Form 485APOS PGIM ETF TRUST
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2026
Securities Act Registration No. 333-222469
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-23324
Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-23324
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 46 (X)
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 46 (X)
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 47 (X)
Check appropriate box or boxes
AMENDMENT NO. 47 (X)
Check appropriate box or boxes
PGIM ETF TRUST
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter
655 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code
1-800-225-1852
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
Andrew R. French
655 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and Address of Agent for Service
655 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and Address of Agent for Service
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
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X on September 1, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
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X on September 1, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
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Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 47 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Amendment) only relates only to the following series of the Registrant: PGIM Jennison
Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF and PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF.
The Amendment is not intended to amend the current prospectuses and statements of
additional information for the other series of the Registrant.
The information in this Preliminary Prospectus is not complete and may be changed.
We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective.
This Preliminary Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in
any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS — June 11, 2026
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Long-term capital appreciation.
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Ticker Symbol: XXXX
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Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) has not approved or disapproved the
Fund's shares, nor has the SEC determined
that this prospectus is complete or accurate.
It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.
Exchange-traded funds are distributed by
Prudential Investment Management Services
LLC, member SIPC. Jennison Associates
LLC is a registered investment adviser. Both
are Prudential Financial companies. © 2026
Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related
entities. Jennison Associates, Jennison, 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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FUND SUMMARY
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The investment objective of the Fund is long-term capital appreciation.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold
and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries,
which are not reflected in the table and example below. The management agreement between PGIM ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments”) (the “Management Agreement”) provides that PGIM Investments will pay all operating expenses of the Fund, except for certain expenses (which are not reflected in the
table and example below), including but not limited to, interest expenses, taxes, brokerage expenses, future Rule 12b-1 fees (if any), and acquired fund fees and expenses. For more information on the fee structure pertaining
to the Management Agreement please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of
the value of your investment)
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Management fee
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0.29%
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Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
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None
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Other expenses
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None
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Total annual Fund operating expenses
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0.29%
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Example. The following hypothetical example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing
in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. It assumes that you invest $10,000
in the Fund for the time periods indicated. It assumes a 5% return on your investment each year and that the
Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
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Number of Years You Own Shares
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1 Year
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3 Years
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$30
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$93
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities
(or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result
in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. The Fund is newly offered; therefore, it does
not have a turnover rate for the most recent fiscal year.
INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE
Principal Investment Strategies.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its investable assets
(net assets plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in equity and equity-related securities of small and
medium capitalization companies. The Fund’s investable assets will be less than its total assets to the extent that it has borrowed money for non-investment purposes, such as to meet anticipated redemptions. Any derivatives
instruments that provide investment exposure to the securities suggested by the Fund’s name, or facilitate the Fund’s investment in those securities by increasing or decreasing the Fund’s exposure to one or more risk factors associated with those securities, are counted (as applicable) toward compliance with the Fund’s 80% investment policy.
The subadviser seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation through investments
in equity and equity-related securities by integrating insights from the subadviser’s fundamental investment teams within a disciplined, risk-managed portfolio construction framework. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded
fund (“ETF”) and, thus, does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.
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The subadviser utilizes an investment process pursuant to which securities are identified
through proprietary fundamental research conducted by its analysts and selected by portfolio managers
based on factors such as growth potential, valuation, fundamental risks, and overall portfolio characteristics, with
position sizes generally reflecting the subadviser’s level of conviction in each investment.
The subadviser applies a quantitative portfolio construction process that seeks to
manage overall investment risk exposures and characteristics in order to manage liquidity considerations and maintain consistency with the Fund’s objective. Incorporating insight from the subadviser’s fundamental investment team, the subadviser aims to construct a portfolio with risk factor exposures managed relative to the Russell 2500 Index (the
“Index”). The Fund is not an index fund, and the issuers held in its portfolio may differ substantially from the companies
included in the Index.
The subadviser considers small and medium capitalization companies to be those with
market capitalizations less than the largest market capitalization found in the Index. The Fund may invest in issuers
of any market capitalization, subject to the Fund's 80% investment policy.
The equity and equity-related securities in which the Fund primarily invests include
common and preferred stock, non-convertible preferred stock, convertible securities, American Depositary Receipts
(“ADRs”), warrants, rights, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), and other similar instruments. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its investable
assets in foreign securities.
The Fund engages in active trading—that is, frequent trading of its securities—in order to take advantage of new investment opportunities. The Fund expects to be more heavily involved in active trading
during periods of market volatility seeking to preserve gains or limit losses.
Principal Risks. All investments have risks to some degree. The value of your investment in the Fund,
as well as the amount of return, if any, you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly
from day-to-day and over time.
You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may not
perform as well as other similar investments.
An investment in the Fund is not guaranteed to achieve its investment objective; is
not a deposit with a bank; and is not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
other government agency. The following is a summary description of principal risks of investing in the Fund.
The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular
risk factor.
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an Authorized Participant (as defined in “How to Buy and Sell Shares” in the Fund’s Prospectus) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of intermediaries that act as Authorized Participants and none of these
Authorized Participants is or will be obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that
these Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to or choose not to proceed with creation and/or redemption
orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant creates or redeems, shares of the Fund may trade
at a substantial discount or premium to net asset value (“NAV”), may trade at larger spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.
Blend Style Risk. The Fund's blend investment style may subject the Fund to risks of both value and
growth investing as the Fund's portfolio managers may invest in equity and equity related securities
from traditionally growth and value areas, as well as stocks exhibiting characteristics of both. The portion of the Fund's
portfolio that makes investments pursuant to a growth strategy may be subject to above-average fluctuations as a result
of seeking higher than average capital growth. The portion of the Fund's portfolio that makes investments pursuant
to a value strategy may be subject to the risk that the market may not recognize a security's intrinsic value for long
periods of time or at all, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued. Issuers
of value stocks may have experienced adverse business developments or may be subject to special risks that
have caused the stock to be out of favor. If the Fund’s assessment of market conditions or a company’s value is inaccurate, the Fund could suffer losses or
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produce poor performance relative to other funds. Historically, growth stocks have
performed best during later stages of economic expansion and value stocks have performed best during periods of economic
recovery. Therefore, both styles may over time go in and out of favor with the markets. At times when a style is out
of favor, that portion of the portfolio may lag the other portion of the portfolio, which may cause the Fund to underperform
the market in general, its benchmark and other similar funds. Growth and value stocks have historically produced
similar long-term results, though each category has periods when it outperforms the other.
Cash Transactions Risk. Unlike ETFs that engage almost exclusively in creations and redemptions in exchange
for a basket of portfolio securities (an “in-kind” transaction), the Fund may effect creations and redemptions in cash or partially in cash. Therefore, it may be required to sell portfolio securities and
subsequently recognize gains on such sales that the Fund might not have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities
in-kind. Investments in shares of the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that distributes
portfolio securities entirely in-kind.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk. Equity and equity-related securities may be subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. In addition to
an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. Different
parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
ETF Shares Trading Risk. Fund shares are listed for trading on an exchange (the “Exchange”) and the shares are bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of the
shares of the Fund are expected to fluctuate in response to changes in the Fund's NAV, the intraday value of the Fund's
holdings and supply and demand for shares of the Fund. During periods of stressed market conditions, the market for
the shares of the Fund may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund's
portfolio investments.
Disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of significant market volatility
or potential lack of an active trading market for the shares of the Fund (including through a trading halt), as well
as other factors, may result in the Fund's shares trading on the Exchange significantly above (at a premium) or below
(at a discount) to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund's holdings.
Cost of Buying or Selling Shares. When you buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker, you will likely incur
a brokerage commission or other charges imposed by brokers. In addition, the market
price of shares of the Fund, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid-ask spread” charged by the market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. The spread of the Fund's shares varies
over time based on the Fund's trading volume, the spread of the Fund's underlying securities, and market liquidity
and may increase if the Fund's trading volume or market liquidity decreases, or if the spread on the Fund's underlying
securities increases.
No Guarantee of Active Trading Market Risk. While shares of the Fund are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that active trading markets for the shares will develop or be maintained
by market makers or by Authorized Participants. The distributor of the Fund's shares does not maintain a secondary market
in the shares.
Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) may involve more risk than investing in securities of U.S. issuers.
Foreign political, economic and legal systems, especially those in developing and emerging market countries, may be less
stable and more volatile than in the United States. Foreign legal systems generally have fewer regulatory requirements
than the U.S. legal system, particularly those of emerging markets. In general, less information is publicly
available with respect to non-U.S. companies than U.S. companies. Non-U.S. companies generally are not subject
to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. Additionally, the
changing value of foreign currencies and changes in exchange rates could also affect the value of the assets
the Fund holds and the Fund's performance. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of
issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country,
due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater
volatility and price declines.
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In addition, the Fund's investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to the risks
of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation
of non-U.S. currency, confiscatory taxation and adverse diplomatic developments. Special U.S. tax considerations may
apply.
Liquidity Risk. The Fund may invest in instruments that trade in lower volumes and are more illiquid
than other investments. If the Fund is forced to sell these investments to pay redemption proceeds
or for other reasons, the Fund may lose money. In addition, when there is no willing buyer and investments cannot
be readily sold at the desired time or price, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell the
instrument at all. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from
being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.
Management Risk. Actively managed funds are subject to management risk. The subadviser will apply investment
techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but the
subadviser's judgments about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or
sector or about market movements may be incorrect. Additionally, the investments selected for the Fund may underperform
the markets in general, the Fund's benchmark and other funds with similar investment objectives.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks. Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors, including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff
arrangements, sanctions and cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as the Middle East, South America,
Eastern Europe, and Asia, terrorism, natural disasters and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of
COVID-19 globally).
Recent policy decisions of the U.S. government and governments of foreign countries
may increase geopolitical risks that could adversely affect the investment performance of the Fund. These policies
have the potential to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in
ways that could create uncertainty and instability in domestic and global markets. Actions taken by the U.S. government
and governments of foreign countries in respect of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased
costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign investment, and instability in regions
where the Fund invests.
The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be
predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Fund. These and other similar events
could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced
liquidity in the securities markets, significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and
commodities and/or government intervention. They may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the
United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with
significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain
securities held by the Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued at zero.
Market Risk. Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of your investment
in the Fund will decline.
New/Small Fund Risk. The Fund recently commenced operations and has a limited operating history. As a
new and relatively small fund, the Fund's performance may not represent how the Fund is expected
to or may perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies.
Investment positions may have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on performance in new and smaller
funds. New and smaller funds may also require a period of time before they are invested in securities that meet
their investment objectives and policies and achieve a representative portfolio composition. Since the Fund is new,
an active secondary market for the shares of the Fund may not develop or may not continue once developed. Shareholders
holding large blocks of shares of the Fund, including the Manager and its affiliates, may hold their shares for long
periods of time, which may lead to reduced trading volumes, wider trading spreads and impede the development or maintenance
of an active secondary
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trading market for Fund shares. These large shareholders may also loan or sell all
or a portion of their Fund shares, which may result in increasing concentration of Fund shares in a small number of holders,
and the potential for large redemptions, decreases in Fund assets and increased expenses for remaining shareholders.
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading leading to an increased portfolio
turnover rate. Under certain market conditions, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher than that of other funds. Portfolio turnover generally involves some expense to the Fund, including brokerage
commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestment in other securities.
These transactions may result in realization of taxable capital gains. The trading costs and tax effects associated
with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s investment performance.
Small and Medium Capitalization Risk. Small and medium capitalization companies usually offer a smaller range of products and services than larger companies. Smaller companies may also have limited
financial resources and may lack management expertise. As a result, their prices may fluctuate more than the stocks
of larger, more established companies. Historically, small and medium capitalization companies have sometimes
gone through extended periods when they did not perform as well as larger companies. Small and medium capitalization
companies generally are less liquid than larger companies, which may make such investments more difficult to sell
at the time and price that the Fund would like.
Quantitative Model Risk. The Fund may use quantitative models as part of its investment process. Securities
or other investments selected using quantitative methods may perform differently from the market
as a whole or from their expected performance for many reasons, including factors used in building the quantitative
analytical framework, the weights placed on each factor, and changing sources of market returns. There can be
no assurance that these methodologies will produce the desired results or enable the Fund to achieve its objective.
A given model may be more effective with certain instruments or strategies than others, and there can be no
assurance that any model can identify and incorporate all factors that will affect an investment’s price or performance. When models prove to be incorrect or incomplete, including because data is stale, missing or unavailable, any decisions
made in reliance thereon expose the Fund to potential risks. Models rely on correct data inputs. If incorrect data is
entered into even a well-founded model, the resulting information will be incorrect.
Performance. The Fund has not been in operation for a full calendar year, and hence has no past
performance data to present. Once the Fund has a performance record of at least one calendar year, the Fund’s performance will be included in its Prospectus. Updated Fund performance information, including current
net asset value, is available online at www.pgim.com/investments.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day
management of the Fund.
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Investment Manager
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Subadvisers
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Portfolio Managers
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Service Date
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PGIM Investments LLC
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Jennison Associates LLC
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Jason T. McManus
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Managing Director
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[August 2026]
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Adam L. Friedman
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Managing Director
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[August 2026]
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Brian A. Porpora
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Managing Director
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[August 2026]
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BUYING AND SELLING FUND SHARES
Individual shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions
through brokers or other financial intermediaries at market prices and are not individually redeemable
by the ETF. Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on the Exchange, and because the shares of the Fund trade at market
prices rather than NAV, shares of the Fund may trade at a price greater than NAV (a “premium”) or less than NAV (a “discount”). You may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay
to purchase shares of the Fund (“bid”) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (“ask”) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”).
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TAX INFORMATION
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes. The Fund's dividends and distributions are taxable and will be taxed as ordinary
income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a traditional 401(k) plan or a traditional individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may
be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.
PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary
(such as a bank), PGIM or other related companies may pay the intermediary for marketing activities and presentations,
educational training programs, conferences, the development of technology platforms and reporting systems
or other services related to the sale or promotion of the Fund. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.
Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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MORE ABOUT THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL AND NON-PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, INVESTMENTS AND RISKS
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS
The investment objective of the Fund is long-term capital appreciation.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its investable assets
(net assets plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in equity and equity-related securities of small and
medium capitalization companies. The Fund’s investable assets will be less than its total assets to the extent that it has borrowed money for non-investment purposes, such as to meet anticipated redemptions. Any derivatives
instruments that provide investment exposure to the securities suggested by the Fund’s name, or facilitate the Fund’s investment in those securities by increasing or decreasing the Fund’s exposure to one or more risk factors associated with those securities, are counted (as applicable) toward compliance with the Fund’s 80% investment policy.
The subadviser seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation through investments
in equity and equity-related securities by integrating insights from the subadviser’s fundamental investment teams within a disciplined, risk-managed portfolio construction framework. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded
fund (“ETF”) and, thus, does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.
The subadviser utilizes an investment process pursuant to which securities are identified
through proprietary fundamental research conducted by its analysts and selected by portfolio managers
based on factors such as growth potential, valuation, fundamental risks, and overall portfolio characteristics, with
position sizes generally reflecting the subadviser’s level of conviction in each investment.
The subadviser applies a quantitative portfolio construction process that seeks to
manage overall investment risk exposures and characteristics in order to manage liquidity considerations and maintain consistency with the Fund’s objective. Incorporating insight from the subadviser’s fundamental investment team, the subadviser aims to construct a portfolio with risk factor exposures managed relative to the Russell 2500 Index (the
“Index”). The Fund is not an index fund, and the issuers held in its portfolio may differ substantially from the companies
included in the Index.
The subadviser considers small and medium capitalization companies to be those with
market capitalizations less than the largest market capitalization found in the Index. The Fund may invest in issuers
of any market capitalization, subject to the Fund's 80% investment policy.
The equity and equity-related securities in which the Fund primarily invests include
common and preferred stock, non-convertible preferred stock, convertible securities, American Depositary Receipts
(“ADRs”), warrants, rights, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), and other similar instruments. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its investable
assets in foreign securities.
The Fund engages in active trading—that is, frequent trading of its securities—in order to take advantage of new investment opportunities. The Fund expects to be more heavily involved in active trading
during periods of market volatility seeking to preserve gains or limit losses.
The Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy. The Board of Trustees can change investment policies of the Fund that are not fundamental without shareholder approval. The Fund's policy
of investing at least 80% of its investable assets in the type of investments suggested by the Fund's name is not a
fundamental investment policy and may be changed by the Board of Trustees on 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Convertible Securities
The Fund may invest in convertible securities, which include convertible preferred
stocks and debt securities of a corporation that may be converted into underlying shares of common stock either because
they have warrants attached or otherwise permit the holder to buy common stock of the corporation at a set price.
Convertible securities provide an
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income stream (usually lower than non-convertible bonds) and give investors opportunities
to participate in the capital appreciation of the underlying common stock. Convertible securities typically offer
greater potential for appreciation than non-convertible debt securities.
Preferred Securities
Preferred securities, like common stock or other equity securities, represent an equity
ownership in an issuer. Generally, preferred securities have a priority of claim over common stock or other
equity securities in dividend payments and upon liquidation of the issuer. Unlike common stock or other equity securities,
preferred securities do not usually have voting rights. Although they are equity securities, preferred securities
have characteristics of both debt and common stock or other equity securities. Like debt, their promised income is contractually
fixed. Like common stock or other equity securities, they do not have rights to participate in bankruptcy
proceedings or collection activities in the event of missed payments.
Warrants and Rights
Warrants and rights are securities permitting, but not obligating, the warrant holder
to subscribe for other securities. Buying a warrant does not make the Fund a shareholder of the underlying stock. The
warrant holder has no right to dividends or votes on the underlying stock.
Money Market Instruments
The Fund may hold cash and/or invest in money market instruments, including commercial
paper of a U.S. or non-U.S. company, non-U.S. government securities, certificates of deposit, bankers'
acceptances, time deposits of domestic and non-U.S. banks, and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government
or its agencies or instrumentalities. These obligations may be U.S. dollar-denominated or denominated
in a non-U.S. currency. Money market instruments typically have a maturity of one year or less as measured from
the date of purchase.
Short Sales
The Fund may make short sales of a security. This means that the Fund may sell a security
that it does not own, which it may do, for example, when the subadviser thinks the value of the security will
decline. The Fund generally borrows the security to deliver to the buyers in a short sale. The Fund must then replace
the borrowed security by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. The Fund may make short sales “against the box.” In a short sale against the box, at the time of sale, the Fund owns or has the right to acquire the
identical security at no additional cost through conversion or exchange of other securities it owns.
Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, where a party agrees to sell a security
to the Fund and then repurchases it at an agreed-upon price at a stated time. This creates a fixed return
for the Fund, and is, in effect, a loan by the Fund. Repurchase agreements are used for cash management purposes only.
Real Estate Investment Trusts
The Fund may invest in the equity securities of real estate investment trusts known
as REITs. REITs are like corporations, except that they do not pay income taxes if they meet certain Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) requirements. However, while REITs themselves do not pay income taxes, the distributions
they make to investors are taxable. REITs invest primarily in real estate and distribute almost all of their income—most of which comes from rents, mortgages and gains on sales of property—to shareholders.
Investments in Affiliated and Unaffiliated Funds
The Fund may invest its assets in affiliated or unaffiliated funds, including ETFs.
Such an investment could also allow the Fund to obtain the benefits of a more diversified portfolio than might otherwise
be available through direct investments in those asset classes, and will subject the Fund to the risks associated
with the particular asset class. The investment results of the portions of the Fund’s assets invested in the other funds will be based on the investment results of the other funds. As a shareholder in other funds, the Fund will pay its
proportional share of the expenses of
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the other funds. The Fund can invest its free cash balances in short-term bond funds
and/or money market funds to obtain income on short-term cash balances while awaiting attractive investment opportunities,
to provide liquidity in preparation for anticipated redemptions or for defensive purposes.
To the extent the Fund invests in certain affiliated short-term bond funds and certain
affiliated money market funds, such affiliated funds do not pay a management fee to the investment manager, although
the investment manager receives reimbursement for its expenses. Thus, shareholders of the Fund are not paying
management fees for both the Fund and such affiliated funds.
To the extent the Fund serves as an underlying investment for other registered funds,
the Fund may be prohibited from investing in certain registered funds and private funds.
Temporary Defensive Investments
In response to adverse market, economic or political conditions, the Fund may take
a temporary defensive position and invest up to 100% of its investable assets in money market instruments, including
short-term obligations of, or securities guaranteed by, the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities,
or in high-quality obligations of U.S. or non-U.S. banks and corporations, and may hold up to 100% of its investable assets
in cash or cash equivalents. Although the subadviser has the ability to take defensive positions, it may choose
not to do so for a variety of reasons, even during volatile market conditions. Investing heavily in these securities is inconsistent
with and limits the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective, but may help to preserve the Fund's assets.
Securities Lending
Consistent with applicable regulatory requirements, the Fund may lend portfolio securities
with a value up to 33 1∕3% of its total assets to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations to earn additional
income. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by cash.
Other Investments
In addition to the strategies and securities discussed above, the Fund may use other
strategies or invest in other types of securities as described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The Fund might not use all of the strategies or invest in all of the types of securities as described in the Prospectus
or in the SAI.
The tables below summarize the investment limits applicable to the Fund’s principal investment strategies and certain non-principal investment strategies.
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Principal Strategies: Investment Limits
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■Equity and Equity-Related Securities of Small and Medium Capitalization Companies:
At least 80% of investable assets
under normal circumstances
■Foreign Securities: Up to 20% of investable assets
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Certain Non-Principal Strategies: Investment Limits
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■Money Market Instruments: Up to 100% of investable assets on a temporary basis
■Short Sales: Up to 25% of investable assets (short sales “against-the-box” are not subject to these limits)
■Illiquid Investments: Up to 15% of net assets
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RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular
risk factor.
AI Technologies Development Risk. Artificial intelligence, including machine learning technology and generative artificial
intelligence (collectively, “artificial intelligence”), is rapidly evolving. While the full extent of current or future risks related thereto is not possible to predict, artificial intelligence could significantly
disrupt the business models and markets in which the Fund invests and subject the Fund or issuers in which it invests
to increased competition, legal and regulatory risks and compliance costs, any of which could have a material adverse
effect on the Fund or the business, financial condition and results of operations of the issuers in which it invests. The Fund, the Fund’s Manager, Subadviser(s), distributor, and other service providers, or the issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests may utilize artificial intelligence technologies in business operations. It is possible that the
information provided through the use of
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artificial intelligence could be insufficient, incomplete, inaccurate or biased, or
constitute infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, leading to adverse effects for the Fund, including,
potentially, operational errors, cybersecurity vulnerabilities and investment losses. Moreover, technological developments
in, and the increasingly widespread use of, artificial intelligence technologies may pose risks to the Manager
and the Fund. For instance, the Fund may also be exposed to competitive risks related to the adoption of artificial
intelligence or other new technologies by others within the industry. In addition, investments in technology systems and
artificial intelligence by the Manager may not deliver the benefits the Fund expects. The economy may be significantly impacted
by the advanced development and increased regulation of artificial intelligence technologies. As artificial
intelligence technologies are used more widely, the profitability and growth of the Fund’s holdings may be impacted, which could significantly impact the overall performance of the Fund. The legal and regulatory frameworks within which
artificial intelligence technologies operate continue to rapidly evolve, and it is not possible to predict
the full extent of current or future risks related thereto.
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an Authorized Participant (as defined in “How to Buy and Sell Shares” in the Fund's Prospectus) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly
with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of intermediaries that act as Authorized Participants and none of these
Authorized Participants is or will be obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that
these Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to or choose not to proceed with creation and/or redemption
orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant creates or redeems, shares of the Fund may trade
at a substantial discount or premium to net asset value (“NAV”), may trade at larger spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.
The Fund may experience losses to the extent an Authorized Participant fails to deliver
securities or other assets to the Fund when engaging in creation or redemption transactions, or otherwise breaches its
obligations to the Fund, if the Fund is unable to enforce its rights under the Fund’s agreement with the Authorized Participant.
Blend Style Risk. The Fund's blend investment style may subject the Fund to risks of both value and
growth investing as the Fund's portfolio managers may invest in equity and equity related securities
from traditionally growth and value areas, as well as stocks exhibiting characteristics of both. The portion of the Fund's
portfolio that makes investments pursuant to a growth strategy may be subject to above-average fluctuations as a result
of seeking higher than average capital growth. The portion of the Fund's portfolio that makes investments pursuant
to a value strategy may be subject to the risk that the market may not recognize a security's intrinsic value for long
periods of time or at all, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued. Issuers
of value stocks may have experienced adverse business developments or may be subject to special risks that
have caused the stock to be out of favor. If the Fund’s assessment of market conditions or a company’s value is inaccurate, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. Historically, growth stocks have
performed best during later stages of economic expansion and value stocks have performed best during periods of economic
recovery. Therefore, both styles may over time go in and out of favor with the markets. At times when a style is out
of favor, that portion of the portfolio may lag the other portion of the portfolio, which may cause the Fund to underperform
the market in general, its benchmark and other similar funds. Growth and value stocks have historically produced
similar long-term results, though each category has periods when it outperforms the other.
Cash Management and Defensive Investing Risk. The value of the investments held by the Fund for cash management or defensive investing purposes can fluctuate. Like other fixed income securities,
they are subject to risk, including market, interest rate and credit risk. If the Fund holds cash uninvested, it will
be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash. If the Fund holds cash uninvested, the Fund
will not earn income on the cash. If a significant amount of the Fund's assets are used for cash management or defensive
investing purposes, it may not achieve its investment objective.
Cash Transactions Risk. Unlike ETFs that engage almost exclusively in creations and redemptions in exchange
for a basket of portfolio securities (an “in-kind” transaction), the Fund may effect its creations and redemptions in cash or partially in cash. To the extent the Fund engages primarily in cash creation or redemption
transactions, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in ETFs that transact primarily
or solely in-kind. Many ETFs generally make in-kind redemptions and avoid realizing gains in connection with transactions
designed to raise cash to
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meet redemption requests. If the Fund effects a portion of redemptions for cash, it
may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds, which
involves transaction costs. If the Fund recognizes gain on these sales, this generally will cause the Fund to recognize
gain it might not otherwise have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind, or to recognize
such gain sooner than would otherwise be required. The Fund generally intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to
avoid being taxed on this gain at the Fund level and otherwise comply with the special tax rules that apply to it. This
strategy may cause shareholders to be subject to tax on gains they would not otherwise be subject to, or at an earlier date
than, if they had made an investment in a different ETF.
Convertible Securities Risk. The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security;
that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls.
In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends
when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of
the issuer's creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted,
a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the underlying
common stock.
Credit Risk. This is the risk that the issuer, the guarantor, or the insurer of a fixed income
security, or the counterparty to a contract may be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and interest payments
or to otherwise honor its obligations. Additionally, fixed income securities could lose value due to a loss
of confidence in the ability of the issuer, guarantor, insurer, or counterparty to pay back debt. The lower the credit quality
of a bond, the more sensitive it is to credit risk.
Cyber Security Risk. Failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the Fund's manager, subadviser,
distributor, and other service providers, or the issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business operations, potentially resulting
in financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders. While the Fund has established business continuity plans and
risk management systems seeking to address system breaches or failures, there are inherent limitations in such plans
and systems. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems of the Fund's service providers
or issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. In addition, the rapid development and increasingly widespread
use of artificial intelligence, including machine learning technology and generative artificial intelligence, could
exacerbate these risks or result in cyber security incidents that implicate personal data.
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives involve special risks and costs and may result in losses to the Fund.
The successful use of derivatives requires sophisticated management, and, to the extent that derivatives
are used, the Fund will depend on its subadviser’s ability to analyze and manage derivatives transactions. The prices of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in abnormal market conditions. Some derivatives are “leveraged” or may create economic leverage for the Fund and therefore may magnify or otherwise increase investment losses to the
Fund. The Fund's use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders.
Other risks arise from the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions.
A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivatives positions. In fact, many over-the-counter
derivative instruments will not have liquidity beyond the counterparty to the instrument. Over-the-counter derivative instruments
also involve the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations to the Fund. The use of derivatives
also exposes the Fund to operational issues, such as documentation and settlement issues, systems failures, inadequate
control and human error.
Derivatives may also involve legal risks, such as insufficient documentation, the
lack of capacity or authority of a counterparty to execute or settle a transaction, and the legality and enforceability
of derivatives contracts. The U.S. Government and foreign governments have adopted (and may adopt further) regulations
governing derivatives markets, including mandatory clearing of certain derivatives, margin and reporting
requirements and risk exposure limitations. Regulation of derivatives may make derivatives more costly, limit their
availability or utility to the Fund, or otherwise adversely affect their performance or disrupt markets.
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Economic and Market Events Risk. Events in the U.S. and global financial markets, including actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth
or the functioning of the securities markets, or otherwise reduce inflation, may at times result in unusually
high market volatility, which could negatively impact performance. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative
effects on the level of economic activity. Relatively reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets
could adversely affect issuers worldwide.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk. Equity and equity-related securities may be subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. In addition to
an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. Different
parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
ETF Shares Trading Risk. Fund shares are listed for trading on an exchange (the “Exchange”) and the shares are bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of the
shares of the Fund are expected to fluctuate in response to changes in the Fund’s NAV, the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings and supply and demand for shares of the Fund. We cannot predict whether shares of the Fund will trade above,
below or at their NAV. Trading on the Exchange, including trading of Fund shares, may be halted in certain circumstances
and shareholders may not be able to sell Fund shares at the time or price desired. During periods of stressed
market conditions, the market for the shares of the Fund may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund’s portfolio investments. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Fund’s shares could lead to differences between the market price of the Fund’s shares and the NAV of those shares. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange to maintain the listing of shares of the Fund will continue to be met.
At times, trading in the securities of ETFs has become volatile and unpredictable and the price of ETF shares has diverged
from market driven fundamentals.
Disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of significant market volatility
or potential lack of an active trading market for the shares of the Fund (including through a trading halt or operational
error), as well as other factors, may result in the Fund’s shares trading on the Exchange significantly above (at a premium) or below (at a discount) to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings. Premiums and discounts relate to differences between the market price and NAV of the Fund’s shares. During such periods, you may incur significant losses if you sell your shares of the Fund.
The securities held by the Fund may be traded in markets that close at a different
time than the Exchange and may trade outside of a collateralized settlement system. Liquidity in those securities
may be reduced after the applicable closing times. Accordingly, during the time when the Exchange is open but after the
applicable market closing, fixing or settlement times, bid-ask spreads for the Fund’s shares on the Exchange and the corresponding premium or discount between the market price for Fund shares and their NAV may widen. Additionally, during
times when the Exchange is open but after the applicable market is closed, there may be changes between the last
quote from the closed foreign market and the value of such security during the Fund’s trading day on the Exchange and this may lead to differences between the market price of the Fund’s shares and the underlying value of those shares.
