PGIM GLOBAL DYNAMIC BOND FUND
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A: PAJAX | C: PAJCX | Z: PAJZX | R6: PAJQX |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (www.pgim.com/investments), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. |
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-225-1852 or by sending an e-mail request to PGIM Investments at shareholderreports@pgim.com. |
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-225-1852 or send an email request to shareholderreports@pgim.com to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund. |
To enroll in e-delivery, go to pgim.com/investments/resource/edelivery
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The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS), member SIPC. PGIM Fixed Income is a unit of PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), a registered investment adviser. PIMS and PGIM are Prudential Financial companies. © 2021 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. The Prudential logo and the Rock symbol are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
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Class A
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Class C
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Class Z
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Class R6
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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | 3.25% | None | None | None |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) | 1.00%* | 1.00%** | None | None |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends and other distributions | None | None | None | None |
Redemption fee | None | None | None | None |
Exchange fee | None | None | None | None |
Maximum account fee (accounts under $10,000) | $15 | $15 | None*** | None |
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If Shares Are Redeemed
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If Shares Are Not Redeemed
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Share Class
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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Class A | $444 | $864 | $1,309 | $2,543 | $444 | $864 | $1,309 | $2,543 |
Class C | $299 | $864 | $1,554 | $3,126 | $199 | $864 | $1,554 | $3,126 |
Class Z | $88 | $392 | $719 | $1,643 | $88 | $392 | $719 | $1,643 |
Class R6 | $83 | $347 | $631 | $1,441 | $83 | $347 | $631 | $1,441 |
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Best Quarter:
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Worst Quarter:
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14.68% | 2nd Quarter 2020 | -18.63% | 1st Quarter 2020 |
Average Annual Total Returns % (including sales charges) (as of 12-31-20)
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Return Before Taxes
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One Year
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Five Years
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Ten Years
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Since Inception
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Class A shares | -0.81% | 6.28% | N/A |
5.87%
(11-3-2015)
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Class C shares | 0.78% | 6.15% | N/A |
5.72%
(11-3-2015)
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Class R6 shares | 2.93% | 7.33% | N/A |
6.89%
(11-3-2015)
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Class Z Shares % (as of 12-31-20)
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Return Before Taxes | 2.88% | 7.31% | N/A |
6.88%
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Return After Taxes on Distributions | 1.59% | 4.80% | N/A |
4.40%
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11-3-2015)
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Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 1.65% | 4.52% | N/A |
4.19%
(11-3-2015)
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Investment Manager
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Subadviser
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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PGIM Investments LLC | PGIM Fixed Income | Robert Tipp, CFA | Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist and Head of Global Bonds | November 2015 |
Michael J. Collins, CFA | Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager | November 2015 | ||
Matthew Angelucci, CFA | Principal and Co-Senior Portfolio Manager | October 2018 |
Class A*
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Class C*
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Class Z*
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Class R6
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Minimum initial investment | $1,000 | $1,000 | None | None |
Minimum subsequent investment | $100 | $100 | None | None |
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Principal Strategies: Investment Limits
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Fixed Income Instruments: At least 80% of investable assets
Non-US fixed income instruments: Up to 100% of total assets
Foreign Investments: At least 40% of investable assets (under normal conditions); otherwise at least 30% of investable assets
Junk Bonds: Up to 100% of total assets
Derivatives: Up to 100% of total assets, subject to asset segregation requirements
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Certain Non-Principal Strategies: Investment Limits
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Illiquid Investments: Up to 15% of net assets
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Money Market Instruments: Percentage varies
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Equity-Related Securities: No more than 20% of investable assets
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Other Unregistered Structured Products: Up to 5% of total assets
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Expected Distribution Schedule*
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Dividends | Declared Daily, Distributed Monthly |
Short-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
Long-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
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Share Class
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Eligibility
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Class A* | Retail investors |
Class C* | Retail investors |
Class Z* | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
Class R6 | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
■ | Class A shares purchased in amounts of less than $500,000 require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but the operating expenses of Class A shares are lower than the operating expenses of Class C shares. Investors who purchase $500,000 or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are also subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00%. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. |
■ | Class C shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you sell your shares within 12 months of purchase. The operating expenses of Class C shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares. |
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■ | The amount of your investment and any previous or planned future investments, which may qualify you for reduced sales charges for Class A shares under Rights of Accumulation or a Letter of Intent. |
■ | The length of time you expect to hold the shares and the impact of varying distribution fees. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. For this reason, Class C shares are generally appropriate only for investors who plan to hold their shares for no more than 3 years. |
■ | The different sales charges that apply to each share class—Class A's front-end sales charge (and, in certain instances, CDSC) vs. Class C's CDSC. |
■ | Class C shares purchased in single amounts greater than $500,000 are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class C shares above this amount generally will not be accepted. |
■ | If you purchase Class Z shares through a broker acting solely as an agent on behalf of its customers pursuant to an agreement with PIMS, the broker may charge you a commission in an amount determined and separately disclosed to you by the broker. |
■ | Because Class Z and Class R6 shares have lower operating expenses than Class A or Class C shares, as applicable, you should consider whether you are eligible to purchase such share classes. |
Class A*
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Class C*
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Class Z*
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Class R6
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Minimum purchase amount | $1,000 | $1,000 | None | None |
Minimum amount for subsequent purchases | $100 | $100 | None | None |
Maximum initial sales charge | 3.25% of the public offering price | None | None | None |
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) | 1.00% on sales of $500,000 or more made within 12 months of purchase |
1.00% on sales
made within 12 months of purchase |
None | None |
Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets) | 0.25% | 1.00% | None | None |
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Class A
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Class C
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Class Z
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Class R
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Existing Investors
(Group Retirement Plans,
IRAs, and all other investors) |
No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
New Group Retirement Plans
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Closed to group retirement plans wishing to add the share classes as new additions to plan menus on June 1, 2018, subject to certain exceptions below | |||
New IRAs
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No Change | No Change | No Change | Closed to all new investors on June 1, 2018, subject to certain exceptions below |
All Other New Investors
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No Change | No Change | No Change |
■ | Eligible group retirement plans that are exercising their one-time 90-day repurchase privilege in the Fund will be permitted to purchase such share classes. |
■ | Plan participants in a group retirement plan that offers Class A, Class C, Class R or Class Z shares of the Fund, as applicable, as of the Effective Date will be permitted to purchase such share classes of the Fund, even if the plan participant did not own shares of that class of the Fund as of the Effective Date. |
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Certain new group retirement plans will be permitted to offer such share classes of the Fund after the Effective Date, provided that the plan or its financial intermediary or other agent
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■ | New group retirement plans that combine with, replace or are otherwise affiliated with a current plan that invests in such share classes prior to or on the Effective Date will be permitted to purchase such share classes. |
■ | The Fund also reserves the right to refuse any purchase order that might disrupt management of the Fund or to otherwise modify the closure policy at any time on a case-by-case basis. |
■ | Shareholders owning Class C shares may continue to hold their Class C shares until the shares automatically convert to Class A shares under the conversion schedule, or until the shareholder redeems their Class C shares. |
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Amount of Purchase
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Sales Charge as a % of
Offering Price* |
Sales Charge as a % of
Amount Invested* |
Dealer Reallowance***
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Less than $100,000 | 3.25% | 3.36% | 3.00% |
$100,000 to $249,999 | 3.00% | 3.09% | 2.75% |
$250,000 to $499,999 | 2.25% | 2.30% | 2.25% |
$500,000 to $4,999,999** | None | None | 1.00% |
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999** | None | None | 0.50% |
$10,000,000 and over** | None | None | 0.25% |
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Use your
Rights of Accumulation
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Sign a
Letter of Intent
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■ | Purchases made prior to the effective date of the Letter of Intent will be applied toward the satisfaction of the Letter of Intent to determine the level of sales charge that will be paid pursuant to the Letter of Intent, but will not result in any reduction in the amount of any previously paid sales charge. |
■ | All accounts held in your name (alone or with other account holders) and taxpayer identification number (“TIN”); |
■ | Accounts held in your spouse's name (alone or with other account holders) and TIN (see definition of spouse below); |
■ | Accounts for your children or your spouse's children, including children for whom you and/or your spouse are legal guardian(s) (e.g., UGMAs and UTMAs); |
■ | Accounts in the name and TINs of your parents; |
■ | Trusts with you, your spouse, your children, your spouse's children and/or your parents as the beneficiaries; |
■ | With limited exclusions, accounts with the same address (exclusions include, but are not limited to, addresses for brokerage firms and other intermediaries and Post Office boxes); and |
■ | Accounts held in the name of a company controlled by you (a person, entity or group that holds 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a company will be deemed to control the company, and a partnership will be deemed to be controlled by each of its general partners), including employee benefit plans of the company where the accounts are held in the plan's TIN. |
■ | The person to whom you are legally married. We also consider your spouse to include the following: |
■ | An individual of the same gender with whom you have been joined in a civil union, or legal contract similar to marriage; |
■ | A domestic partner, who is an individual (including one of the same gender) with whom you have shared a primary residence for at least six months, in a relationship as a couple where you, your domestic partner or both provide for the personal or financial welfare of the other without a fee, to whom you are not related by blood; or |
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■ | An individual with whom you have a common law marriage, which is a marriage in a state where such marriages are recognized between a man and a woman arising from the fact that the two live together and hold themselves out as being married. |
■ | for Class A shares and any other share class for which a sales charge is paid, the value of existing shares is determined by the maximum offering price (NAV plus maximum sales charge); and |
■ | for all other share classes, the value of existing shares is determined by the NAV. |
■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs, where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; or |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs, where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services. |
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■ | Certain directors or trustees, officers, current employees (including their spouses, children and parents) and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates, the PGIM Funds, and the subadvisers of the PGIM Funds; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Persons who have retired directly from active service with Prudential or one of its subsidiaries; |
■ | Registered representatives and employees of broker-dealers (including their spouses, children and parents) that offer Class A shares; |
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Investors in IRAs, provided that: (a) the purchase is made either from a directed rollover to such IRA or with the proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan for which Prudential Retirement (the institutional Benefit Plan recordkeeping entity of Prudential) provides administrative or recordkeeping services, in each case provided that such purchase is made within 60 days of receipt of the Benefit Plan distribution, and
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■ | Clients of financial intermediaries, who (i) offer Class A shares through a no-load network or platform, (ii) charge clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or similar services, or (iii) offer self-directed brokerage accounts or other similar types of accounts that may or may not charge transaction fees to customers. |
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■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; |
■ | 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; or |
■ | Fee- or commission-based retail brokerage programs of certain financial intermediaries that offer Class Z shares through such programs and that have agreements with PIMS to offer such shares when acting solely on an agency basis for their customers for the purchase or sale of such shares. If you transact in Class Z shares of the Fund through one of these programs, you may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker or financial intermediary for effecting such transaction. Because the Fund is not a party to any commission arrangement between you and your broker, any transactions in Class Z shares will be made by the Fund at net asset value (before imposition of the commission). Any such fee is paid by you, not by the Fund, and the imposition of any such fee or commission by your broker or financial intermediary does not impact the net asset value for such Fund shares. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses. |
■ | Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the PGIM Funds are an available option; |
■ | Current and former Directors/Trustees of mutual funds, closed-end funds and ETFs managed by PGIM Investments or any other affiliate of Prudential; |
■ | Current and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Prudential (including any program or account sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option); |
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■ | PGIM Funds, including PGIM funds-of-funds; |
■ | Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans); and |
■ | Investors working with fee-based consultants for investment selection and allocations. |
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■ | You are selling more than $100,000 of shares; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds made payable to someone that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds sent to an address that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You are a business or a trust; or |
■ | You are redeeming due to the death of the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder. |
■ | Amounts representing shares you purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions, |
■ | Amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for shares made during the past 12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and 12 months for Class C shares, and |
■ | Amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the CDSC period (12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and 12 months for Class C shares). |
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■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
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Class A Shares
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Year Ended October 31,
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November 3, 2015
(a)
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2017
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Per Share Operating Performance
(b)
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
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$10.49 | $10.03 | $10.56 | $9.93 | $10.00 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
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Net investment income (loss) | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.29 | ||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions | (0.51) | 1.03 | (0.14) | 0.86 | 0.08 | ||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.24) | 1.27 | 0.11 | 1.13 | 0.37 | ||||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
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Dividends from net investment income | (0.31) | (0.81) | (0.57) | (0.50) | (0.19) | ||||||
Tax return of capital distributions | (0.20) | - | - | - | (0.25) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.31) | - | (0.07) | - | - | ||||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.82) | (0.81) | (0.64) | (0.50) | (0.44) | ||||||
Net asset value, end of
Period
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$9.43 | $10.49 | $10.03 | $10.56 | $9.93 | ||||||
Total Return
(c)
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(2.43)% | 13.32% | 1.00% | 11.69% | 3.86% | ||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
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Net assets, end of
Period (000)
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$2,249 | $8,693 | $585 | $397 | $18 | ||||||
Average net assets (000) | $3,690 | $2,311 | $1,984 | $122 | $13 | ||||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
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Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.21% | 1.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
1.20%
(f)
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Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 2.09% | 2.52% | 2.77% | 5.51% |
3.93%
(f)
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Net investment income (loss) | 2.80% | 2.26% | 2.43% | 2.60% |
2.99%
(f)
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Portfolio turnover rate
(g)
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68% | 33% | 106% | 63% | 34% |
(a) | Commencement of operations. |
(b) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(c) | Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | Annualized. |
(g) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
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Class C Shares
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Year Ended October 31,
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November 3, 2015
(a)
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2019
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2018
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2017
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Per Share Operating Performance
(b)
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
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$10.47 | $10.01 | $10.54 | $9.93 | $10.00 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
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Net investment income (loss) | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.22 | ||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions | (0.51) | 1.02 | (0.16) | 0.82 | 0.08 | ||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.31) | 1.19 | 0.03 | 1.03 | 0.30 | ||||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
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Dividends from net investment income | (0.24) | (0.73) | (0.49) | (0.42) | (0.17) | ||||||
Tax return of capital distributions | (0.20) | - | - | - | (0.20) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.31) | - | (0.07) | - | - | ||||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.75) | (0.73) | (0.56) | (0.42) | (0.37) | ||||||
Net asset value, end of
Period
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$9.41 | $10.47 | $10.01 | $10.54 | $9.93 | ||||||
Total Return
(c)
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(3.08)% | 12.48% | 0.26% | 10.65% | 3.13% | ||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
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Net assets, end of
Period (000)
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$1,510 | $1,335 | $227 | $71 | $20 | ||||||
Average net assets (000) | $1,563 | $465 | $162 | $60 | $12 | ||||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
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Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.96% | 1.95% | 1.95% | 1.95% |
1.95%
(f)
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Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 3.34% | 5.71% | 12.20% | 9.28% |
4.92%
(f)
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Net investment income (loss) | 2.09% | 1.67% | 1.81% | 2.05% |
2.22%
(f)
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Portfolio turnover rate
(g)
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68% | 33% | 106% | 63% | 34% |
(a) | Commencement of operations. |
(b) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(c) | Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | Annualized. |
(g) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
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Class Z Shares
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Year Ended October 31,
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November 3, 2015
(a)
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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Per Share Operating Performance
(b)
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
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$10.49 | $10.03 | $10.56 | $9.94 | $10.00 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
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Net investment income (loss) | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.33 | ||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions | (0.51) | 1.09 | (0.15) | 0.86 | 0.07 | ||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.21) | 1.31 | 0.14 | 1.15 | 0.40 | ||||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
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Dividends from net investment income | (0.34) | (0.85) | (0.60) | (0.53) | (0.19) | ||||||
Tax return of capital distributions | (0.20) | - | - | - | (0.27) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.31) | - | (0.07) | - | - | ||||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.85) | (0.85) | (0.67) | (0.53) | (0.46) | ||||||
Net asset value, end of
Period
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$9.43 | $10.49 | $10.03 | $10.56 | $9.94 | ||||||
Total Return
(c)
:
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(2.09)% | 13.73% | 1.33% | 11.85% | 4.22% | ||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
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Net assets, end of
Period (000)
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$27,403 | $31,323 | $3,186 | $2,578 | $135 | ||||||
Average net assets (000) | $31,816 | $11,946 | $4,160 | $784 | $52 | ||||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
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Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 0.86% | 0.85% | 0.87% | 0.95% |
0.95%
(f)
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Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.41% | 1.79% | 2.14% | 2.75% |
3.26%
(f)
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Net investment income (loss) | 3.14% | 2.16% | 2.84% | 2.78% |
3.37%
(f)
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Portfolio turnover rate
(g)
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68% | 33% | 106% | 63% | 34% |
(a) | Commencement of operations. |
(b) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(c) | Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | Annualized. |
(g) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
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Class R6 Shares
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Year Ended October 31,
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November 3, 2015
(a)
through October 31, 2016 |
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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Per Share Operating Performance
(b)
:
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
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$10.49 | $10.02 | $10.55 | $9.93 | $10.00 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
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Net investment income (loss) | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.31 | ||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions | (0.52) | 0.98 | (0.16) | 0.82 | 0.08 | ||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.21) | 1.32 | 0.14 | 1.14 | 0.39 | ||||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
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Dividends from net investment income | (0.35) | (0.85) | (0.60) | (0.52) | (0.21) | ||||||
Tax return of capital distributions | (0.20) | - | - | - | (0.25) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.31) | - | (0.07) | - | - | ||||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.86) | (0.85) | (0.67) | (0.52) | (0.46) | ||||||
Net asset value, end of
Period
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$9.42 | $10.49 | $10.02 | $10.55 | $9.93 | ||||||
Total Return
(c)
:
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(1.94)% | 13.79% | 1.37% | 11.86% | 4.12% | ||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
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Net assets, end of
Period (000)
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$32,930 | $33,833 | $29,530 | $29,120 | $26,049 | ||||||
Average net assets (000) | $32,443 | $31,497 | $29,353 | $27,313 | $24,926 | ||||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
:
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Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 0.81% | 0.80% | 0.83% | 0.95% |
0.95%
(f)
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Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.24% | 1.66% | 1.76% | 2.33% |
2.61%
(f)
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Net investment income (loss) | 3.22% | 3.39% | 2.89% | 3.15% |
3.19%
(f)
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Portfolio turnover rate
(g)
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68% | 33% | 106% | 63% | 34% |
(a) | Commencement of operations. |
(b) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(c) | Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | Annualized. |
(g) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
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■ | Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan |
■ | Shares purchased by a 529 Plan (does not include 529 Plan units or 529-specific share classes or equivalents) |
■ | Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program |
■ | Shares exchanged due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers |
■ | Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform |
■ | Shares of funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family) |
■ | Shares exchanged from Class C (i.e. level-load) shares of the same fund pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members |
■ | Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Eligible shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e. systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill Lynch’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for reinstatement |
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code |
■ | Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms |
■ | Shares received through an exchange due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts as described in the Fund’s Prospectus will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets |
■ | Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time |
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans |
■ | Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund |
■ | Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account |
■ | Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge |
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Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
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Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares or conversion of Class C shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply.
