expenses. Directors who serve on the committees may receive additional compensation. The amount of annual compensation paid to each Independent Director may change as a result of the introduction of additional funds on whose Boards the Director may be asked to serve.

Independent Directors may defer receipt of their Directors' fee pursuant to a deferred fee agreement with the Company. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company accrues deferred Directors' fees daily which, in turn, accrue interest at a rate equivalent to the prevailing rate to 90-day U.S. Treasury Bills at the beginning of each calendar quarter or, at the daily rate of return of any JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual fund chosen by the Director. Payment of the interest so accrued is also deferred and becomes payable at the option of the Director. The Company's obligation to make payments of deferred Directors' fees, together with interest thereon, is a general obligation of the Company.

The Company has no retirement or pension plan for its Directors.

The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation paid by the Company for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004 to the Independent Directors for service on the Company's Board and the Board of any other investment company in the Fund Complex, for the calendar year ended December 31, 2004.

Compensation Table

Name and Position***   Aggregate
Fiscal Year
Compensation
from Company
  Pension or
Retirement Benefits
Accrued as Part of
Fund Expense
  Estimated
Annual Benefits
Upon Retirement
  Total 2004
Compensation
From Fund and Fund
Complex Paid to
Independent Directors
 
David E. A. Carson   $       None   None   $ *    
Robert E. La Blanc   $       None   None   $ *    
Douglas H. McCorkindale**   $       None   None   $ *    
Richard A. Redeker   $       None   None   $ *    
Robin B. Smith**   $       None   None   $ *    
Stephen Stoneburn   $       None   None   $ *    
Clay T. Whitehead   $       None   None   $ *    

 

*  Indicates number of funds/portfolios in Fund Complex (including the Funds) to which aggregate compensation relates. At December 31, 2004, the Fund Complex consisted of [ ] funds and [ ] portfolios.

**  Although the last column shows the total amount paid to Directors from the Fund Complex during the calendar year ended December 31, 2004, such compensation was deferred at the election of Directors, in total or in part, under the Funds' deferred fee agreement. Including accrued interest, on amounts deferred through December 31, 2004, total value of compensation for the calendar year amounted to approximately $______ and $________ for Mr. McCorkindale, and Ms. Smith, respectively.

***  Interested Directors do not receive any compensation from the Fund Complex.

Interested Directors and Fund officers do not receive compensation from the Fund Complex and therefore are not shown in the Compensation Table.

The following table sets forth the dollar range of equity securities in the Company beneficially owned by a Director and, on an aggregate basis, in all registered investment companies overseen by the Director in the Fund Complex as of December 31, 2004.

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Director Share Ownership Table

Independent Directors

Name of Director   Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Company
  Aggregate Dollar Range
of Equity Securities in
All Registered
Investment Companies
Overseen by Director in
Fund Complex
 
David A. Carson     -     [ $10,001-$50,000  
Robert E. La Blanc     [ $10,001-$50,000 (Technology Fund)     Over $100,000  
Douglas H. McCorkindale     $10,001-$50,000 (Utility Fund)     Over $100,000  
Richard A. Redeker     -     Over $100,000  
Robin B. Smith     $50,001-$100,000 (Utility Fund)     Over $100,000  
Stephen Stoneburn     -     Over $100,000  
Clay T. Whitehead     $1-$10,000 (Technology Fund)]     Over $100,000]  

 

Interested Directors

Name of Director   Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Company
  Aggregate Dollar Range
of Equity Securities in
All Registered
Investment Companies
Overseen by Director in
Fund Complex
 
Robert F. Gunia   $ 1-$10,000     Over $100,000  
    (Utility Fund Class A)   Over $100,000  
Judy A. Rice         -    

 

None of the Independent Directors, or any member of his/her immediate family, owned beneficially or of record any securities in an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Company 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 Company as of December 31, 2004.

CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

Directors of the Company are eligible to purchase Class Z shares of each Fund, which are sold without either an initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge to a limited group of investors.

As of           , 2005, the Directors and officers of the Company, as a group, owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund.

As of           , 2005, the following shareholders owned 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of Jennison Financial Services Fund:

Name  Address   Class   Number of Shares/
% of Class
 

 

As of           , 2005, Wachovia Securities was record holder of           Class A shares (or            % of the outstanding Class A shares),              Class B shares (or          % of the outstanding Class B shares),            Class C shares (or           % of the outstanding Class C shares) and            Class Z shares (or           % of the outstanding Class Z shares) of Jennison Financial Services Fund.

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As of           , 2005, the following shareholders owned 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of Jennison Health Sciences Fund:

Name  Address   Class   Number of Shares/
% of Class
 

 

As of           , 2005, Wachovia Securities was record holder of            Class A shares (or           % of the outstanding Class A shares),            Class B shares (or           % of the outstanding Class B shares),            Class C shares (or           % of the outstanding Class C shares) and            Class Z shares (or           % of the outstanding Class Z shares) of Jennison Health Sciences Fund.

As of           , 2005, no shareholder owned 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of Jennison Technology Fund:

Name  Address   Class   Number of Shares/
% of Class
 

 

As of           , 2005, Wachovia Securities was record holder of             Class A shares (or           % of the outstanding Class A shares),            Class B shares (or           % of the outstanding Class B shares),            Class C shares (or           % of the outstanding Class C shares) and            Class Z shares (or          % of the outstanding Class Z shares) of Jennison Technology Fund.

As of           , 2005, the following shareholders owned 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of Jennison Utility Fund:

Name  Address   Class   Number of Shares/
% of Class
 

 

As of           , 2005, Wachovia Securities was record holder of             Class A shares (or          % of the outstanding Class A shares),             Class B shares (or            % of the outstanding Class B shares),             Class C shares (or            % of the outstanding Class C shares) and           Class Z shares (or           % of the outstanding Class Z shares) of Jennison Utility Fund.

In the event of any meetings of shareholders, Wachovia Securities will forward, or cause the forwarding of, proxy material to the beneficial owners for which it is the record holder.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES

Manager and Investment Advisers

The manager of each Fund is Prudential Investments LLC (PI or the Manager), Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077. PI serves as manager to all of the open-end investment companies that, together with each Fund, comprise the JennisonDryden and Strategic Partners mutual funds, see "How the Fund is Managed-Manager" in Jennison Utility Fund's Prospectus and "How the Funds are Managed-Manager" in the other Funds' Prospectus. As of December 31, 2004, PI served as the investment manager to all of the Prudential U.S. and offshore open-end investment companies, and as administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets of approximately $       billion.

PI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PIFM HoldCo, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Asset Management Holding Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential. Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS or the Transfer Agent), an affiliate of PI, serves as the transfer agent and dividend distribution agent for the JennisonDryden and Strategic Partners mutual funds complex and, in addition, provides customer service, recordkeeping and management and administration services to qualified plans.

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Pursuant to each Management Agreement with the Company (each a Management Agreement and, collectively, the Management Agreements), PI, subject to the supervision of the Company's Board and in conformity with the stated policies of each Fund, manages both the investment operations of each Fund and the composition of each Fund's portfolio, including the purchase, retention, disposition and loan of securities. In connection therewith, PI is obligated to keep certain books and records of each Fund.

PI is authorized to enter into subadvisory agreements for investment advisory services in connection with the management of each Fund. PI will continue to have responsibility for all investment advisory services performed pursuant to any such subadvisory agreements.

PI will review the performance of all investment advisers and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the retention of investment advisers and the renewal of contracts. PI also administers the Company's corporate affairs and, in connection therewith, furnishes the Company with office facilities, together with those ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services which are not being furnished by State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Funds' custodian (the Custodian), and PMFS. The management services of PI for the Company are not exclusive under the terms of the Management Agreements and PI is free to, and does, render management services to others.

For its services, PI receives, pursuant to a Management Agreement, a fee at an annual rate of .60 of 1% of Jennison Utility Fund's average daily net assets up to and including $250 million, .50 of 1% of the next $500 million, .45 of 1% of the next $750 million, .40 of 1% of the next $500 million, .35 of 1% of the next $2 billion, .325 of 1% of the next $2 billion and .30 of 1% of average daily net assets in excess of $6 billion. For its services to Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, PI receives, pursuant to separate Management Agreements, a fee at an annual rate of .75 of 1% of each such Fund's average daily net assets. These fees are computed daily and payable monthly.

In connection with its management of the corporate affairs of each Fund, PI bears the following expenses:

(a) the salaries and expenses of all of its and each Fund's personnel except the fees and expenses of Directors who are not affiliated persons of PI or each Fund's investment advisers;

(b) all expenses incurred by PI or by each Fund in connection with managing the ordinary course of each Fund's business, other than those assumed by each Fund as described below; and

(c) the costs and expenses payable to Jennison, pursuant to four subadvisory agreements between PI and Jennison and to PIM pursuant to three subadvisory agreements between PI and PIM, respectively (each a Subadvisory Agreement).

Under the terms of each Management Agreement, a Fund is responsible for the payment of the following expenses: (a) the fees payable to the Manager, (b) the fees and expenses of Directors who are not affiliated persons of the Manager or the Fund's investment adviser(s), (c) 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, (d) the charges and expenses of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Fund, (e) brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with its securities transactions, (f) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies, (g) the fees of any trade associations of which the Fund may be a member, (h) the cost of stock certificates representing shares of the Fund, (i) the cost of fidelity and liability insurance, (j) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of its shares with the Commission, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes, registering the Fund as a broker or dealer and paying the fees and expenses of notice filings made in accordance with state securities laws, (k) allocable communications expenses with respect to investor services and all expenses of shareholders' and Directors' meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports, proxy statements and prospectuses to shareholders in the amount necessary for distribution to the shareholders, (l) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business, and (m) distribution and service fees.

Each Management Agreement provides that PI will not be liable for any error of judgment or for any loss suffered by a Fund in connection with the matters to which the Management Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duty. Each Management Agreement provides that it will terminate automatically if assigned, and that it may be terminated without penalty by either party upon not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice. Each 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 conformity with the 1940 Act. Each Management Agreement permits PI to employ investment advisers under a "manager-of-managers" structure that allows PI to replace an investment adviser or amend a Subadvisory Agreement without seeking shareholder approval.

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For the fiscal years ended November 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002, each Fund paid the following management fees to PI:

    Fiscal Year Ending November 30  
Fund   2004   2003   2002  
Jennison Utility Fund       $ 10,564,410     $ 12,603,365    
Jennison Financial Services Fund       $ 948,613     $ 1,236,324    
Jennison Health Sciences Fund       $ 2,015,071     $ 2,433,686    
Jennison Technology Fund       $ 1,148,953     $ 1,499,928    

 

PI has hired Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison, the investment adviser or the Subadviser, as applicable) to provide subadvisory services to each Fund (or a portion thereof). PI also has hired Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (PIM, the investment adviser or Subadviser, as applicable) to provide subadvisory services to the Enhanced Index portfolio of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund.

PI has entered into four Subadvisory Agreements with Jennison and three Subadvisory Agreements with PIM. Under the Subadvisory Agreements, Jennison will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Strategically Managed portfolios of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively, and the entire portfolio of Jennison Utility Fund, and PIM will furnish investment advisory services to the Enhanced Index portfolio of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund. In connection therewith, PIM and Jennison are obligated to keep certain books and records of each Fund for which they serve as investment adviser. PI continues to have responsibility for all investment advisory services pursuant to the Management Agreements and supervises PIM's and Jennison's performance of such services. Jennison is paid by PI at the annual rate of .30 of 1% of Jennison Utility Fund's average daily net assets up to $250 million, .238 of 1% of the Fund's average net assets from $250 million to $750 million, .203 of 1% of average net assets from $750 million to $1.5 billion, .170 of 1% of average daily net assets from $1.5 billion to $2 billion, .140 of 1% of average net assets from $2 billion to $4 billion, .122 of 1% of average net assets from $4 billion to $6 billion and .105 of 1% of average net assets over $6 billion. Jennison is paid by PI at an annual rate of .30 of 1% of Jennison Health Sciences Fund's average daily net assets attributable to its Strategically Managed portfolio up to $300 million and .25 of 1% of such Strategically Managed portfolio's assets in excess of $300 million. PI compensates Jennison at an annual rate of .375 of 1% of Jennison Financial Services Fund's and Jennison Technology Fund's respective average daily net assets attributable to their Strategically Managed portfolio. Under its Subadvisory Agreements with PIM, PI compensates PIM at an annual rate of .375 of 1% of the average net assets of the Enhanced Index portfolios of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively.

Each 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 applicable Management Agreement with that Fund. Each Subadvisory Agreement may be terminated by the Company, PI or PIM or Jennison, respectively, upon not more than 60 days', nor less than 30 days', written notice. Each Subadvisory Agreement provides that it will continue in effect for a period of 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. As discussed in the Funds' Prospectuses, PI employs Jennison and PIM under a "manager of managers" structure that allows PI to replace the investment advisers or amend the Subadvisory Agreements without seeking shareholder approval.

Matters Considered by the Board

The Management and Subadvisory Agreements (the Agreements) were last approved by the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, on May 25, 2004 at a meeting called for that purpose. In approving the Agreements, the Board primarily considered, with respect to each Fund, the nature and quality of the services provided under the agreements and the overall fairness of the agreements to the Company. The Board requested and evaluated reports from the Manager and investment advisers that addressed specific factors designed to inform the Board's consideration of these and other issues. In considering the Management and Subadvisory Agreements, the Board did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling. Instead the Board took all factors into consideration.

With respect to the nature and quality of the services provided by the Manager and investment advisers, respectively, the Board considered the performance of the Company in comparison to relevant market indexes and, the performance of a peer group of investment companies pursuing broadly similar strategies, and reviewed reports prepared by an unaffiliated organization applying various statistical and financial measures of fund performance compared to such indexes and peer groups of funds with respect to Jennison Financial Services Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, the Board noted each portfolios' positive performance as compared to that of its peer group. With respect to Jennison Health Sciences Fund and

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Jennison Utility Fund, although performance has lagged certain peers in recent periods, the Board noted that the longer term performance remained favorable. The Board also evaluated the division of responsibilities among the Manager and its affiliates, and the capabilities of the personnel providing services. The Board also considered the quality of brokerage execution provided by the Manager and investment advisers.

With respect to the overall fairness of the Management and Subadvisory Agreements, the Board primarily considered the fee structure of the agreements and the profitability of the Manager and the investment advisers and their affiliates from their association with the Company. The Board reviewed information from an independent data service about the rates of compensation paid to investment advisers, and overall expense ratios, for funds comparable in size, character and investment strategy to the Company. The Board also considered that the Company's fee structure provides for a reduction of payments resulting from economies of scale. The Board also evaluated the aggregate amount and structure of fees paid by the Manager to the investment advisers. In concluding that the direct and indirect benefits accruing to the Manager, the investment advisers and their affiliates by virtue of their relationship to the Company were reasonable in comparison with the costs of the provision of investment advisory services and the benefits accruing to the Company and the Funds, the Board reviewed specific data as to the Manager's and the investment advisers' profit or loss on the Company for the recent period and carefully examined their cost allocation methodology. With respect to profitability, the Manager and the investment advisers discussed with the Board the allocation methodologies for intercompany revenues and expenses (not including the costs of distributing shares or providing shareholder services) in order to approximate their respective profits from the management or investment advisory fees. The Board understood that neither the Manager nor either of the investment advisers uses these profitability analyses in the management of their businesses other than in connection with the approval or continuation of management and advisory agreements, at least in part because they exclude significant costs and include certain revenues that judicial interpretations have required in the context of board approval of mutual fund advisory agreements.

Principal Underwriter, Distributor and Rule 12b-1 Plans

Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS or the Distributor), Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077, acts as the distributor of the shares of each Fund. PIMS is a subsidiary of Prudential.

Pursuant to separate Distribution and Service Plans (the Class A Plan, the Class B Plan and the Class C Plan, and, collectively, the Plans) adopted by the Company under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and separate distribution agreements for each Fund (each a Distribution Agreement and, collectively, the Distribution Agreements), the Distributor incurs the expenses of distributing each Fund's Class A, Class B and Class C shares. The Distributor also incurs the expenses of distributing each Fund's Class Z shares under the Distribution Agreements, none of which are reimbursed by or paid for by a Fund.

The expenses incurred under the Plans include commissions and account servicing fees paid to, or on account of, brokers or financial institutions which have entered into agreements with the Distributor, advertising expenses, the cost of printing and mailing prospectuses to potential investors and indirect and overhead costs of the Distributor associated with the sale of Fund shares, including lease, utility, communications and sales promotion expenses.

Under its Plans, a Fund is obligated to pay distribution and/or service fees to the Distributor as compensation for its distribution and service activities, not as reimbursement for specific expenses incurred. If the Distributor's expenses exceed its distribution and service fees, the Fund will not be obligated to pay any additional expenses. If the Distributor's expenses are less than such distribution and service fees, it will retain its full fees and realize a profit.

The distribution and/or service fees may also be used by the Distributor to compensate on a continuing basis brokers in consideration for the distribution, marketing, administrative and other services and activities provided by brokers with respect to the promotion of the sale of a Fund's shares and the maintenance of related shareholder accounts.

Class A Plan. Under each Fund's Class A Plan, the Fund may pay the Distributor for its distribution-related activities with respect to Class A shares at an annual rate of up to .30 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. The Class A Plan provides that (1) up to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares may be used to pay for personal service and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts (service fee) and (2) total distribution fees (including the service fee of .25 of 1%) may not exceed .30 of 1%. The Distributor has contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees payable under each Class A Plan to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2005.

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received payments of $_______ under Jennison Utility Fund's Class A Plan. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received payments of $_______ under Jennison Financial Services Fund's Class A Plan. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received payments of $         under Jennison Health Sciences Fund's Class A Plan. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004,

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the Distributor received payments of $          under Jennison Technology Fund's Class A Plan. These amounts were primarily expended for payment of account servicing fees to financial advisers and other persons who sell Class A shares of the applicable Fund. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor also received approximately $        , $        ,
$         and $         in initial sales charges in connection with the sale of Jennison Utility Fund's, Jennison Financial Services Fund's, Jennison Health Sciences Fund's and Jennison Technology Fund's Class A shares.

Class B and Class C Plans. Under each Fund's Class B and Class C Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor for its distribution-related activities with respect to Class B and Class C shares at an annual rate of up to 1% of the average daily net assets of each of the Class B and Class C shares. The Class B Plan provides that (1) up to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class B shares may be paid as a service fee and (2) up to .75 of 1% (not including the service fee) of the average daily net assets of the Class B shares (asset-based sales charge) may be paid for distribution-related expenses with respect to the Class B shares. The Class C Plan provides that (1) up to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class C shares may be paid as a service fee and (2) up to .75 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class C shares may be paid for distribution-related expenses with respect to Class C shares. The service fee (.25 of 1% of average daily net assets) is used to pay for personal service and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. The Distributor also receives contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs) from certain redeeming shareholders.

Class B Plan. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received $             , $             , $            and 
$            on behalf of Jennison Utility Fund, Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively, under the Class B Plans. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor spent approximately the following amounts on behalf of each such Fund.

Fund   Printing   Commission Payments
to Financial Advisers
  Overhead Costs   Compensation to
Pruco for
Commission
Payments to
Representatives
and Other Expenses
  Approximate
Total
Amount
Spent By
Distributor
on Behalf
of Fund
 
Jennison Utility Fund   $       $       $       $       $    
Jennison Financial
Services Fund
  $       $       $       $       $    
Jennison Health
Sciences Fund
  $       $       $       $       $    
Jennison Technology
Fund
  $       $       $       $       $    

 

The Distributor also receives the proceeds of CDSCs paid by holders of Class B shares upon certain redemptions of Class B shares. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received approximately $          , $          ,
$           and $           in CDSCs attributable to Class B shares of Jennison Utility Fund, Jennison Financial Services Fund,
Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively.

Class C Plan. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received $        , $        , $         and
$          under the Class C Plans of Jennison Utility Fund, Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences
Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor spent approximately the following amounts on behalf of each such Fund.

Fund   Printing   Commission Payments
to Financial Advisers
  Overhead Costs   Compensation to
Prusec for
Commission
Payments to
Representatives
and Other Expenses
  Approximate
Total
Amount
Spent By
Distributor
on Behalf
of Fund
 
Jennison Utility Fund   $       $       $       $       $    
Jennison Financial
Services Fund
  $       $       $       $       $    
Jennison Health
Sciences Fund
  $       $       $       $       $    
Jennison Technology
Fund
  $       $       $       $       $    

 

The Distributor also receives the proceeds of CDSCs paid by investors upon certain redemptions of Class C shares. Until February 2, 2004, the Distributor received the proceeds of an initial sales charge on Class C shares. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received approximately $         , $         , $          and $          in initial sales charges

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in connection with the sale of Class C shares of Jennison Utility Fund, Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, the Distributor received approximately $         , $         , $          and $          in CDSCs attributable to Class C shares of the Jennison Utility
Fund, Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively.

Distribution expenses attributable to the sale of Class A, Class B and Class C shares of a Fund are allocated to each such class based upon the ratio of sales of each such class to the sales of Class A, Class B and Class C shares of the Fund other than expenses allocable to a particular class. The distribution fee and sales charge of one class will not be used to subsidize the sale of another class.

The Class A, Class B and Class C Plans continue in effect from year to year, provided that each such continuance is approved at least annually by a vote of the Board of Directors, including a majority vote of the Directors who are not interested persons of the Company and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the Class A, Class B and Class C Plan or in any agreement related to the Plans (Rule 12b-1 Directors), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance. A Plan may be terminated at any time, without penalty, by the vote of a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Directors or by the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the applicable class of a Fund on not more than 30 days' written notice to any other party to the Plan. The Plans may not be amended to increase materially the amounts to be spent for the services described therein without approval by the shareholders of the applicable class (by both Class A and Class B shareholders, voting separately, in the case of material amendments to the Class A Plan), and all material amendments are required to be approved by the Board of Directors in the manner described above. Each Plan will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. A Fund will not be contractually obligated to pay expenses incurred under any Plan if it is terminated or not continued.

Pursuant to each Plan, the Board will review at least quarterly a written report of the distribution expenses incurred on behalf of each class of shares of each Fund by the Distributor. The report includes an itemization of the distribution expenses and the purposes of such expenditures. In addition, as long as the Plans remain in effect, the selection and nomination of the Rule 12b-1 Directors shall be committed to the Rule 12b-1 Directors.

Pursuant to each Distribution Agreement, the Funds have agreed to indemnify the Distributor to the extent permitted by applicable law against certain liabilities under federal securities laws.

In addition to distribution and service fees paid by each Fund under its Class A, Class B and Class C Plans, the Manager (or one of its affiliates) may make payments to dealers (including Wachovia Securities) and other persons which distribute shares of the Fund (including Class Z shares). Such payments may be calculated by reference to the net asset value of shares sold by such persons or otherwise.

Fee Waivers/Subsidies

PI 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 a Fund. In addition, the Distributor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for the Class A shares for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2005 as described above. Fee waivers and subsidies will increase a Fund's total return.

NASD Maximum Sales Charge Rule

Pursuant to rules of the NASD, the Distributor is required to limit aggregate initial sales charges, deferred sales charges and asset-based sales charges to 6.25% of total gross sales of each class of shares. Interest charges on unreimbursed distribution expenses equal to the prime rate plus one percent per annum may be added to the 6.25% limitation. Sales from the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not included in the calculation of the 6.25% limitation. The annual asset-based sales charge on Class B shares of a Fund may not exceed .75 of 1% per class. The 6.25% limitation applies to each class of a Fund rather than on a per shareholder basis. If aggregate sales charges were to exceed 6.25% of total gross sales of any class, all sales charges on shares of that class would be suspended.

Other Service Providers

State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street), One Heritage Drive, North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171, serves as Custodian for each Fund's portfolio securities and cash and, in that capacity, maintains certain financial and accounting books and records pursuant to an agreement with the Company. Subcustodians provide custodial services for each Fund's foreign assets held outside the United States.

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS), 194 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, serves as the transfer and dividend disbursing agent of each Fund. PMFS is an affiliate of PI. PMFS provides customary transfer agency services to

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each 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 an annual fee of $10.00 per shareholder account for Jennison Utility Fund and $9.00 per shareholder account for the other three Funds, a new account set-up fee of $2.00 for each manually established shareholder account and a monthly inactive zero balance account fee of $.20 per shareholder account. PMFS is also reimbursed for its out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited to postage, stationery, printing, allocable communication expenses and other costs.

KPMG, 757 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017, serves as each Fund's independent registered public accounting firm through the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, and in that capacity audited each Fund's annual financial statements through November 30, 2004. Other accountants previously served as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund. The decision to change the independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Audit Committee of the Board and the full Board at meetings held on September 2, 2003.

Codes of Ethics

The Board of the Company has adopted a Code of Ethics. In addition, the Manager, investment advisers and Distributor have each adopted a Code of Ethics (the Codes). The Codes apply to access persons (generally persons who have access to information about the Company's investment program) and permit personnel subject to the Codes to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by a Fund. However, the protective provisions of the Codes prohibit certain investments and limit such personnel from making investments during periods when a Fund is making such investments. The Codes are on public file with, and are available from, the Commission.

DESCRIPTION OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND RECORDKEEPING PROCEDURES

The Board of the Company has delegated to the Manager the responsibility for voting any proxies and maintaining proxy recordkeeping with respect to the Company. The Company authorizes the Manager to delegate, in whole or in part, its proxy voting authority to its investment advisers (Advisers) or third party vendors, consistent with the policies set forth below. The proxy voting process shall remain subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company, including any committee thereof established for that purpose.

The Manager and the Board of the Company 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 Company. 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 of the Company maintain a policy of seeking to protect the best interests of the Company should a proxy issue potentially implicate a conflict of interest between the Company and the Manager or its affiliates.

The Manager delegates to each Funds' Advisers the responsibility for voting the Funds' proxies. Each Adviser is expected to identify and seek to obtain the optimal benefit for the Fund it manages, 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 Adviser or its affiliates. The Manager and the Board expect that the Advisers will notify the Manager and the Board at least annually of any such conflicts identified and confirm how the issue was resolved. In addition, the Manager expects that the Advisers will deliver to the Manager, or its appointed vendor, information required for filing the Form N-PX with the Commission. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to its securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30, 2004 is available on the internet at www.irrc.com/prudential and on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

A text of the proxy voting policies of each Fund's Advisers is set forth in Appendix III of this SAI.

BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES

The Fund has adopted a policy pursuant to which the Fund and its Manager, sub-advisers, 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 sub-advisers 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.

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The Manager is responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities, futures contracts and options on futures contracts for each Fund, the selection of brokers, dealers and futures commission merchants to effect the transactions and the negotiation of brokerage commissions, if any. The term "Manager" as used in this section includes the investment advisers. Broker-dealers may receive brokerage commissions on Fund portfolio transactions, including options and the purchase and sale of underlying securities upon the exercise of options. Brokerage commissions on United States 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 over-the-counter (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 U.S. government agency securities may be purchased directly from the issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are paid. None of the Funds will deal with an affiliated broker in any transaction in which an affiliated broker acts as principal, except in accordance with rules of the Commission. Thus it will not deal in the over-the-counter market with Wachovia Securities acting as market maker, and it will not execute a negotiated trade with an affiliated broker if execution involves an affiliated broker acting as principal with respect to any part of a Fund's order.

In placing orders for portfolio securities of a Fund, the Manager's overriding objective is to obtain the best possible combination of favorable price and efficient execution. The Manager seeks to effect each transaction at a price and commission that provides the most favorable total cost or 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, a 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 data bases, quotation equipment and services, research oriented computer-software, hardware and services, reports concerning the performance of accounts, valuations of securities, investment related periodicals, investment seminars and other economic services and consultants. 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 a 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 provides a benefit to the Funds 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.

When the Manager deems the purchase or sale of equities to be in the best interests of a 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 Company's Board. Portfolio securities may not be purchased from any underwriting or selling syndicate of which Wachovia Securities or 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 Commission. This limitation, in the opinion of the Funds, will not significantly affect a Fund's ability to pursue its present investment objective. However, in the future in other circumstances, a Fund may be at a disadvantage because of this limitation in comparison to other funds with similar objectives but not subject to such limitations.

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Subject to the above considerations, an affiliated broker may act as a securities broker or futures commission merchant for a Fund. In order for an affiliated broker to effect any portfolio transactions for a 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 of the Company, including a majority of the non-interested Directors, has adopted procedures that are reasonably designed to provide that any commissions, fees or other remuneration paid to the affiliated broker are consistent with the foregoing standard. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Wachovia Securities may not retain compensation for effecting transactions on a national securities exchange for a Fund unless the Fund has expressly authorized the retention of such compensation. An affiliated broker must furnish to each Fund at least annually a statement setting forth the total amount of all compensation retained by an affiliated broker from transactions effected for a Fund during the applicable period. Brokerage and futures transactions with an affiliated broker are also subject to such fiduciary standards as may be imposed upon an affiliated broker by applicable law.

The table below shows certain information regarding the payment of commissions by Jennison Utility Fund, including the commissions paid to Wachovia Securities, for the three fiscal years ended November 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002.

    Fiscal Year Ended November 30,  
    2004   2003   2002  
Total brokerage commissions paid by the Fund       $ 5,019,050     $ 8,276,468    
Total brokerage commissions paid to
Wachovia Securities
      $ 0     $ 0    
Percentage of total brokerage commissions paid to
Wachovia Securities
        0 %     0 %  

 

The table below sets forth information concerning payment of commissions by Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, including the amount of such commissions paid to Wachovia Securities, for the three fiscal years ended November 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002:

    Fiscal Year Ended November 30,  
    2004   2003   2002  
    Jennison
Financial
Services
Fund
  Jennison
Health
Sciences
Fund
  Jennison
Technology
Fund
  Jennison
Financial
Services
Fund
  Jennison
Health
Sciences
Fund
  Jennison
Technology
Fund
  Jennison
Financial
Services
Fund
  Jennison
Health
Sciences
Fund
  Jennison
Technology
Fund
 
Total brokerage
commissions
paid by the Fund
              $ 335,823     $ 2,187,704     $ 1,596,909     $ 266,969     $ 1,250,980     $ 1,348,492    
Total brokerage
commissions paid
to Wachovia
Securities
              $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0    
Percentage of total
brokerage
commissions paid
to Wachovia
Securities
              $ 0     $ 0     $ 0       0 %     0 %     0 %  

 

Of the total brokerage commissions paid during that period, $       , $      , $       and $       (    %,
     %,      % and      %) were paid to firms which provide research, statistical or other services to PI or affiliates on behalf
of Jennison Utility Fund, Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, respectively. PI has not separately identified the portion of such brokerage commissions as applicable to the provision of such research, statistical or other services.

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Each Fund is required to disclose its holdings of securities of its regular brokers and dealers (as defined under Rule 10b-1 of the 1940 Act) and their parents at November 30, 2004. As of November 30, 2004, each Fund held the following securities in the amounts indicated:

Name   Equity or Debt   Amount  

 

Jennison Utility Fund  
Jennison Financial Services Fund  
Jennison Health Sciences Fund  
Jennison Technology Fund  

 

DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

Each Fund's portfolio holdings are made public, as required by law, in the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports. These reports are filed with the SEC and mailed to shareholders within 60 days after the end of the relevant period. In addition, as required by law, each Series' portfolio holdings as of fiscal quarter end are reported to the SEC and posted to the Fund's website within 60 days after the end of the Fund's first and third fiscal quarters. In addition, each Fund may release its top ten holdings, sector and country breakdowns, and largest industries on a monthly basis, with the information as of a date 15 days prior to the release. Such information will be posted to the Fund's website within 15 days after the end of each month. These postings can be located at www.strategicpartners.com or at www.jennisondryden.com, and are available for at least six months from the date of their posting.

When authorized by an officer of the Fund, portfolio holdings information may be disseminated more frequently or at different periods than as described above to intermediaries that distribute the Funds' shares, third-party providers of auditing, custody, proxy voting and other services for the Fund, rating and ranking organizations, and certain affiliated persons of the Fund, as described below. As of the date of this Statement of Additional Information, the Series will provide:

1.  Traditional External Recipients/Vendors

•  Full holdings on a daily basis to Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) (proxy voting agents) at the end of each day;

•  Full holdings on a daily basis to the Series' Sub-Adviser(s), Custodian, Sub-Custodian (if any) and Accounting Agents at the end of each day. When a Series has more than one Sub-Adviser, each Sub-Adviser receives holdings information only with respect to the "sleeve" or segment of the Series for which the Sub-Adviser has responsibility.

•  Full holdings to the Fund's independent accountants as of the Fund's fiscal year-end or on an as-needed basis; and

•  Full holdings to financial printers as of the end of the Fund's quarterly, semi and annual period-ends.

2.  Analytical Service Providers

•  Each Fund trades on a quarterly basis to Abel/Noser Corp. (an agency-only broker and transaction cost analysis company) at the Fund's fiscal quarter-end;

•  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 daily basis to FactSet (an online investment research provider) at the end of each day;

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. Such arrangements will be reviewed by the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer and PI's Law Department on an annual basis.

In addition, certain employees of PI receive portfolio holdings information on a quarterly, monthly or daily basis or upon request, in order to perform their business functions.

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In connection with the ongoing arrangements to make available information about each Fund's portfolio holdings, the Series may require the party receiving such information to maintain assets in the Series or in other investment companies or accounts managed by the Series' manager or by an affiliated person of the manager.

The Board has approved PI's Policy for the Dissemination of Portfolio Holdings. The Board shall, on a quarterly basis, receive a report from PI detailing the recipients of the portfolio holdings information and the reason for such disclosure.

There can be no assurance that the Fund's policies and procedures on portfolio holdings information will protect the Fund from the potential misuse of such information by individuals or entities that come into possession of the information. 