Cost of Buying or Selling Shares. When you buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker, you will likely incur a
brokerage commission or other charges imposed by brokers. In addition, the market
price of shares of the Fund, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid-ask spread” charged by the market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. The spread of the Fund’s shares varies over time based on the Fund’s trading volume, the spread of the Fund’s underlying securities, and market liquidity and may increase if the Fund’s trading volume, the spread of the Fund’s underlying securities, or market liquidity decreases. In times of severe market disruption, including when trading of the Fund’s holdings may be halted, the bid-ask spread may increase significantly. This means that the shares may trade at a discount to the Fund’s NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest during significant market volatility.
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No Guarantee of Active Trading Market Risk. While shares of the Fund are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that active trading markets for the shares will develop or be maintained
by market makers or by Authorized Participants. The distributor of the Fund’s shares does not maintain a secondary market in the shares. Further, secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads
and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and Authorized Participants
may step away from making a market in the shares and in executing creation and redemption orders, which could
cause a material deviation in the Fund’s market price from its net asset value.
Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) may involve more risk than investing in securities of U.S. issuers.
Foreign political, economic and legal systems, especially those in developing and emerging market countries, may be less
stable and more volatile than in the United States. Foreign legal systems generally have fewer regulatory requirements
than the U.S. legal system, particularly those of emerging markets. In general, less information is publicly
available with respect to non-U.S. companies than U.S. companies. Non-U.S. companies generally are not subject
to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. Additionally, the
changing value of foreign currencies and changes in exchange rates could also affect the value of the assets
the Fund holds and the Fund's performance. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of
issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country,
due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater
volatility and price declines.
In addition, the Fund's investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to the risks
of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation
of non-U.S. currency, confiscatory taxation and adverse diplomatic developments. Special U.S. tax considerations may
apply.
Initial Public Offerings Risk. The volume of IPOs and the levels at which the newly issued stocks trade in the secondary
market are affected by the performance of the stock market overall. If IPOs are brought
to the market, availability may be limited and if the Fund desires to acquire shares in such an offering, it may not
be able to buy any shares at the offering price, or if it is able to buy shares, it may not be able to buy as many
shares at the offering price as it would like. The prices of securities involved in IPOs are often subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than more established stocks. Such unpredictability can have a dramatic impact on the Fund's
performance (higher or lower) and any assumptions by investors based on the affected performance may be unwarranted.
In addition, as Fund assets grow, the impact of IPO investments on performance will decline, which could
reduce total returns.
Large Capitalization Company Risk. Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market
and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies
with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund's value may
not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations.
Large Shareholder and Large Scale Redemption Risk. Certain individuals, accounts, funds (including funds affiliated with the Manager) or institutions, including the Manager and its affiliates, may from time
to time own or control a substantial amount of the Fund’s shares. There is no requirement that these entities maintain their investment in the Fund. Certain of these entities may use predetermined, nondiscretionary mathematical formulas in
their investment process that may result in large-scale asset flows into and out of the Fund. These shareholders may
also pledge or loan Fund shares (to secure financing or otherwise), which may result in the shares becoming concentrated
in another party. There is a risk that such large shareholders or that the Fund’s shareholders generally may redeem all or a substantial portion of their investments in the Fund in a short period of time, which could have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s NAV, liquidity, and brokerage costs. Such redemptions may cause the Fund to have to sell
securities at inopportune times or prices. These transactions may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and increase transaction costs. In addition, large redemption requests may exceed the cash balance of the Fund and result in credit
line borrowing fees and/or overdraft charges to the Fund until the sales of portfolio securities necessary to
cover the redemption request settle. To the extent a large shareholder in the Fund is an entity subject to domestic and/or
international regulations governing banking, insurance, or other financial institutions, changes in those regulations (e.g., capital requirements)
or in the shareholder’s financial status may cause or require the shareholder to redeem its investment in the Fund when it
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otherwise would not choose to redeem that investment. It is also possible that a significant
redemption could make it more difficult for the Fund to implement its investment strategy. Large redemptions
could also result in tax consequences to shareholders. The Fund’s ability to pursue its investment objective after one or more large scale redemptions may be impaired and, as a result, the Fund may invest a larger portion
of its assets in cash or cash equivalents.
Liquidity Risk. The Fund may invest in instruments that trade in lower volumes and are more illiquid
than other investments. If the Fund is forced to sell these investments to pay redemption proceeds
or for other reasons, the Fund may lose money. In addition, when there is no willing buyer and investments cannot
be readily sold at the desired time or price, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell the
instrument at all. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from
being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.
Management Risk. Actively managed funds are subject to management risk. The subadviser will apply investment
techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but the
subadviser's judgments about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or
sector or about market movements may be incorrect. Additionally, the investments selected for the Fund may underperform
the markets in general, the Fund's benchmark and other funds with similar investment objectives.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks. Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors, including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff
arrangements, sanctions and cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as the Middle East, South America,
Eastern Europe, and Asia, terrorism, natural disasters and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of
COVID-19 globally).
Recent policy decisions of the U.S. government and governments of foreign countries
may increase geopolitical risks that could adversely affect the investment performance of the Fund. These policies
have the potential to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in
ways that could create uncertainty and instability in domestic and global markets. Actions taken by the U.S. government
and governments of foreign countries in respect of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased
costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign investment, and instability in regions
where the Fund invests.
The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be
predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Fund. These and other similar events
could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced
liquidity in the securities markets, significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and
commodities and/or government intervention. They may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the
United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with
significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain
securities held by the Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued at zero.
Market Risk. Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of your investment
in the Fund will decline.
Money Market Instruments Risk. The value of money market instruments may be affected by changing interest rates and by changes in the credit ratings of those instruments. If a significant amount
of the Fund's assets are invested in money market instruments, it will be more difficult for the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
New/Small Fund Risk. The Fund recently commenced operations and has a limited operating history. As a
new and relatively small fund, the Fund's performance may not represent how the Fund is expected
to or may perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies.
Investment positions may
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have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on performance in new and smaller
funds. New and smaller funds may also require a period of time before they are invested in securities that meet
their investment objectives and policies and achieve a representative portfolio composition. Fund performance may
be lower or higher during this “ramp-up” period, and may also be more volatile, than would be the case after the Fund is fully
invested. Similarly, a new or smaller fund's investment strategy may require a longer period of time to show
returns that are representative of the strategy. New funds have limited performance histories for investors to evaluate
and new and smaller funds may not attract sufficient assets to achieve investment and trading efficiencies. If the
Fund were to fail to successfully implement its investment strategies or achieve its investment objective, performance
may be negatively impacted, and any resulting liquidation could create negative transaction costs for the Fund and
tax consequences for investors. Since the Fund is new, an active secondary market for the shares of the Fund may not develop
or may not continue once developed. Shareholders holding large blocks of shares of the Fund, including the
Manager and its affiliates, may hold their shares for long periods of time, which may lead to reduced trading volumes,
wider trading spreads and impede the development or maintenance of an active secondary trading market for Fund shares.
These large shareholders may also loan or sell all or a portion of their Fund shares, which may result in increasing
concentration of Fund shares in a small number of holders, and the potential for large redemptions, decreases in Fund
assets and increased expenses for remaining shareholders.
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading leading to an increased portfolio
turnover rate. Under certain market conditions, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher than that of other funds. Portfolio turnover generally involves some expense to the Fund, including brokerage
commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestment in other securities.
These transactions may result in realization of taxable capital gains. The trading costs and tax effects associated
with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s investment performance.
Preferred Securities Risk. Preferred securities can experience sharp declines in value over short or extended
periods of time, regardless of the success or failure of a company’s operations. A redemption by the issuer may negatively impact the return of the security held by the Fund. Preferred security holders’ liquidation rights are subordinate to the company’s debt holders and creditors. If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred securities may be less attractive and the price of preferred securities may decline. Preferred securities
usually do not require the issuer to pay dividends and may permit the issuer to defer dividend payments. Deferred dividend
payments could have adverse tax consequences for the Fund and may cause the preferred securities to lose substantial
value. Preferred securities also may have substantially lower trading volumes and less market depth than many other
securities, such as common stock or U.S. Government securities.
Quantitative Model Risk. The Fund may use quantitative models as part of its investment process. Securities
or other investments selected using quantitative methods may perform differently from the market
as a whole or from their expected performance for many reasons, including factors used in building the quantitative
analytical framework, the weights placed on each factor, and changing sources of market returns. There can be
no assurance that these methodologies will produce the desired results or enable the Fund to achieve its objective.
A given model may be more effective with certain instruments or strategies than others, and there can be no
assurance that any model can identify and incorporate all factors that will affect an investment’s price or performance. When models prove to be incorrect or incomplete, including because data is stale, missing or unavailable, any decisions
made in reliance thereon expose the Fund to potential risks. Models rely on correct data inputs. If incorrect data is
entered into even a well-founded model, the resulting information will be incorrect.
Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) Risk. Investing in REITs involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general. REITs may be affected
by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the
quality of any credit extended. REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified geographically
or by property/mortgage asset type, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and self-liquidation.
REITs may be more
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volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities. REITs (especially
mortgage REITs) are subject to interest rate risks. REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage. The Fund will
indirectly bear a portion of the expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests, in addition
to the expenses of the Fund.
REITs must also meet certain requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”) to avoid entity level tax and be eligible to pass-through certain tax attributes of their
income to shareholders. REITs are consequently subject to the risk of failing to meet these requirements for favorable
tax treatment and of failing to maintain their exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
REITs are subject to the risks of changes in the Code affecting their tax status.
Repurchase Agreements Risk. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency
of the seller, including losses and possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. To the extent that, in the meantime, the value of the securities that
the Fund has purchased has decreased, the Fund could experience a loss.
Sector Exposure Risk. At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in the same
economic sector, including the financials sector. Issuers in the same economic sector may be
similarly affected by economic or market events, making the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that
economic sector than funds that invest more broadly.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities
in a timely manner or at all. As a result, the Fund may lose money and there may be a delay in
recovering the loaned securities. Additionally, losses could result from the reinvestment of collateral received on
loaned securities in investments that decline in value, default, or do not perform as well as expected. These events could
trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund.
Short Sales Risk. Short sales involve costs and risks. The Fund must pay the lender interest on the
security it borrows, and the Fund will lose money to the extent that the price of the security increases
between the time of the short sale and the date when the Fund replaces the borrowed security. Although the Fund’s gain is limited to the price at which it sold the securities short, its potential loss is limited only by the maximum attainable
price of the securities, less the price at which the security was sold and may, theoretically, be unlimited. The Fund
may also make short sales “against the box.” When selling short against the box, the Fund gives up the opportunity for capital
appreciation in the security.
Small and Medium Capitalization Risk. Small and medium capitalization companies usually offer a smaller range of products and services than larger companies. Smaller companies may also have limited
financial resources and may lack management expertise. As a result, their prices may fluctuate more than the stocks
of larger, more established companies. Historically, small and medium capitalization companies have sometimes
gone through extended periods when they did not perform as well as larger companies. Small and medium capitalization
companies generally are less liquid than larger companies, which may make such investments more difficult to sell
at the time and price that the Fund would like.
Warrants and Rights Risk. If the underlying stock price does not rise above the exercise price before the warrant
expires, a warrant generally expires without value and the Fund loses any amount paid
for the warrant. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of a warrant
may not move with the price of the underlying stock. Failing to exercise subscription rights to purchase common stock would dilute the Fund’s interest in the issuing company. The market for such rights is not well developed, and the Fund
may not always realize full value on the sale of rights.
When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions Risk. When-issued and delayed-delivery securities involve the risk that the security the Fund buys will lose value prior to its delivery. There also is the
risk that the security will not be issued or that the other party to the transaction will not meet its obligation. If this occurs,
the Fund may lose both the investment opportunity for the assets it set aside to pay for the security and any gain in the security’s price.
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Please note that, in addition to the risks discussed above, there are many other factors that may impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and which could result in a loss of all
or a part of your investment.
More information about the Fund's investment strategies and risks appears in the SAI.
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HOW THE FUND IS MANAGED
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Fund is overseen by a Board of Trustees (hereafter referred to as “Trustees” or the “Board”). The Board oversees the actions of the Manager, subadviser and distributor and decides on general policies.
The Board also oversees the Fund's officers, who conduct and supervise the daily business operations of the Fund.
MANAGER
PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments”)
655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4410
655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4410
As manager, PGIM Investments manages the Fund’s investment operations and administers its business affairs and is responsible for supervising the Fund’s subadviser. Pursuant to the management agreement relating to the Fund, PGIM Investments is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Fund, except taxes,
brokerage expenses, interest expenses, distribution fees or expenses, expenses incident to shareholder meetings
and extraordinary expenses. The Fund may also pay for any costs or expenses of investing in other funds. The Fund
pays PGIM Investments management fees at the rate of 0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
PGIM Investments and its predecessors have served as a manager or administrator to
investment companies since 1987. As of April 30, 2026, PGIM Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential
Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”), served as the investment manager to all of the Prudential U.S. and offshore open-end
investment companies, and as the manager or administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets
of approximately $338.1 billion.
Subject to the supervision of the Board, PGIM Investments is responsible for conducting
the initial review of prospective subadvisers for the Fund. In evaluating a prospective subadviser, PGIM Investments
considers many factors, including the firm's experience, investment philosophy and historical performance. Subject to the Board’s oversight, PGIM Investments is also responsible for monitoring the performance of the Fund’s subadviser and recommending its termination and replacement when deemed appropriate. PGIM Investments may provide
a subadviser with additional investment guidelines consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and restrictions.
PGIM Investments and the Fund operate under an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC that generally permits PGIM Investments to enter into or amend agreements with unaffiliated subadvisers and
certain subadvisers that are affiliates of PGIM Investments without obtaining shareholder approval. This authority
is subject to certain conditions, including the requirement that the Board must approve any new or amended agreements
with a subadviser. Shareholders of the Fund still have the right to terminate these agreements at any
time by a vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The Fund will notify shareholders of any new subadvisers
engaged or material amendments to subadvisory agreements made pursuant to the Order. Any new subadvisory
agreement or amendment to the Fund's management agreement or current subadvisory agreement that directly
or indirectly results in an increase in the aggregate management fee rate payable by the Fund will be submitted to the Fund’s shareholders for their approval. PGIM Investments does not currently intend to retain unaffiliated subadvisers.
A discussion of the basis for the Board's approvals of the management and subadvisory
agreements will be available in the Fund's Form N-CSR filed with the SEC for the period ending August 31, and made
available on the Fund's website at https://www.pgim.com/etf-fund-documents.
SUBADVISER
Jennison Associates LLC (“Jennison”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc., which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential. Its address is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055. PGIM Investments has responsibility for all investment advisory services, supervises Jennison and pays
Jennison for its services. As of February 28, 2026, Jennison managed in excess of $204.7 billion in assets. Jennison
(including its predecessor, Jennison Associates Capital Corp.) is a registered investment adviser founded in 1969.
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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Jason T. McManus, Adam L. Friedman and Brian A. Porpora are jointly and primarily
responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Jason T. McManus is a Managing Director, the Head of Custom Solutions and a custom solutions portfolio
manager. He joined Jennison in July 1997. Mr. McManus began managing quantitative portfolios and
custom solutions for clients in August 2006. From 2003 to 2006, he was part of Jennison's Applied Research team focusing
on quantitative research projects and portfolio analytics. Prior to that, he was a research analyst on the
International Equity team. Mr. McManus earned a BS in economics and computer science from the University at Albany, State
University of New York, and an MBA in quantitative finance from The New York University Stern School of Business.
Adam L. Friedman is a Managing Director, a custom solutions portfolio manager and an investment solutions
analyst. He joined Jennison in 2007. Prior to joining the Custom Solutions Group in 2011, he was
an investment analyst on the firm’s alternative investments team. Mr. Friedman earned a BS in financial economics from Binghamton University.
Brian A. Porpora is a Managing Director, a custom solutions portfolio manager and an investment solutions
analyst. He joined Jennison in 2004. Prior to joining the Custom Solutions Group in 2008, he was
an investment analyst on the firm’s alternative investments team. Mr. Porpora earned a BS in applied economics and business management from Cornell University.
The portfolio managers for the Fund are supported by other Jennison portfolio managers,
research analysts and investment professionals. Team members conduct research, make securities recommendations
and support the portfolio managers in all activities. Members of the team may change from time to
time.
Additional information about portfolio manager compensation, other accounts managed,
and portfolio manager ownership of Fund securities may be found in the SAI.
DISTRIBUTOR
The Fund's Distributor is Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS” or the “Distributor”). The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC. The Distributor distributes
Creation Units (as defined below in the section “How to Buy and Sell Shares”) for the Fund and does not maintain a secondary market in shares of the Fund.
Distribution and Service Plan
The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “12b-1 Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The 12b-1 Plan permits compensation in connection with the distribution and marketing of Fund shares and/or the provision of certain
shareholder services. The 12b-1 Plan permits the Fund to pay compensation at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the Fund's
average daily net assets. However, the Board has determined not to authorize payment of a 12b-1 Plan fee at
this time.
The 12b-1 fee may only be imposed or increased when the Board determines that it is
in the best interests of shareholders to do so. Because these fees, when and if authorized, will be paid out
of the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, over time they will increase the cost of an investment in the Fund.
PGIM or its affiliates make payments to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers,
banks or other intermediaries (together, “intermediaries”) related to marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs,
conferences, the development of technology platforms and reporting systems, or their
making Fund shares available to their customers generally and in certain investment programs. Such payments, which
may be significant to the intermediary, are not made by the Fund. Rather, such payments are made by PGIM or
its affiliates from their own resources, which come directly or indirectly in part from fees paid by the Fund. A
financial intermediary may make decisions about which investment options it recommends or makes available, or the
level of services provided, to its
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customers based on the payments it is eligible to receive. Therefore, such payments
to an intermediary create conflicts of interest between the intermediary and its customers and may cause the intermediary
to recommend the funds over another investment. More information regarding these payments is contained in the Fund’s SAI.
Please contact your salesperson or other investment professional for more information
regarding any such payments his or her firm may receive from PGIM or its affiliates.
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
Fund policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio
securities are described in the Fund's SAI. On each business day, before commencement of trading on the Exchange,
the Fund will disclose on https://www.pgim.com/etf-fund-documents the Fund's portfolio holdings that will form the basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.
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FUND DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX ISSUES
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund distributes dividends out of any net investment income to shareholders. For
example, if the Fund owns an ACME Corp. bond and the bond pays interest, the Fund will pay out a portion of this
interest as a dividend to its shareholders, assuming the Fund’s income is more than its costs and expenses.
The Fund also distributes any realized net capital gains to shareholders. Capital
gains are generated when the Fund sells its assets for a profit. For example, if the Fund bought 100 bonds of ACME Corp.
for a total of $1,000 and more than one year later sold the bonds for a total of $1,500, the Fund has net long-term
capital gains of $500, which it will pass on to shareholders (assuming the Fund’s remaining total gains are greater than any losses it may have).
Dividends and other distributions on shares of the Fund are distributed on a pro rata
basis to beneficial owners of such shares.
Dividend payments are made through DTC participants and indirect participants to beneficial
owners then of record with proceeds received from the Fund.
Dividend Reinvestment Service. No dividend reinvestment service is provided by the Fund. Broker-dealers may make
available the DTC book-entry Dividend Reinvestment Service for use by beneficial owners
of the Fund for reinvestment of their dividend distributions. Beneficial owners should contact their broker to
determine the availability and costs of the service and the details of participation therein. Brokers may require beneficial
owners to adhere to specific procedures and timetables. If this service is available and used, dividend distributions
of both income and realized gains will be automatically reinvested in additional whole shares of the Fund purchased
in the secondary market. Dividend distributions of both income and realized gains will be subject to taxation
whether or not they are reinvested in the Fund.
The chart below sets forth the expected frequency of dividend and capital gains distributions
to shareholders. Various factors may impact the frequency of dividend distributions to shareholders, including
but not limited to adverse market conditions or portfolio holding-specific events.
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*Under certain circumstances, the Fund may make more than one distribution of short-term
and/or long-term capital gains during a fiscal year.
TAX ISSUES
Investors who buy shares of the Fund should be aware of some important tax issues.
For example, the Fund distributes dividends of net investment income and realized net capital gains, if any, to shareholders.
These distributions are subject to federal income taxes, unless you hold your shares in a 401(k) plan, an
Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”) or some other qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. Dividends and distributions
from the Fund also may be subject to state and local income tax in the state where you live. Also, if you sell
shares of the Fund for a profit, you may have to pay capital gains taxes on the amount of your profit, unless you hold your
shares in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account.
The following briefly discusses some of the important income tax issues you should
be aware of, but is not meant to be tax advice. For tax advice, please speak with your tax adviser.
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Fund Distributions
Dividends of net investment income will generally be taxable to shareholders at ordinary
income rates. Dividends from net investment income paid to a non-corporate U.S. shareholder that are reported as
qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at the long-term capital gain tax rate. Also,
a portion of the dividends paid to corporate shareholders of the Fund will be eligible for the dividends received deduction to the extent the Fund’s income is derived from certain dividends received from U.S. corporations. Because of the nature of the Fund’s investments, the Fund does not expect to pay dividends that for noncorporate shareholders are treated
as qualified dividend income or that for corporate shareholders are eligible for the dividends received deduction.
Fund distributions of net capital gains are taxed differently depending on how long
the Fund holds the security. If the Fund holds a security for more than one year before selling it, any gain is treated
as long-term capital gain which is generally taxed at rates of up to 15% or 20% for noncorporate U.S. shareholders, depending
on whether their income exceeds certain threshold amounts which are adjusted annually for inflation. If the
Fund holds the security for one year or less, any gain is treated as short-term capital gain, which is taxed at rates applicable
to ordinary income. Different rates apply to corporate shareholders.
A U.S. shareholder that is an individual, estate, or certain type of trust is subject
to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on the lesser of (1) the U.S. shareholder’s “net investment income,” including Fund distributions and net gains from the disposition of Fund shares, and (2) the excess of the U.S. shareholder’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over $200,000 (or $250,000 for married couples filing jointly). For this
purpose, net investment income includes interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, capital gain and income from a
passive activity business or a business of trading in financial instruments or commodities.
Fund distributions are generally taxable in the year they are received, except when
the Fund declares certain dividends in October, November or December of a calendar year, but actually pays them in January
of the following year. In such cases, the dividends are treated as if they were paid on December 31st of the prior year.
Form 1099
For every year your Fund declares a dividend, you will receive a Form 1099, which
reports the amount of ordinary income distributions and long-term capital gains we distributed to you during the
prior year unless you own shares of the Fund as part of a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. If you do own shares
of the Fund as part of a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account, your taxes are deferred, so you will not receive
a Form 1099 annually, but instead you will receive a Form 1099 when you take any distribution from your qualified or tax-deferred
plan or account.
Withholding Taxes
If federal tax law requires you to provide the Fund with your taxpayer identification
number and certifications as to your tax status and you fail to do this, or if you are otherwise subject to backup withholding,
we will withhold and pay to the U.S. Treasury a portion of your distributions and sale proceeds, based on the applicable
backup withholding rate.
Taxation of Non-U.S. Shareholders
For a discussion regarding the taxation of non-U.S. shareholders, please see the SAI
and contact your tax adviser.
If You Purchase on or Before a Record Date
If you buy shares of the Fund on or before the record date for a distribution (the
date that determines who receives the distribution), we will pay that distribution to you. As explained above, the distribution
may be subject to taxes. When dividends are paid out, the value of each share of the Fund decreases by the amount
of the dividend to reflect the payout, although this may not be apparent because the value of each share of the Fund
also will be affected by market changes, if any.
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TAXES WHEN SHARES ARE SOLD
Any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of shares is generally treated as long-term
capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the
shares have been held for one year or less. Capital loss realized on the sale or exchange of shares held for six months
or less will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain dividends received by the shareholder.
The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited. Net gains from the sale of shares are included in “net investment income” for purposes of the 3.8% Medicare contribution tax mentioned above.
For shares purchased and sold from a taxable account, your intermediary will report
cost basis information to you and to the IRS. Your intermediary will permit shareholders to elect their preferred cost
basis method. In the absence of an election, your cost basis method will be your intermediary’s default method, which is often the average cost method. Please consult your tax adviser to determine the appropriate cost basis method for
your particular tax situation and to learn more about how the cost basis reporting laws apply to you and your investments.
The above is a general summary of tax implications of investing in the Fund. Because each investor’s tax consequences are unique, please consult your tax advisor to see how investing in the
Fund and, for individuals and S corporations, selection of a particular cost method of accounting will affect your
own tax situation.
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HOW TO BUY AND SELL SHARES
Secondary Market
Most investors will buy and sell Fund shares in secondary market transactions through
brokers. Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on the secondary market on the Exchange. Shares can be bought and
sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities. There is no minimum investment. When buying
or selling shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges, and you may pay
some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price in the secondary market on each leg of a round
trip (purchase and sale) transaction. The spread varies over time for Fund shares based on the Fund’s trading volume and market liquidity, and is generally lower if the Fund has a lot of trading volume and market liquidity.
Shares of the Fund trade on the Exchange at prices that may differ to varying degrees
from the daily NAV of the shares.
Directly with the Fund
Fund shares are issued or redeemed by the Fund at NAV per share only in aggregations
of a specified number of shares (“Creation Units”). An Authorized Participant is a member or participant of a clearing agency registered
with the SEC, which has a written agreement with the Fund or one of its service providers that
allows the Authorized Participant to place orders for the purchase and redemption of Creation Units.
A creation transaction, which is subject to acceptance by the Distributor and the
Fund, generally takes place when an Authorized Participant deposits into the Fund a designated portfolio of securities,
assets or other positions (a “creation basket”, and an amount of cash (including any cash representing the value of substituted
securities, assets or other positions), if any, which together approximate the holdings of the Fund in exchange
for a specified number of Creation Units. Similarly, shares can be redeemed only in Creation Units, generally for a designated
portfolio of securities, assets or other financial instruments (the “redemption basket”) held by the Fund and an amount of cash (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted). The Fund may, in certain
circumstances, offer Creation Units partially or solely for cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares
are not redeemable by the Fund. Creation and redemption baskets may differ and the Fund may accept “custom baskets.”
For more detailed information, see “Creations and Redemptions of Fund Shares” in the Fund’s SAI.
Beneficial Ownership
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) serves as securities depository for Fund shares. Shares of the Fund may be held only in book-entry form; stock certificates will not be issued. DTC, or its nominee,
is the record or registered owner of all outstanding shares of the Fund. Beneficial ownership of shares will be shown
on the records of DTC or its participants. Beneficial owners of shares are not entitled to have shares registered
in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and are not
considered the registered holder thereof. Accordingly, to exercise any rights of a holder of shares of the Fund, each
beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of: (i) DTC; (ii) “DTC Participants,” i.e., securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives)
own DTC; and (iii) “Indirect Participants,” i.e., brokers, dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain
a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly, through which such beneficial
owner holds its interests.
The Fund understands that under existing industry practice, in the event the Fund
requests any action of holders of shares, or a beneficial owner desires to take any action that DTC, as the record owner
of all outstanding shares, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the DTC Participants to take such action and
that the DTC Participants would authorize the Indirect Participants and beneficial owners acting through such DTC
Participants to take such action and would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.
As described above, the Fund recognizes DTC or its nominee as the owner of all shares of the Fund for all purposes.
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Shares of the Fund have not been registered for sale outside of the United States.
Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts the acquisition by investment companies
of the securities of other investment companies, including the Fund's shares. That section also restricts an open-end fund,
such as the Fund, from selling its shares to other registered funds outside of certain limits. Registered investment
companies are permitted to invest in the Fund beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) subject to the conditions
of certain exemptive rules, including, as applicable, that the investment companies enter into an agreement with the Trust
on behalf of the Fund prior to exceeding the limits imposed by Section 12(d)(1).
Understanding the Price You'll Pay for the Shares
Market Trading Price. The trading price of the Fund’s shares on the Exchange may differ from the Fund’s daily NAV and can be affected by market forces of supply and demand, economic conditions and other
factors.
Premiums and Discounts. Information regarding how often the shares of the Fund traded on the Exchange at
a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV since the inception
of the Fund, as applicable, can be found at pgim.com/investments.
Net Asset Value. The share value of a fund—known as the net asset value or NAV—is determined by a simple calculation: it's the total value of the Fund (assets minus liabilities) divided by
the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if the value of the investments held by Fund XYZ (minus its liabilities)
is $1,000 and there are 100 shares of Fund XYZ owned by shareholders, the value of one share of Fund XYZ—or the NAV—is $10 ($1,000 divided by 100).
The Fund's NAV will be determined every day on which the Fund is open as of the close
of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The price at which a purchase of a Creation
Unit is effected is based on the next calculation of NAV after the order is received in proper
form in accordance with this prospectus and the requirements of the Authorized Participant agreement.
The Fund's portfolio securities are valued based upon market quotations or, if market
quotations are not readily available, at fair value as determined in good faith by the Manager, as the Board's
valuation designee. In this capacity, the Manager has adopted pricing methodologies for determining the fair value of certain
types of securities and other assets held by the Fund that do not have quoted market prices, including the use of
other pricing sources, such as bid prices supplied by a principal market maker and evaluated prices supplied by pricing
vendors that employ analytic methodologies that take into account the prices of similar securities and other market
factors.
If the Fund determines that a market quotation for a security is not reliable based
on, among other things, events or market conditions that occur with respect to one or more securities held by the Fund
or the market as a whole, after the quotation is derived or after the closing of the primary market on which the security
is traded, but before the time that the Fund's NAV is determined, the Fund may use “fair value pricing,” which is implemented by a valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”) consisting of representatives of the Manager. The subadviser often provides relevant information for the Valuation Committee meeting. Non-U.S. securities markets
are open for trading on weekends and other days when the Fund does not price shares. Therefore, the value of the Fund’s shares may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund’s shares.
Investments in open-end non-exchange-traded mutual funds will be valued at their NAV
as determined as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation, which will reflect the mutual fund’s fair valuation procedures.
Different valuation methods may result in differing values for the same security.
The fair value of a portfolio security that the Fund uses to determine its NAV may differ from the security's quoted or published
price. If the Fund needs to implement fair value pricing after the NAV publishing deadline but before shares of
the Fund are processed, the NAV you receive or pay may differ from the published NAV price. The prospectuses of any
other mutual funds or ETFs in which the Fund invests will explain each fund’s procedures and policies with respect to the use of fair value pricing.
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Fair value pricing procedures are designed to result in prices for the Fund's securities
and its NAV that are reasonable in light of the circumstances which make or have made market quotations unavailable
or unreliable, and may have the effect of reducing arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders. There
is no assurance, however, that fair value pricing will more accurately reflect the market value of a security than the market
price of such security on that day or that it will prevent dilution of the Fund's NAV by short-term traders.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions
The Fund does not impose restrictions on the frequency of purchases and redemptions.