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Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
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Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
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Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e. Rights of Reinstatement).
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■ | Shares purchased in an investment advisory program. |
■ | Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions. |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James. |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). |
■ | A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Raymond James. |
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James. |
■ | Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement. |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus. |
■ | Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Clients of Edward Jones (also referred to as “shareholders”) purchasing fund shares on the Edward Jones commission and fee-based platforms are eligible only for the following sales charge discounts (also referred to as “breakpoints”) and waivers, which can differ from discounts and waivers described elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus or statement of additional information (“SAI”) or through another broker-dealer. In all instances, it is the shareholder's responsibility to inform Edward Jones at the time of purchase of any relationship, holdings of the Fund or other facts qualifying the purchaser for breakpoints discounts or waivers. Edward Jones can ask for documentation of such circumstance. Shareholders should contact Edward Jones if they have questions regarding their eligibility for these discounts and waivers. |
■ | Breakpoint pricing, otherwise known as volume pricing, at dollar thresholds as described in this Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | The applicable sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares is determined by taking into account all share classes (except certain money market funds and any assets held in group retirement plans ) of PGIM Funds held by the shareholder or in an account grouped by Edward Jones with certain other related accounts for the purpose of providing certain pricing considerations (“pricing groups”). If grouping assets as a shareholder this includes all share classes held on the Edward Jones platform and/or held on another platform. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the ROA calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Money market funds are included only if such shares were sold with a sales charge at the time of purchase or acquired in exchange for shares purchased with a sales charge. |
■ | The employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan may elect to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping as opposed to including all share classes at a shareholder or pricing group level. |
■ | ROA is determined by calculating the higher of cost minus redemptions or market value (current shares x NAV). |
■ | Through a LOI, shareholders can receive the sales charge and breakpoint discounts for purchases shareholders intend to make over a 13-month period from the date Edward Jones receives the LOI. The LOI is determined by calculating the higher of cost or market value of qualifying holdings at LOI initiation in combination with the value that the shareholder intends to buy over a 13-month period to calculate the front-end sales charge and any breakpoint discounts. Each purchase the shareholder makes during that 13-month period will receive the sales charge and breakpoint discount that applies to the total amount. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the LOI calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Purchases made before the LOI is received by Edward Jones are not adjusted under the LOI and will not reduce the sales charge previously paid. Sales charges will be adjusted if LOI is not met. |
■ | If the employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan has elected to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping. LOIs will also be at the plan-level and may only be established by the employer. |
■ | Associates of Edward Jones and its affiliates and their family members who are in the same pricing group (as determined by Edward Jones under its policies and procedures) as the associate. This waiver will continue for the remainder of the associate's life if the associate retires from Edward Jones in good-standing and remains in good standing pursuant to Edward Jones’ policies and procedures. |
■ | Shares purchased in an Edward Jones fee-based program. |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment. |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redeemed shares of the same fund family so long as the following conditions are met: 1) the proceeds are from the sale of shares within 60 days of the purchase, and 2) the sale and purchase are made in the same share class and the same account or the purchase is made in an individual retirement account with proceeds from liquidations in a non-retirement account. |
■ | Shares exchanged into Class A shares from another share class so long as the exchange is into the same fund and was initiated at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable. Any future purchases are subject to the applicable sales charge as disclosed in the Prospectus. |
■ | Exchanges from Class C shares to Class A shares of the same fund, generally, in the 84th month following the anniversary of the purchase date or earlier at the discretion of Edward Jones. |
■ | The death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Systematic withdrawals with up to 10% per year of the account value |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations |
■ | Shares sold to pay Edward Jones fees or costs in such cases where the transaction is initiated by Edward Jones |
■ | Shares exchanged in an Edward Jones fee-based program |
■ | Shares acquired through NAV reinstatement |
■ | Shares redeemed at the discretion of Edward Jones for Minimum Balances, as described below. |
■ | Initial purchase minimum: $250 |
■ | Subsequent purchase minimum: none |
■ | Edward Jones has the right to redeem at its discretion fund holdings with a balance of $250 or less. The following are examples of accounts that are not included in this policy: |
■ | A fee-based account held on an Edward Jones platform |
■ | A 529 account held on an Edward Jones platform |
■ | An account with an active systematic investment plan or LOI |
■ | Edward Jones has the authority to exchange at NAV a shareholder's holdings in a fund to Class A shares or such other share class based on Edward Jones’ policy. |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family). |
■ | Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Janney or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Janney. |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., right of reinstatement). |
■ | Class C shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Janney’s policies and procedures. |
■ | Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and other retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Shares sold to pay Janney fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Janney. |
■ | Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement. |
■ | Breakpoints as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Rights of accumulation (“ROA”), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Janney. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan |
■ | Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan |
■ | Shares purchased through an OPCO affiliated investment advisory program |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the PGIM fund family) |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement) |
■ | A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of OPCO |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of OPCO or its affiliates and their family members |
■ | Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this Prospectus |
■ | The death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations |
■ | Shares sold to pay OPCO fees but only if the transaction is initiated by OPCO |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Rights of accumulation (ROA), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at OPCO. Eligible Fund family assets not held at OPCO may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund |
■ | Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Baird or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Baird |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another PGIM Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as Rights of Reinstatement) |
■ | A shareholder in the Fund's Class C Shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Baird |
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement plans or charitable accounts in a transactional brokerage account at Baird, including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs |
■ | Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and other retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations |
■ | Shares sold to pay Baird fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Baird |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Rights of accumulation (ROA), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of PGIM Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Baird. Eligible PGIM Fund assets not held at Baird may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets |
■ | Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of PGIM Funds through Baird, over a 13-month period of time |
■ | Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same Fund (at net asset value per share) pursuant to policies and procedures of Stifel. |
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Share Class
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A | C | Z | R6 |
NASDAQ
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PAJAX | PAJCX | PAJZX | PAJQX |
CUSIP
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74440K645 | 74440K637 | 74440K611 | 74440K629 |
MF233STAT | The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-09805 |
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A: PAJAX | C: PAJCX | Z: PAJZX | R6: PAJQX |
Term
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Definition
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1933 Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
1934 Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
1940 Act | Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended |
1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions | Exemptive order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations, collectively |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
ADS | American Depositary Share |
Board | Fund’s Board of Directors or Trustees |
Board Member | A trustee or director of the Fund’s Board |
CEA | Commodity Exchange Act, as amended |
CFTC | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
CMO | Collateralized Mortgage Obligation |
ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
EDR | European Depositary Receipt |
Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
Fannie Mae | Federal National Mortgage Association |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Fitch | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
Freddie Mac | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
Ginnie Mae | Government National Mortgage Association |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
Manager or PGIM Investments | PGIM Investments LLC |
Moody’s | Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
NAV | Net Asset Value |
NRSRO | Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization |
NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
OTC | Over the Counter |
Prudential | Prudential Financial, Inc. |
PMFS | Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC |
QPTP | “Qualified publicly traded partnership” as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Term
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Definition
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RIC | Regulated Investment Company, as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
S&P | S&P Global Ratings |
SEC | US Securities and Exchange Commission |
World Bank | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
■ | Junk bonds are issued by less creditworthy issuers. These securities are vulnerable to adverse changes in the issuer's economic condition and to general economic conditions. Issuers of junk bonds may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations because of an economic downturn, specific issuer developments or the unavailability of additional financing. |
■ | The issuers of junk bonds may have a larger amount of outstanding debt relative to their assets than issuers of investment grade bonds. If the issuer experiences financial stress, it may be unable to meet its debt obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds are frequently ranked junior to claims by other creditors. If the issuer cannot meet its obligations, the senior obligations are generally paid off before the junior obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds frequently have redemption features that permit an issuer to repurchase the security from the Fund before it matures. If an issuer redeems the junk bonds, the Fund may have to invest the proceeds in bonds with lower yields and may lose income. |
■ | Prices of junk bonds are subject to extreme price fluctuations. Negative economic developments may have a greater impact on the prices of junk bonds than on other higher rated fixed income securities. |
■ | Junk bonds may be more illiquid than higher rated fixed income securities even under normal economic conditions. There are fewer dealers in the junk bond market, and there may be significant differences in the prices quoted for junk bonds by the dealers. Because they are less liquid, judgment may play a greater role in valuing certain of the Fund’s portfolio securities than in the case of securities trading in a more liquid market. |
■ | The Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting issuer. |
Interested Board Members
|
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Name
Year of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years |
Other Directorships
Held During Past Five Years |
Length of
Board Service |
Stuart S. Parker
1962 Board Member & President Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Officer in Charge of PGIM Investments LLC (formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC) (since January 2012); Executive Vice President of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (since December 2012); formerly Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of PGIM Investments LLC (June 2005-December 2011); Investment Company Institute - Board of Governors (since May 2012). | None. | Since January 2012 |
Scott E. Benjamin
1973 Board Member & Vice President Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
Executive Vice President (since May 2009) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, PGIM Investments (since February 2006); formerly Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, PGIM Investments LLC (2003-2006). | None. | Since March 2010 |
Fund Officers
(a)
|
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Name
Year of Birth Fund Position |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
|
Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
Claudia DiGiacomo
1974 Chief Legal Officer |
Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (since August 2020); Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since August 2020); Chief Legal Officer of PIFM Holdco, LLC (since August 2020); Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2005) of Prudential; and Corporate Counsel of AST Investment Services, Inc. (since August 2020); formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (2005-2020); formerly Associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (1999-2004). | Since December 2005 |
Dino Capasso
1974 Chief Compliance Officer |
Chief Compliance Officer (July 2019-Present) of PGIM Investments LLC; Chief Compliance Officer (July 2019-Present) of the PGIM Funds, Target Funds, Advanced Series Trust, The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc., PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc., and PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc.; Vice President and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (June 2017-2019) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly, Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel (January 2016-June 2017), and Vice President and Counsel (February 2012-December 2015) of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. | Since March 2018 |
Andrew R. French
1962 Secretary |
Vice President (since December 2018 - present) of PGIM Investments LLC; Formerly, Vice President and Corporate Counsel (2010-2018) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (2006-2010) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC. | Since October 2006 |
Diana N. Huffman
1982 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2015) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (2009-2015). | Since March 2019 |
Melissa Gonzalez
1980 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2018) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (March 2014-September 2018) of Prudential. | Since March 2020 |
Patrick E. McGuinness
1986 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; Director and Corporate Counsel (since February 2017) of Prudential; and Corporate Counsel (2012 – 2017) of IIL, Inc. | Since June 2020 |
Debra Rubano
1975 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since November 2020) of Prudential; formerly Director and Senior Counsel of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of numerous funds in the Allianz fund complex (2015-2020). | Since December 2020 |
Fund Officers
(a)
|
||
Name
Year of Birth Fund Position |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
|
Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
Kelly A. Coyne
1968 Assistant Secretary |
Director, Investment Operations of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since 2010). | Since March 2015 |
Christian J. Kelly
1975 Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |
Vice President, Head of Fund Administration of PGIM Investments LLC (since November 2018); formerly, Director of Fund Administration of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (2009-2018), Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Lord Abbett Family of Funds (2017-2018); Director of Accounting, Avenue Capital Group (2008-2009); Senior Manager, Investment Management Practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP (1998-2007). | Since January 2019 |
Lana Lomuti
1967 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2005-2007), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration; formerly Assistant Treasurer (December 2007-February 2014) of The Greater China Fund, Inc. | Since April 2014 |
Russ Shupak
1973 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2013-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Deborah Conway
1969 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2007-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Elyse M. McLaughlin
1974 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2011-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Charles H. Smith
1973 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer |
Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering Unit (since January 2015) of Prudential; committee member of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (since January 2016); formerly Global Head of Economic Sanctions Compliance at AIG Property Casualty (February 2007-December 2014); Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Attorney General's Office, Division of Public Advocacy. (August 1998-January 2007). | Since January 2017 |
■ | Board Members are deemed to be “Interested,” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of their affiliation with PGIM Investments LLC and/or an affiliate of PGIM Investments LLC. |
■ | Unless otherwise noted, the address of all Board Members and Officers is c/o PGIM Investments LLC, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. |
■ | There is no set term of office for Board Members or Officers. The Board Members have adopted a retirement policy, which calls for the retirement of Board Members on December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 75. |
■ | “Other Directorships Held” includes all directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the 1934 Act (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. |
■ | “Portfolios Overseen” includes all investment companies managed by PGIM Investments LLC. The investment companies for which PGIM Investments LLC serves as manager include the PGIM Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts, PGIM ETF Trust, PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc., PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc., PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund, The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust. |
■ | As used in the Fund Officers table “Prudential” means The Prudential Insurance Company of America. |
Board Committee Meetings (for most recently completed fiscal year)
|
||
Audit Committee
|
Nominating & Governance Committee
|
Dryden and Gibraltar Investment Committees
|
7 | 4 | 4 |
■ | the salaries and expenses of all of its and the Fund's personnel except the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members; |
■ | all expenses incurred by the Manager or the Fund in connection with managing the ordinary course of the Fund's business, other than those assumed by the Fund as described below; and |
■ | the fees, costs and expenses payable to any subadviser pursuant to a subadvisory agreement between PGIM Investments and such subadviser. |
■ | the fees and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the management of the investment and reinvestment of the Fund's assets payable to the Manager; |
■ | the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members; |
■ | the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian and transfer and dividend disbursing agent, including the cost of providing records to the Manager in connection with its obligation of maintaining required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares; |
■ | the charges and expenses of the Fund's legal counsel and independent auditors and of legal counsel to the Independent Board Members; |
■ | brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with securities (and futures, if applicable) transactions; |
■ | all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies; |
■ | the fees of any trade associations of which the Fund may be a member; |
■ | the cost of share certificates representing, and/or non-negotiable share deposit receipts evidencing, shares of the Fund; |
■ | the cost of fidelity, directors and officers and errors and omissions insurance; |
■ | the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of Fund shares with the SEC and paying notice filing fees under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes; allocable communications expenses with respect to investor services and all expenses of shareholders' and Board meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports and notices to shareholders; and |
■ | litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business and distribution and service (12b-1) fees. |
Management Fees Paid by the Fund
|
|||
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
|
Gross Fee | $486,592 | $323,534 | $258,289 |
Amount Waived/Reimbursed by PGIM Investments | $(367,810) | $(431,601) | $(375,402) |
Net Fee | $118,782 | $(108,067) | $(117,113) |
Subadvisory Fees Paid by PGIM Investments
|
|||
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
|
PGIM Fixed Income | $295,431 | $196,432 | $155,889 |
Other Funds and Investment Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers
|
||||
Subadviser
|
Portfolio Managers
|
Registered Investment
Companies/Total Assets |
Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles/ Total Assets |
Other Accounts/
Total Assets |
PGIM Fixed Income* | Robert Tipp, CFA | 28/$95,525,226,308 |
21/$29,156,169,406
1/$1,089,940,964
|
81/$57,848,620,300
7/$5,294,085,453
|
Michael J. Collins, CFA | 21/$$92,225,548,184 |
18/$27,605,028,889
1/$1,089,940,964
|
77/$56,622,675,543
7/$5,294,085,453
|
|
Matthew Angelucci, CFA | 22/$10,146,118,206 |
18/$3,468,671,069
7/$4,478,999,490
|
91/$20,948,600,517
7/$3,488,689,088
|
1. | business initiatives; |
2. | the number of investment professionals receiving a bonus and related peer group compensation; |
3. | financial metrics of the business relative to those of appropriate peer groups; and |
4. | investment performance of portfolios: (i) relative to appropriate peer groups; and/or (ii) as measured against relevant investment indices. |
■ | elimination of the conflict; |
■ | disclosure of the conflict; or |
■ | management of the conflict through the adoption of appropriate policies, procedures or other mitigants. |
■ | Performance Fees - PGIM Fixed Income manages accounts with asset-based fees alongside accounts with performance-based fees. This side-by-side management may be deemed to create an incentive for PGIM Fixed Income and its investment professionals to favor one account over another. Specifically, PGIM Fixed Income or its affiliates could be considered to have the incentive to favor accounts for which PGIM Fixed Income or an affiliate receives performance fees, and possibly take greater investment risks in those accounts, in order to bolster performance and increase its fees. |
■ | Affiliated accounts - PGIM Fixed Income manages accounts on behalf of its affiliates as well as unaffiliated accounts. PGIM Fixed Income could be considered to have an incentive to favor accounts of affiliates over others. |
■ | Large accounts/higher fee strategies - large accounts and clients typically generate more revenue than do smaller accounts or clients and certain of PGIM Fixed Income’s strategies have higher fees than others. As a result, a portfolio manager could be considered to have an incentive when allocating scarce investment opportunities to favor accounts that pay a higher fee or generate more income for PGIM Fixed Income. |
■ | Long only and long/short accounts - PGIM Fixed Income manages accounts that only allow it to hold securities long as well as accounts that permit short selling. PGIM Fixed Income may, therefore, sell, and has at times sold, a security short in some client accounts while holding the same security long in other client accounts. These short sales could reduce the value of the securities held in the long only accounts. In addition, purchases for long only accounts could have a negative impact on the short positions. |
■ | Securities of the same kind or class - PGIM Fixed Income sometimes buys or sells, or direct or recommend that a client buy or sell, securities of the same kind or class that are purchased or sold for another client at prices that may be different. Although such pricing differences could appear as preferences for one client over another, PGIM Fixed Income’s trade execution in each case is driven by its |
consideration of a variety of factors as PGIM Fixed Income seeks the most advantageous terms reasonably attainable in the circumstances. PGIM Fixed Income may also, at any time, execute, and has at times executed, trades of securities of the same kind or class in one direction for an account and in the opposite direction for another account, or not trade such securities in any other account. While such trades (or a decision not to trade) could appear as inconsistencies in how PGIM Fixed Income views a security for one client versus another, opposite way trades are generally due to differences in investment strategy, portfolio composition or client direction. | |
■ | Investment at different levels of an issuer’s capital structure - PGIM Fixed Income may invest, and has at times invested, client assets in the same issuer, but at different levels in the issuer’s capital structure. For instance, PGIM Fixed Income may invest, and has at times invested, client assets in private securities or loans of an issuer and invest the assets of other clients in publicly traded securities of the same issuer. In addition, PGIM Fixed Income may invest, and has at times invested, client assets in a class or tranche of securities of a securitized finance vehicle (such as a collateralized loan obligation, asset-backed security or mortgage-backed security) where PGIM Fixed Income also, at the same or different time, invests the assets of another client (including affiliated clients) in a different class or tranche of securities of the same vehicle. These different securities may have different voting rights, dividend or repayment priorities, rights in bankruptcy or other features that conflict with one another. For some of these securities (particularly private securitized product investments for which clients own all or a significant portion of the outstanding securities or obligations), PGIM Fixed Income may have, and has had, input regarding the characteristics and the relative rights and priorities of the various classes or tranches. |
■ | When PGIM Fixed Income invests client assets in different levels of an issuer’s capital structure, it is permitted to take actions with respect to the assets held by one client (including affiliated clients) that are potentially adverse to other clients, for example, by foreclosing on loans or by putting an issuer into default. In negotiating the terms and conditions of any such investments, or any subsequent amendments or waivers, PGIM Fixed Income may find that the interests of a client and the interests of one or more other clients (including affiliated clients) could conflict. In these situations, decisions over proxy voting, corporate reorganizations, how to exit an investment, bankruptcy matters (including, for example, whether to trigger an event of default or the terms of any workout) or other actions or inactions may result in conflicts of interest. Similarly, if an issuer in which a client and one or more other clients directly or indirectly hold different classes of securities encounters financial problems, decisions over the terms of any workout will raise conflicts of interest (including potential conflicts over proposed waivers and amendments to debt covenants). For example, a senior bond holder may prefer a liquidation of the issuer in which it may be paid in full, whereas an equity or junior bond holder might prefer a reorganization that holds the potential to create value for the equity holders or junior bond holders. In some cases, PGIM Fixed Income may refrain, and has at times refrained, from taking certain actions or making investments on behalf of certain clients or PGIM Fixed Income may sell, and has at times sold, investments for certain clients, in each case in order to mitigate conflicts of interest or legal, regulatory or other risks to PGIM Fixed Income. This could potentially disadvantage the clients on whose behalf the actions are not taken, investments are not made, or investments are sold. Conversely, in other cases, PGIM Fixed Income will not refrain, and has at times not refrained, from taking actions or making investments on behalf of some clients (including affiliated clients), which could potentially disadvantage other clients. Any of the foregoing conflicts of interest will be resolved on a case-by-case basis. Any such resolution will take into consideration the interests of the relevant clients, the circumstances giving rise to the conflict and applicable laws. |
■ | Financial interests of investment professionals - PGIM Fixed Income investment professionals from time to time invest in certain investment vehicles that it manages, including ETFs, mutual funds and collective investment trusts. Also, certain of these investment vehicles are options under the 401(k) and deferred compensation plans offered by Prudential Financial, Inc. In addition, the value of grants under PGIM Fixed Income’s long-term incentive plan and targeted long-term incentive plan is affected by the performance of certain client accounts. As a result, PGIM Fixed Income investment professionals have financial interests in accounts managed by PGIM Fixed Income or that are related to the performance of certain client accounts. |
■ | Non-discretionary/limited discretion accounts - PGIM Fixed Income provides non-discretionary investment advice to some clients and manages others on a discretionary basis. Trades in non-discretionary accounts or accounts where discretion is limited could occur before, in concert with, or after PGIM Fixed Income executes similar trades in its discretionary accounts. The non-discretionary/limited discretion clients may be disadvantaged if PGIM Fixed Income delivers investment advice to them after it initiates trading for the discretionary clients, or vice versa. |
■ | In keeping with PGIM Fixed Income’s fiduciary obligations, its policy with respect to trade aggregation and allocation is to treat all of its client accounts fairly and equitably over time. PGIM Fixed Income’s trade management oversight committee, which generally meets quarterly, is responsible for providing oversight with respect to trade aggregation and allocation. Its compliance group periodically reviews a sampling of new issue allocations and related documentation to confirm compliance with the trade aggregation and allocation procedures. In addition, the compliance and investment risk management groups review forensic reports regarding new issue and secondary trade activity on a quarterly basis. This forensic analysis includes such data as the: (i) number of new issues |
allocated in the strategy; (ii) size of new issue allocations to each portfolio in the strategy; (iii) profitability of new issue transactions; (iv) portfolio turnover; and (v) metrics related to large and block trade activity. The results of these analyses are reviewed and discussed at PGIM Fixed Income’s trade management oversight committee meetings. The procedures above are designed to detect patterns and anomalies in PGIM Fixed Income’s side-by-side management and trading so that it may assess and improve its processes. | |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income has procedures that specifically address its side-by-side management of certain long/short and long only portfolios. These procedures address potential conflicts that could arise from differing positions between long/short and long only portfolios. In addition, lending opportunities with respect to securities for which the market is demanding a slight premium rate over normal market rates are allocated to long only accounts prior to allocating the opportunities to long/short accounts. |
■ |
Conflicts Related to Investment of Client Assets in Affiliated Funds
. PGIM Fixed Income invests, and may in the future invest, client assets in funds that it manages or subadvises for an affiliate. PGIM Fixed Income also invests cash collateral from securities lending transactions in these funds. These investments benefit both PGIM Fixed Income and its affiliate.
|
■ |
Insurance Affiliate General Accounts
. Because of the substantial size of the general accounts of PGIM Fixed Income’s affiliated insurance companies (the “Insurance Affiliates”), trading by these general accounts, including PGIM Fixed Income’s trades on behalf of the accounts, may affect the market prices or limit the availability of the securities or instruments transacted. Although PGIM Fixed Income does not expect that the general accounts of affiliated insurers will execute transactions that will move a market frequently, and generally only in response to unusual market or issuer events, the execution of these transactions could have an adverse effect on transactions for or positions held by other clients.
|
■ | PGIM Fixed Income invests in the securities of one or more clients for the accounts of other clients. |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income’s affiliates sell various products and/or services to certain companies whose securities PGIM Fixed Income purchases and sells for PGIM Fixed Income clients. |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income invests in the debt securities of companies whose equity is held by its affiliates. |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income’s affiliates hold public and private debt and equity securities of a large number of issuers. PGIM Fixed Income invests in some of the same issuers for other client accounts but at different levels in the capital structure. For example: |
■ |
Affiliated accounts have held and can in the future hold the senior debt of an issuer whose subordinated debt is held by PGIM Fixed Income’s clients or hold secured debt of an issuer whose public unsecured debt is held in client accounts. See “
Investment at different levels of an issuer’s capital structure
|
■ | it provides advisory services to the proprietary accounts of investment consultants and/or their affiliates, and advisory services to funds offered by investment consultants and/or their affiliates; |
■ | it invites investment consultants to events or other entertainment hosted by PGIM Fixed Income; |
■ | it purchases software applications, market data, access to databases, technology services and other products or services from certain investment consultants; and |
■ | it may pay for the opportunity to participate in conferences organized by investment consultants. |
Fees Paid to PMFS
|
|
Amount
|
|
$2,324 |
Securities Lending Activities:
|
|
Gross Income from securities lending activities | $10,377 |
Fees and/or compensation for securities lending activities and related services | |
Fees paid to securities lending agent from a revenue split |
$
|
Fees paid for any cash collateral management service (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral investment vehicle) |
$
|
Administrative fees not included in revenue split |
$
|
Indemnification fee not included in revenue split |
$
|
Rebate (paid to borrower) |
$
|
Other fees not included in revenue split (specify) |
$
|
Aggregate fees/compensation for securities lending activities |
$
|
Net Income from securities lending activities |
$
|
Payments Received by the Distributor
|
|
CLASS A CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $0 |
CLASS A DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $9,226 |
CLASS A INITIAL SALES CHARGES | $8,369 |
CLASS C CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $839 |
CLASS C DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $15,631 |
Amounts Spent by the Distributor
|
||||
Share Class
|
Printing & Mailing
Prospectuses to Other than Current Shareholders |
Compensation to Broker/Dealers for
Commissions to Representatives and Other Expenses* |
Overhead Costs**
|
Total Amount
Spent by Distributor |
Class C | $0 | $9,220 | $1,930 | $11,150 |
■ | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
■ | Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC |
■ | Prudential Retirement |
■ | Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. |
■ | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
■ | Raymond James Financial |
■ | National Financial Services |
■ | Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. |
■ | LPL Financial LLC |
■ | UBS |
■ | Edward Jones |
■ | Commonwealth Financial Network |
■ | Matrix Financial Group |
■ | Empower Retirement |
■ | Cetera Advisor Networks |
■ | Principal Securities Inc. |
■ | PNC |
■ | AIG Advisor Group |
■ | Voya Financial |
■ | ADP Broker Dealer, Inc. |
■ | John Hancock |
■ | American United Life Insurance Co. |
■ | Nationwide Investment Services Co. |
■ | TIAA |
■ | Massachusetts Mutual |
■ | Midatlantic Capital Group |
■ | Standard Insurance Company |
■ | Ascensus, LLC. |
■ | Northwestern Mutual |
■ | Securities America, Inc. |
■ | Talcott Resolution Life |
■ | Reliance Trust Company |
■ | Alight Solutions LLC |
■ | RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
■ | T. Rowe Price |
■ | Cambridge Investment Research |
■ | The Vanguard Group, Inc. |
■ | Sammons Retirement Solutions |
■ | Lincoln Financial Group |
■ | Valic Financial Advisors Inc. |
■ | Citigroup Inc. |
■ | Security Benefit |
■ | Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC |
■ | Newport Group, Inc. |
■ | Securities Service Network, LLC |
■ | KMS Financial Services Inc |
■ | Triad Advisors, LLC |
■ | Northern Trust |
■ | Investacorp |
Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund
|
|||
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
|
Total brokerage commissions paid by the Fund | $19,968 | $4,564 | $10,049 |
Total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | None | None | None |
Percentage of total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Percentage of the aggregate dollar amount of portfolio transactions involving the payment of commissions to affiliated brokers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Broker-Dealer Securities Holdings
|
||
Broker-Dealer Name
|
Equity or Debt
|
Amount
|
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | Debt | $121,332 |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | Debt | $745,192 |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | Debt | $256,204 |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | Debt | $514,552 |
Bank of America Corp. | Debt | $271,565 |
Portfolio Turnover Rate
|
|
|
Fund name
|
2020
|
2019
|
Global Dynamic Bond | 68% | 33% |
Principal Fund Shareholders (as of January 6, 2021)
|
|||
Fund Name and Share Class
|
Shareholder Name and Address
|
No. of Shares
|
% of Class
|
PGIM GLOBAL DYNAMIC BOND CL R6 |
PGIM STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS INC
ATTN KRISTEN PEDERSEN 655 BROAD ST 19TH FLOOR 08-19-24 NEWARK NJ 07102-4410 |
3,511,010.212 | 99.49% |
Control Persons (as of January 6, 2021)
|
|||
Fund Name
|
Shareholder Name and Address
|
No. of Shares
|
% of Fund
|
PGIM GLOBAL DYNAMIC BOND |
PGIM STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS INC
ATTN KRISTEN PEDERSEN 655 BROAD ST 19TH FLOOR 08-19-24 NEWARK NJ 07102-4410 |
3,511,010.212 | 51.65% |
PGIM GLOBAL DYNAMIC BOND |
PERSHING LLC
1 PERSHING PLAZA JERSEY CITY NJ 07399-0002 |
2,027,042.860 | 29.85% |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability, |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
■ | A request for release of portfolio holdings shall be prepared setting forth a legitimate business purpose for such release which shall specify the Fund(s), the terms of such release, and frequency (e.g., level of detail, staleness). Such request shall address whether there are any conflicts of interest between the Fund and the investment adviser, subadviser, principal underwriter or any affiliated person thereof and how such conflicts shall be dealt with to demonstrate that the disclosure is in the best interest of the shareholders of the Fund(s). |
■ | The request shall be forwarded to PGIM Investments’ Product Development Group and to the Chief Compliance Officer or his delegate for review and approval. |
■ | A confidentiality agreement in the form approved by the Fund officer must be executed by the recipient of the portfolio holdings. |
■ | A Fund officer shall approve the release and the agreement. Copies of the release and agreement shall be sent to PGIM Investments’ Law Department. |
■ | Written notification of the approval shall be sent by such officer to PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group to arrange the release of portfolio holdings. |
■ | PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group shall arrange the release by the Custodian Bank. |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Broadridge and Glass, Lewis & Co. (proxy voting administrator/agents) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ISS (securities class action claims administrator) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to the Fund's subadviser(s), Custodian Bank, sub-custodian (if any) and accounting agents (which includes the Custodian Bank and any other accounting agent that may be appointed) at the end of each day. When the Fund has more than one subadviser, each subadviser receives holdings information only with respect to the “sleeve” or segment of the Fund for which the subadviser has responsibility; |
■ | Full holdings to the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm as soon as practicable following the Fund's fiscal year-end or on an as-needed basis; |
■ | Full holdings to the Fund’s counsel on an as-needed basis; |
■ | Full holdings to counsel of the Fund’s independent board members on an as-needed basis; and |
■ | Full holdings to financial printers as soon as practicable following the end of the Fund's quarterly, semi-annual and annual period-ends. |
■ | Fund trades on a quarterly basis to Abel/Noser Corp. (an agency-only broker and transaction cost analysis company) as soon as practicable following the Fund's fiscal quarter-end; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (investment research provider) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FT Interactive Data (a fair value information service) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a quarterly basis to Frank Russell Company (investment research provider) when made available; |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to Fidelity Advisors (wrap program provider) approximately five days after the end of each month (PGIM Jennison Growth Fund and certain other selected PGIM Funds only); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ICE (InterContinental Exchange), IHS Markit and Thompson Reuters (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Standard & Poor’s Corporation (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to FX Transparency (foreign exchange/transaction analysis) when made available. |
■ | Amortization schedule-the longer the final maturity relative to other maturities the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
■ | Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (www.pgim.com/investments), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. |
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-225-1852 or by sending an e-mail request to PGIM Investments at shareholderreports@pgim.com. |
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-225-1852 or send an email request to shareholderreports@pgim.com to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund. |
To enroll in e-delivery, go to pgim.com/investments/resource/edelivery
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The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, a Prudential Financial company, member SIPC. QMA is the primary business name of QMA LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), a Prudential Financial company. © 2021 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. The Prudential logo and the Rock symbol are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.