CAPITAL SHARES, OTHER SECURITIES AND ORGANIZATION

The Company is authorized to issue 2 billion shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, divided into four series (the Funds), of which Jennison Utility Fund is authorized to issue 800 million shares and each other Fund may issue 400 million shares. Each Fund is divided into four classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares, consisting of 100 million shares of Class A common stock (400 million for Jennison Utility Fund), 100 million shares of Class B common stock (300 million for Jennison Utility Fund), 100 million shares of Class C common stock (50 million for Jennison Utility Fund) and 100 million shares of Class Z common stock (50 million for Jennison Utility Fund). With respect to each Fund, each class of shares represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund and is identical in all respects except that (1) each class is subject to different sales charges and distribution and/or service fees (except for Class Z shares, which are not subject to any sales charges and distribution and/or service fees), which may affect net asset value, dividends and liquidation rights, (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, (4) only Class B shares have a conversion feature, and (5) Class Z shares are offered exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Directors may authorize the creation of additional series and classes within such series, with such preferences, privileges, limitations and voting and dividend rights as the Directors may determine. The voting rights of the shareholders of a series or class can be modified only by the majority vote of shareholders of that series or class.

Shares of each Fund, when issued against payment in full therefor, are fully paid, nonassessable, fully transferable and redeemable at the option of the holder. Shares are also redeemable at the option of a Fund 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 Z shares, which are not subject to any distribution or service 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, the liquidation proceeds to shareholders of those classes are likely to be lower than to Class A shareholders and to Class Z shareholders, whose shares are not subject to any distribution and/or service fees.

The Company does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders unless otherwise required by law. The Company will not be required to hold meetings of shareholders unless, for example, the election of Directors 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 written request of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all votes entitled to be cast at the meeting.

Under the Articles of Incorporation, the Directors 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 Directors may determine. All consideration received by the Company 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 any changes in the fundamental investment policies related thereto.

The Board of Directors has the power to alter the number of the Directors and they may appoint their own successors, provided that always at least a majority of the Directors have been elected by the shareholders of the Company. 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 Directors being selected, while the holders of the remaining shares would be unable to elect any Director.

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PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF FUND SHARES

Shares of a Fund may be purchased at a price equal to the next determined net asset value (NAV) per share plus a sales charge 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 or Class C shares, or Class A shares in certain circumstances). Class Z shares of a Fund are offered to a limited group of investors at NAV without any sales charges.

Purchase by Wire. For an initial purchase of shares of a Fund by wire, you must complete an application and telephone PMFS at (800) 225-1852 (toll-free) to receive an account number. The following information will be requested: your name, address, tax identification number, series election, fund and class election, dividend distribution election, amount being wired and wiring bank. Instructions should then be given by you to your bank to transfer funds by wire to State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street), Boston, Massachusetts, Custody and Shareholder Services Division, Attention: Prudential Sector Funds, Inc., specifying on the wire the account number assigned by PMFS and your name and identifying the Fund and class in which you are investing (Class A, Class B, Class C or Class Z shares).

If you arrange for receipt by State Street of federal funds prior to the calculation of NAV (once each business day at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), usually 4:00 p.m. New York time), on a business day, you may purchase shares of a Fund as of that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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 State Street directly and should be sure that the wire specifies Jennison Sector Funds, Inc., the Fund in which you would like to invest, Class A, Class B, Class C or Class Z shares and your name and individual account number. It is not necessary to call PMFS to make subsequent purchase orders utilizing federal funds. The minimum amount for a subsequent purchase by wire is $1,000.

Issuance of Fund Shares for Securities

Transactions involving the issuance of a Fund's 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 objective 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 investment adviser.

Specimen Price Make-up

Under the current distribution arrangements between each Fund and the Distributor, Class A* shares of a Fund are sold at a maximum initial sales charge of 5.50%, and Class B*, Class C* and Class Z shares are sold at NAV. Using the NAV at November 30, 2004, the maximum offering price of the Fund's shares is as follows:

    Jennison Utility
Fund
  Jennison
Financial
Services
Fund
  Jennison Health
Sciences Fund
  Jennison
Technology
Fund
 
Class A  
Net asset value and redemption price per Class A share*   $       $       $       $    
Maximum initial sales charge (5% of offering price)      
Maximum offering price to public   $       $       $       $    
Class B  
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price
per Class B share*
  $       $       $       $    
Class C  
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price
per Class C share*
  $       $       $       $    
Class Z  
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price
per Class Z share
  $       $       $       $    

 

  *  Class B and Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on certain redemptions. Class A shares may be subject to a CDSC on certain redemptions.

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Selecting a Purchase Alternative

The following is provided to assist you in determining which share class of the Fund best suits your individual circumstances and is based on the Fund's current fees and expenses:

If you intend to hold your investment in the Fund for less than 6 years and do not qualify for a reduced sales charge on Class A shares, since Class A shares are subject to a maximum initial sales of 5.50% and Class B shares are subject to a CDSC of 5% which declines to zero over a 6-year period, you should consider purchasing Class C shares over either Class A or Class B shares.

If you qualify for a reduced sales charge on Class A shares, you may benefit purchasing Class A shares over Class B or Class C shares regardless of how long you intend to hold your investment, see the section of the Prospectus titled "Reducing or Waiving Class A's Initial Sales Charge" in the Prospectuses. However, unlike Class B, you would not have all of your money invested initially because the initial sales charge on Class A shares is deducted at the time of purchase.

If you qualify for a reduced sales charge on Class A shares, it may be more advantageous for you to purchase Class A shares over either Class B or Class C shares regardless of how long you intend to hold your investment. However, unlike Class B or Class C shares, you would not have all of your money invested initially because the sales charge on Class A shares is deducted at the time of purchase. In addition, if you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares, you are not subject to an initial sales charge, but you are subject to a 1% CDSC on shares sold within 12 months of purchase. This charge is waived for all such Class A shareholders other than those who purchased their shares through certain broker-dealers that are not affiliated with Prudential.

If you do not qualify for a reduced sales charge on Class A shares and you purchase Class B or Class C shares, you would have to hold your investment for more than 6 years for the higher cumulative annual distribution-related fee on those shares to exceed the initial sales charge plus the cumulative annual distribution-related fees on Class A shares. This does not take into account the time value of money, which further reduces the impact of the higher Class B or Class C distribution-related fee on the investment, fluctuations in NAV, the effect of the return on the investment over this period of time or redemptions when the CDSC is applicable.

Class B and Class C Shares

The offering price of Class B and Class C shares for investors choosing one of the deferred sales charge alternatives is the NAV next determined following receipt of an order in proper form by the Transfer Agent, your broker or the Distributor. Although there is no sales charge imposed at the time of purchase, redemptions of Class B and Class C shares may be subject to a CDSC, see "Contingent Deferred Sales Charge" below.

The Distributor will pay, from its own resources, sales commissions of up to 4% of the purchase price of Class B shares to brokers, financial advisers and other persons who sell Class B shares at the time of sale. This facilitates the ability of a Fund to sell the Class B shares without an initial sales charge being deducted at the time of purchase. The Distributor anticipates that it will recoup its advancement of sales commissions from the combination of the CDSC and the distribution fee. In connection with the sale of Class C shares, the Distributor will pay, from its own resources, brokers, financial advisers and other persons which distribute Class C shares a sales commission of up to 2% of the purchase price at the time of the sale.

Class Z Shares

Benefit Plans. Certain group retirement plans may purchase Class Z shares if they meet the required minimum for amount of assets, average account balance or number of eligible employees. For more information about these requirements, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

Mutual Fund Programs. Class Z shares also can be purchased by participants in any fee-based program or trust program sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes mutual funds as investment options and a Fund as an available option. Class Z shares also can be purchased by investors in certain programs sponsored by broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial planners who have agreements with Prudential Investments Advisory Group relating to:

•  Mutual fund "wrap" or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services

•  Mutual fund "supermarket" programs where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services.

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Broker-dealers, investment advisers or financial planners sponsoring these mutual fund programs may offer their clients more than one class of shares in a Fund in connection with different pricing options for their programs. Investors should consider carefully any separate transaction and other fees charged by these programs in connection with investing in each available share class before selecting a share class.

Other Types of Investors. Class Z shares also are available for purchase by the following categories of investors:

•  Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds are an available investment option

•  Current and former Directors/Trustees of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds (including the Company)

•  Prudential with an investment of $10 million or more

•  Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans)

After a Benefit Plan qualifies to purchase Class Z shares, all subsequent purchases will be for Class Z shares.

In connection with the sale of Class Z shares, the Manager, the Distributor or one of their affiliates may pay brokers, financial advisers and other persons which distribute shares a finder's fee, from its own resources, based on a percentage of the net asset value of shares sold by such persons.

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 above under "Combined Purchase and Cumulative Purchase Privilege," may aggregate the value of their existing holdings of shares of the Fund and shares of other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds (excluding money market funds other than those acquired pursuant to the exchange privilege) to determine the reduced sales charge. Rights of accumulation may be applied across the classes of shares of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds. However, the value of shares held directly with the Transfer Agent 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 (net asset value plus maximum sales charge) as of the previous business day.

The Distributor or the Transfer Agent must be notified at the time of purchase that the investor is entitled to a reduced sales charge. The reduced sales charge will be granted subject to confirmation of the investor's holdings.

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 the Transfer Agent in connection with investors' accounts) by the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker. In certain cases, however, redemption proceeds will be reduced by the amount of any applicable CDSC, see "Contingent Deferred Sales Charge" below. If you are redeeming your shares through a broker, your broker must receive your sell order before the Fund whose shares you are redeeming computes its NAV for that day (at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. New York time) in order to receive that day's NAV. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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 a Fund.

If you hold shares of a Fund through Wachovia Securities, you must redeem your shares through Wachovia Securities. Please contact your Wachovia Securities financial adviser.

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 the Transfer Agent, 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 the Transfer Agent must be submitted before such request will be accepted. All correspondence and documents concerning redemptions should be sent to the Fund whose shares you are redeeming in care of its Transfer Agent, Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, Attention: Redemption Services, P.O. Box 8149, Philadelphia, PA 19176, the Distributor, or to your broker.

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 $200 or more, except if an account for which an expedited redemption is requested has a net asset value of less than $200, the entire

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account will be redeemed. Redemption proceeds in the amount of $1,000 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. Redemption proceeds of less than $1,000 will be mailed by check to your designated bank account. Any applicable contingent deferred sales charge will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. Expedited redemption requests may be made by telephone or letter, must be received by the applicable Fund prior to 4:00 p.m. New York 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 applicable Prospectus regarding redemption of shares. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. New York 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 Shares of the Fund-Telephone Redemptions or Exchanges" in the applicable Prospectuses. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time without notice. To receive further information, shareholders should contact Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC at (800) 225-1852.

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 the Transfer Agent's records, or (4) are to be paid to a corporation, partnership, trust or fiduciary, and your shares are held directly with the Transfer Agent, the signature(s) on the redemption request and on the certificates, if any, or stock power must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution." An "eligible guarantor institution" includes any bank, broker, dealer or credit union. The Transfer Agent reserves the right to request additional information from, and make reasonable inquiries of, any eligible guarantor institution. For clients of Prusec, a signature guarantee may be obtained from the agency or office manager of most Prudential Insurance and Financial Services or Preferred Services offices. 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 the Transfer Agent's records, a signature guarantee is not required.

Payment for shares presented for redemption will be made by check within seven days after receipt by the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker of the certificate and/or written request, 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 a Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for a Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or (4) during any other period when the Commission, by order, so permits; provided that applicable rules and regulations of the Commission shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (2), (3) or (4) exist.

Redemption in Kind. If the Board determines that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining shareholders of a Fund to make payment wholly or partly in cash, a 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 Commission. Securities will be readily marketable and will be valued in the same manner as in a regular redemption. If your shares are redeemed in kind, you would incur transaction costs in converting the assets into cash. Each Fund, however, has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the 1940 Act, under which a 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.

Involuntary Redemption. In order to reduce expenses of a Fund, the Board may redeem all of the shares of any shareholder, other than a shareholder which is an IRA or other tax-deferred retirement plan, whose account has a NAV of less than $500 due to a redemption. A Fund will give such shareholders 60 days' prior written notice in which to purchase sufficient additional shares to avoid such redemption. No CDSC will be imposed on any such involuntary redemption.

90-Day Repurchase Privilege. If you redeem your shares of a Fund and have not previously exercised the repurchase privilege, you may reinvest any portion or all of the proceeds of such redemption in shares of the same Fund at the NAV next determined after the order is received, which must be within 90 days after the date of the redemption. Any CDSC paid in connection with such redemption will be credited (in shares) to your account. (If less than a full repurchase is made, the credit will be on a pro rata basis.) You must notify the Transfer Agent, either directly or through the Distributor or your broker, at the time the repurchase privilege is exercised to adjust your account for the CDSC you previously paid. Thereafter, any redemptions will be subject to the CDSC applicable at the time of the redemption, see "Contingent Deferred Sales Charge" below. Exercise of the repurchase privilege will generally not affect federal tax treatment of any gain realized upon redemption. However, if the redemption was made within a 30-day period of the repurchase and if the redemption resulted in a loss, some or all of the loss, depending on the amount reinvested, may not be allowed for federal income tax purposes.

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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge

Although not subject to an initial sales charge, investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a 1% CDSC (the CDSC is waived for purchase by certain retirement or benefit plans). Redemptions of Class B shares will be subject to a CDSC declining from 5% to 0% over a six-year period. Class C shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase will be subject to a 1% CDSC. The CDSC will be deducted from the redemption proceeds and reduce the amount paid to you. The CDSC will be imposed on any redemption by you which reduces the current value of your Class A, Class B or Class C shares to an amount which is lower than the amount of all payments by you for shares during the preceding 12 months, in the case of Class A shares (in certain cases) or Class C shares, and six years, in the case of Class B shares. A CDSC will be applied on the lesser of the original purchase price or the current value of the shares being redeemed. Increases in the value of your shares or shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends or distributions are not subject to a CDSC. The amount of any CDSC will be paid to and retained by the Distributor. If you purchase or hold your shares through a broker, third party administrator or other authorized entity that maintains subaccount recordkeeping, any applicable CDSC that you will pay will be calculated and reported to PMFS by such broker, administrator or other authorized entity.

The amount of the CDSC, if any, will vary depending on the number of years from the time of payment for the purchase of shares until the time of redemption of such shares. Solely for purposes of determining the number of years from the time of any payment for the purchase of shares, all payments during a month will be aggregated and deemed to have been made on the last day of the month. The CDSC will be calculated from the first day of the month after the initial purchase, excluding the time shares were held in a money market fund.

The following table sets forth the rates of the CDSC applicable to redemptions of Class B shares:

Year Since Purchase
Payment Made
  Contingent Deferred Sales
Charge as a Percentage
of Dollars Invested or
Redemption Proceeds
 
First     5.0 %  
Second     4.0 %  
Third     3.0 %  
Fourth     2.0 %  
Fifth     1.0 %  
Sixth     1.0 %  
Seventh     None    

 

In determining whether a CDSC is applicable to a redemption, the calculation will be made in a manner that results in the lowest possible rate. It will be assumed that the redemption is made first of amounts representing shares acquired pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends and distributions; then of amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for the purchase of Class A shares made during the preceding 12 months (in certain cases), six years for Class B shares and 12 months for Class C shares; then of amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the applicable CDSC period; and finally, of amounts representing the cost of shares held for the longest period of time within the applicable CDSC period.

For example, assume you purchased 100 Class B shares at $10 per share for a cost of $1,000. Subsequently, you acquired 5 additional Class B shares through dividend reinvestment. During the second year after the purchase you decided to redeem $500 of your investment. Assuming at the time of the redemption the NAV had appreciated to $12 per share, the value of your Class B shares would be $1,260 (105 shares at $12 per share). The CDSC would not be applied to the value of the reinvested dividend shares and the amount which represents appreciation ($260). Therefore, $240 of the $500 redemption proceeds ($500 minus $260) would be charged at a rate of 4% (the applicable rate in the second year after purchase) for a total CDSC of $9.60.

For federal income tax purposes, the amount of the CDSC will reduce the gain or increase the loss, as the case may be, on the amount recognized on the redemption of shares.

Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge-Class A Shares. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a CDSC of 1%. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential.

Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge-Class B Shares. The CDSC will be waived in the case of a redemption following the death or disability of a shareholder or, in the case of a trust account, following the death or disability of the grantor.

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The waiver is available for total or partial redemptions of shares owned by a person, either individually or in joint tenancy at the time of death or initial determination of disability, provided that the shares were purchased prior to death or disability.

The CDSC will be waived in the case of a total or partial redemption in connection with certain distributions under the Internal Revenue Code from a tax-deferred retirement plan, an IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. For more information, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

For distributions from an IRA or 403(b) Custodial Account, the shareholder must submit a copy of the distribution form from the custodial firm indicating (i) the date of birth of the shareholder and (ii) that the shareholder is over age 70 1 / 2 . The distribution form must be signed by the shareholder.

Finally, the CDSC will be waived to the extent that the proceeds from shares redeemed are invested in JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds, The Guaranteed Investment Account, the Guaranteed Insulated Separate Account or units of The Stable Value Fund.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan. The CDSC will be waived (or reduced) on certain redemptions from a Systematic Withdrawal Plan. On an annual basis, up to 12% of the total dollar amount subject to the CDSC may be redeemed without charge. The CDSC will be waived (or reduced) on redemptions until this threshold 12% is reached. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan is not available to participants in certain retirement plans. Please contact PMFS at (800) 225-1852 for more details.

In addition, the CDSC will be waived on redemptions of shares held by Directors of the Company.

You must notify a Fund's Transfer Agent either directly or through your broker, at the time of redemption, that you are entitled to waiver of the CDSC and provide the Transfer Agent with such supporting documentation as it may deem appropriate. The waiver will be granted subject to confirmation of your entitlement.

In connection with these waivers, the Transfer Agent will require you to submit the supporting documentation set forth below.

Category of Waiver   Required Documentation  
Death   A copy of the shareholder's death certificate or, in the case of a trust, a copy of the grantor's death certificate, plus a copy of the trust agreement identifying the grantor.  
Disability-An individual will be considered disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or to be of long-continued and indefinite duration.   A copy of the Social Security Administration award letter or a letter from a physician on the physician's letterhead stating that the shareholder (or, in the case of a trust, the grantor (a copy of the trust agreement identifying the grantor will be required as well)) is permanently disabled. The letter must also indicate the date of disability.  
Distribution from an IRA or 403(b) Custodial Account   A copy of the distribution form from the custodial firm indicating (i) the date of birth of the shareholder and (ii) that the shareholder is over age 70 1 / 2 and is taking a normal distribution-signed by the shareholder.  
Distribution from Retirement Plan   A letter signed by the plan administrator/trustee indicating the reason for the distribution.  
Excess Contributions   A letter from the shareholder (for an IRA) or the plan administrator/trustee on company letterhead indicating the amount of the excess and whether or not taxes have been paid.  

 

The Transfer Agent reserves the right to request such additional documents as it may deem appropriate.

Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge-Class C Shares

Benefit Plans. The CDSC will be waived for redemptions by certain group retirement plans for which Prudential or brokers not affiliated with Prudential provide administrative or recordkeeping services. The CDSC also will be waived for certain redemptions by benefit plans sponsored by Prudential and its affiliates. For more information, call Prudential at (800) 353-2847.

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Conversion Feature-Class B Shares

Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis approximately seven years after purchase. Conversions will be effected at relative net asset value without the imposition of any additional sales charge.

Since each Fund tracks amounts paid rather than the number of shares bought on each purchase of Class B shares, the number of Class B shares eligible to convert to Class A shares (excluding shares acquired through the automatic reinvestment of dividends and other distributions) (the Eligible Shares) will be determined on each conversion date in accordance with the following formula: (i) the ratio of (a) the amounts paid for Class B shares purchased at least seven years prior to the conversion date to (b) the total amount paid for all Class B shares purchased and then held in your account, (ii) multiplied by the total number of Class B shares purchased and then held in your account. Each time any Eligible Shares in your account convert to Class A shares, all shares or amounts representing Class B shares then in your account that were acquired through the automatic reinvestment of dividends and other distributions will convert to Class A shares.

For purposes of determining the number of Eligible Shares, if the Class B shares in your account on any conversion date are the result of multiple purchases at different NAVs per share, the number of Eligible Shares calculated as described above will generally be either more or less than the number of shares actually purchased approximately seven years before such conversion date. For example, if 100 shares were initially purchased at $10 per share (for a total of $1,000) and a second purchase of 100 shares was subsequently made at $11 per share (for a total of $1,100), 95.24 shares would convert approximately seven years from the initial purchase (that is, $1,000 divided by $2,100 (47.62%), multiplied by 200 shares equals 95.24 shares). The Manager reserves the right to modify the formula for determining the number of Eligible Shares in the future as it deems appropriate on notice to shareholders.

Since annual distribution-related fees are lower for Class A shares than Class B shares, the per share NAV of the Class A shares may be higher than that of the Class B shares at the time of conversion. Thus, although the aggregate dollar value will be the same, you may receive fewer Class A shares than Class B shares converted.

For purposes of calculating the applicable holding period for conversions, all payments for Class B shares during a month will be deemed to have been made on the last day of the month, or for Class B shares acquired through exchange, or a series of exchanges, on the last day of the month in which the original payment for purchases of such Class B shares was made. For Class B shares previously exchanged for shares of a money market fund, the time period during which such shares were held in the money market fund will be excluded. For example, Class B shares held in a money market fund for one year would not convert to Class A shares until approximately eight years from purchase. For purposes of measuring the time period during which shares are held in a money market fund, exchanges will be deemed to have been made on the last day of the month. Class B shares acquired through exchange will convert to Class A shares after expiration of the conversion period applicable to the original purchase of such shares.

Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions will be converted to Class A shares according to the procedures utilized by the broker-dealer through which the Class B shares were purchased, to the extent the shares are carried on the books of that broker-dealer and the broker-dealer provides subaccounting services to each Fund. Otherwise, the procedures utilized by PMFS, or its affiliates, will be used. The use of different procedures may result in a timing differential in the conversion of Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

The conversion feature may be subject to the continuing availability of opinions of counsel or rulings of the Internal Revenue Service (1) that the dividends and other distributions paid on Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares will not constitute "preferential dividends" under the Internal Revenue Code and (2) that the conversion of shares does not constitute a taxable event. The conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares may be suspended if such opinions or rulings are no longer available. If conversions are suspended, Class B shares of the Fund will continue to be subject, possibly indefinitely, to their higher annual distribution and service fee.

SHAREHOLDER INVESTMENT ACCOUNT

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 the Transfer Agent. If a share certificate is desired, it must be requested in writing for each transaction. Certificates are issued only for full shares and may be redeposited in the account at any time. There is no charge to the investor for issuance of a certificate. Each Fund makes available to its 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 in which they have invested at net asset value per share. An investor may direct the Transfer Agent in writing not

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less than five full business days prior to the record date to have subsequent dividends or distributions sent in cash rather than reinvested. In the case of recently purchased shares for which registration instructions have not been received on 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 the Transfer Agent 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 proceeds by the Transfer Agent. Shares purchased with reinvested dividends and/or distributions will not be subject to any CDSC upon redemption.

Exchange Privilege

Each Fund makes available to its shareholders the privilege of exchanging their shares of a Fund for shares of certain other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds, including one or more specified money market funds, subject in each case to the minimum investment requirements of such funds. Shares of such other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds may also be exchanged for shares of a 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 tax purposes. For retirement and group plans having a limited menu of JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners 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 JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds whose shares 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 the Transfer Agent and hold shares in non-certificate form. Thereafter, you may call the Fund whose shares you wish to exchange 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., New York time. For your protection and to prevent fraudulent exchanges, your telephone call will be recorded and you will be asked to provide your personal identification number. 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.

If you hold shares through Wachovia Securities, you must exchange your shares by contacting your Wachovia Securities financial adviser.

If you hold certificates, the certificates must be returned in order for the shares to be exchanged.

You may also exchange shares by mail by writing to Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, Attention: Exchange Processing, P.O. Box 8157, Philadelphia, PA 19176.

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 Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, at the address noted above.

Class A. Shareholders of a Fund may exchange their Class A shares for Class A shares of certain other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds and shares of the money market funds specified below. No fee or sales load will be imposed upon the exchange. Shareholders of money market funds who acquired such shares upon exchange of Class A shares may use the exchange privilege only to acquire Class A shares of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds participating in the exchange privilege.

The following money market funds participate in the Class A exchange privilege:

Dryden Government Securities Trust
  (Money Market Series)
MoneyMart Assets, Inc. (Class A shares)

Dryden Tax-Free Money Fund, Inc.

Class B and Class C. Shareholders of a Fund may exchange their Class B and Class C shares of the Fund for Class B and Class C shares, respectively, of certain other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds and shares of Special Money Market Fund, Inc. No CDSC will be payable upon such exchange, but a CDSC may be payable upon the redemption of the Class B and Class C shares acquired as a result of an exchange. The applicable sales charge will be that imposed by the fund in which shares were initially purchased and the purchase date will be deemed to be the first day of the month after the initial purchase, rather than the date of the exchange.

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Class B and Class C shares of a Fund may also be exchanged for shares of Special Money Market Fund, Inc. without imposition of any CDSC at the time of exchange. Upon subsequent redemption from such money market fund or after re-exchange into the Fund, such shares will be subject to the CDSC calculated without regard to the time such shares were held in the money market fund. In order to minimize the period of time in which shares are subject to a CDSC, shares exchanged out of the money market fund will be exchanged on the basis of their remaining holding periods, with the longest remaining holding periods being transferred first. In measuring the time period shares are held in a money market fund and "tolled" for purposes of calculating the CDSC holding period, exchanges are deemed to have been made on the last day of the month. Thus, if shares are exchanged into a Fund from a money market fund during the month (and are held in the Fund at the end of the month), the entire month will be included in the CDSC holding period. Conversely, if shares are exchanged into a money market fund prior to the last day of the month (and are held in the money market fund on the last day of the month), the entire month will be excluded from the CDSC holding period. For purposes of calculating the seven year holding period applicable to the Class B conversion feature, the time period during which Class B shares were held in a money market fund will be excluded.

At any time after acquiring shares of other funds participating in the Class B or Class C exchange privilege, a shareholder may again exchange those shares (and any reinvested dividends and distributions) for Class B or Class C shares of a Fund, respectively, without subjecting such shares to any CDSC. Shares of any fund participating in the Class B or Class C exchange privilege that were acquired through reinvestment of dividends or distributions may be exchanged for Class B or Class C shares of other funds, respectively, without being subject to any CDSC.

Class Z. Class Z shares may be exchanged for Class Z shares of other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds.

Special Exchange Privileges.  A special exchange privilege is available for shareholders who qualify to purchase Class A shares at NAV (without the initial sales charge) and for shareholders who qualify to purchase Class Z shares. Under this exchange privilege, amounts representing any Class B and Class C shares that are not subject to a CDSC held in the account of a shareholder who qualifies to purchase Class A shares of any JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual fund at NAV (without the initial sales charge) will be exchanged for Class A shares on a quarterly basis, unless the shareholder elects otherwise.

Participants in any fee-based program for which a Fund is an available option will have their Class A shares, if any, exchanged for Class Z shares when they elect to have those assets become a part of the fee-based program. Upon leaving the program (whether voluntarily or not), such Class Z shares (and, to the extent provided for in the program, Class Z shares acquired through participation in the program) will be exchanged for Class A shares at NAV. Similarly, participants in Wachovia Securities' 401(k) Plan for which a Fund's Class Z shares is an available option and who wish to transfer their Class Z shares out of the Wachovia Securities 401(k) Plan following separation from service (that is, voluntary or involuntary termination of employment or retirement) will have their Class Z shares exchanged for Class A shares at NAV.

Additional details about the exchange privilege and prospectuses for each of the JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds are available from the Funds' Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker. The exchange privilege may be modified, terminated or suspended on sixty days' notice, and any fund, including the Funds, or the Distributor, has the right to reject any exchange application relating to such fund's shares.

Dollar Cost Averaging

Dollar cost averaging is a method of accumulating shares by investing a fixed amount of dollars in shares at set intervals. An investor buys more shares when the price is low and fewer shares when the price is high. The average cost per share is lower than it would be if a constant number of shares were bought at set intervals.

Dollar cost averaging may be used, for example, to plan for retirement, to save for a major expenditure, such as the purchase of a home, or to finance a college education. The cost of a year's education at a four-year college today averages around $24,278 at a private college and around $9,663 at a public university. Assuming these costs increase at a rate of 7% a year, the cost of one year at a private college could reach $45,463 and over $17,765 at a public university. 1

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The following chart shows how much you would need in monthly investments to achieve specified lump sums to finance your investment goals. 2

Period of
Monthly Investments:
  $100,000   $150,000   $200,000   $250,000  
25 Years   $ 105     $ 158     $ 210     $ 263    
20 Years     170       255       340       424    
15 Years     289       433       578       722    
10 Years     547       820       1,093       1,366    
5 Years     1,361       2,041       2,721       3,402    

 

See "Automatic Investment Plan."

1 Source: The College Board. Trends in College Pricing 2002. Average costs include tuition, fees, room and board for the 2002-2003 academic year.

2 The chart assumes an effective rate of return of 8% (assuming monthly compounding). This example is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to reflect the performance of an investment in shares of a Fund. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Automatic Investment Plan (AIP)

Under AIP, an investor may arrange to have a fixed amount automatically invested in shares of a Fund monthly by authorizing his or her bank account or brokerage account (including a Command Asset Program "CAP") to be debited to invest specified dollar amounts in shares of the Fund. The investor's bank must be a member of the Automatic Clearing House System. Stock certificates are not issued to AIP participants.

Further information about this program and an application form can be obtained from the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan

A Systematic Withdrawal Plan is available to shareholders through the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or your broker. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan provides for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual redemption checks in any amount, except as provided below, up to the value of the shares in the shareholder's account. Withdrawals of Class A (in certain circumstances), Class B or 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.

In the case of shares held through the Transfer Agent (1) a $10,000 minimum account value applies, (2) withdrawals may not be for less than $100 and (3) the shareholder must elect to have all dividends and/or distributions automatically reinvested in additional full and fractional shares at NAV on shares held under this plan.

The Transfer Agent, 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, and the Distributor reserves the right to initiate a fee of up to $5 per withdrawal, upon 30 days' written notice to the shareholder.

Withdrawal payments 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 generally 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 (1) the purchase of Class A shares and (2) the redemption of Class A (in certain circumstances), 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.

Tax-Deferred Retirement Plans

Various qualified retirement plans, including a 401(k) plan, self-directed individual retirement accounts and "tax-deferred accounts" under Section 403(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue 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, the administration, custodial fees and other details are available from the Distributor or the Transfer Agent.

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Investors who are considering the adoption of such a plan should consult with their own legal counsel or tax adviser with respect to the establishment and maintenance of any such plan.

Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts

Individual Retirement Accounts. An individual retirement account (IRA) permits the deferral of federal income tax on income earned in the account until the earnings are withdrawn. The following chart represents a comparison of the earnings in a personal savings account with those in an IRA, assuming a $2,000 annual contribution, an 8% rate of return and a 38.6% federal income tax rate and shows how much more retirement income can accumulate within an IRA as opposed to a taxable investment account or a taxable individual savings account.

Tax-Deferred Compounding 1

Years of
Deferment
  Taxable
Account (15%)
  Personal
Savings (35%)
  IRA  
10 Years   $ 29,235     $ 26,212     $ 31,291    
15 Years     52,856       46,091       58,649    
20 Years     85,678       71,060       98,846    
25 Years     131,283       103,232       157,909    
30 Years     194,651       144,685       244,692    

 

1 The chart is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent the performance of a Fund or any specific investment. It shows taxable versus tax-deferred compounding for the periods and on the terms indicated. Earnings in a traditional IRA account will be subject to tax when withdrawn from the account. Distributions from a Roth IRA which meet the conditions required under the Internal Revenue Code will not be subject to tax upon withdrawal from the account. The chart also assumes that all of the earnings in the taxable investment account are eligible for the current lower tax rate applicable to capital gains and qualified dividend income and that this lower rate (currently set to expire after 2008) is made permanent.

Mutual Fund Programs

From time to time, a Fund may be included in a mutual fund program with other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds. Under such a program, a group of portfolios will be selected and thereafter marketed collectively. Typically, these programs are created with an investment theme, such as, to seek 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. A 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 part of a program. Since the allocation of portfolios included in the program may not be appropriate for all investors, individuals should consult their financial adviser concerning the appropriate blend 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.

NET ASSET VALUE

Each Fund's net asset value per share or NAV is determined by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets and dividing the remainder by the number of outstanding shares. NAV is calculated separately for each class. A Fund will compute its NAV once each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. New York time. A Fund may not compute its NAV on days on which no orders to purchase, sell or redeem Fund shares have been received or days on which changes in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities do not materially affect NAV. The NYSE is closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Under the 1940 Act, the Board is responsible for determining in good faith the fair value of securities of each Fund. In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, the value of investments listed on a securities exchange and Nasdaq National Market System securities (other than options on stock and stock indexes) are valued at the last sale price of such exchange system 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 last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price. 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. Corporate bonds (other than convertible

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debt securities) and U.S. government securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by a Fund's investment adviser in consultation with the Manager to be over-the-counter, are valued on the basis of valuations provided by an independent pricing agent or more than one principal market maker (if available, otherwise a primary market dealer) 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 a Fund's investment adviser in consultation with the Manager to be over-the-counter, are valued by an independent pricing agent or at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices (or the last bid price, in the absence of an asked price) provided by more than one principal market maker (if available, otherwise a primary market dealer). Options on stock and stock indexes traded 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 the respective exchange (or at the last bid price in the absence of an asked price) and futures contracts and options thereon are valued at their last sale prices as of the close of trading on the applicable commodities exchange or board of trade or, if there was no sale on the applicable commodities exchange or board of trade on such day, 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 foreign securities in a foreign currency are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents at the current rate obtained from a recognized bank, dealer or independent service, and foreign currency forward contracts are valued at the current cost of covering or offsetting such contracts calculated on the day of valuation. 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 investment adviser under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Company's Board of Directors.