The Board evaluated the risks of market timing activities by Fund shareholders when they considered whether a restriction
or policy was necessary. The Board considered that, unlike mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems its shares
at NAV only in Creation Units, and the Fund’s shares may be purchased and sold on the Exchange at prevailing market prices.
“Revenue Sharing” Payments
The Manager or certain of its affiliates (but not the Distributor) may make payments
(which are often referred to as “revenue sharing” payments) to financial intermediaries from the Manager's or certain affiliates' own
resources, including from the profits derived from management fees or other fees received from
the Fund, without additional direct or indirect cost to the Fund or its shareholders. Revenue sharing payments
are usually calculated based on Fund assets attributable to a particular financial services firm, and the amount of the
payments varies among financial intermediaries. The Manager or certain of its affiliates may revise the terms of any
existing revenue sharing arrangement and may enter into additional revenue sharing arrangements with other
financial intermediaries in the future. Revenue sharing arrangements are intended to foster the sale of Fund shares
and/or to compensate financial intermediaries for assisting in marketing or promotional activities in connection
with the sale of Fund shares. In exchange for revenue sharing payments, it is expected that the Fund will receive the
opportunity to be sold through the financial intermediaries' sales force or gain access to third-party platforms or other
marketing programs, including but not limited to “supermarket” platforms or other sales programs. Both the Manager and Fund shareholders may receive
services from the financial intermediary in exchange for the revenue sharing payments.
Because the Manager's management fee is based on Fund assets, to the extent that financial intermediaries
receiving revenue sharing payments results in an increase in the sale of Fund shares, the Manager and/or its
affiliates will benefit from the increase in Fund assets. From time to time the Manager and/or an affiliate of the
Fund (and not the Fund itself) may pay certain administrative fees in order to make the Fund available to shareholders.
Such fees are not included in, and are paid separate and apart from, any revenue sharing payments. Revenue sharing payments,
or other similar payments, may provide an incentive for financial intermediaries and their registered
representatives to recommend or sell shares of the Fund to you and in doing so may create conflicts of interest between
such intermediaries' financial interests and their duties to customers.
It is likely that financial intermediaries that execute portfolio transactions for
the Fund will include those firms with which the Manager and/or certain of its affiliates have entered into revenue sharing
arrangements. Neither the Manager nor any subadviser may consider sales of Fund shares as a factor in the selection
of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Manager and certain of its affiliates will not use
Fund brokerage as any part of revenue sharing payments to financial intermediaries.
Revenue sharing payments are usually calculated based on a percentage of Fund sales
and/or Fund assets attributable to a particular financial services firm. Payments may also be based on other criteria
or factors, for example, a fee per each transaction. Specific payment formulas are negotiated based on a number of factors,
including, but not limited to, reputation in the industry, ability to attract and retain assets, target markets,
customer relationships and scope and quality of services provided. The Manager and/or certain of its affiliates make such
payments to financial intermediaries in amounts that generally range from 0.01% up to 0.20% of Fund assets serviced and
maintained by the financial intermediaries. In addition, the Manager and/or certain of its affiliates may pay
flat fees on a one-time or irregular basis for the initial set-up of the Fund on a financial services intermediary’s systems, participation or attendance at a financial
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services firm's meeting, or for other reasons. These amounts are subject to change.
In addition, the costs associated with visiting the financial intermediaries to make presentations, and/or train and
educate the personnel of the financial intermediaries, may be paid by the Manager and/or certain of its affiliates, subject
to applicable FINRA regulations.
Please contact the registered representative (or the financial intermediary) who sold
shares of the Fund to you for details about any payments the financial intermediary may receive from the Manager
and/or certain of its affiliates. You should review your financial intermediary’s disclosure and/or talk to your financial intermediary to obtain more information on how this compensation may have influenced your financial intermediary’s recommendation of the Fund. Additional information regarding these revenue sharing payments is included in the
SAI which is available to you at no additional charge.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
No financial highlights information is available for the Fund as of the date of this
Prospectus, as the Fund is new and has no prior financial highlights information. As of the date of this Prospectus,
the Fund has not yet commenced investment operations.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please read this Prospectus before you invest in the Fund and keep it for future reference.
Information on the Fund's net asset
value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at pgim.com/investments.
For information or shareholder questions contact:
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PGIM Investments LLC
655 Broad Street, 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
■WEBSITE
pgim.com/investments
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■TELEPHONE
(888) 247-8090
(973) 802-2093
(from outside the U.S.)
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■E-DELIVERY
You may request e-delivery of Fund documents by contacting your financial intermediary
directly or by going to
www.icsdelivery.com. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive
notification via email when new materials
are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your email address at any
time by visiting the website address above.
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The Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, Form N-CSR, and the SAI contain additional information
about the Fund. In Form N-CSR,
you will find the Fund's annual and semi-annual financial statements. Shareholders
may obtain free copies of the SAI, Annual
Report and Semi-Annual Report as well as other information about the Fund such as
Fund financial statements and may make
other shareholder inquiries through the telephone number, address and website listed
above.
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■STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI)
(incorporated by reference into this Prospectus)
■SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
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■ANNUAL REPORT
(contains a discussion of the market conditions and
investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's
performance during the last fiscal year)
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You can also obtain copies of Fund documents, including the SAI, from the Securities
and Exchange Commission as follows (the
SEC charges a fee to copy documents):
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■ELECTRONIC REQUEST
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■VIA THE INTERNET
on the EDGAR Database at www.sec.gov
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PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF
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Listing Exchange
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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ETF1035STAT The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-23324
The information in this Preliminary Prospectus is not complete and may be changed.
We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective.
This Preliminary Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in
any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS — June 11, 2026
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Long-term capital appreciation.
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Ticker Symbol: XXXX
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Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) has not approved or disapproved the
Fund's shares, nor has the SEC determined
that this prospectus is complete or accurate.
It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.
Exchange-traded funds are distributed by
Prudential Investment Management Services
LLC, member SIPC. Jennison Associates
LLC is a registered investment adviser. Both
are Prudential Financial companies. © 2026
Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related
entities. Jennison Associates, Jennison, 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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FUND SUMMARY
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The investment objective of the Fund is long-term capital appreciation.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold
and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries,
which are not reflected in the table and example below. The management agreement between PGIM ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments”) (the “Management Agreement”) provides that PGIM Investments will pay all operating expenses of the Fund, except for certain expenses (which are not reflected in the
table and example below), including but not limited to, interest expenses, taxes, brokerage expenses, future Rule 12b-1 fees (if any), and acquired fund fees and expenses. For more information on the fee structure pertaining
to the Management Agreement please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of
the value of your investment)
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Management fee
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0.23%
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None
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Other expenses
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None
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Total annual Fund operating expenses
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0.23%
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Example. The following hypothetical example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing
in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. It assumes that you invest $10,000
in the Fund for the time periods indicated. It assumes a 5% return on your investment each year and that the
Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
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3 Years
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Portfolio Turnover.
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities
(or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result
in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund
operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. The Fund is newly offered; therefore, it does
not have a turnover rate for the most recent fiscal year.
INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE
Principal Investment Strategies.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its investable assets
(net assets plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in equity and equity-related securities. The Fund’s investable assets will be less than its total assets to the extent that it has borrowed money for non-investment purposes,
such as to meet anticipated redemptions.
The Fund invests primarily in issuers that are non-U.S. companies located in various
countries outside the United States or having their primary economic exposure outside the United States, including
non-U.S. issuers located in emerging markets. Any derivatives instruments that provide investment exposure to
the securities suggested by the Fund’s name, or facilitate the Fund’s investment in those securities by increasing or decreasing the Fund’s exposure to one or more risk factors associated with those securities, are counted (as applicable)
toward compliance with the Fund’s 80% investment policy.
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The subadviser seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation through investments
in equity and equity-related securities by integrating insights from the subadviser’s fundamental investment teams within a disciplined, risk-managed portfolio construction framework. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded
fund (“ETF”) and, thus, does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The subadviser
utilizes an investment process pursuant to which securities are identified through proprietary fundamental research
conducted by its analysts and selected by portfolio managers based on factors such as growth potential, valuation,
fundamental risks, and overall portfolio characteristics, with position sizes generally reflecting the subadviser’s level of conviction in each investment.
The subadviser applies a quantitative portfolio construction process that seeks to
manage overall investment risk exposures and characteristics in order to manage liquidity considerations and maintain consistency with the Fund’s objective. Incorporating insight from the subadviser’s fundamental investment team, the subadviser aims to construct a portfolio with risk factor exposures managed relative to the MSCI EAFE Index (ND)
(the “Index”). The Fund is not an index fund, and the issuers held in its portfolio may differ substantially from the
companies included in the Index.
The Fund can invest without limit in foreign securities, typically invests in a number
of different countries, and may invest a portion of its assets in companies located in emerging markets. The Fund
may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) and similar receipts and securities. Because the Fund may invest a large portion of its assets in a single country (for example, China) or region of the world, the Fund’s investments may be geographically concentrated relative to broad diversified indexes of international
stocks, such as the Index. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers of any market capitalization size. In deciding
which stocks to buy, the subadviser uses a blend of both value and growth styles.
The equity and equity-related securities in which the Fund primarily invests include,
but are not limited to, common stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable for common stock or the cash value
of common stock, preferred stocks, warrants and rights that can be exercised to obtain stock, investments in various
types of business ventures including partnerships and business development companies, investments in mutual funds and other
ETFs, securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and income and royalty trusts, structured securities including participation notes
(“P-Notes”), structured notes (“S-Notes”) and low exercise price warrants (“LEPWs”) or other similar securities and ADRs and other similar receipts or shares, in both listed and unlisted form.
The Fund engages in active trading—that is, frequent trading of its securities—in order to take advantage of new investment opportunities. The Fund expects to be more heavily involved in active trading
during periods of market volatility seeking to preserve gains or limit losses.
Principal Risks. All investments have risks to some degree. The value of your investment in the Fund,
as well as the amount of return, if any, you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly
from day-to-day and over time.
You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may not
perform as well as other similar investments.
An investment in the Fund is not guaranteed to achieve its investment objective; is
not a deposit with a bank; and is not insured, endorsed or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
other government agency. The following is a summary description of principal risks of investing in the Fund.
The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular
risk factor.
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an Authorized Participant (as defined in “How to Buy and Sell Shares” in the Fund’s Prospectus) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of intermediaries that act as Authorized Participants and none of these
Authorized Participants is or will be obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that
these Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to or choose not to proceed with creation and/or redemption
orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant creates or redeems, shares of the Fund may trade
at a substantial discount or premium to net asset value (“NAV”), may trade at larger spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.
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Blend Style Risk. The Fund's blend investment style may subject the Fund to risks of both value and
growth investing as the Fund's portfolio managers may invest in equity and equity related securities
from traditionally growth and value areas, as well as stocks exhibiting characteristics of both. The portion of the Fund's
portfolio that makes investments pursuant to a growth strategy may be subject to above-average fluctuations as a result
of seeking higher than average capital growth. The portion of the Fund's portfolio that makes investments pursuant
to a value strategy may be subject to the risk that the market may not recognize a security's intrinsic value for long
periods of time or at all, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued. Issuers
of value stocks may have experienced adverse business developments or may be subject to special risks that
have caused the stock to be out of favor. If the Fund’s assessment of market conditions or a company’s value is inaccurate, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. Historically, growth stocks have
performed best during later stages of economic expansion and value stocks have performed best during periods of economic
recovery. Therefore, both styles may over time go in and out of favor with the markets. At times when a style is out
of favor, that portion of the portfolio may lag the other portion of the portfolio, which may cause the Fund to underperform
the market in general, its benchmark and other similar funds. Growth and value stocks have historically produced
similar long-term results, though each category has periods when it outperforms the other.
Cash Transactions Risk. Unlike ETFs that engage almost exclusively in creations and redemptions in exchange
for a basket of portfolio securities (an “in-kind” transaction), the Fund may effect creations and redemptions in cash or partially in cash. Therefore, it may be required to sell portfolio securities and
subsequently recognize gains on such sales that the Fund might not have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities
in-kind. Investments in shares of the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that distributes
portfolio securities entirely in-kind.
Country Risk. Changes in the business environment may adversely affect operating profits or the
value of assets in a specific country. For example, financial factors such as currency controls, devaluation
or regulatory changes or stability factors such as mass riots, civil war and other potential events may contribute to companies’ operational risks.
Currency Risk. The Fund's net asset value could decline as a result of changes in exchange rates,
which could adversely affect the Fund’s investments in currencies, or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues related to, currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to currencies. Certain foreign
countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest
or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise.
Emerging Markets Risk. The risks of foreign investments are greater for investments in or exposed to emerging
markets. Emerging market countries typically have economic and political systems that are less
fully developed, and can be expected to be less stable, than those of more developed countries. For example, the
economies of such countries can be subject to rapid and unpredictable rates of inflation or deflation. Low trading
volumes may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility. Emerging market countries may have policies that restrict investment
by non-U.S. investors, or that prevent non-U.S. investors from withdrawing their money at will.
The Fund may invest in some emerging markets that subject it to risks such as those
associated with illiquidity, custody of assets, different settlement and clearance procedures and asserting legal title
under a developing legal and regulatory regime to a greater degree than in developed markets or even in other emerging
markets.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk. Equity and equity-related securities may be subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. In addition to
an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. Different
parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
ETF Shares Trading Risk. Fund shares are listed for trading on an exchange (the “Exchange”) and the shares are bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of the
shares of the Fund are expected to fluctuate in response to changes in the Fund's NAV, the intraday value of the Fund's
holdings and supply and demand for shares of the Fund. During periods of stressed market conditions, the market for
the shares of the Fund may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund's
portfolio investments.
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Disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of significant market volatility
or potential lack of an active trading market for the shares of the Fund (including through a trading halt), as well
as other factors, may result in the Fund's shares trading on the Exchange significantly above (at a premium) or below
(at a discount) to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund's holdings.
Cost of Buying or Selling Shares. When you buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker, you will likely incur
a brokerage commission or other charges imposed by brokers. In addition, the market
price of shares of the Fund, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid-ask spread” charged by the market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. The spread of the Fund's shares varies
over time based on the Fund's trading volume, the spread of the Fund's underlying securities, and market liquidity
and may increase if the Fund's trading volume or market liquidity decreases, or if the spread on the Fund's underlying
securities increases.
No Guarantee of Active Trading Market Risk. While shares of the Fund are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that active trading markets for the shares will develop or be maintained
by market makers or by Authorized Participants. The distributor of the Fund's shares does not maintain a secondary market
in the shares.
Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) may involve more risk than investing in securities of U.S. issuers.
Foreign political, economic and legal systems, especially those in developing and emerging market countries, may be less
stable and more volatile than in the United States. Foreign legal systems generally have fewer regulatory requirements
than the U.S. legal system, particularly those of emerging markets. In general, less information is publicly
available with respect to non-U.S. companies than U.S. companies. Non-U.S. companies generally are not subject
to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. Additionally, the
changing value of foreign currencies and changes in exchange rates could also affect the value of the assets
the Fund holds and the Fund's performance. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of
issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country,
due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater
volatility and price declines.
In addition, the Fund's investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to the risks
of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation
of non-U.S. currency, confiscatory taxation and adverse diplomatic developments. Special U.S. tax considerations may
apply.
Geographic Concentration Risk. The Fund’s performance may be closely tied to the market, economic, political, regulatory or other conditions in the countries or regions in which the Fund invests.
This can result in more pronounced risks based upon conditions that impact one or more countries or regions more or less
than other countries or regions.
Investments in China Risk. Investments in China subject the Fund to risks specific to China and may make it
more volatile than other funds. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has undertaken
reform of economic and market practices and has expanded the sphere of private ownership of property in China.
However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting
from governmental influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social instability. Internal
social unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military conflicts in response to such events,
may also disrupt economic development in China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
non-convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving China's or the region's security may cause uncertainty in Chinese markets and may
adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund's investments. Export growth continues to be a major driver of
China's rapid economic growth. Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of additional
tariffs or other trade barriers, including as a result of heightened trade tensions between China and the U.S., or
a downturn in any of the economies of China's key trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy
or the Fund. For example, a
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series of executive orders issued in recent years prohibit the Fund from investing
in certain companies and/or certain sectors. The restrictions in these executive orders may force the subadviser to sell
certain positions and may restrict the Fund from future investments the subadviser deems otherwise attractive.
Chinese companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges,
are not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards or auditor oversight as companies
in more developed countries, and as a result, information about the Chinese securities in which the
Fund invests may be less reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for
investigations into or litigation against Chinese companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies.
Large Capitalization Company Risk. Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market
and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies
with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund's value may
not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations.
Liquidity Risk. The Fund may invest in instruments that trade in lower volumes and are more illiquid
than other investments. If the Fund is forced to sell these investments to pay redemption proceeds
or for other reasons, the Fund may lose money. In addition, when there is no willing buyer and investments cannot
be readily sold at the desired time or price, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell the
instrument at all. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from
being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.
Management Risk. Actively managed funds are subject to management risk. The subadviser will apply investment
techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but the
subadviser's judgments about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or
sector or about market movements may be incorrect. Additionally, the investments selected for the Fund may underperform
the markets in general, the Fund's benchmark and other funds with similar investment objectives.
Market Capitalization Risk. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization. Generally, the stock
prices of small- and mid-cap companies are less stable than the prices of large-cap stocks
and may present greater risks. Large capitalization companies as a group could fall out of favor with the market,
causing the Fund to underperform compared to investments that focus on smaller capitalized companies.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks. Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors, including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff
arrangements, sanctions and cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as the Middle East, South America,
Eastern Europe, and Asia, terrorism, natural disasters and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of
COVID-19 globally).
Recent policy decisions of the U.S. government and governments of foreign countries
may increase geopolitical risks that could adversely affect the investment performance of the Fund. These policies
have the potential to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in
ways that could create uncertainty and instability in domestic and global markets. Actions taken by the U.S. government
and governments of foreign countries in respect of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased
costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign investment, and instability in regions
where the Fund invests.
The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be
predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Fund. These and other similar events
could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced
liquidity in the securities markets, significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and
commodities and/or government intervention. They may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the
United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with
significant exposure to the countries
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directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain
securities held by the Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued at zero.
Market Risk. Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of your investment
in the Fund will decline.
New/Small Fund Risk. The Fund recently commenced operations and has a limited operating history. As a
new and relatively small fund, the Fund's performance may not represent how the Fund is expected
to or may perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies.
Investment positions may have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on performance in new and smaller
funds. New and smaller funds may also require a period of time before they are invested in securities that meet
their investment objectives and policies and achieve a representative portfolio composition. Since the Fund is new,
an active secondary market for the shares of the Fund may not develop or may not continue once developed. Shareholders
holding large blocks of shares of the Fund, including the Manager and its affiliates, may hold their shares for long
periods of time, which may lead to reduced trading volumes, wider trading spreads and impede the development or maintenance
of an active secondary trading market for Fund shares. These large shareholders may also loan or sell all
or a portion of their Fund shares, which may result in increasing concentration of Fund shares in a small number of holders,
and the potential for large redemptions, decreases in Fund assets and increased expenses for remaining shareholders.
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading leading to an increased portfolio
turnover rate. Under certain market conditions, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher than that of other funds. Portfolio turnover generally involves some expense to the Fund, including brokerage
commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestment in other securities.
These transactions may result in realization of taxable capital gains. The trading costs and tax effects associated
with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s investment performance.
Quantitative Model Risk. The Fund may use quantitative models as part of its investment process. Securities
or other investments selected using quantitative methods may perform differently from the market
as a whole or from their expected performance for many reasons, including factors used in building the quantitative
analytical framework, the weights placed on each factor, and changing sources of market returns. There can be
no assurance that these methodologies will produce the desired results or enable the Fund to achieve its objective.
A given model may be more effective with certain instruments or strategies than others, and there can be no
assurance that any model can identify and incorporate all factors that will affect an investment’s price or performance. When models prove to be incorrect or incomplete, including because data is stale, missing or unavailable, any decisions
made in reliance thereon expose the Fund to potential risks. Models rely on correct data inputs. If incorrect data is
entered into even a well-founded model, the resulting information will be incorrect.
Performance. The Fund has not been in operation for a full calendar year, and hence has no past
performance data to present. Once the Fund has a performance record of at least one calendar year, the Fund’s performance will be included in its Prospectus. Updated Fund performance information, including current
net asset value, is available online at www.pgim.com/investments.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day
management of the Fund.
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Investment Manager
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Subadvisers
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Portfolio Managers
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PGIM Investments LLC
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Jennison Associates LLC
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Jason T. McManus
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Managing Director
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[August 2026]
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Adam L. Friedman
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Managing Director
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[August 2026]
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Brian A. Porpora
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Managing Director
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[August 2026]
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BUYING AND SELLING FUND SHARES
Individual shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions
through brokers or other financial intermediaries at market prices and are not individually redeemable
by the ETF. Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on the Exchange, and because the shares of the Fund trade at market
prices rather than NAV, shares of the Fund may trade at a price greater than NAV (a “premium”) or less than NAV (a “discount”). You may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay
to purchase shares of the Fund (“bid”) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (“ask”) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”).
TAX INFORMATION
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes. The Fund's dividends and distributions are taxable and will be taxed as ordinary
income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement,
such as a traditional 401(k) plan or a traditional individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may
be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.
PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary
(such as a bank), PGIM or other related companies may pay the intermediary for marketing activities and presentations,
educational training programs, conferences, the development of technology platforms and reporting systems
or other services related to the sale or promotion of the Fund. These payments may create a conflict of interest by
influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.
Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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MORE ABOUT THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL AND NON-PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, INVESTMENTS AND RISKS
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS
The investment objective of the Fund is long-term capital appreciation.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its investable assets
(net assets plus any borrowings made for investment purposes) in equity and equity-related securities. The Fund’s investable assets will be less than its total assets to the extent that it has borrowed money for non-investment purposes,
such as to meet anticipated redemptions.
The Fund invests primarily in issuers that are non-U.S. companies located in various
countries outside the United States or having their primary economic exposure outside the United States, including
non-U.S. issuers located in emerging markets. Primary economic exposure is determined using a methodology that assesses where a company’s principal economic activities and risks are concentrated, taking into consideration
factors such as domicile, listing, largest revenue source, and reporting currency. Any derivatives instruments that provide
investment exposure to the securities suggested by the Fund’s name, or facilitate the Fund’s investment in those securities by increasing or decreasing the Fund’s exposure to one or more risk factors associated with those securities, are counted (as applicable) toward compliance with the Fund’s 80% investment policy.
The subadviser seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation through investments
in equity and equity-related securities by integrating insights from the subadviser’s fundamental investment teams within a disciplined, risk-managed portfolio construction framework. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded
fund (“ETF”) and, thus, does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The subadviser
utilizes an investment process pursuant to which securities are identified through proprietary fundamental research
conducted by its analysts and selected by portfolio managers based on factors such as growth potential, valuation,
fundamental risks, and overall portfolio characteristics, with position sizes generally reflecting the subadviser’s level of conviction in each investment.
The subadviser applies a quantitative portfolio construction process that seeks to
manage overall investment risk exposures and characteristics in order to manage liquidity considerations and maintain consistency with the Fund’s objective. Incorporating insight from the subadviser’s fundamental investment team, the subadviser aims to construct a portfolio with risk factor exposures managed relative to the MSCI EAFE Index (ND)
(the “Index”). The Fund is not an index fund, and the issuers held in its portfolio may differ substantially from the
companies included in the Index.
The Fund can invest without limit in foreign securities, typically invests in a number
of different countries, and may invest a portion of its assets in companies located in emerging markets. The Fund
may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) and similar receipts and securities. Because the Fund may invest a large portion of its assets in a single country (for example, China) or region of the world, the Fund’s investments may be geographically concentrated relative to broad diversified indexes of international
stocks, such as the Index. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers of any market capitalization size. In deciding
which stocks to buy, the subadviser uses a blend of both value and growth styles.
The equity and equity-related securities in which the Fund primarily invests include,
but are not limited to, common stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable for common stock or the cash value
of common stock, preferred stocks, warrants and rights that can be exercised to obtain stock, investments in various
types of business ventures including partnerships and business development companies, investments in mutual funds and other
ETFs, securities of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and income and royalty trusts, structured securities including participation notes
(“P-Notes”), structured notes (“S-Notes”) and low exercise price warrants (“LEPWs”) or other similar securities and ADRs and other similar receipts or shares, in both listed and unlisted form. The Fund
may also participate in initial public offerings (“IPOs”).
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The Fund engages in active trading—that is, frequent trading of its securities—in order to take advantage of new investment opportunities. The Fund expects to be more heavily involved in active trading
during periods of market volatility seeking to preserve gains or limit losses.
The Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy. The Board of Trustees can change investment policies of the Fund that are not fundamental without shareholder approval. The Fund's policy
of investing at least 80% of its investable assets in the type of investments suggested by the Fund's name is not a
fundamental investment policy and may be changed by the Board of Trustees on 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.
Convertible Securities
The Fund may invest in convertible securities, which include convertible preferred
stocks and debt securities of a corporation that may be converted into underlying shares of common stock either because
they have warrants attached or otherwise permit the holder to buy common stock of the corporation at a set price.
Convertible securities provide an income stream (usually lower than non-convertible bonds) and give investors opportunities
to participate in the capital appreciation of the underlying common stock. Convertible securities typically offer
greater potential for appreciation than non-convertible debt securities.
Preferred Securities
Preferred securities, like common stock or other equity securities, represent an equity
ownership in an issuer. Generally, preferred securities have a priority of claim over common stock or other
equity securities in dividend payments and upon liquidation of the issuer. Unlike common stock or other equity securities,
preferred securities do not usually have voting rights. Although they are equity securities, preferred securities
have characteristics of both debt and common stock or other equity securities. Like debt, their promised income is contractually
fixed. Like common stock or other equity securities, they do not have rights to participate in bankruptcy
proceedings or collection activities in the event of missed payments.
Warrants and Rights
Warrants and rights are securities permitting, but not obligating, the warrant holder
to subscribe for other securities. Buying a warrant does not make the Fund a shareholder of the underlying stock. The
warrant holder has no right to dividends or votes on the underlying stock.
Money Market Instruments
The Fund may hold cash and/or invest in money market instruments, including commercial
paper of a U.S. or non-U.S. company, non-U.S. government securities, certificates of deposit, bankers'
acceptances, time deposits of domestic and non-U.S. banks, and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government
or its agencies or instrumentalities. These obligations may be U.S. dollar-denominated or denominated
in a non-U.S. currency. Money market instruments typically have a maturity of one year or less as measured from
the date of purchase.
Short Sales
The Fund may make short sales of a security. This means that the Fund may sell a security
that it does not own, which it may do, for example, when the subadviser thinks the value of the security will
decline. The Fund generally borrows the security to deliver to the buyers in a short sale. The Fund must then replace
the borrowed security by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. The Fund may make short sales “against the box.” In a short sale against the box, at the time of sale, the Fund owns or has the right to acquire the
identical security at no additional cost through conversion or exchange of other securities it owns.
Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, where a party agrees to sell a security
to the Fund and then repurchases it at an agreed-upon price at a stated time. This creates a fixed return
for the Fund, and is, in effect, a loan by the Fund. Repurchase agreements are used for cash management purposes only.
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Real Estate Investment Trusts
The Fund may invest in the equity securities of real estate investment trusts known
as REITs. REITs are like corporations, except that they do not pay income taxes if they meet certain Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) requirements. However, while REITs themselves do not pay income taxes, the distributions
they make to investors are taxable. REITs invest primarily in real estate and distribute almost all of their income—most of which comes from rents, mortgages and gains on sales of property—to shareholders.
Investments in Affiliated and Unaffiliated Funds
The Fund may invest its assets in affiliated or unaffiliated funds, including ETFs.
Such an investment could also allow the Fund to obtain the benefits of a more diversified portfolio than might otherwise
be available through direct investments in those asset classes, and will subject the Fund to the risks associated
with the particular asset class. The investment results of the portions of the Fund’s assets invested in the other funds will be based on the investment results of the other funds. As a shareholder in other funds, the Fund will pay its
proportional share of the expenses of the other funds. The Fund can invest its free cash balances in short-term bond funds
and/or money market funds to obtain income on short-term cash balances while awaiting attractive investment opportunities,
to provide liquidity in preparation for anticipated redemptions or for defensive purposes.
To the extent the Fund invests in certain affiliated short-term bond funds and certain
affiliated money market funds, such affiliated funds do not pay a management fee to the investment manager, although
the investment manager receives reimbursement for its expenses. Thus, shareholders of the Fund are not paying
management fees for both the Fund and such affiliated funds.
To the extent the Fund serves as an underlying investment for other registered funds,
the Fund may be prohibited from investing in certain registered funds and private funds.
Temporary Defensive Investments
In response to adverse market, economic or political conditions, the Fund may take
a temporary defensive position and invest up to 100% of its investable assets in money market instruments, including
short-term obligations of, or securities guaranteed by, the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities,
or in high-quality obligations of U.S. or non-U.S. banks and corporations, and may hold up to 100% of its investable assets
in cash or cash equivalents. Although the subadviser has the ability to take defensive positions, it may choose
not to do so for a variety of reasons, even during volatile market conditions. Investing heavily in these securities is inconsistent
with and limits the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective, but may help to preserve the Fund's assets.
Securities Lending
Consistent with applicable regulatory requirements, the Fund may lend portfolio securities
with a value up to 33 1∕3% of its total assets to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations to earn additional
income. Loans of portfolio securities will be collateralized by cash.
Other Investments
In addition to the strategies and securities discussed above, the Fund may use other
strategies or invest in other types of securities as described in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The Fund might not use all of the strategies or invest in all of the types of securities as described in the Prospectus
or in the SAI.
The tables below summarize the investment limits applicable to the Fund’s principal investment strategies and certain non-principal investment strategies.
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Principal Strategies: Investment Limits
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■Equity and Equity-Related Securities: At least 80% of investable assets under normal
circumstances
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Certain Non-Principal Strategies: Investment Limits
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■Money Market Instruments: Up to 100% of investable assets on a temporary basis
■Short Sales: Up to 25% of investable assets (short sales “against-the-box” are not subject to these limits)
■Illiquid Investments: Up to 15% of net assets
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RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND
The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular
risk factor.