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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 the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) | 1.00%* | 1.00%** | None | None |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends and other distributions | None | None | None | None |
Redemption fee | None | None | None | None |
Exchange fee | None | None | None | None |
Maximum account fee (accounts under $10,000) | $15 | $15 | None*** | None |
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Class A | $679 | $1,189 | $1,724 | $3,182 | $679 | $1,189 | $1,724 | $3,182 |
Class C | $309 | $977 | $1,765 | $3,574 | $209 | $977 | $1,765 | $3,574 |
Class Z | $100 | $442 | $808 | $1,838 | $100 | $442 | $808 | $1,838 |
Class R6 | $91 | $412 | $756 | $1,728 | $91 | $412 | $756 | $1,728 |
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9.89% | 1st Quarter 2019 | -12.84% | 1st Quarter 2020 |
Average Annual Total Returns % (including sales charges) (as of 12-31-20)
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Class A shares | -1.29% | 2.99% | 1.46% | - |
Class C shares | 2.80% | 3.42% | 1.30% | - |
Class R6 shares | 5.03% | 4.59% | N/A |
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Return Before Taxes | 4.84% | 4.51% | 2.34% |
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Return After Taxes on Distributions | 3.29% | 3.58% | 1.53% | - |
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 3.36% | 3.19% | 1.58% | - |
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Index % (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (as of 12-31-20)
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Customized Blend Index | 1.41% | 4.05% | 1.33% | - |
Bloomberg Barclays US TIPS Index | 10.99% | 5.08% | 3.81% | - |
Investment Manager
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Subadvisers
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Portfolio Managers
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Title
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Service Date
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PGIM Investments LLC | QMA LLC | Edward F. Keon, Jr. | Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist | December 2010 |
Edward L. Campbell, CFA | Managing Director, Portfolio Manager | December 2010 | ||
Joel M. Kallman, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | December 2010 | ||
Rory Cummings, CFA | Vice President, Portfolio Manager | April 2015 | ||
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Class A*
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Class C*
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Class Z*
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Class R6
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Minimum initial investment | $1,000 | $1,000 | None | None |
Minimum subsequent investment | $100 | $100 | None | None |
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Underlying Funds
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Asset Class
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Name of Underlying Fund
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Investment Objective and Investment Strategies of Underlying Fund
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PGIM Global Real Estate Fund
(1)
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The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets (net assets plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in equity-related securities of real estate companies, principally REITs and other real estate securities. The Fund invests globally in real estate investments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests in at least three different countries and at least 40% of its total assets in non-US securities. | |
PGIM Select Real Estate Fund
(1)
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The Fund seeks capital appreciation and income. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets in equity-related securities of real estate companies, principally REITs and other real estate securities. | |
PGIM Real Estate Income Fund
(1)
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The Fund seeks income and capital appreciation. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets in equity and equity-related securities of real estate companies, principally REITs and other real estate securities. The Fund invests 25% or more of its total assets in real estate securities. The Fund may invest without limit in equity and equity-related securities of non-US real estate companies, including those in emerging markets. The Fund is non-diversified. | |
Utilities/Infrastructure |
PGIM Jennison Utility Fund
(2)
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The Fund seeks total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets in equity and equity-related and investment-grade debt securities of utility companies. Utility companies include electric utilities, gas utilities, water utilities, multi-utilities, independent power producers, diversified telecommunication services, wireless telecommunication services, and oil & gas storage and transportation. Some of these securities are issued by foreign companies. The Fund follows a value investment style. |
PGIM Jennison Global Infrastructure Fund
(2)
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The Fund seeks total return. The Fund invests at least 80% of its investable assets in securities of US and foreign (non-US based) infrastructure companies. | |
Natural Resources |
PGIM Jennison Natural Resources Fund
(2)
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The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of investable assets in equity and equity-related securities of natural resource companies and in asset-based securities. Natural resource companies are US and non-US companies that own, explore, mine, process or otherwise develop, or provide goods and services with respect to, natural resources. Asset-based securities are securities, the values of which are related to the market value of a natural resource. |
MLPs |
PGIM Jennison MLP Fund
(2)
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The Fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its investable assets in master limited partnerships (MLPs) and MLP related investments. |
Commodities |
PGIM QMA Commodity Strategies Fund
(3)
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The Fund seeks to generate returns over time in excess of the Bloomberg Commodity Index. The Fund, which is actively managed, gains exposure to the commodity markets through investment of the Fund’s assets directly and/or in the PGIM Commodity Strategies Subsidiary Ltd., the Fund’s wholly-owned Cayman Islands subsidiary (the Cayman Subsidiary). The subadviser’s strategy seeks to generate returns over a market cycle in excess of the Bloomberg Commodity Index using a systematic, factor-based investment process. |
Fixed Income |
PGIM Absolute Return Bond Fund
(4)
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The Fund seeks positive returns over the long term, regardless of market conditions. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its investable assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any) in debt securities and/or investments that provide exposure to bonds. |
PGIM Floating Rate Income Fund
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The primary investment objective of the Fund is to maximize current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary investment objective, but only when consistent with the Fund's primary investment objective of seeking to maximize current income. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its investable assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes, if any) in floating rate loans and other floating rate debt securities. Floating rate loans are debt obligations that have interest rates which adjust or “float” periodically (normally on a monthly or quarterly basis) based on a generally recognized base rate such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the prime rate offered by one or more major US banks. | |
PGIM Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund
(5)
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The Fund seeks high current income consistent with the preservation of principal. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its investable assets in bonds of corporations with varying maturities. |
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Underlying Funds
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Asset Class
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Name of Underlying Fund
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Investment Objective and Investment Strategies of Underlying Fund
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PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund
(4)
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The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its investable assets in a diversified portfolio of high yield fixed income instruments that are below investment grade with varying maturities and other investments (including derivatives) with similar economic characteristics. | |
PGIM TIPS Fund
(4)
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The Fund seeks to outperform the Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Inflation-Protected (TIPS) Index. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its investable assets in US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”). In pursuit of this investment policy, the Fund may invest a large percentage of its investable assets in securities held within the Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Inflation-Protected (TIPS) Index. |
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Principal & Certain Non-Principal Strategies: Investment Limits
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Cayman Subsidiary: Up to 25% of total assets
ETNs: Up to 5% of total assets by any one securities-related issuer, along with all other securities issued by the issuer
ETFs: Up to 10% of total assets
Illiquid Investments: Up to 15% of net assets
Money Market Instruments: Up to 100% of total assets on a temporary basis
CLNs: Up to 5% of total assets by any one securities-related issuer, along with all other securities issued by the issuer.
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Expected Distribution Schedule*
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Dividends | Quarterly |
Short-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
Long-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
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Share Class
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Eligibility
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Class A* | Retail investors |
Class C* | Retail investors |
Class Z* | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
Class R6 | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
■ | Class A shares purchased in amounts of less than $1 million require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but the operating expenses of Class A shares are lower than the operating expenses of Class C shares. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are also subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00%. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. |
■ | Class C shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a CDSC of 1.00% if you sell your shares within 12 months of purchase. The operating expenses of Class C shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares. |
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■ | The amount of your investment and any previous or planned future investments, which may qualify you for reduced sales charges for Class A shares under Rights of Accumulation or a Letter of Intent. |
■ | The length of time you expect to hold the shares and the impact of varying distribution fees. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. For this reason, Class C shares are generally appropriate only for investors who plan to hold their shares for no more than 3 years. |
■ | The different sales charges that apply to each share class—Class A's front-end sales charge (and, in certain instances, CDSC) vs. Class C's CDSC. |
■ | Class C shares purchased in single amounts greater than $1 million are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class C shares above this amount generally will not be accepted. |
■ | If you purchase Class Z shares through a broker acting solely as an agent on behalf of its customers pursuant to an agreement with PIMS, the broker may charge you a commission in an amount determined and separately disclosed to you by the broker. |
■ | Because Class Z and Class R6 shares have lower operating expenses than Class A or Class C shares, as applicable, you should consider whether you are eligible to purchase such share classes. |
Class A*
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Class C*
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Class Z*
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Class R6
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Minimum purchase amount | $1,000 | $1,000 | None | None |
Minimum amount for subsequent purchases | $100 | $100 | None | None |
Maximum initial sales charge | 5.50% of the public offering price | None | None | None |
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) |
1.00% on sales of
$1 million or more made within 12 months of purchase |
1.00% on sales
made within 12 months of purchase |
None | None |
Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets) |
0.30%
(0.25% currently) |
1.00% | None | None |
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Class A
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Class C
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Class Z
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Class R
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Existing Investors
(Group Retirement Plans,
IRAs, and all other investors) |
No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
New Group Retirement Plans
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Closed to group retirement plans wishing to add the share classes as new additions to plan menus on June 1, 2018, subject to certain exceptions below | |||
New IRAs
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No Change | No Change | No Change | Closed to all new investors on June 1, 2018, subject to certain exceptions below |
All Other New Investors
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No Change | No Change | No Change |
■ | Eligible group retirement plans that are exercising their one-time 90-day repurchase privilege in the Fund will be permitted to purchase such share classes. |
■ | Plan participants in a group retirement plan that offers Class A, Class C, Class R or Class Z shares of the Fund, as applicable, as of the Effective Date will be permitted to purchase such share classes of the Fund, even if the plan participant did not own shares of that class of the Fund as of the Effective Date. |
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Certain new group retirement plans will be permitted to offer such share classes of the Fund after the Effective Date, provided that the plan or its financial intermediary or other agent
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■ | New group retirement plans that combine with, replace or are otherwise affiliated with a current plan that invests in such share classes prior to or on the Effective Date will be permitted to purchase such share classes. |
■ | The Fund also reserves the right to refuse any purchase order that might disrupt management of the Fund or to otherwise modify the closure policy at any time on a case-by-case basis. |
■ | Shareholders owning Class C shares may continue to hold their Class C shares until the shares automatically convert to Class A shares under the conversion schedule, or until the shareholder redeems their Class C shares. |
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Amount of Purchase
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Sales Charge as a % of
Offering Price* |
Sales Charge as a % of
Amount Invested* |
Dealer Reallowance***
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Less than $25,000 | 5.50% | 5.82% | 5.00% |
$25,000 to $49,999 | 5.00% | 5.26% | 4.50% |
$50,000 to $99,999 | 4.50% | 4.71% | 4.00% |
$100,000 to $249,999 | 3.75% | 3.90% | 3.25% |
$250,000 to $499,999 | 2.75% | 2.83% | 2.50% |
$500,000 to $999,999 | 2.00% | 2.04% | 1.75% |
$1 million to $4,999,999** | None | None | 1.00% |
$5 million to $9,999,999** | None | None | 0.50% |
$10 million and over** | None | None | 0.25% |
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Use your
Rights of Accumulation
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Sign a
Letter of Intent
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■ | Purchases made prior to the effective date of the Letter of Intent will be applied toward the satisfaction of the Letter of Intent to determine the level of sales charge that will be paid pursuant to the Letter of Intent, but will not result in any reduction in the amount of any previously paid sales charge. |
■ | All accounts held in your name (alone or with other account holders) and taxpayer identification number (“TIN”); |
■ | Accounts held in your spouse's name (alone or with other account holders) and TIN (see definition of spouse below); |
■ | Accounts for your children or your spouse's children, including children for whom you and/or your spouse are legal guardian(s) (e.g., UGMAs and UTMAs); |
■ | Accounts in the name and TINs of your parents; |
■ | Trusts with you, your spouse, your children, your spouse's children and/or your parents as the beneficiaries; |
■ | With limited exclusions, accounts with the same address (exclusions include, but are not limited to, addresses for brokerage firms and other intermediaries and Post Office boxes); and |
■ | Accounts held in the name of a company controlled by you (a person, entity or group that holds 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a company will be deemed to control the company, and a partnership will be deemed to be controlled by each of its general partners), including employee benefit plans of the company where the accounts are held in the plan's TIN. |
■ | The person to whom you are legally married. We also consider your spouse to include the following: |
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■ | An individual of the same gender with whom you have been joined in a civil union, or legal contract similar to marriage; |
■ | A domestic partner, who is an individual (including one of the same gender) with whom you have shared a primary residence for at least six months, in a relationship as a couple where you, your domestic partner or both provide for the personal or financial welfare of the other without a fee, to whom you are not related by blood; or |
■ | An individual with whom you have a common law marriage, which is a marriage in a state where such marriages are recognized between a man and a woman arising from the fact that the two live together and hold themselves out as being married. |
■ | for Class A shares and any other share class for which a sales charge is paid, the value of existing shares is determined by the maximum offering price (NAV plus maximum sales charge); and |
■ | for all other share classes, the value of existing shares is determined by the NAV. |
■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs, where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; or |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs, where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services. |
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■ | Certain directors or trustees, officers, current employees (including their spouses, children and parents) and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates, the PGIM Funds, and the subadvisers of the PGIM Funds; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Persons who have retired directly from active service with Prudential or one of its subsidiaries; |
■ | Registered representatives and employees of broker-dealers (including their spouses, children and parents) that offer Class A shares; |
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Investors in IRAs, provided that: (a) the purchase is made either from a directed rollover to such IRA or with the proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan for which Prudential Retirement (the institutional Benefit Plan recordkeeping entity of Prudential) provides administrative or recordkeeping services, in each case provided that such purchase is made within 60 days of receipt of the Benefit Plan distribution, and
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■ | Clients of financial intermediaries, who (i) offer Class A shares through a no-load network or platform, (ii) charge clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or similar services, or (iii) offer self-directed brokerage accounts or other similar types of accounts that may or may not charge transaction fees to customers. |
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■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; |
■ | 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; or |