Securities or other assets 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 investment adviser or the Manager (or Valuation Committee or Board of Directors) does not represent fair value (Fair Value Securities), are valued by the Valuation Committee or Board of Directors, in consultation with the Manager and the investment adviser, 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, cost of the security, transactions in comparable securities, the size of the holding and the capitalization of the issuer, relationships among various securities, media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the Manager or investment adviser regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates, consistency with valuation of similar securities held by other JennisonDryden or Strategic Partners mutual funds and such other factors as may be determined by the investment adviser, 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 denominated in currencies that are restricted, untraded or for which exchange rates are disrupted; securities affected by significant events; and securities that the investment adviser or Manager believe were priced incorrectly. A "significant event" (which includes, but is not limited to, an extraordinarly political or market event) is an event that the investment adviser or Manager believes with a reasonably high degree of certainty has caused the closing market prices of a Fund's portfolio securities to no longer reflect their value at the time of the Fund's NAV calculation. On a day that the Manager determines that one or more of a Fund's portfolio securities constitute Fair Value Securities, the Manager may determine the fair value of these securities without the supervision of the Valuation Committee if the fair valuation of all such securities results in a change of less than $0.01 to each Fund's NAV and the Manager presents these valuations to the Board for its ratification. Short-term debt securities are valued at cost, with interest accrued or discount amortized to the date of maturity, if their original maturity was 60 days or less, unless such valuation, in the judgment of the investment adviser or Manager does not represent fair value. Debt securities with remaining maturities of more than 60 days, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at their current market quotations as supplied by an independent pricing agent or principal market maker (if available, otherwise a primary market dealer).

Although the legal rights of each class of shares are substantially identical, the different expenses borne by each class will result in different NAVs and dividends. The NAV of Class B and Class C shares will generally be lower than the NAV of Class A shares as a result of the larger distribution-related fee to which Class B and Class C shares are subject. The NAV of Class Z shares will generally be higher than the NAV of Class A, Class B or Class C shares because Class Z shares are not subject to any distribution or service fee. It is expected, however, that the NAV per share of each class will tend to converge immediately

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after the recording of dividends, if any, which will differ by approximately the amount of the distribution and/or service fee expense accrual differential among the classes.

TAXES, DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The following is a summary of certain tax considerations generally affecting each of the Funds and its shareholders. This section is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), 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 advisor concerning the consequences of investing in each of the Funds 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 regulated investment companies, each Fund is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its net investment 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 the sum of its net investment income for the year (the Distribution Requirement), and satisfies certain other requirements of the Code that are described below.

Net capital gains of each Fund which are available for distribution to shareholders will be computed by taking into account any capital loss carryfoward of the Fund. As of November 30, 2004, Jennison Health Sciences Fund had a capital loss carryforward for tax purposes of approximately $          which expires in 2010. During the year ended November 30, 2004, the Fund utilized approximately $         of its prior year capital loss carryforward. Accordingly, no capital gains distribution is expected to be paid to shareholders until net gains have been realized in excess of such carryforward. In addition, the Fund elected to treat post-October capital losses of approximately $         as having occurred in the following fiscal year. As of November 30, 2004, Jennison Technology Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $         of which $         expires in 2009 and $         expires in 2010 and $         expires in 2011. As of November 30, 2004, Jennison Utility Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $         of which $         expires in 2010 and $         expires in 2011. The remaining amount resulted from when Jennison Utility Fund acquired a capital loss carryforward and built in realized losses from the merger with Prudential Global Utility Fund in the amount of $         (expiring 2008) and $         (expiring 2009), respectively, which will be limited by Section 382 of the IRS Code of 1986, as amended. The annual limitation to be applied to all Section 382 losses will be $        . Jennison Financial Services Fund did not have capital loss carryforward of any amount as of November 30, 2004.

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 foreign 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.

Each Fund must also satisfy an asset diversification test in order to qualify as a regulated investment company. Under this test, at the close of each quarter of each Fund's taxable year, (1) 50% or more of the value of such 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 such Fund's assets and 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer and (2) not more than 25% of the value of such Fund's assets may be invested in securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. government securities or securities of other regulated investment companies), or of two or more issuers which such Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses.

If for any year a Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, all of such Fund's taxable income (including its net capital gain) will be subject to tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders. Such distributions will generally be taxable to the shareholders as qualified dividend income, as discussed below, and generally will be eligible for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate shareholders.

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 qualified dividend income and ordinary taxable income for the calendar year and 98% of capital gain net income for the one-

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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 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 such Fund. Each Fund may make investments that produce income that is not matched by a corresponding cash receipt by such Fund. Any such income would be treated as income earned by such Fund and therefore would be subject to the distribution requirements of the Code. Such investments may require such 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 requirements of the Code. Additionally, each Fund may make investments that result in the recognition of ordinary income rather than capital gain, or that prevent a Fund from accruing a long-term holding period. These investments may prevent such 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.

Each Fund may make invests in equity securities of foreign issuers. If a Fund purchases shares in certain foreign corporations (referred to as passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) under the Code), such Fund may be subject to federal income tax on a portion of any "excess distribution" from such foreign corporation, including any gain from the disposition of such shares, even if such income is distributed by such Fund to its shareholders. In addition, certain interest charges may be imposed on such 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, such Fund would be required to include each year in its income and distribute to shareholders in accordance with the distribution requirements of the Code, a pro rata portion of the QEF's ordinary earnings and net capital gain, whether or not distributed by the QEF to such Fund. 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, such Fund would be required to include in income each year and distribute to shareholders in accordance with the distribution requirements of the Code, 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 such Fund for prior taxable years. Each 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 foreign corporation will not be eligible for the special tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income if the foreign 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.

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 noncorporate U.S. shareholder before January 1, 2009 that are designated as qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at a maximum rate of 15%. However, the amount of dividend income that may be so designated by a Fund will generally be limited to the aggregate of the eligible dividends received by such Fund. In addition, a Fund must meet certain holding period requirements with respect to the shares on which such Fund received the eligible dividends, and the noncorporate U.S. shareholder must meet certain holding period requirements with respect to such Fund shares. Dividends of net investment income that are not designated as qualified dividend income 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 such Fund from certain domestic corporations for the taxable year. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the U.S. 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.

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Ordinarily, shareholders of a Fund are required to take taxable distributions by such 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.

A Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain for each taxable year. Each Fund currently intends to distribute any such amounts. If net capital gain is distributed and designated 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 his shares or whether such gain was recognized by such Fund prior to the date on which the shareholder acquired its shares. Capital gain of a noncorporate U.S. shareholder that is recognized before January 1, 2009 is generally taxed at a maximum rate of 15% where the property is held by a Fund for more than one year. Capital gain of a corporate shareholder is taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.

Conversely, if a Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, such 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 such 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 do not constitute qualified dividend income, ordinary income dividends or capital gain dividends 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 excess will be treated as gain from the sale of its shares, as discussed below.

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 such 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 fair market value of the shares received, determined as of the reinvestment date. In addition, prospective investors in a Fund should be aware that distributions from such Fund will, all other things being equal, have the effect of reducing the net asset value of such Fund's shares by the amount of the distribution. If the net asset value 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 recognize gain or loss on the sale or redemption of shares in a Fund 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 such Fund within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before such disposition, such as pursuant to reinvestment of a dividend in shares of such Fund. Additionally, if a shareholder disposes of shares of a Fund within 90 days following their acquisition, and the shareholder subsequently re-acquires such Fund shares pursuant to a reinvestment right received upon the purchase of the original shares, any load charge (i.e., sales or additional charge) incurred upon the acquisition of the original shares will not be taken into account as part of the shareholder's basis for computing profit or loss upon the sale of the 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 capital gain dividends received on (or undistributed capital gains credited with respect to) such shares. Capital gain of a noncorporate U.S. shareholder that is recognized before January 1, 2009 is generally taxed at a maximum rate of 15% 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.

Backup Withholding

Each Fund will be required in certain cases to backup withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury a portion of qualified dividend income, ordinary income dividends and capital gain dividends, and the proceeds of redemption of shares, paid to any shareholder (1) who has provided 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 such Fund that it is not subject to backup withholding or that it is a corporation or other "exempt recipient". Backup

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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.

Foreign Shareholders

Taxation of a shareholder who, as to the United States, is a nonresident alien individual, foreign trust or estate, foreign corporation, or foreign partnership (foreign shareholder) depends on whether the income from a Fund is "effectively connected" with a U.S. trade or business carried on by such shareholder. If the income from a Fund is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business carried on by a foreign shareholder, dividends paid to such foreign shareholder from net investment income will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) on the gross amount of the dividend. Such a foreign shareholder would generally be exempt from U.S. federal income tax, including withholding tax, on gains realized on the sale of shares of such Fund, capital gain dividends and amounts retained by such Fund that are designated as undistributed capital gains. If the income from a Fund is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business carried on by a foreign shareholder, then ordinary income dividends, capital gain dividends, undistributed capital gains credited to such shareholder and any gains realized upon the sale of shares of a Fund will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the graduated rates applicable to U.S. citizens or domestic corporations.

In the case of foreign non-corporate shareholders, a Fund may be required to backup withhold U.S. federal income tax on distributions that are otherwise exempt from withholding tax (or taxable at a reduced treaty rate) unless such shareholders furnish such Fund with proper notification of their foreign status.

The tax consequences to a foreign shareholder entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Foreign 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 foreign taxes. Transfers by gift of shares of a Fund by an individual foreign shareholder will not be subject to U.S. federal gift tax, but the value of shares of a Fund held by such a shareholder at his death will generally be includible in his gross estate for U.S. federal estate tax purposes, subject to any applicable estate tax treaty.

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 gain dividends from regulated investment companies may differ from the U.S. federal income tax rules in other respects. 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.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Average Annual Total Return. Each Fund may from time to time advertise its average annual total return. Average annual total return is determined separately for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares.

Average annual total return is computed according to the following formula:

  

Where:  P  =  a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.

T  =  average annual total return.

n  =  number of years.

ERV  =  ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000 investment made at the beginning of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods at the end of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods (or fractional portion thereof).

Average annual total return takes into account any applicable initial or contingent deferred sales charges but does not take into account any federal or state income taxes that may be payable upon receiving distributions and following redemption.

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Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption)

Average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and redemptions) is computed according to the following formula:

  

Where:  P  =  a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.

T  =  average annual total return (after taxes on distributions, or after taxes on distributions and redemption, as applicable).

n  =  number of years.

ATV D or DR

ATV D   =  ending value of a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the beginning of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods at the end of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods (or fractional portion thereof), after taxes on fund distributions but not after taxes on redemption.

ATV DR   =  ending value of a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the beginning of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods at the end of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods (or fractional portion thereof), after taxes on fund distributions and redemption.

Average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and redemption) takes into account any applicable initial or contingent deferred sales charges and takes into account federal income taxes that may be payable upon receiving distributions and following redemption. Federal income taxes are calculated using the highest marginal income tax rates in effect on the reinvestment date.

Aggregate Total Return. Each Fund also may advertise its aggregate total return. Aggregate total return is determined separately for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares.

Aggregate total return represents the cumulative change in the value of an investment in a Fund and is computed according to the following formula:

  

Where:  P  =  a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.

ERV  =  ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000 investment made at the beginning of the 1-, 5- or 10-year periods at the end of the 1-, 5-, or 10-year periods (or fractional portion thereof).

Aggregate total return does not take into account any federal or state income taxes that may be payable upon redemption or any applicable initial or contingent deferred sales charges.

Yield. Each Fund may from time to time advertise its yield as calculated over a 30-day period. Yield is calculated separately for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares. This yield will be computed by dividing a Fund's net investment income per share earned during this 30-day period by the maximum offering price per share on the last day of this period. Yield is calculated according to the following formula:

  

Where:  a  =  dividends and interest earned during the period.

b  =  expenses accrued for the period (net of reimbursements).

c  =  the average daily number of shares outstanding during the period that were entitled to receive dividends.

d  =  the maximum offering price per share on the last day of the period.

Yield fluctuates and an annualized yield quotation is not a representation by a Fund as to what an investment in the Fund will actually yield for any given period.

Jennison Utility Fund's 30-day yields for the period ended November 30, 2003 were 1.91%, 1.28%, 1.27% and 2.25% for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares, respectively.

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The Company also may include comparative performance information in advertising or marketing the Funds' shares. Such performance information may include data from Lipper Inc., Morningstar Publications, Inc., other industry publications, business periodicals and market indexes.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Each Funds' financial statements for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004, incorporated in this SAI by reference to that Fund's 2004 annual report to shareholders (File No. 811-3175), have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, given on authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. You may obtain a copy of each Fund's annual report at no charge by request to the Company by calling (800) 225-1852, or by writing to the Company at Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077.

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APPENDIX I-DESCRIPTION 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 edge." 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 sometime in the future.

Baa: Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium-grade obligations (that is, 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.

Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 in each generic rating classification from Aa through Baa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

Short-Term Debt Ratings

Moody's short-term debt ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor senior financial obligations and contracts. Those obligations 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.

STANDARD & POOR'S RATINGS SERVICES (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.

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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 the financial commitment on the obligation.

Plus (+) or Minus (-): The ratings from AA to BBB 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.

FITCH RATINGS

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 that 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.

Short-Term Debt Ratings

F1: Highest credit quality. Indicates the best 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.

Plus (+) or Minus (-): Plus and minus signs may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major ratings categories. Such suffixes are not added to the AAA long-term rating category or to short-term ratings other than F1.

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APPENDIX II-GENERAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION

The following terms are used in mutual fund investing.

Asset Allocation

Asset allocation is a technique for reducing risk and providing balance. Asset allocation among different types of securities within an overall investment portfolio helps to reduce risk and to potentially provide stable returns, while enabling investors to work toward their financial goal(s). Asset allocation is also a strategy to gain exposure to better performing asset classes while maintaining investment in other asset classes.

Diversification

Diversification is a time-honored technique for reducing risk, providing "balance" to an overall portfolio and potentially achieving more stable returns. Owning a portfolio of securities mitigates the individual risks (and returns) of any one security. Additionally, diversification among types of securities reduces the risks (and general returns) of any one type of security.

Duration

Debt securities have varying levels of sensitivity to interest rates. As interest rates fluctuate, the value of a bond (or a bond portfolio) will increase or decrease. Longer term bonds are generally more sensitive to changes in interest rates. When interest rates fall, bond prices generally rise. Conversely, when interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall.

Duration is an approximation of the price sensitivity of a bond (or a bond portfolio) to interest rate changes. It measures the weighted average maturity of a bond's (or a bond portfolio's) cash flows, that is, principal and interest rate payments. Duration is expressed as a measure of time in years-the longer the duration of a bond (or a bond portfolio), the greater the impact of interest rate changes on the bond's (or the bond portfolio's) price. Duration differs from effective maturity in that duration takes into account call provisions, coupon rates and other factors. Duration measures interest rate risk only and not other risks, such as credit risk and, in the case of non-U.S. dollar denominated securities, currency risk. Effective maturity measures the final maturity dates of a bond (or a bond portfolio).

Market Timing

Market timing-buying securities when prices are low and selling them when prices are relatively higher-may not work for many investors because it is impossible to predict with certainty how the price of a security will fluctuate. However, owning a security for a long period of time may help investors off-set short-term price volatility and realize positive returns.

Power of Compounding

Over time, the compounding of returns can significantly impact investment returns. Compounding is the effect of continuous investment on long-term investment results, by which the proceeds of capital appreciation (and income distributions, if elected) are reinvested to contribute to the overall growth of assets. The long-term investment results of compounding may be greater than that of an equivalent initial investment in which the proceeds of capital appreciation and income distributions are taken in cash.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is an absolute (non-relative) measure of volatility which, for a mutual fund, depicts how widely the returns varied over a certain period of time. When a fund has a high standard deviation, its range of performance has been very wide, implying greater volatility potential. Standard deviation is only one of several measures of a fund's volatility.

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APPENDIX III-DESCRIPTION OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND RECORDKEEPING PROCEDURES

The text of the proxy voting policies of the Funds' Subadviser follows:

Jennison Associates LLC

Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

Jennison Associates LLC ("Jennison") views the voting of proxies as an important part of its investment management responsibilities. Jennison receives proxies for the equity securities over which it has authority to vote. Jennison receives few, if any, traditional proxies with respect to the fixed income securities under its management. Jennison's policy is to ensure that all proxies are voted in the best interests of its clients and that material conflicts of interests between Jennison and its clients do not influence the voting of proxies. All proxies are voted with the primary goal of achieving the long-term maximum economic benefit for the participants and beneficiaries of Jennison's client accounts. Secondary consideration is given to the public and social value of each issue. In keeping with these objectives, Jennison Associates analyzes the long term economic consequences of each proposed corporate action. Votes are cast with the intention of maximizing economic value of the shares, thereby protecting and enhancing the value of client assets under our management.

In voting proxies for international holdings, we will generally apply the same principles, however, in some countries voting proxies result in additional costs. As such, we consider whether the vote, either itself or together with the votes of other shareholders, is expected to have an effect on the value of the investment that will outweigh the cost of voting. For instance, in countries that require "share blocking" in order to vote proxies, we believe that the inability to sell the shares due to share blocking significantly outweighs the potential long-term economic benefits of voting proxies in those countries. As such, we do not typically vote proxies in countries that require share blocking in order to vote proxies.

Each proposal has its individual merits and as such is analyzed on a case-by-case basis. However, in general terms, our positions are as follows:

Jennison typically votes with management on routine matters such as uncontested election of directors and appointment of auditors. With respect to non-routine matters such as mergers, reorganizations, and executive compensation plans the financial impact of such proposals are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. We are sensitive to the desirability of a stable corporate environment, particularly for corporations in which technical or creative talent is an essential element of corporate success. Although we believe that management should not be placed in a position of allocating a disproportionate amount of time to resisting takeovers, we believe that it is important that shareholders have the freedom to take advantage of attractive takeover offers. Jennison seeks to balance the freedom of shareholder action, against the damage which can be done to shareholder interests if a company is disrupted in a proxy or takeover battle. As such, we typically oppose proposals where shareholders are effectively precluded from accepting offers which might be deemed attractive. Such proposals normally have Restrictive Fair Price, Staggered Board, and excessive Super Majority vote provisions.

In recent years, we have found that companies award a greater proportion of executive compensation in stock options in order to tie senior executive management's compensation to the performance of the company and thereby share the interests of shareholders. As such, more and more proposals relate to stock-based incentive compensation for senior management. It is our general opinion that senior compensation decisions and incentive awards are best left to the board of directors. We believe that shareholders should evaluate management performance over reasonable time frames.

In general we assess each social and political proposal on its own merits.

We have developed a voting process that brings to bear the various skills and expertise of the firm to vote shares solely in the interest of participants and beneficiaries. In order to achieve the above result, Jennison Associates has established a formal proxy voting evaluation and voting process.

Recommendations are made by members of the Proxy Committee which is composed of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, the Securities Analyst, the Chief Compliance Officer and a representative of the Compliance or Legal Department. In some cases, the securities analyst may have portfolio management responsibilities. It is Jennison Associates' policy to isolate the proxy voting process from any external pressures and influences. As described below, in order to implement this policy, the final voting and processing of proxies has been removed from the portfolio manager and securities analyst and overseen by the Compliance Department.

When requested, certain members of the Proxy Committee may meet or speak to representatives of corporate management to review proxy issues and to understand management's reasoning for presenting the proposals. In formulating our decisions, we examine the research materials provided by Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), proxy statements, and position statements that may be received from other shareholders. This research, along with our independent

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research, ensures that we are knowledgeable on the issues prior to voting. Proxy research and other pertinent information are forwarded to at least two members of the Proxy Committee, typically a securities analyst and a member of the Compliance or Legal Department. The securities analyst is most knowledgeable about the circumstances of the company and assesses the economic value of each proposal. The representative of the Compliance or Legal Department reviews the proposal and the vote recommended by other members of the Proxy Committee (typically the Securities Analyst) relative to Jennison's policy. If the votes of members of the Proxy Committee who reviewed the analysis are consistent, the votes are cast. If the votes are inconsistent, there will be further discussion to understand whether deviation from Jennison's policy recommended vote is warranted. Deviations from the policy recommended vote are documented. If there is any difference of opinion that cannot be resolved, the broader Proxy Committee may be polled or meet to further discuss and resolve any open issues. There may be instances where a difference of opinion exists among the broader Proxy Committee members. In such cases, except in cases where a material conflict of interest has been identified, the Chief Investment Officer or his or her designee shall make the final decision as to how the votes are cast. In cases where a material conflict of interest has been identified, in the event of disagreement among the Proxy Committee, the Chief Compliance Officer or his or her designee shall make the final decision as to how the votes are cast. Jennison's voting instructions are then communicated to Jennison's proxy voting agent and each proxy is voted.

In order to ensure that material conflicts of interests have not influenced Jennison's voting process, Jennison has implemented a process to identify such conflicts, document voting decisions where such conflicts are deemed to exist and to review such votes. Members of Jennison's Proxy Committee review the decisions to be made with respect to the voting of such proxies. In addition, these votes are reviewed by a committee comprised of senior business executives and regulatory personnel of Jennison and its affiliated asset management unit, Prudential Investment Management, Inc. This committee also has a role in identifying material conflicts that may affect Jennison due to Prudential's ownership of Jennison.

Jennison Associates has retained the proxy voting services of IRRC as its proxy voting agent. IRRC provides proxy voting administration services including a calendar of upcoming proxy meetings, timely execution of proxy votes based on instruction from Jennison, maintenance of records of voting decisions and reconciliation of proxy ballot shares. The IRRC workstation provides Jennison with access to electronic delivery of analyses of proxy proposals and other related proxy materials and reports, in addition to reports detailing all Jennison proxy voting activity. Clients that have delegated proxy voting responsibility to Jennison may request reports on proxy voting activity with respect to their accounts. Reports are available on an annual, semi-annual and quarterly basis.



PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 23. Exhibits.

(a)  (1) Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 1, 1995.

(2) Articles of Restatement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 1, 1995.

(3) Articles Supplementary, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1(c) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 1, 1996.

(4) Articles Supplementary, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(4) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on December 30, 1998.

(5) Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(5) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on April 30, 1999.

(6) Articles Supplementary, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(6) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on April 30, 1999.

(7) Articles Supplementary dated July 17, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(7) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on February 2, 2004.

(b)  (1) Amended By-Laws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 9, 2001.

  (2) Amended and Restated By-Laws dated July 17, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (b)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on February 2, 2004.

(3) Amended and Restated By-Laws dated November 16, 2004.*

(c)  Specimen Stock Certificate issued by the Registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 4, 1997.

(d)  (1) Subadvisory Agreement for Jennison Utility Fund between Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC and Jennison Associates LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(2) Subadvisory Agreement for Jennison Financial Services Fund between Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC and The Prudential Investment Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(3) Subadvisory Agreement for Jennison Technology Fund between Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC and The Prudential Investment Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(4) Subadvisory Agreement for Jennison Health Sciences Fund between Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC and Jennison Associates LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(4) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(5) Subadvisory Agreement for Jennison Health Sciences Fund between Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC and The Prudential Investment Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(5) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

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(6) Amended and Restated Management Agreement for Jennison Utility Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(6) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(7) Amended and Restated Management Agreement for Jennison Financial Services Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(7) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(8) Amended and Restated Management Agreement for Jennison Health Sciences Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(8) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A

(File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(9) Amended and Restated Management Agreement for Jennison Technology Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(9) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A

(File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(10) Subadvisory Agreement for Jennison Financial Services Fund between Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC and Jennison Associates LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(10) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR\ on January 29, 2002.

(11) Subadvisory Agreement for Jennison Technology Fund between Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC and Jennison Associates LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(10) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(e)  (1) Selected Dealer Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on December 30, 1998.

(2) Distribution Agreement for Jennison Utility Fund with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on December 30, 1998.

(3) Distribution Agreement for Jennison Financial Services Fund with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(4) Distribution Agreement for Jennison Health Sciences Fund with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(4) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(5) Distribution Agreement for Jennison Technology Fund with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(5) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(g)  (1) Custodian Agreement between the Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 4, 1997.

(2) Amendment to Custodian Contract, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (g)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(3) Amendment to Custodian Contract, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-15166) filed via EDGAR on July 31, 2001 of Prudential Natural Resources Fund, Inc.

(4) Amendment to Custodian Contract, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (g)(4) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-15166) of Prudential Natural Resources Fund, Inc. filed via EDGAR on July 30, 2002.

(h)  (1) Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the Registrant and Prudential Mutual Fund Services, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 9 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March  4, 1997.

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(2) Amendment to Transfer Agency Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (h)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(3) Amendment to Transfer Agency Agreement dated September 4, 2002, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (h)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on February 2, 2004.

(i)  (1) Opinion and consent of counsel, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (i) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 9, 2001.

(2) Consent of Counsel, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (i)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 29, 2002.

(j)  Consent of independent public accounting firm.**

(m)  (1) Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan for Class A shares of Jennison Utility Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on December 30, 1998.

(2) Distribution and Service Plan for Class A shares of Jennison Financial Services Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(3) Distribution and Service Plan for Class A shares of Jennison Health Sciences Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(4) Distribution and Service Plan for Class A shares of Jennison Technology Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(4) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(5) Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan for Class B shares of Jennison Utility Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on December 30, 1998.

(6) Distribution and Service Plan for Class B shares of Jennison Financial Services Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(6) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(7) Distribution and Service Plan for Class B shares of Jennison Health Sciences Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(7) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No.2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(8) Distribution and Service Plan for Class B shares of Jennison Technology Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(8) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January  31, 2000.

(9) Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan for Class C shares of Jennison Utility Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on December 30, 1998.

(10) Distribution and Service Plan for Class C shares of Jennison Financial Services Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(10) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(11) Distribution and Service Plan for Class C shares of Jennison Health Sciences Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(11) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(12) Distribution and Service Plan for Class C shares of Jennison Technology Fund, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (m)(12) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 31, 2000.

(13) Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver for Class A Shares.*

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(n)  (1) Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (o) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on March 9, 1999.

(2) Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (n)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on January 23, 2003.

(3) Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan dated January 23, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (n)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on February 2, 2004.

(4) Amended and Restated Rule 18-3 Plan dated March 11, 2004.*

(p)  (1) Amended Code of Ethics of the Registrant dated February 24, 2004.*

(2) Amended Personal Securities Trading Policy of Prudential dated February 24, 2004.*

(3) Code of Ethics of Jennison Associates LLC dated March 22, 2004.*

(q)  (1) Power of Attorney dated August 1, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (q)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on February 2, 2004.

(2) Powers of Attorney dated August 1, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (q)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 2-72097) filed via EDGAR on February 2, 2004.

*  Filed herewith.

**  To be filed by Amendment.**

Item 24. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant.

None.

Item 25. Indemnification.

As permitted by Sections 17(h) and (i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) and the Maryland General Corporation Law (the MGCL), and pursuant to Article V of the Company's  Amended and Restated By-Laws (Exhibit (b) (2) to the Registration Statement), the Company shall indemnify present and former officers and directors (and persons who serve or served as the officer or director of certain other enterprises at the Company's request), and, to the extent authorized by the Company's Board, employees and agents, against judgments, fines, settlements and expenses, and may advance expenses to such parties, to the fullest extent authorized, and in the manner permitted, by applicable federal and state law. Section 2-418 of the MGCL permits indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents who are made a party (or threatened to be made a party) to any proceeding by reason of their service in such capacity, unless it is established that (i) the act or omission of such person was material to the matter and (a) was committed in bad faith or (b) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; or (ii) such person actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, such person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. The MGCL does not permit indemnification in respect of any proceeding by or in the right of the Company in which a person is found liable to the Company or, except in limited circumstances, for proceedings brought against the Company. A Maryland corporation may be required to reimburse officers and directors for reasonable expenses incurred in the successful defense of a proceeding to which such director or officer is a party by reason of his or her service in such capacity. As permitted by Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act, pursuant to Section 10 of each Distribution Agreement (Exhibits (e)(2) to (e)(5) to the Registration Statement), the Distributor of the Funds may be indemnified against liabilities which it may incur, except liabilities arising from bad faith, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or reckless disregard of duties.

Pursuant to Article VI of the Fund's charter, directors and officers of the Fund shall not be liable to the Fund or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as officers or directors to the extent permitted by law (including the MGCL and the 1940 Act). Under Maryland law, such limitation on liability will not apply to: (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act) may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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

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liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in connection with the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the Company by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the shares being registered, the Company 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.

The Company has purchased an insurance policy insuring its officers and directors against liabilities, and certain costs of defending claims against such officers and directors, to the extent such officers and directors 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 the Company against the cost of indemnification payments to officers and directors under certain circumstances.

Section 9 of the amended Management Agreement and each other Management Agreement (Exhibits (d)(6) through (d)(9) to the Registration Statement) and Section 4 of each Subadvisory Agreement (Exhibits (d)(1) to (d)(5) and (d)(10) and (d)(11) to the Registration Statement) limit the liability of Prudential Investments LLC (PI), Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (PIM) and Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison), 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.

The Company hereby undertakes that it will apply the indemnification provisions of its Amended and Restated By-Laws and each Distribution Agreement in a manner consistent with Release No. 11330 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1940 Act so long as the interpretation of Sections 17(h) and 17(i) of such Act remain in effect and are consistently applied.

Item 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser.

(a)  Prudential Investments LLC (PI)

See "How the Fund is Managed-Manager" in the Jennison Utility Fund Prospectus and "How the Funds are Managed-Manager" in the Prospectus of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, both constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and "Investment Advisory and Other Services" in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.

The business and other connections of the officers of PI are listed in Schedules A and D of Form ADV of PI as currently on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 801-31104), the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

The business and other connections of PI's directors and principal executive officers are set forth below. The address of each person is Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077.

Name and Address   Position with PI   Principal Occupations  
Robert F. Gunia   Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer   Executive Vice President, and Chief Administrative Officer, PI; Vice President, Prudential; President, PIMS; Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Director of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc.; Executive Vice President and Director of American Skandia Fund Services Inc.; Executive Vice President. Chief Administrative Officer and Director of American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc.  
William V. Healey   Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer   Executive Vice President, and Chief Legal Officer, PI; Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Prudential; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, PIMS; Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc.; Executive Vice President; Chief Legal Officer of American Skandia Fund Services, Inc.; Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc.  
Kevin B. Osborn   Executive Vice President   Executive Vice President, PI; Executive Vice President and Director of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc.; Executive Vice President and Director of American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc.  
Stephen Pelletier   Executive Vice President   Executive Vice President, PI  

 

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Name and Address   Position with PI   Principal Occupations  
Judy A. Rice   Officer in Charge, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer   Office-in-Charge, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, PI; Officer-in-Charge, Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of American Skandia Investment Services, Inc.; Officer-in-Charge, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Skandia Fund Services, Inc.; Officer-in-Charge, Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of American Skandia Advisory Services, Inc.  

 

(b)  Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison)

See "How the Fund is Managed-Investment Adviser" in the Jennison Utility Fund Prospectus and in the Prospectus of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, both constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and "Investment Advisory and Other Services" in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.

The business and other connections of the directors and executive officers of Jennison Associates LLC are included in Schedule A and D of Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 801-5608), as most recently amended, the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 27. Principal Underwriters.

(a)  Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS)

PIMS is distributor for Cash Accumulation Trust, Dryden Ultra Short Bond, Nicholas-Applegate Fund, Inc. (Nicholas-Applegate Growth Equity Fund), Dryden California Municipal Fund, Strategic Partners Equity Fund, Inc., Dryden Global Total Return Fund, Inc., Dryden Government Income Fund, Inc., Dryden Government Securities Trust, Dryden High Yield Fund, Inc., Dryden High Yield Total Return Fund, Inc., Dryden Index Series Fund, Prudential Institutional Liquidity Portfolio, Inc., MoneyMart Assets, Inc., Dryden Municipal Bond Fund, Dryden Municipal Series Fund, Dryden National Municipals Fund, Inc., Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc., Strategic Partners Real Estate Securities Fund, Jennison Sector Funds, Inc., Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc., Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc., Dryden Tax-Free Money Fund, Inc., Dryden Tax-Managed Funds, Dryden Small-Cap Core Equity Fund, Inc., Dryden Total Return Bond Fund, Inc., Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund, Jennison U.S. Emerging Growth Fund, Inc., Jennison Value Fund, Prudential World Fund, Inc., Strategic Partners Asset Allocation Funds, Strategic Partners Mutual Funds, Inc., Strategic Partners Opportunity Funds, Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds, The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. and The Target Portfolio Trust.

PIMS is also distributor of the following unit investment trusts: 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 and The Prudential Qualified Individual Variable Contract Account.

(b)  The business and other connections of PIMS's directors and principal executive officers are listed in its Form ADV as currently on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 8-36540), the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

(c)  Registrant has no principal underwriter who is not an affiliated person of the Registrant.

Item 28. 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 State Street Bank and Trust Company, One Heritage Drive, North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171, Jennison Associates LLC, 466 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, the Registrant, Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077 and Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, Gateway Center Three, 10th Floor, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102. Documents required by Rules 31a-1(b)(5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11), 31a-1(f) and 31a-1(b)(4) and (11) and 31a-1(d) will be kept at Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077, 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 State Street Bank and Trust Company and Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC.

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Item 29. Management Services.

Other than as set forth under the captions "How the Fund is Managed-Manager," "How the Fund is Managed-Investment Adviser" and "How the Fund is Managed-Distributor" in the Jennison Utility Fund Prospectus and "How the Funds are Managed-Manager", "How the Funds are Managed-Investment Advisers" and "How the Funds are Managed-Distributor" in the Prospectus of Jennison Financial Services Fund, Jennison Health Sciences Fund and Jennison Technology Fund, and the caption "Investment Advisory and Other Services" in the Statement of Additional Information, the Prospectuses and the Statement of Additional Information constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement, Registrant is not a party to any management-related service contract.

Item 30. Undertakings.

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Registrant 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 22nd day of December 2004.

  JENNISON SECTOR FUNDS, INC.