AI Technologies Development Risk. Artificial intelligence, including machine learning technology and generative artificial
intelligence (collectively, “artificial intelligence”), is rapidly evolving. While the full extent of current or future risks related thereto is not possible to predict, artificial intelligence could significantly
disrupt the business models and markets in which the Fund invests and subject the Fund or issuers in which it invests
to increased competition, legal and regulatory risks and compliance costs, any of which could have a material adverse
effect on the Fund or the business, financial condition and results of operations of the issuers in which it invests. The Fund, the Fund’s Manager, Subadviser(s), distributor, and other service providers, or the issuers of securities
in which the Fund invests may utilize artificial intelligence technologies in business operations. It is possible that the
information provided through the use of artificial intelligence could be insufficient, incomplete, inaccurate or biased, or
constitute infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, leading to adverse effects for the Fund, including,
potentially, operational errors, cybersecurity vulnerabilities and investment losses. Moreover, technological developments
in, and the increasingly widespread use of, artificial intelligence technologies may pose risks to the Manager
and the Fund. For instance, the Fund may also be exposed to competitive risks related to the adoption of artificial
intelligence or other new technologies by others within the industry. In addition, investments in technology systems and
artificial intelligence by the Manager may not deliver the benefits the Fund expects. The economy may be significantly impacted
by the advanced development and increased regulation of artificial intelligence technologies. As artificial
intelligence technologies are used more widely, the profitability and growth of the Fund’s holdings may be impacted, which could significantly impact the overall performance of the Fund. The legal and regulatory frameworks within which
artificial intelligence technologies operate continue to rapidly evolve, and it is not possible to predict
the full extent of current or future risks related thereto.
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an Authorized Participant (as defined in “How to Buy and Sell Shares” in the Fund's Prospectus) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly
with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of intermediaries that act as Authorized Participants and none of these
Authorized Participants is or will be obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that
these Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to or choose not to proceed with creation and/or redemption
orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant creates or redeems, shares of the Fund may trade
at a substantial discount or premium to net asset value (“NAV”), may trade at larger spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.
The Fund may experience losses to the extent an Authorized Participant fails to deliver
securities or other assets to the Fund when engaging in creation or redemption transactions, or otherwise breaches its
obligations to the Fund, if the Fund is unable to enforce its rights under the Fund’s agreement with the Authorized Participant.
Blend Style Risk. The Fund's blend investment style may subject the Fund to risks of both value and
growth investing as the Fund's portfolio managers may invest in equity and equity related securities
from traditionally growth and value areas, as well as stocks exhibiting characteristics of both. The portion of the Fund's
portfolio that makes investments pursuant to a growth strategy may be subject to above-average fluctuations as a result
of seeking higher than average capital growth. The portion of the Fund's portfolio that makes investments pursuant
to a value strategy may be subject to the risk that the market may not recognize a security's intrinsic value for long
periods of time or at all, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued. Issuers
of value stocks may have experienced adverse business developments or may be subject to special risks that
have caused the stock to be out of favor. If the Fund’s assessment of market conditions or a company’s value is inaccurate, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. Historically, growth stocks have
performed best during later stages of economic expansion and value stocks have performed best during periods of economic
recovery. Therefore, both styles may over time go in and out of favor with the markets. At times when a style is out
of favor, that portion of the portfolio may lag the other portion of the portfolio, which may cause the Fund to underperform
the market in general, its benchmark and other similar funds. Growth and value stocks have historically produced
similar long-term results, though each category has periods when it outperforms the other.
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Cash Management and Defensive Investing Risk. The value of the investments held by the Fund for cash management or defensive investing purposes can fluctuate. Like other fixed income securities,
they are subject to risk, including market, interest rate and credit risk. If the Fund holds cash uninvested, it will
be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash. If the Fund holds cash uninvested, the Fund
will not earn income on the cash. If a significant amount of the Fund's assets are used for cash management or defensive
investing purposes, it may not achieve its investment objective.
Cash Transactions Risk. Unlike ETFs that engage almost exclusively in creations and redemptions in exchange
for a basket of portfolio securities (an “in-kind” transaction), the Fund may effect its creations and redemptions in cash or partially in cash. To the extent the Fund engages primarily in cash creation or redemption
transactions, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in ETFs that transact primarily
or solely in-kind. Many ETFs generally make in-kind redemptions and avoid realizing gains in connection with transactions
designed to raise cash to meet redemption requests. If the Fund effects a portion of redemptions for cash, it
may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds, which
involves transaction costs. If the Fund recognizes gain on these sales, this generally will cause the Fund to recognize
gain it might not otherwise have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind, or to recognize
such gain sooner than would otherwise be required. The Fund generally intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to
avoid being taxed on this gain at the Fund level and otherwise comply with the special tax rules that apply to it. This
strategy may cause shareholders to be subject to tax on gains they would not otherwise be subject to, or at an earlier date
than, if they had made an investment in a different ETF.
Convertible Securities Risk. The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security;
that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls.
In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends
when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of
the issuer's creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted,
a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the underlying
common stock.
Country Risk. Changes in the business environment may adversely affect operating profits or the
value of assets in a specific country. For example, financial factors such as currency controls, devaluation
or regulatory changes or stability factors such as mass riots, civil war and other potential events may contribute to companies’ operational risks.
Currency Risk. The Fund's net asset value could decline as a result of changes in exchange rates,
which could adversely affect the Fund’s investments in currencies, or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues related to, currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to currencies. Certain foreign
countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest
or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise.
Cyber Security Risk. Failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the Fund's manager, subadviser,
distributor, and other service providers, or the issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business operations, potentially resulting
in financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders. While the Fund has established business continuity plans and
risk management systems seeking to address system breaches or failures, there are inherent limitations in such plans
and systems. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems of the Fund's service providers
or issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. In addition, the rapid development and increasingly widespread
use of artificial intelligence, including machine learning technology and generative artificial intelligence, could
exacerbate these risks or result in cyber security incidents that implicate personal data.
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives involve special risks and costs and may result in losses to the Fund.
The successful use of derivatives requires sophisticated management, and, to the extent that derivatives
are used, the Fund will depend on its subadviser’s ability to analyze and manage derivatives transactions. The prices of derivatives may move in unexpected
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ways, especially in abnormal market conditions. Some derivatives are “leveraged” or may create economic leverage for the Fund and therefore may magnify or otherwise increase investment losses to the
Fund. The Fund's use of derivatives may also increase the amount of taxes payable by shareholders.
Other risks arise from the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions.
A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivatives positions. In fact, many over-the-counter
derivative instruments will not have liquidity beyond the counterparty to the instrument. Over-the-counter derivative instruments
also involve the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations to the Fund. The use of derivatives
also exposes the Fund to operational issues, such as documentation and settlement issues, systems failures, inadequate
control and human error.
Derivatives may also involve legal risks, such as insufficient documentation, the
lack of capacity or authority of a counterparty to execute or settle a transaction, and the legality and enforceability
of derivatives contracts. The U.S. Government and foreign governments have adopted (and may adopt further) regulations
governing derivatives markets, including mandatory clearing of certain derivatives, margin and reporting
requirements and risk exposure limitations. Regulation of derivatives may make derivatives more costly, limit their
availability or utility to the Fund, or otherwise adversely affect their performance or disrupt markets.
Economic and Market Events Risk. Events in the U.S. and global financial markets, including actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth
or the functioning of the securities markets, or otherwise reduce inflation, may at times result in unusually
high market volatility, which could negatively impact performance. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative
effects on the level of economic activity. Relatively reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets
could adversely affect issuers worldwide.
Emerging Markets Risk. The risks of foreign investments are greater for investments in or exposed to emerging
markets. Emerging market countries typically have economic and political systems that are less
fully developed, and can be expected to be less stable, than those of more developed countries. For example, the
economies of such countries can be subject to rapid and unpredictable rates of inflation or deflation. Low trading
volumes may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility. Emerging market countries may have policies that restrict investment
by non-U.S. investors, or that prevent non-U.S. investors from withdrawing their money at will.
The Fund may invest in some emerging markets that subject it to risks such as those
associated with illiquidity, custody of assets, different settlement and clearance procedures and asserting legal title
under a developing legal and regulatory regime to a greater degree than in developed markets or even in other emerging
markets.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk. Equity and equity-related securities may be subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. In addition to
an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. Different
parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
ETF Shares Trading Risk. Fund shares are listed for trading on an exchange (the “Exchange”) and the shares are bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of the
shares of the Fund are expected to fluctuate in response to changes in the Fund’s NAV, the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings and supply and demand for shares of the Fund. We cannot predict whether shares of the Fund will trade above,
below or at their NAV. Trading on the Exchange, including trading of Fund shares, may be halted in certain circumstances
and shareholders may not be able to sell Fund shares at the time or price desired. During periods of stressed
market conditions, the market for the shares of the Fund may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund’s portfolio investments. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Fund’s shares could lead to differences between the market price of the Fund’s shares and the NAV of those shares. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange to maintain the listing of shares of the Fund will continue to be met.
At times, trading in the securities of ETFs has become volatile and unpredictable and the price of ETF shares has diverged
from market driven fundamentals.
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Disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of significant market volatility
or potential lack of an active trading market for the shares of the Fund (including through a trading halt or operational
error), as well as other factors, may result in the Fund’s shares trading on the Exchange significantly above (at a premium) or below (at a discount) to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings. Premiums and discounts relate to differences between the market price and NAV of the Fund’s shares. During such periods, you may incur significant losses if you sell your shares of the Fund.
The securities held by the Fund may be traded in markets that close at a different
time than the Exchange and may trade outside of a collateralized settlement system. Liquidity in those securities
may be reduced after the applicable closing times. Accordingly, during the time when the Exchange is open but after the
applicable market closing, fixing or settlement times, bid-ask spreads for the Fund’s shares on the Exchange and the corresponding premium or discount between the market price for Fund shares and their NAV may widen. Additionally, during
times when the Exchange is open but after the applicable market is closed, there may be changes between the last
quote from the closed foreign market and the value of such security during the Fund’s trading day on the Exchange and this may lead to differences between the market price of the Fund’s shares and the underlying value of those shares.
Cost of Buying or Selling Shares. When you buy or sell shares of the Fund through a broker, you will likely incur a
brokerage commission or other charges imposed by brokers. In addition, the market
price of shares of the Fund, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid-ask spread” charged by the market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. The spread of the Fund’s shares varies over time based on the Fund’s trading volume, the spread of the Fund’s underlying securities, and market liquidity and may increase if the Fund’s trading volume, the spread of the Fund’s underlying securities, or market liquidity decreases. In times of severe market disruption, including when trading of the Fund’s holdings may be halted, the bid-ask spread may increase significantly. This means that the shares may trade at a discount to the Fund’s NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest during significant market volatility.
No Guarantee of Active Trading Market Risk. While shares of the Fund are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that active trading markets for the shares will develop or be maintained
by market makers or by Authorized Participants. The distributor of the Fund’s shares does not maintain a secondary market in the shares. Further, secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads
and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and Authorized Participants
may step away from making a market in the shares and in executing creation and redemption orders, which could
cause a material deviation in the Fund’s market price from its net asset value.
Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) may involve more risk than investing in securities of U.S. issuers.
Foreign political, economic and legal systems, especially those in developing and emerging market countries, may be less
stable and more volatile than in the United States. Foreign legal systems generally have fewer regulatory requirements
than the U.S. legal system, particularly those of emerging markets. In general, less information is publicly
available with respect to non-U.S. companies than U.S. companies. Non-U.S. companies generally are not subject
to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. Additionally, the
changing value of foreign currencies and changes in exchange rates could also affect the value of the assets
the Fund holds and the Fund's performance. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of
issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country,
due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater
volatility and price declines.
In addition, the Fund's investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to the risks
of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation
of non-U.S. currency, confiscatory taxation and adverse diplomatic developments. Special U.S. tax considerations may
apply.
Geographic Concentration Risk. The Fund’s performance may be closely tied to the market, economic, political, regulatory or other conditions in the countries or regions in which the Fund invests.
This can result in more pronounced risks based upon conditions that impact one or more countries or regions more or less
than other countries or regions.
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Initial Public Offerings Risk. The volume of IPOs and the levels at which the newly issued stocks trade in the secondary
market are affected by the performance of the stock market overall. If IPOs are brought
to the market, availability may be limited and if the Fund desires to acquire shares in such an offering, it may not
be able to buy any shares at the offering price, or if it is able to buy shares, it may not be able to buy as many
shares at the offering price as it would like. The prices of securities involved in IPOs are often subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than more established stocks. Such unpredictability can have a dramatic impact on the Fund's
performance (higher or lower) and any assumptions by investors based on the affected performance may be unwarranted.
In addition, as Fund assets grow, the impact of IPO investments on performance will decline, which could
reduce total returns.
Investments in China Risk. Investments in China subject the Fund to risks specific to China and may make it
more volatile than other funds. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has undertaken
reform of economic and market practices and has expanded the sphere of private ownership of property in China.
However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting
from governmental influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social instability. Internal
social unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military conflicts in response to such events,
may also disrupt economic development in China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency
non-convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving China's or the region's security may cause uncertainty in Chinese markets and may
adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund's investments. Export growth continues to be a major driver of
China's rapid economic growth. Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of additional
tariffs or other trade barriers, including as a result of heightened trade tensions between China and the U.S., or
a downturn in any of the economies of China's key trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy
or the Fund. For example, a series of executive orders issued in recent years prohibit the Fund from investing
in certain companies and/or certain sectors. The restrictions in these executive orders may force the subadviser to sell
certain positions and may restrict the Fund from future investments the subadviser deems otherwise attractive.
Chinese companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges,
are not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards or auditor oversight as companies
in more developed countries, and as a result, information about the Chinese securities in which the
Fund invests may be less reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for
investigations into or litigation against Chinese companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies.
Large Shareholder and Large Scale Redemption Risk. Certain individuals, accounts, funds (including funds affiliated with the Manager) or institutions, including the Manager and its affiliates, may from time
to time own or control a substantial amount of the Fund’s shares. There is no requirement that these entities maintain their investment in the Fund. Certain of these entities may use predetermined, nondiscretionary mathematical formulas in
their investment process that may result in large-scale asset flows into and out of the Fund. These shareholders may
also pledge or loan Fund shares (to secure financing or otherwise), which may result in the shares becoming concentrated
in another party. There is a risk that such large shareholders or that the Fund’s shareholders generally may redeem all or a substantial portion of their investments in the Fund in a short period of time, which could have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s NAV, liquidity, and brokerage costs. Such redemptions may cause the Fund to have to sell
securities at inopportune times or prices. These transactions may adversely affect the Fund’s performance and increase transaction costs. In addition, large redemption requests may exceed the cash balance of the Fund and result in credit
line borrowing fees and/or overdraft charges to the Fund until the sales of portfolio securities necessary to
cover the redemption request settle. To the extent a large shareholder in the Fund is an entity subject to domestic and/or
international regulations governing banking, insurance, or other financial institutions, changes in those regulations (e.g., capital requirements)
or in the shareholder’s financial status may cause or require the shareholder to redeem its investment in the Fund when it otherwise would not choose to redeem that investment. It is also possible that a significant
redemption could make it
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more difficult for the Fund to implement its investment strategy. Large redemptions
could also result in tax consequences to shareholders. The Fund’s ability to pursue its investment objective after one or more large scale redemptions may be impaired and, as a result, the Fund may invest a larger portion
of its assets in cash or cash equivalents.
Large Capitalization Company Risk. Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market
and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies
with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund's value may
not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations.
Liquidity Risk. The Fund may invest in instruments that trade in lower volumes and are more illiquid
than other investments. If the Fund is forced to sell these investments to pay redemption proceeds
or for other reasons, the Fund may lose money. In addition, when there is no willing buyer and investments cannot
be readily sold at the desired time or price, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell the
instrument at all. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from
being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.
Management Risk. Actively managed funds are subject to management risk. The subadviser will apply investment
techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but the
subadviser's judgments about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or
sector or about market movements may be incorrect. Additionally, the investments selected for the Fund may underperform
the markets in general, the Fund's benchmark and other funds with similar investment objectives.
Market Capitalization Risk. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization. Generally, the stock
prices of small- and mid-cap companies are less stable than the prices of large-cap stocks
and may present greater risks. Large capitalization companies as a group could fall out of favor with the market,
causing the Fund to underperform compared to investments that focus on smaller capitalized companies.
Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks. Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors, including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff
arrangements, sanctions and cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as the Middle East, South America,
Eastern Europe, and Asia, terrorism, natural disasters and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of
COVID-19 globally).
Recent policy decisions of the U.S. government and governments of foreign countries
may increase geopolitical risks that could adversely affect the investment performance of the Fund. These policies
have the potential to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in
ways that could create uncertainty and instability in domestic and global markets. Actions taken by the U.S. government
and governments of foreign countries in respect of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased
costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign investment, and instability in regions
where the Fund invests.
The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be
predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Fund. These and other similar events
could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced
liquidity in the securities markets, significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and
commodities and/or government intervention. They may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the
United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with
significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain
securities held by the Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued at zero.
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Market Risk. Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of your investment
in the Fund will decline.
Money Market Instruments Risk. The value of money market instruments may be affected by changing interest rates and by changes in the credit ratings of those instruments. If a significant amount
of the Fund's assets are invested in money market instruments, it will be more difficult for the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
New/Small Fund Risk. The Fund recently commenced operations and has a limited operating history. As a
new and relatively small fund, the Fund's performance may not represent how the Fund is expected
to or may perform in the long term if and when it becomes larger and has fully implemented its investment strategies.
Investment positions may have a disproportionate impact (negative or positive) on performance in new and smaller
funds. New and smaller funds may also require a period of time before they are invested in securities that meet
their investment objectives and policies and achieve a representative portfolio composition. Fund performance may
be lower or higher during this “ramp-up” period, and may also be more volatile, than would be the case after the Fund is fully
invested. Similarly, a new or smaller fund's investment strategy may require a longer period of time to show
returns that are representative of the strategy. New funds have limited performance histories for investors to evaluate
and new and smaller funds may not attract sufficient assets to achieve investment and trading efficiencies. If the
Fund were to fail to successfully implement its investment strategies or achieve its investment objective, performance
may be negatively impacted, and any resulting liquidation could create negative transaction costs for the Fund and
tax consequences for investors. Since the Fund is new, an active secondary market for the shares of the Fund may not develop
or may not continue once developed. Shareholders holding large blocks of shares of the Fund, including the
Manager and its affiliates, may hold their shares for long periods of time, which may lead to reduced trading volumes,
wider trading spreads and impede the development or maintenance of an active secondary trading market for Fund shares.
These large shareholders may also loan or sell all or a portion of their Fund shares, which may result in increasing
concentration of Fund shares in a small number of holders, and the potential for large redemptions, decreases in Fund
assets and increased expenses for remaining shareholders.
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading leading to an increased portfolio
turnover rate. Under certain market conditions, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher than that of other funds. Portfolio turnover generally involves some expense to the Fund, including brokerage
commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestment in other securities.
These transactions may result in realization of taxable capital gains. The trading costs and tax effects associated
with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s investment performance.
Preferred Securities Risk. Preferred securities can experience sharp declines in value over short or extended
periods of time, regardless of the success or failure of a company’s operations. A redemption by the issuer may negatively impact the return of the security held by the Fund. Preferred security holders’ liquidation rights are subordinate to the company’s debt holders and creditors. If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred securities may be less attractive and the price of preferred securities may decline. Preferred securities
usually do not require the issuer to pay dividends and may permit the issuer to defer dividend payments. Deferred dividend
payments could have adverse tax consequences for the Fund and may cause the preferred securities to lose substantial
value. Preferred securities also may have substantially lower trading volumes and less market depth than many other
securities, such as common stock or U.S. Government securities.
Quantitative Model Risk. The Fund may use quantitative models as part of its investment process. Securities
or other investments selected using quantitative methods may perform differently from the market
as a whole or from their expected performance for many reasons, including factors used in building the quantitative
analytical framework, the weights placed on each factor, and changing sources of market returns. There can be
no assurance that these methodologies will produce the desired results or enable the Fund to achieve its objective.
A given model may be more effective with certain instruments or strategies than others, and there can be no
assurance that any model can identify and incorporate all factors that will affect an investment’s price or performance. When models prove to be incorrect or
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incomplete, including because data is stale, missing or unavailable, any decisions
made in reliance thereon expose the Fund to potential risks. Models rely on correct data inputs. If incorrect data is
entered into even a well-founded model, the resulting information will be incorrect.
Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) Risk. Investing in REITs involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general. REITs may be affected
by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the
quality of any credit extended. REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified geographically
or by property/mortgage asset type, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and self-liquidation.
REITs may be more volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities. REITs (especially
mortgage REITs) are subject to interest rate risks. REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage. The Fund will
indirectly bear a portion of the expenses, including management fees, paid by each REIT in which it invests, in addition
to the expenses of the Fund.
REITs must also meet certain requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”) to avoid entity level tax and be eligible to pass-through certain tax attributes of their
income to shareholders. REITs are consequently subject to the risk of failing to meet these requirements for favorable
tax treatment and of failing to maintain their exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
REITs are subject to the risks of changes in the Code affecting their tax status.
Repurchase Agreements Risk. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency
of the seller, including losses and possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. To the extent that, in the meantime, the value of the securities that
the Fund has purchased has decreased, the Fund could experience a loss.
Sector Exposure Risk. At times, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in the same
economic sector, including the financials sector. Issuers in the same economic sector may be
similarly affected by economic or market events, making the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that
economic sector than funds that invest more broadly.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities
in a timely manner or at all. As a result, the Fund may lose money and there may be a delay in
recovering the loaned securities. Additionally, losses could result from the reinvestment of collateral received on
loaned securities in investments that decline in value, default, or do not perform as well as expected. These events could
trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund.
Short Sales Risk. Short sales involve costs and risks. The Fund must pay the lender interest on the
security it borrows, and the Fund will lose money to the extent that the price of the security increases
between the time of the short sale and the date when the Fund replaces the borrowed security. Although the Fund’s gain is limited to the price at which it sold the securities short, its potential loss is limited only by the maximum attainable
price of the securities, less the price at which the security was sold and may, theoretically, be unlimited. The Fund
may also make short sales “against the box.” When selling short against the box, the Fund gives up the opportunity for capital
appreciation in the security.
Structured Products Risk. Holders of structured product securities bear risks of the underlying investments,
index or reference obligation. Certain structured products may be thinly traded or have a limited
trading market, and as a result may be characterized as illiquid. The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for
structured securities and the resulting inability of the Fund to sell a structured security could expose the Fund
to losses and could make structured securities more difficult for the Fund to value accurately, which may also result
in additional costs. Structured products are also subject to credit risk; the assets backing the structured product may be
insufficient to pay interest or principal. In addition to the general risks associated with investments in fixed income, structured
products carry additional risks, including, but not limited to: the possibility that distributions from collateral
securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; the quality of the collateral may decline in value or
default; and the possibility that the structured products are subordinate to other classes. Structured securities are generally
privately negotiated debt obligations where the principal and/or interest or value of the structured security
is determined by reference to the
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performance of a specific asset, benchmark asset, market or interest rate (“reference instrument”), and changes in the reference instrument or security may cause significant price fluctuations, or could
cause the interest rate on the structured security to be reduced to zero. Holders of structured products indirectly
bear risks associated with the reference instrument, are subject to counterparty risk and typically do not have direct
rights against the reference instrument. Structured products may also entail structural complexity and documentation
risk and there is no guarantee that the courts or administrators will interpret the priority of principal
and interest payments as expected.
Warrants and Rights Risk. If the underlying stock price does not rise above the exercise price before the warrant
expires, a warrant generally expires without value and the Fund loses any amount paid
for the warrant. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of a warrant
may not move with the price of the underlying stock. Failing to exercise subscription rights to purchase common stock would dilute the Fund’s interest in the issuing company. The market for such rights is not well developed, and the Fund
may not always realize full value on the sale of rights.
When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions Risk. When-issued and delayed-delivery securities involve the risk that the security the Fund buys will lose value prior to its delivery. There also is the
risk that the security will not be issued or that the other party to the transaction will not meet its obligation. If this occurs,
the Fund may lose both the investment opportunity for the assets it set aside to pay for the security and any gain in the security’s price.
Please note that, in addition to the risks discussed above, there are many other factors that may impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective and which could result in a loss of all
or a part of your investment.
More information about the Fund's investment strategies and risks appears in the SAI.
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HOW THE FUND IS MANAGED
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Fund is overseen by a Board of Trustees (hereafter referred to as “Trustees” or the “Board”). The Board oversees the actions of the Manager, subadviser and distributor and decides on general policies.
The Board also oversees the Fund's officers, who conduct and supervise the daily business operations of the Fund.
MANAGER
PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments”)
655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4410
655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102-4410
As manager, PGIM Investments manages the Fund’s investment operations and administers its business affairs and is responsible for supervising the Fund’s subadviser. Pursuant to the management agreement relating to the Fund, PGIM Investments is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Fund, except taxes,
brokerage expenses, interest expenses, distribution fees or expenses, expenses incident to shareholder meetings
and extraordinary expenses. The Fund may also pay for any costs or expenses of investing in other funds. The Fund
pays PGIM Investments management fees at the rate of 0.23% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
PGIM Investments and its predecessors have served as a manager or administrator to
investment companies since 1987. As of April 30, 2026, PGIM Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential
Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”), served as the investment manager to all of the Prudential U.S. and offshore open-end
investment companies, and as the manager or administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets
of approximately $338.1 billion.
Subject to the supervision of the Board, PGIM Investments is responsible for conducting
the initial review of prospective subadvisers for the Fund. In evaluating a prospective subadviser, PGIM Investments
considers many factors, including the firm's experience, investment philosophy and historical performance. Subject to the Board’s oversight, PGIM Investments is also responsible for monitoring the performance of the Fund’s subadviser and recommending its termination and replacement when deemed appropriate. PGIM Investments may provide
a subadviser with additional investment guidelines consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and restrictions.
PGIM Investments and the Fund operate under an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC that generally permits PGIM Investments to enter into or amend agreements with unaffiliated subadvisers and
certain subadvisers that are affiliates of PGIM Investments without obtaining shareholder approval. This authority
is subject to certain conditions, including the requirement that the Board must approve any new or amended agreements
with a subadviser. Shareholders of the Fund still have the right to terminate these agreements at any
time by a vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The Fund will notify shareholders of any new subadvisers
engaged or material amendments to subadvisory agreements made pursuant to the Order. Any new subadvisory
agreement or amendment to the Fund's management agreement or current subadvisory agreement that directly
or indirectly results in an increase in the aggregate management fee rate payable by the Fund will be submitted to the Fund’s shareholders for their approval. PGIM Investments does not currently intend to retain unaffiliated subadvisers.
A discussion of the basis for the Board's approvals of the management and subadvisory
agreements will be available in the Fund's Form N-CSR filed with the SEC for the period ending August 31, and made
available on the Fund's website at https://www.pgim.com/etf-fund-documents.
SUBADVISER
Jennison Associates LLC (“Jennison”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc., which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential. Its address is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055. PGIM Investments has responsibility for all investment advisory services, supervises Jennison and pays
Jennison for its services. As of February 28, 2026, Jennison managed in excess of $204.7 billion in assets. Jennison
(including its predecessor, Jennison Associates Capital Corp.) is a registered investment adviser founded in 1969.
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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Jason T. McManus, Adam L. Friedman and Brian A. Porpora are jointly and primarily
responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Jason T. McManus is a Managing Director, the Head of Custom Solutions and a custom solutions portfolio
manager. He joined Jennison in July 1997. Mr. McManus began managing quantitative portfolios and
custom solutions for clients in August 2006. From 2003 to 2006, he was part of Jennison's Applied Research team focusing
on quantitative research projects and portfolio analytics. Prior to that, he was a research analyst on the
International Equity team. Mr. McManus earned a BS in economics and computer science from the University at Albany, State
University of New York, and an MBA in quantitative finance from The New York University Stern School of Business.
Adam L. Friedman is a Managing Director, a custom solutions portfolio manager and an investment solutions
analyst. He joined Jennison in 2007. Prior to joining the Custom Solutions Group in 2011, he was
an investment analyst on the firm’s alternative investments team. Mr. Friedman earned a BS in financial economics from Binghamton University.
Brian A. Porpora is a Managing Director, a custom solutions portfolio manager and an investment solutions
analyst. He joined Jennison in 2004. Prior to joining the Custom Solutions Group in 2008, he was
an investment analyst on the firm’s alternative investments team. Mr. Porpora earned a BS in applied economics and business management from Cornell University.
The portfolio managers for the Fund are supported by other Jennison portfolio managers,
research analysts and investment professionals. Team members conduct research, make securities recommendations
and support the portfolio managers in all activities. Members of the team may change from time to
time.
Additional information about portfolio manager compensation, other accounts managed,
and portfolio manager ownership of Fund securities may be found in the SAI.
DISTRIBUTOR
The Fund's Distributor is Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS” or the “Distributor”). The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC. The Distributor distributes
Creation Units (as defined below in the section “How to Buy and Sell Shares”) for the Fund and does not maintain a secondary market in shares of the Fund.
Distribution and Service Plan
The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “12b-1 Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The 12b-1 Plan permits compensation in connection with the distribution and marketing of Fund shares and/or the provision of certain
shareholder services. The 12b-1 Plan permits the Fund to pay compensation at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the Fund's
average daily net assets. However, the Board has determined not to authorize payment of a 12b-1 Plan fee at
this time.
The 12b-1 fee may only be imposed or increased when the Board determines that it is
in the best interests of shareholders to do so. Because these fees, when and if authorized, will be paid out
of the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, over time they will increase the cost of an investment in the Fund.
PGIM or its affiliates make payments to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers,
banks or other intermediaries (together, “intermediaries”) related to marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs,
conferences, the development of technology platforms and reporting systems, or their
making Fund shares available to their customers generally and in certain investment programs. Such payments, which
may be significant to the intermediary, are not made by the Fund. Rather, such payments are made by PGIM or
its affiliates from their own resources, which come directly or indirectly in part from fees paid by the Fund. A
financial intermediary may make decisions about which investment options it recommends or makes available, or the
level of services provided, to its
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customers based on the payments it is eligible to receive. Therefore, such payments
to an intermediary create conflicts of interest between the intermediary and its customers and may cause the intermediary
to recommend the funds over another investment. More information regarding these payments is contained in the Fund’s SAI.
Please contact your salesperson or other investment professional for more information
regarding any such payments his or her firm may receive from PGIM or its affiliates.
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
Fund policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio
securities are described in the Fund's SAI. On each business day, before commencement of trading on the Exchange,
the Fund will disclose on https://www.pgim.com/etf-fund-documents the Fund's portfolio holdings that will form the basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.
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FUND DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX ISSUES
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund distributes dividends out of any net investment income to shareholders. For
example, if the Fund owns an ACME Corp. bond and the bond pays interest, the Fund will pay out a portion of this
interest as a dividend to its shareholders, assuming the Fund’s income is more than its costs and expenses.