■ | Fee- or commission-based retail brokerage programs of certain financial intermediaries that offer Class Z shares through such programs and that have agreements with PIMS to offer such shares when acting solely on an agency basis for their customers for the purchase or sale of such shares. If you transact in Class Z shares of the Fund through one of these programs, you may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker or financial intermediary for effecting such transaction. Because the Fund is not a party to any commission arrangement between you and your broker, any transactions in Class Z shares will be made by the Fund at net asset value (before imposition of the commission). Any such fee is paid by you, not by the Fund, and the imposition of any such fee or commission by your broker or financial intermediary does not impact the net asset value for such Fund shares. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses. |
■ | Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the PGIM Funds are an available option; |
■ | Current and former Directors/Trustees of mutual funds, closed-end funds and ETFs managed by PGIM Investments or any other affiliate of Prudential; |
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■ | Current and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Prudential (including any program or account sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option); |
■ | PGIM Funds, including PGIM funds-of-funds; |
■ | Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans); and |
■ | Investors working with fee-based consultants for investment selection and allocations. |
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■ | You are selling more than $100,000 of shares; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds made payable to someone that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds sent to an address that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You are a business or a trust; or |
■ | You are redeeming due to the death of the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder. |
■ | Amounts representing shares you purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions, |
■ | Amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for shares made during the past 12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and 12 months for Class C shares, and |
■ | Amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the CDSC period (12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases) and 12 months for Class C shares). |
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■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
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Class A Shares
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Per Share Operating Performance
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
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Income (loss) from investment operations:
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Net investment income (loss) | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.07 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions | (0.26) | 0.81 | (0.44) | 0.12 | 0.04 | |||||
Total from investment operations | (0.15) | 0.94 | (0.30) | 0.24 | 0.11 | |||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
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Dividends from net investment income | (0.16) | (0.18) | (0.16) | (0.12) | (0.08) | |||||
Tax return of capital distributions | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.04) | - | |||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.06) | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.03) | |||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.22) | (0.18) | (0.16) | (0.16) | (0.11) | |||||
Net asset value, end of
Year
|
$9.37 | $9.74 | $8.98 | $9.44 | $9.36 | |||||
Total Return
(c)
:
|
(1.61)% | 10.55% | (3.25)% | 2.60% | 1.17% | |||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
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Net assets, end of
Year (000)
|
$4,694 | $4,719 | $5,487 | $6,702 | $8,260 | |||||
Average net assets (000) | $4,479 | $5,438 | $6,032 | $7,589 | $9,456 | |||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
:
|
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Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 0.86% | 0.85% | 0.77% | 0.66% | 0.65% | |||||
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 2.12% | 1.57% | 1.77% | 1.28% | 1.29% | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 1.14% | 1.43% | 1.50% | 1.33% | 0.80% | |||||
Portfolio turnover rate
(f)(g)
|
96% | 60% | 77% | 96% | 99% |
(a) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the year. |
(b) | Less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
(g) | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind fund share transactions (if any). |
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Class C Shares
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Year Ended October 31,
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2020
|
2019
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2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
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Per Share Operating Performance
(a)
:
|
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$9.68 | $8.93 | $9.39 | $9.32 | $9.34 | |||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
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Net investment income (loss) | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
-
(b)
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions | (0.25) | 0.79 | (0.43) | 0.11 | 0.04 | |||||
Total from investment operations | (0.21) | 0.86 | (0.36) | 0.16 | 0.04 | |||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.11) | (0.11) | (0.10) | (0.07) | (0.03) | |||||
Tax return of capital distributions | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.02) | - | |||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.06) | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.03) | |||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.17) | (0.11) | (0.10) | (0.09) | (0.06) | |||||
Net asset value, end of
Year
|
$9.30 | $9.68 | $8.93 | $9.39 | $9.32 | |||||
Total Return
(c)
:
|
(2.26)% | 9.75% | (3.93)% | 1.74% | 0.44% | |||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
||||||||||
Net assets, end of
Year (000)
|
$1,163 | $1,486 | $1,783 | $2,607 | $3,072 | |||||
Average net assets (000) | $1,340 | $1,620 | $2,178 | $2,932 | $3,291 | |||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
:
|
||||||||||
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.58% | 1.56% | 1.49% | 1.41% | 1.40% | |||||
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 3.40% | 2.45% | 2.70% | 1.98% | 1.99% | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 0.41% | 0.72% | 0.78% | 0.56% | 0.02% | |||||
Portfolio turnover rate
(f)(g)
|
96% | 60% | 77% | 96% | 99% |
(a) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the year. |
(b) | Less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
(g) | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind fund share transactions (if any). |
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Class Z Shares
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Year Ended October 31,
|
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2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
||||||
Per Share Operating Performance
(a)
:
|
||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$9.75 | $8.99 | $9.45 | $9.38 | $9.37 | |||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.09 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions | (0.26) | 0.81 | (0.44) | 0.10 | 0.05 | |||||
Total from investment operations | (0.11) | 0.97 | (0.27) | 0.25 | 0.14 | |||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.19) | (0.21) | (0.19) | (0.14) | (0.10) | |||||
Tax return of capital distributions | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.04) | - | |||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.06) | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.03) | |||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.25) | (0.21) | (0.19) | (0.18) | (0.13) | |||||
Net asset value, end of
Year
|
$9.39 | $9.75 | $8.99 | $9.45 | $9.38 | |||||
Total Return
(c)
:
|
(1.18)% | 10.94% | (2.91)% | 2.74% | 1.50% | |||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
||||||||||
Net assets, end of
Year (000)
|
$56,307 | $64,495 | $79,349 | $84,752 | $94,614 | |||||
Average net assets (000) | $58,559 | $67,444 | $85,493 | $94,426 | $91,393 | |||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
:
|
||||||||||
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 0.50% | 0.49% | 0.42% | 0.41% | 0.40% | |||||
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.11% | 1.07% | 0.99% | 0.98% | 0.99% | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 1.58% | 1.76% | 1.83% | 1.57% | 0.99% | |||||
Portfolio turnover rate
(f)(g)
|
96% | 60% | 77% | 96% | 99% |
(a) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the year. |
(b) | Less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
(g) | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind fund share transactions (if any). |
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Class R6 Shares
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||||||||||
Year Ended October 31,
|
||||||||||
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
||||||
Per Share Operating Performance
(a)
:
|
||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$9.75 | $8.98 | $9.44 | $9.37 | $9.36 | |||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.10 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions | (0.24) | 0.82 | (0.44) | 0.11 | 0.05 | |||||
Total from investment operations | (0.11) | 0.99 | (0.26) | 0.26 | 0.15 | |||||
Less Dividends and Distributions:
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.20) | (0.22) | (0.20) | (0.15) | (0.11) | |||||
Tax return of capital distributions | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.04) | - | |||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.06) | - | - |
-
(b)
|
(0.03) | |||||
Total dividends and distributions | (0.26) | (0.22) | (0.20) | (0.19) | (0.14) | |||||
Net asset value, end of
Year
|
$9.38 | $9.75 | $8.98 | $9.44 | $9.37 | |||||
Total Return
(c)
:
|
(1.18)% | 11.15% | (2.85)% | 2.83% | 1.58% | |||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
||||||||||
Net assets, end of
Year (000)
|
$30,370 | $27,530 | $44,822 | $69,957 | $65,833 | |||||
Average net assets (000) | $28,578 | $42,776 | $64,112 | $71,614 | $60,978 | |||||
Ratios to average net assets
(d)
(e)
:
|
||||||||||
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 0.41% | 0.40% | 0.36% | 0.32% | 0.32% | |||||
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement | 1.04% | 0.98% | 0.92% | 0.89% | 0.91% | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 1.42% | 1.88% | 1.93% | 1.58% | 1.08% | |||||
Portfolio turnover rate
(f)(g)
|
96% | 60% | 77% | 96% | 99% |
(a) | Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the year. |
(b) | Less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. |
(d) | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
(e) | Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class. |
(f) | The Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
(g) | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind fund share transactions (if any). |
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■ | Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan |
■ | Shares purchased by a 529 Plan (does not include 529 Plan units or 529-specific share classes or equivalents) |
■ | Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program |
■ | Shares exchanged due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers |
■ | Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform |
■ | Shares of funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family) |
■ | Shares exchanged from Class C (i.e. level-load) shares of the same fund pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members |
■ | Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Eligible shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). Automated transactions (i.e. systematic purchases and withdrawals) and purchases made after shares are automatically sold to pay Merrill Lynch’s account maintenance fees are not eligible for reinstatement |
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code |
■ | Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms |
■ | Shares received through an exchange due to the holdings moving from a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program to a Merrill Lynch brokerage (non-advisory) account pursuant to Merrill Lynch’s policies relating to sales load discounts and waivers |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts as described in the Fund’s Prospectus will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts (including 529 program holdings, where applicable) within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets |
■ | Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time |
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans |
■ | Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund |
■ | Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account |
■ | Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge |
■
Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs.
|
■
Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family).
|
■
Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares or conversion of Class C shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply.
|
■
Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members.
|
■
Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant.
|
■
Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e. Rights of Reinstatement).
|
■ | Shares purchased in an investment advisory program. |
■ | Shares purchased within the same fund family through a systematic reinvestment of capital gains and dividend distributions. |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James. |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). |
■ | A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Raymond James. |
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James. |
■ | Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement. |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus. |
■ | Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Clients of Edward Jones (also referred to as “shareholders”) purchasing fund shares on the Edward Jones commission and fee-based platforms are eligible only for the following sales charge discounts (also referred to as “breakpoints”) and waivers, which can differ from discounts and waivers described elsewhere in this Fund’s Prospectus or statement of additional information (“SAI”) or through another broker-dealer. In all instances, it is the shareholder's responsibility to inform Edward Jones at the time of purchase of any relationship, holdings of the Fund or other facts qualifying the purchaser for breakpoints discounts or waivers. Edward Jones can ask for documentation of such circumstance. Shareholders should contact Edward Jones if they have questions regarding their eligibility for these discounts and waivers. |
■ | Breakpoint pricing, otherwise known as volume pricing, at dollar thresholds as described in this Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | The applicable sales charge on a purchase of Class A shares is determined by taking into account all share classes (except certain money market funds and any assets held in group retirement plans ) of PGIM Funds held by the shareholder or in an account grouped by Edward Jones with certain other related accounts for the purpose of providing certain pricing considerations (“pricing groups”). If grouping assets as a shareholder this includes all share classes held on the Edward Jones platform and/or held on another platform. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the ROA calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Money market funds are included only if such shares were sold with a sales charge at the time of purchase or acquired in exchange for shares purchased with a sales charge. |
■ | The employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan may elect to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping as opposed to including all share classes at a shareholder or pricing group level. |
■ | ROA is determined by calculating the higher of cost minus redemptions or market value (current shares x NAV). |
■ | Through a LOI, shareholders can receive the sales charge and breakpoint discounts for purchases shareholders intend to make over a 13-month period from the date Edward Jones receives the LOI. The LOI is determined by calculating the higher of cost or market value of qualifying holdings at LOI initiation in combination with the value that the shareholder intends to buy over a 13-month period to calculate the front-end sales charge and any breakpoint discounts. Each purchase the shareholder makes during that 13-month period will receive the sales charge and breakpoint discount that applies to the total amount. The inclusion of eligible fund family assets in the LOI calculation is dependent on the shareholder notifying Edward Jones of such assets at the time of calculation. Purchases made before the LOI is received by Edward Jones are not adjusted under the LOI and will not reduce the sales charge previously paid. Sales charges will be adjusted if LOI is not met. |
■ | If the employer maintaining a SEP IRA plan and/or SIMPLE IRA plan has elected to establish or change ROA for the IRA accounts associated with the plan to a plan-level grouping. LOIs will also be at the plan-level and may only be established by the employer. |
■ | Associates of Edward Jones and its affiliates and their family members who are in the same pricing group (as determined by Edward Jones under its policies and procedures) as the associate. This waiver will continue for the remainder of the associate's life if the associate retires from Edward Jones in good-standing and remains in good standing pursuant to Edward Jones’ policies and procedures. |
■ | Shares purchased in an Edward Jones fee-based program. |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment. |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redeemed shares of the same fund family so long as the following conditions are met: 1) the proceeds are from the sale of shares within 60 days of the purchase, and 2) the sale and purchase are made in the same share class and the same account or the purchase is made in an individual retirement account with proceeds from liquidations in a non-retirement account. |
■ | Shares exchanged into Class A shares from another share class so long as the exchange is into the same fund and was initiated at the discretion of Edward Jones. Edward Jones is responsible for any remaining CDSC due to the fund company, if applicable. Any future purchases are subject to the applicable sales charge as disclosed in the Prospectus. |
■ | Exchanges from Class C shares to Class A shares of the same fund, generally, in the 84th month following the anniversary of the purchase date or earlier at the discretion of Edward Jones. |
■ | The death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Systematic withdrawals with up to 10% per year of the account value |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts if the redemption is taken in or after the year the shareholder reaches qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations |
■ | Shares sold to pay Edward Jones fees or costs in such cases where the transaction is initiated by Edward Jones |
■ | Shares exchanged in an Edward Jones fee-based program |
■ | Shares acquired through NAV reinstatement |
■ | Shares redeemed at the discretion of Edward Jones for Minimum Balances, as described below. |
■ | Initial purchase minimum: $250 |
■ | Subsequent purchase minimum: none |
■ | Edward Jones has the right to redeem at its discretion fund holdings with a balance of $250 or less. The following are examples of accounts that are not included in this policy: |
■ | A fee-based account held on an Edward Jones platform |
■ | A 529 account held on an Edward Jones platform |
■ | An account with an active systematic investment plan or LOI |
■ | Edward Jones has the authority to exchange at NAV a shareholder's holdings in a fund to Class A shares or such other share class based on Edward Jones’ policy. |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family). |
■ | Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Janney or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Janney. |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e., right of reinstatement). |
■ | Class C shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Janney’s policies and procedures. |
■ | Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and other retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Shares sold to pay Janney fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Janney. |
■ | Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement. |
■ | Breakpoints as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Rights of accumulation (“ROA”), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Janney. Eligible fund family assets not held at Janney may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan |
■ | Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan |
■ | Shares purchased through an OPCO affiliated investment advisory program |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the PGIM fund family) |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement) |
■ | A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of OPCO |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of OPCO or its affiliates and their family members |
■ | Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this Prospectus |
■ | The death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations |
■ | Shares sold to pay OPCO fees but only if the transaction is initiated by OPCO |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Rights of accumulation (ROA), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of Fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at OPCO. Eligible Fund family assets not held at OPCO may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund |
■ | Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Baird or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Baird |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions from another PGIM Fund, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within ninety (90) days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (known as Rights of Reinstatement) |
■ | A shareholder in the Fund's Class C Shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Baird |
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement plans or charitable accounts in a transactional brokerage account at Baird, including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans. For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs |
■ | Shares sold upon the death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Shares purchased in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and other retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching the qualified age based on applicable IRS regulations |
■ | Shares sold to pay Baird fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Baird |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Rights of accumulation (ROA), which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts, will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of PGIM Fund assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Baird. Eligible PGIM Fund assets not held at Baird may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets |
■ | Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases of PGIM Funds through Baird, over a 13-month period of time |
■ | Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same Fund (at net asset value per share) pursuant to policies and procedures of Stifel. |
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: |
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PO Box 9658 Providence, RI 02940
WEBSITE
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PGIM Real Assets Fund
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Share Class
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A | C | Z | R6 |
NASDAQ
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PUDAX | PUDCX | PUDZX | PUDQX |
CUSIP
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74440K819 | 74440K785 | 74440K777 | 74440K744 |
MF207STAT | The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-09805 |
PGIM REAL ASSETS FUND
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A: PUDAX | C: PUDCX | Z: PUDZX | R6: PUDQX |
Term
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Definition
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1933 Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
1934 Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
1940 Act | Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended |
1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions | Exemptive order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations, collectively |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
ADS | American Depositary Share |
Board | Fund’s Board of Directors or Trustees |
Board Member | A trustee or director of the Fund’s Board |
CEA | Commodity Exchange Act, as amended |
CFTC | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
CMO | Collateralized Mortgage Obligation |
ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
EDR | European Depositary Receipt |
Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
Fannie Mae | Federal National Mortgage Association |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Fitch | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
Freddie Mac | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
Ginnie Mae | Government National Mortgage Association |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
Manager or PGIM Investments | PGIM Investments LLC |
Moody’s | Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
NAV | Net Asset Value |
NRSRO | Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization |
NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
OTC | Over the Counter |
Prudential | Prudential Financial, Inc. |
PMFS | Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC |
QPTP | “Qualified publicly traded partnership” as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Term
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Definition
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RIC | Regulated Investment Company, as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
S&P | S&P Global Ratings |
SEC | US Securities and Exchange Commission |
World Bank | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
■ | Australia |
■ | Austria |
■ | Belgium |
■ | Canada |
■ | Denmark |
■ | Finland |
■ | France |
■ | Germany |
■ | Hong Kong |
■ | Ireland |
■ | Israel |
■ | Italy |
■ | Japan |
■ | Netherlands |
■ | New Zealand |
■ | Norway |
■ | Portugal |
■ | Singapore |
■ | Spain |
■ | Sweden |
■ | Switzerland |
■ | United Kingdom |
■ | United States |
■ | Argentina |
■ | Brazil |
■ | Chile |
■ | China |
■ | Colombia |
■ | Czech Republic |
■ | Egypt |
■ | Greece |
■ | Hungary |
■ | India |
■ | Indonesia |
■ | Korea |
■ | Kuwait |
■ | Malaysia |
■ | Mexico |
■ | Pakistan |
■ | Peru |
■ | Philippines |
■ | Poland |
■ | Qatar |
■ | Russia |
■ | Saudi Arabia |
■ | South Africa |
■ | Taiwan |
■ | Thailand |
■ | Turkey |
■ | United Arab Emirates |
■ | Bahrain |
■ | Bangladesh |
■ | Burkina Faso |
■ | Benin |
■ | Croatia |
■ | Estonia |
■ | Guinea-Bissau |
■ | Ivory Coast |
■ | Jordan |
■ | Kenya |
■ | Kuwait |
■ | Lebanon |
■ | Lithuania |
■ | Kazakhstan |
■ | Mauritius |
■ | Mali |
■ | Morocco |
■ | Niger |
■ | Nigeria |
■ | Oman |
■ | Romania |
■ | Serbia |
■ | Senegal |
■ | Slovenia |
■ | Sri Lanka |
■ | Togo |
■ | Tunisia |
■ | Vietnam |
■ | Junk bonds are issued by less creditworthy issuers. These securities are vulnerable to adverse changes in the issuer's economic condition and to general economic conditions. Issuers of junk bonds may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations because of an economic downturn, specific issuer developments or the unavailability of additional financing. |
■ | The issuers of junk bonds may have a larger amount of outstanding debt relative to their assets than issuers of investment grade bonds. If the issuer experiences financial stress, it may be unable to meet its debt obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds are frequently ranked junior to claims by other creditors. If the issuer cannot meet its obligations, the senior obligations are generally paid off before the junior obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds frequently have redemption features that permit an issuer to repurchase the security from the Fund before it matures. If an issuer redeems the junk bonds, the Fund may have to invest the proceeds in bonds with lower yields and may lose income. |
■ | Prices of junk bonds are subject to extreme price fluctuations. Negative economic developments may have a greater impact on the prices of junk bonds than on other higher rated fixed income securities. |
■ | Junk bonds may be more illiquid than higher rated fixed income securities even under normal economic conditions. There are fewer dealers in the junk bond market, and there may be significant differences in the prices quoted for junk bonds by the dealers. Because they are less liquid, judgment may play a greater role in valuing certain of the Fund’s portfolio securities than in the case of securities trading in a more liquid market. |
■ | The Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting issuer. |
Independent Board Members
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Name
Year of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years |
Other Directorships
Held During Past Five Years |
Length of
Board Service |
Ellen S. Alberding
1958 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
President and Board Member, The Joyce Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 2002); Vice Chair, City Colleges of Chicago (community college system) (2011-2015); Trustee, National Park Foundation (charitable foundation for national park system) (2009-2018); Trustee, Economic Club of Chicago (2009-2016); Trustee, Loyola University (since 2018). | None. | Since September 2013 |
Kevin J. Bannon
1952 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
Retired; Managing Director (April 2008-May 2015) and Chief Investment Officer (October 2008-November 2013) of Highmount Capital LLC (registered investment adviser); formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (April 1993-August 2007) of Bank of New York Company; President (May 2003-May 2007) of BNY Hamilton Family of Mutual Funds. | Director of Urstadt Biddle Properties (equity real estate investment trust) (since September 2008). | Since July 2008 |
Linda W. Bynoe
1952 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
President and Chief Executive Officer (since March 1995) and formerly Chief Operating Officer (December 1989-February 1995) of Telemat Limited LLC
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Director of Anixter International, Inc. (communication products distributor) (January 2006–June 2020); Director of Northern Trust Corporation (financial services) (since April 2006); Trustee of Equity Residential (residential real estate) (since December 2009). | Since March 2005 |
Barry H. Evans
1960 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 94 |
Retired; formerly President (2005 – 2016), Global Chief Operating Officer (2014– 2016), Chief Investment Officer – Global Head of Fixed Income (1998-2014), and various portfolio manager roles (1986-2006), Manulife Asset Management U.S. | Formerly Director, Manulife Trust Company (2011-2018); formerly Director, Manulife Asset Management Limited (2015-2017); formerly Chairman of the Board of Directors of Manulife Asset Management U.S. (2005-2016); formerly Chairman of the Board, Declaration Investment Management and Research (2008-2016). | Since September 2017 |
Keith F. Hartstein
1956 Board Member & Independent Chair Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
Executive Committee of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Board of Governors (since October 2019); Retired; Member (since November 2014) of the Governing Council of the IDC (organization of independent mutual fund directors); formerly President and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2012), Senior Vice President (2004-2005), Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing (1997-2004), and various executive management positions (1990-1997), John Hancock Funds, LLC (asset management); Chairman, Investment Company Institute’s Sales Force Marketing Committee (2003-2008). | None. | Since September 2013 |
Laurie Simon Hodrick
1962 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 94 |
A. Barton Hepburn Professor Emerita of Economics in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School (since 2018); Visiting Professor of Law, Stanford Law School (since 2015); Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University (since 2015); Sole Member, ReidCourt LLC (since 2008) (a consulting firm); formerly A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School (1996-2017); formerly Managing Director, Global Head of Alternative Investment Strategies, Deutsche Bank (2006-2008). | Independent Director, Roku, Inc. (since 2020); Independent Director, Synnex Corporation (since 2019) (information technology); Independent Director, Kabbage, Inc. (2018-2020) (financial services); Independent Director, Corporate Capital Trust (2017-2018) (a business development company). | Since September 2017 |
Interested Board Members
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Name
Year of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen |
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years |
Other Directorships
Held During Past Five Years |
Length of
Board Service |
Stuart S. Parker
1962 Board Member & President Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Officer in Charge of PGIM Investments LLC (formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC) (since January 2012); Executive Vice President of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (since December 2012); formerly Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of PGIM Investments LLC (June 2005-December 2011); Investment Company Institute - Board of Governors (since May 2012). | None. | Since January 2012 |
Scott E. Benjamin
1973 Board Member & Vice President Portfolios Overseen: 95 |
Executive Vice President (since May 2009) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, PGIM Investments (since February 2006); formerly Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, PGIM Investments LLC (2003-2006). | None. | Since March 2010 |
Fund Officers
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Name
Year of Birth Fund Position |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
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Length of
Service as Fund Officer |
Claudia DiGiacomo
1974 Chief Legal Officer |
Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (since August 2020); Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since August 2020); Chief Legal Officer of PIFM Holdco, LLC (since August 2020); Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2005) of Prudential; and Corporate Counsel of AST Investment Services, Inc. (since August 2020); formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (2005-2020); formerly Associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (1999-2004). | Since December 2005 |
Dino Capasso
1974 Chief Compliance Officer |
Chief Compliance Officer (July 2019-Present) of PGIM Investments LLC; Chief Compliance Officer (July 2019-Present) of the PGIM Funds, Target Funds, Advanced Series Trust, The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc., PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc., and PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc.; Vice President and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (June 2017-2019) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly, Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel (January 2016-June 2017), and Vice President and Counsel (February 2012-December 2015) of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. | Since March 2018 |
Andrew R. French
1962 Secretary |
Vice President (since December 2018 - present) of PGIM Investments LLC; Formerly, Vice President and Corporate Counsel (2010-2018) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (2006-2010) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC. | Since October 2006 |
Diana N. Huffman
1982 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2015) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (2009-2015). | Since March 2019 |
Melissa Gonzalez
1980 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2018) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (March 2014-September 2018) of Prudential. | Since March 2020 |
Patrick E. McGuinness
1986 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since August 2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; Director and Corporate Counsel (since February 2017) of Prudential; and Corporate Counsel (2012 – 2017) of IIL, Inc. | Since June 2020 |
Debra Rubano
1975 Assistant Secretary |
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since November 2020) of Prudential; formerly Director and Senior Counsel of Allianz Global Investors U.S. Holdings LLC (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of numerous funds in the Allianz fund complex (2015-2020). | Since December 2020 |
Kelly A. Coyne
1968 Assistant Secretary |
Director, Investment Operations of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since 2010). | Since March 2015 |
Christian J. Kelly
1975 Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |
Vice President, Head of Fund Administration of PGIM Investments LLC (since November 2018); formerly, Director of Fund Administration of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (2009-2018), Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Lord Abbett Family of Funds (2017-2018); Director of Accounting, Avenue Capital Group (2008-2009); Senior Manager, Investment Management Practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP (1998-2007). | Since January 2019 |
Lana Lomuti
1967 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2005-2007), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration; formerly Assistant Treasurer (December 2007-February 2014) of The Greater China Fund, Inc. | Since April 2014 |
Russ Shupak
1973 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2013-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Deborah Conway
1969 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2007-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Elyse M. McLaughlin
1974 Assistant Treasurer |
Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2011-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Charles H. Smith
1973 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer |
Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering Unit (since January 2015) of Prudential; committee member of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (since January 2016); formerly Global Head of Economic Sanctions Compliance at AIG Property Casualty (February 2007-December 2014); Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Attorney General's Office, Division of Public Advocacy. (August 1998-January 2007). | Since January 2017 |
■ | Board Members are deemed to be “Interested,” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of their affiliation with PGIM Investments LLC and/or an affiliate of PGIM Investments LLC. |
■ | Unless otherwise noted, the address of all Board Members and Officers is c/o PGIM Investments LLC, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. |
■ | There is no set term of office for Board Members or Officers. The Board Members have adopted a retirement policy, which calls for the retirement of Board Members on December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 75. |
■ | “Other Directorships Held” includes all directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the 1934 Act (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. |
■ | “Portfolios Overseen” includes all investment companies managed by PGIM Investments LLC. The investment companies for which PGIM Investments LLC serves as manager include the PGIM Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts, PGIM ETF Trust, PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc., PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc., PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund, The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust. |
■ | As used in the Fund Officers table “Prudential” means The Prudential Insurance Company of America. |
Board Committee Meetings (for most recently completed fiscal year)
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Audit Committee
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Nominating & Governance Committee
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Dryden & Gibraltar Investment Committees
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■ | the salaries and expenses of all of its and the Fund's personnel except the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members; |
■ | all expenses incurred by the Manager or the Fund in connection with managing the ordinary course of the Fund's business, other than those assumed by the Fund as described below; and |
■ | the fees, costs and expenses payable to any subadviser pursuant to a subadvisory agreement between PGIM Investments and such subadviser. |
■ | the fees and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the management of the investment and reinvestment of the Fund's assets payable to the Manager; |
■ | the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members; |
■ | the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian and transfer and dividend disbursing agent, including the cost of providing records to the Manager in connection with its obligation of maintaining required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares; |
■ | the charges and expenses of the Fund's legal counsel and independent auditors and of legal counsel to the Independent Board Members; |
■ | brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with securities (and futures, if applicable) transactions; |
■ | all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies; |
■ | the fees of any trade associations of which the Fund may be a member; |
■ | the cost of share certificates representing, and/or non-negotiable share deposit receipts evidencing, shares of the Fund; |
■ | the cost of fidelity, directors and officers and errors and omissions insurance; |
■ | the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of Fund shares with the SEC and paying notice filing fees under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes; allocable communications expenses with respect to investor services and all expenses of shareholders' and Board meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports and notices to shareholders; and |
■ | litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business and distribution and service (12b-1) fees. |
Management Fees Paid by the Fund
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2020
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2019
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2018
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Gross Fee | $658,435 | $848,330 | $1,150,649 |
Management Fees Paid by the Fund
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2020
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2019