  By:  /S/ JUDY A. RICE

  Judy A. Rice, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature   Title      
*
 David E.A. Carson
  Director      
*
 Robert G. LaBlanc
  Director      
*
 Robert F. Gunia
  Director      
*
 Douglas H. McCorkendale
  Director      
*
 Richard A. Redeker
  Director      
*
 Judy A. Rice
  Director      
*
 Robin B. Smith
  Director      
*
 Stephen Stoneburn
  Director      
*
 Clay T. Whitehead
  Director      
*
 Grace C. Torres
  Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer      
*By: /s/  DEBORAH A. DOCS
Deborah A. Docs
Attorney-in-Fact
      December 22, 2004  

 

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Jennison Sector Funds, Inc.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.    Description

(b)  (3) Amended and Restated By-Laws dated November 16, 2004.*

(m)  (13) Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver for Class A Shares.*

(n)  (4) Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan dated March 11, 2004.*

(p)  (1) Amended Code of Ethics of the Registrant dated February 24, 2004.*

(p)  (2) Amended Personal Securities Trading Policy of Prudential dated February 24, 2004.*

(p)  (3) Code of Ethics of Jennison Associates LLC dated March 22, 2004.*

*Filed herewith.

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Exhibit 99.(b)(3)

 

JENNISON SECTOR FUNDS, INC.

 

BY-LAWS
(as amended and restated as of November 16, 2004)

 

ARTICLE I.

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

SECTION 1.01.   Annual Meetings .   The Corporation is not required to hold an annual meeting of its stockholders in any year in which the election of directors is not required to be acted upon under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).  If the Corporation is required by the Investment Company Act to hold a meeting of stockholders to elect directors, such meeting shall be held at a date and time set by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Investment Company Act and no later than 120 days after the occurrence of the event requiring the meeting.  Any stockholders’ meeting held in accordance with the preceding sentence shall for all purposes constitute the annual meeting of stockholders for the fiscal year of the Corporation in which the meeting is held.  Except as the Charter, these By-Laws or Maryland law in effect from time to time provides otherwise, any business may be considered at an annual meeting without the purpose of the meeting having been specified in the notice.  Failure to hold an annual meeting does not invalidate the Corporation’s existence or affect any otherwise valid corporate acts.

 

SECTION 1.02.   Special Meetings .   At any time in the interval between annual meetings, a special meeting of the stockholders may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President or by a majority of the Board of Directors by vote at a meeting or in writing (addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation) with or without a meeting.  Subject to the procedures set forth in Section 1.12 and this Section and consistent with the election in Section 2.15, special meetings of the stockholders shall be called by the Secretary at the request of stockholders only on the written request of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting.  Consistent with the election in Section 2.15, a request for a special meeting shall state the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it.  Consistent with the election in Section 2.15, the Secretary shall inform the stockholders who make the request of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing a notice of the meeting and, on payment of these costs to the Corporation, notify each stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting.  Consistent with the election in Section 2.15, the Board of Directors shall have sole power to fix the date and time of, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be considered present in person and may vote at, the special meeting.

 

SECTION 1.03.   Place of Meetings .   Consistent with the election in Section 2.15, meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place as is set from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors may determine that the meeting not be held at any place but

 



 

instead be held by means of remote communication.  At the request of a stockholder, the Board of Directors shall provide a place for the meeting of the stockholders.

 

SECTION 1.04.   Meetings by Remote Communication .   At the discretion of the Board of Directors and subject to any guidelines and procedures that the Board of Directors may adopt from time to time, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of the stockholders, by means of remote communication may participate in the meeting of the stockholders and may be considered present in person and may vote at the meeting of the stockholders, whether the meeting is held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication. The Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person considered present and authorized to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder, the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide the stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with the proceedings and in the event any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of the vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

SECTION 1.05.   Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice .   Not less than ten nor more than 90 days before each stockholders’ meeting, the Secretary shall give notice in writing or by electronic transmission of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting and each other stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting.  Any notice given by the Corporation to a stockholder is effective if given by a single notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, to all stockholders who share an address if the Corporation gives notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, to the stockholder of its intent to give a single notice and the stockholder consents to receiving a single notice or fails to object in writing within 60 days after the Corporation gives notice to the stockholder of its intent to give a single notice.  A stockholder may revoke consent given, whether affirmative or implied, by written notice to the Corporation.  The notice shall state the time of the meeting, the place of the meeting, if any, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and may vote at the meeting and, if the meeting is a special meeting or notice of the purpose is required by statute, the purpose of the meeting.  Notice is given to a stockholder when it is personally delivered to the stockholder, left at the stockholder’s residence or usual place of business, mailed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation or transmitted to the stockholder by an electronic transmission to any address or number of the stockholder at which the stockholder receives electronic transmissions.  If the Corporation has received a request from a stockholder that notice not be sent by electronic transmission, the Corporation may not provide notice to the stockholder by electronic transmission.  Notice given by electronic transmission shall be considered ineffective if the Corporation is unable to deliver two consecutive notices and the inability to delivery the notices becomes known to the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the transfer agent or other person responsible for giving the notice.  The inadvertent failure to deliver any notice by electronic transmission does not invalidate any meeting or other action.  An affidavit of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission, in the absence of actual fraud, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, each

 

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person who is entitled to notice waives notice if the person before or after the meeting delivers a written waiver or a waiver by electronic transmission which is filed with the records of stockholders’ meetings, or is present at the meeting in person or by proxy.

 

SECTION 1.06.  Quorum; Voting.   Unless any statute or the Charter provides otherwise, at a meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting constitutes a quorum, except that where the holders of any class or series of shares are entitled to vote as a separate class (such class or series being referred to as a “Separate Class”) or where the holders of two or more (but not all) classes or series of shares are required to vote as a single class (such classes or series being referred to as a “Combined Class”), the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares of that Separate Class or Combined Class, as the case may be, issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum for such vote.  Unless any statute or the Charter provides otherwise, a majority of all the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present is sufficient to approve any matter which properly comes before the meeting, except that a plurality of all the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present is sufficient to elect a director.

 

SECTION 1.07.   Adjournments .   Whether or not a quorum is present, a meeting of stockholders convened on the date for which it was called may be adjourned from time to time without further notice by the chairman of the meeting to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date.  Whether or not a quorum with respect to a Separate Class or a Combined Class, as the case may be, is present, a meeting of stockholders of a Separate Class or a Combined Class convened on the date for which it was called may be adjourned from time to time without further notice by the chairman of the meeting to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date.  Any business which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified may be deferred and transacted at any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present.

 

SECTION 1.08.   General Right to Vote; Proxies .   Unless the Charter provides for a greater or lesser number of votes per share or limits or denies voting rights, each outstanding share of stock, regardless of class or series, is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders; however, a share is not entitled to be voted if any installment payable on it is overdue and unpaid.  In all elections for directors, each share of stock may be voted for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted.  A stockholder may vote the stock the stockholder owns of record either in person or by proxy.  A stockholder may sign a writing authorizing another person to act as proxy.  Signing may be accomplished by the stockholder or the stockholder’s authorized agent signing the writing or causing the stockholder’s signature to be affixed to the writing by any reasonable means, including facsimile signature.  A stockholder may authorize another person to act as proxy by transmitting, or authorizing the transmission of, an authorization by a telegram, cablegram, datagram, electronic mail or any other electronic or telephonic means to the person authorized to act as proxy or to any other person authorized to receive the proxy authorization on behalf of the person authorized to act as the proxy, including a proxy solicitation firm or proxy support service organization.  Unless a proxy provides otherwise, it is not valid more than 11 months after its date.  A proxy is revocable by a stockholder at any time without condition or

 

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qualification unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest.  A proxy may be made irrevocable for so long as it is coupled with an interest.  The interest with which a proxy may be coupled includes an interest in the stock to be voted under the proxy or another general interest in the Corporation or its assets or liabilities.

 

SECTION 1.09.   List of Stockholders .   At each meeting of stockholders, a full, true and complete list of all stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, showing the number and class and series of shares held by each and certified by the transfer agent for such class or by the Secretary, shall be furnished by the Secretary.

 

SECTION 1.10.    Conduct of Business .   Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice(s) provided for in Section 1.12 and Section 1.13, (ii) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) who complied with the notice(s) procedures set forth in Section 1.12 and Section 1.13.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at a special meeting of stockholders (a) only pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting and (b) in the case of nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (A) who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for in Section 1.12, (B) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) who complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 1.12.  The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.12, Section 1.13 and this Section and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with Section 1.12, Section 1.13 and this Section, to declare that such defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.

 

SECTION 1.11.   Conduct of Voting .   At all meetings of stockholders, unless the voting is conducted by inspectors, the proxies and ballots shall be received, and all questions touching the qualification of voters and the validity of proxies, the acceptance or rejection of votes and procedures for the conduct of business not otherwise specified by these By-Laws, the Charter or law, shall be decided or determined by the chairman of the meeting.  If demanded by stockholders, present in person or by proxy, entitled to cast 10% in number of votes entitled to be cast, or if ordered by the chairman of the meeting, the vote upon any election or question shall be taken by ballot.  Before any meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors may appoint persons to act as inspectors of election at the meeting and any adjournment thereof.  If no inspectors of election are so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of stockholders, present in person or by proxy, entitled to cast 10% in number of votes entitled to be cast, shall, appoint inspectors of election at the meeting.  The number of inspectors shall be either one or three.  If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of stockholders, the holders of a majority of shares present in person or by proxy shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed.  No candidate for election as a director at a meeting shall serve as an inspector thereat.  If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or

 

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refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and upon the request of any stockholder shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy.  The inspectors shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receive votes, ballots or consents; hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; count and tabulate all votes or consents; determine when polls shall close; determine the result; and do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.  Unless so demanded or ordered, no vote need be by ballot and voting need not be conducted by inspectors.

 

SECTION 1.12.   Advance Notice Provisions for Election of Directors .    Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section.  A stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting or no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the 90 th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60 th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made; and (b) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first occurs.  A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be in writing and set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address of such stockholder as they appear on the Corporation’s books and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (v) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in

 

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connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.  No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section.  If the chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman of the meeting shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.  No adjournment or postponement of a meeting of stockholders shall commence a new period for the giving of notice of a stockholder proposal hereunder.

 

SECTION 1.13.   Advance Notice Provisions for Business to be Transacted at Annual Meeting .   No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section.  A stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting or no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the 90 th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60 th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.  A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be in writing and set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address of such stockholder as they appear on the Corporation’s books and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business, and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting.  No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.12 or in this Section, provided, however , that once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in Section 1.12 nor in this Section shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business.  If the chairman of an annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the

 

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annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman of the meeting shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.  No adjournment or postponement of a meeting of stockholders shall commence a new period for the giving of notice of a stockholder proposal hereunder.

 

SECTION 1.14.   Informal Action by Stockholders .   Except as provided below, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a unanimous consent which sets forth the action is given in writing or by electronic transmission by each stockholder entitled to vote on the matter and filed in paper or electronic form with the records of stockholders meetings.  Unless the Charter requires otherwise, the holders of any class of stock, other than Common Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, may take action or consent to any action by delivering a consent in writing or by electronic transmission of the stockholders entitled to cast not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a stockholders meeting if the Corporation gives notice of the action to each stockholder not later than 10 days after the effective time of the action.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 2.01.   Function of Directors .   The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors.  All powers of the Corporation may be exercised by or under authority of the Board of Directors, except as conferred on or reserved to the stockholders by statute or by the Charter or By-Laws.  The Board of Directors may delegate the duty of management of the assets and the administration of the day-to-day operations of the Corporation to one or more entities or individuals pursuant to a written contract or contracts which have obtained the approvals, including the approval of renewals thereof, required by the Investment Company Act.

 

SECTION 2.02.   Number and Qualification of Directors .   The Corporation shall have at least one director or such greater minimum number required by the Charter.  At least a majority of the directors shall not be “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act.  The Corporation shall have the number of directors provided in the Charter until changed as herein provided.  Consistent with the election in Section 2.14, a majority of the entire Board of Directors may alter the number of directors set by the Charter to not exceeding 20 nor less than the minimum number then permitted herein, but the action may not affect the tenure of office of any director.

 

SECTION 2.03.   Chair.   The Board of Directors may elect a Director as Chair of the Board.  The Chair, if one is elected, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she is present.  The Chair shall perform such duties and have such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors.  The Chair shall not be an officer of the Corporation for any purposes.  The Chair shall not be an “interested” person of the Corporation or an adviser to the Corporation as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.  The Chair

 

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shall have no greater liability as a result of serving as Chair and will have no greater responsibility for overseeing the affairs of the Corporation than that of other Directors other than with respect to specific responsibilities of the Chair as set forth in these Bylaws or as assigned by the Board.

 

SECTION 2.04.    Election and Tenure of Directors .   Subject to the rights of the holders of any class of stock separately entitled to elect one or more directors, at each annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors to hold office until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualify.

 

SECTION 2.05.    Removal of Director .   Subject to the rights of the holders of any class of stock separately entitled to elect one or more directors and unless statute provides otherwise and consistent with the election in Section 2.14, the stockholders may remove any director, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast generally for the election of directors.

 

SECTION 2.06.    Vacancy on Board of Directors .   Subject to the Investment Company Act and consistent with the election in Section 2.14, a majority of the remaining directors, whether or not sufficient to constitute a quorum, may fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors which results from any cause.  Consistent with the election in Section 2.14, a director elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy serves until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies.

 

SECTION 2.07.    Regular Meetings .   After each meeting of stockholders at which directors shall have been elected, the Board of Directors shall meet as soon thereafter as practicable for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business.  In the event that no other time and place are specified by resolution of the Board of Directors or announced by the President or the Chairman of the Board at such stockholders meeting, the Board of Directors shall meet immediately following the close of and at the place of such stockholders meeting or by the means of remote communication.  Any other regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held on such date and time, at such place or by means of remote communication, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.  No notice of such meeting following a stockholders meeting or any other regular meeting shall be necessary if held as hereinabove provided.

 

SECTION 2.08.    Special Meetings .   Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board or the President or by a majority of the Board of Directors by vote at a meeting, or in writing or delivered by electronic transmission with or without a meeting.  A special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held on such date, at any place or by means of remote communication, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.  In the absence of designation such meeting shall be held at such place or means of remote communication as may be designated in the call.

 

SECTION 2.09.    Notice of Meetings .   Except as provided in Section 2.06, the Secretary shall give notice to each director of each regular and special meeting of the Board of Directors.  The notice shall state the time of the meeting and place or that the meeting is being held by

 

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means of remote communication.  Notice is given to a director when it is delivered personally to him or her, left at his or her residence or usual place of business, or sent by electronic transmission, telegraph, facsimile transmission, or telephone, at least 24 hours before the time of the meeting or, in the alternative by mail to his or her address as it shall appear on the records of the Corporation, at least 72 hours before the time of the meeting.  Unless these By-Laws or a resolution of the Board of Directors provides otherwise, the notice need not state the business to be transacted at or the purposes of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.  No notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need be given to any director who attends except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, or to any director who delivers a written waiver or a waiver by electronic transmission which is filed with the records of the meeting either before or after the holding thereof, waiving such notice.  Any meeting of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and no notice need be given of any such adjourned meeting other than by announcement.

 

SECTION 2.10.    Quorum; Action by Directors .   One-third of the entire Board of Directors (but not less than two directors) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  In the absence of a quorum, the directors present by majority vote and without notice other than by announcement may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall attend.  At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.  Unless statute or the Charter or By-Laws requires a greater proportion, the action of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is action of the Board of Directors.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if a unanimous consent which sets forth the action is given in writing or by electronic transmission by each member of the Board of Directors and filed in paper or electronic form with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 2.11.    Meeting by Conference Telephone .   Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time.  Participation in a meeting by these means constitutes presence in person at a meeting.

 

SECTION 2.12.    Compensation .   By resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed sum and expenses, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or of committees thereof, an annual retainer, and other compensation for their services as such or on committees of the Board of Directors, may be paid to directors.  Directors who are full-time employees of the Corporation or “affiliated persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of the Corporation’s investment advisor or principal underwriter need not be paid for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or committees thereof for which fees are paid to other directors.  A director who serves the Corporation in any other capacity also may receive compensation for such other services, pursuant to a resolution of the directors.

 

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SECTION 2.13.    Resignation .   Any director may resign at any time by sending a written notice of such resignation to the principal office of the Corporation addressed to the Chairman of the Board or the President.  Unless otherwise specified therein such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Chairman of the Board or the President.

 

SECTION 2.14.    Presumption of Assent .   A director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his or her dissent or abstention shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file his or her written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting.  Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who votes in favor of such action or fails to make his dissent known at the meeting.

 

SECTION 2.15.    Section 3-804 Election .   The Corporation elects to be subject to the provisions of Section 3-804 of the Maryland General Corporation Law requiring a two-thirds vote of the stockholders for the removal of any director, the number of directors to be fixed only by a vote of the Board of Directors, and the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 2.16.    Section 3-805 Election .   The Corporation elects to be subject to the provisions of Section 3-805 of the Maryland General Corporation Law relating to the calling of a special meetings by stockholders and in accordance with the procedures of Section 2-502(b)(2) and (3) and (e) of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

COMMITTEES

 

SECTION 3.01.    Committees .   The Board of Directors may appoint from among its members an Executive Committee, a Nominating Committee, an Audit Committee, and other committees composed of one or more directors and delegate to these committees any of the powers of the Board of Directors, except the power to (i) authorize dividends on stock (other than as provided below), (ii) elect directors, (iii) issue stock (other than as provided below), (iv) recommend to the stockholders any action which requires stockholder approval, (v) amend these By-Laws, or (vi) approve any merger or share exchange which does not require stockholder approval.  Each committee shall be constituted in compliance with applicable independence standards.  If the Board of Directors has given general authorization for a distribution and provides for or establishes a method or procedure for determining the maximum amount of the distribution, a committee of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Corporation, in accordance with that general authorization, may fix the amount and other terms of the distribution.  If the Board of Directors has given general authorization for the issuance of stock providing for or establishing a method or procedure for determining the maximum number of shares to be issued, a committee of the Board of Directors, in accordance with that general authorization or any stock option or other plan or program adopted by the Board of Directors, may authorize or fix the terms of stock subject to classification or reclassification and the terms

 

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on which any stock may be issued, including all terms and conditions required or permitted to be established or authorized by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 3.02.    Committee Procedure .   Each committee may fix rules of procedure for its business.  A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee.  The members of a committee present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint a director to act in the place of an absent or disqualified member.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of a committee may be taken without a meeting if a unanimous consent which sets forth the action is given in writing or by electronic transmission by each member of the committee and filed in paper or electronic form with the minutes of the committee.  The members of a committee may conduct any meeting thereof by conference telephone or other communications equipment in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10.

 

SECTION 3.03.    Emergency .   In the event of a state of disaster of sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation by its directors and officers as contemplated by the Charter and these By-Laws, any two or more available members of the then incumbent Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01.  In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum of two members of the then incumbent Executive Committee, the available directors shall elect an Executive Committee consisting of any two members of the Board of Directors, whether or not they be officers of the Corporation, which two members shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs of the Corporation in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section.  This Section shall be subject to implementation by resolution of the Board of Directors passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these By-Laws (other than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to the provisions of any such implementary resolutions shall be suspended until it shall be determined by any interim Executive Committee acting under this Section that it shall be to the advantage of the Corporation to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and business under all the other provisions of these By-Laws.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

OFFICERS

 

SECTION 4.01.    Executive and Other Officers .   The Corporation shall have a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.  The Corporation may also have a Chairman of the Board, a Controller, and one or more Vice-Presidents, assistant officers, and subordinate officers at the designation by the Board of Directors.  A person may hold more than one office in the Corporation except that no person may serve concurrently as both President and Vice-President of the Corporation.  The Chairman of the Board shall be a director, and the other officers may be directors.  The Board of Directors shall designate who shall serve as chief executive officer, who

 

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shall have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may designate a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, a chief accounting officer, a chief administrative officer, or other officers with functional titles and specify the duties of such officers.  The President shall be the chief executive officer.  A person may hold more than one functional title in the Corporation.

 

SECTION 4.02.    President .   Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she shall be present.  Unless otherwise specified by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation and perform the duties customarily performed by chief operating officers.  He or she may execute, in the name of the Corporation, all authorized deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments, except in cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall have been expressly delegated to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.  In general, he or she shall perform such other duties customarily performed by a president of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 4.03.    Vice-Presidents.   The Vice-President or Vice-Presidents, at the request of the chief executive officer or the President, or in the President’s absence or during his or her inability to act, shall perform the duties and exercise the functions of the President, and when so acting shall have the powers of the President.  If there be more than one Vice-President, the Board of Directors may determine which one or more of the Vice-Presidents shall perform any of such duties or exercise any of such functions, or if such determination is not made by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, or the President may make such determination; otherwise any of the Vice-Presidents may perform any of such duties or exercise any of such functions.  Each Vice-President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, and have such additional descriptive designations in their titles (if any), as are from time to time assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, or the President.

 

SECTION 4.04.    Secretary .   The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, of the Board of Directors and of any committees, in books provided for the purpose; he or she shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; he or she shall be custodian of the records of the Corporation; he or she may witness any document on behalf of the Corporation, the execution of which is duly authorized, see that the corporate seal is affixed where such document is required or desired to be under its seal, and, when so affixed, may attest the same.  In general, he or she shall perform such other duties customarily performed by a secretary of a corporation, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, or the President.

 

SECTION 4.05.    Treasurer .   The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Corporation, all moneys or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall, from time to time, be selected by the Board of

 

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Directors; he or she shall render to the President and to the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation.  In general, he or she shall perform such other duties customarily performed by a treasurer of a corporation, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, or the President.

 

SECTION 4.06.    Controller .   Any of the foregoing duties of the Treasurer may be assigned to the Controller.  In general, he or she shall perform such other duties customarily performed by a controller of a corporation, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, or the President.

 

SECTION 4.07.    Assistant and Subordinate Officers .   The assistant and subordinate officers of the Corporation are all officers below the office of Vice-President, Secretary, or Treasurer.  The assistant or subordinate officers shall have such duties as are from time to time assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, or the President.

 

SECTION 4.08.    Election, Tenure and Removal of Officers .   The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may from time to time authorize any committee or officer to appoint assistant and subordinate officers.  Election or appointment of an officer, employee or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.  All officers shall be appointed to hold their offices, respectively, during the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors (or, as to any assistant or subordinate officer, any committee or officer authorized by the Board of Directors) may remove an officer at any time.  The removal of an officer does not prejudice any of his or her contract rights.  The Board of Directors (or, as to any assistant or subordinate officer, any committee or officer authorized by the Board of Directors) may fill a vacancy which occurs in any office.

 

SECTION 4.09.    Compensation .   The Board of Directors shall have power to fix the salaries and other compensation and remuneration, of whatever kind, of all officers of the Corporation.  No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may authorize any committee or officer, upon whom the power of appointing assistant and subordinate officers may have been conferred, to fix the salaries, compensation and remuneration of such assistant and subordinate officers.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

SECTION 5.01.    General Indemnification .   The Corporation shall indemnify (i) its present and former directors and officers, whether serving or having served the Corporation or at its request any other entity, to the fullest extent required or permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time (as limited by the Investment Company Act), including the advance of expenses under the procedures and to the fullest extent permitted by law, and (ii) other

 

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employees and agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Charter, or these By-Laws and as permitted by law.  The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled.  The Board of Directors may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions and is expressly empowered to adopt, approve, and amend from time to time such by-laws, resolutions, or contracts implementing such provisions or such further indemnification arrangements as may be permitted by law.  No amendment of these By-Laws or repeal of any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the right of indemnification provided hereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

SECTION 5.02.    Procedure .   Any indemnification, or payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of any proceeding, shall be made promptly, and in any event within 60 days, upon the written request of the director or officer entitled to seek indemnification (the “Indemnified Party”).  The right to indemnification and advances hereunder shall be enforceable by the Indemnified Party in any court of competent jurisdiction, if (i) the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition thereof is made within 60 days.  The Indemnified Party’s costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation.  It shall be a defense to any action for advance for expenses that (a) a determination has been made that the facts then known to those making the determination would preclude indemnification or (b) the Corporation has not received both (i) an undertaking as required by law to repay such advances in the event it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met and (ii) a written affirmation by the Indemnified Party of such Indemnified Party’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Corporation has been met.

 

SECTION 5.03.    Exclusivity, Etc .   The indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Charter and these By-Laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advance of expenses may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), or any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or other provision that is consistent with law, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, shall continue in respect of all events occurring while a person was a director or officer after such person has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person.  The Corporation shall not be liable for any payment under this By-Law in connection with a claim made by a director or officer to the extent such director or officer has otherwise actually received payment under insurance policy, agreement, vote or otherwise, of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.  All rights to indemnification and advance of expenses under the Charter of the Corporation and hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director or officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this By-Law is in effect.  Nothing herein shall prevent the amendment of this By-Law, provided that no such amendment shall diminish the rights of any person hereunder with respect to events occurring or claims made before its adoption or as to claims made after its adoption in respect of events occurring before its adoption.  Any repeal or modification of this By-Law shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification or advance of expenses of such director or officer or the obligations of the

 

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Corporation arising hereunder with respect to events occurring, or claims made, while this By-Law or any provision hereof is in force.

 

SECTION 5.04.    Insurance.   The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Indemnified Party against any liability asserted against and incurred by any Indemnified Party in any protected capacity or arising out of his or her position.  The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its behalf in respect of any liability it may incur to provide indemnification under the Charter, these By-Laws, or law.

 

SECTION 5.05.    Severability; Definitions .   The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Article V shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.  The phrase “this By-Law” in this Article V means this Article V in its entirety.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

STOCK

 

SECTION 6.01.    Certificates for Stock .   The Board of Directors may determine to issue certificated or uncertificated shares of capital stock and other securities of the Corporation.  For certificated stock, each stockholder is entitled to certificates which represent and certify the whole shares of stock he or she holds in the Corporation.  Each stock certificate (a) shall be in such form, not inconsistent with law or with the Charter, as shall be approved by the Board of Directors or any officer or officers designated for such purpose by resolution of the Board of Directors, (b) shall include on its face the name of the Corporation, the name of the stockholder or other person to whom it is issued, and the class of stock and number of shares it represents, (c) shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or a Vice-President, and countersigned by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, or an Assistant Treasurer and (d) may be sealed with the actual corporate seal or a facsimile of it or in any other form and the signatures may be either manual or facsimile signatures.  Each stock certificate shall also include on its face or back (a) a statement of any restrictions on transferability and a statement of the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each class which the Corporation is authorized to issue, of the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series of a preferred or special class in series which the Corporation is authorized to issue, to the extent they have been set, and of the authority of the Board of Directors to set the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series of a preferred or special class of stock or (b) a statement which provides in substance that the Corporation will furnish a full statement of such information to any stockholder on request and without charge.  Such request may be made to the Secretary or to its transfer agent.  Except as provided in the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code - Investment Securities, the fact that a stock certificate does not contain or refer to a restriction on transferability that is adopted after the date of issuance does not mean that the restriction is invalid or unenforceable.  A stock certificate is valid and may be issued whether or not an officer who signed it is still an officer when it is issued.  A certificate may not be issued until the stock represented by it is fully paid.  Upon the issuance of uncertificated shares of capital stock, the Corporation shall send the stockholder a

 

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written statement of the same information required above on the certificate and by the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code - Investment Securities.

 

SECTION 6.02.    Transfers .   The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates of stock; and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.  The duties of transfer agent and registrar may be combined.

 

SECTION 6.03.    Record Dates or Closing of Transfer Books .   The Board of Directors may, and, consistent with the election in Section 2.15, shall have the sole power to, set a record date or direct that the stock transfer books be closed for a stated period for the purpose of making any proper determination with respect to stockholders, including which stockholders are entitled to request a special meeting of stockholders, notice of a meeting of stockholders, vote at a meeting of stockholders, receive a dividend, or be allotted other rights.  The record date may not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed nor, subject to Section 1.07, more than 90 days before the date on which the action requiring the determination will be taken; the transfer books may not be closed for a period longer than 20 days; and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, the record date or the closing of the transfer books shall be at least ten days before the date of the meeting.  Any shares of the Corporation’s own stock acquired by the Corporation between the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders and the time of the meeting may be voted at the meeting by the holder of record as of the record date and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at the meeting.

 

SECTION 6.04.    Stock Ledger .   The Corporation shall maintain a stock ledger which contains the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of stock of each class which the stockholder holds.  The stock ledger may be in written form or in any other form which can be converted within a reasonable time into written form for visual inspection.  The original or a duplicate of the stock ledger shall be kept at the offices of a transfer agent for the particular class of stock, or, if none, at the principal office in the State of Maryland or the principal executive offices of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 6.05.    Certification of Beneficial Owners .   The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure by which a stockholder of the Corporation may certify in writing to the Corporation that any shares of stock registered in the name of the stockholder are held for the account of a specified person other than the stockholder.  The resolution shall set forth the class of stockholders who may certify; the purpose for which the certification may be made; the form of certification and the information to be contained in it; if the certification is with respect to a record date or closing of the stock transfer books, the time after the record date or closing of the stock transfer books within which the certification must be received by the Corporation; and any other provisions with respect to the procedure which the Board of Directors considers necessary or desirable.  On receipt of a certification which complies with the procedure adopted by the Board of Directors in accordance with this Section, the person specified in the certification is, for the purpose set forth in the certification, the holder of record of the specified stock in place of the stockholder who makes the certification.

 

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SECTION 6.06.    Lost Stock Certificates.   The Board of Directors may determine the conditions for issuing a new stock certificate in place of one which is alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, or the Board of Directors may delegate such power to any officer or officers of the Corporation.  In their discretion, the Board of Directors or such officer or officers may require the owner of the certificate to give bond, with sufficient surety, to indemnify the Corporation against any loss or claim arising as a result of the issuance of a new certificate.  In their discretion, the Board of Directors or such officer or officers may refuse to issue such new certificate save upon the order of some court having jurisdiction in the premises.

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

FINANCE

 

SECTION 7.01.    Checks, Drafts, Etc .   All checks, drafts and orders for the payment of money, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the name of the Corporation, shall, unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice-President, an Assistant Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

 

SECTION 7.02.    Annual Statement of Affairs .   The President or the chief accounting officer shall prepare annually a full and correct statement of the affairs of the Corporation, to include a balance sheet and a financial statement of operations for the preceding fiscal year.  The statement of affairs shall be submitted at any annual meeting of the stockholders.  Within 20 days after the annual meeting of stockholders or, if the Corporation is not required to hold an annual meeting of stockholders, within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year, the statement of affairs shall be placed on file at the Corporation’s principal office.

 

SECTION 7.03.    Fiscal Year .   The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as directed by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 7.04.    Dividends .   If declared by or under authority of the Board of Directors, the Corporation may pay dividends on its shares in cash, property, or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, unless such dividend is contrary to law or to a restriction contained in the Charter.

 

SECTION 7.05.    Net Asset Value.   Except in the event of emergency conditions or as otherwise permitted by the Investment Company Act, the net asset value per share of each class or series of stock shall be determined no less frequently than once daily on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, at such time or times as the Board of Directors sets.  In valuing portfolio investments for the determination of the current net asset value per share of any class or series, securities for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued at prices which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors or the person designated by the Board of Directors to make the determination, most nearly represent the current market value of such securities, and other securities and assets shall be valued on the basis of their fair value as determined by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 7.06.    Employment of Custodian.   The Corporation shall place and maintain its securities, similar investments and related funds in the custody of one or more custodians (including one or more subcustodians for maintaining its foreign securities, similar foreign investments and related funds) meeting the requirements of the Investment Company Act, or may serve as its own custodian in accordance with such rules and regulations or orders as the Securities and Exchange Commission may from time to time prescribe for the protection of investors.  Securities held by a custodian may be registered in the name of the Corporation, including the designation of the particular class or series to which such assets belong, or any such custodian, or the nominee of either of them.  Subject to such rules, regulations, and orders as the Commission may adopt as necessary or appropriate for the protection of investors, the Corporation or any custodian, with the consent of the Corporation, may deposit all or any part of the securities owned by the Corporation in a system for the central handling of securities, pursuant to which system all securities of a particular class or series of any issuer deposited within the system are treated as fungible and may be transferred or pledged by bookkeeping entry without physical delivery of such securities.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

SUNDRY PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 8.01.    Books and Records .   The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of its accounts and transactions and minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders and Board of Directors and of any executive or other committee when exercising any of the powers of the Board of Directors.  The books and records of the Corporation may be in written form or in any other form which can be converted within a reasonable time into written form for visual inspection.  Minutes shall be recorded in written form but may be maintained in the form of a reproduction.  The original or a certified copy of these By-Laws shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 8.02.    Corporate Seal .   The Board of Directors shall provide a suitable seal, bearing the name of the Corporation, which shall be in the charge of the Secretary.  The Board of Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof.  If the Corporation is required to place its corporate seal to a document, it is sufficient to meet the requirement of any law, rule, or regulation relating to a corporate seal to place the word “(seal)” adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to sign the document on behalf of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 8.03.    Bonds .   The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to give a bond to the Corporation, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his or her duties, with one or more sureties and in such amount as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 8.04.    Voting Stock in Other Corporations .   Stock of other corporations or associations, registered in the name of the Corporation, may be voted by the President, a Vice-President, or a proxy appointed by either of them.  The Board of Directors, however, may by

 

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resolution appoint some other person to vote such shares, in which case such person shall be entitled to vote such shares upon the production of a certified copy of such resolution.

 

SECTION 8.05.    Mail .   Any notice or other document which is required by these By-Laws to be mailed shall be deposited in the United States mails, postage prepaid.

 

SECTION 8.06.    Electronic Transmission .   An electronic transmission is any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient of the communication and may be reproduced directly in paper form by a recipient through an automated process.

 

SECTION 8.07.    Contracts and Documents .   To the extent permitted by applicable law, and except as otherwise prescribed by the Charter or these By-Laws, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to authorize, sign, execute, acknowledge, verify, accept or deliver any contracts, agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, proxies, regulatory filings and other instruments or documents in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation.  Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.  A person who holds more than one office in the Corporation may not act in more than one capacity to sign, execute, acknowledge, or verify an instrument required by law to be signed, executed, acknowledged, or verified by more than one officer.