The Fund also distributes any realized net capital gains to shareholders. Capital
gains are generated when the Fund sells its assets for a profit. For example, if the Fund bought 100 bonds of ACME Corp.
for a total of $1,000 and more than one year later sold the bonds for a total of $1,500, the Fund has net long-term
capital gains of $500, which it will pass on to shareholders (assuming the Fund’s remaining total gains are greater than any losses it may have).
Dividends and other distributions on shares of the Fund are distributed on a pro rata
basis to beneficial owners of such shares.
Dividend payments are made through DTC participants and indirect participants to beneficial
owners then of record with proceeds received from the Fund.
Dividend Reinvestment Service. No dividend reinvestment service is provided by the Fund. Broker-dealers may make
available the DTC book-entry Dividend Reinvestment Service for use by beneficial owners
of the Fund for reinvestment of their dividend distributions. Beneficial owners should contact their broker to
determine the availability and costs of the service and the details of participation therein. Brokers may require beneficial
owners to adhere to specific procedures and timetables. If this service is available and used, dividend distributions
of both income and realized gains will be automatically reinvested in additional whole shares of the Fund purchased
in the secondary market. Dividend distributions of both income and realized gains will be subject to taxation
whether or not they are reinvested in the Fund.
The chart below sets forth the expected frequency of dividend and capital gains distributions
to shareholders. Various factors may impact the frequency of dividend distributions to shareholders, including
but not limited to adverse market conditions or portfolio holding-specific events.
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Expected Distribution Schedule*
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Net Investment Income
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Annually
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Short-Term Capital Gains
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Annually
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Long-Term Capital Gains
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*Under certain circumstances, the Fund may make more than one distribution of short-term
and/or long-term capital gains during a fiscal year.
TAX ISSUES
Investors who buy shares of the Fund should be aware of some important tax issues.
For example, the Fund distributes dividends of net investment income and realized net capital gains, if any, to shareholders.
These distributions are subject to federal income taxes, unless you hold your shares in a 401(k) plan, an
Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”) or some other qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. Dividends and distributions
from the Fund also may be subject to state and local income tax in the state where you live. Also, if you sell
shares of the Fund for a profit, you may have to pay capital gains taxes on the amount of your profit, unless you hold your
shares in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account.
The following briefly discusses some of the important income tax issues you should
be aware of, but is not meant to be tax advice. For tax advice, please speak with your tax adviser.
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Fund Distributions
Dividends of net investment income will generally be taxable to shareholders at ordinary
income rates. Dividends from net investment income paid to a non-corporate U.S. shareholder that are reported as
qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at the long-term capital gain tax rate. Also,
a portion of the dividends paid to corporate shareholders of the Fund will be eligible for the dividends received deduction to the extent the Fund’s income is derived from certain dividends received from U.S. corporations. Because of the nature of the Fund’s investments, the Fund does not expect to pay dividends that for noncorporate shareholders are treated
as qualified dividend income or that for corporate shareholders are eligible for the dividends received deduction.
Fund distributions of net capital gains are taxed differently depending on how long
the Fund holds the security. If the Fund holds a security for more than one year before selling it, any gain is treated
as long-term capital gain which is generally taxed at rates of up to 15% or 20% for noncorporate U.S. shareholders, depending
on whether their income exceeds certain threshold amounts which are adjusted annually for inflation. If the
Fund holds the security for one year or less, any gain is treated as short-term capital gain, which is taxed at rates applicable
to ordinary income. Different rates apply to corporate shareholders.
A U.S. shareholder that is an individual, estate, or certain type of trust is subject
to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on the lesser of (1) the U.S. shareholder’s “net investment income,” including Fund distributions and net gains from the disposition of Fund shares, and (2) the excess of the U.S. shareholder’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over $200,000 (or $250,000 for married couples filing jointly). For this
purpose, net investment income includes interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, capital gain and income from a
passive activity business or a business of trading in financial instruments or commodities.
Fund distributions are generally taxable in the year they are received, except when
the Fund declares certain dividends in October, November or December of a calendar year, but actually pays them in January
of the following year. In such cases, the dividends are treated as if they were paid on December 31st of the prior year.
Form 1099
For every year your Fund declares a dividend, you will receive a Form 1099, which
reports the amount of ordinary income distributions and long-term capital gains we distributed to you during the
prior year unless you own shares of the Fund as part of a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. If you do own shares
of the Fund as part of a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account, your taxes are deferred, so you will not receive
a Form 1099 annually, but instead you will receive a Form 1099 when you take any distribution from your qualified or tax-deferred
plan or account.
Withholding Taxes
If federal tax law requires you to provide the Fund with your taxpayer identification
number and certifications as to your tax status and you fail to do this, or if you are otherwise subject to backup withholding,
we will withhold and pay to the U.S. Treasury a portion of your distributions and sale proceeds, based on the applicable
backup withholding rate.
Taxation of Non-U.S. Shareholders
For a discussion regarding the taxation of non-U.S. shareholders, please see the SAI
and contact your tax adviser.
If You Purchase on or Before a Record Date
If you buy shares of the Fund on or before the record date for a distribution (the
date that determines who receives the distribution), we will pay that distribution to you. As explained above, the distribution
may be subject to taxes. When dividends are paid out, the value of each share of the Fund decreases by the amount
of the dividend to reflect the payout, although this may not be apparent because the value of each share of the Fund
also will be affected by market changes, if any.
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TAXES WHEN SHARES ARE SOLD
Any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of shares is generally treated as long-term
capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than one year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the
shares have been held for one year or less. Capital loss realized on the sale or exchange of shares held for six months
or less will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain dividends received by the shareholder.
The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited. Net gains from the sale of shares are included in “net investment income” for purposes of the 3.8% Medicare contribution tax mentioned above.
For shares purchased and sold from a taxable account, your intermediary will report
cost basis information to you and to the IRS. Your intermediary will permit shareholders to elect their preferred cost
basis method. In the absence of an election, your cost basis method will be your intermediary’s default method, which is often the average cost method. Please consult your tax adviser to determine the appropriate cost basis method for
your particular tax situation and to learn more about how the cost basis reporting laws apply to you and your investments.
The above is a general summary of tax implications of investing in the Fund. Because each investor’s tax consequences are unique, please consult your tax advisor to see how investing in the
Fund and, for individuals and S corporations, selection of a particular cost method of accounting will affect your
own tax situation.
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HOW TO BUY AND SELL SHARES
Secondary Market
Most investors will buy and sell Fund shares in secondary market transactions through
brokers. Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on the secondary market on the Exchange. Shares can be bought and
sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities. There is no minimum investment. When buying
or selling shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges, and you may pay
some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price in the secondary market on each leg of a round
trip (purchase and sale) transaction. The spread varies over time for Fund shares based on the Fund’s trading volume and market liquidity, and is generally lower if the Fund has a lot of trading volume and market liquidity.
Shares of the Fund trade on the Exchange at prices that may differ to varying degrees
from the daily NAV of the shares.
Directly with the Fund
Fund shares are issued or redeemed by the Fund at NAV per share only in aggregations
of a specified number of shares (“Creation Units”). An Authorized Participant is a member or participant of a clearing agency registered
with the SEC, which has a written agreement with the Fund or one of its service providers that
allows the Authorized Participant to place orders for the purchase and redemption of Creation Units.
A creation transaction, which is subject to acceptance by the Distributor and the
Fund, generally takes place when an Authorized Participant deposits into the Fund a designated portfolio of securities,
assets or other positions (a “creation basket”, and an amount of cash (including any cash representing the value of substituted
securities, assets or other positions), if any, which together approximate the holdings of the Fund in exchange
for a specified number of Creation Units. Similarly, shares can be redeemed only in Creation Units, generally for a designated
portfolio of securities, assets or other financial instruments (the “redemption basket”) held by the Fund and an amount of cash (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted). The Fund may, in certain
circumstances, offer Creation Units partially or solely for cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares
are not redeemable by the Fund. Creation and redemption baskets may differ and the Fund may accept “custom baskets.”
For more detailed information, see “Creations and Redemptions of Fund Shares” in the Fund’s SAI.
Beneficial Ownership
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) serves as securities depository for Fund shares. Shares of the Fund may be held only in book-entry form; stock certificates will not be issued. DTC, or its nominee,
is the record or registered owner of all outstanding shares of the Fund. Beneficial ownership of shares will be shown
on the records of DTC or its participants. Beneficial owners of shares are not entitled to have shares registered
in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and are not
considered the registered holder thereof. Accordingly, to exercise any rights of a holder of shares of the Fund, each
beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of: (i) DTC; (ii) “DTC Participants,” i.e., securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives)
own DTC; and (iii) “Indirect Participants,” i.e., brokers, dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain
a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly, through which such beneficial
owner holds its interests.
The Fund understands that under existing industry practice, in the event the Fund
requests any action of holders of shares, or a beneficial owner desires to take any action that DTC, as the record owner
of all outstanding shares, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the DTC Participants to take such action and
that the DTC Participants would authorize the Indirect Participants and beneficial owners acting through such DTC
Participants to take such action and would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.
As described above, the Fund recognizes DTC or its nominee as the owner of all shares of the Fund for all purposes.
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Shares of the Fund have not been registered for sale outside of the United States.
Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts the acquisition by investment companies
of the securities of other investment companies, including the Fund's shares. That section also restricts an open-end fund,
such as the Fund, from selling its shares to other registered funds outside of certain limits. Registered investment
companies are permitted to invest in the Fund beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) subject to the conditions
of certain exemptive rules, including, as applicable, that the investment companies enter into an agreement with the Trust
on behalf of the Fund prior to exceeding the limits imposed by Section 12(d)(1).
Understanding the Price You'll Pay for the Shares
Market Trading Price. The trading price of the Fund’s shares on the Exchange may differ from the Fund’s daily NAV and can be affected by market forces of supply and demand, economic conditions and other
factors.
Premiums and Discounts. Information regarding how often the shares of the Fund traded on the Exchange at
a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV since the inception
of the Fund, as applicable, can be found at pgim.com/investments.
Net Asset Value. The share value of a fund—known as the net asset value or NAV—is determined by a simple calculation: it's the total value of the Fund (assets minus liabilities) divided by
the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if the value of the investments held by Fund XYZ (minus its liabilities)
is $1,000 and there are 100 shares of Fund XYZ owned by shareholders, the value of one share of Fund XYZ—or the NAV—is $10 ($1,000 divided by 100).
The Fund's NAV will be determined every day on which the Fund is open as of the close
of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The price at which a purchase of a Creation
Unit is effected is based on the next calculation of NAV after the order is received in proper
form in accordance with this prospectus and the requirements of the Authorized Participant agreement.
The Fund's portfolio securities are valued based upon market quotations or, if market
quotations are not readily available, at fair value as determined in good faith by the Manager, as the Board's
valuation designee. In this capacity, the Manager has adopted pricing methodologies for determining the fair value of certain
types of securities and other assets held by the Fund that do not have quoted market prices, including the use of
other pricing sources, such as bid prices supplied by a principal market maker and evaluated prices supplied by pricing
vendors that employ analytic methodologies that take into account the prices of similar securities and other market
factors.
If the Fund determines that a market quotation for a security is not reliable based
on, among other things, events or market conditions that occur with respect to one or more securities held by the Fund
or the market as a whole, after the quotation is derived or after the closing of the primary market on which the security
is traded, but before the time that the Fund's NAV is determined, the Fund may use “fair value pricing,” which is implemented by a valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”) consisting of representatives of the Manager. The subadviser often provides relevant information for the Valuation Committee meeting. Non-U.S. securities markets
are open for trading on weekends and other days when the Fund does not price shares. Therefore, the value of the Fund’s shares may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund’s shares.
Investments in open-end non-exchange-traded mutual funds will be valued at their NAV
as determined as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation, which will reflect the mutual fund’s fair valuation procedures.
Different valuation methods may result in differing values for the same security.
The fair value of a portfolio security that the Fund uses to determine its NAV may differ from the security's quoted or published
price. If the Fund needs to implement fair value pricing after the NAV publishing deadline but before shares of
the Fund are processed, the NAV you receive or pay may differ from the published NAV price. The prospectuses of any
other mutual funds or ETFs in which the Fund invests will explain each fund’s procedures and policies with respect to the use of fair value pricing.
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Fair value pricing procedures are designed to result in prices for the Fund's securities
and its NAV that are reasonable in light of the circumstances which make or have made market quotations unavailable
or unreliable, and may have the effect of reducing arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders. There
is no assurance, however, that fair value pricing will more accurately reflect the market value of a security than the market
price of such security on that day or that it will prevent dilution of the Fund's NAV by short-term traders.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions
The Fund does not impose restrictions on the frequency of purchases and redemptions.
The Board evaluated the risks of market timing activities by Fund shareholders when they considered whether a restriction
or policy was necessary. The Board considered that, unlike mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems its shares
at NAV only in Creation Units, and the Fund’s shares may be purchased and sold on the Exchange at prevailing market prices.
“Revenue Sharing” Payments
The Manager or certain of its affiliates (but not the Distributor) may make payments
(which are often referred to as “revenue sharing” payments) to financial intermediaries from the Manager's or certain affiliates' own
resources, including from the profits derived from management fees or other fees received from
the Fund, without additional direct or indirect cost to the Fund or its shareholders. Revenue sharing payments
are usually calculated based on Fund assets attributable to a particular financial services firm, and the amount of the
payments varies among financial intermediaries. The Manager or certain of its affiliates may revise the terms of any
existing revenue sharing arrangement and may enter into additional revenue sharing arrangements with other
financial intermediaries in the future. Revenue sharing arrangements are intended to foster the sale of Fund shares
and/or to compensate financial intermediaries for assisting in marketing or promotional activities in connection
with the sale of Fund shares. In exchange for revenue sharing payments, it is expected that the Fund will receive the
opportunity to be sold through the financial intermediaries' sales force or gain access to third-party platforms or other
marketing programs, including but not limited to “supermarket” platforms or other sales programs. Both the Manager and Fund shareholders may receive
services from the financial intermediary in exchange for the revenue sharing payments.
Because the Manager's management fee is based on Fund assets, to the extent that financial intermediaries
receiving revenue sharing payments results in an increase in the sale of Fund shares, the Manager and/or its
affiliates will benefit from the increase in Fund assets. From time to time the Manager and/or an affiliate of the
Fund (and not the Fund itself) may pay certain administrative fees in order to make the Fund available to shareholders.
Such fees are not included in, and are paid separate and apart from, any revenue sharing payments. Revenue sharing payments,
or other similar payments, may provide an incentive for financial intermediaries and their registered
representatives to recommend or sell shares of the Fund to you and in doing so may create conflicts of interest between
such intermediaries' financial interests and their duties to customers.
It is likely that financial intermediaries that execute portfolio transactions for
the Fund will include those firms with which the Manager and/or certain of its affiliates have entered into revenue sharing
arrangements. Neither the Manager nor any subadviser may consider sales of Fund shares as a factor in the selection
of broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Manager and certain of its affiliates will not use
Fund brokerage as any part of revenue sharing payments to financial intermediaries.
Revenue sharing payments are usually calculated based on a percentage of Fund sales
and/or Fund assets attributable to a particular financial services firm. Payments may also be based on other criteria
or factors, for example, a fee per each transaction. Specific payment formulas are negotiated based on a number of factors,
including, but not limited to, reputation in the industry, ability to attract and retain assets, target markets,
customer relationships and scope and quality of services provided. The Manager and/or certain of its affiliates make such
payments to financial intermediaries in amounts that generally range from 0.01% up to 0.20% of Fund assets serviced and
maintained by the financial intermediaries. In addition, the Manager and/or certain of its affiliates may pay
flat fees on a one-time or irregular basis for the initial set-up of the Fund on a financial services intermediary’s systems, participation or attendance at a financial
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services firm's meeting, or for other reasons. These amounts are subject to change.
In addition, the costs associated with visiting the financial intermediaries to make presentations, and/or train and
educate the personnel of the financial intermediaries, may be paid by the Manager and/or certain of its affiliates, subject
to applicable FINRA regulations.
Please contact the registered representative (or the financial intermediary) who sold
shares of the Fund to you for details about any payments the financial intermediary may receive from the Manager
and/or certain of its affiliates. You should review your financial intermediary’s disclosure and/or talk to your financial intermediary to obtain more information on how this compensation may have influenced your financial intermediary’s recommendation of the Fund. Additional information regarding these revenue sharing payments is included in the
SAI which is available to you at no additional charge.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
No financial highlights information is available for the Fund as of the date of this
Prospectus, as the Fund is new and has no prior financial highlights information. As of the date of this Prospectus,
the Fund has not yet commenced investment operations.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please read this Prospectus before you invest in the Fund and keep it for future reference.
Information on the Fund's net asset
value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can be found at pgim.com/investments.
For information or shareholder questions contact:
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PGIM Investments LLC
655 Broad Street, 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
■WEBSITE
pgim.com/investments
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■TELEPHONE
(888) 247-8090
(973) 802-2093
(from outside the U.S.)
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■E-DELIVERY
You may request e-delivery of Fund documents by contacting your financial intermediary
directly or by going to
www.icsdelivery.com. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive
notification via email when new materials
are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your email address at any
time by visiting the website address above.
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The Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, Form N-CSR, and the SAI contain additional information
about the Fund. In Form N-CSR,
you will find the Fund's annual and semi-annual financial statements. Shareholders
may obtain free copies of the SAI, Annual
Report and Semi-Annual Report as well as other information about the Fund such as
Fund financial statements and may make
other shareholder inquiries through the telephone number, address and website listed
above.
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■STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI)
(incorporated by reference into this Prospectus)
■SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
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■ANNUAL REPORT
(contains a discussion of the market conditions and
investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's
performance during the last fiscal year)
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You can also obtain copies of Fund documents, including the SAI, from the Securities
and Exchange Commission as follows (the
SEC charges a fee to copy documents):
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■VIA THE INTERNET
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ETF1034STAT The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-23324
PGIM JENNISON ETFs
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — June 11, 2026
The information in this Preliminary Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This SAI is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) of PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF and PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”), each a series of PGIM ETF Trust (the “Trust”), is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectuses of the Funds, dated [______], as supplemented or amended from time to time (the “Prospectuses”). The Prospectuses can be obtained, without charge, by calling 888-247-8090 or by writing to PGIM Investments LLC, 655 Broad Street, 6th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102. This SAI has been incorporated by reference into each Fund’s Prospectus.
This SAI only relates to the Funds.
Each Fund is new and therefore no audited financial statements are available.
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ETF1034B
PART I
INTRODUCTION
This SAI sets forth information about the Funds. It provides information about certain
of the securities, instruments, policies and strategies that are used by each Fund in seeking to achieve its objective. This SAI
also provides additional information about the Trust's Board of Trustees (hereafter referred to as “Board Members”), the advisory services provided to and the management fees paid by the Funds, information about other fees paid by and services provided to the Funds, and
other information.
In addition to the Funds, the Trust has the following other series: PGIM Ultra Short
Bond ETF, PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF, PGIM Active Aggregate Bond ETF, PGIM Total Return Bond ETF, PGIM Floating Rate Income ETF,
PGIM Jennison Focused Value ETF, PGIM Jennison Focused Growth ETF, PGIM Portfolio Ballast ETF, PGIM AAA CLO ETF, PGIM Short
Duration Multi-Sector Bond ETF, PGIM Short Duration High Yield ETF, PGIM Jennison Focused Mid-Cap ETF, PGIM Jennison International
Opportunities ETF, PGIM Jennison Better Future ETF, PGIM Municipal Income Opportunities ETF, PGIM Ultra Short Municipal
Bond ETF, PGIM Corporate Bond 0-5 Year ETF, PGIM Corporate Bond 5-10 Year ETF, PGIM Corporate Bond 10+ Year ETF, PGIM AAA
CLO Aggregate Duration ETF, PGIM Securitized Income ETF and PGIM Jennison U.S. Core Equity ETF. This SAI relates only
to the Funds. The other series of the Trust are offered in separate prospectuses and separate SAIs.
Each Fund offers and issues shares at net asset value (“NAV”) only in aggregations of a specified number of shares (each a “Creation Unit”). Each Fund may issue and redeem Creation Units in exchange for a designated portfolio
of securities, assets or other positions (the “Deposit Instruments”) together with a deposit of a specified cash payment (the “Cash Component”) but reserves the right to issue and redeem Creation Units in exchange for an all-cash payment (“Cash Deposit”). A Fund may elect to regularly transact solely in cash. Shares are redeemable by each Fund only in Creation Units. In the event of the liquidation
of a Fund, the Trust may lower the number of Shares in a Creation Unit, including making the shares individually redeemable for
that Fund.
Each Fund may charge transaction fees for each creation and redemption transaction.
See the “Creations and Redemptions” section below. In each instance of cash creations or redemptions, transaction fees may be
imposed that will be higher than the transaction fees associated with in-kind creations or redemptions. In all cases, transaction fees will
be limited in accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) applicable to management investment companies offering redeemable securities.
Each Fund’s shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc. Fund shares trade on the Exchange at market prices that may be below, at or above NAV.
Before reading the SAI, you should consult the Glossary below, which defines certain
of the terms used in the SAI:
GLOSSARY
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Definition
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1933 Act
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Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules thereunder
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1934 Act
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder
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1940 Act
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Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules thereunder
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1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions
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1940 Act, Exemptive order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations,
collectively
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ADR
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American Depositary Receipt
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ADS
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American Depositary Share
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Board
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Fund’s Board of Directors or Trustees
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Board Member
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A trustee or director of the Fund’s Board
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CEA
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Commodity Exchange Act, as amended
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CFTC
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Code
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Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
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CMO
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Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
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ETF
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Exchange-Traded Fund
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EDR
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European Depositary Receipt
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Exchange
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Fannie Mae
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Federal National Mortgage Association
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FDIC
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Definition
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Fitch
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Fitch Ratings, Inc.
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Freddie Mac
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
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GDR
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Global Depositary Receipt
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Ginnie Mae
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Government National Mortgage Association
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IPO
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Initial Public Offering
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IRS
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Internal Revenue Service
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LIBOR
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London Interbank Offered Rate
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Manager or PGIM Investments
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PGIM Investments LLC
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Moody’s
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Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
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NASDAQ
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National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
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NAV
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Net Asset Value
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NRSRO
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Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization
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NYSE
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New York Stock Exchange
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OTC
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Over the Counter
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Prudential
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Prudential Financial, Inc.
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QPTP
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Qualified Publicly Traded Partnership
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REIT
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Real Estate Investment Trust
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RIC
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Regulated Investment Company, as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended
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S&P
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S&P Global Ratings
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SEC
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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SOFR
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Secured Overnight Financing Rate
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World Bank
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International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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FUND CLASSIFICATION, INVESTMENT Objectives & POLICIES
The Funds are actively managed exchange-traded funds of the Trust. The Trust is an
open-end management investment company.
The investment objective of PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF is long term
capital appreciation.
The investment objective of PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF is long term
capital appreciation.
The Funds are classified as diversified series of the Trust.
EXCHANGE LISTING AND TRADING
Shares of each Fund are listed for trading and trade throughout the day on the Exchange
and may trade on other secondary markets. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to maintain
the listing of shares of a Fund will continue to be met. The Exchange may, but is not required to, remove the shares of each Fund from
listing if, among other things; (i) each Fund is no longer eligible to operate in reliance on Rule 6c-11 under the 1940 Act; (ii) if
any of the other listing requirements are not continuously maintained; or (iii) any event shall occur or condition shall exist that,
in the opinion of the Exchange, makes further dealings on the Exchange inadvisable. In the event each Fund ceases to be listed on
an exchange, each Fund may cease operating as an “exchange-traded” fund and operate as a mutual fund, provided that shareholders are given advance notice.
As in the case of other publicly-traded securities, when you buy or sell shares through
a financial intermediary you may incur a brokerage commission determined by that financial intermediary, as well as other charges.
The Trust reserves the right to adjust the share prices of each Fund in the future
to maintain convenient trading ranges for investors. Any adjustments would be accomplished through stock splits or reverse stock splits, which
would have no effect on the net assets of the Fund or an investor’s equity interests in the Fund.
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INVESTMENTS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS
The principal investment policies and strategies of each Fund are described in the Fund’s Prospectus. In addition, a Fund may from time to time also use the securities, instruments, policies and strategies that are
further discussed below in seeking to achieve its objective.
Set forth below are descriptions of some of the types of investments and investment
strategies that a Fund may use and the risks and considerations associated with those investments and investment strategies. Please also see a Fund’s Prospectus and the “Fund Classification, Investment Objectives & Policies” section of this SAI. A Fund also may invest from time to time in certain types of
investments and investment strategies that are either not discussed or otherwise identified
below. The order of the below investments, investment strategies and risks does not indicate the significance of any particular
investment, investment strategy or risk.
ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES INVESTMENTS RISK. In addition to the risks of foreign investing and the risks of investing in emerging
markets, the developing market Asia-Pacific countries in which a Fund may invest are subject
to certain additional or specific risks. There is a high concentration of market capitalization and trading volume in a small number of
issuers representing a limited number of industries, as well as a high concentration of investors and financial intermediaries. Many of
these markets also may be affected by developments with respect to more established markets in the region such as in Japan and Hong Kong.
Brokers in developing market Asia-Pacific countries typically are fewer in number and less well capitalized than brokers in
the United States. These factors, combined with the U.S. regulatory requirements for open-end investment companies and the restrictions
on foreign investment discussed below, result in potentially fewer investment opportunities for a Fund and may have an adverse impact
on the investment performance of a Fund.
Many Asia-Pacific countries may be subject to a greater degree of economic, political
and social instability than is the case in the United States and Western European countries. Such instability may result from, among other
things: (i) authoritarian governments or military involvement in political and economic decision-making, including changes in government
through extra-constitutional means; (ii) popular unrest associated with demands for improved political, economic and social
conditions; (iii) monsoons and other natural disasters may cause substantial economic disruptions in Asian countries; (iv) outbreaks
of infectious illness or other public health threats may reduce consumer demand, result in travel restrictions or quarantines, and may
generally have a significant effect on certain Asian economies; (v) internal insurgencies; (vi) hostile relations with neighboring countries;
(vii) ethnic, religious and racial disaffection; (viii) nationalization of property and/or confiscatory taxation; and (ix) piracy of
intellectual property, data and other security breaches, especially of data stored electronically. In addition, the governments of many such
countries, such as India, Indonesia and Vietnam, have a heavy role in regulating and supervising the economy. Another risk common to
most such countries is that the economy is heavily export oriented and, accordingly, is dependent upon international trade. The existence
of overburdened infrastructure and obsolete financial systems also present risks in certain countries, as do environmental problems.
Certain economies also depend to a significant degree upon exports of primary commodities and, therefore, are vulnerable to changes
in commodity prices that, in turn, may be affected by a variety of factors.
The legal systems in certain Asia-Pacific countries also may have an adverse impact
on a Fund. For example, while the potential liability of a shareholder in a U.S. corporation with respect to acts of the corporation is generally limited to the amount of the shareholder’s investment, the notion of limited liability is less clear in certain emerging market
Asia-Pacific countries. Similarly, the rights of investors in developing market Asia-Pacific companies may be more limited than those of shareholders
of U.S. corporations. It may be difficult or impossible to obtain and/or enforce a judgment in a developing market Asia-Pacific
country.
Governments of many Asia-Pacific countries have exercised and continue to exercise
substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector. In certain cases, the government owns or controls many companies,
including the largest in the country. Accordingly, government actions in the future could have a significant effect on economic conditions
in Asia-Pacific countries, which could affect private sector companies and a Fund itself, as well as the value of securities in a Fund’s portfolio. In addition, economic statistics of developing market Asia-Pacific countries may be less reliable than economic statistics
of more developed nations.
In addition to the relative lack of publicly available information about developing
market Asia-Pacific issuers and the possibility that such issuers may not be subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards as U.S. companies, inflation accounting rules in some developing market Asia-Pacific countries require companies that keep
accounting records in the local currency, for both tax and accounting purposes, to restate certain assets and liabilities on the company’s balance sheet in order to express items in terms of currency of constant purchasing power. Inflation accounting may indirectly generate
losses or profits for certain developing market Asia-Pacific companies. Satisfactory custodial services for investment securities
may not be available in some developing Asia-Pacific countries, which may result in a Fund incurring additional costs and delays in providing
transportation and custody services for such securities outside such countries.
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Certain Asia-Pacific countries are especially large debtors to commercial banks and
foreign governments. Fund management may determine that, notwithstanding otherwise favorable investment criteria, it may not
be practicable or appropriate to invest in a particular Asia-Pacific country. A Fund may invest in countries in which foreign investors, including
management of a Fund, have had no or limited prior experience.
Certain Asian countries have democracies with relatively short histories, which may
increase the risk of political instability. These countries have faced political and military unrest, and further unrest could present
a risk to their local economies and securities markets. Indonesia and the Philippines have each experienced violence and terrorism, which
has negatively impacted their economies. North Korea and South Korea each have substantial military capabilities, and historical
tensions between the two countries present the risk of war. Escalated tensions involving the two countries and any outbreak of hostilities
between the two countries, or even the threat of an outbreak of hostilities, could have a severe adverse effect on the entire Asian region.
Certain Asian countries have also developed increasingly strained relationships with the U.S., and if these relations were to
worsen, they could adversely affect Asian issuers that rely on the U.S. for trade. Political, religious, and border disputes persist in India.
India has recently experienced and may continue to experience civil unrest and hostilities with certain of its neighboring countries.
Increased political and social unrest in these geographic areas could adversely affect the performance of investments in this region.
Restrictions on Foreign Investments in Asia-Pacific Countries. Some Asia-Pacific countries prohibit or impose substantial restrictions on investments in their capital markets, particularly their equity markets, by foreign
entities such as a Fund. As illustrations, certain countries may require governmental approval prior to investments by foreign persons
or limit the amount of investment by foreign persons in a particular company or limit the investment by foreign persons to only
a specific class of securities of a company which may have less advantageous terms (including price) than securities of the company available
for purchase by nationals. There can be no assurance that a Fund will be able to obtain required governmental approvals in a
timely manner. In addition, changes to restrictions on foreign ownership of securities subsequent to a Fund’s purchase of such securities may have an adverse effect on the value of such shares. Certain countries may restrict investment opportunities in issuers or industries
deemed important to national interests.
The manner in which foreign investors may invest in companies in certain Asia-Pacific
countries, as well as limitations on such investments, also may have an adverse impact on the operations of a Fund. For example,
a Fund may be required in certain of such countries to invest initially through a local broker or other entity and then have
the shares purchased re-registered in the name of a Fund. Re-registration may in some instances not be able to occur on a timely basis,
resulting in a delay during which a Fund may be denied certain of its rights as an investor, including rights as to dividends or to
be made aware of certain corporate actions. There also may be instances where a Fund places a purchase order but subsequently learns, at
the time of re-registration, that the permissible allocation of the investment to foreign investors has been filled, depriving a Fund
of the ability to make its desired investment at that time.
