Form 485BXT PRUDENTIAL JENNISON SMAL

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark, the State of New Jersey, on the 27^th day of November 2017.

PRUDENTIAL JENNISON SMALL COMPANY FUND, INC.

*Stuart S. Parker

Stuart S. Parker

President

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

POWER OF ATTORNEY
for the Prudential Fund Complex

The undersigned, Ellen S. Alberding, Kevin J. Bannon, Scott E. Benjamin, Linda W. Bynoe, Barry H. Evans, Keith F. Hartstein, Laurie Simon Hodrick, Michael S. Hyland, Stuart S. Parker, Richard A. Redeker, Stephen Stoneburn, and Grace C. Torres as directors/trustees of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, and M. Sadiq Peshimam, as treasurer and principal financial and accounting officer of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, hereby authorize Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Deborah A. Docs, Raymond A. O’Hara and Jonathan D. Shain, or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed for such registered investment company or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) and any and all supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and 5 for or on behalf of each registered investment company listed in Appendix A or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

APPENDIX A

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

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