 

SECTION 8.08.    Reliance .   Each director and officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Corporation, be entitled to rely on any information, opinion report or statement, including financial statement or other financial data, prepared or presented by an officer or employee of the Corporation whom the director or officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, by a lawyer, certified public accountant or other person as to a matter which the director or officer reasonably believes to be within the person’s professional or expert competence or by a committee of the Board of Directors on which the director does not serve, as to a matter within its designated authority, if the director believes the committee to merit confidence.

 

SECTION 8.09.    Certain Rights of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents .   The directors shall have no responsibility to devote their full time to the affairs of the Corporation.  Any director or officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee, or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar to or in addition to those of or relating to the Corporation.

 

SECTION 8.10.    Amendments .   In accordance with the Charter, these By-Laws may be repealed, altered, amended or rescinded and new by-laws may be adopted (a) by the stockholders of the Corporation (considered for this purpose as one class) by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast by the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation generally in the election of directors which are cast on the matter at any meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose (provided that notice of such proposal is included in the

 

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notice of such meeting) or (b) by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the Board of Directors at a meeting held in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws.

 

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Exhibit 99.(m)(13)

 

NOTICE OF RULE 12 B-1 FEE WAIVER

 

THIS NOTICE OF RULE 12B-1 FEE WAIVER is signed as of December 1, 2004, by PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC (PIMS), the Principal Underwriter of Prudential Sector Funds, Inc., an open-end management investment company (the Fund).

 

WHEREAS, PIMS has been waiving a portion of its distribution and shareholder services fees payable on Class A shares of the Fund (Rule 12b-1 fees) on a fiscal year basis; and

 

WHEREAS, PIMS desires to continue its contractual waiver of a portion of Rule 12b-1 fees for the Fund’s current fiscal year; and

 

WHEREAS, PIMS understands and intends that the Fund will rely on this Notice and agreement in preparing a registration statement on Form N-1A and in accruing the Fund’s expenses for purposes of calculating net asset value and for other purposes, and expressly permits the Fund to do so; and

 

WHEREAS, shareholders of the Fund will benefit from the ongoing contractual waiver by incurring lower Fund operating expenses than they would absent such waiver.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, PIMS hereby provides notice that it has agreed to limit the distribution or service (12b-1) fees incurred by Class A shares of the Fund to .25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.  This contractual waiver shall be effective for the Fund’s current fiscal year ending November 30, 2005.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PIMS has signed this Notice of Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT

MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert F. Gunia

 

 

 

 

Name:

Robert F. Gunia

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 


 

Exhibit 99(n)(4)

 

JENNISONDRYDEN MUTUAL FUNDS

STRATEGIC PARTNERS MUTUAL FUNDS

Jennison Sector Funds, Inc.

(The Fund)

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLAN PURSUANT TO RULE 18F-3

 

The Fund hereby adopts this plan pursuant to Rule 18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), setting forth the separate arrangement and expense allocation of each class of shares in each Fund.  Any material amendment to this plan with respect to a Fund is subject to prior approval of the Board of Directors/Trustees, including a majority of the independent Directors/Trustees.

 

CLASS CHARACTERISTICS

 

CLASS A SHARES :

Class A shares are subject to an initial sales charge and an annual distribution and/or service fee pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (Rule 12b-1 fee) not to exceed 0.30 of 1% per annum of the average daily net assets of the class. The initial sales charge is waived or reduced for certain eligible investors. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and for whom the initial sales charge would be waived are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1% on shares that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. The CDSC is waived for purchases by certain retirement and/or benefit plans affiliated with Prudential.

 

 

CLASS B SHARES :

Class B shares are not subject to an initial sales charge but are subject to a CDSC (declining from 5% to zero over a six-year period) which will be imposed on certain redemptions and an annual Rule 12b-1 fee not to exceed 1% of the average daily net assets of the class. The CDSC is waived for certain eligible investors. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares approximately seven years after purchase.

 

 

CLASS C SHARES :

Class C shares are subject to a low initial sales charge (no sales charge will be imposed as of February 2, 2004) and a 1% CDSC which will be imposed on certain redemptions within the first 18 months after purchase (12 months after purchase as of February 2, 2004) and an annual Rule 12b-1 fee not to exceed 1% of the average daily net assets of the class.

 

 

CLASS Z SHARES :

Class Z shares are not subject to either an initial sales charge or CDSC, nor are they subject to any Rule 12b-1 fee.

 

INCOME AND EXPENSE ALLOCATIONS

 

Income, any realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, and expenses not allocated to a particular class of the Fund will be allocated to each class of the Fund on the basis of the net asset value of that class in relation to the net asset value of the Fund.

 



 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Dividends and other distributions paid by the Fund to each class of shares, to the extent paid, will be paid on the same day and at the same time, and will be determined in the same manner and will be in the same amount, except that the amount of the dividends and other distributions declared and paid by a particular class of the Fund may be different from that paid by another class of the Fund because of Rule 12b-1 fees and other expenses borne exclusively by that class.

 

EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE

 

Holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class Z Shares shall have such exchange privileges as set forth in the Fund’s current prospectus.  Exchange privileges may vary among classes and among holders of a Class.

 

CONVERSION FEATURES

 

Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis approximately seven years after purchase.  Conversions will be effected at relative net asset value without the imposition of any additional sales charge.  Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions will be subject to conversion in accordance with the procedures utilized by the broker-dealer through which the Class B shares were purchased, to the extent such broker-dealer provides sub-accounting services to the Fund, otherwise the procedures utilized by Prudential Mutual Fund Services, LLC, or its affiliates, shall be used.

 

GENERAL

 

A.                                    Each class of shares shall have exclusive voting rights on any matter submitted to shareholders that relates solely to its arrangement and shall have separate voting rights on any matter submitted to shareholders in which the interests of one class differ from the interests of any other class.

 

B.                                      On an ongoing basis, the Directors/Trustees, pursuant to their fiduciary responsibilities under the 1940 Act and otherwise, will monitor the Fund for the existence of any material conflicts among the interests of its several classes.  The Directors/Trustees, including a majority of the independent Directors, shall take such action as is reasonably necessary to eliminate any such conflicts that may develop.  Prudential Investments LLC, the Fund’s Manager, will be responsible for reporting any potential or existing conflicts to the Directors/Trustees.

 

Amended and restated as of March 11, 2004.

 

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Exhibit 99.(p)(1)

 

JENNISONDRYDEN AND

STRATEGIC PARTNERS MUTUAL FUND COMPLEX

(the Fund)

 

Code of Ethics Adopted Pursuant to Rule 17j-1

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940

(the Code)

 

1.                                       Purposes

 

The Code has been adopted by the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund, in accordance with Rule 17j-1(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act) and in accordance with the following general principles:

 

(1) The duty at all times to place the interests of investment company shareholders first.

 

Investment company personnel should scrupulously avoid serving their own personal interests ahead of shareholders’ interests in any decision relating to their personal investments.

 

(2) The requirement that all personal securities transactions be conducted consistent with the Code and 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.

 

Investment company personnel must not only seek to achieve technical compliance with the Code but should strive to abide by its spirit and the principles articulated herein.

 

(3) The fundamental standard that investment company personnel should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions.

 

Investment company personnel must avoid any situation that might compromise, or call into question, their exercise of fully independent judgment in the interest of shareholders, including, but not limited to the receipt of unusual investment opportunities, perquisites, or gifts of more than a de minimis value from persons doing or seeking business with the Fund.

 

Rule 17j-1 under the Act generally proscribes fraudulent or manipulative practices with respect to a purchase or sale of a security held or to be acquired (as such term is defined in

 



 

Section 2) by an investment company, if effected by an associated person of such company.

 

The purpose of the Code is to establish procedures consistent with the Act and Rule 17j-1 to give effect to the following general prohibitions as set forth in Rule 17j-1(b) as follows:

 

(a)                                   It shall be unlawful for any affiliated person of or Principal Underwriter for a registered investment company, or any affiliated person of an investment adviser of or principal underwriter for a registered investment company in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by such person of a security held or to be acquired, by such registered investment company:

 

(1)                                   To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud such registered investment company;

 

(2)                                   To make to such registered investment company any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state to such registered investment company a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

 

(3)                                   To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any such registered investment company; or

 

(4)                                   To engage in any manipulative practice with respect to such registered investment company.

 

2.                                       Definitions

 

(a)                                   “Access Person” means any director/trustee, officer, general partner or Advisory Person (including any Investment Personnel, as that term is defined herein) of the Fund, the Manager, the Adviser/ Subadviser, or the Principal Underwriter.

 

(b)                                  “Adviser/Subadviser” means the Adviser or a Subadviser, if any, of the Fund or both as the context may require.

 

(c)                                   “Advisory Person” means (i) any employee of the Fund, Manager or Adviser/Subadviser (or of any company in a control relationship to the Fund, Manager or Adviser/Subadviser) who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in, or obtains current or pending information regarding the purchase or sale of a security by the Fund, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales; and (ii) any natural person in a control relationship to the Fund who obtains information concerning recommendations made to the Fund with regard to the purchase or sale of a security.

 

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(d)                                  “Beneficial Ownership” will be interpreted in the same manner as it would be under Securities Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(2) in determining which security holdings of a person are subject to the reporting and short-swing profit provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that the determination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership will apply to all securities which an Access Person has or acquires ( Exhibit A ).

 

(e)  “Complex” means the group of registered investment companies for which Prudential Investments LLC serves as Manager; provided, however, that with respect to Access Persons of the Manager or Subadviser (including any unit or subdivision thereof), “Complex” means the group of registered investment companies in the Complex advised by such Subadviser or unit or subdivision thereof or to which an Access Person is deemed to have access.  A list of such registered investment companies will be maintained by the Compliance Officer.

 

(f)                                     “Compliance Officer” means the person or persons (including his or her designees) designated by the Manager, the Adviser/Subadviser, or Principal Underwriter, respectively, as having responsibility for compliance with the requirements of the Code.

 

(g)                                  “Control” will have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 2(a)(9) of the Act.

 

(h)                                  “Disinterested Director/Trustee” means a Director/Trustee of the Fund who is not an “interested person” of the Fund within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Act.

 

An interested Director/Trustee who would not otherwise be deemed to be an Access Person, shall be treated as a Disinterested Director/Trustee for purposes of compliance with the provisions of the Code.

 

(i)                                      “Initial Public Offering” means an offering of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the issuer of which, immediately before the registration, was not subject to the reporting requirements of sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(j)                                      “Investment Personnel” means: (a) Portfolio Managers and other Advisory Persons who provide investment information and/or advice to the Portfolio Manager(s) and/or help execute the Portfolio Manager’s(s’) investment decisions, including securities analysts and traders; (b) any natural person in a control relationship to the Fund who obtains information concerning recommendations made to the Fund with regard to the purchase or sale of a security; and (c) certain other individuals as designated by the Compliance Officer.

 

(k)                                   “Manager” means Prudential Investments LLC.

 

(l)                                      “Mutual Fund Code of Ethics/Personal Securities Trading

 

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Committee” or “Committee” means a specified group of Business Unit, Compliance, and Human Resources executives responsible for interpreting and administering the Code, including but not limited to, reviewing violations of the Code and determining any sanctions or other disciplinary actions that may be deemed appropriate.  In addition, the Committee may waive and or modify violations and sanctions or other disciplinary actions at its discretion when deemed appropriate by the Committee.  The Committee will review such violations in consultation with legal counsel.  A list of such Committee members shall be maintained by the Compliance Officer.

 

(m)                                “Non-proprietary Registered Open-end Investment Company” or “Non-proprietary Fund” means any registered open-end investment company whose registered investment adviser is an entity other than Prudential Investments LLC.

 

(n)                                  “Portfolio Manager” means any Advisory Person who has the direct responsibility and authority to make investment decisions for the Fund.

 

(o)                                  “Private placement” means a limited offering that is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to section 4(2) or section 4(6) or pursuant to rule 504, rule 505 or rule 506 under such Securities Act.

 

(p)                                  “Profits” means any total or partial gain realized from a securities transaction or group of transactions as defined by the Mutual Fund Code of Ethics/Personal Securities Trading Committee (“Committee”).

 

(q)                                  “Proprietary Registered Open-End Investment Company” or “Proprietary Fund” means a registered open-end investment company for which Prudential Investments LLC acts as the registered investment adviser, with the exception of proprietary money market open-end registered investment companies.

 

(r)                                     “Security” will have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the Act, except that it will not include shares of Non-proprietary Registered Open-end Investment Companies, money market registered open-end investment companies, direct obligations of the Government of the United States, short-term debt securities which are “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Act, bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and such other money market instruments as are designated by the Compliance Officer.  For purposes of the Code, an “equivalent Security” is one that has a substantial economic relationship to another Security.  This would include, among other things, (1) a Security that is exchangeable for or convertible into another Security, (2) with respect to an equity Security, a Security having the same issuer (including a private issue by the same issuer) and any derivative, option or warrant relating to that Security and (3) with respect to a fixed-income Security, a Security having the same issuer, maturity, coupon and rating.

 

(s) “Security held or to be acquired” means any Security or any

 

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equivalent Security which, within the most recent 15 days:  (1) is or has been held by the Fund; or (2) is being considered by the Fund or its investment adviser for purchase by the Fund.

 

3.                                       Applicability

 

The Code applies to all Access Persons, except that Access Persons covered by more than one Code of Ethics meeting the requirements of Rule 17j-1 may be governed by the provisions of such other Code of Ethics and report all transactions pursuant to the terms of such other Code of Ethics provided that such Code was reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund. The Compliance Officer shall ensure that each Access Person subject to this Code receives a copy of the Code.    The Compliance Officer will maintain a list of all Access Persons who are currently, and within the past five years, subject to the Code.

 

4.                                       Prohibited Purchases and Sales

 

The prohibitions described below will only apply to a transaction in a security in which the designated Access Person has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership.

 

A.                                     Mutual Funds

 

Except as provided in Section 5 below, Investment Personnel and certain other individuals identified by the Compliance Officer are required to hold Proprietary Funds purchased for a period of 90-days.  Profits realized on such transactions that do not adhere to the requirements of this Section may be promptly required to be disgorged to the Fund or as otherwise deemed appropriate by the Committee.

 

B.                                     Initial Public Offerings

 

No Investment Personnel may acquire any Securities in an initial public offering.  For purposes of this restriction, “Initial Public Offerings” shall not include offerings of government and municipal securities.

 

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C.                                     Private Placements

 

No Investment Personnel may acquire any Securities in a private placement without prior approval.

 

(i)                                      Prior approval must be obtained in accordance with the preclearance procedure described in Section 6 below.  Such approval will take into account, among other factors, whether the investment opportunity should be reserved for the Fund and its shareholders and whether the opportunity is being offered to the Investment Personnel by virtue of his or her position with the Fund.  The Adviser/Subadviser shall maintain a record of such prior approval and reason for same, for at least 5 years after the end of the fiscal year in which the approval is granted.

 

(ii)                                   Investment Personnel who have been authorized to acquire Securities in a private placement must disclose that investment to the chief investment officer (including his or her designee) of the Adviser/Subadviser (or of any unit or subdivision thereof) or the Compliance Officer when they play a part in any subsequent consideration of an investment by the Fund in the issuer.  In such circumstances, the Fund’s decision to purchase Securities of the issuer will be subject to an independent review by appropriate personnel with no personal interest in the issuer.

 

D.                                     Blackout Periods

 

(i)  Except as provided in Section 5 below, Access Persons are prohibited from executing a Securities transaction on a day during which any investment company in the 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; provided, however, that this

 

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prohibition shall not apply to Disinterested Directors/Trustees except if they have actual knowledge of trading by any fund in the Complex.

 

This prohibition shall also not apply to Access Persons of the Manager, Principal Underwriter, and Adviser/Subadviser who do not, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties, have access to current or pending information regarding the purchase and sale of Securities for the Fund and are not engaged in the day-to-day trading operations of the Fund; provided that Securities investments effected by such Access Persons during the proscribed period are not effected with knowledge of the purchase or sale of the same or equivalent Securities by any fund in the Complex.

 

A “pending ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ order” exists when a decision to purchase or sell a Security has been made and communicated.  However, this prohibition shall not apply to a “pending ‘buy ‘or ‘sell’ order” in the same or an equivalent security in a broad based index fund.(1)

 

(ii) Portfolio Managers are prohibited from buying or selling a Security within seven calendar days before or after a Fund in the same Complex trades in the same or an equivalent Security.  Nevertheless, a personal trade by any Investment Personnel shall not prevent a Fund in the same Complex from trading in the same or an equivalent security.  However, such a transaction shall be subject to independent review by the Compliance Officer.  This prohibition shall not apply to purchases and sales executed in a broad based index fund.

 

(iii) If trades are effected during the periods proscribed in (i) or (ii) above, except as provided in (iv) below with respect to (i) above, Profits realized on such trades will be promptly required to be disgorged to the Fund or a charitable organization approved by the Committee. 

 

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(iv) A transaction by Access Persons (other than Investment Personnel) inadvertently effected during the period proscribed in (i) above will not be considered a violation of the Code and disgorgement will not be required so long as the transaction was effected in accordance with the preclearance procedures described in Section 6 below and without prior knowledge of trading by any Fund in the Complex in the same or an equivalent Security.

 

E.                                       Short-Term Trading Profits

 

Except as provided in Section 5 below, Investment Personnel are prohibited from profiting from a purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the same or an equivalent Security within any 60 calendar day period.  For purposes of this prohibition, Security shall exclude Proprietary Funds.  If trades are effected during the proscribed period, Profits realized on such trades will be promptly required to be disgorged to the Fund or a charitable organization approved by the Committee.

 

F.                                       Short Sales

 

No Access Person may sell any security short that is owned by any Fund in the Complex.  Access Persons may, however make short sales when he/she owns an equivalent amount of the same security.  This prohibition does not apply to Disinterested Directors/Trustees.

 

G.                                     Options

 

No Access Person may write a naked call option or buy a naked put option on a security owned by any Fund in the Complex.  Access Persons may purchase options on securities not held by any Fund in the Complex, or purchase call options or write put options on securities owned by any Fund in the Complex, subject to preclearance and the same restrictions applicable to other Securities.  Access Persons may write covered call options or buy covered

 


(1)           A list of such Funds shall be maintained by the Compliance Officer.

 

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put options on a Security owned by any Fund in the Complex at the discretion of the Compliance Officer.  This prohibition does not apply to Disinterested Directors/Trustees.

 

H.                                     Investment Clubs

 

No Access Person may participate in an investment club.  This prohibition does not apply to Disinterested Directors/Trustees.

 

5.                                       Exempted Transactions

 

The requirements of Section 4.A. above will not apply to subparagraphs (a), (c), (d), (i), and (k) hereof.  In addition, subject to preclearance in accordance with Section 6 below with respect to subparagraphs (b), (e), (f), (g) and (i) hereof, the prohibitions of Sections 4.D. and 4.E., will not apply to the following:

 

(a)                                   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 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.

 

(b)                                  Purchases or sales of Securities (or their equivalents) which are not eligible for purchase or sale by any fund in the Complex.

 

(c)                                   Purchases or sales of Securities which are non-volitional on the part of either the Access Person or any fund in the Complex.

 

(d)                                  Purchases of Securities, which are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan.

 

(e)                                   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.

 

(f)                                     Any equity Securities transaction, or series of related transactions effected over a 30 calendar day period, involving 500 shares or less in the aggregate, if (i) the Access Person has no prior knowledge of activity in such security by any fund in the Complex and (ii) the issuer is listed on The New York Stock Exchange or has a market capitalization (outstanding shares multiplied by the current price per share) greater than $1 billion (or a corresponding market capitalization in foreign markets).

 

(g)                                  Any fixed-income Securities transaction, or series of related transactions effected over a 30 calendar day period, involving 100 units

 

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($100,000 principal amount) or less in the aggregate, if the Access Person has no prior knowledge of transactions in such Securities by any fund in the Complex.

 

(h)                                  Any transaction in index options effected on a broad-based index.(2)

 

(i)                                      Purchases or sales of Securities which receive the prior approval of the Compliance Officer (such person having no personal interest in such purchases or sales), based on a determination that no abuse is involved and that such purchases and sales are not likely to have any economic impact on any fund in the Complex or on its ability to purchase or sell Securities of the same class or other Securities of the same issuer.  With respect to the requirements of Section 4.A. above, the Compliance Officer may approve certain hardship or other exceptions.

 

(j)                                      Purchases or sales of Unit Investment Trusts.

 

(k)                                   Purchases or sales of Securities that are part of an automatic investment/withdrawal program or that result from automatic rebalancing.

 

6.                                       Preclearance

 

Access Persons (other than Disinterested Directors/Trustees) must preclear all personal Securities investments with the exception of those identified in subparts (a), (c), (d), (h) and (j) of Section 5 and Section 4.A. above.

 

All requests for preclearance must be submitted to the Compliance Officer for approval.  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 (2) business days from the date preclearance is granted. If any order is not timely executed, a request for preclearance must be resubmitted.

 

7.                                       Reporting

 

(a)                                   Disinterested Directors/Trustees shall report to the Secretary of the Fund the information described in Section 7(b) hereof with respect to transactions in any Security in which such Disinterested Director/Trustee has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any

 


(2)           A list of such indices will be maintained by the Compliance Officer.

 

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direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership in the Security only if such Disinterested Director/Trustee, at the time of that transaction knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a Director/Trustee of the Fund, should have known that, during the 15-day period immediately preceding or subsequent to the date of the transaction in a Security by such Director/Trustee, such Security is or was purchased or sold by the Fund or was being considered for purchase or sale by the Fund, the Manager or Adviser/Subadviser; provided, however, that a Disinterested Director/Trustee is not required to make a report with respect to transactions effected in any account over which such Director/Trustee does not have any direct or indirect influence or control or in any account of the Disinterested Director/Trustee which is managed on a discretionary basis by a person other than such Director/Trustee and with respect to which such Director/Trustee does not in fact influence or control such transactions.  The Secretary of the Fund shall maintain such reports and such other records to the extent required by Rule 17j-1 under the Act.

 

(b)                                  Every report required by Section 7(a) hereof shall be made not later than ten days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the report relates was effected, and shall contain the following information:

 

(i)                                      The date of the transaction, the title and the number of shares, and the principal amount of each Security involved;

 

(ii)                                   The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

 

(iii)                                The price at which the transaction was effected;

 

(iv)                               The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected; and

 

(v)                                  The date that the report is submitted.

 

(c)                                   Any such report may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed

 

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as an admission by the person making such report that he or she has any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership in the Security to which the report relates.

 

8.                                       Records of Securities Transactions and Post-Trade Review

 

Access Persons (other than Disinterested Directors/Trustees) are required to direct their brokers to supply, on a timely basis, duplicate copies of confirmations of all personal Securities transactions and copies of periodic statements for all Securities accounts in which such Access Persons have a Beneficial Ownership interest to the Compliance Officer.  Such instructions must be made upon becoming an Access Person and promptly as new accounts are established, but no later than ten days after the end of a calendar quarter, with respect to any account established by the Access Person in which any securities were held during the quarter for the direct or indirect beneficial interest of the Access Person. Notification must be made in writing and a copy of the notification must be submitted to Compliance.   This notification will include the broker, dealer or bank with which the account was established and the date the account was established.

 

Compliance with this Code requirement will be deemed to satisfy the reporting requirements imposed on Access Persons under Rule 17j-1(d), provided, however, that such confirmations and statements contain all the information required by Section 7. b. hereof and are furnished within the time period required by such section.

 

The Compliance Officer will periodically review the personal investment activity of all Access Persons (including Disinterested Directors/Trustees with respect to Securities transactions reported pursuant to Section 7 above) and holdings reports of all Access Persons.

 

9.                                       Disclosure of Personal Holdings

 

Within ten days after an individual first becomes an Access Person and thereafter on an annual basis, each Access Person (other than Disinterested Directors/Trustees) must disclose all personal Securities holdings.  Such disclosure must be made in writing and be as of the date

 

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the individual first became an Access Person with respect to the initial report and include information that is current within the previous 30 days, with respect to the annual report.  All such reports shall include the following:  title, number of shares and principal amount of each security held, name of broker, dealer or bank with whom these securities are held and the date of submission by the Access Person.

 

10.                                Gifts

 

Access Persons are prohibited from receiving any gift or other thing, which would be considered excessive in value from any person or entity that does business with or on behalf of the Fund.  Occasional business meals or entertainment (theatrical or sporting events, etc.) are permitted so long as they are not excessive in number or cost.

 

11.                                Service As a Director

 

Investment Personnel are prohibited from serving on the boards of directors of publicly traded companies, absent prior authorization based upon a determination that the board service would be consistent with the interests of the Fund and its shareholders.  In the limited instances that such board service is 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 “Chinese Wall” or other procedures designed to address the potential conflicts of interest.

 

12.                                Certification of Compliance with the Code

 

Access Persons are required to certify annually as follows:

 

(i)                                      that they have read and understood the Code;

 

(ii)                                   that they recognize that they are subject to the Code;

 

(iii)                                that they have complied with the requirements of the Code; and

 

(iv)                               that they have disclosed or reported all personal Securities transactions required to be disclosed or reported pursuant to the requirements of the

 

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Code.

 

13.                                Code Violations and Sanctions

 

All violations of the Code will be reviewed by the Committee.  The Committee will determine any sanctions or other disciplinary actions that may be deemed appropriate.  All material violations and corresponding sanctions and/or disciplinary action will be reported to the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund on a quarterly basis.  The Board of Directors/Trustees may take action as it deems appropriate, in addition to any action previously taken by the Committee.

 

14.                                Review by the Board of Directors/Trustees

 

The Board of Directors/Trustees will be provided with an annual report which at a minimum:

 

(i) certifies to the Board that the Fund, Manager, Investment Adviser/Subadviser, and Principal Underwriter have adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent its Access persons from violating its Code.

 

(ii) summarizes existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in the procedures made during the preceding year;

 

(iii) identifies material Code or procedural violations and sanctions imposed in response to those material violations; and

 

(iv) identifies any recommended changes in existing restrictions or procedures based upon the Fund’s experience under the Code, evolving industry practices, or developments in applicable laws and regulations.

 

The Board will review such report and determine if any further action is required.

 

Explanatory Notes to Code

 

1.                                        No comparable Code requirements have been imposed upon Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, the Fund’s transfer agent, or those of its directors or officers who are not

 

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Directors/Trustees or Officers of the Fund since they are deemed not to constitute Access Persons or Advisory Persons as defined in paragraphs (e)(1) and (2) of Rule 17j-1.

 

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Exhibit A

 

Definition of Beneficial Ownership

 

The term “beneficial ownership” of securities would include not only ownership of securities held by an access person for his or her own benefit, whether in bearer form or registered in his or her own name or otherwise, but also ownership of securities held for his or her benefit by other (regardless of whether or how they are registered) such as custodians, brokers, executors, administrators, or trustees (including trusts in which he or she has only a remainder interest), and securities held for his or her account by pledges, securities owned by a partnership in which he or she should regard as a personal holding corporation.  Correspondingly, this term would exclude securities held by an access person for the benefit of someone else.

 

Ordinarily, this term would not include securities held by executors or administrators in estates in which an access person is a legatee or beneficiary unless there is a specific legacy to such person of such securities or such person is the sole legatee or beneficiary and there are other assets in the estate sufficient to pay debts ranking ahead of such legacy, or the securities are held in the estate more than a year after the decedent’s death.

 

Securities held in the name of another should be considered as “beneficially” owned by an access person where such person enjoys “benefits substantially equivalent to ownership”.  The SEC has said that although the final determination of beneficial ownership is a question to be determined in the light of the facts of the particular case, generally a person is regarded as the beneficial owner of securities held in the name of his or her spouse and their minor children.  Absent special circumstances such relationship ordinarily results in such person obtaining benefits substantially equivalent to ownership, e.g., application of the income derived from such securities to maintain a common home, to meet expenses which such person otherwise would meet from other sources, or the ability to exercise a controlling influence over the purchase, sale or voting of such securities.

 

An access person also may be regarded as the beneficial owner of securities held in the name of another person, if by reason of any contact, understanding, relationship, agreement or other arrangement, he obtains therefrom benefits substantially equivalent to those of ownership.  Moreover, the fact that the holder is a relative or relative of a spouse and sharing the same home as an access person may in itself indicate that the access person would obtain benefits substantially equivalent to those of ownership from securities held in the name of such relative.  Thus, absent countervailing facts, it is expected that securities held by relatives who share the same home as an access person will be treated as being beneficially owned by the access person.

 

An access person also is regarded as the beneficial owner of securities held in the name of a spouse, minor children or other person, even though he does not obtain therefrom the aforementioned benefits of ownership, if he can vest or revest title in himself at once or at some future time.

 


 

Exhibit 99.(p)(2)

 

Personal Securities

Trading Policy

 



 

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 a Personal Securities Trading Policy (“Policy”) incorporating policies and procedures followed by leading financial service firms.  This Policy is designed to ensure Prudential and its associates comply with various securities laws and regulations including the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (“ITSFEA”) and the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) Conduct Rules, and to ensure that its associates conduct their personal trading in a manner consistent with Prudential’s policy of placing its shareholders’ and customers’ interests first.

 

This Policy sets forth insider trading standards and requirements, trade monitoring procedures, and personal trading restrictions for Prudential associates.

 

Section I sets forth Prudential’s Policy Statement On Insider Trading that applies to all Prudential associates.  It is important that all Prudential associates read and understand this policy, 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 requirement introduced in 2002.

 

Section III sets forth Prudential’s policy 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 policy.

 

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

 

Section V sets forth the additional trading policies and procedures applicable to associates of a Prudential portfolio management unit or trading unit.

 

Section VI sets forth the additional trading policies and procedures applicable to associates of the private asset management units of Prudential Investment Management (“PIM”).

 

Section VII sets forth the additional trading policies and procedures applicable to associates of Prudential Equity Group, Inc. (“PEG”).

 

If you are unclear as to your personal trading and reporting responsibilities, or have any questions concerning any aspect of this Policy, please contact the Securities Monitoring Unit, Compliance Department.

 

The personal trading policy and trade monitoring procedures described in this Policy reflect the practices followed by leading financial service firms.  No business unit or group may adopt policies or procedures that are inconsistent with this Policy.  However,

 

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business units may, with the prior approval of the Securities Monitoring Unit, adopt policies and procedures that are more stringent than those contained in this Policy.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

I. PRUDENTIAL’S POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER TRADING

 

A. Use of Material Nonpublic Information

 

B. Prudential Insider Trading Rules

 

C. What is Nonpublic Information?

 

D. What is Material Information?

 

E. “Front-running” and “Scalping”

 

F. Private Securities Transactions

 

G. Charitable Gifts

 

H. Penalties for Insider Trading

 

1. Penalties for Individuals

 

2. Penalties for Supervisors

 

3. Penalties for Prudential

 

 

 

II. SECURITIES TRADE MONITORING FOR COVERED AND ACCESS PERSONS

 

A. The “SMARTS” System

 

B. Covered and Access Persons

 

C. Trade Reporting Requirements

 

1. Authorized Broker-Dealer Requirements

 

2. Authorized Broker-Dealer Exceptions

 

3. Trade Reporting Requirements for Exception Accounts

 

4. Personal and Family Member Accounts

 

5. Reportable Securities Transactions

 

6. Confidentiality of Trading Information

 

7. Additional Requirements

 

 

 

III. POLICY AND RESTRICTIONS FOR PERSONAL TRADING IN SECURITIES ISSUED BY PRUDENTIAL BY DESIGNATED PERSONS

 

A. Designated Persons

 

B. Specific Trading Requirements

 

1. Brokerage Account Requirements for Designated Persons

 

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

 

3. Trading Windows/Blackout Periods

 

4. Preclearance of Trading in Securities Issued by Prudential

 

5. Prohibited Transactions

 

6. PESP

 

C. Supervisory Responsibilities

 

D. Violations to the Policy

 

 

 

IV. TRADING RESTRICTIONS FOR ASSOCIATES OF BROKER-DEALERS

 

A. Trade Monitoring for Associates of Pruco Securities Corporation and Prudential Investment Management Services, LLC.

 

1. Notification Requirements for Personal Securities Accounts

 

2. Annual Compliance Training and Sign-off

 

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

 

C. Private Securities Transactions

 

 

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D. Additional Restrictions for PEG Associates

 

 

 

V. TRADING RESTRICTIONS FOR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND TRADING UNITS

 

A. Definitions

 

B. Mutual Fund Reporting and Trading Restrictions

 

1. Mutual Fund Holding Period

 

2. Policies Relating to Reporting and Trading Mutual Funds

 

C. Additional Trading Restrictions

 

1. Initial Public Offerings

 

2. Private Placements

 

3. Blackout Periods — “7 Day Rule”

 

4. Short-Term Trading Profits

 

5. Short Sales

 

6. Options

 

7. Investment Clubs

 

D. Preclearance

 

E. Exemptions

 

1. Ineligible securities.

 

2. Exercise of rights issued by issuer.

 

3. De minimis trades.

 

4. Discretionary accounts.

 

5. Index options.

 

6. Unit investment trusts and open-end mutual funds.

 

7. Non-volitional transactions and dividend reinvestment plans.

 

8. Exceptions by prior written approval.

 

9. Automatic Investment/Withdrawal Programs and Automatic Rebalancing.

 

F. Personal Trade Reporting

 

G. Personal Securities Holdings

 

H. Service as a Director

 

I. Gifts

 

J. Code Violations and Sanctions

 

K. Reports to Clients

 

L. Conflicts of Interest

 

 

 

VI. TRADING RESTRICTIONS OF PRIVATE ASSET MANAGEMENT UNITS

 

A. Private Side Monitored List

 

B. Investment Clubs

 

C. Additional Restrictions for Certain Units

 

1. Real Estate Units

 

2. Prudential Capital Group

 

 

 

VII. POLICY FOR PRUDENTIAL EQUITY GROUP, INC.

 

A. Associated Persons’ Securities Accounts

 

1. Trade Monitoring at PEG

 

B. Definition of “Employee Account” and “Employee Related Account”

 

C. Investment Clubs

 

D. Personal Trading Restrictions

 

1. Purchases of Public Equity Offerings

 

2. Private Securities Transactions

 

3. Annual Compliance Training

 

 

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4. 24 - Hour Research Report Restriction

 

E. Restricted List

 

F. Additional Trading Restrictions for Certain PEG Departments

 

1. Trading Restrictions

 

2. Preclearance Procedures

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit 1 – Sample Letter to Brokerage Firm

 

Exhibit 3 – Compliance and Reporting of Personal Transactions

 

Exhibit 4 – Index Options On a Broad-Based Index

 

Exhibit 5 – Personal Securities Holdings Report

 

Exhibit 6 — Section 16 Insiders and Designated Persons Preclearance Request Form

 

Comments:

 

Exhibit 7 — Non Proprietary Subadvised Mutual Funds

 

 

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I. PRUDENTIAL’S POLICY STATEMENT ON INSIDER TRADING

 

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

 

A. Use of Material Nonpublic 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.  Company policy, industry practice and federal and state laws establish strict guidelines regarding the use of material nonpublic information.