Substantial limitations may exist in certain countries with respect to a Fund’s ability to repatriate investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. A Fund could be adversely affected
by delays in, or a refusal to grant, any required governmental approval for repatriation of capital, as well as by the application to
a Fund of any restrictions on investments. It is possible that certain Asia-Pacific countries may restrict the ability of funds to repatriate
proceeds of investments or other restrictions relating to their currencies or to securities of issuers in those countries. To the extent that
such restrictions have the effect of making certain investments illiquid, securities may not be available to meet redemptions. Depending
on a variety of financial factors, the percentage of a Fund’s portfolio subject to currency controls may increase. In the event other countries impose similar controls, the portion of a Fund’s assets that may be used to meet redemptions may be further decreased. Even where there
is no outright restriction on repatriation of capital, the mechanics of repatriation may affect certain aspects of the operations
of a Fund. In certain countries, banks or other financial institutions may be among the leading companies or have actively traded securities. The 1940 Act restricts a Fund’s investments in any equity securities of an issuer that, in its most recent fiscal
year, derived more than 15% of its revenues from “securities related activities,” as defined by the rules thereunder and subject to certain exemptions. These provisions
may restrict a Fund’s investments in certain foreign banks and other financial institutions.
In addition to the risks listed above, investing in China (including in Chinese issuers
that are listed on U.S. exchanges) presents additional risks. Investing in China involves a high degree of risk and special considerations
not typically associated with investing in other more established economies or securities markets. Such risks may include: (a)
the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets or confiscatory taxation; (b) greater social, economic and political uncertainty (including
the risk of war and social unrest); (c) dependency on exports and the corresponding importance of international trade; (d) the increasing competition from Asia’s other low-cost emerging economies; (e) greater price volatility and significantly smaller
market capitalization of securities markets; (f) substantially less liquidity, particularly of certain share classes of Chinese
securities; (g) currency exchange rate fluctuations and the lack of available currency hedging instruments; (h) higher rates of inflation; (i)
controls on foreign investment and limitations on repatriation of invested capital and on a Fund’s ability to exchange local currencies for U.S. dollars; (j) greater governmental involvement in and control over the economy; (k) the risk that the Chinese government may decide
not to continue to support the economic reform
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programs implemented since 1978 and could return to the prior, completely centrally
planned, economy; (l) the fact that Chinese companies, particularly those located in China, may be smaller, less seasoned and
newly-organized; (m) the difference in, or lack of, auditing and financial reporting standards which may result in unavailability of material
information about issuers, particularly in China; (n) the fact that statistical information regarding the economy of China may be inaccurate
or not comparable to statistical information regarding the U.S. or other economies; (o) the less extensive, and still developing,
regulation of the securities markets, business entities and commercial transactions; (p) the fact that the settlement period of securities
transactions in foreign markets may be longer; (q) the willingness and ability of the Chinese government to support the Chinese and Hong
Kong economies and markets is uncertain; (r) the risk that Chinese authorities may intervene in the operations and structure of specific
Chinese companies (particularly in the financial services and technology sector); (s) the risk that it may be more difficult, or impossible,
to obtain and/or enforce a judgment than in other countries; and (t) the rapidity and erratic nature of growth, particularly in
China, resulting in efficiencies and dislocations.
A series of executive orders issued in recent years prohibit the Funds from investing
in certain companies and/or sectors, including those tied to the Chinese military or China's surveillance technology sector. The
restrictions in these executive orders may force the subadviser to sell certain positions and may restrict a Fund from future investments
the subadviser deems otherwise attractive.
Investments in China and Hong Kong are subject to certain political risks. Following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) by the Communist Party in 1949, the Chinese government renounced various debt obligations incurred by China’s predecessor governments, which obligations remain in default, and expropriated assets without
compensation. There can be no assurance that the Chinese government will not take similar action in the future. The political reunification
of China and Taiwan is a highly contentious issue and is unlikely to be settled in the near future. This situation poses a threat to Taiwan’s economy and could negatively affect its stock market.
Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997 as a Special Administrative
Region of the PRC under the principle of “one country, two systems.” Although China is obligated to maintain the current capitalist economic and social
system of Hong Kong through June 30, 2047, the continuation of economic and social freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong
is dependent on the government of China. Since 1997, there have been tensions between the Chinese government and many people
in Hong Kong regarding China's perceived tightening of control over Hong Kong's semi-autonomous liberal political, economic,
legal, and social framework. Recent protests may prompt the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to rapidly address Hong Kong's future
relationship with mainland China, which remains unresolved. Due to the interconnected nature of the Hong Kong and Chinese
economies, this instability in Hong Kong may cause uncertainty in the Hong Kong and Chinese markets. In addition, the Hong Kong
dollar trades at a fixed exchange rate in relation to (or, is “pegged” to) the U.S. dollar, which has contributed to the growth and stability of the Hong
Kong economy. However, it is uncertain how long the currency peg will continue or what effect the establishment of an alternative
exchange rate system would have on the Hong Kong economy. Because a Fund's NAV is denominated in U.S. dollars, the establishment
of an alternative exchange rate system could result in a decline in a Fund’s NAV.
The Chinese economy has grown rapidly during the past several years but there is no
assurance that this growth rate will be maintained. In fact, the Chinese economy may experience a significant slowdown as a result of,
among other things, a deterioration in global demand for Chinese exports, as well as contraction in spending on domestic goods by Chinese
consumers. In addition, China may experience substantial rates of inflation or economic recessions, which would have a negative
effect on the economy and securities market. Delays in enterprise restructuring, slow development of well-functioning financial markets
and widespread corruption have also hindered performance of the Chinese economy. China continues to receive substantial pressure
from trading partners to liberalize official currency exchange rates. Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution
of tariffs or other trade barriers or a downturn in any of the economies of China's key trading partners may have an adverse impact on
the securities of Chinese issuers. The tax laws and regulations in the PRC are subject to change, including the issuance of authoritative
guidance or enforcement, possibly with retroactive effect. The interpretation, applicability and enforcement of such laws by the PRC
tax authorities are not as consistent and transparent as those of more developed nations, and may vary over time and from region to region.
The application and enforcement of the PRC tax rules could have a significant adverse effect on a Fund and its investors, particularly
in relation to capital gains withholding tax imposed upon non-residents. In addition, the accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards and practices applicable to Chinese companies may be less rigorous, and may result in significant differences between
financial statements prepared in accordance with PRC accounting standards and practices and those prepared in accordance with international
accounting standards.
Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges often use variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in their structure. Instead of directly owning the equity securities of a Chinese operating company, in a VIE structure, a non-U.S. shell
company (often organized in the Cayman Islands) that is listed and traded on a U.S. exchange enters into service contracts and other
contracts with the Chinese operating company which provide the foreign shell company with exposure to the Chinese company. Although the
U.S. listed shell company has no equity ownership of the Chinese operating company, the contractual arrangements provide the
U.S. listed shell company economic exposure to the Chinese operating company and permit the U.S. listed shell company to consolidate
the Chinese operating company into its financial statements. VIE structures are subject to legal and regulatory uncertainties and risks.
Intervention by the Chinese government with
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respect to VIE structures or the non-enforcement of VIE-related contractual rights
could significantly affect a Chinese operating company's business, the enforceability of the U.S. listed shell company's contractual
arrangements with the Chinese operating company and the value of the U.S. listed stock. Intervention by the Chinese government could
include nationalization of the Chinese operating company, confiscation of its assets, restrictions on operations and/or constraints
on the use of VIE structures. In addition, because the Chinese operating company is not owned, directly or indirectly, by the U.S. listed
shell company, the U.S. listed shell company cannot control the Chinese operating company and must rely on the Chinese operating company
to perform its contractual obligations in order for the U.S. listed company to receive economic benefits.
Risk of Investing through Stock Connect. China A-shares (“A-shares”) are equity securities of companies based in mainland China that trade on Chinese stock exchanges such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange (“SSE”) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”). Foreign investment in A-shares on the SSE and SZSE has historically not been permitted, other
than through a license granted under regulations in the PRC known as the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor and Renminbi (“RMB”) Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor systems. Each license permits investment in A-shares only up to a specified quota.
Investment in eligible A-shares listed and traded on the SSE is also permitted through
the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program (“Stock Connect”). Stock Connect is a securities trading and clearing program established by Hong
Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (“HKSCC”), the SSE and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (“CSDCC”) that aims to provide mutual stock market access between the PRC and Hong Kong by permitting investors to trade
and settle shares on each market through their local exchanges. The Funds may invest in A-shares through Stock Connect or on such
other stock exchanges in China which participate in Stock Connect from time to time. Under Stock Connect, each Fund’s trading of eligible A-shares listed on the SSE would be effectuated through its Hong Kong broker.
Although no individual investment quotas or licensing requirements apply to investors in Stock Connect, trading through Stock Connect’s Northbound Trading Link is subject to aggregate and daily investment quota limitations
that require that buy orders for A-shares be rejected once the remaining balance of the relevant quota drops to zero or the daily
quota is exceeded (although the Funds will be permitted to sell A-shares regardless of the quota balance). These limitations may
restrict the Funds from investing in A-shares on a timely basis, which could affect each Fund’s ability to effectively pursue its investment strategy. Investment quotas are also subject to change.
Investment in eligible A-shares through Stock Connect is subject to trading, clearance
and settlement procedures that could pose risks to the Funds. A-shares purchased through Stock Connect generally may not be sold or
otherwise transferred other than through Stock Connect in accordance with applicable rules. For example, PRC regulations require
that in order for an investor to sell any A-shares on a certain trading day, there must be sufficient A-shares in the investor’s account before the market opens on that day. If there are insufficient A-shares in the investor’s account, the sell order will be rejected by the SSE. The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (“SEHK”) carries out pre-trade checking on sell orders of certain stocks listed on the SSE
market (“SSE Securities”) of its participants (i.e., stock brokers) to ensure that this requirement is satisfied. While shares must be designated
as eligible to be traded under Stock Connect, those shares may also lose such designation, and if this occurs, such shares may be
sold but cannot be purchased through Stock Connect. In addition, Stock Connect will only operate on days when both the Chinese
and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banks in both markets are open on the corresponding settlement days. Therefore,
an investment in A-shares through Stock Connect may subject the Funds to a risk of price fluctuations on days where the Chinese
market is open, but Stock Connect is not trading. Moreover, day (turnaround) trading is not permitted on the A-shares market.
If an investor buys A-shares on day “T,” the investor will only be able to sell the A-shares on or after day T+1. Further, since
all trades of eligible Stock Connect A-shares must be settled in RMB, investors must have timely access to a reliable supply of offshore
RMB, which cannot be guaranteed. There is also no assurance that RMB will not be subject to devaluation. Any devaluation of RMB could adversely affect a Fund’s investments. If a Fund holds a class of shares denominated in a local currency other than RMB, a Fund will
be exposed to currency exchange risk if the Fund converts the local currency into RMB for investments in A-shares. A Fund may also
incur conversion costs.
A-shares held through the nominee structure under Stock Connect will be held through
HKSCC as nominee on behalf of investors. The precise nature and rights of the Funds as the beneficial owner of the SSE Securities
through HKSCC as nominee is not well defined under PRC law. There is lack of a clear definition of, and distinction between, legal
ownership and beneficial ownership under PRC law and there have been few cases involving a nominee account structure in the PRC courts.
The exact nature and methods of enforcement of the rights and interests of the Funds under PRC law is also uncertain. In the unlikely
event that HKSCC becomes subject to winding up proceedings in Hong Kong there is a risk that the SSE Securities may not be regarded
as held for the beneficial ownership of the Funds or as part of the general assets of HKSCC available for general distribution
to its creditors. Notwithstanding the fact that HKSCC does not claim proprietary interests in the SSE Securities held in its omnibus stock
account in the CSDCC, the CSDCC as the share registrar for SSE listed companies will still treat HKSCC as one of the shareholders
when it handles corporate actions in respect of such SSE Securities. HKSCC monitors the corporate actions affecting SSE Securities and
keeps participants of Central Clearing and Settlement System (“CCASS”) informed of all such corporate actions that require CCASS participants to take steps
in order to participate in them.
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Investors may only exercise their voting rights by providing their voting instructions
to the HKSCC through participants of the CCASS. All voting instructions from CCASS participants will be consolidated by HKSCC, who will
then submit a combined single voting instruction to the relevant SSE-listed company.
Each Fund’s investments through Stock Connect’s Northbound Trading Link are not covered by Hong Kong’s Investor Compensation Fund. Hong Kong’s Investor Compensation Fund is established to pay compensation to investors of any nationality who suffer pecuniary losses as a result of default of a licensed intermediary or authorized financial institution
in relation to exchange-traded products in Hong Kong. In addition, since each Fund is carrying out Northbound trading through securities
brokers in Hong Kong but not PRC brokers, it is not protected by the China Securities Investor Protection Fund in the PRC.
Market participants are able to participate in Stock Connect subject to meeting certain
information technology capability, risk management and other requirements as may be specified by the relevant exchange and/or
clearing house. Further, the “connectivity” in Stock Connect requires the routing of orders across the border of Hong Kong and the
PRC, including the development of new information technology systems on the part of the SEHK and exchange participants.
The actual effect on the market for trading A-shares with the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors is unknown. There is no
assurance that these systems will function properly or will continue to be adapted to changes and developments in both markets. In the event
that the relevant systems fail to function properly, trading in A-shares through Stock Connect could be disrupted.
Stock Connect is subject to regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities for
both exchanges. New regulations may be issued from time to time by the regulators and stock exchanges in PRC and Hong Kong in connection
with operations, legal enforcement and cross-border trades under Stock Connect. The Funds may be adversely affected as a
result of such changes. Furthermore, the securities regimes and legal systems of PRC and Hong Kong differ significantly and issues may
arise based on these differences. In addition, a Fund’s investments in A-shares through Stock Connect are generally subject to Chinese securities regulations and listing rules, among other restrictions. Further, different fees, costs and taxes are imposed on foreign
investors acquiring A-shares obtained through Stock Connect, and these fees, costs and taxes may be higher than comparable fees, costs
and taxes imposed on owners of other securities providing similar investment exposure.
A-Share Market Suspension Risk. A-shares may only be bought from, or sold to, the Funds at times when the relevant
A-shares may be sold or purchased on the relevant Chinese stock exchange. The A-shares market has
historically had a higher propensity for trading suspensions than many other global equity markets. Trading suspensions in certain
stocks could lead to greater market execution risk and costs for the Funds. The SSE currently applies a daily price limit, set at 10%,
of the amount of fluctuation permitted in the prices of A-shares during a single trading day. The daily price limit refers to price movements
only and does not restrict trading within the relevant limit. There can be no assurance that a liquid market on an exchange will exist for
any particular A-share or for any particular time.
BORROWING AND LEVERAGE. Unless noted otherwise, a Fund may borrow up to 33 1∕3% of the value of its total assets (calculated at the time of the borrowing). A Fund may pledge up to 33 1∕3% of its total assets to secure these borrowings. If a Fund’s asset coverage for borrowings falls below 300%, a Fund will take prompt action to reduce borrowings.
If a Fund borrows to invest in securities, any investment gains made on the securities in excess of interest paid on the borrowing
will cause the NAV of the shares to rise faster than would otherwise be the case. On the other hand, if the investment performance of the
additional securities purchased fails to cover their cost (including any interest paid on the money borrowed) to a Fund, the NAV of a Fund’s shares will decrease faster than would otherwise be the case. This is the speculative factor known as “leverage.” In addition, a Fund may use certain investment management techniques (collectively, “effective leverage”), such as certain derivatives, that may provide leverage and are not subject to the
borrowing limitation noted above.
A Fund may borrow from time to time, at the discretion of the subadviser, to take
advantage of investment opportunities, when yields on available investments exceed interest rates and other expenses of related borrowing,
or when, in the subadviser's opinion, unusual market conditions otherwise make it advantageous for a Fund to increase its investment
capacity. A Fund will only borrow when there is an expectation that it will benefit a Fund after taking into account considerations
such as interest income and possible losses upon liquidation. Borrowing by a Fund creates an opportunity for increased net income but,
at the same time, creates risks, including the fact that leverage may exaggerate changes in the NAV of Fund shares and in the yield on
a Fund. Unless otherwise stated, a Fund may borrow through forward rolls, dollar rolls or reverse repurchase agreements.
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. The FDIC, an independent agency of the U.S. Government, provides deposit insurance
on all types of deposits, including certificates of deposit, received at an FDIC-insured bank or savings
association (“insured depository institutions”) up to applicable limits. The standard deposit insurance amount is $250,000 per depositor
(including principal and accrued interest) for each insurable capacity of such depositor, per insured depository institution, which
is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. All of a depositor’s deposits in the same insurable capacity at the same insured depository institution are aggregated
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for purposes of the $250,000 insurance limit, including deposits held directly in the depositor’s name and for the depositor’s benefit by intermediaries. Any amounts each Fund invests in certificates of deposit in excess
of the $250,000 deposit insurance limit will be uninsured. An investor’s investment in each Fund is subject to risk of loss, and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other governmental agency.
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. A Fund may invest in convertible securities. Convertible securities entitle the holder
to receive interest payments paid on corporate debt securities or the dividend preference on a preferred
stock until such time as the convertible security matures or is redeemed or until the holder elects to exercise the conversion privilege.
The characteristics of convertible securities make them appropriate investments for
an investment company seeking long-term capital appreciation and/or total return. These characteristics include the potential for
capital appreciation as the value of the underlying common stock increases, the relatively high yield received from dividend or interest
payments as compared to common stock dividends and decreased risks of decline in value relative to the underlying common stock due
to their fixed income nature. As a result of the conversion feature, however, the interest rate or dividend preference on a convertible
security is generally less than would be the case if the securities were issued in nonconvertible form.
In analyzing convertible securities, the subadviser will consider both the yield on
the convertible security relative to its credit quality and the potential capital appreciation that is offered by the underlying common stock,
among other things.
Convertible securities are issued and traded in a number of securities markets. Even
in cases where a substantial portion of the convertible securities held by a Fund are denominated in U.S. dollars, the underlying
equity securities may be quoted in the currency of the country where the issuer is domiciled. With respect to convertible securities
denominated in a currency different from that of the underlying equity securities, the conversion price may be based on a fixed exchange
rate established at the time the security is issued. As a result, fluctuations in the exchange rate between the currency in which the debt
security is denominated and the currency in which the share price is quoted will affect the value of the convertible security. As described
below, a Fund is authorized to enter into foreign currency hedging transactions in which a Fund may seek to reduce the effect of such
fluctuations.
Apart from currency considerations, the value of convertible securities is influenced
by both the yield of nonconvertible securities of comparable issuers and by the value of the underlying common stock. The value of a
convertible security viewed without regard to its conversion feature (i.e., strictly on the basis of its yield) is sometimes referred
to as its “investment value.” To the extent interest rates change, the investment value of the convertible security typically will fluctuate.
However, at the same time, the value of the convertible security will be influenced by its “conversion value,” which is the market value of the underlying common stock that would be obtained if
the convertible security were converted. Conversion value fluctuates directly with
the price of the underlying common stock. If, because of a low price of the common stock, the conversion value is substantially below the
investment value of the convertible security, the price of the convertible security is governed principally by its investment value.
To the extent the conversion value of a convertible security increases to a point
that approximates or exceeds its investment value, the price of the convertible security will be influenced principally by its conversion
value. A convertible security will sell at a premium over the conversion value to the extent investors place value on the right to acquire the
underlying common stock while holding a fixed income security. The yield and conversion premium of convertible securities issued
in Japan and the Euromarket are frequently determined at levels that cause the conversion value to affect their market value
more than the securities' investment value.
Holders of convertible securities generally have a claim on the assets of the issuer
prior to the common stockholders but may be subordinated to other debt securities of the same issuer. A convertible security may
be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the charter provision, indenture or other governing instrument
pursuant to which the convertible security was issued. If a convertible security held by a Fund is called for redemption, a Fund
will be required to redeem the security, convert it into the underlying common stock or sell it to a third party. Certain convertible debt
securities may provide a put option to the holder, which entitles the holder to cause the security to be redeemed by the issuer at a premium
over the stated principal amount of the debt security under certain circumstances.
Synthetic convertible securities may be either (i) a debt security or preferred stock
that may be convertible only under certain contingent circumstances or that may pay the holder a cash amount based on the value of shares
of underlying common stock partly or wholly in lieu of a conversion right (a “Cash-Settled Convertible”), (ii) a combination of separate securities chosen by the subadviser in order to
create the economic characteristics of a convertible security, i.e., a fixed income
security paired with a security with equity conversion features, such as an option or warrant (a “Manufactured Convertible”) or (iii) a synthetic security manufactured by another party.
Synthetic convertible securities may include either Cash-Settled Convertibles or Manufactured
Convertibles. Cash-Settled Convertibles are instruments that are created by the issuer and have the economic characteristics
of traditional convertible securities but may not actually permit conversion into the underlying equity securities in all circumstances.
As an example, a private company may issue a
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Cash-Settled Convertible that is convertible into common stock only if the company
successfully completes a public offering of its common stock prior to maturity and otherwise pays a cash amount to reflect any equity
appreciation. Manufactured Convertibles are created by the subadviser by combining separate securities that possess one of the
two principal characteristics of a convertible security, i.e., fixed income (“fixed income component”) or a right to acquire equity securities (“convertibility component”). The fixed income component is achieved by investing in nonconvertible fixed income securities, such
as nonconvertible bonds, preferred stocks and money market instruments. The convertibility component is achieved by investing in
call options, warrants, or other securities with equity conversion features (“equity features”) granting the holder the right to purchase a specified quantity of the underlying
stocks within a specified period of time at a specified price or, in the case of a stock index option,
the right to receive a cash payment based on the value of the underlying stock index.
A Manufactured Convertible differs from traditional convertible securities in several
respects. Unlike a traditional convertible security, which is a single security having a unitary market value, a Manufactured Convertible
is comprised of two or more separate securities, each with its own market value. Therefore, the total “market value” of such a Manufactured Convertible is the sum of the values of its fixed income component and its convertibility component.
More flexibility is possible in the creation of a Manufactured Convertible than in
the purchase of a traditional convertible security. Because many corporations have not issued convertible securities, the subadviser may
combine a fixed income instrument and an equity feature with respect to the stock of the issuer of the fixed income instrument
to create a synthetic convertible security otherwise unavailable in the market. The subadviser may also combine a fixed income instrument
of an issuer with an equity feature with respect to the stock of a different issuer when the subadviser believes such a Manufactured Convertible would better promote a Fund’s objective(s) than alternate investments. For example, the subadviser may combine an
equity feature with respect to an issuer's stock with a fixed income security of a different issuer in the same industry to diversify a Fund’s credit exposure, or with a U.S. Treasury instrument to create a Manufactured Convertible with a higher credit profile than
a traditional convertible security issued by that issuer. A Manufactured Convertible also is a more flexible investment in that its two components
may be purchased separately and, upon purchasing the separate securities, “combined” to create a Manufactured Convertible. For example, a Fund may purchase a warrant
for eventual inclusion in a Manufactured Convertible while postponing the purchase of
a suitable bond to pair with the warrant pending development of more favorable market conditions.
The value of a Manufactured Convertible may respond differently to certain market
fluctuations than would a traditional convertible security with similar characteristics. For example, in the event a Fund created a
Manufactured Convertible by combining a short-term U.S. Treasury instrument and a call option on a stock, the Manufactured Convertible
would likely outperform a traditional convertible of similar maturity that is convertible into that stock during periods when Treasury
instruments outperform corporate fixed income securities and underperform during periods when corporate fixed income securities
outperform Treasury instruments.
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP AGREEMENTS AND SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS. A Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements and similar agreements. The credit default swap agreement or similar instrument may have as reference
obligations one or more securities that are not currently held by a Fund. The protection “buyer” in a credit default contract may be obligated to pay the protection “seller” an up-front or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided generally
that no credit event on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the
“par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity
described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount, if the swap is cash settled. A Fund may be
either the buyer or seller in the transaction. If a Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, a Fund recovers nothing if the swap is held
through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange
for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity that may have little or no value. As a seller, a Fund generally
receives an up-front payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If
a credit event occurs, generally the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of
deliverable obligations of the reference entity that may have little or no value.
Credit default swaps and similar instruments involve greater risks than if a Fund
had invested in the reference obligation directly, since, in addition to general market risks, they are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty
risk and credit risk. A Fund will enter into credit default swap agreements and similar instruments only with counterparties that are
rated investment grade quality by at least one credit rating agency at the time of entering into such transaction or whose creditworthiness
is believed by the subadviser to be equivalent to such rating. If a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation
received by the seller, coupled with the up-front or periodic payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it
pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to a Fund. When acting as a seller of a credit default swap or a similar instrument, a Fund is
exposed to many of the same risks of leverage since, if a credit event occurs, the seller may be required to pay the buyer the full notional
value of the contract net of any amounts owed by the buyer related to its delivery of deliverable obligations.
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Certain index credit default swaps are required to be executed in regulated markets
and submitted for clearing to regulated clearinghouses. Other single-name credit default swaps and index credit default swaps
are permitted, although not required, to be cleared through regulated clearinghouses. A Fund will clear credit default swaps that
are subject to mandatory clearing and may voluntarily clear some, but not all, of the other credit default swaps not subject
to mandatory clearing. A Fund will face counterparty risk with respect to the clearinghouse when entering into cleared credit default swaps.
A Fund will face significant counterparty risk with respect to counterparties to non-cleared credit default swaps and similar instruments.
A Fund typically will enter into non-cleared credit default swaps and similar instruments with swap dealers and creditworthy entities
that have substantial capital or have provided a Fund with a third-party guaranty or other credit support.
CURRENCY FUTURES. A Fund may seek to enhance returns or hedge against the decline in the value of a
currency through use of currency futures or options thereon. Currency futures are similar to forward foreign
exchange transactions except that futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts. See the sub-section entitled “Futures.” Currency futures involve substantial currency risk, and also involve leverage risk.
CURRENCY OPTIONS. A Fund may seek to enhance returns or hedge against the decline in the value of a
currency against the U.S. dollar through the use of currency options. Currency options are similar to options on securities,
but in consideration for an option premium the writer of a currency option is obligated to sell (in the case of a call option)
or purchase (in the case of a put option) a specified amount of a specified currency on or before the expiration date for a specified amount
of another currency. A Fund may engage in transactions in options on currencies either on exchanges or OTC markets. See “Types of Options” and “Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives” in this SAI. Currency options involve substantial currency risk, and may also involve credit, leverage or liquidity risk.
CYBER SECURITY RISK. A Fund is susceptible to operational, information security and other risks related
to the use of technology, computer systems and the Internet to conduct business. These risks, which are often
collectively referred to as “cyber security” risks, may include deliberate or malicious attacks, as well as unintentional events and occurrences.
Cyber security is generally defined as the technology, operations and related protocol surrounding and protecting a user’s computer hardware, network, systems and applications and the data transmitted and stored therewith. These measures ensure the reliability of a user’s systems, as well as the security, availability, integrity, and confidentiality of data assets.
Deliberate cyber attacks can include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized
access to computer systems in order to misappropriate and/or disclose sensitive or confidential information; deleting, corrupting or modifying
data; and causing operational disruptions. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized
access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (in order to prevent access to computer networks). In addition
to deliberate breaches engineered by external actors, cyber security risks can also result from the conduct of malicious, exploited or careless
insiders, whose actions may result in the destruction, release or disclosure of confidential or proprietary information stored on an organization’s systems.
Cyber security failures or breaches, whether deliberate or unintentional, arising from a Fund’s third-party service providers (e.g., custodians, financial intermediaries, transfer agents), subadviser, shareholder usage
of unsecure systems to access personal accounts, as well as breaches suffered by the issuers of securities in which a Fund invests,
may cause significant disruptions in the business operations of a Fund. Potential impacts may include, but are not limited to, potential financial losses for a Fund and the issuers’ securities, the inability of shareholders to conduct transactions with a Fund, an
inability of a Fund to calculate NAV, and disclosures of personal or confidential shareholder information.
In addition to direct impacts on Fund shareholders, cyber security failures by a Fund
and/or its service providers and others may result in regulatory inquiries, regulatory proceedings, regulatory and/or legal and litigation
costs to a Fund, and reputational damage. A Fund may incur reimbursement and other expenses, including the costs of litigation and
litigation settlements and additional compliance costs. A Fund may also incur considerable expenses in enhancing and upgrading computer
systems and systems security following a cyber security failure.
The rapid proliferation of technologies, as well as the increased sophistication and
activities of organized crime, hackers, terrorists, and others continue to pose new and significant cyber security threats. Although a Fund
and its service providers and subadviser may have established business continuity plans and risk management systems to mitigate cyber
security risks, there can be no guarantee or assurance that such plans or systems will be effective, or that all risks that exist,
or may develop in the future, have been completely anticipated and identified or can be protected against. Furthermore, a Fund cannot
control or assure the efficacy of the cyber security plans and systems implemented by third-party service providers, the subadviser, and
the issuers in which a Fund invests. In addition, the rapid development and increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence,
including machine learning technology and generative artificial intelligence, could exacerbate these risks or result in cyber security
incidents that implicate personal data.
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DEBT SECURITIES. A Fund may invest in debt securities, such as bonds, that involve credit risk. This
is the risk that the issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest. The degree of credit risk depends
on the issuer's financial condition and on the terms of the bonds. Changes in an issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of an issuer's
creditworthiness may also affect the value of a Fund’s investment in that issuer. Credit risk is reduced to the extent a Fund invests its assets in U.S. Government securities. Certain debt securities, however, may be subject to interest rate risk. This is the risk that the
value of the security may fall when interest rates rise. In general, the market price of debt securities with longer maturities will go up or
down more in response to changes in interest rates than the market price of shorter-term securities. A Fund may lose money if short-term or
long-term interest rates rise sharply or in a manner not anticipated by the subadviser.
DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS. A Fund may invest in the securities of foreign issuers in the form of Depositary
Receipts or other securities convertible into securities of foreign issuers. Depositary Receipts may not necessarily
be denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities into which they may be converted. ADRs and ADSs are receipts
or shares typically issued by an American bank or trust company that evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign
corporation. EDRs are receipts issued in Europe that evidence a similar ownership arrangement. GDRs are receipts issued throughout the
world that evidence a similar arrangement. Generally, ADRs and ADSs, in registered form, are designed for use in the U.S. securities
markets, and EDRs, in bearer form, are designed for use in European securities markets. GDRs are tradable both in the United
States and in Europe and are designed for use throughout the world. International Depositary Receipts (“IDRs”) are the non-U.S. equivalent of an ADR.
A Fund may invest in unsponsored Depositary Receipts. The issuers of unsponsored Depositary
Receipts are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States, and, therefore, there may be less information
available regarding such issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the Depositary
Receipts. Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which
they may be converted or exchanged.