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2018
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Amount Waived/Reimbursed by PGIM Investments | $(623,049) | $(696,079) | $(946,151) |
Net Fee | $35,386 | $152,251 | $204,498 |
Fund Subadvisers & Fee Rates
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Subadviser
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Fee Rate
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QMA | 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets allocated to the gold/defensive asset class |
QMA*** | 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets allocated to the commodities asset class* |
QMA (for asset allocation services) | 0.175% of average daily net assets of the entire Fund |
PGIM Fixed Income** | 0.08% of the Fund’s average daily net assets allocated to the fixed-income asset class |
Other Funds and Investment Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers
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Subadvisers
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Portfolio Managers
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Registered Investment
Companies/Total Assets |
Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles/* Total Assets |
Other Accounts/*
Total Assets |
QMA LLC** | Edward F. Keon, Jr. | 30/$64,563,820,483 | 3/$1,808,333,546 | 11/$838,796,199 |
Edward L. Campbell, CFA | 30/$64,563,820,483 | 3/$1,808,333,546 | 11/$838,796,199 | |
Joel M. Kallman, CFA | 31/$65,011,426,513 | 3/$1,808,333,546 | 12/$1,248,456,357 | |
Rory Cummings, CFA | 30/$64,563,820,483 | 3/$1,808,333,546 | 11/$838,796,199 | |
PGIM Fixed Income*** |
Personal Investments and Financial Interests of the Portfolio Managers
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Subadvisers
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Portfolio Managers
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Investments and Other Financial Interests
in the Fund and Similar Strategies* |
QMA LLC | Edward F. Keon, Jr. | $10,001-$50,000 |
Edward L. Campbell, CFA | None | |
Joel M. Kallman, CFA | None | |
Rory Cummings, CFA | $1-$10,000 | |
PGIM Fixed Income** |
1. | business initiatives; |
2. | the number of investment professionals receiving a bonus and related peer group compensation; |
3. | financial metrics of the business relative to those of appropriate peer groups; and |
4. | investment performance of portfolios: (i) relative to appropriate peer groups; and/or (ii) as measured against relevant investment indices. |
■ | elimination of the conflict; |
■ | disclosure of the conflict; or |
■ | management of the conflict through the adoption of appropriate policies, procedures or other mitigants. |
■ | Performance Fees - PGIM Fixed Income manages accounts with asset-based fees alongside accounts with performance-based fees. This side-by-side management may be deemed to create an incentive for PGIM Fixed Income and its investment professionals to favor one account over another. Specifically, PGIM Fixed Income or its affiliates could be considered to have the incentive to favor accounts for which PGIM Fixed Income or an affiliate receives performance fees, and possibly take greater investment risks in those accounts, in order to bolster performance and increase its fees. |
■ | Affiliated accounts - PGIM Fixed Income manages accounts on behalf of its affiliates as well as unaffiliated accounts. PGIM Fixed Income could be considered to have an incentive to favor accounts of affiliates over others. |
■ | Large accounts/higher fee strategies - large accounts and clients typically generate more revenue than do smaller accounts or clients and certain of PGIM Fixed Income’s strategies have higher fees than others. As a result, a portfolio manager could be considered to have an incentive when allocating scarce investment opportunities to favor accounts that pay a higher fee or generate more income for PGIM Fixed Income. |
■ | Long only and long/short accounts - PGIM Fixed Income manages accounts that only allow it to hold securities long as well as accounts that permit short selling. PGIM Fixed Income may, therefore, sell, and has at times sold, a security short in some client accounts while holding the same security long in other client accounts. These short sales could reduce the value of the securities held in the long only accounts. In addition, purchases for long only accounts could have a negative impact on the short positions. |
■ | Securities of the same kind or class - PGIM Fixed Income sometimes buys or sells, or direct or recommend that a client buy or sell, securities of the same kind or class that are purchased or sold for another client at prices that may be different. Although such pricing differences could appear as preferences for one client over another, PGIM Fixed Income’s trade execution in each case is driven by its consideration of a variety of factors as PGIM Fixed Income seeks the most advantageous terms reasonably attainable in the circumstances. PGIM Fixed Income may also, at any time, execute, and has at times executed, trades of securities of the same kind or class in one direction for an account and in the opposite direction for another account, or not trade such securities in any other account. While such trades (or a decision not to trade) could appear as inconsistencies in how PGIM Fixed Income views a security for one client versus another, opposite way trades are generally due to differences in investment strategy, portfolio composition or client direction. |
■ | Investment at different levels of an issuer’s capital structure - PGIM Fixed Income may invest, and has at times invested, client assets in the same issuer, but at different levels in the issuer’s capital structure. For instance, PGIM Fixed Income may invest, and has at times invested, client assets in private securities or loans of an issuer and invest the assets of other clients in publicly traded securities of the same issuer. In addition, PGIM Fixed Income may invest, and has at times invested, client assets in a class or tranche of securities of a securitized finance vehicle (such as a collateralized loan obligation, asset-backed security or mortgage-backed security) where PGIM Fixed Income also, at the same or different time, invests the assets of another client (including affiliated clients) in a different class or tranche of securities of the same vehicle. These different securities may have different voting rights, dividend or |
repayment priorities, rights in bankruptcy or other features that conflict with one another. For some of these securities (particularly private securitized product investments for which clients own all or a significant portion of the outstanding securities or obligations), PGIM Fixed Income may have, and has had, input regarding the characteristics and the relative rights and priorities of the various classes or tranches. | |
■ | When PGIM Fixed Income invests client assets in different levels of an issuer’s capital structure, it is permitted to take actions with respect to the assets held by one client (including affiliated clients) that are potentially adverse to other clients, for example, by foreclosing on loans or by putting an issuer into default. In negotiating the terms and conditions of any such investments, or any subsequent amendments or waivers, PGIM Fixed Income may find that the interests of a client and the interests of one or more other clients (including affiliated clients) could conflict. In these situations, decisions over proxy voting, corporate reorganizations, how to exit an investment, bankruptcy matters (including, for example, whether to trigger an event of default or the terms of any workout) or other actions or inactions may result in conflicts of interest. Similarly, if an issuer in which a client and one or more other clients directly or indirectly hold different classes of securities encounters financial problems, decisions over the terms of any workout will raise conflicts of interest (including potential conflicts over proposed waivers and amendments to debt covenants). For example, a senior bond holder may prefer a liquidation of the issuer in which it may be paid in full, whereas an equity or junior bond holder might prefer a reorganization that holds the potential to create value for the equity holders or junior bond holders. In some cases, PGIM Fixed Income may refrain, and has at times refrained, from taking certain actions or making investments on behalf of certain clients or PGIM Fixed Income may sell, and has at times sold, investments for certain clients, in each case in order to mitigate conflicts of interest or legal, regulatory or other risks to PGIM Fixed Income. This could potentially disadvantage the clients on whose behalf the actions are not taken, investments are not made, or investments are sold. Conversely, in other cases, PGIM Fixed Income will not refrain, and has at times not refrained, from taking actions or making investments on behalf of some clients (including affiliated clients), which could potentially disadvantage other clients. Any of the foregoing conflicts of interest will be resolved on a case-by-case basis. Any such resolution will take into consideration the interests of the relevant clients, the circumstances giving rise to the conflict and applicable laws. |
■ | Financial interests of investment professionals - PGIM Fixed Income investment professionals from time to time invest in certain investment vehicles that it manages, including ETFs, mutual funds and collective investment trusts. Also, certain of these investment vehicles are options under the 401(k) and deferred compensation plans offered by Prudential Financial, Inc. In addition, the value of grants under PGIM Fixed Income’s long-term incentive plan and targeted long-term incentive plan is affected by the performance of certain client accounts. As a result, PGIM Fixed Income investment professionals have financial interests in accounts managed by PGIM Fixed Income or that are related to the performance of certain client accounts. |
■ | Non-discretionary/limited discretion accounts - PGIM Fixed Income provides non-discretionary investment advice to some clients and manages others on a discretionary basis. Trades in non-discretionary accounts or accounts where discretion is limited could occur before, in concert with, or after PGIM Fixed Income executes similar trades in its discretionary accounts. The non-discretionary/limited discretion clients may be disadvantaged if PGIM Fixed Income delivers investment advice to them after it initiates trading for the discretionary clients, or vice versa. |
■ | In keeping with PGIM Fixed Income’s fiduciary obligations, its policy with respect to trade aggregation and allocation is to treat all of its client accounts fairly and equitably over time. PGIM Fixed Income’s trade management oversight committee, which generally meets quarterly, is responsible for providing oversight with respect to trade aggregation and allocation. Its compliance group periodically reviews a sampling of new issue allocations and related documentation to confirm compliance with the trade aggregation and allocation procedures. In addition, the compliance and investment risk management groups review forensic reports regarding new issue and secondary trade activity on a quarterly basis. This forensic analysis includes such data as the: (i) number of new issues allocated in the strategy; (ii) size of new issue allocations to each portfolio in the strategy; (iii) profitability of new issue transactions; (iv) portfolio turnover; and (v) metrics related to large and block trade activity. The results of these analyses are reviewed and discussed at PGIM Fixed Income’s trade management oversight committee meetings. The procedures above are designed to detect patterns and anomalies in PGIM Fixed Income’s side-by-side management and trading so that it may assess and improve its processes. |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income has procedures that specifically address its side-by-side management of certain long/short and long only portfolios. These procedures address potential conflicts that could arise from differing positions between long/short and long only portfolios. In addition, lending opportunities with respect to securities for which the market is demanding a slight premium rate over normal market rates are allocated to long only accounts prior to allocating the opportunities to long/short accounts. |
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Conflicts Related to Investment of Client Assets in Affiliated Funds
. PGIM Fixed Income invests, and may in the future invest, client assets in funds that it manages or subadvises for an affiliate. PGIM Fixed Income also invests cash collateral from securities lending transactions in these funds. These investments benefit both PGIM Fixed Income and its affiliate.
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Insurance Affiliate General Accounts
. Because of the substantial size of the general accounts of PGIM Fixed Income’s affiliated insurance companies (the “Insurance Affiliates”), trading by these general accounts, including PGIM Fixed Income’s trades on behalf of the accounts, may affect the market prices or limit the availability of the securities or instruments transacted. Although PGIM Fixed Income does not expect that the general accounts of affiliated insurers will execute transactions that will move a market frequently, and generally only in response to unusual market or issuer events, the execution of these transactions could have an adverse effect on transactions for or positions held by other clients.
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■ | PGIM Fixed Income invests in the securities of one or more clients for the accounts of other clients. |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income’s affiliates sell various products and/or services to certain companies whose securities PGIM Fixed Income purchases and sells for PGIM Fixed Income clients. |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income invests in the debt securities of companies whose equity is held by its affiliates. |
■ | PGIM Fixed Income’s affiliates hold public and private debt and equity securities of a large number of issuers. PGIM Fixed Income invests in some of the same issuers for other client accounts but at different levels in the capital structure. For example: |
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Affiliated accounts have held and can in the future hold the senior debt of an issuer whose subordinated debt is held by PGIM Fixed Income’s clients or hold secured debt of an issuer whose public unsecured debt is held in client accounts. See “
Investment at different levels of an issuer’s capital structure
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■ | it provides advisory services to the proprietary accounts of investment consultants and/or their affiliates, and advisory services to funds offered by investment consultants and/or their affiliates; |
■ | it invites investment consultants to events or other entertainment hosted by PGIM Fixed Income; |
■ | it purchases software applications, market data, access to databases, technology services and other products or services from certain investment consultants; and |
■ | it may pay for the opportunity to participate in conferences organized by investment consultants. |
■ | Elimination of the conflict; |
■ | Disclosure of the conflict; or |
■ | Management of the conflict through the adoption of appropriate policies and procedures. |
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Asset-Based Fees vs. Performance-Based Fees; Other Fee Considerations.
QMA manages accounts with asset-based fees alongside accounts with performance-based fees. Asset-based fees are calculated based on the value of a client’s portfolio at periodic measurement dates or over specified periods of time. Performance-based fees are generally based on a share of the total return of a portfolio, and may offer greater upside potential to QMA than asset-based fees, depending on how the fees are structured. This side-by-side management could create an incentive for QMA to favor one account over another. Specifically, QMA could have the incentive to favor accounts for which it receives performance fees, and possibly take greater investment risks in those accounts, in order to bolster performance and increase its fees. In addition, since fees are negotiable, one client may be paying a higher fee than another client with similar investment objectives or goals. In negotiating fees, QMA takes into account a number of factors including, but not limited to, the investment strategy, the size of a portfolio being managed, the relationship with the client, and the required level of service. Fees may also differ based on account type. For example, fees for commingled vehicles, including those that QMA subadvises, may differ from fees charged for single client accounts.
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Long Only/Long-Short Accounts.
QMA manages accounts that only allow it to hold securities long as well as accounts that permit short selling. QMA may, therefore, sell a security short in some client accounts while holding the same security long in other client accounts, creating the possibility that QMA is taking inconsistent positions with respect to a particular security in different client accounts.
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Compensation/Benefit Plan Accounts/Other Investments by Investment Professionals.
QMA manages certain funds and strategies whose performance is considered in determining long-term incentive plan benefits for certain investment professionals. Investment
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professionals involved in the management of accounts in these strategies have an incentive to favor them over other accounts they manage in order to increase their compensation. Additionally, QMA’s investment professionals may have an interest in funds in those strategies if the funds are chosen as options in their 401(k) or deferred compensation plans offered by Prudential or if they otherwise invest in those funds directly. | |
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Affiliated Accounts.
QMA manages accounts on behalf of its affiliates as well as unaffiliated accounts. QMA could have an incentive to favor accounts of affiliates over others.
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Non-Discretionary Accounts or Model Portfolios.
QMA provides non-discretionary model portfolios to some clients and manages other portfolios on a discretionary basis. When QMA manages accounts on a non-discretionary basis, the investment team will typically deliver a model portfolio to a non-discretionary client at or around the same time as executing discretionary trades in the same strategy. The non-discretionary clients may be disadvantaged if QMA delivers the model investment portfolio to them after it initiates trading for the discretionary clients, or vice versa.
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Large Accounts/Higher Fee Strategies.
Large accounts typically generate more revenue than do smaller accounts and certain strategies have higher fees than others. As a result, a portfolio manager has an incentive when allocating investment opportunities to favor accounts that pay a higher fee or generate more income for QMA.
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Securities of the Same Kind or Class.
QMA sometimes buys or sells, or directs or recommends that a client buy or sell, securities of the same kind or class that are purchased or sold for another client, at prices that may be different.
Although such pricing differences could appear as preferences for one client over another, QMA’s trade execution in each case is driven by its consideration of a variety of factors as we seek the most advantageous terms reasonably attainable in the circumstances.
QMA may also, at any time, execute trades of securities of the same kind or class in one direction for an account and in the opposite direction for another account, or not trade in any other account. Opposite way trades are generally due to differences in investment strategy, portfolio composition or client direction.
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Conflicts Arising Out of Legal Restrictions.
QMA may be restricted by law, regulation, contract or other constraints as to how much, if any, of a particular security it may purchase or sell on behalf of a client, and as to the timing of such purchase or sale. Sometimes, these restrictions apply as a result of QMA’s relationship with Prudential Financial and its other affiliates. For example, QMA’s holdings of a security on behalf of its clients are required, under certain regulations, to be aggregated with the holdings of that security by other Prudential Financial affiliates. These holdings could, on an aggregate basis, exceed certain reporting or ownership thresholds. Prudential tracks these aggregate holdings and QMA may restrict purchases, sell existing investments, or otherwise restrict, forego or limit the exercise of rights to clients to avoid crossing such thresholds because of the potential consequences to QMA, Prudential, or QMA’s clients if such thresholds are exceeded. In addition, QMA could receive material, non-public information with respect to a particular issuer from an affiliate and, as a result, be unable to execute purchase or sale transactions in securities of that issuer for its clients. QMA is generally able to avoid receiving material, non-public information from its affiliates by maintaining information barriers to prevent the transfer of information between affiliates. QMA's trading of Prudential Financial common stock for its clients' portfolios also presents a conflict of interest and, consequently, QMA does so only when permitted by its clients.
