PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 3 (Form: 485BPOS, Received: 12/15/2021 10:35:41)

Item 29. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with the Registrant.

The PGIM Real Assets Fund wholly owns and controls the PGIM Real Assets Subsidiary, Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Subsidiary’s financial statements will be included in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, as indicated in Item 30.

Item 30. Indemnification.

As permitted by Sections 17(h) and (i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), and pursuant to Del. Code Ann. title 12 sec. 3817, a Delaware business trust may provide in its governing instrument for the indemnification of its officers and trustees from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Article VII, Section 2 of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust (Exhibit (a)(1) to this registration statement) states that (1) Registrant shall indemnify any present trustee or officer to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability, and all expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he or she is involved by virtue of his or her service as a trustee, officer or both, and against any amount incurred in settlement thereof and (2) all persons extending credit to, contracting with or having any claim against Registrant shall look only to the assets of the appropriate Series (or if no Series has yet been established, only to the assets of Registrant). Indemnification will not be provided to a person adjudged by a court or other adjudicatory body to be liable to Registrant or its shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties (collectively “disabling conduct”). In the event of a settlement, no indemnification may be provided unless there has been a determination, as specified in the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, that the officer or trustee did not engage in disabling conduct. In addition, Article XI of Registrant’s By-Laws (Exhibit b to this registration statement) provides that any trustee, officer, employee or other agent of Registrant shall be indemnified by Registrant against all liabilities and expenses subject to certain limitations and exceptions contained in Article XI of the By-Laws. As permitted by Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act, pursuant to Section 10 of the Distribution Agreements (Exhibit (e)(1) to this registration statement), the Distributor of Registrant may be indemnified against liabilities which it may incur, except liabilities arising from bad faith, gross negligence, willful misfeasance or reckless disregard of duties.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), may be permitted to Trustees, officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1940 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a Trustee, officer, or controlling person of Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against Registrant by such Trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the shares being registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1940 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Registrant will purchase an insurance policy insuring its officers and Trustees against liabilities, and certain costs of defending claims against such officers and Trustees, to the extent such officers and Trustees are not found to have committed conduct constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard in the performance of their duties. The insurance policy also insures Registrant against the cost of indemnification payments to officers and Trustees under certain circumstances.

Section 8 of each Management Agreement (Exhibits (d)(1)(ii), (d)(3)(i), (d)(5)(ii), (d)(7)(ii), (d)(9)(ii), (d)(11)(ii) and (d)(13)(i) to this registration statement), Section 4 of the Sub-Management Agreement and Section 4 of each Subadvisory Agreement (Exhibits (d)(2)(ii), (d)(6)(iii), (d)(8), (d)(10)(ii), (d)(12)(ii) and (d)(14) to this registration statement) limit the liability of PGIM Investments LLC, PGIM, Inc., and Jennison, respectively, to liabilities arising from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of their respective duties or from reckless disregard by them of their respective obligations and duties under the agreements.

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Registrant hereby undertakes that it will apply the indemnification provisions of its By-Laws and the Distribution Agreement in a manner consistent with Release No. 11330 of the SEC under the 1940 Act so long as the interpretation of Section 17(h) and 17(i) of such Act remain in effect and are consistently applied.

Under Section 17(h) of the 1940 Act, it is the position of the staff of the SEC that if there is neither a court determination on the merits that the defendant is not liable nor a court determination that the defendant was not guilty of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of one’s office, no indemnification will be permitted unless an independent legal counsel (not including a counsel who does work for either Registrant, its investment adviser, its principal underwriter or persons affiliated with these persons) determines, based upon a review of the facts, that the person in question was not guilty of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.