DERIVATIVES. A Fund may use instruments referred to as derivatives. Derivatives are financial
instruments the value of which is derived from another security, a commodity (such as gold or oil), a currency or an index (a
measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500 Index or the prime lending rate). Derivatives allow a Fund to increase or decrease
the level of risk to which a Fund is exposed more quickly and efficiently than transactions in other types of instruments. A Fund may
use derivatives for hedging purposes. A Fund may also use derivatives to seek to enhance returns. The use of a derivative is speculative
if a Fund is primarily seeking to achieve gains, rather than offset the risk of other positions. When a Fund invests in a derivative
for speculative purposes, a Fund will be fully exposed to the risks of loss of that derivative, which may sometimes be greater than the derivative's
cost. A Fund may not use any derivative to gain exposure to an asset or class of assets that a Fund would be prohibited by its investment restrictions from purchasing directly. A Fund’s use of derivatives may be limited by the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder, as discussed
in more detail below under Regulatory Risk.
Risk Factors Involving Derivatives. Derivatives are volatile and involve significant risks, including:
Correlation Risk — the risk that changes in the value of a derivative will not match the changes in the
value of the portfolio holdings that are being hedged or of the particular market or security to which a Fund seeks exposure.
Counterparty Risk—the risk that the counterparty on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to a Fund. In particular, derivatives traded in OTC markets are not guaranteed by an exchange or
clearing firm and often do not require payment of margin. A Fund is at risk to the extent that a Fund has unrealized gains or has deposited
collateral with a counterparty and the counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to honor its obligations.
Currency Risk—the risk that changes in the exchange rate between two currencies will adversely affect the value (in U.S. dollar terms) of an investment.
Illiquidity Risk— the risk that certain securities or instruments may be difficult or impossible to
sell at the time that the seller would like or at the price that the seller believes the security is currently worth. Illiquidity
risk is substantial for certain OTC derivatives, including swaps and OTC options. There can be no assurance that a Fund will be able to unwind
or offset a derivative at its desired price, in a secondary market or otherwise.
Index Risk—a derivative linked to the performance of an index will be subject to the risks associated
with changes in that index.
Legal Risk—the risk of insufficient documentation, the lack of capacity or authority of a counterparty
to execute or settle a transaction, and the legality and enforceability of a derivatives contract.
Leverage Risk—the risk that a Fund’s derivatives transactions can magnify a Fund’s gains and losses. Relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of a derivatives position. Certain
investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
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Market Risk — the risk that changes in the value of one or more markets or changes with respect to the value of the underlying asset will adversely affect the value of a derivative. In the event of an adverse movement, a
Fund may be required to pay substantial additional margin to maintain its position.
Operational Risk — the risk related to potential operational issues, including documentation issues,
settlement issues, systems failures, inadequate controls and human error.
Regulatory Risk—the risk that new regulation of derivatives may make them more costly, may limit their availability, or may otherwise affect their value or performance. Derivative contracts, including, without limitation,
swaps, currency forwards, and non-deliverable forwards (“NDFs”), are subject to regulation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) in the United States and under comparable regimes in Europe, Asia and other non-U.S.
jurisdictions. Swaps, NDFs and certain other derivatives traded in the OTC market are subject to variation margin requirements.
Implementation of the margining and other provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act regarding clearing, mandatory trading, reporting
and documentation of swaps and other derivatives have impacted and may continue to impact the costs to a Fund of trading these instruments
and, as a result, may affect returns to investors in a Fund.
Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act permits a Fund to enter into derivatives transactions
and certain other transactions notwithstanding restrictions on the issuance of “senior securities” in the 1940 Act. Derivatives transactions as defined by Rule 18f-4 include, among
other things, swaps, futures, forwards, options, short sale borrowings, reverse repurchase
agreements and other financing transactions (if a Fund elects to treat such financing transactions as securities), when-issued
and forward-settling securities in some circumstances, or any instrument for which a Fund is required to make any payment or delivery of
an asset during the life of the instrument or at maturity, whether as margin, settlement payment or otherwise. Rule 18f-4 requires
that, among other things, a Fund establish and maintain a derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager,
who is appointed by the Board, including a majority of Independent Board Members and periodically reviews the program and reports
to the Board. In addition, a Fund must comply with a relative or absolute limit on leverage risk calculated based on value-at-risk.
Rule 18f-4 excepts from some of the requirements, including establishing a derivatives
risk management program and calculating value-at-risk, a fund whose derivatives exposure is limited to 10% of its net assets
and which has adopted policies and procedures designed to manage derivatives risks.
The use of derivatives for hedging purposes involves additional correlation risk.
If the value of the derivative moves more or less than the value of the hedged instruments, a Fund will experience a gain or loss that will not
be completely offset by movements in the value of the hedged instruments.
A Fund generally intends to enter into transactions involving derivatives only if
there appears to be a liquid market for such instruments. However, there can be no assurance that, at any specific time, either a liquid market
will exist for a derivative or a Fund will otherwise be able to sell such instrument at an acceptable price. It may therefore not be possible
to close a position in a derivative without incurring substantial losses, if at all.
Additional Risk Factors Of OTC Transactions; Limitations On The Use Of OTC Derivatives. Certain derivatives traded in OTC markets, including indexed securities, certain swaps and OTC options, involve substantial liquidity
risk. The absence of liquidity may make it difficult or impossible for a Fund to sell such instruments promptly at an acceptable
price. The absence of liquidity may also make it more difficult for a Fund to ascertain a market value for such instruments.
Because derivatives traded in OTC markets are not guaranteed by an exchange or clearing
corporation and generally do not require payment of margin, to the extent that a Fund has unrealized gains in such instruments
or has deposited collateral with its counterparties, a Fund is at risk that its counterparties will become bankrupt or otherwise fail to
honor their obligations. A Fund will attempt to minimize the risk that a counterparty will become bankrupt or otherwise fail to honor its obligations
by engaging in transactions in derivatives traded in OTC markets only with financial institutions that appear to have substantial
capital or that have provided a Fund with a third-party guaranty or other credit enhancement.
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTMENTS. Each Fund may invest in the securities of issuers domiciled in various countries
with emerging capital markets. Specifically, a country with an emerging capital market is any country
that the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the United Nations or its authorities has determined to have a low or
middle income economy. Countries with emerging markets can be found in regions such as Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa.
Investments in the securities of issuers domiciled in countries with emerging capital
markets involve certain additional risks not involved in investments in securities of issuers in more developed capital markets, such as
(i) low or non-existent trading volume, resulting in a lack of liquidity and increased volatility in prices for such securities, as compared
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capital markets, (ii) uncertain national policies and social, political and economic
instability, increasing the potential for expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, high rates of inflation or unfavorable diplomatic developments,
(iii) fluctuations in exchange rates, differing legal systems and the existence or possible imposition of exchange controls, custodial
restrictions or other non-U.S. or U.S.
governmental laws or restrictions applicable to such investments, (iv) national policies that may limit each Fund’s investment opportunities such as restrictions on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to national interests, (v) the lack or relatively early development of legal structures governing private and non-U.S. investments and private property, (vi) substantial difficulties U.S. governmental entities may have in bringing and enforcing actions against non-U.S. companies and non-U.S. persons, including company directors and officers, and (vii) the difficulty of bringing shareholder claims to pursue as a matter of law or practicality in certain emerging markets. In addition to withholding taxes on investment income, some countries with emerging markets may impose differential capital gains taxes on non-U.S. investors.
governmental laws or restrictions applicable to such investments, (iv) national policies that may limit each Fund’s investment opportunities such as restrictions on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to national interests, (v) the lack or relatively early development of legal structures governing private and non-U.S. investments and private property, (vi) substantial difficulties U.S. governmental entities may have in bringing and enforcing actions against non-U.S. companies and non-U.S. persons, including company directors and officers, and (vii) the difficulty of bringing shareholder claims to pursue as a matter of law or practicality in certain emerging markets. In addition to withholding taxes on investment income, some countries with emerging markets may impose differential capital gains taxes on non-U.S. investors.
Such capital markets are emerging in a dynamic political and economic environment
brought about by events over recent years that have reshaped political boundaries and traditional ideologies. In such a dynamic environment,
there can be no assurance that these capital markets will continue to present viable investment opportunities for each
Fund. In the past, governments of such nations have expropriated substantial amounts of private property, and most claims of the property
owners have never been fully settled. There is no assurance that such expropriations will not reoccur. In such an event, it is possible
that each Fund could lose the entire value of its investments in the affected markets.
Also, there may be less publicly available information about issuers in emerging markets
than would be available about issuers in more developed capital markets, and such issuers may not be subject to accounting, auditing
and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those governing U.S. companies. In certain countries with
emerging capital markets, reporting standards vary widely. As a result, traditional investment measurements used in the United States,
such as price/earnings ratios, may not be applicable. Emerging market securities may be substantially less liquid and more volatile
than those of mature markets, and companies may be held by a limited number of persons. This may adversely affect the timing and pricing of each Fund’s acquisition or disposal of securities.
Practices in relation to settlement of securities transactions in emerging markets
involve higher risks than those in developed markets, in part because each Fund will need to use brokers and counterparties that are less well
capitalized, and custody and registration of assets in some countries may be unreliable. The possibility of fraud, negligence, undue influence
being exerted by the issuer or refusal to recognize ownership exists in some emerging markets, and, along with other factors,
could result in ownership registration being completely lost. Each Fund would absorb any loss resulting from such registration
problems and may have no successful claim for compensation.
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (“ESG”) INTEGRATION. Although, unless specifically disclosed in a Fund's Prospectus, each Fund does not seek to implement a specific ESG, impact or sustainable investing strategy
unless specifically disclosed in its Prospectus, ESG issues that are potentially financially or otherwise material to the issuer are embedded in various stages of the subadviser’s investment processes for a Fund. These issues will vary depending on a Fund’s particular investment strategies and may be based on the subadviser’s proprietary research, third-party research and data and/or information (estimated by the third-parties or disclosed by the issuer). Such ESG issues may not be determinative in deciding to include or exclude
any particular investment in the portfolio and ESG issues are not the sole considerations when making investment decisions for a
Fund and may be given more or less weight than other inputs in the investment selection process. The ESG issues utilized in the subadviser’s investment processes are expected to evolve over time and one or more ESG issues may not be material with respect to all
issuers that are eligible for investment. Investors can differ in their views of what constitutes a material ESG risk or opportunity.
As a result, a Fund may invest in issuers that do not reflect the beliefs and values or given standards with respect to ESG of any particular investor
or region. ESG considerations may affect a Fund’s exposure to certain companies, regions or industries. Unless specifically disclosed in its Prospectus, a Fund is not required to take ESG issues into account in determining whether to include, maintain or exclude
any potential investment.
EQUITY AND EQUITY-RELATED SECURITIES. A Fund may invest in or hold common stock and other equity and equity-related securities.
Common stock represents an equity ownership interest in a company. Historical trends
would indicate that common stock is subject to higher levels of volatility and market and issuer-specific risk than debt securities.
The value of equity securities may be affected more rapidly, and to a greater extent, by company-specific developments and general market
conditions. These risks may increase fluctuations in a Fund's NAV. The equity interests held by a Fund, if any, may not
pay dividends or otherwise generate income or appreciate in value and, in fact, may decline in value. Accordingly, a Fund may not
be able to realize gains from its equity investments, and any gains that a Fund does realize may not be sufficient to contribute materially
to a Fund's investment objective. Equity securities held by a Fund may be illiquid.
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EUROPE RECENT EVENTS RISK. A number of countries in Europe have experienced severe economic and financial difficulties.
Many non-governmental issuers, and even certain governments, have defaulted on, or been
forced to restructure, their debts; many other issuers have faced difficulties obtaining credit or refinancing existing obligations;
financial institutions have in many cases required government or central bank support, have needed to raise capital, and/or have been
impaired in their ability to extend credit; and financial markets in Europe and elsewhere have experienced extreme volatility and
declines in asset values and liquidity. These difficulties may continue, worsen or spread within and beyond Europe. Responses to
the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not work,
may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults
or restructurings by governments and others of their debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and
asset valuations around the world.
In addition, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022,
significantly amplifying already existing geopolitical tensions. The United States and many other countries have instituted various economic
sanctions against Russian individuals and entities (including corporate and banking). The extent and duration of the military
action, sanctions imposed and other punitive action taken and resulting future market disruptions in Europe and globally cannot be easily
predicted, but could be significant and have a severe adverse effect on Russia and Europe in general, including significant negative
impacts on the economy, sovereign debt and the markets for certain securities and commodities, such as oil and natural gas. This
conflict may expand and military attacks could occur elsewhere in Europe. The potential for wider conflict may increase financial market
volatility and could have severe adverse effects on regional and global economic markets. Europe has also been struggling with mass migration.
The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, is not clear but could be significant and far-reaching.
Whether or not a Fund invests in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries,
these events could negatively affect the value and relative liquidity of a Fund’s investments. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain securities held by a Fund could be significantly impacted, which
could lead to such securities being valued at zero. The occurrence of terrorist incidents throughout Europe could also impact financial
markets globally.
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (“ETFs”). Each Fund may invest in ETFs, which may be unit investment trusts or open-end management
investment companies. ETFs may hold portfolios of securities designed to track the
performance of various broad securities indices or sectors of such indices or ETFs may be actively managed. ETFs provide another means,
in addition to futures and options on indices, of including exposure to global equities, global bonds, commodities and currencies markets in a Fund’s investment portfolio. Each Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses
paid by such ETF.
EXCHANGE-TRADED NOTES. Exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) are a type of senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt security issued by financial institutions that combines both aspects of bonds and ETFs. An ETN's returns
are based on the performance of a market index or other reference asset minus fees and expenses. Similar to ETFs, ETNs are listed
on an exchange and traded in the secondary market. However, unlike an ETF, an ETN can be held until the ETN's maturity, at which time
the issuer will pay a return linked to the performance of the market index or other reference asset to which the ETN is linked
minus certain fees. Unlike regular bonds, ETNs typically do not make periodic interest payments and principal typically is not protected.
An ETN that is tied to a specific index may not be able to replicate and maintain
exactly the composition and relative weighting of securities, commodities, or other components in the applicable index. ETNs also incur
certain expenses not incurred by their applicable index. Additionally, certain components comprising the index tracked by an ETN may,
at times, be temporarily unavailable, which may impede the ETN's ability to track its index. The market value of an ETN is determined
by supply and demand, the current performance of the index or other reference asset, and the credit rating of the ETN issuer. The
market value of ETN shares may differ from their NAV.
This difference in price may be due to the fact that the supply and demand in the
market for ETN shares at any point in time is not always identical to the supply and demand in the market for the securities underlying
the index (or other reference asset) that the ETN seeks to track. The value of an ETN may also change due to a change in the issuer's
credit rating. As a result, there may be times when an ETN share trades at a premium or discount to its NAV. Some ETNs that use leverage
in an effort to amplify the returns of an underlying index or other reference asset can, at times, be relatively illiquid and,
thus, they may be difficult to purchase or sell at a fair price. Leveraged ETNs may offer the potential for greater return, but the potential
for loss and speed at which losses can be realized also are greater.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. Each Fund may engage in spot and forward foreign exchange transactions and currency
swaps, purchase and sell options on currencies and purchase and sell currency futures and
related options thereon (collectively, “Currency Instruments”) for purposes of hedging against the decline in the value of currencies in which
its portfolio holdings are denominated against the U.S. dollar or to seek to enhance returns. Such transactions could be
effected with respect to hedges on non-U.S. dollar denominated securities owned by each Fund, sold by each Fund but not yet delivered,
or committed or anticipated to be purchased by each Fund.
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As an illustration, each Fund may use such techniques to hedge the stated value in
U.S. dollars of an investment in a yen-denominated security. In such circumstances, for example, each Fund may purchase a foreign currency
put option enabling each Fund to sell a specified amount of yen for dollars at a specified price by a future date. To the
extent the hedge is successful, a loss in the value of the yen relative to the dollar will tend to be offset by an increase in the value of the
put option. To offset, in whole or in part, the cost of acquiring such a put option, each Fund may also sell a call option which, if exercised,
requires each Fund to sell a specified amount of yen for dollars at a specified price by a future date (a technique called a “straddle”). By selling such a call option in this illustration, each Fund gives up the opportunity to profit without limit from increases in the relative
value of the yen to the dollar. Straddles of the type that may be used by each Fund are considered to constitute hedging transactions and are
consistent with the policies described above. Each Fund will not attempt to hedge all of its foreign portfolio positions.
Forward Foreign Exchange Transactions. Forward foreign exchange transactions are OTC contracts to purchase or sell a specified
amount of a specified currency or multinational currency unit at a price and specified future
date set at the time of the contract. Spot foreign exchange transactions are similar but require current, rather than future, settlement.
A Fund will enter into foreign exchange transactions for purposes of hedging either a specific transaction or a portfolio
position, or to seek to enhance returns. A Fund may enter into a foreign exchange transaction for purposes of hedging a specific transaction
by, for example, purchasing a currency needed to settle a security transaction or selling a currency in which a Fund has received or
anticipates receiving a dividend or distribution.
A Fund may enter into a foreign exchange transaction for purposes of hedging a portfolio
position by selling forward a currency in which a portfolio position of a Fund is denominated or by purchasing a currency in which
a Fund anticipates acquiring a portfolio position in the near future. A Fund may also hedge portfolio positions through currency swaps,
which are transactions in which one currency is simultaneously bought for a second currency on a spot basis and sold for the second
currency on a forward basis. Forward foreign exchange transactions involve substantial currency risk, and also involve credit and
liquidity risk.
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. A Fund may invest in foreign equity and/or debt securities. Foreign debt securities
include certain foreign bank obligations and U.S. dollar or foreign currency-denominated obligations of foreign
governments or their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, international agencies and supranational entities.
Certain Risks of Holding Fund Assets Outside the United States. A Fund generally holds its foreign securities and cash in foreign banks and securities depositories. Some foreign banks and securities depositories may be
recently organized or new to the foreign custody business. In addition, there may be limited or no regulatory oversight over their
operations. Also, the laws of certain countries may put limits on a Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a foreign bank or depository or issuer of a security or any of their agents goes bankrupt. In addition, it is often more expensive for a Fund to buy, sell and hold securities
in certain foreign markets than in the United States. The increased expense of investing in foreign markets reduces the amount a Fund can earn
on its investments and typically results in a higher operating expense ratio for a Fund as compared to investment companies that
invest only in the United States.
Currency Risk and Exchange Risk. Securities in which a Fund invests may be denominated or quoted in currencies other
than the U.S. dollar. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of a Fund’s portfolio. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency loses value
because the currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars. Conversely, when the U.S. dollar decreases in value against a foreign currency, a
security denominated in that currency gains value because the currency is worth more U.S. dollars. This risk, generally known as “currency risk,” means that a stronger U.S. dollar will reduce returns on foreign currency-denominated securities for U.S. investors while
a weak U.S. dollar will increase those returns.
Foreign Economy Risk. The economies of certain foreign markets often do not compare favorably with that
of the United States with respect to such issues as growth of gross national product, reinvestment of capital,
resources, and balance of payments position. Certain such economies may rely heavily on particular industries or foreign capital and are
more vulnerable to diplomatic developments, the imposition of economic sanctions against a particular country or countries, changes
in international trading patterns, trade barriers, and other protectionist or retaliatory measures. Investments in foreign markets may also
be adversely affected by governmental actions such as the imposition of capital controls, nationalization of companies or industries,
expropriation of assets, or the imposition of punitive taxes. In addition, the governments of certain countries may prohibit or impose substantial
restrictions on foreign investing in their capital markets or in certain industries. Any of these actions could severely affect security prices, impair a Fund’s ability to purchase or sell foreign securities or transfer a Fund’s assets or income back into the United States, or otherwise adversely affect a Fund’s operations. Other foreign market risks include foreign exchange controls, difficulties
in pricing securities, defaults on foreign government securities, difficulties in enforcing favorable legal judgments in foreign courts,
and political and social instability. Legal remedies available to investors in certain foreign countries may be less extensive than those available
to investors in the United States or other foreign countries.
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Foreign Market Risk. Foreign securities offer the potential for more diversification than if a Fund invests
only in the United States because securities traded on foreign markets have often (though not always) performed differently
from securities in the United States. However, such investments involve special risks not present in U.S. investments that can increase
the chances that a Fund will lose money. In particular, a Fund is subject to the risk that, because there are generally fewer
investors on foreign exchanges and a smaller number of shares traded each day, it may be difficult for a Fund to buy and sell securities
on those exchanges. In addition, prices of foreign securities may fluctuate more than prices of securities traded in the United States.
Governmental Supervision and Regulation/Accounting Standards. Many foreign governments supervise and regulate stock exchanges, brokers and the sale of securities less rigorously than the United States. Some countries
may not have laws to protect investors comparable to the U.S. securities laws. For example, some foreign countries may have
no laws or rules against insider trading. Insider trading occurs when a person buys or sells a company's securities based on nonpublic
information about that company. Accounting standards in other countries are not necessarily the same as in the United States
and auditors may not be subject to the same level of oversight. If the accounting standards in another country do not require as much detail
as U.S. accounting standards, it may be harder for Fund management to completely and accurately determine a company's financial condition.
Settlement Risk. Settlement and clearance procedures in certain foreign markets differ significantly
from those in the United States. Foreign settlement procedures and trade regulations also may involve certain risks
(such as delays in payment for or delivery of securities) not typically generated by the settlement of U.S. investments. Communications
between the United States and emerging market countries may be unreliable, increasing the risk of delayed settlements or
losses of security certificates. Settlements in certain foreign countries at times have not kept pace with the number of securities transactions;
these problems may make it difficult for a Fund to carry out transactions. If a Fund cannot settle or there is a delay in settling
a purchase of securities, a Fund may miss attractive investment opportunities and certain assets may be uninvested with no return earned
thereon for some period. If a Fund cannot settle or there is a delay in settling a sale of securities, a Fund may lose money if the value
of the security then declines or, if there is a contract to sell the security to another party, a Fund could be liable to that party for any losses
incurred.
Dividends or interest on, or proceeds from the sale of, foreign securities may be
subject to foreign withholding taxes, thereby reducing the amount available for distribution to shareholders.
FUTURES. A Fund may engage in transactions in futures and options thereon. Futures are standardized,
exchange-traded contracts which obligate a purchaser to take delivery, and a seller to make delivery, of a specific
amount of an asset at a specified future date at a specified price. No price is paid upon entering into a futures contract. Rather, upon
purchasing or selling a futures contract a Fund is required to deposit collateral (“margin”) equal to a percentage (generally less than 10%) of the contract value. Each day
thereafter until the futures position is closed, a Fund will pay additional margin representing any
loss experienced as a result of the futures position the prior day or be entitled to a payment representing any profit experienced as a result
of the futures position the prior day. Futures involve substantial leverage risk.
The sale of a futures contract may limit a Fund’s risk of loss through a decline in the market value of portfolio holdings correlated with the futures contract prior to the futures contract's expiration date. In the event
the market value of the portfolio holdings correlated with the futures contract increases rather than decreases, however, a Fund will realize
a loss on the futures position and a lower return on the portfolio holdings than would have been realized without the purchase of the futures
contract.
The purchase of a futures contract may protect a Fund from having to pay more for
securities as a consequence of increases in the market value for such securities during a period when a Fund was attempting to identify
specific securities in which to invest in a market a Fund believes to be attractive. In the event that such securities decline in value
or a Fund determines not to complete an anticipatory hedge transaction relating to a futures contract, however, a Fund may realize a loss
relating to the futures position.
A Fund is also authorized to purchase or sell call and put options on futures contracts
including financial futures and stock indices in connection with its hedging activities. Generally, these strategies would be used
under the same market and market sector conditions (i.e., conditions relating to specific types of investments) in which a Fund entered
into futures transactions. A Fund may purchase put options or write (i.e., sell) call options on futures contracts and stock indices
rather than selling the underlying futures contract in anticipation of a decrease in the market value of its securities. Similarly, a Fund
can purchase call options, or write put options on futures contracts and stock indices, as a substitute for the purchase of such futures
to hedge against the increased cost resulting from an increase in the market value of securities which a Fund intends to purchase.
A Fund may only write “covered” put and call options on futures contracts. A Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a call option written on a futures contract if a Fund owns the assets that are deliverable
under the futures contract or an option to purchase that futures contract having a strike price equal to or less than the strike price
of the “covered” option and having an expiration date not earlier than the expiration date of the “covered” option or if it holds segregated in an account with its custodian for the term of
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cash or other relatively liquid assets at all times equal in value to the mark-to-market
value of the futures contract on which the option was written. A Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a put option written on a futures contract if a Fund owns an option
to sell that futures contract having a strike price equal to or greater than the strike
price of the “covered” option or if a Fund holds segregated in an account with its custodian for the term of the option cash or other
relatively liquid assets at all times equal in value to the exercise price of the put (less any initial margin deposited by a Fund with its
futures custody manager or as otherwise permitted by applicable law with respect to such option). There is no limitation on the amount of a Fund’s assets that can be segregated. Segregation requirements may impair a Fund’s ability to sell a portfolio security or make an investment at a time when it would otherwise be favorable to do so, or require a Fund to sell a portfolio security or close out a
derivatives position at a disadvantageous time or price.
The Manager has filed a notice of exclusion from registration as a “commodity pool operator” with respect to a Fund under CFTC Rule 4.5 and, therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation with respect to a
Fund under the CEA. In order for the Manager to claim exclusion from registration as a “commodity pool operator” under the CEA with respect to a Fund, a Fund is limited in its ability to trade instruments subject to the CFTC’s jurisdiction, including commodity futures (which include futures on broad-based securities indices, interest rate futures and currency futures), options on commodity futures, certain
swaps or other investments (whether directly or indirectly through investments in other investment vehicles). Under this exclusion,
a Fund must satisfy one of the following two trading limitations whenever it enters into a new commodity trading position: (1) the aggregate
initial margin and premiums required to establish a Fund’s positions in CFTC-regulated instruments may not exceed 5% of the liquidation value of a Fund’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such investments); or (2) the aggregate
net notional value of such instruments, determined at the time the most recent position was established, may not exceed 100% of the liquidation value of a Fund’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such positions).
A Fund would not be required to consider its exposure to such instruments if they were held for “bona fide hedging” purposes, as such term is defined in the rules of the CFTC. In addition to meeting one of the foregoing trading limitations, a Fund may not market
itself as a commodity pool or otherwise as a vehicle for trading in the markets for CFTC-regulated instruments.
HEDGING. Hedging is a strategy in which a derivative or security is used to offset the risks
associated with other Fund holdings. Losses on the other investment may be substantially reduced by gains on a derivative that reacts
in an opposite manner to market movements. While hedging can reduce losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains or cause losses
if the market moves in a different manner than anticipated by a Fund or if the cost of the derivative outweighs the benefit of the
hedge. Hedging also involves the risk that changes in the value of the derivative will not match those of the holdings being hedged as expected
by a Fund, in which case any losses on the holdings being hedged may not be reduced or may be increased. The inability to close
options and futures positions also could have an adverse impact on a Fund’s ability to hedge effectively its portfolio. There is also a risk of loss by a Fund of margin deposits or collateral in the event of bankruptcy of a broker with whom a Fund has an open position in an
option, a futures contract or a related option.
There can be no assurance that a Fund’s hedging strategies will be effective or that hedging transactions will be available to a Fund. A Fund is not required to engage in hedging transactions and a Fund may choose not to
do so from time to time.
Risk Factors In Hedging Foreign Currency. Hedging transactions involving Currency Instruments have substantial risks, including
correlation risk. While a Fund’s use of Currency Instruments to effect hedging strategies is intended to reduce the volatility of the NAV of a Fund’s shares, the NAV of a Fund’s shares will fluctuate. Moreover, although Currency Instruments will be used with the intention of hedging against adverse currency movements, transactions in Currency Instruments involve
the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted and that a Fund’s hedging strategies will be ineffective. To the extent that a Fund hedges against anticipated currency movements that do not occur, a Fund may realize losses
and decrease its total return as the result of its hedging transactions. Furthermore, a Fund will only engage in hedging activities from
time to time and may not be engaging in hedging activities when movements in currency exchange rates occur.
In connection with its trading in forward foreign currency contracts, a Fund will
contract with a foreign or domestic bank, or a foreign or domestic securities dealer, to make or take future delivery of a specified amount
of a particular currency. There are no limitations on daily price moves in such forward contracts, and banks and dealers are not required
to continue to make markets in such contracts. There have been periods during which certain banks or dealers have refused to quote
prices for such forward contracts or have quoted prices with an unusually wide spread between the price at which the bank or dealer
is prepared to buy and that at which it is prepared to sell. Governmental imposition of credit controls might limit any such forward contract
trading. With respect to its trading of forward contracts, if any, a Fund will be subject to the risk of bank or dealer failure and
the inability of, or refusal by, a bank or dealer to perform with respect to such contracts. Any such default would deprive a Fund of any profit
potential or force a Fund to cover its commitments for resale, if any, at the then market price and could result in a loss to a Fund.
It may not be possible for a Fund to hedge against currency exchange rate movements,
even if correctly anticipated, in the event that (i) the currency exchange rate movement is so generally anticipated that a Fund is
not able to enter into a hedging transaction at an effective price, or (ii) the currency exchange rate movement relates to a market with
respect to which Currency Instruments are not
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available and it is not possible to engage in effective foreign currency hedging.
The cost to a Fund of engaging in foreign currency transactions varies with such factors as the currencies involved, the length of the
contract period and the market conditions then prevailing. Since transactions in foreign currency exchange usually are conducted
on a principal basis, no fees or commissions are involved.
ILLIQUID INVESTMENTS OR RESTRICTED SECURITIES. Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, a Fund has adopted a Board approved Liquidity Risk Management Program (“LRMP”) that requires, among other things that a Fund limit its illiquid investments to
no more than 15% of its net assets. Illiquid investments are those that, because of the absence
of a readily available market or due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, may not reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed
of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market
value of the investment. Liquidity risk is the risk that a Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by a Fund without significant
dilution of remaining investors' interests in a Fund. Investment of a Fund’s assets in illiquid investments may restrict the ability of a Fund to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and for a fair price as well as its ability to take advantage of market opportunities.
The risks associated with illiquidity will be particularly acute where a Fund’s operations require cash, such as when a Fund redeems shares or pays dividends, and could result in a Fund borrowing to meet short-term cash requirements or incurring capital losses
on the sale of illiquid investments.