 

                  You may not use material nonpublic 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; and

 

                  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.

 

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)  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 Securities Monitoring Unit, 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 or the Securities Monitoring Unit so that the securities can be monitored and/or placed on a restricted list as appropriate.

 


(1)  In some circumstances, additional elements may be required for there to be a violation of law, including scienter and breach of a duty.

 

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B. Prudential Insider Trading Rules

 

Below are three 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 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.  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.

 

(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.(2)

 

(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”).

 

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 your Chief Compliance Officer, the Securities Monitoring Unit or the Law Department.

 

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

 


(2)           For restrictions applicable to PEG trading department associates, see Section VII.

 

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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 or sell 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, the Securities Monitoring Unit 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); or

 

                  Information about a merger, acquisition, tender offer, joint venture or similar transaction involving the 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.

 

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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 antifraud 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.

 

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H. Penalties for Insider Trading(3)

 

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 up to and including termination of employment.

 

2.  Penalties for Supervisors

The law provides for penalties for “controlling persons” of individuals who commit 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.

 


(3)  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.

 

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II. SECURITIES TRADE MONITORING FOR COVERED AND ACCESS PERSONS

 

A. The “SMARTS” 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 Policy to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic information about Prudential or other public companies.  All employees are held to the general principles of the Policy 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, or other sensitive information.  These individuals are required to have their personal securities transactions monitored in the securities trade monitoring system known as “SMARTS” (Securities Monitoring Automated Reporting and Tracking System).

 

B. Covered and Access Persons

 

Certain employees are classified as “Covered” or “Access” Persons (as defined below).  These individuals are categorized based on the information to which they have access.  Covered and Access Persons are required to conform to the authorized broker-dealer requirements (discussed below).

 

“Access Persons” - Associates who work in or support portfolio management activities.  See Section V for specific requirements.

 

“Covered Persons” – Associates, other than Access Persons, who may have access to material nonpublic information about external public companies or those individuals who have a regulatory obligation to be monitored.

 

If you are unsure as to whether you are an Access or Covered Person, contact your Chief Compliance Officer or the Securities Monitoring Unit. (4)

 


(4)  PEG monitors the personal trading of its associates in conformity with applicable NYSE and NASD rules, through its own process utilizing SMARTS technology.  See Section VII.

 

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C.  Trade Reporting Requirements

 

1. Authorized Broker-Dealer Requirements

Covered and Access Persons are required to maintain personal brokerage accounts at an authorized broker-dealer.  The authorized firms are Wachovia Securities (for accounts that were previously maintained at Prudential Securities), Pruco Securities, Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity Investments, and Merrill Lynch.  Covered and Access Persons can find information about each firm through the authorized broker-dealer website at http://njplazx51/authorizedbrokerdealers.  The account types that are subject to the authorized broker-dealer requirements are listed below in Section C. 4 .

 

Prudential Financial, Inc. securities held at EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. are not required to be transferred.

 

New Associates who are subject to this requirement will be required to transfer accounts to an authorized broker-dealer within 60 days of becoming a Covered and/or Access Person.  Associates 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 this Policy.

 

2.  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 level or above for review.  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:

 

                  Accounts held jointly with or accounts for spouses who are subject to the same type of personal trading requirements that pre-date this policy (June 27, 2002) or that were established prior to being subject to this policy.

 

                  Accounts in which the employee has a formal investment management agreement that provides full discretionary authority to a third party money manager.  A copy of the management agreement must be submitted to the business unit compliance officer.

 

                  Blind trusts and family trusts.  A copy of the trust agreement must be submitted to the business unit compliance officer.

 

                  Accounts for international employees in locations where there is no local presence or access to one of these firms.

 

                  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.

 

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3.  Trade Reporting Requirements for Exception Accounts

If you are granted an exception to the authorized broker-dealer requirement, you must direct the brokerage firm(s) that maintains 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 this Policy.  Remember, accounts maintained at Wachovia Securities (for accounts that were previously maintained at Prudential Securities), Pruco Securities, Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Merrill Lynch, and Fidelity Investments are exempt from this requirement.(5)

 

4.  Personal and Family Member Accounts

You are required to maintain 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 beneficial interest;

 

(3)                         Accounts in which your minor children or any dependent family member has a beneficial interest;

 

(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; and

 

(7)                         Accounts of any individual to whose financial support you materially contribute.(6)

 

Accounts restricted solely to the purchase and sale of mutual funds and/or 529 College Savings Plans are not subject to the Policy and do not require disclosure.(7)  However, if the account may trade other securities, it is subject to the Policy even if it holds only mutual funds.

 

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 brokerage 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. 

 


(5)  Information concerning securities transactions at the authorized broker-dealers is fed by computer link directly to Prudential’s trade monitoring system, SMARTS.

(6)  For example, this would include individuals with whom you share living expenses, bank accounts, rent or mortgage payments, ownership of a home, or any other material financial support.

(7)  Investment Personnel and Access Persons are subject to certain trading restrictions and reporting requirements with respect to mutual fund transactions and holdings.  See Section V.B.

 

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Acknowledgment forms, which are supplied to you electronically by the Securities Monitoring Unit, must be completed annually.(8)

 

5.  Reportable Securities Transactions

In general, all securities transactions are reportable by Access and Covered Persons except for purchases and sales of variable insurance products (including annuities), certificates of deposit and certain United States government securities.  In addition, Covered Persons are not required to report purchases and sales of open-end mutual funds.  However, Access Persons must report transactions and holdings of certain open-end mutual funds as described in Section V .  The chart attached as Exhibit 3 identifies the personal securities transactions that are reportable.

 

6. Confidentiality of Trading Information

The Securities Monitoring Unit is responsible for maintaining SMARTS, and recognizes that your investment records are highly confidential.  Accordingly, the Securities Monitoring Unit follows careful procedures for the collection and review of associate trading information to ensure that such records are kept in the strictest confidence.  Other than exception reports, which are reviewed by business unit heads and business unit compliance personnel, the only persons who have access to this information are a small group within the Compliance Department.

 

7.  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 Units – Section V .

Requirements for Private Asset Management Units – Section VI .

Requirements for associates of PEG – Section VII .

 


(8)  The Securities Monitoring Unit administers the processing of annual acknowledgment forms.  If you are a reporting associate, and have not completed an acknowledgment form, please contact the Securities Monitoring Unit.

 

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III. POLICY 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 policies and procedures relating to Section 16 Insiders are addressed in a separate policy statement, which is available through the Securities Monitoring Unit.

 

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, including information about one or more business units or corporate level information.  Employees at the corporate rank of Executive Vice President (“EVP”) and above are deemed to be Designated Persons.  Direct reports to each Vice Chairman and EVP and their direct reports are also deemed to be Designated Persons.

 

The Vice Presidents (“VP’s”) of Finance for each business unit must identify additional employees in each unit who, regardless of level, 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.

 

Finally, 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 this requirement.  Requests should be forwarded to the 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 securities issued by Prudential while in possession of material nonpublic information regarding the Company.  All employees are also prohibited from selling short including “short sales against the box” and from participating in any options transactions on any securities issued by Prudential. Employees are also discouraged from engaging in speculative transactions in securities issued by Prudential and are encouraged to hold Prudential securities for long-term investment.

 

Designated Persons are required to preclear all transactions in Company securities prior to execution through the Securities Monitoring Unit.  This requirement excludes

 

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transactions in Prudential mutual funds and annuities.  Trades will be approved only during open “trading windows.”  Designated Persons are also subject to the general prohibition relating to short sales and options transactions.  These restrictions apply to all accounts in which a Designated Person has a direct or indirect beneficial interest including, but not limited to, accounts for spouses, family members living in your household, 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 Financial, Inc. common stock and related equity derivative securities (“PRU”) only at an authorized broker-dealer.  The authorized firms are Wachovia Securities (for accounts that were previously maintained at Prudential Securities), Pruco Securities, Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity Investments, and Merrill Lynch.

 

Designated Persons can access information about each firm through the authorized broker-dealer website at http://njplazx51/authorizedbrokerdealers.

 

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.4. for a complete list of applicable accounts.  You may still maintain your accounts at non-authorized broker-dealers for your non-PRU positions, however those accounts are still subject to Prudential’s monitoring procedures outlined below in Section B.2.

 

While PRU stock held by you at EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., (“EquiServe”) is subject to the provisions of this Policy (e.g., transactions are subject to preclearance and trading window requirements), Designated Persons are not required to transfer PRU positions held at EquiServe to an authorized broker-dealer.

 

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

Designated Persons who maintain brokerage accounts with brokerage firms (for their non-PRU positions) other than the authorized broker-dealers listed in Section B.1. above, must direct the brokerage firm(s) to send duplicate copies of trade confirmations and account statements to the Securities Monitoring Unit.(9)  A sample letter to a brokerage firm is provided as Exhibit 1 to this Policy.

 

3.  Trading Windows/Blackout Periods

Designated Persons are permitted to trade in securities issued by Prudential only during open trading windows.  Approximately 24 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

 


(9)  Information concerning securities transactions at the authorized broker-dealers is fed by computer link directly to SMARTS.  For accounts held at unauthorized firms, the Securities Monitoring Unit must receive paper copies of all confirms and monthly statements.

 

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(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.

 

4.  Preclearance of Trading in Securities Issued by Prudential

Designated Persons are required to preclear all transactions in securities issued by Prudential through the Securities Monitoring Unit.  Designated Persons should submit requests electronically through the SMARTS Preclearance Intranet site.  Designated Persons will be sent a link to the Preclearance site from the Securities Monitoring Unit, and a link is also available from the Compliance Department’s Intranet site.  All approved transactions are valid until the close of business on the day in which preclearance is granted.  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 6 for sample SMARTS 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 EquiServe accounts;

 

                  Gifts received or given;

 

                  Stock option, restricted stock and performance share plan exercises; and

 

                  Prudential Employee Savings Plan (“PESP”) and Deferred Compensation Plan Company Stock Fund transactions.  Purchases through automatic payroll deductions need only be precleared at the time the election is made.  Preclearance requests for automatic payroll elections will only be accepted during open trading windows.

 

5.   Prohibited Transactions

All employees are prohibited from selling short including “short sales against the box” and from participating in any options transactions on any securities issued by Prudential.

In addition, Designated Persons are prohibited from exercising their employee stock options during a blackout period, regardless of whether the transaction involves the sale of Prudential securities.  As a result, controls have been established to prevent option exercises during closed trading windows.

 

6.  PESP

Certain controls have been established to prevent trading activity in PESP during closed trading periods.  PESP transactions that are blocked include exchanges, deferral rate and allocation changes, loans and distributions.  Remember, it is the Designated Person’s obligation to comply with this Policy including the preclearance and trading window requirements.  If a blocking system fails, the employee will be responsible for the exception to the Policy.

 

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C. Supervisory Responsibilities

 

The VP’s 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 this Policy.  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 to the Policy

 

Violations or other exceptions to this policy including the preclearance and trading window requirements are reviewed by the Designated Persons Personal Trading Policy Committee.  Policy 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 the Policy are subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

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IV.  TRADING RESTRICTIONS FOR ASSOCIATES OF BROKER-DEALERS

 

A.  Trade Monitoring for Associates of Pruco Securities Corporation and Prudential Investment Management Services, LLC.

 

Pruco Securities Corporation (“Pruco”) is a full service broker-dealer whose business is limited to the facilitation of non-solicited customer orders of general securities and the distribution of investment company and variable contract products.  Prudential Investment Management Services LLC. (“PIMS”) and American Skandia Marketing, Incorporated (“American Skandia”) are a full service broker-dealers whose primary business is restricted to the facilitation of customer orders in and distribution of Prudential mutual funds, annuities, and 529 plan interests.

 

Unlike Prudential units that participate in the Personal Trade Monitoring System, the nature and scope of Pruco’s, PIMS’, and American Skandia’s business is such that their associates do not have access to material nonpublic information concerning publicly traded securities through their employment.(10)  Accordingly, Pruco, PIMS and American Skandia associates are generally not required to participate in SMARTS.  However, pursuant to SEC and NASD regulations, Pruco and PIMS Registered Representatives must comply with the following reporting requirements: (11)

 

1.  Notification Requirements for Personal Securities Accounts

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

 

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

 

Registered Representatives 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.(12)

 


(10) 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.

(11) American Skandia associated persons follow policies and procedures outlined in American Skandia’s compliance manual that are generally consistent with the requirements of this Section.

(12) Associated persons who are also Access Persons are required to report certain mutual fund transactions and holdings as described in Section V.

 

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2.  Annual Compliance Training and Sign-off

The NASD/NYSE Joint Memorandum on Chinese Wall Policies 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.  Consistent with this Notice, Pruco/PIMS includes a statement concerning insider trading in its annual Compliance Overview.  Annually, all Registered Representatives are required to sign a statement affirming that they have read and understand Pruco’s/PIMS’ policy concerning insider trading as described in the Insurance Division or the PIMS Compliance Manual and as set forth in Prudential’s Policy Statement On Insider Trading contained in Section I of this Policy.

 

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

 

NASD Rule 2790 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.

 

These basic prohibitions also cover 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 NASD 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.  This prohibition includes all associates of Prudential’s broker-dealers including PIMS, PRUCO, American Skandia and PEG (See Section VII for a full discussion of requirements and restrictions applicable to PEG associates.)

 

The policy applies to all public offerings of equity securities, whether or not the above broker-dealers are participating in the offering. There are no prohibitions on purchases of public offerings of, investment grade asset-backed securities, open-end mutual funds, preferred securities, convertible securities or any debt securities, including but not limited to municipal or government securities.

 

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Which accounts are restricted:

 

Accounts of all persons associated with 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 associate’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 Securities Transactions

 

In accordance with NASD Rule 3040, all associates of PIMS, Pruco and PEG must notify their broker-dealer, in writing, and obtain written approval from the broker-dealer, prior to engaging in any private securities transaction.  Private securities transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions in unregistered offerings of securities, and purchases or 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 private securities transactions.  This notification requirement does not apply to those trades for which duplicate confirmations are provided by the executing broker.   For associates who are subject to preclearance, the preclearance form will satisfy the notification requirement.

 

D.  Additional Restrictions for PEG Associates

 

PEG associates are subject to certain additional personal trading restrictions, which are set forth in Section VII .

 

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V. TRADING RESTRICTIONS FOR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND TRADING UNITS

 

Rule 17(j) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 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.

 

In light of the adoption of Rule 17(j) and the growing concern that the mutual fund industry needed to police itself, the Investment Company Institute (“ICI”), an industry group, assembled a blue ribbon panel and, in 1994, issued a report setting forth a series of recommendations concerning personal trading by investment personnel.  These recommendations, known as the “ICI rules”, have been praised by the SEC, and have been adopted by the majority of the asset management industry associated with U.S. registered investment companies.

 

It is the duty of all Access Persons to act in a manner that avoids any conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest with Prudential’s customers or shareholders.  In addition, it is the responsibility of each Access Person to comply with all applicable Federal Securities Laws.  In keeping with our ethical standards and the practices of the industry leaders, Prudential has adopted the ICI rules for all of its portfolio management units.  The ICI rules concerning personal trading are set forth below and are applicable to these portfolio management units and certain associates outside the specific business unit who provide direct support to these units.(13)  In addition, the ICI rules, with certain exceptions, have also been adopted for other investment management units within Prudential including, for example, Prudential Investments LLC.(14)

 

A. Definitions

 

The following terms are defined for purposes of this policy:

 

                  “Access Persons” are employees or officers of a mutual fund or investment adviser, who, in connection with their normal responsibilities, make, participate in, or obtain

 


(13) 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.

(14) Certain individuals of Prudential Investments with access to material nonpublic information, including portfolio trading activity, are subject to this Section.  In addition, employees of Prudential Investments who are not deemed Access Persons may still be subject to personal trade monitoring due to their specific job responsibilities and the information to which they have access.  In addition, 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.  

 

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current or pending information regarding the purchase or sale of a security by the Complex (Complex defined below).(15)

 

                  “Investment personnel” are Access Persons who are portfolio managers, analysts, traders, or certain other individuals as designated by the compliance officer.  (For restrictions applicable to PEG Trading Desk personnel, see Section VII ).

 

                  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.

 

B. 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 Prudential Investment Management (“PIM”) and Prudential Investments LLC (“PI”) are required to hold any proprietary or non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds for a period of 90 days.  Investment Persons and Access Persons are also required to report mutual fund transactions covered under this policy as described below.

 

1. Mutual Fund Holding Period

Investment Personnel and certain PIM and PI employees are required to hold proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds, excluding money market funds, purchased for a period of 90 days.(16)   Proprietary funds include JennisonDryden, Strategic Partners, Target, and American Skandia Advisor Funds (“American Skandia Funds”).  Non-proprietary subadvised funds are defined in Exhibit 7 .  Specifically, Investment Personnel and certain PIM and PI employees are prohibited from executing a purchase and a sale of the same proprietary or non-proprietary subadvised mutual fund during any 90-day period.(17)  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.4.   Profits realized on such transactions

 


(15) Officers listed on PI’s Form ADV and mutual fund officers are also classified as Access Persons. 

(16) PIM and PI employees will be identified by the President of PIM in consultation with the PIM Chief Compliance Officer.  The PIM Chief Compliance Officer will be responsible for maintaining the list and submitting any changes to the Securities Monitoring Unit. 

(17) For the Prudential Employee Savings Plan and the Jennison Associates Savings and Pension Plans, only exchanges of proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised funds are subject to the 90-day holding period.  Purchases due to automatic payroll deductions and company match and automatic rebalancing transactions are exempt from this requirement.

 

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must be disgorged to the applicable mutual fund or client, or as otherwise deemed appropriate by the Committee.(18)

 

2. Policies Relating to Reporting and Trading Mutual Funds

Access Persons are required to report all transactions of proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds.  This requirement applies to accounts for which Access Persons have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including household members.  See Section II.C.4.

 

Access Persons may hold and trade proprietary and 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 and Pension Plans.(19)  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 non-proprietary subadvised funds, Access Persons must notify fund complexes within 60 days of receipt of this policy 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.(20)

 

Investment Personnel and Access Persons must notify the Securities Monitoring Unit of any mutual fund accounts, including accounts of all household members, held directly with the fund for all non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds.  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 this Policy.

 

C. Additional Trading Restrictions

 

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.4.

 


(18) Discipline and sanctions relating to violations occurring in the Prudential Employee Savings Plan or the Jennison Savings or Pension Plans will be determined separately by the Personal Securities Trading/Mutual Fund Code of Ethics Committee. 

(19) Mutual fund transactions executed through PMFS, PESP and the Jennison Savings and Pension Plans will be sent to Compliance through a daily electronic trading feed.

(20) 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 not susceptible to market timing due to the fact that the plans only permit one transaction per month.  Therefore, transactions in these plans are exempt from both the 90-day holding period and reporting requirements.

 

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1.  Initial Public Offerings

Investment personnel are prohibited from purchasing initial public offerings of securities.  For purposes of this policy, “initial public offerings of securities” do not include offerings of government or municipal securities.

 

2.  Private Placements

Investment personnel 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 — “7 Day Rule”

Access Persons are prohibited from 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.(21)  This prohibition will not apply to purchases and sales executed in a fund or portfolio that replicates a broad based securities market index.

 

Investment personnel are prohibited from 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.(22)  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 to the business unit.  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 and without prior knowledge of any pending purchase or sale orders in the Complex in the same or equivalent security.  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.

 


(21) There is no presumption that Access Persons have knowledge of actual trading activity.

(22) Properly precleared personal trades executed within seven days prior to a portfolio trading will be presumed not violative of the 7 day rule provided there was no additional evidence to the contrary.

 

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4.  Short-Term Trading Profits

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. Profits realized on such proscribed trades must be disgorged to the business unit.  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.

 

5.  Short Sales

Access Persons may not sell any security short which is owned by any portfolio managed by the business unit.  Access Persons may, however, make 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.

 

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 held 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.  Investment Clubs

Access Persons may not participate in investment clubs.

 

D. Preclearance

 

Access Persons must preclear all personal securities transactions with the exception of those identified in Section V.E. below. Preclearance is also not required for both proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds.  All requests for preclearance must be submitted to the business unit compliance officer for approval using the automated preclearance website which may be accessed via http://smartspreclearance.prudential.com/smarts_preclearance/.(23),(24)

 

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

 


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

(24) Access Persons should submit their preclearance forms to the business unit compliance officer of the Complex to which they are deemed to have access.

 

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granted.  If any order is not timely executed, a request for preclearance must be resubmitted.(25)

 

E. Exemptions

 

The black out periods and the short-term trading profit rule do not apply to any of the following activities.  In addition, the mutual fund 90-day holding period does not apply to items 4,7,8, and 9.  Preclearance is not required for items 4, 5, 6, and 7.

 

1.  Ineligible securities.

Purchases or sales of securities (or their equivalents) that are not eligible for purchase or sale by any portfolio in the business unit.

 

2.  Exercise of rights issued by issuer.

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.

 

3.  De minimis trades.

Any trades, or series of trades effected over a 30 day calendar period, involving 500 shares or less in the aggregate of an equity security, provided that the securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange or have a market capitalization greater than $1 billion, and the Access Person has no prior knowledge of activity in such security by any portfolio in the business unit.

 

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

 

4.  Discretionary accounts.

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.(26)  Access Persons must provide written documentation that evidences he/she does not have authority to participate in the management of the account and must receive written permission from the business unit compliance officer.

 


(25) Exceptions to the requirement to resubmit preclearance requests may be granted in advance by the business unit compliance officer for unusual circumstances.

(26) Such accounts must receive written approval in advance from the Securities Monitoring Unit.  In such cases, the employee must give exclusive discretion to his/her broker or investment adviser.  A copy of such notification should be sent to the Securities Monitoring Unit.  Such accounts are required to be reported and monitored as provide under Section II.A.

 

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5.  Index options .

Any transactions in index options effected on a broad-based index.  (See Exhibit 4 .)

 

6.  Unit investment trusts and open-end mutual funds .

 

7.  Non-volitional transactions and dividend reinvestment plans.

 

8.  Exceptions by prior written approval .

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.

 

With respect to the mutual fund 90-day holding period requirement, only certain limited exceptions will be approved including, but not limited to, hardships and extended disability.  Mutual fund 90-day holding period exceptions must be approved by the Business Unit Head and the PIM Chief Compliance Officer prior to execution.(27)

 

9.  Automatic Investment/Withdrawal Programs and Automatic Rebalancing .

Purchases or sales of securities that are part of an automatic investment/withdrawal program or resulting from an automatic rebalancing.

 

F. Personal Trade Reporting

 

All Access Persons must participate in Prudential’s Personal Trade Monitoring System as described in Section II of this Policy.  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.

 

G. Personal Securities Holdings

 

Within ten days of becoming an Access Person, and thereafter on an annual basis, Access Persons (other than disinterested directors/trustees) must disclose personal securities holdings, including all holdings of private securities (e.g., limited partnership interests, private placements, etc.) and all holdings of proprietary and non-proprietary subadvised mutual funds, excluding money market funds.  Holdings must be as of the date of becoming an Access Person for the initial report and on an annual basis. 

 


(27) For purposes of this policy, Business Unit Head is defined as the executive in charge of Fixed Income Trading, Jennison, PI or his/her delegate.  Delegation of this responsibility must be done in writing and submitted to the PIM Chief Compliance Officer. 

 

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However, Annual Reports must include information that is current within the previous 30 days.  (See Exhibit 5 for the Holdings Report Form.)

 

H. Service as a Director

 

Consistent with Prudential policy, Investment Personnel are prohibited from serving on the board of directors of publicly traded companies, absent prior authorization from the business unit compliance officer 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 a “Chinese Wall” or other procedures designed to address the potential conflicts of interest.

 

I. 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.

 

J. Code Violations and Sanctions

 

Violations and other exceptions to the Policy 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 this Policy.  The Committee will determine any sanctions or other disciplinary actions that may be deemed appropriate.

 

K. 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 an annual report which at a minimum:

 

                  Certifies that the portfolio management unit has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent its Access Persons from violating this policy;

 

                  Summarizes existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in the procedures made during the preceding year;

 

                  Identifies material violations of this policy and sanctions imposed in response to those violations; and

 

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                  Identifies any recommended changes in existing restrictions or procedures based upon experience under the policy, evolving industry practices, or developments in applicable laws and regulations.

 

L. Conflicts of Interest

 

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

 

                  It is the duty at all times to place the interests of investment company shareholders and other 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 this Policy, but should strive to abide by its 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 nor limited to the receipt of unusual investment opportunities, perquisites, or gifts of more than de minimis value 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.

 

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VI. TRADING RESTRICTIONS OF PRIVATE ASSET MANAGEMENT UNITS

 

In addition to the personal securities trade reporting requirements set forth in Section II above, all associates of Private Asset Management units of Prudential Investment Management (“PIM”) are subject to certain trading restrictions as set forth below.  The Private Asset Management units of PIM are as follows:  Prudential Capital Group (“PCG”), Prudential Real Estate Investors (“PREI”), Private Equity and Prudential Mortgage Capital Company (“PMCC”).

 

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; and

 

                  Accounts of any individual to whose financial support the associate materially contributes.

 

A. Private Side Monitored List

 

Under Prudential’s Chinese Wall Policy, the Private Asset Management units are required to maintain a Private-Side Monitored List (“PSML”) containing the names of publicly-traded issuers about which they possess material nonpublic information.  Associates of each of these units are restricted from purchasing or selling securities of the issuers on the PSML.  This restriction applies to all accounts in which the associate is deemed to have a beneficial interest as listed above.

 

Associates should not, however, provide the PSML to individuals outside of their business unit.  The associate should instruct individuals 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 on the PSML.

 

If the security is on the PSML, the associate should instruct the individual exercising control over the account that he or she is prohibited from trading the security because of his or her employment with Prudential.  In the case of a discretionary account with a brokerage firm, the preceding rule does not apply and the associate must not disclose any security or issuer with the broker in advance of any trade.  In addition, a copy of the signed discretionary account agreement should be sent to the Securities Monitoring Unit.

 

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Associates of Private Asset Management units may not advise a person not employed by Prudential, or a Prudential employee on the Public Side of the Chinese Wall that a security is restricted because Prudential is in possession of material nonpublic information.

 

B. Investment Clubs

 

All associates of Private Asset Management units are prohibited from participating in investment clubs.

 

C. Additional Restrictions for Certain Units

 

1. Real Estate Units

To ensure compliance with ITSFEA and to prevent actual and apparent conflicts of interest in the Private Asset Management Real Estate units, all associates of PREI and PMCC who are located in the U.S. (and functional associates who are co-located with PREI) are prohibited from purchasing interests in publicly-traded real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and real estate-related securities.

 

PIM Compliance maintains a list of real estate security issuers in the PIM Compliance Library, accessible via Lotus Notes.  Please note however, that this prohibition applies to all REITs and real estate-related securities, whether they are on the list or not.

 

Associates who hold REIT securities or real estate securities prior to the institution of this policy or joining PREI or PMCC must obtain written approval from PIM 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. Prudential Capital Group

To insure compliance with ITSFEA and to prevent actual or apparent conflicts of interest in PCG, all associates of PCG (and functional associates who support PCG) are prohibited from purchasing securities of companies listed on PCG’s 90 Day Pricing Summary Update for Public Companies (90 Day Pricing List).  PIM Compliance maintains this list in the PIM Compliance Library, accessible via Lotus Notes.

 

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VII. POLICY FOR PRUDENTIAL EQUITY GROUP , INC.

 

A. Associated Persons’ Securities Accounts

 

1. Trade Monitoring at PEG

In addition to the requirements of ITSFEA and the NASD Conduct Rules, PEG is required by New York Stock Exchange rules to review transactions in all accounts of its associated persons and their family members.  To ensure compliance with these requirements, PEG associates are prohibited from opening or maintaining any “employee account or employee-related account,” as defined below, at a firm other than the following authorized broker-dealers: Wachovia Securities (for accounts that were previously maintained at Prudential Securities), Charles Schwab, E*Trade and Fidelity Investments.  (Note: Monitored employees of other Prudential business groups may also open accounts with Pruco Securities and Merrill Lynch.  These options are not available to PEG associates.)  Prudential has arranged to obtain electronic feeds of all trading data in accounts with the authorized firms.  In addition, paper monthly statements must also be submitted to PEG Compliance.

 

Exceptions to this policy will be granted only in unusual circumstances.  Any exception to this policy requires the prior written approval of the associate’s supervisor and the PEG Compliance Department.  In those cases where accounts are approved to be held at an unauthorized firm, the Compliance Department will make arrangements to have duplicate copies of all confirmations and monthly statements sent to the associate’s supervisor and the Compliance Department.  Exceptions may be granted for “employee-related accounts” in rare circumstances where the employee can demonstrate that he or she has no financial interest in such account.

 

B. Definition of “Employee Account” and “Employee Related Account”

 

“Employee accounts” include the following securities and/or commodities accounts:

 

                  Any personal account of an employee;

 

                  Any joint or tenant-in-common in which the employee is a participant;

 

                  Any account for which the employee acts as the trustee, executor or custodian;

 

                  Any account over which the employee has investment discretion or otherwise can exercise control (other than non-related client’s accounts over which associates have investment discretion – Note: PEG trading personnel are not permitted to exercise discretion over client accounts); and

 

                  Any other account in which an employee is directly or indirectly financially interested.

 

“Employee-related accounts” include the following securities and/or commodities accounts:

 

                  Accounts of the employee’s spouse;

 

                  Accounts of the employee’s minor and/or any dependent family members; and

 

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                  Accounts of any individual to whose financial support the employee materially contributes.

 

C. Investment Clubs

 

PEG sales, trading, research and/or investment associates are not permitted to participate in Investment Clubs.  Other associates must contact the PEG Compliance Department if they wish to participate in an Investment Club.  An Investment Club account will be considered an Employee Account for purposes of this Policy and must be maintained at one of the authorized broker-dealers.

 

D. Personal Trading Restrictions

 

1. Purchases of Public Equity Offerings

All PEG associates must comply with NASD Rule 2790 as set forth in Section IV.B of this Policy.  This includes a prohibition on purchasing new equity offerings directly from a syndicate member.

 

2. Private Securities Transactions

In accordance with NASD Rule 3040, all associates of PEG must notify the PEG Compliance Department, in writing, and obtain written approval from the broker-dealer, prior to engaging in any private securities transaction.  Private securities transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions in unregistered offerings of securities, and purchases or sales of limited partnership interests.

 

3. Annual Compliance Training

The NASD/NYSE Joint Memorandum on Chinese Wall Policies and Procedures (NASD Notice to Members 91-45) provides that firms which 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.  Consistent with this Notice, PEG covers insider trading issues with applicable associates as part of its annual training program.

 

4. 24 - Hour Research Report Restriction

PEG associates are prohibited from effecting transactions in a company’s securities when PEG initiates coverage of the company, or upgrades or downgrades a research opinion or recommendation.  This prohibition generally applies for a 24-hour period after the release of the research.  If the investing public has had time to receive and react to the release of the research report, the 24-hour restriction may be shortened by the Compliance Department.  The 24-hour rule becomes effective when the research is issued.

 

PEG associates are also prohibited from engaging in transactions in a security when the associate knows that a research report relating to the security is in preparation.

 

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Securities subject to the 24-hour rule appear on PEG’s Restricted List.  Although only the symbol for the common stock may be indicated on the Restricted List, all related securities (including common and preferred stock, convertibles, options, warrants and rights) of the companies listed (and debt securities, if indicated) are subject to restriction.

 

E. Restricted List

 

PEG’s Restricted List is a confidential list of securities that are subject to certain research, sales and trading restrictions.  Securities may be placed on the Restricted List for a variety of reasons designed to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and Company policy.  For example, as stated above, securities that are subject to the 24-hour rule are placed on the Restricted List.  Employees may not purchase or sell securities for their personal accounts if such transactions are prohibited by the Restricted List.  Although only the symbol for the common stock may be indicated on the Restricted List, all securities from the same issuer (including common and preferred stock, convertibles, options, warrants and rights of the companies listed (and debt securities, if indicated)) are subject to restriction.

 

F. Additional Trading Restrictions for Certain PEG Departments

 

1. Trading Restrictions

a. Research Department

Personal trading by Research Analysts is subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in the Equity Research Manual available on the Compliance page of the Capital Markets Intranet site.  http://psibranch.cs.prusec.com/complian/capital.htm.  All questions should be referred to the PEG Compliance Department.

 

b. Trading Department

Trading Department associates must preclear trades of all equity securities.

 

For securities over which the Trading Department has trading or market-making responsibility, an employee of the Trading Department may not sell any such security that (s)he has purchased within the prior 30 calendar days or purchase any such security that (s)he had sold within the prior 30 calendar days.  Under very limited circumstances, exceptions to this 30 day holding period may be granted by obtaining prior written approval from the Compliance Department.