Under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, Registrant may advance funds to provide for indemnification. Pursuant to the SEC staff’s position on Section 17(h), advances will be limited in the following respect:

(1) Any advances must be limited to amounts used, or to be used, for the preparation and/or presentation of a defense to the action (including cost connected with preparation of a settlement);

(2) Any advances must be accompanied by a written promise by, or on behalf of, the recipient to repay that amount of the advance which exceeds the amount to which it is ultimately determined that he is entitled to receive from Registrant by reason of indemnification;

(3) Such promise must be secured by a surety bond or other suitable insurance; and

(4) Such surety bond or other insurance must be paid for by the recipient of such advance.

Item 31. Business and other Connections of the Investment Adviser.

PGIM Investments LLC (PGIM Investments)

See the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.

The business and other connections of the officers of PGIM Investments are listed in Schedules A and D of Form ADV of PGIM Investments as currently on file with the Commission, the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference (File No. 801-31104).

Jennison Associates LLC (Jennison)

See the Prospectus constituting a portion of Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.

Information as to Jennison’s directors and executive officers is included in its Form ADV filed with the Commission (801-5608), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.

PGIM Limited

See the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.

Information as to PGIM Limited’s directors and executive officers is included in its Form ADV as currently on file with the Commission (File No. 801-73882), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.

PGIM, Inc. (PGIM)

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See the Prospectus constituting Part A of the Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.

The business and other connections of the directors and executive officers of PGIM, Inc. are included in Schedule A and D of Form ADV filed with the Commission (File No. 801-22808), the text of which is hereby incorporated reference.

PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC (formerly known as QMA LLC)

See the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.

Information as to PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC’s directors and executive officers is included in its Form ADV as currently on file with the Commission (File No. 801-62692), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.

PGIM Wadhwani LLP (PGIM Wadhwani)

See the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.

Information as to PGIM Wadhwani’s directors and executive officers is listed in Schedule A of Form ADV as currently on file with the Commission (File No. 801-96244), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 32. Principal Underwriters.

(a) Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS)

(a) Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS) is distributor for PGIM ETF Trust, Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc., The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, Prudential Investment Portfolios 3, Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14, Prudential Investment Portfolios 4, Prudential Investment Portfolios 5, Prudential Investment Portfolios 6, Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc., Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc., Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 7, Prudential Investment Portfolios 8, Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 9, Prudential World Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10, Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 12, Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15, Prudential Investment Portfolios 16, Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17, Prudential Investment Portfolios 18, Prudential Sector Funds, Inc. Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc., The Target Portfolio Trust, and The Prudential Series Fund.

PIMS is also distributor of the following other investment companies: Separate Accounts: Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc., The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-11, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-24, The Prudential Variable Contract GI-2, The Prudential Discovery Select Group Variable Contract Account, The Pruco Life Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account, The Pruco Life of New Jersey Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account, The Prudential Individual Variable Contract Account, The Prudential Qualified Individual Variable Contract Account and PRIAC Variable Contract Account A.

(b) The following table sets forth information regarding certain officers of PIMS. As a limited liability company, PIMS has no directors.

Name and Principal Business Address	Positions and Offices with Underwriter	Positions and Offices with Registrant
Adam Scaramella (1)	President	N/A
Monica Oswald (3)	Executive Vice President	N/A

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Name and Principal Business Address	Positions and Offices with Underwriter	Positions and Offices with Registrant
Stuart S. Parker (2)	Executive Vice President	Board Member and President
Scott E. Benjamin (2)	Vice President	Board Member and Vice President
Francine Boucher (1)	Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary	N/A
Peter J. Boland (2)	Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer	N/A
John N. Christolini (3)	Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Compliance Officer	N/A
Robert Smit (2)	Senior Vice President, Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer	N/A
Hansjerg Schlenker (2)	Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer	N/A
Lenore J Paoli (3)	Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer	N/A
Peter Puzio (3)	Senior Vice President	N/A
Kevin Chaillet (1)	Treasurer	N/A
Jonathan Corbett (4)	Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering Officer	Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

Principal Business Addresses:

(1)

213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

(2)

655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102

(3)

280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103

(4)

751 Broad Street, Newark NJ, 07102

Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.

All accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the Rules thereunder are maintained at the offices of BNY Mellon, 240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286, Jennison Associates LLC, 744 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC, Gateway Center Two, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, PGIM, Inc. 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, PGIM Limited, Grand Buildings, 1-3 Strand, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5HR, PGIM Wadhwani LLP, 9th Floor Orion House, 5 Upper Street Martin’s Lane, London WC2H 9EA, the Registrant, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, and Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS), 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.

Documents required by Rules 31a-1(b) (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) and 31a-1 (d) and (f) will be kept at 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, and the remaining accounts, books and other documents required by such other pertinent provisions of Section 31(a) and the Rules promulgated thereunder will be kept by BNY and PMFS.

Item 34. Management Services.

Other than as set forth under the captions “How the Fund is Managed-Manager” and “How the Fund is Managed-Distributor” in the Prospectus and the caption “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI, constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement, Registrant is not a party to any management-related service contract.

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Item 35. Undertakings.

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Newark, and State of New Jersey, on the 15th day of December, 2021.

Prudential Investment Portfolios 3

Stuart S. Parker, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
* Ellen S. Alberding	Trustee
* Kevin J. Bannon	Trustee
* Scott E. Benjamin	Trustee
* Linda W. Bynoe	Trustee
* Barry H. Evans	Trustee
* Keith F. Hartstein	Trustee
* Laurie Simon Hodrick	Trustee
* Stuart S. Parker	Trustee and President, Principal Executive Officer
* Brian K. Reid	Trustee
* Grace C. Torres	Trustee
* Christian J. Kelly	Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
*By: /s/ Diana Huffman Diana Huffman	Attorney-in-Fact	December 15, 2021

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
for the PGIM Fund Complex

The undersigned, directors/ trustees and/or officers of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, hereby authorize Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Diana Huffman, Melissa Gonzalez, Patrick McGuinness and Debra Rubano or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed for such registered investment company or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) and any and all supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and 5 for or on behalf of each registered investment company listed in Appendix A or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.


/s/ Ellen S. Alberding Ellen S. Alberding	/s/ 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

Dated: January 7, 2021

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APPENDIX A

Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc.
The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14
Prudential Investment Portfolios 4
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5
Prudential Investment Portfolios 6
Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 7
Prudential Investment Portfolios 8
Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 9
Prudential World Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10
Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 12
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15
Prudential Investment Portfolios 16
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17
Prudential Investment Portfolios 18
Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.
Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.
The Target Portfolio Trust
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10
PGIM ETF Trust
PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc.
PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc.
PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund

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Exhibit Index

Item 28 Exhibit No.	Description
(i)(11)	Opinion and consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP supporting tax matters and consequences to shareholders.

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December 10, 2021

Prudential Investment Portfolios 18

Prudential Investment Portfolios 3

655 Broad Street

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Re: Reorganization of PGIM Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund into

PGIM Jennison Focused Growth Fund

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Prudential Investment Portfolios 18, a Delaware statutory trust ("PIP 18"), on behalf of its segregated portfolio of assets ("series") PGIM Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund ("Target Fund"), and Prudential Investment Portfolios 3 ("PIP 3"), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of its series PGIM Jennison Focused Growth Fund ("Acquiring Fund"), have requested our opinion as to certain federal income tax consequences of the Acquiring Fund's proposed acquisition of the Target Fund pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization dated September 14, 2021 (the "Plan"). The Plan contemplates the Acquiring Fund's acquisition of all the assets of the Target Fund ("Assets") in exchange solely for shares in the Acquiring Fund ("Acquiring Fund Shares") and the Acquiring Fund's assumption of all liabilities of the Target Fund ("Assumed Liabilities"), followed by the Target Fund's distribution of those Acquiring Fund Shares pro rata to its shareholders in liquidation thereof (all the foregoing transactions being referred to herein collectively as the "Reorganization"). This opinion is being delivered pursuant to Section 8(h) of the Plan.