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■ | The Fund may be prohibited from engaging in transactions with its affiliates even when such transactions may be beneficial for the Fund. Certain affiliated transactions are permitted in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund and reviewed by the independent board members of the Fund. |
■ | QMA performs asset allocation services as subadviser for affiliated mutual funds managed or co-managed by the Manager, including for some portfolios offered by the Funds. Where, in these arrangements, QMA also manages underlying funds or accounts within asset classes included in the mutual fund guidelines (as is the case with the Funds), QMA will allocate assets to such underlying funds, vehicles or accounts. In these circumstances, QMA receives both an asset allocation fee and a management fee. As a result, QMA has an incentive to allocate assets to an asset class or vehicle that it manages in order to increase its fees. To help mitigate this conflict, the compliance group reviews the asset allocation to determine that the investments were made within the guidelines established for each asset class or fund (including the Funds). |
■ | QMA’s affiliates can have an incentive to seek to influence QMA’s asset allocation decisions, for example to facilitate hedging or improve profit margins. Through training and the establishment of communication barriers, however, QMA seeks to avoid any influence by its affiliates and implements its asset allocation decisions solely in what QMA believes to be the best interests of the funds and in compliance with applicable guidelines. QMA also believes that it makes such allocations in a manner consistent with its fiduciary obligations. |
■ | In certain arrangements, QMA subadvises mutual funds for the Manager through a program where they have selected QMA as a manager, resulting in QMA’s collection of subadvisory fees from them. The Manager also selects managers for some of QMA’s asset allocation products and, in certain cases, is compensated by QMA for these services under service agreements. The Manager and QMA may have a mutual incentive to continue these types of arrangements that benefit both companies. These and other types of conflicts of interest are reviewed to verify that appropriate oversight is performed. |
■ | QMA, Prudential Financial, Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America (PICA) and other affiliates of QMA have financial interests in, or relationships with, companies whose securities QMA holds, purchases or sells in its client accounts. Certain of these interests and relationships are material to QMA or to the Prudential enterprise. At any time, these interests and relationships could be inconsistent or in potential or actual conflict with positions held or actions taken by QMA on behalf of its client accounts. For example, QMA invests in the securities of one or more clients for the accounts of other clients. QMA’s affiliates sell various products and/or services to certain companies whose securities QMA purchases and sells for its clients. QMA’s affiliates hold public and private debt and equity securities of a large number of issuers. QMA invests in some of the same issuers for its client accounts but at different levels in the capital structure. For instance, QMA may invest client assets in the equity of companies whose debt is held by an affiliate. Certain of QMA’s affiliates (as well as directors of QMA’s affiliates) are officers or directors of issuers in which QMA invests from time to time. These issuers may also be service providers to QMA or its affiliates. In general, conflicts related to the financial interests described above are addressed by the fact that QMA makes investment decisions for each client independently considering the best economic interests of such client. |
■ | Certain of QMA’s employees may offer and sell securities of, and interests in, commingled funds that QMA manages or subadvises. Employees may offer and sell securities in connection with their roles as registered representatives of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (a broker-dealer affiliate), or as officers, agents, or approved persons of other affiliates. There is an incentive for QMA’s employees to offer these securities to investors regardless of whether the investment is appropriate for such investor since increased assets in these vehicles will result in increased advisory fees to QMA. In addition, although sales commissions are not paid for such activities, such sales could result in increased compensation to the employee. To mitigate this conflict, QMA performs suitability checks on new clients as well as on an annual basis with respect to all clients. |
■ | A portion of the long-term incentive grant of some of QMA’s investment professionals will increase or decrease based on the performance of several of QMA’s strategies over defined time periods. Consequently, some of QMA’s portfolio managers from time to time have financial interests in the accounts they advise. To address potential conflicts related to these financial interests, QMA has |
procedures, including supervisory review procedures, designed to verify that each of its accounts is managed in a manner that is consistent with QMA’s fiduciary obligations, as well as with the account’s investment objectives, investment strategies and restrictions. Specifically, QMA’s chief investment officer will perform a comparison of trading costs between accounts in the strategies whose performance is considered in connection with the long-term incentive grant and other accounts, to verify that such costs are consistent with each other or otherwise in line with expectations. The results of the analysis are discussed at a meeting of QMA's Trade Management Oversight Committee. |
■ | QMA retains third party advisors and other service providers to provide various services for QMA as well as for funds that QMA manages or subadvises. A service provider may provide services to QMA or one of its funds while also providing services to PGIM, Inc. (PGIM) other PGIM-advised funds, or affiliates of PGIM, and may negotiate rates in the context of the overall relationship. QMA may benefit from negotiated fee rates offered to its funds and vice-versa. There is no assurance, however, that QMA will be able to obtain advantageous fee rates from a given provider negotiated by its affiliates based on their relationship with the service provider, or that it will know of such negotiated fee rates. |
■ | Occasionally, a conflict of interest may arise in connection with proxy voting. For example, the issuer of the securities being voted may also be a client or affiliate of QMA. When QMA identifies an actual or potential conflict of interest between QMA and its clients or affiliates, QMA votes in accordance with the policy of its proxy voting advisor rather than its own policy. In that manner, QMA seeks to maintain the independence and objectivity of the vote. |
Fees Paid to PMFS
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Amount
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$34,799 |
Payments Received by the Distributor:
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CLASS A DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $11,198 |
CLASS A CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $0 |
CLASS A INITIAL SALES CHARGES | $12,008 |
CLASS B DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $739 |
CLASS B CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $0 |
CLASS C DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $13,397 |
CLASS C CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $51 |
Amounts Spent by Distributor
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Share Class
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Printing and Mailing
Prospectuses to Other Than Current Shareholders |
Compensation to Broker/Dealers for
Commissions to Representatives and Other Expenses* |
Overhead Costs**
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Total Amount
Spent By Distributor |
CLASS A | $0 | $11,928 | $1,348 | $13,276 |
CLASS B | $0 | $179 | $6 | $185 |
CLASS C | $0 | $14,105 | $112 | $14,217 |
■ | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
■ | Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC |
■ | Prudential Retirement |
■ | Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. |
■ | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
■ | Raymond James Financial |
■ | National Financial Services |
■ | Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. |
■ | LPL Financial LLC |
■ | UBS |
■ | Edward Jones |
■ | Commonwealth Financial Network |
■ | Matrix Financial Group |
■ | Empower Retirement |
■ | Cetera Advisor Networks |
■ | Principal Securities Inc. |
■ | PNC |
■ | AIG Advisor Group |
■ | Voya Financial |
■ | ADP Broker Dealer, Inc. |
■ | John Hancock |
■ | American United Life Insurance Co. |
■ | Nationwide Investment Services Co. |
■ | TIAA |
■ | Massachusetts Mutual |
■ | Midatlantic Capital Group |
■ | Standard Insurance Company |
■ | Ascensus, LLC. |
■ | Northwestern Mutual |
■ | Securities America, Inc. |
■ | Talcott Resolution Life |
■ | Reliance Trust Company |
■ | Alight Solutions LLC |
■ | RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
■ | T. Rowe Price |
■ | Cambridge Investment Research |
■ | The Vanguard Group, Inc. |
■ | Sammons Retirement Solutions |
■ | Lincoln Financial Group |
■ | Valic Financial Advisors Inc. |
■ | Citigroup Inc. |
■ | Security Benefit |
■ | Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC |
■ | Newport Group, Inc. |
■ | Securities Service Network, LLC |
■ | KMS Financial Services Inc |
■ | Triad Advisors, LLC |
■ | Northern Trust |
■ | Investacorp |
Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund
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2020
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2019
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2018
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Total brokerage commissions paid by the Fund | $6,359 | $16,865 | $28,973 |
Total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | None | None | None |
Percentage of total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Percentage of the aggregate dollar amount of portfolio transactions involving the payment of commissions to affiliated brokers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Broker-Dealer Securities Holdings ($)
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Broker/Dealer Name
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Equity or Debt
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Amount
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None | None | None |
Portfolio Turnover Rate
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Fund name
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2020
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2019
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PGIM Real Assets Fund | 96% | 60% |
Control Persons (as of January 6, 2021)
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Fund Name
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Shareholder Name and Address
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No. of Shares
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% of Voting Securities
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PGIM REAL ASSETS |
PIMS/PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT
AS NOMINEE FOR THE TTEE/CUST PL 764 STIFEL FINANCIAL PROFIT ONE FINANCIAL PLZ 501 N BROADWAY ST LOUIS MO 63102 |
2,898,924.516 | 28.37% |
Control Persons (as of January 6, 2021)
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Fund Name
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Shareholder Name and Address
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No. of Shares
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% of Voting Securities
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PGIM REAL ASSETS |
PGIM STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS INC
ATTN KRISTEN PEDERSEN 655 BROAD ST 19TH FLOOR 08-19-24 NEWARK NJ 07102-4410 |
2,862,218.671 | 28.01% |
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability, |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
■ | A request for release of portfolio holdings shall be prepared setting forth a legitimate business purpose for such release which shall specify the Fund(s), the terms of such release, and frequency (e.g., level of detail, staleness). Such request shall address whether there are any conflicts of interest between the Fund and the investment adviser, subadviser, principal underwriter or any affiliated person thereof and how such conflicts shall be dealt with to demonstrate that the disclosure is in the best interest of the shareholders of the Fund(s). |
■ | The request shall be forwarded to PGIM Investments’ Product Development Group and to the Chief Compliance Officer or his delegate for review and approval. |
■ | A confidentiality agreement in the form approved by the Fund officer must be executed by the recipient of the portfolio holdings. |
■ | A Fund officer shall approve the release and the agreement. Copies of the release and agreement shall be sent to PGIM Investments’ Law Department. |
■ | Written notification of the approval shall be sent by such officer to PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group to arrange the release of portfolio holdings. |
■ | PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group shall arrange the release by the Custodian Bank. |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Broadridge and Glass, Lewis & Co. (proxy voting administrator/agents) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ISS (securities class action claims administrator) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to the Fund's subadviser(s), Custodian Bank, sub-custodian (if any) and accounting agents (which includes the Custodian Bank and any other accounting agent that may be appointed) at the end of each day. When the Fund has more than one subadviser, each subadviser receives holdings information only with respect to the “sleeve” or segment of the Fund for which the subadviser has responsibility; |
■ | Full holdings to the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm as soon as practicable following the Fund's fiscal year-end or on an as-needed basis; |
■ | Full holdings to the Fund’s counsel on an as-needed basis; |
■ | Full holdings to counsel of the Fund’s independent board members on an as-needed basis; and |
■ | Full holdings to financial printers as soon as practicable following the end of the Fund's quarterly, semi-annual and annual period-ends. |
■ | Fund trades on a quarterly basis to Abel/Noser Corp. (an agency-only broker and transaction cost analysis company) as soon as practicable following the Fund's fiscal quarter-end; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (investment research provider) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FT Interactive Data (a fair value information service) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a quarterly basis to Frank Russell Company (investment research provider) when made available; |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to Fidelity Advisors (wrap program provider) approximately five days after the end of each month (PGIM Jennison Growth Fund and certain other selected PGIM Funds only); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ICE (InterContinental Exchange), IHS Markit and Thompson Reuters (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Standard & Poor’s Corporation (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to FX Transparency (foreign exchange/transaction analysis) when made available. |
■ | Amortization schedule-the longer the final maturity relative to other maturities the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
■ | Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
Name and Principal Business Address
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Positions and Offices with Underwriter
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Positions and Offices with Registrant
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Adam Scaramella
(1)
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President | N/A | ||
Monica Oswald
(3)
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Executive Vice President | N/A | ||
Stuart S. Parker
(2)
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Executive Vice President |
Board Member and
President |
Name and Principal Business Address
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Positions and Offices with Underwriter
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Positions and Offices with Registrant
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Scott E. Benjamin
(2)
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Vice President |
Board Member and
Vice President |
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Francine Boucher
(1)
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Senior Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer and Secretary |
N/A | ||
Peter J. Boland
(2)
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Senior Vice President
and Chief Administrative Officer |
N/A | ||
John N. Christolini
(3)
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Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Compliance Officer | N/A | ||
Jaynthi K Gandhi
(2)
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Senior Vice President
and Chief Compliance Officer |
N/A | ||
Robert Smit
(2)
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Senior Vice President, Comptroller
and Chief Financial Officer |
N/A | ||
Hansjerg Schlenker
(2)
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Operations Officer |
N/A | ||
Lenore J Paoli
(3)
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Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer | N/A | ||
Peter Puzio
(3)
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Senior Vice President | N/A | ||
Kevin Chaillet
(1)
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Treasurer | N/A | ||
Charles Smith
(4)
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Vice President and Anti-Money
Laundering Officer |
Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer |
(1)
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213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102 |
(2)
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655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102 |
(3)
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280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103 |
(4)
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751 Broad Street, Newark NJ, 07102 |
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
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Stuart S. Parker, President |
Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
Ellen S. Alberding |
Trustee | |||
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Kevin J. Bannon |
Trustee | |||
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Scott E. Benjamin |
Trustee | |||
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Linda W. Bynoe |
Trustee | |||
*
Barry H. Evans |
Trustee | |||
*
Keith F. Hartstein |
Trustee | |||
*
Laurie Simon Hodrick |
Trustee | |||
*
Stuart S. Parker |
Trustee and President, Principal Executive Officer | |||
*
Brian K. Reid |
Trustee | |||
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Grace C. Torres |
Trustee | |||
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Christian J. Kelly |
Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | |||
*By: /s/ Patrick McGuinness
Patrick McGuinness |
Attorney-in-Fact | February 3, 2021 |
/s/ Ellen S. Alberding
Ellen S. Alberding |
/s/ Laurie Simon Hodrick
Laurie Simon Hodrick |
/s/ Kevin J. Bannon
Kevin J. Bannon |
/s/ Christian J. Kelly
Christian J. Kelly |
/s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Scott E. Benjamin |
/s/ Stuart S. Parker
Stuart S. Parker |
/s/ Linda W. Bynoe
Linda W. Bynoe |
/s/ Brian K. Reid
Brian K. Reid |
/s/ Barry H. Evans
Barry H. Evans |
/s/ Grace C. Torres
Grace C. Torres |
/s/ Keith F. Hartstein
Keith F. Hartstein |
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Dated: January 7, 2021 |
Item 28
Exhibit No. |
Description
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(d)(5)(iii) | Expense cap for PGIM Real Assets Fund. | |
(d)(16)(iii) | Expense cap for PGIM Global Dynamic Bond Fund. | |
(j)(1) | Consent of independent registered public accounting firm. | |
(j)(2) | Consent of independent registered public accounting firm. | |
(m)(6) | Rule 12b-1 fee waiver for Class A shares of PGIM Real Assets Fund. |
PGIM Investments LLC
655 Broad Street – 17th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102
December 1, 2020
The Board of Trustees
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
655 Broad Street—17th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Re: PGIM Real Assets Fund (the Fund)
To the Board of Trustees:
PGIM Investments LLC (PGIM Investments) has contractually agreed through February 28, 2022 to limit net annual operating expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses (exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder service fee, interest, dividend and interest expense on short sales (including acquired fund dividend and interest expense on short sales), brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses (including acquired fund taxes)), transfer agency expenses (including sub-transfer agency and networking fees), and extraordinary expenses) of each class of shares to 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Where applicable, PGIM Investments agrees to waive management fees or shared operating expenses on any share class to the same extent that it waives such expenses on any other share class. In addition, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for Class R6 shares will not exceed Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for Class Z shares. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by PGIM Investments may be recouped by PGIM Investments within the same fiscal year during which such waiver and/or reimbursement is made if such recoupment can be realized without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time of the recoupment for that fiscal year. This waiver may not be terminated prior to February 28, 2022 without the prior approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Separately, PGIM Investments has contractually agreed to waive any management fees it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fees paid by the Cayman Subsidiary. This waiver will remain in effect for as long as the Fund remains invested or intends to invest in the Cayman Subsidiary.
Very truly yours,
PGIM INVESTMENTS LLC
By:/s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Name:Scott E. Benjamin
Title:Executive Vice President
PGIM Investments LLC
655 Broad Street – 17th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102
December 1, 2020
The Board of Trustees
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
655 Broad Street—17th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Re: PGIM Global Dynamic Bond Fund (the Fund)
To the Board of Trustees:
PGIM Investments LLC (PGIM Investments) has contractually agreed, through February 28, 2022, to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements to 1.20% of average daily net assets for Class A shares, 1.95% of average daily net assets for Class C shares, 0.85% of average daily net assets for Class Z shares, and 0.80% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares. This contractual waiver excludes interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales. Where applicable, PGIM Investments agrees to waive management fees or shared operating expenses on any share class to the same extent that it waives such expenses on any other share class. In addition, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for Class R6 shares will not exceed Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for Class Z shares. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by PGIM Investments may be recouped by PGIM Investments within the same fiscal year during which such waiver and/or reimbursement is made if such recoupment can be realized without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time of the recoupment for that fiscal year. This waiver may not be terminated prior to February 28, 2022 without the prior approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Very truly yours,
PGIM INVESTMENTS LLC
By:/s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Name:Scott E. Benjamin
Title:Executive Vice President
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Prudential Investment Portfolios 3 of our report dated December 17, 2020, relating to the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial highlights, which appears in PGIM Real Assets Fund's Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the year ended October 31, 2020. We also consent to the references to us under the headings "Consolidated Financial Statements", "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" and "Consolidated Financial Highlights" in such Registration Statement.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
February 2, 2021
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Prudential Investment Portfolios 3 of our report dated December 17, 2020, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which appears in PGIM Global Dynamic Bond Fund's Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the year ended October 31, 2020. We also consent to the references to us under the headings "Financial Statements", "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" and "Financial Highlights" in such Registration Statement.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
February 2, 2021
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Trustees
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3:
We consent to the use of our reports dated December 19, 2019, with respect to the financial statements and financial highlights of PGIM Global Dynamic Bond Fund and PGIM Real Assets Fund, each a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 3, as of October 31, 2019, and for the respective years or periods presented therein, incorporated by reference herein. We also consent to the references to our firm under the headings “Financial Highlights” in the prospectuses and “Other Service Providers – Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and “Financial Statements” in the statements of additional information.
New York, New York
February 2, 2021
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
PGIM Real Assets Fund
Notice of Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver
Class A Shares
THIS NOTICE OF RULE 12B-1 FEE WAIVER is signed as of December 1, 2020, by PRUDENTIAL
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC (PIMS), the principal underwriter of PGIM Real Assets Fund (the Fund), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 3, an open-end management investment company (the RIC).
WHEREAS, PIMS desires to waive a portion of its distribution and shareholder services fees payable on Class A shares of the Fund (Rule 12b-1 fees); and
WHEREAS, PIMS understands and intends that the RIC 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 waivers by incurring lower Fund operating expenses than they would absent such waivers.
NOW, THEREFORE, PIMS hereby provides notice that it has agreed to limit the distribution and service (12b-1) fees incurred by Class A shares of the Fund to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A shares. This contractual waiver shall be effective from the date hereof until February 28, 2022.
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/ Scott E. Benjamin
Name: Scott E. Benjamin
Title: Vice President