 

2. Preclearance Procedures

All requests for preclearance must be submitted to the Business Unit head and PEG Compliance for approval.  All approved orders must be executed by the close of business on the day preclearance is granted.

 

Revised 2-24-04

 

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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 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 Rule 3050 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD and/or Rule 204-2(a) of the Investment Advisers Act, as applicable.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

cc:

Ellen McGlynn Koke,

 

 

Vice President, Securities Compliance

 

 

Compliance Department

 

 

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Exhibit 2 — Acknowledgment of the Personal Securities Trading Policy

For employees required to report their transactions in SMARTS as described in Section II of this policy, 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 Trading Policy 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 immediately 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, E*Trade, Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments, Pruco Securities, or Wachovia Securities (accounts formerly maintained at Prudential Securities), 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; and

                  accounts of any individual to whose financial support I materially contribute.

 

Set forth below (and on accompanying pages if necessary) is a list of all such accounts (including Charles Schwab, E*Trade, Merrill Lynch, Fidelity Investments, Pruco Securities, and Wachovia Securities (formerly Prudential Securities)) including the individual holding the account, the social security number of that individual, 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.  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

 

 

 

Social Security Number of Employee

 

 

 

List of all Accounts

 

Name of Individual

 

Social Security Number

 

Name of Institution

 

Account Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3 – Compliance and Reporting of Personal Transactions

 

Investment Category/ Method

 

Sub-Category

 

Reportable
(Yes/No)

 

Comments

Bonds

 

ABS
Agency
CMO’s
Convertibles
Corporates
MBS
Municipals
Public Offerings
Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds

 

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

 

 

Stocks
(Purchases and sales of Individual Stocks)

 

Common
Optional Dividend Reinvestments
Preferred
Public Offerings (Initial & Secondary)
Rights
Warrants
Automatic Dividend Reinvestments

 

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

 

 

Private Placements

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

Limited Partnerships

 

 

 

Yes

 

 

Open End Mutual Funds

 

Proprietary
Non Proprietary
Prudential Financial, Inc. Common
Stock Fund

 

No
No
Yes

 

Transactions of the Prudential Financial, Inc. Common Stock Fund executed in the PESP plan are fed electronically to SMARTS.

Open End Mutual Funds – For Investment Personnel and Access Persons

 

Proprietary Non-Money Market
Non-proprietary subadvised Non-Money
Market
Money Market Funds
Non Affiliated

 

Yes
Yes

No
No

 

Proprietary Funds include JennisonDryden, Strategic Partners, Target, and American Skandia Advisor funds. A list of non -proprietary subadvised funds can be found in Exhibit 7.

Closed End Mutual Funds & Unit Investments Trusts

 

Affiliated Mutual Funds
Affiliated Unit Investment Trusts
Non-Affiliated Mutual Funds
Non-Affiliated Unit Inv. Trusts

 

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

 

 

Derivatives

 

Any Exchange Traded, NASDAQ,
or OTC Option or Future Including
But not Limited To:
Futures (Including Financial Futures)
Options on Foreign Currency
Options on Futures
Options on Indexes
Options on Securities

 




No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

 

 

Foreign Currency

 

 

 

No

 

Exchanges made for personal travel are not reportable.

 

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Commodities

 

Security Futures
Other Commodities

 

Yes
No

 

 

Annuities & Life Insurance Contracts w/Investment Components (e.g. Variable Life)

 

Affiliated
Non Affiliated

 

No
No

 

 

Bonuses
Prudential Employees

 


Shares or Options received as part of Compensation

 


Yes

 


Prudential employee stock or option bonus awards are electronically reported to the Securities Monitoring Unit.

(Non-Pru Employee/ Household Member)

 

Shares or Options received as part of Compensation

 

No

 

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

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

Yes
No

 

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 Transaction Policy. Please see the Gift and Entertainment Policy for additional reporting requirements for gifts.

 

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Exhibit 4 – Index Options On a Broad-Based Index

 

TICKER SYMBOL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

NIK

 

Nikkei 300 Index CI/Euro

 

OEX

 

S&P 100 Close/Amer Index

 

OEW

 

S&P 100 Close/Amer Index

 

OEY

 

S&P 100 Close/Amer Index

 

SPB

 

S&P 500 Index

 

SPZ

 

S&P 500 Open/Euro Index

 

SPX

 

S&P 500 Open/Euro Index

 

SXZ

 

S&P 500 (Wrap)

 

SXB

 

S&P 500 Open/Euro Index

 

RUZ

 

Russell 2000 Open/Euro Index

 

RUT

 

Russell 2000 Open/Euro Index

 

MID

 

S&P Midcap 400 Open/Euro Index

 

NDX

 

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

 

NDU

 

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

 

NDZ

 

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

 

NDV

 

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

 

NCZ

 

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

 

QQQ

 

NASDAQ- 100 Index

 

SML

 

S&P Small Cap 600

 

TPX

 

U.S. Top 100 Sector

 

SPL

 

S&P 500 Long-Term Close

 

ZRU

 

Russell 2000 L-T Open./Euro

 

VRU

 

Russell 2000 Long-Term Index

 

 

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Exhibit 5 – Personal Securities Holdings Report

 

Reviewed by:

Initials:

 

 

Date:

 

 

 

Personal Securities Holdings Report

 

To:

Jennifer Brown,

 

Compliance Department

 

 

From:

 

SS#:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signed:

 

Date:

 

 

 

Listed below are all securities which I held, including those in which I had a direct or indirect beneficial interest, as of the most recent month end or the date on which I was designated as an Access Person if more recent, as required by the Personal Securities Trading Policy and the Mutual Fund Code of Ethics.

 

Public Securities

 

 

 

Number

 

Principle

 

 

 

Title of Security

 

Of Shares

 

Amount

 

Broker/Dealer/Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 6 — Section 16 Insiders and Designated Persons Preclearance Request Form

This form is for preclearing transactions in Prudential securities.  Please include all requested information.  The Securities Monitoring Unit, Compliance Department will review and respond to all requests.  You will receive a response indicating 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.  Preclearance is only valid until the close of business on the day approval is granted.  Preclearance Forms should be faxed to the Securities Monitoring Unit at (973) 802-7454.

 

Part I – Information on Individual Requesting Preclearance:

 

Name:

 

 

Phone #:

 

 

Fax #:

 

 

 

 

Department:

 

 

Division:

 

 

 

Are you currently aware of any material non-public information regarding Prudential Financial?

 

 

 

Part II - Transaction Information:

 

Date:

 

 

Transaction Type:

 

 

Buy

 

 

Sell*

 

 

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)

 

 

Exchange (into or out of Company Stock Fund)

 

 

Allocation Change (Company Stock Fund)

 

 

Catch-up Contribution (Company Stock Fund)

 

 

Deferral Rate Change (Company Stock Fund)

 

 

Disbursement (from Company Stock Fund)

 

 

Loans (impacting Company Stock Fund)

 

 

Deferred Compensation Elections (impacting Company Stock Fund)

 

 

MasterShare Elections (impacting Company Stock Fund)

 

Number of Shares/Options:

 

 

 

Asset Type:

 

Common Stock

 

Employee Stock Option

 

 

Preferred Stock

 

Company Stock Fund

 

 

Convertible Bond

 

Other

 

 

Non-convertible Bond

 

 

 


* Do you currently hold securities to cover this transaction? _______ (Note that this question applies to all sales due to the fact that short sales are prohibited.)

 

Account in which transaction will take place: Brokerage Firm

 

 

Account No.

 

 

Comments:

 

 

 

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, Compliance may contact you for additional information.  _______________

 

Comments:

 

 

 

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Part IV – Compliance Response :

 

APPROVED :

 

DENIED:

 

 

 

REVIEWER :

 

DATE/TIME:

 

 

 

Comments:

 

 

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Exhibit 7 — Non Proprietary Subadvised Mutual Funds

 

PIM Subadvised Funds

 

SEI Institutional Investors Trust Fund

 

Jennison Subadvised Funds

 

Harbor Fund - Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund

The Hirtle Callaghan Trust - The Growth Equity Portfolio

IDEX Mutual Funds - IDEX Jennison Equity Opportunity

The MainStay Funds - MainStay MAP Fund

The Preferred Group of Mutual Funds - Preferred Large Cap Growth Fund

Scudder Focus Value Plus Growth Fund - Scudder Focus Value+Growth Fund

 

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Exhibit 99(p)(3)

 

JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC

 

CODE OF ETHICS,

 

POLICY ON INSIDER TRADING

 

AND

 

PERSONAL TRADING POLICY

 

 

As Amended, March 22, 2004

 



 

SECTION I

 

CODE OF ETHICS

 

FOR

 

JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC

 

This Code sets forth rules, regulations and standards of conduct for the employees of Jennison Associates LLC.  It bears the approval of the Corporation’s Board of Directors and applies to Jennison Associates and all subsidiaries.

 

The Code incorporates The Prudential Insurance Company of America’s ethics policies as well as additional policies specific to Jennison Associates LLC.  Prudential’s Code of Ethics, “Making the Right Choices,” may be found as Exhibit Q in Jennison Associates’ Compliance Manual.

 

The prescribed guidelines assure that the high ethical standards long maintained by Jennison continue to be applied.  The purpose of the Code is to preclude circumstances which may lead to or give the appearance of conflicts of interest, insider trading, or unethical business conduct.  The rules prohibit certain activities and personal financial interests as well as require disclosure of personal investments and related business activities of all directors, officers and employees.

 

ERISA and the federal securities laws define an investment advisor as a fiduciary who owes his clients a duty of undivided loyalty, who shall not engage in any activity in conflict with the interests of the client.  As a fiduciary, our personal and corporate ethics must be above reproach.  Actions which expose any of us or the organization to even the appearance of a impropriety must not occur.

 

The excellent name of our firm continues to be a direct reflection of the conduct of each of us in everything we do.

 

Being fully aware of and strictly adhering to the Code of Ethics is the responsibility of each Jennison Associates employee.

 



 

1.                                        CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

 

Employees may become privy to confidential information (information not generally available to the public) concerning the affairs and business transactions of Jennison, companies researched by us for investment, our present and prospective clients, suppliers, officers and other staff members.  Confidential information also includes trade secrets and other proprietary information of the Corporation such as business or product plans, systems, methods, software, manuals and client lists.  Safeguarding confidential information is essential to the conduct of our business.  Caution and discretion are required in the use of such information and in sharing it only with those who have a legitimate need to know.

 

A)                                   PERSONAL USE :

 

Confidential information obtained or developed as a result of employment with the Corporation is not to be used or disclosed for the purpose of furthering any private interest or as a means of making any personal gain.  Use or disclosure of such information could result in civil or criminal penalties against the Corporation or the individual responsible for disclosing such information.

 

Further guidelines pertaining to confidential information are contained in the “Policy Statement on Insider Trading” (Set forth on page 7 in the section dedicated specifically to Insider Trading).

 

B)                                     RELEASE OF CLIENT INFORMATION :

 

All requests for information concerning a client (other than routine inquiries), including requests pursuant to the legal process (such as subpoenas or court orders) must be promptly referred to the Chief Compliance Officer, or her designee.  No information may be released, nor should the client involved be contacted, until so directed by either the Chief Compliance Officer, or her designee.

 

In order to preserve the rights of our clients and to limit the firm’s liability concerning the release of client proprietary information, care must be taken to:

 

o                                     Limit use and discussion of information obtained on the job to normal business activities.

 

o                                     Request and use only information which is related to our business needs.

 

o                                     Restrict access to records to those with proper authorization and legitimate business needs.

 

o                                     Include only pertinent and accurate data in files which are used as a basis for taking action or making decisions.

 

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2.                                        CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

You should avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest – that is, any personal interest outside the Company which could be placed ahead of your obligations to our clients, Jennison Associates or Prudential.  Conflicts may exist even when no wrong is done.  The opportunity to act improperly may be enough to create the appearance of a conflict.

 

We recognize and respect an employee’s right of privacy concerning personal affairs, but we must require a full and timely disclosure of any situation, which could result in a conflict of interest, or even the appearance of a conflict.  The Company, not by the employee involved, will determine whether or not a conflict exists.

 

To reinforce our commitment to the avoidance of potential conflicts of interest, the following rules have been adopted:

 

A)                                   YOU MAY NOT , without first having secured prior approval from the Board of Directors, serve as a director, officer, employee, partner or trustee – nor hold any other position of substantial interest – in any outside business enterprise.  You do not need prior approval, however, if the following three conditions are met: one, the enterprise is a family firm owned principally by other members of your family; two, the family business is not doing business with Jennison or The Prudential; and three, the services required will not interfere with your duties or your independence of judgment.  Significant involvement by employees in outside business activity is generally unacceptable.  In addition to securing prior approval for outside business activities, you will be required to disclose all relationships with outside enterprises annually.

 

* Note: The above deals only with positions in business enterprises.  It does not affect Jennison’s practice of permitting employees to be associated with governmental, educational, charitable, religious or other civic organizations.  These activities may be entered into without prior consent, but must still be disclosed on an annual basis.

 

B)                                     YOU MAY NOT act on behalf of Jennison in connection with any transaction in which you have a personal interest.  This rule does not apply to any personal interest resulting from your participation in any Jennison or Prudential plan in the nature of incentive compensation, or in the case of a plan which provides for direct participation in specific transactions by Jennison’s Board of Directors.

 

C)                                     YOU MAY NOT , without prior approval from the Board of Directors, have a substantial interest in any outside business which, to your knowledge, is involved currently in a business transaction with Jennison or The Prudential, or is engaged in businesses similar to any business engaged in by Jennison.  A substantial interest includes any investment in the outside business involving an amount greater than 10 percent of your gross assets, or $10,000 if that amount is larger, or involving an ownership interest greater than 2 percent of the outstanding equity interests.  You do not need approval to

 

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invest in open-ended registered investment companies such as investments in mutual funds and similar enterprises which are publicly owned.

 

D)                                    YOU MAY NOT , without prior approval of the Board of Directors, engage in any transaction involving the purchase of products and/or services from Jennison, except on the same terms and conditions as they are offered to the public.  Plans offering services to employees approved by the Board of Directors are exempt from this rule.

 

E)                                      YOU MAY NOT purchase an equity interest in any competitor.  Employees and their immediate families are also prohibited from investing in securities of a client or supplier with whom the staff member regularly deals even if the securities are widely traded.

 

3.                                        OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

 

A)                                   ISSUES REGARDING THE RETENTION OF SUPPLIERS : The choice of our suppliers must be based on quality, reliability, price, service, and technical advantages.

 

B)                                     GIFTS : Jennison employees and their immediate families should not solicit, accept, retain or provide any gifts or favors which might influence decisions you or the recipient must make in business transactions involving Jennison or which others might reasonably believe could influence those decisions.  Even a nominal gift should not be accepted if, to a reasonable observer, it might appear that the gift would influence your business decisions.

 

Modest gifts and favors, which would not be regarded by others as improper, may be accepted or given on an occasional basis. Examples of such gifts are those received as normal business courtesies ( i.e. , meals or golf games); non-cash gifts of nominal value (such as received at Holiday time); gifts received because of kinship, marriage or social relationships entirely beyond and apart from an organization in which membership or an official position is held as approved by the Corporation.  Entertainment which satisfies these requirements and conforms to generally accepted business practices also is permissible.  Please reference the Gifts and Entertainment section of Jennison Associates’ Compliance Manual for a more detailed explanation of Jennison’s policy towards gifts and entertainment.

 

C)                                     IMPROPER PAYMENTS – KICKBACKS : In the conduct of the Corporation’s business, no bribes, kickbacks, or similar remuneration or consideration of any kind are to be given or offered to any individual or organization or to any intermediaries such as agents, attorneys or other consultants, for the purpose of influencing such individual or organization in obtaining or retaining business for, or directing business to, the Corporation.

 

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D)                                    BOOKS, RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS : The integrity of the accounting records of the Corporation is essential.  All receipts and expenditures, including personal expense statements must be supported by documents that accurately and properly describe such expenses.  Staff members responsible for approving expenditures or for keeping books, records and accounts for the Corporation are required to approve and record all expenditures and other entries based upon proper supporting documents so that the accounting records of the Corporation are maintained in reasonable detail, reflecting accurately and fairly all transactions of the Corporation including the disposition of its assets and liabilities.  The falsification of any book, record or account of the Corporation, the submission of any false personal expense statement, claim for reimbursement of a non-business personal expense, or false claim for an employee benefit plan payment are prohibited.  Disciplinary action will be taken against employees who violate these rules, which may result in dismissal.

 

E)                                      LAWS AND REGULATIONS : The activities of the Corporation must always be in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  It is the Company’s policy to be in strict compliance with all laws and regulations applied to our business.  We recognize, however, that some laws and regulations may be ambiguous and difficult to interpret.  Good faith efforts to follow the spirit and intent of all laws is expected.  To ensure compliance, the Corporation intends to educate its employees on laws related to Jennison’s activities which may include periodically issuing bulletins, manuals and memoranda.  Staff members are expected to read all such materials and be familiar with their content.

 

F)                                      OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES & POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS : Jennison Associates does not contribute financial or other support to political parties or candidates for public office except where lawfully permitted and approved in advance in accordance with procedures adopted by Jennison’s Board of Directors.  Employees may, of course, make political contributions, but only on their own behalf; they will not be reimbursed by the Company for such contributions.

 

Legislation generally prohibits the Corporation or anyone acting on its behalf from making an expenditure or contribution of cash or anything else of monetary value which directly or indirectly is in connection with an election to political office; as, for example, granting loans at preferential rates or providing non-financial support to a political candidate or party by donating office facilities.  Otherwise, individual participation in political and civic activities conducted outside of normal business hours is encouraged, including the making of personal contributions to political candidates or activities.

 

Employees are free to seek and hold an elective or appointive public office, provided you do not do so as a representative of the Company.  However, you must conduct campaign activities and perform the duties of the office in a manner that does not interfere with your responsibilities to the firm.

 

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4.                                        COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE & CONSEQUENCES IF VIOLATION OF THE CODE OCCURS

 

Each year all employees will be required to complete a form certifying that they have read this booklet, understand their responsibilities, and are in compliance with the requirements set forth in this statement.

 

This process should remind us of the Company’s concern with ethical issues and its desire to avoid conflicts of interest or their appearance.  It should also prompt us to examine our personal circumstances in light of the Company’s philosophy and policies regarding ethics.

 

Certain key employees will be required to complete a form verifying that they have complied with all company procedures and filed disclosures of significant personal holdings and corporate affiliations.

 

If any staff member has reason to believe that any situation may have resulted in a violation of any provision of the Code of Ethics, whether by that staff member or by another, the matter must be reported promptly to the Chief Compliance Officer or her designee.

 

Violation of any provision of the Code of Ethics by any staff member may constitute grounds for disciplinary action, including dismissal.

 

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SECTION II

 

INSIDER TRADING

 

As a result of recent legislative events, particularly the enactment of the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988, the Securities Exchange Acts and the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 require that all investment advisors establish, maintain and enforce policies and supervisory procedures designed to prevent the misuse of material, non-public information by such investment advisor, and any associated person.

 

This section of the Code sets forth Jennison Associates’ policy statement on insider trading.  It explains some of the terms and concepts associated with insider trading, as well as the civil and criminal penalties for insider trading violations.  In addition, it sets forth the necessary procedures required to implement Jennison Associates’ Insider Trading Policy Statement.

 

This policy applies to all Jennison Associates’ employees, as well as the employees of all affiliated companies.

 

1.                                        JENNISON ASSOCIATES’ POLICY STATEMENT AGAINST INSIDER TRADING

 

When contemplating a transaction for your personal account, or an account in which you may have a direct or indirect personal or family interest, we must be certain that such transaction is not in conflict with the interests of our clients.  Specific rules in this area are difficult, and in the final analysis, each of us must make our own determination as to whether a transaction is in conflict with client interests.  Although it is not possible to anticipate all potential conflicts of interest, we have tried to set a standard that protects the firm’s clients, yet is also practical for our employees.  The Company recognizes the desirability of giving its corporate personnel reasonable freedom with respect to their investment activities, on behalf of themselves, their families, and in some cases, non-client accounts ( i.e. , charitable or educational organizations on whose boards of directors corporate personnel serve).  However, personal investment activity may conflict with the interests of the Company’s clients.  In order to avoid such conflicts – or even the appearance of conflicts – the Company has adopted the following policy:

 

Jennison Associates LLC forbids any director, officer or employee from trading, either personally or on behalf of clients or others, on material, non-public information or communicating material, non-public information to others in violation of the law.  Said conduct is deemed to be “insider trading.”  Such policy applies to every director, officer

 

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and employee and extends to activities within and outside their duties at Jennison Associates.

 

Every director, officer, and employee is required to read and retain this policy statement.  Questions regarding Jennison Associates’ Insider Trading policy and procedures should be referred to the Compliance or Legal Departments.

 

2.                                        EXPLANATION OF RELEVANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS

 

Although insider trading is illegal, Congress has not defined “insider,” “material” or “non-public information.”  Instead, the courts have developed definitions of these terms.  Set forth below are very general descriptions of these terms.  However, it is usually not easily determined whether information is “material” or “non-public” and, therefore, whenever you have any questions as to whether information is material or non-public, consult with the Compliance or Legal Departments.  Do not make this decision yourself.

 

A)                                   WHO IS AN INSIDER?

 

The concept of an “insider” is broad. It includes officers, directors and employees of a company.  A person may be a “temporary insider” if he or she enters into a special confidential relationship in the conduct of a company’s affairs and as a result is given access to information solely for the company’s purposes.  Examples of temporary insiders are the company’s attorneys, accountants, consultants and bank lending officers, as well as the employees of such organizations.  Jennison Associates and its employees may become “temporary insiders” of a company in which we invest, in which we advise, or for which we perform any other service.  An outside individual may be considered an insider, according to the Supreme Court, if the company expects the outsider to keep the disclosed non-public information confidential or if the relationship suggests such a duty of confidentiality.

 

B)                                     WHAT IS MATERIAL INFORMATION?

 

Trading on inside information is not a basis for liability unless the information is material.  Material Information is defined as:

 

o                                     Information, for which there is a substantial likelihood, that a reasonable investor would consider important in making his or her investment decisions, or

 

o                                     Information that is reasonably certain to have a substantial effect on the price of a company’s securities.

 

Information that directors, officers and employees should consider material includes, but is not limited to: dividend changes, earnings estimates, changes in

 

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previously released earnings estimates, a significant increase or decline in orders, significant new products or discoveries, significant merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, major litigation, liquidation problems, and extraordinary management developments.

 

In addition, knowledge about Jennison Associates’ trading information and patterns may be deemed material.

 

C)                                     WHAT IS NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION?

 

Information is “non-public” until it has been effectively communicated to the market place.  One must be able to point to some fact to show that the information is generally available to the public.  For example, information found in a report filed with the SEC, or appearing in Dow Jones, Reuters Economics Services , The Wall Street Journal or other publications of general circulation would be considered public.

 

D)                                    MISAPPROPRIATION THEORY

 

Under the “misappropriation” theory liability is established when trading occurs on material non-public information that is stolen or misappropriated from any other person.  In U.S. v. Carpenter , a columnist defrauded The Wall Street Journal by stealing non-public information from the Journal and using it for trading in the securities markets.  Note that the misappropriation theory can be used to reach a variety of individuals not previously thought to be encompassed under the fiduciary duty theory.

 

E)                                      WHO IS A CONTROLLING PERSON?

 

“Controlling persons” include not only employers, but any person with power to influence or control the direction of the management, policies or activities of another person.  Controlling persons may include not only the Company, but its directors and officers.

 

3.                                        PENALTIES FOR INSIDER TRADING VIOLATIONS

 

Penalties for trading on or communicating material non-public information are more severe than ever.  The individuals involved in such unlawful conduct may be subject to both civil and criminal penalties.  A controlling person may be subject to civil or criminal penalties for failing to establish, maintain and enforce Jennison Associates’ Policy Statement against Insider Trading and/or if such failure permitted or substantially contributed to an insider trading violation.

 

Individuals can be subject to some or all of the penalties below even if he or she does not personally benefit from the violation. Penalties include:

 

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A)                                   CIVIL INJUNCTIONS

 

B)                                     TREBLE DAMAGES

 

C)                                     DISGORGEMENT OF PROFITS

 

D)                                    JAIL SENTENCES – Under the new laws, the maximum jail sentences for criminal securities law violations increased from 5 years to 10 years.

 

E)                                      CIVIL FINES – Persons who committed the violation may pay up to three times the profit gained or loss avoided, whether or not the person actually benefited.

 

F)                                      CRIMINAL FINES – The employer or other “controlling persons” may pay up to $2,500,000.

 

G)                                     Violators will be barred from the securities industry.

 

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SECTION III

 

IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES & POLICY

 

The following procedures have been established to assist the officers, directors and employees of Jennison Associates in preventing and detecting insider trading as well as to impose sanctions against insider trading.  Every officer, director and employee must follow these procedures or risk serious sanctions, including possible dismissal, substantial personal liability and criminal penalties.  If you have any questions about these procedures you should contact the Compliance or Legal Departments.

 

1.                                        IDENTIFYING INSIDE INFORMATION

 

Before trading for yourself or others, including client accounts managed by Jennison Associates, in the securities of a company about which you may have potential inside information, ask yourself the following questions:

 

A)                                   IS THE INFORMATION MATERIAL?

 

o                                     Would an investor consider this information important in making his or her investment decisions?

 

o                                     Would this information substantially effect the market price of the securities if generally disclosed?

 

B)                                     IS THE INFORMATION NON-PUBLIC?

 

o                                     To whom has this information been provided?

 

o                                     Has the information been effectively communicated to the marketplace by being published in Reuters , The Wall Street Journal , or other publications of general circulation?

 

If, after consideration of the above, you believe that the information is material and non-public, or if you have questions as to whether the information is material and non-public, you should take the following steps:

 

A)                                   Report the matter immediately to the Compliance or Legal Departments.

 

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B)                                     Do not repurchase or sell the securities on behalf of yourself or others, including client accounts managed by Jennison Associates.

 

C)                                     Do not communicate the information inside or outside Jennison Associates, other than to a senior staff member of either Compliance or Legal Departments.

 

D)                                    After the issue has been reviewed, you will be instructed to continue the prohibitions against trading and communication, or you will be allowed to trade and communicate the information.

 

2.                                        RESTRICTING ACCESS TO MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION

 

Information that you identify as material and non-public may not be communicated to anyone, including persons within Jennison Associates LLC, except as provided above.  In addition, care should be taken so that such information is secure.  For example, files containing material non-public information should be locked; access to computer files containing non-public information should be restricted.

 

Jennison employees have no obligation to the clients of Jennison Associates to trade or recommend trading on the basis of material, non-public (inside) information in their possession.  Jennison’s fiduciary responsibility to its clients requires that the firm and its employees regard the limitations imposed by Federal securities laws.

 

3.                                        ALLOCATION OF BROKERAGE

 

To supplement its own research and analysis, to corroborate data compiled by its staff, and to consider the views and information of others in arriving at its investment decisions, Jennison Associates, consistent with its efforts to secure best price and execution, allocates brokerage business to those broker-dealers in a position to provide such services.

 

It is the firm’s policy not to allocate brokerage in consideration of the attempted furnishing of material non-public (inside) information.  Employees, in recommending the allocation of brokerage to broker-dealers, should not give consideration to the provision of any material non-public (inside) information.  The policy of Jennison Associates as set forth in this statement should be brought to the attention of such broker-dealer.

 

4.                                        RESOLVING ISSUES CONCERNING INSIDER TRADING

 

If doubt remains as to whether information is material or non-public, or if there is any unresolved question as to the applicability or interpretation of the foregoing procedures and

 

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standards , or as to the propriety of any action, it must be discussed with either the Compliance or Legal Departments before trading or communicating the information to anyone.

 

This code will be distributed to all Jennison Associates personnel.  Periodically or upon request, a representative from the Compliance or Legal Departments will meet with such personnel to review this statement of policy, including any developments in the law and to answer any questions of interpretation or application of this policy.

 

From time to time this statement of policy will be revised in the light of developments in the law, questions of interpretation and application, and practical experience with the procedures contemplated by the statement.

 

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SECTION IV

 

JENNISON ASSOCIATES PERSONAL TRADING POLICY

 

1.                                        GENERAL POLICY AND PROCEDURES

 

The management of Jennison Associates is fully aware of and in no way wishes to deter the security investments of its individual employees.  The securities markets, whether equity, fixed income, international or domestic, offer individuals alternative methods of enhancing their personal investments.

 

Due to the nature of our business and our fiduciary responsibility to our client funds, we must protect the firm and its employees from the possibilities of both conflicts of interest and illegal insider trading in regard to their personal security transactions.  It is the duty of Jennison and its employees to place the interests of clients first and to avoid all actual or potential conflicts of interest.  Jennison employees are prohibited from short term trading or market timing any mutual funds managed by Jennison, as well as Prudential affiliated funds, and must comply with any trading restrictions established by Jennison to prevent market timing of these funds.

 

We have adopted the following policies and procedures on employee personal trading to reasonably ensure against actual conflicts of interest that could lead to violations of federal securities law, such as short term trading or market timing of affiliated mutual funds.  To prevent the rapid trading of certain mutual funds, Jennison employees may not engage in opposite transactions within 90 days of the last transaction with respect to the mutual funds listed on the attached Schedule A.  Jennison employees are also required to arrange the reporting of fund transactions covered under this policy.  This policy does not apply to money market mutual funds.  These policies and procedures are in addition to those set forth in the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statement Against Insider Trading.

 

All Jennison employees are required to comply with such policies and procedures in order to avoid the penalties set forth herein.

 

2.                                        RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

 

Jennison Associates, as an investment advisor, is required by Rule 204-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, to keep records of every transaction in securities in which any of its personnel has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership, except transactions effected in any account over which neither the investment adviser nor any advisory representative of the

 

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investment adviser has any direct or indirect influence or control and transactions in securities which are direct obligations of the United States, high-quality short-term instruments and mutual funds.  For purposes of this policy, mutual funds that are exempt from this recordkeeping requirement are money market funds and funds that are either not managed by Jennison or affiliated with Prudential.  This requirement applies to transactions for the personal accounts of an employee, as well as, transactions for the accounts of other members of their immediate family (including the spouse, minor children, and adults living in the same household with the officer, director, or employee) for which they or their spouse have any direct or indirect influence or control and trusts of which they are trustees or other accounts in which they have any direct or indirect beneficial interest or direct or indirect influence or control, unless the investment decisions for the account are made by an independent investment manager in a fully discretionary account.  Jennison recognizes that some of its employees may, due to their living arrangements, be uncertain as to their obligations under this Personal Trading Policy.  If an employee has any question or doubt as to whether they have direct or indirect influence or control over an account, he or she must consult with the Compliance or Legal Departments as to their status and obligations with respect to the account in question.

 

In addition, Jennison, as a subadviser to investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( e.g. , mutual funds), is required by Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act to review and keep records of personal investment activities of “access persons” of these funds, unless the access person does not have direct or indirect influence or control of the accounts.  An “access person” is defined as any director, officer, general partner or Advisory Person of a Fund or Fund’s Investment Adviser.  “Advisory Person” is defined as any employee of the Fund or investment adviser (or of any company in a control relationship to the Fund or investment adviser) who, in connection with his or her regular functions or duties, makes, participates in, or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of investments by a Fund, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendations with respect to the purchases or sales.  Jennison’s “access persons” and “advisory persons” include Jennison’s employees and any other persons that Jennison may designate.

 

A)                                   JENNISON EMPLOYEES

 

All Jennison employees are Access Persons and are subject to the following reporting requirements.  Access Persons are required to report all transactions including activity in Prudential affiliated and Jennison managed mutual funds.  A list of these funds is attached hereto as Schedule A.  This requirement applies to all accounts in which Jennison employees have a direct or indirect beneficial interest, including household members.  All Access Persons are required to provide the Compliance Department with the following:

 

1)                                       INITIAL HOLDINGS REPORTS :

 

Within 10 days of commencement of employment, an initial holdings report detailing all personal investments (including private placements, and index futures contracts and options thereon, but excluding US Treasury securities,

 

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mutual fund shares that are neither managed by Jennison nor affiliated with Prudential, see attached Schedule A, and short-term high quality debt instruments). The report should contain the following information:

 

a.                                        The title, number of shares and principal amount of each investment in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

 

b.                                       The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintained an account in which any securities were held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person; and

 

c.                                        The date that the report is submitted by the Access Person.

 

2)                                       QUARTERLY REPORTS:

 

a.                                        Transaction Reporting :

 

Within 10 days after the end of a calendar quarter, with respect to any transaction, including activity in mutual funds identified on Schedule A, during the quarter in investments in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership:

 

i)                                          The date of the transaction, the title, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable), the number of shares and the principal amount of each investment involved;

 

ii)                                       The nature of the transaction ( i.e. , purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

 

iii)                                    The price of the investment at which the transaction was effected;

 

iv)                                   The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through which the transaction was effected; and

 

v)                                      The date that the report is submitted by the Access Person.

 

b.                                       Personal Securities Account Reporting :

 

Within 10 days after the end of a calendar quarter, with respect to any account established by the Access Person in which any securities were held during the quarter for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person:

 

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i)                                          The name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person established the account;

 

ii)                                       The date the account was established; and

 

iii)                                    The date that the report is submitted by the Access Person.

 

To facilitate compliance with this reporting requirement, Jennison Associates requires that a duplicate copy of all trade confirmations and brokerage statements be supplied directly to Jennison Associates’ Compliance Department and to Prudential’s Corporate Compliance Department.  Access Persons are required to notify the Compliance Department of any mutual fund accounts, including accounts of all household members, held directly with the fund for all mutual funds that appear on Schedule A. The Compliance Department must also be notified prior to the creation of any new personal investment accounts so that we may request that duplicate statements and confirmations of all trading activity (including mutual funds) be sent to the Compliance Department.