We have reviewed such documents and materials as we have considered necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion. In rendering this opinion, we have assumed that such documents as yet unexecuted will, when executed, conform in all material respects to the proposed forms of such documents that we have examined. In addition, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the capacity of each party executing a document to so execute that document, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies.

BRUSSELS CHICAGO FRANKFURT	HOUSTON	LONDON LOS ANGELES MILAN
NEW YORK PALO ALTO PARIS	ROME	SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON

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We have made inquiry as to the underlying facts that we considered to be relevant to the conclusions set forth in this letter. The opinions expressed in this letter are based upon certain factual statements relating to the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund set forth in the Combined Prospectus/Proxy Statement filed as part of PIP 3's registration statement on Form N-14 (the "Registration Statement") and representations made in letters from PIP 18 on behalf of the Target Fund and PIP 3 on behalf of the Acquiring Fund addressed to us for our use in rendering this opinion (the "Tax Representation Letters"). We have no reason to believe that these representations and facts are not valid, but we have not attempted to verify independently any of these representations and facts, and this opinion is based upon the assumption that each of them is accurate.

The conclusions expressed herein are based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, published rulings and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date of this letter.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion with respect to the Reorganization that for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

1.The transfer to the Acquiring Fund of all the Assets solely in exchange for Acquiring Fund Shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the Assumed Liabilities followed by the distribution by the Target Fund of Acquiring Fund Shares to the Target Fund shareholders in complete liquidation of the Target Fund, all pursuant to the Plan, will constitute a "reorganization" within the meaning of section 368(a) of the Code, and the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each be a "party to a reorganization" within the meaning of section 368(b) of the Code;

2.Under section 1032 of the Code, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt of all of the Assets solely in exchange for Acquiring Fund Shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the Assumed Liabilities;

3.Under sections 361 and 357(a) of the Code, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of the Assets to the Acquiring Fund solely in exchange for Acquiring Fund Shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the Assumed Liabilities or upon the distribution of Acquiring Fund Shares to the Target Fund shareholders in exchange for such shareholders' shares of the Target Fund in liquidation of the Target Fund;

4.Under section 354(a)(1) of the Code, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund shareholders upon the exchange of their Target Fund shares solely for Acquiring Fund Shares in the Reorganization;

5.Under section 358 of the Code, the aggregate basis of Acquiring Fund Shares received by each Target Fund shareholder pursuant to the Reorganization will be the same as the aggregate basis of the Target Fund shares exchanged therefor by such a shareholder;

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6.Under section 1223(1) of the Code, the holding period of Acquiring Fund Shares to be received by each Target Fund shareholder pursuant to the Reorganization will include the holding period of the Target Fund shares exchanged therefor, provided that such Target Fund shareholder held the Target Fund shares as capital assets at the time of the Reorganization;

7.Under section 362(b) of the Code, the basis of each Asset transferred to the Acquiring Fund in the Reorganization will be the same in the hands of the Acquiring Fund as the basis of such Asset in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer; and

8.Under section 1223(2) of the Code, the holding period of each of the Assets in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the holding period of each such Asset when held by the Target Fund (except to the extent that the investment activities of the Acquiring Fund reduce or eliminate such holding period).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this opinion does not address the tax consequences of the Reorganization to contracts or securities on which gain or loss is recognized upon the close of the taxable year or upon the transfer of an asset regardless of whether such transfer would otherwise be a non- recognition transaction under the Code.

Our opinion is based upon the accuracy of the certifications, representations and warranties and satisfaction of the covenants and obligations contained in the Plan, the Tax Representation Letters and in the various other documents related thereto. Our opinion may not be relied upon if any of such certifications, representations or warranties are not accurate to any material extent or if any of such covenants or obligations are not satisfied in all material respects. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Registration Statement and to the reference to us in the Combined Prospectus/Proxy Statement included as part of the Registration Statement.

Sincerely yours,