 

3)                                       ANNUAL HOLDINGS REPORTS :

 

Annually, the following information (which information must be current as of a date no more than 30 days before the report is submitted):

 

a.                                        The title, number of shares and principal amount of each investment, including investments set forth in Schedule A, in which the Access Person had any direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

 

b.                                       The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom the Access Person maintains an account in which any securities are held for the direct or indirect benefit of the Access Person; and

 

c.                                        The date that the report is submitted by the Access Person.

 

4)                                       A copy of all discretionary investment advisory contracts or agreements between the officer, director or employee and his investment advisors.

 

5)                                       A copy of Schedule B, Schedule D, and Schedule E from federal income tax returns on an annual basis.

 

Please note that Access Persons may hold and trade Prudential affiliated and Jennison managed mutual funds through Authorized Broker/Dealers, Prudential Mutual Fund Services, the Prudential Employee Savings Plan

 

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(“PESP”), and the Jennison Savings and Pension Plans.   In addition, Access Persons may maintain accounts with respect to certain third party mutual funds managed by Jennison or Prudential Investment Management Inc. directly with the fund company, provided that duplicate confirms and statements are provided to the Compliance Department.

 

B)                                     OTHER PERSONS DEFINED BY JENNISON AS ACCESS PERSONS

 

Other Persons Defined by Jennison as Access Persons include individuals who in connection with his or her regular functions or duties obtain information regarding the purchase or sale of investments by Jennison on behalf of its clients.  These individuals or groups of individuals are identified on Exhibit C and will be required to comply with such policies and procedures that Jennison deems necessary.  These policies and procedures are specified on Exhibit C.

 

3.                                        PRE-CLEARANCE PROCEDURES

 

All employees of Jennison Associates may need to obtain clearance from the Jennison Personal Investment Committee prior to effecting any securities transaction in which they or their immediate families (including the spouse, minor children, and adults living in the same household with the officer, director, or employee) for which they or their spouse have any direct or indirect influence or control, have a beneficial interest on behalf of a trust of which they are trustee, or for any other account in which they have a beneficial interest or direct or indirect influence or control.  Determination as to whether or not a particular transaction requires pre-approval should be made by consulting the “Compliance and Reporting of Personal Transactions Matrix” found on Exhibit A.

 

The Jennison Personal Investment Committee will make its decision of whether to clear a proposed trade on the basis of the personal trading restrictions set forth below.  A member of the Compliance Department shall promptly notify the individual of approval or denial to trade the requested security.  Notification of approval or denial to trade may be verbally given as soon as possible; however, it shall be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the verbal notification.  Please note that the approval granted will be valid only for that day in which the approval has been obtained; provided, however, that approved orders for securities traded in certain foreign markets may be executed within 2 business days from the date pre-clearance is granted, depending on the time at which approval is granted and the hours of the markets on which the security is traded are open.  In other words, if a trade was not effected on the day for which approval was originally sought, a new approval form must be re-submitted on each subsequent day in which trading may occur.  Or, if the security for which approval has been granted is traded on foreign markets, approval is valid for an additional day ( i.e. , the day for which approval was granted and the day following the day for which approval was granted).

 

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Only transactions where the investment decisions for the account are made by an independent investment manager in a fully discretionary account (including managed accounts) will be exempt from the pre-clearance procedures, except for those transactions that are directed by an employee in a Jennison managed account.  Copies of the agreement of such discretionary accounts, as well as transaction statements or another comparable portfolio report, must be submitted on a quarterly basis to the Compliance Department for review and record retention.

 

Written notice of your intended securities activities must be filed for approval prior to effecting any transaction for which prior approval is required.   The name of the security, the date, the nature of the transaction (purchase or sale), the price, the name and relationship to you of the account holder (self, son, daughter, spouse, father, etc.), and the name of the broker-dealer or bank involved in the transaction must be disclosed in such written notice.  Such written notice should be submitted on the Pre-Clearance Transaction Request Forms (Equity/Fixed Income) which can be obtained from the Compliance Department.  If proper procedures are not complied with, action will be taken against the employee.  All violations shall go before Jennison’s Compliance Committee and are reported on an annual basis to the Jennison Board of Directors.  The violators may be asked to reverse the transaction and/or transfer the security or profits gained over to the accounts of Jennison Associates.  In addition, penalties for personal trading violations shall be determined in accordance with the penalties schedule set forth in Section 5, “Penalties for Violating Jennison Associates’ Personal Trading Policies.”  Each situation and its relevance will be given due weight. 

 

4.                                        PERSONAL TRADING POLICY

 

The following rules, regulations and restrictions have been set forth by the Board of Directors and apply to the personal security transactions of all employees.  These rules will govern whether clearance for a proposed transaction will be granted.  These rules also apply to the sale of securities once the purchase of a security has been pre-approved and completed.

 

No director, officer or employee of the Company may effect for himself, an immediate family member (including the spouse, minor children, and adults living in the same household with the officer, director, or employee) for which they or their spouse have any direct or indirect influence or control, or any trust of which they are trustee, or any other account in which they have a beneficial interest or direct or indirect influence or control any transaction in a security, or recommend any such transaction in a security, of which, to his/her knowledge, the Company has either effected or is contemplating effecting the same for any of its clients, if such transaction would in any way conflict with, or be detrimental to, the interests of such client, or if such transaction was effected with prior knowledge of material, non-public information.

 

Except in particular cases in which the Jennison Personal Investment Committee has determined in advance that proposed transactions would not conflict with the foregoing policy, the following rules shall govern all transactions (and recommendations) by all Jennison employees for their own accounts, for their immediate family’s accounts (including accounts of the spouse, minor children, and adults living in the same household with the officer, director, or

 

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employee) for which they or their spouse have any direct or indirect influence or control, and any trust of which they are trustee, or any other account in which they have a beneficial interest or direct or indirect influence or control.  The provisions of the following paragraphs do not necessarily imply that the Jennison Personal Investment Committee will conclude that the transactions or recommendations to which they relate are in violation of the foregoing policy, but rather are designed to indicate the transactions for which prior approval should be obtained to ensure that no conflict occurs.

 

A)                                   BLACKOUT PERIODS

 

1)                                       Neither any security recommended, or proposed to be recommended to any client for purchase, nor any security purchased or proposed to be purchased for any client may be purchased by any corporate personnel if such purchase will interfere in any way with the orderly purchase of such security by any client.

 

2)                                       Neither any security recommended, or proposed to be recommended to any client for sale, nor any security sold, or proposed to be sold, for any client may be sold by any corporate personnel if such sale will interfere in any way with the orderly sale of such security by any client.

 

3)                                       No security may be sold after being recommended to any client for purchase or after being purchased for any client, and no security may be purchased after being recommended to any client for sale or after being sold for any client, if the sale or purchase is effected with a view to making a profit on the anticipated market action of the security resulting from such recommendation, purchase or sale.

 

4)                                       In order to prevent even the appearance of a violation of this rule or a conflict of interest with a client account, you should refrain from trading in the seven (7) calendar days before and after Jennison trades in that security.

 

If an employee trades during a blackout period, disgorgement may be required.  For example, if an Employee’s trade is pre-approved and executed and subsequently, within seven days of the transaction, the Firm trades on behalf of Jennison’s clients, the Jennison Personal Investment Committee shall review the personal trade in light of firm trading activity and determine on a case by case basis the appropriate action.  If the Personal Investment Committee finds that a client is disadvantaged by the personal trade, the trader may be required to reverse the trade and disgorge to the firm any difference due to any incremental price advantage over the client’s transaction.

 

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B)                                     SHORT-TERM TRADING PROFITS

 

All employees of Jennison Associates are prohibited from profiting in their own accounts and the accounts of their immediate families (including the spouse, minor children, and adults living in the same household with the officer, director, or employee) for which they or their spouse have any direct or indirect influence or control or any trust of which they are a trustee, or for any other account in which they have a beneficial interest or direct or indirect influence or control from the purchase and sale, or the sale and purchase of the same or equivalent securities within 60 calendar days.  A ll employees are prohibited from executing a purchase and a sale or a sale and a purchase of the same mutual funds that appear on Schedule A during any 90-day period.  Any profits realized from the purchase and sale or the sale and purchase of the same (or equivalent) securities within the 60 and 90 day restriction periods, respectively, shall be disgorged to the firm, net of taxes.

 

“Profits realized” shall be calculated consistent with interpretations under section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, which require matching any purchase and sale that occur with in a 60 calendar day period and, for purposes of this policy, within a 90 calendar day period for any purchase and sale or sale and purchase in those mutual funds that appear on Schedule A across all accounts over which a Jennison director, officer or employee has a direct or indirect beneficial interest (including accounts that hold securities held by members of a person’s immediate family sharing the same household) over which the person has direct or indirect control or influence without regard to the order of the purchase or the sale during the period.  As such, a person who sold a security and then repurchased the same (or equivalent) security would need to disgorge a profit if matching the purchase and the sale would result in a profit.  Conversely, if matching the purchase and sale would result in a loss, profits would not be disgorged.

 

In addition, the last in, first out (“LIFO”) method will be used in determining if any exceptions have occurred in any Prudential affiliated or Jennison managed mutual fund.  Profits realized on such transactions must be disgorged.(1)  Certain limited exceptions to this holding period are available and must be approved by the Chief Compliance Officer or her designee prior to execution.  Exceptions to this policy include, but are not limited to, hardships and extended disability.  Automatic investment and withdrawal programs and automatic rebalancing are permitted transactions under the policy.

 

The prohibition on short-term trading profits shall not apply to trading of index options and index futures contracts and options on index futures contracts on broad based indices.  However, such transactions remain subject to the pre-clearance procedures and other applicable procedures.  A list of broad-based indices is provided on Exhibit B.

 


(1)                                   Discipline and sanctions relating to violations occurring in the Prudential Employee Savings Plan or the Jennison Savings or Pension Plans will be determined separately by the Personal Securities Trading and Jennison Compliance Committees, respectively. 

 

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C)                                     Jennison employees may not purchase of any security if the purchase would deprive any of Jennison’s clients of an investment opportunity, after taking into account (in determining whether such purchase would constitute an investment opportunity) the client’s investments and investment objectives and whether the opportunity is being offered to corporate personnel by virtue of his or her position at Jennison.

 

D)                                    Jennison employees may not purchase new issues of either common stock, fixed income securities or convertible securities except in accordance with item E below.  This prohibition does not apply to new issues of shares of open-end investment companies.  All Jennison employees shall also obtain prior written approval of the Jennison Personal Investment Committee in the form of a completed “Request to Buy or Sell Securities” form before effecting any purchase of securities on a ‘private placement’ basis.  Such approval will take into account, among other factors, whether the investment opportunity should be reserved for Jennison’s clients and whether the opportunity is being offered to the employee by virtue of his or her position at Jennison.

 

E)                                      Subject to the pre-clearance and reporting procedures, Jennison employees may purchase securities on the date of issuance, provided that such securities are acquired in the secondary market.  Upon requesting approval of such transactions, employees must acknowledge that he or she is aware that such request for approval may not be submitted until after the security has been issued to the public and is trading at prevailing market prices in the secondary market.  Additionally, trade confirmations of executions of such transaction must be received by the Compliance Department no later than the close of business on the day following execution of such trade and must be accompanied by a copy of the final prospectus.   If such trade confirmation is not received, the employee may be requested to reverse (subject to pre-approval) the trade, and any profits or losses avoided must be disgorged to the firm.

 

F)                                      Subject to the preclearance and reporting procedures, Jennison employees may effect purchases upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent that such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired.  In the event that approval to exercise such rights is denied, subject to preclearance and reporting procedures, corporate personnel may obtain permission to sell such rights on the last day that such rights may be traded.

 

G)                                     Any transactions in index futures contracts and index options, except those effected on a broad-based index, are subject to the preclearance and reporting requirements.

 

H)                                    No employee of Jennison Associates may profit in their personal securities accounts or the accounts of their immediate families (including the spouse, minor children, and adults living in the same household with the officer, director, or employee) for which they or their spouse have any direct or indirect influence or control or any trust of which they are a trustee, or for any other account in which they have a beneficial

 

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interest or direct or indirect influence or control by short selling or purchasing put options or writing call options on securities that represent a position in any portfolios managed by Jennison on behalf of its clients.  Any profits realized from such transactions shall be disgorged to the Firm, net of taxes.  Put options and short sales are subject to the preclearance rules.

 

All employees are prohibited from selling short and from participating in any options transactions on any securities issued by Prudential except in connection with bona fide hedging strategies (e.g., covered call options and protected put options).  However, employees are prohibited from buying or selling options to hedge their financial interest in employee stock options granted to them by Prudential.

 

I)                                         No employee of Jennison Associates may participate in investment clubs.

 

J)                                        While participation in employee stock purchase plans and employee stock option plans need not be pre-approved, copies of the terms of the plans should be provided to the Compliance Department as soon as possible so that the application of the various provisions of the Personal Trading Policy may be determined ( e.g., pre-approval, reporting, short-term trading profits ban).  Jennison employees must obtain pre-approval for any discretionary disposition of securities or discretionary exercise of options acquired pursuant to participation in an employee stock purchase or employee stock option plan.  Nondiscretionary dispositions of securities or exercise are not subject to pre-approval.  Additionally, Jennison employees should report holdings of such securities and options on an annual basis.

 

K)                                    Subject to pre-clearance, long-term investing through direct stock purchase plans is permitted.  The terms of the plan, the initial investment, and any purchases through automatic debit must be provided to and approved by the Jennison Personal Investment Committee.  Any changes to the original terms of approval, e.g., increasing, decreasing, or termination of participation in the plan, as well as any sales or discretionary purchase of securities in the plan must be submitted for pre-clearance.  Provided that the automatic monthly purchases have been approved by the Jennison Personal Investment Committee, each automatic monthly purchase need not be submitted for pre-approval.  “Profits realized” for purposes of applying the ban on short-term trading profits will be determined by matching the proposed discretionary purchase or sale transaction against the most recent discretionary purchase or sale, as applicable, not the most recent automatic purchase or sale (if applicable).  Additionally, holdings should be disclosed annually.

 

L)                                      DESIGNATED PERSONS: REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSACTIONS IN SECURITIES ISSUED BY PRUDENTIAL

 

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, including information about one or more business units or corporate level information that may be

 

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material about Prudential. Employees that have been classified as Designated Persons have been informed of their status.

 

Designated Persons are permitted to trade in Prudential common stock (symbol: “PRU”) only during certain “open trading windows”.  Trading windows will be closed for periods surrounding the preparation and release of Prudential financial results.  Approximately 24 hours after Prudential releases its quarterly earnings to the public, the trading window generally opens and will remain open until approximately three weeks before the end of the quarter.  Designated Persons will be notified by the Compliance Department announcing the opening and closing of each trading window.

 

Designated Persons are required to obtain a dual pre-clearance approval for all transactions from both Jennison and Prudential. To request pre-clearance approval, Designated Persons are required to complete a pre-clearance form for Jennison and a separate pre-clearance form for Prudential.  These forms can be obtained from the Compliance Department.  The Compliance Department will notify the Designated Person if their request has been approved or denied.  Please note that pre-clearance also applies to transactions of household members and dependents of any Designated Person and is valid only for the day approval is provided.  All other pre-clearance rules and restrictions apply.

 

M)                                 JENNISON EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN MANAGED STRATEGIES

 

All eligible employees must adhere to the following conditions in order to open an account in a managed account program:

 

o                                     All employees may open a managed account in any managed account program, including Jennison-managed strategies.

 

o                                     Portfolio Managers of the Jennison models are prohibited from opening accounts in managed account programs in strategies that he or she manages.

 

o                                     Portfolio Advisors may open accounts in managed account programs in strategies for which he or she has responsibility; however, these individuals may not direct selling or purchases for his or her own accounts.  All such decisions and implementation of portfolio transactions for Portfolio Advisor accounts will be made by the Director of Managed Account Operations.

 

o                                     Eligible employees will not be permitted to have discretion over any managed account.  This means that employees will be invested in the model.

 

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o                                     All transactions in any managed account for which a Jennison employee has discretion will be subject to the pre-clearance requirements of this policy.

 

o                                     In connection with tax selling, eligible employees (except Portfolio Advisors) are permitted to identify specific securities to be sold, however, such sales are subject to the 60-day ban on short-term trading profits and pre-clearance for Jennison managed strategies.

 

o                                     Both the Jennison Compliance Department and Prudential Corporate Compliance will need to receive duplicate confirmations and statements.

 

N)                                    EXCEPTIONS TO THE PERSONAL TRADING POLICY

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions , exceptions to certain provisions ( e.g ., blackout period, pre-clearance procedures, and short-term trading profits) of the Personal Trading Policy may be granted on a case-by-case basis by Jennison when no abuse is involved and the facts of the situation strongly support an exception to the rule.

 

Investments in the following instruments are not bound to the rules and restrictions as set forth above and may be made without the approval of the Jennison Personal Investment Committee: governments, agencies, money markets, repurchase orders, reverse repurchase orders and open-ended registered investment companies.  Although not subject to pre-clearance, the mutual funds that are listed on Schedule A are subject to reporting and a ban on short term trading, i.e . buying and selling or selling and buying within 90 days.

 

All employees, on a quarterly basis, must sign a statement that they, during said period, have been in full compliance with all personal and insider trading rules and regulations set forth within Jennison Associates’ Code of Ethics, Policy Statement on Insider Trading and Personal Trading Policy.

 

O)                                    MONITORING/ADMINISTRATION

 

The Jennison Associates’ Compliance Department will administer this policy and will be responsible for monitoring compliance with the policy.  Requests for exceptions to the policy will be provided to the Jennison Chief Compliance Officer or her designee and from time to time shared with the Prudential Personal Securities Trading and Jennison Compliance Committees.  While Jennison has primary responsibility to administer its own Personal Trading Policy, Prudential will assist Jennison by monitoring activity in Prudential mutual funds, as well as Jennison funds in Jennison Savings and Pension Plan, and identifying violations to the ban on short term trading, as described in this policy.

 

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As indicated above, short term or market timing trading in any mutual fund identified in Schedule A represents a significant conflict of interest for Jennison and Prudential.  Market timing any of these mutual funds may suggest the use of inside information – namely, knowledge of portfolio holdings or contemplated transactions – acquired or developed by an employee for personal gain.  The use of such information constitutes a violation of the law that can lead to severe disciplinary action against Jennison and its senior officers.  Therefore, trading activity in any Prudential affiliated or Jennison managed mutual fund will be subject to a heightened level of scrutiny.  Jennison employees who engage in short term trading of such funds can be subject to severe disciplinary action, leading up to and including possible termination.

 

5.                                        PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF JENNISON ASSOCIATES’ PERSONAL TRADING POLICIES

 

Violations of Jennison’s Personal Trading Policy and Procedures, while in most cases may be inadvertent, must not occur.  It is important that every employee abide by the policies established by the Board of Directors.  Penalties will be assessed in accordance with the schedules set forth below.  These, however, are minimum penalties.  THE FIRM RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION, INCLUDING TERMINATION.

 

All violations and penalties imposed will be reported to Jennison’s Compliance Committee on a monthly basis.  In addition, the Compliance Committee will provide the Board of Directors with an annual report which at minimum:

 

A)                                   summarizes existing procedures concerning personal investing and any changes in procedures made during the preceding year;

 

B)                                     identifies any violations requiring significant remedial action during the preceding year; and

 

C)                                     identifies any recommended changes in existing restrictions or procedures based upon Jennison’s experience under its policies and procedures, evolving industry practices, or developments in applicable laws and regulations.

 

6.                                        TYPE OF VIOLATION

 

A)                                   PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO SECURE PRE-APPROVAL

 

The minimum penalties for failure to pre-clear personal securities transactions include possible reversal of the trade, possible disgorgement of profits, as well as the imposition of additional cash penalties .  Please note that subsections 2) and 3) have been applied retroactively from its effective date.

 

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1)                                       FAILURE TO PRE-CLEAR PURCHASE

 

Depending on the circumstances of the violation, the individual may be asked to reverse the trade ( i.e. , the securities must be sold).  Any profits realized from the subsequent sale, net of taxes must be turned over to the firm.  Please note: The sale or reversal of such trade must be submitted for pre-approval .

 

2)                                       FAILURE TO PRE-CLEAR SALES THAT RESULT IN LONG-TERM CAPITAL GAINS

 

Depending on the circumstances of the violation, the firm may require that profits realized from the sale of securities that are defined as “long-term capital gains” by Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”) section 1222 and the rules thereunder, as amended, to be turned over to the firm, subject to the following maximum amounts:

 

JALLC Position

 

Disgorgement Penalty

 

Senior Vice Presidents and above

 

Realized long-term capital gain, net of taxes, up to $10,000.00

 

Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents

 

Realized long-term capital gain, net of taxes, up to $5,000.00

 

All other JALLC Personnel

 

25% of the realized long-term gain, irrespective of taxes, up to $3,000.00

 

 

3)                                       FAILURE TO PRE-CLEAR SALES THAT RESULT IN SHORT-TERM CAPITAL GAINS

 

Depending on the nature of the violation, the firm may require that all profits realized from sales that result in profits that are defined as “short-term capital gains” by IRC section 1222 and the rules thereunder, as amended, be disgorged irrespective of taxes.  Please note, however, any profits that result from violating the ban on short-term trading profits are addressed in section 6.C), “Penalty for Violation of Short-Term Trading Profit Rule.”

 

4)                                       ADDITIONAL CASH PENALTIES

 

 

 

VP’s and Above

 

Other JALLC Personnel

 

First Offense

 

None/Warning

 

None/Warning

 

Second Offense

 

$1,000

 

$200

 

Third Offense

 

$2,000

 

$300

 

Fourth Offense

 

$3,000

 

$400

 

Fifth Offense

 

$4,000 & Automatic Notification of the Board of Directors

 

$500 & Automatic Notification of the Board of Directors

 

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Jennison reserves the right to notify the Board of Directors for any violation.

 

Penalties shall be assessed over a rolling three year period.  For example, if over a three year period (year 1 through year 3), a person had four violations, two in year 1, and one in each of the following years, the last violation in year 3 would be considered a fourth offense.  However, if in the subsequent year (year 4), the person only had one violation of the policy, this violation would be penalized at the third offense level because over the subsequent three year period (from year 2 through year 4), there were only three violations.  Thus, if a person had no violations over a three year period, a subsequent offense would be considered a first offense, notwithstanding the fact that the person may have violated the policy prior to the three year period.

 

B)                                     FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

 

Such violations occur if Jennison does not receive a broker confirmation within ten (10) business days following the end of the quarter in which a transaction occurs or if Jennison does not routinely receive brokerage statements.  Evidence of written notices to brokers of Jennison’s requirement and assistance in resolving problems will be taken into consideration in determining the appropriateness of penalties.

 

 

 

 

VP’s and Above

 

Other JALLC Personnel

 

First Offense

 

None/Warning

 

None/Warning

 

Second Offense

 

$200

 

$50

 

Third Offense

 

$500

 

$100

 

Fourth Offense

 

$600

 

$200

 

Fifth Offense

 

$700& Automatic Notification of the Board

 

$300 & Automatic Notification of the Board

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Jennison reserves the right to notify the Board of Directors for any violation.

 

C)                                     PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF SHORT-TERM TRADING PROFIT RULE

 

Any profits realized from the purchase and sale or the sale and purchase of the same (or equivalent) securities within 60 calendar days and within 90 calendar days for all mutual funds that appear on Schedule A. shall be disgorged to the firm, net of taxes.  “Profits realized” shall be calculated consistent with interpretations under section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which requires matching any purchase and sale that occur with in a 60 calendar day period without regard to the order of the

 

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purchase or the sale during the period.  As such, a person who sold a security and then repurchased the same (or equivalent) security would need to disgorge a profit if matching the purchase and the sale would result in a profit.  The LIFO standard will be applied when determining if any violations have occurred in the trading of a Prudential affiliated or Jennison managed mutual fund, other than a money market fund, and whether the corresponding purchase and sale or sale and purchase of such fund(s) has resulted in a profit or loss.   Conversely, if matching the purchase and sale would result in a loss, profits would not be disgorged.

 

D)                                    OTHER POLICY INFRINGEMENTS WILL BE DEALT WITH ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS

 

Penalties will be commensurate with the severity of the violation.

 

Serious violations would include:

 

o                                     Failure to abide by the determination of the Personal Investment Committee.

 

o                                     Failure to submit pre-approval for securities in which Jennison actively trades.

 

o                                     Failure to comply with the ban on all short term trading, i.e . buying and selling or selling and buying the same or equivalent securities and mutual funds set forth on Schedule A within 60 and 90 days, respectively.

 

E)                                      DISGORGED PROFITS

 

Profits disgorged to the firm shall be donated to a charitable organization selected by the firm in the name of the firm.  Such funds may be donated to such organization at such time as the firm determines.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING OF PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS MATRIX

 

Investment Category/Method

 

Sub-Category

 

Required
Pre-
Approval
(Y/N)

 

Reportable
(Y/N)

 

If reportable,
minimum
reporting
frequency

 

BONDS

 

Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds

 

N

 

N

 

N/A

 

 

 

Agency

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Corporates

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

MBS

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

ABS

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

CMO’s

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Municipals

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Convertibles

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKS

 

Common

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Preferred

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Rights

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Warrants

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Automatic Dividend Reinvestments

 

N

 

N

 

N/A

 

 

 

Optional Dividend Reinvestments

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Direct Stock Purchase Plans with automatic investments

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Employee Stock Purchase/Option Plan

 

Y*

 

Y

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPEN-END MUTUAL FUNDS

 

Affiliated Investments – see Schedule A.

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Non-Affiliated Funds, not managed by Jennison.

 

N

 

N

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED END FUNDS & UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS

 

All Affiliated & Non-Affiliated Funds

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

US Funds (including SPDRs, NASDAQ 100 Index Tracking Shares)

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Foreign Funds

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DERIVATIVES

 

Any exchange traded, NASDAQ, or OTC option or futures contract, including, but not limited to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Futures

 

**

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Commodity Futures

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Options on Futures

 

**

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Options on Securities

 

**

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Non-Broad Based Index Options

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Non Broad Based Index Futures Contracts and Options on Non-Broad Based Index Futures Contracts

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Broad Based Index Options

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

Broad Based Index Futures Contracts and Options on Broad Based Index Futures Contracts

 

N

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS, PRIVATE PLACEMENTS, & PRIVATE INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUNTARY TENDER OFFERS

 

 

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANAGED ACCOUNT PROGARMS

 

Employee Directed Portfolio Transactions

 

Y

 

Y

 

Quarterly

 

 

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*  Pre -approval of sales of securities or exercises of options acquired through employee stock purchase or employee stock option plans are required.  Holdings are required to be reported annually; transactions subject to pre-approval are required to be reported quarterly.  Pre-approval is not required to participate in such plans.

 

**  Pre-approval of a personal derivative securities transaction is required if the underlying security requires pre-approval.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

BROAD-BASED INDICES

 

Nikkei 300 Index CI/Euro

S&P 100 Close/Amer Index

S&P 100 Close/Amer Index

S&P 100 Close/Amer Index

S&P 500 Index

S&P 500 Open/Euro Index

S&P 500 Open/Euro Index

S&P 500 (Wrap)

S&P 500 Open/Euro Index

Russell 2000 Open/Euro Index

Russell 2000 Open/Euro Index

S&P Midcap 400 Open/Euro Index

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

NASDAQ- 100 Open/Euro Index

S&P Small Cap 600

U.S. Top 100 Sector

S&P 500 Long-Term Close

Russell 2000 L-T Open./Euro

Russell 2000 Long-Term Index

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

OTHER PERSONS DEFINED BY JENNISON AS ACCESS PERSONS

 

The following groups of persons have been defined by Jennison as Access Persons because these individuals who in connection with his or her regular functions or duties obtain information regarding the purchase or sale of investments by Jennison on behalf of its clients.  These individuals or groups of individuals are identified on this Exhibit C and will be required to comply with such policies and procedures that Jennison deems necessary as specified on this Exhibit.

 

1.                                        Jennison Directors and Officers who are Prudential Employees

 

Jennison recognizes that a Jennison director or officer who is employed by Prudential (“Prudential Director or Officer”) may be subject to the Prudential Personal Securities Trading Policy (“Prudential’s Policy”), a copy of which and any amendments thereto shall have been made available to Jennison’s Compliance Department.  A Prudential Director or Officer does not need to obtain preclearance from Jennison’s Personal Investment Committee; provided that the Prudential Director or Officer does not otherwise have access to current Jennison trading activity.

 

For purposes of the recordkeeping requirements of this Policy, Prudential Directors and Officers are required to comply with Prudential’s Policy.  Prudential will provide an annual representation to the Jennison Compliance Department, with respect to employees subject to the Prudential Policy, that the employee has complied with the recordkeeping and other procedures of Prudential’s Policy during the most recent calendar year.  If there have been any violations of Prudential’s Policy by such employee, Prudential will submit a detailed report of such violations and what remedial action, if any was taken.  If an employee is not subject to the Prudential Policy, Prudential will provide a certification that the employee is not subject to the Prudential Policy.

 

2.                                        Outside Consultants

 

Outside Consultants and Independent Contractors who work on-site at Jennison and who in connection with his or her regular functions or duties obtain information regarding the purchase or sale of investments in portfolios managed by Jennison will be subject to such policies and procedures as determined by Jennison.

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATED AND JENNISON MANAGED MUTUAL FUND

 

The following list of Prudential and Jennison managed mutual funds is the most current list as of February 23, 2004:

 

I.                                          Prudential Mutual Funds :

 

            Dryden Global Total Return Fund, Inc.

            Dryden Index Series Fund - Dryden Stock Index Fund

            Dryden Tax-Managed Funds - Dryden Large-Cap Core Equity Fund

            Dryden Small-Cap Core Equity Fund, Inc.

            The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - Dryden Active Allocation Fund

            The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - JennisonDryden Conservative Allocation Fund

            The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - JennisonDryden Moderate Allocation Fund

            The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - JennisonDryden Growth Allocation Fund

            Dryden High Yield Fund, Inc.

            Dryden Total Return Bond Fund, Inc.

            Dryden National Municipals Fund, Inc.

            Dryden Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. - Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund

            Dryden Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. - Dryden Ultra Short Bond Fund

            Dryden Government Income Fund, Inc.

            Dryden Municipal Bond Fund - High Income Series

            Dryden Municipal Bond Fund - Insured Series

            Strategic Partners Real Estate Securities Fund

            Prudential World Fund, Inc. - Strategic Partners International Value Fund

            Prudential World Fund, Inc. - Dryden International Equity Fund

            Cash Accumulation Trust - Liquid Assets Fund

            COMMAND Tax-Free Fund

            Strategic Partners Opportunity Funds - Strategic Partners Focused Value Fund

            Strategic Partners Opportunity Funds - Strategic Partners Mid-Cap Value Fund

            Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds - Strategic Partners Large Capitalization Growth Fund

            Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds - Strategic Partners Large Capitalization Value Fund

            Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds - Strategic Partners Small Capitalization Growth Fund

            Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds - Strategic Partners Small Capitalization Value Fund

            Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds - Strategic Partners International Equity Fund

            Strategic Partners Style Specific Funds - Strategic Partners Total Return Bond Fund

 

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            The Target Portfolio Trust - Large Capitalization Growth Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - Large Capitalization Value Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - Small Capitalization Growth Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - Small Capitalization Value Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - International Equity Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - International Bond Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - Total Return Bond Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - Intermediate-Term Bond Portfolio

            The Target Portfolio Trust - Mortgage Backed Securities Portfolio

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF International Equity Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF William Blair International Growth Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF PBHG Small-Cap Growth Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF DeAM Small-Cap Growth Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Gabelli Small-Cap Value Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Neuberger Berman Mid-Cap Value Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF INVESCO Technology Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF INVESCO Health Sciences Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF ProFund Managed OTC Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Marsico Capital Growth Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Goldman Sachs Concentrated Growth Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Large-Cap Growth Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF T. Rowe Price Tax Managed Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Sanford Bernstein Core Value Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Sanford Bernstein Managed Index 500 Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Alliance Growth and Income Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF MFS Growth with Income Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF INVESCO Capital Income Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF American Century Strategic Balanced Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Federated High Yield Bond Fund

            American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF PIMCO Total Return Bond Fund

 

II.                                      Jennison Managed Mutual Funds:

 

                  American Skandia Advisor Funds, Inc. - ASAF Large Cap Growth Fund

                  Harbor Fund - Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund

                  Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund

                  Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.

                  Jennison Sector Funds, Inc. - Jennison Financial Services Fund

                  Jennison Sector Funds, Inc. - Jennison Health Sciences Fund

                  Jennison Sector Funds, Inc. - Jennison Technology Fund

                  Jennison Sector Funds, Inc. - Jennison Utility Fund

                  Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.

 

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                  Jennison U.S. Emerging Growth Fund, Inc.

                  Jennison Value Fund

                  Prudential World Fund, Inc. - Jennison Global Growth Fund

                  Scudder Focus Value Plus Growth Fund - Scudder Focus Value+Growth Fund

                  Strategic Partners Asset Allocation Funds - Strategic Partners Conservative Growth Fund

                  Strategic Partners Asset Allocation Funds - Strategic Partners High Growth Fund

                  Strategic Partners Asset Allocation Funds - Strategic Partners Moderate Growth Fund

                  Strategic Partners Equity Fund, Inc.

                  Strategic Partners Opportunity Funds - Strategic Partners Focused Growth Fund

                  Strategic Partners Opportunity Funds - Strategic Partners New Era Growth Fund

                  The Hirtle Callaghan Trust - The Growth Equity Portfolio

                  The MainStay Funds - MainStay MAP Fund

                  The Preferred Group of Mutual Funds - Preferred Large Cap Growth Fund

                  The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - Jennison Equity Opportunity Fund

                  The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. - Jennison Growth Fund

                  Transamerica IDEX Mutual Funds - TA IDEX Jennison Growth

 

III.        PIM Subadvised Funds

 

SEI Institutional Investors Trust Fund

 

 

This Schedule A may change from time to time due to new product development or changes in relationships and may not always be up-to-date.  If you are not sure whether or not you either hold or anticipate purchasing a mutual fund that is either affiliated with Prudential or managed by Jennison, please contact the Compliance Department.

 

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