A Fund may invest in securities that are not registered (restricted securities) under
the 1933 Act. Restricted securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither
listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets. In many cases, privately placed securities may not be freely
transferable under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction or due to contractual restrictions on resale. As a result of the absence
of a public trading market, privately placed securities may be less liquid and more difficult to value than publicly traded securities. To
the extent that privately placed securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from the sales, due to illiquidity,
could be less than those originally paid by a Fund or less than their fair market value. In addition, issuers whose securities are
not publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that may be applicable if their
securities were publicly traded. If any privately placed securities held by a Fund are required to be registered under the securities
laws of one or more jurisdictions before being resold, a Fund may be required to bear the expenses of registration. Certain of a Fund’s investments in private placements may consist of direct investments and may include investments in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may
involve greater risks. A Fund also may originate loans or acquire loans by participating in the initial issuance of the loan as part
of a syndicate of lenders or other financial institutions, or receive its interest in a loan directly from the borrower or a bank or other syndicate.
These issuers may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources or they may be dependent on a limited management group.
In making investments in such securities, a Fund may obtain access to material nonpublic information, which may restrict a Fund’s ability to conduct portfolio transactions in such securities.
A Fund may purchase restricted securities that can be offered and sold to “qualified institutional buyers” under Rule 144A under the 1933 Act. Restricted securities that would otherwise be considered illiquid investments pursuant to a Fund’s LRMP because of legal restrictions on resale to the general public may be traded among qualified institutional
buyers under Rule 144A. Therefore, these securities, as well as commercial paper that is sold in private placements under Section
4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act, may be classified higher than “illiquid” under the LRMP (i.e., “moderately liquid” or “less liquid” investments). However, the liquidity of a Fund’s investments in restricted securities could be impaired if trading does not develop
or declines.
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS. A Fund may invest in securities sold in IPOs. An IPO is the first sale of stock by
a private company to the public. IPOs are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking capital to expand,
but can also be done by large privately owned companies looking to become publicly traded.
In an IPO, the issuer obtains the assistance of an underwriting firm, which helps
it determine what type of security to issue (common or preferred), best offering price and time to bring it to market. The volume of IPOs
and the levels at which the newly issued stocks trade in the secondary market are affected by the performance of the stock market overall.
If IPOs are brought to the market, availability may be limited and a Fund may not be able to buy any shares at the offering price, or if
a Fund is able to buy shares, a Fund may not be able to buy as many shares at the offering price as a Fund would like.
Investing in IPOs entails risks. Importantly, the prices of securities involved in
IPOs are often subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than more established stocks. It is difficult to predict what the stock
will do on its initial day of trading and in the near future since there is often little historical data with which to analyze the company.
Also, most IPOs are of companies going through a transitory growth period, and they are therefore subject to additional uncertainty
regarding their future value.
INVESTMENT IN OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES. A Fund may invest in securities of other investment companies (including ETFs), subject to applicable regulatory limits.
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Investing in another investment company involves risks similar to those of investing directly in the investment company’s portfolio securities, including the risk that the values of the portfolio securities may fluctuate
due to changes in the financial condition of the securities’ issuers and other market factors. An investment company may not achieve its investment objective or execute its investment strategy effectively, which may adversely affect a Fund’s performance.
A Fund will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by
an investment company, including investment companies managed by the Manager, subadviser(s) or an affiliate, in which it invests,
including advisory fees (to the extent not offset by the Manager, subadviser(s) or an affiliate through waivers). In addition, a Fund could
incur a sales charge in connection with purchasing an investment company security or a redemption fee upon the redemption of such security.
MARKET DISRUPTION AND GEOPOLITICAL RISKS. Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors,
including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff arrangements, sanctions and
cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as the Middle East, South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia, terrorism, natural disasters
and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of COVID-19 globally).
Recent policy decisions of the U.S. government and governments of foreign countries
may increase geopolitical risks that could adversely affect the investment performance of a Fund. These policies have the potential
to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in ways that could create uncertainty
and instability in domestic and global markets. Actions taken by the U.S. government and governments of foreign countries in respect
of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign
investment, and instability in regions where a Fund invests.
The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be
predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to a Fund. These and other similar events could
adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced liquidity in the securities markets,
significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and commodities and/or government intervention. They
may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not a Fund
invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of a Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities,
the value of certain securities held by a Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued
at zero.
Global economies and financial markets have become increasingly interconnected, which
increases the possibility that economic, financial or political events and factors in one country or region might adversely
impact issuers in a different country or region or worldwide.
MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS. A Fund may invest in money market instruments. Money market instruments include cash
equivalents and short-term obligations of U.S. banks, non-U.S. government securities, certificates
of deposit and short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies. Money market instruments also include
bankers' acceptances, commercial paper, certificates of deposit and Eurodollar obligations issued or guaranteed by bank holding
companies in the U.S., their subsidiaries and non-U.S. branches, by non-U.S. banking institutions, and by the World Bank and other
multinational instrumentalities, as well as commercial paper and other short-term obligations of, and variable amount master demand
notes, variable rate notes and funding agreements issued by, U.S. and non-U.S. corporations.
OPERATIONAL AND TRADING RISK. Systemic failures in the programs and systems employed by the subadviser, brokers
and/or counterparties, exchanges and similar clearance and settlement facilities and other
parties could result in mistakes made in the confirmation or settlement of transactions, or in transactions not being properly
booked, evaluated or accounted for. The subadviser may not be in a position to verify the risks or reliability of third-party systems. These
and other similar disruptions in the subadviser's operations may cause material losses to a Fund.
The subadviser makes extensive use of computer hardware, systems and software and
its activities are exposed to risks caused by failures of IT infrastructure and data. Outright failure of the underlying hardware,
operating system, software or network, may leave the subadviser unable to trade either generally or in certain of its strategies, and this
may expose it to risk should the outage coincide with turbulent market conditions. To ameliorate this risk, backup and disaster recovery
plans have been put in place by the subadviser.
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OPTIONS ON SECURITIES AND SECURITIES INDICES.
TYPES OF OPTIONS. A Fund may engage in transactions in options on individual securities, baskets of
securities or securities indices, or particular measurements of value or rate (an “index”), such as an index of the price of treasury securities or an index representative
of short term interest rates. Such investments may be made on exchanges and in OTC markets.
In general, exchange-traded options have standardized exercise prices and expiration dates and require the parties to post
margin against their obligations, and the performance of the parties' obligations in connection with such options is guaranteed by the exchange
or a related clearing corporation. OTC options have more flexible terms negotiated between the buyer and the seller, but generally
do not require the parties to post margin and are subject to greater credit risk. OTC options also involve greater liquidity risk. See
“Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives.”
CALL OPTIONS. A Fund may purchase call options on any of the types of securities or instruments
in which it may invest. A call option gives a Fund the right to buy, and obligates the seller to sell, the underlying security
at the exercise price at any time during the option period. A Fund also may purchase and sell call options on indices. Index options are
similar to options on securities except that, rather than taking or making delivery of securities underlying the option at a specified
price upon exercise, an index option gives the holder the right to receive cash upon exercise of the option if the level of the index upon which
the option is based is greater than the exercise price of the option.
A covered call option is an option in which a Fund owns the underlying security or
has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that security, without additional consideration (or for additional consideration held in
a segregated account by its custodian), upon conversion or exchange of other securities currently held in its portfolio or with respect to
which a Fund holds cash or other relatively liquid assets segregated within a Fund’s account at the custodian or in a separate segregation account at the custodian. The principal reason for writing call options is the attempt to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a
greater return than would be realized on the securities alone. By writing covered call options, a Fund gives up the opportunity, while the
option is in effect, to profit from any price increase in the underlying security above the option exercise price. In addition, a Fund’s ability to sell the underlying security will be limited while the option is in effect unless a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction. A closing purchase transaction cancels out a Fund’s position as the writer of an option by means of an offsetting purchase of an identical
option prior to the expiration of the option it has written. Covered call options also serve as a partial hedge to the extent of the premium
received against a decline in the price of the underlying security. Also, with respect to call options written by a Fund that are
covered only by segregated portfolio securities, a Fund is exposed to the risk of loss equal to the amount by which the price of the underlying
securities rises above the exercise price.
PUT OPTIONS. A Fund may purchase put options to seek to hedge against a decline in the value of
its securities or to enhance its return. By buying a put option, a Fund acquires a right to sell such underlying securities
or instruments at the exercise price, thus limiting a Fund’s risk of loss through a decline in the market value of the securities or instruments until the put option expires. The amount of any appreciation in the value of the underlying securities or instruments
will be partially offset by the amount of the premium paid for the put option and any related transaction costs. Prior to its expiration,
a put option may be sold in a closing sale transaction and profit or loss from the sale will depend on whether the amount received is more or
less than the premium paid for the put option plus the related transaction costs. A closing sale transaction cancels out a Fund’s position as the purchaser of an option by means of an offsetting sale of an identical option prior to the expiration of the option it has
purchased. A Fund also may purchase uncovered put options.
A Fund may write (i.e., sell) put options on the types of securities or instruments
that may be held by a Fund, provided that such put options are covered (as described above, covered options are secured by cash or other
relatively liquid assets held in a segregated account or the referenced security). A Fund will receive a premium for writing a put option, which increases a Fund’s return.
PREFERRED SECURITIES. Preferred securities represent an equity or ownership interest in an issuer. Preferred
securities normally pay dividends at a specified rate and has precedence over common stock in the event the
issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy. However, in the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of
owners of bonds take precedence over the claims of those who own preferred and common stock. Preferred securities, unlike common stock,
often have a stated dividend rate payable from the corporation's earnings. Preferred securities dividends may be cumulative or non-cumulative,
participating, or auction rate. “Cumulative” dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid
before dividends can be paid to the issuer's common stock. “Participating” preferred securities may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend
in certain cases. If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred securities may be less attractive,
causing the price of such stocks to decline. Preferred securities may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions allowing
the stock to be called or redeemed, which can limit the benefit of a decline in interest rates. Preferred securities are subject
to many of the risks to which common stock and debt securities are subject.
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (“REITs”). Investing in REITs involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated
with investing in the real estate industry in general. Equity REITs may be affected by
changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended.
REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified geographically or by property type, and are subject
to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and self-liquidation. REITs must also meet certain requirements under the Code to
avoid entity level tax and be eligible to pass-through certain tax attributes of their income to shareholders. REITs are consequently subject
to the risk of failing to meet these requirements for favorable tax treatment and of failing to maintain their exemptions from registration
under the 1940 Act. REITs are also subject to the risks of changes in the Code affecting their tax status.
In addition, a direct REIT shareholder may claim a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for ordinary REIT dividends, and a RIC may pass through to its shareholders the special character of this income. Ordinary
dividends received by a Fund from a REIT will generally not constitute qualified dividend income, which would be eligible for tax
at a reduced rate.
REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are also subject to interest rate risks. When interest
rates decline, the value of a REIT's investment in fixed rate obligations can be expected to rise. Conversely, when interest rates rise,
the value of a REIT's investment in fixed rate obligations can be expected to decline. In contrast, as interest rates on adjustable
rate mortgage loans are reset periodically, yields on a REIT's investments in such loans will gradually align themselves to reflect changes
in market interest rates, causing the value of such investments to fluctuate less dramatically in response to interest rate fluctuations
than would investments in fixed rate obligations.
Investing in certain REITs involves risks similar to those associated with investing
in small capitalization companies. These REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in limited volume
and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than larger company securities. Historically, small capitalization stocks,
such as REITs, have been more volatile in price than the larger capitalization stocks included in the S&P 500 Index. The management of
a REIT may be subject to conflicts of interest with respect to the operation of the business of the REIT and may be involved in real estate
activities competitive with the REIT. REITs may own properties through joint ventures or in other circumstances in which the REIT
may not have control over its investments. REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage. A Fund’s investments in REITs may subject the Funds to duplicate management and/or advisory fees.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. A Fund may invest in securities pursuant to repurchase agreements. A Fund will enter
into repurchase agreements only with parties meeting creditworthiness standards as set forth in a Fund’s repurchase agreement procedures.
Under such agreements, the other party agrees, upon entering into the contract with
a Fund, to repurchase the security at a mutually agreed-upon time and price in a specified currency, thereby determining the yield
during the term of the agreement. This results in a fixed rate of return insulated from market fluctuations during such period, although
such return may be affected by currency fluctuations. In the case of repurchase agreements, the prices at which the trades
are conducted do not reflect accrued interest on the underlying obligation. Repurchase agreements may be construed to be collateralized
loans by the purchaser to the seller secured by the securities transferred to the purchaser.
In the case of a repurchase agreement, as a purchaser, a Fund will require all repurchase
agreements to be fully collateralized at all times by cash or other relatively liquid assets in an amount at least equal to the
resale price. The seller is required to provide additional collateral if the market value of the securities falls below the repurchase price
at any time during the term of the repurchase agreement. In the event of default by the seller under a repurchase agreement construed to be
a collateralized loan, the underlying securities are not owned by a Fund but only constitute collateral for the seller's obligation to pay
the repurchase price. Therefore, a Fund may suffer time delays and incur costs or possible losses in connection with disposition of the collateral.
A Fund may participate in a joint repurchase agreement account with other investment
companies managed by the Manager pursuant to an order of the SEC. On a daily basis, any uninvested cash balances of a Fund may
be aggregated with those of such investment companies and invested in one or more repurchase agreements. A Fund participates in
the income earned or accrued in the joint account based on the percentage of its investment.
REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND DOLLAR ROLLS. A Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. A reverse repurchase agreement involves the sale of a portfolio-eligible security by a Fund, coupled with
its agreement to repurchase the instrument at a specified time and price. See “Repurchase Agreements.”
A Fund may enter into dollar rolls. In a dollar roll, a Fund sells securities for
delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type and coupon) securities on a specified
future date from the same party. During the roll period, a Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. A Fund is compensated
by the difference between the current sale price and the forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the drop)
as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale.
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Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities retained by
a Fund may decline below the price of the securities sold by a Fund but which a Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement. In the
event the buyer of securities under a dollar roll files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce a Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. Cash proceeds from dollar rolls may be invested in cash or other liquid assets.
SECURITIES LENDING. Unless otherwise noted, a Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers
and other financial institutions subject to applicable regulatory requirements and guidance, including the requirements
that: (1) the aggregate market value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed 33 1∕3% of the total assets of the Fund; (2) the borrower pledge and maintain with the Fund
collateral consisting of cash having at all times a value of not less than 102% (or
105% for foreign securities) of the value of the securities lent; and (3) the loan be made subject to termination by the Fund at any
time.
Cash collateral is invested in an affiliated prime money market fund and will be subject
to market depreciation or appreciation. A Fund will be responsible for any loss that results from this investment of collateral.
The affiliated prime money market fund in which cash collateral is invested may impose liquidity fees or temporary gates on redemptions
if its weekly liquid assets fall below a designated threshold. If this were to occur, the Fund may lose money on its investment of cash
collateral in the affiliated prime money market fund, or the Fund may not be able to redeem its investment of cash collateral in the affiliated
prime money market fund, which might cause the Fund to liquidate other holdings in order to return the cash collateral to the
borrower upon termination of a securities loan. These events could trigger adverse tax consequences for a Fund.
On termination of the loan, the borrower is required to return the securities to the
Fund, and any gain or loss in the market price during the loan would inure to the Fund. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return
the securities lent because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities lent
or in gaining access to the collateral. In such situations, the Fund may sell the collateral and purchase a replacement investment
in the market. There is a risk that the value of the collateral could decrease below the value of the replacement investment by the time
the replacement investment is purchased.
During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund an
amount equivalent to any dividend or interest paid on such securities. Voting or consent rights which accompany loaned securities pass to
the borrower. However, all loans may be terminated at any time to facilitate the exercise of voting or other consent rights with respect
to matters considered to be material. A Fund bears the risk that there may be a delay in the return of the securities which may impair the Fund’s ability to exercise such rights.
SHORT SALES AND SHORT SALES AGAINST-THE-BOX. A Fund may make short sales of securities, either as a hedge against potential declines in value of a portfolio security or to realize appreciation when a security
that a Fund does not own declines in value. Because making short sales in securities not owned by a Fund exposes a Fund to the risks associated
with those securities, such short sales involve speculative exposure risk. As a result, if a Fund makes short sales in securities
that increase in value, a Fund will likely underperform similar mutual funds that do not make short sales in securities they
do not own. A Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale
and the date on which a Fund replaces the borrowed security. A Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in price between those
dates. There can be no assurance that a Fund will be able to close out a short sale position at any particular time or at a desired price. Although a Fund’s gain is limited to the price at which a Fund sold the security short, its potential loss is limited only by the maximum attainable
price of the security, less the price at which the security was sold and may, theoretically, be unlimited. There is also a risk that
a borrowed security will need to be returned to the broker/dealer on short notice. If the request for the return of a security occurs
at a time when other short sellers of the security are receiving similar requests, a “short squeeze” can occur, meaning that a Fund might be compelled, at the most disadvantageous time,
to replace the borrowed security with a security purchased on the open market, possibly
at prices significantly in excess of the proceeds received earlier.
A Fund has a short position in the securities sold short until it delivers to the
broker/dealer the securities sold, at which time a Fund receives the proceeds of the sale. In addition, a Fund is required to pay to the broker/dealer
the amount of any dividends or interest paid on shares sold short. A Fund will normally close out a short position by purchasing
on the open market and delivering to the broker/dealer an equal amount of the securities sold short.
A Fund may also make short sales against-the-box. A short sale against-the-box is
a short sale in which a Fund owns an equal amount of the securities sold short, or securities convertible or exchangeable for, with or
without payment of any further consideration, such securities.
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SMALLER OR EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES. Investment in smaller or emerging growth companies involves greater risk than is
customarily associated with investments in more established companies. The securities
of smaller or emerging growth companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than larger, more established
companies or the market average in general. These companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, or
they may be dependent on a limited management group.
While smaller or emerging growth company issuers may offer greater opportunities for
capital appreciation than large cap issuers, investments in smaller or emerging growth companies may involve greater risks and
thus may be considered speculative. The subadviser believes that properly selected companies of this type have the potential
to increase their earnings or market valuation at a rate substantially in excess of the general growth of the economy. Full development
of these companies and trends frequently takes time.
Small capitalization and emerging growth securities will often be traded only in the
OTC market or on a regional securities exchange and may not be traded every day or in the volume typical of trading on a national securities
exchange. As a result, the disposition by a Fund of portfolio securities to meet redemptions or otherwise may require a Fund to make
many small sales over a lengthy period of time, or to sell these securities at a discount from market prices or during periods when, in
the subadviser's judgment, such disposition is not desirable.
While the process of selection and continuous supervision by the subadviser does not,
of course, guarantee successful investment results, it does provide access to an asset class not available to the average individual
due to the time and cost involved. Careful initial selection is particularly important in this area as many new enterprises have promise
but lack certain of the fundamental factors necessary to prosper. Investing in small capitalization and emerging growth companies
requires specialized research and analysis. In addition, many investors cannot invest sufficient assets in such companies to provide
wide diversification.
Small companies are generally little known to most individual investors although some
may be dominant in their respective industries. The subadviser believes that relatively small companies will continue to have the
opportunity to develop into significant business enterprises. A Fund may invest in securities of small issuers in the relatively early
stages of business development that have a new technology, a unique or proprietary product or service, or a favorable market position.
Such companies may not be counted upon to develop into major industrial companies, but Fund management believes that eventual
recognition of their special value characteristics by the investment community can provide above-average long-term growth to the portfolio.
Equity securities of specific small capitalization issuers may present different opportunities
for long-term capital appreciation during varying portions of economic or securities markets cycles, as well as during varying
stages of their business development. The market valuation of small capitalization issuers tends to fluctuate during economic or market
cycles, presenting attractive investment opportunities at various points during these cycles. Smaller companies, due to the
size and kinds of markets that they serve, may be less susceptible than large companies to intervention from the federal government by means
of price controls, regulations or litigation.
SWAP AGREEMENTS. Each Fund may enter into swap transactions, including, but not limited to, equity,
interest rate, index, credit default, total return and, to the extent that it invests in foreign currency-denominated
securities, currency exchange rate swap agreements. In addition, each Fund may enter into options on swap agreements (“swap options”). These swap transactions are entered into in an attempt to obtain a particular return when it is considered desirable to
do so, possibly at a lower cost to each Fund than if each Fund had invested directly in an instrument that yielded that desired return. Swap
transactions are a type of derivative. Derivatives are further discussed in the sub-sections entitled “Derivatives” and “Risk Factors Involving Derivatives.”
Swap agreements are two party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors.
In a standard “swap” transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized
on or calculated with respect to particular predetermined investments or instruments, which may be adjusted for an interest factor.
The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are generally calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” that is, the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate or in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index or other investments or instruments. Most swap agreements entered into by each Fund would calculate
the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a “net basis.” Consequently each Fund’s current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative
values of the positions held by each party to the agreement (the “net amount”). Each Fund’s current obligations under a swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owed to each Fund).
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If there is a default by the other party to such a transaction, each Fund will have
contractual remedies pursuant to the agreement related to the transaction. Since swaps are individually negotiated, each Fund expects to
achieve an acceptable degree of correlation between its rights to receive a return on its portfolio securities and its rights and obligations
to receive and pay a return pursuant to swaps. Each Fund will enter into swaps only with counterparties meeting certain creditworthiness
standards (generally, such counterparties would have to be eligible counterparties under the terms of each Fund’s repurchase agreement guidelines approved by the Board).
Certain swaps are required to be executed through a centralized exchange or regulated
facility and be cleared through a regulated clearinghouse. Although this clearing mechanism is generally expected to reduce counterparty
credit risk, it may disrupt or limit the swap market and may not result in swaps being easier to trade or value. As swaps become
more standardized, each Fund may not be able to enter into swaps that meet its investment needs. Each Fund also may not be
able to find a clearinghouse willing to accept a swap for clearing. In a cleared swap, a central clearing organization will be the counterparty
to the transaction. Each Fund will assume the risk that the clearinghouse may be unable to perform its obligations. Each Fund will be
required to maintain its positions with a clearing organization through one or more clearing brokers. The clearing organization will
require each Fund to post margin and the broker may require each Fund to post additional margin to secure each Fund’s obligations. The amount of margin required may change from time to time. In addition, cleared transactions may be more expensive to maintain than OTC
transactions and may require each Fund to deposit larger amounts of margin. Each Fund may not be able to recover margin amounts if the
broker has financial difficulties. Also, the broker may require each Fund to terminate a derivatives position under certain circumstances.
This may cause each Fund to lose money.
TEMPORARY DEFENSIVE STRATEGY AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS. A Fund may temporarily invest without limit in money market instruments, including commercial paper of U.S. corporations, certificates of deposit,
bankers' acceptances and other obligations of domestic banks, and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies
or its instrumentalities, as part of a temporary defensive strategy.
A Fund may invest in money market instruments to maintain appropriate liquidity to
meet anticipated redemptions. Money market instruments typically have a maturity of one year or less as measured from the date
of purchase. A Fund also may temporarily hold cash or invest in money market instruments pending investment of proceeds from new sales
of Fund shares or during periods of portfolio restructuring.
TOTAL RETURN SWAP AGREEMENTS. A Fund may enter into total return swap agreements. Total return swap agreements
are contracts in which one party agrees to make periodic payments based on the change in market value
of the underlying assets, which may include a specified security, basket of securities or securities indices during the specified
period, in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the total return from other underlying assets. Total
return swap agreements may be used to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or
market. Total return swap agreements may effectively add leverage to a Fund’s portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. Total return swap agreements entail the risk that a party
will default on its payment obligations to a Fund thereunder. Swap agreements also bear the risk that a Fund will not be able to meet
its obligation to the counterparty.
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES. A Fund may invest in adjustable rate and fixed rate U.S. Government securities. U.S. Government securities are instruments issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury
or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government. U.S. Government guarantees do not extend to the yield or value of the securities or a Fund’s shares. Not all U.S. Government securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
Some are supported only by the credit of the issuing agency.
U.S. Treasury securities include bills, notes, bonds and other debt securities issued
by the U.S. Treasury. These instruments are direct obligations of the U.S. Government and, as such, are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States. They differ primarily in their interest rates, the lengths of their maturities and the dates of their issuances.
Securities issued by agencies of the U.S. Government or instrumentalities of the U.S.
Government, including those which are guaranteed by Federal agencies or instrumentalities, may or may not be backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States. Obligations of Ginnie Mae, the Farmers Home Administration and the Small Business Administration are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States. In the case of securities not backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States, a Fund must look principally to the agency issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment and may not be able
to assert a claim against the United States if the agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitments.
A Fund may also invest in component parts of U.S. Government securities, namely either
the corpus (principal) of such obligations or one or more of the interest payments scheduled to be paid on such obligations. These
obligations may take the form of (1) obligations from which the interest coupons have been stripped; (2) the interest coupons that
are stripped; (3) book-entries at a Federal Reserve member bank representing ownership of obligation components; or (4) receipts evidencing
the component parts (corpus or coupons) of
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U.S. Government obligations that have not actually been stripped. Such receipts evidence
ownership of component parts of U.S. Government obligations (corpus or coupons) purchased by a third party (typically
an investment banking firm) and held on behalf of the third party in physical or book-entry form by a major commercial bank or trust
company pursuant to a custody agreement with the third party. A Fund may also invest in custodial receipts held by a third party that
are not U.S. Government securities.
WARRANTS AND RIGHTS. Warrants and rights are securities permitting, but not obligating, the warrant holder
to subscribe for other securities. Buying a warrant does not make a Fund a shareholder of the underlying
stock. The warrant holder has no right to dividends or votes on the underlying stock. A warrant does not carry any right to assets of
the issuer, and for this reason investment in warrants may be more speculative than other equity-based investments.
WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES, DELAYED-DELIVERY SECURITIES AND FORWARD COMMITMENTS. A Fund may purchase or sell securities that a Fund is entitled to receive on a when-issued basis. A Fund may also purchase or sell
securities on a delayed-delivery basis or through a forward commitment. When delayed-delivery securities are purchased, the price and
interest rate are fixed at the time of purchase. When-issued, delayed-delivery and forward commitment transactions all involve the
purchase or sale of securities with payment and delivery taking place in the future. A Fund enters into these transactions to obtain
what is considered an advantageous price to a Fund at the time of entering into the transaction. A Fund has not established any limit
on the percentage of its assets that may be committed in connection with these transactions.
There can be no assurance that a security purchased on a when-issued basis will be
issued or that a security purchased or sold through a forward commitment will be delivered. The value of securities in these transactions
on the delivery date may be more or less than a Fund’s purchase price. A Fund may bear the risk of a decline in the value of the security in these transactions and may not benefit from an appreciation in the value of the security during the commitment period.
ZERO COUPON SECURITIES, PAY-IN-KIND SECURITIES AND DEFERRED PAYMENT SECURITIES. A Fund may invest in zero coupon securities. Zero coupon securities are securities that are sold at a discount to par value and
on which interest payments are not made during the life of the security. The discount approximates the total amount of interest the security
will accrue and compound over the period until maturity on the particular interest payment date at a rate of interest reflecting
the market rate of the security at the time of issuance. Upon maturity, the holder is entitled to receive the par value of the security. While
interest payments are not made on such securities, holders of such securities are deemed to have received income (“phantom income”) annually, notwithstanding that cash may not be received currently. To the extent a distribution is paid, there may be uncertainty
about the source of the distribution. The effect of owning instruments that do not make current interest payments is that a fixed yield is earned
not only on the original investment but also, in effect, on all discount accretion during the life of the obligations. This implicit
reinvestment of earnings at the same rate eliminates the risk of being unable to invest distributions at a rate as high as the implicit yield
on the zero coupon bond, but at the same time eliminates the holder's ability to reinvest at higher rates in the future. For this
reason, some of these securities may be subject to substantially greater price fluctuations during periods of changing market interest
rates than are comparable securities that pay interest currently, which fluctuation increases the longer the period to maturity. These investments
benefit the issuer by mitigating its need for cash to meet debt service, but also require a higher rate of return to attract investors
who are willing to defer receipt of cash. Because these securities do not pay current cash income, their price can be volatile when
interest rates fluctuate and an investment in these securities generally has a greater potential for complete loss of principal and/or
return than an investment in debt securities that make periodic interest payments. Such investments are more vulnerable to the creditworthiness
of the issuer and any other parties upon which performance relies. If the issuer defaults, a Fund may not obtain any return on its
investment. These securities may be subject to less liquidity in the event of adverse market conditions than comparably rated securities
that pay cash interest at regular intervals. A Fund accrues income with respect to these securities for federal income tax and accounting
purposes prior to the receipt of cash payments.
Pay-in-kind securities are securities that have interest payable by delivery of additional
securities. Upon maturity, the holder is entitled to receive the aggregate par value of the securities. Deferred payment securities are
securities that remain a zero coupon security until a predetermined date, at which time the stated coupon rate becomes effective and interest
becomes payable at regular intervals. Pay-in-kind and deferred payment securities may be subject to greater fluctuation
in value and lesser liquidity in the event of adverse market conditions than comparable rated securities paying cash interest at regular
intervals.
In addition to the above described risks, there are certain other risks related to
investing in zero coupon, pay-in-kind and deferred payment securities. During a period of severe market conditions, the market for such
securities may become even less liquid. In addition, as these securities do not pay cash interest, a Fund’s investment exposure to these securities and their risks, including credit risk, will increase during the time these securities are held in a Fund’s portfolio. Further, to maintain its qualification for pass-through treatment under the federal tax laws, a Fund is required to distribute income to its
shareholders and, consequently, may have to dispose of its portfolio securities under disadvantageous circumstances to generate the cash,
or may have to leverage itself by borrowing the cash to satisfy these distributions, as they relate to the distribution of phantom
income and the value of the paid-in-kind interest. The required distributions will result in an increase in a Fund’s exposure to such securities.
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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
The Funds have each adopted the restrictions listed below as fundamental policies.
Under the 1940 Act, a fundamental policy is one that cannot be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of each Fund. A “majority of the outstanding voting securities,” when used in this SAI, means the lesser of (i) 67% of the voting shares represented
at a meeting at which more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares are present in person or represented
by proxy or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares.
If any percentage restriction described below is complied with at the time of an investment,
a later increase or decrease in the percentage resulting from a change in asset values or characteristics will not constitute
a violation of such restriction, unless otherwise noted below.
Fundamental Investment Policies
Each Fund’s fundamental investment policies are as follows:
(1) The Fund may borrow money to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act.
(2) The Fund may engage in the business of underwriting the securities of other issuers
to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act.
(3) The Fund may lend money or other assets to the extent not prohibited by the 1940
Act.
(4) The Fund may issue senior securities to the extent not prohibited by the 1940
Act.
(5) The Fund may purchase or sell real estate to the extent not prohibited by the
1940 Act.
(6) The Fund may purchase or sell commodities or contracts related to commodities
to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act.
(7) The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its total assets in the securities of
one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry, except as permitted by the 1940 Act, any exemptive
order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations (collectively, the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions).
With respect to the fundamental policy relating to borrowing money set forth in (1)
above, the 1940 Act permits each Fund to borrow money in amounts of up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets from banks for any purpose, and to borrow up to an additional 5% of each Fund’s total assets from banks or other lenders for temporary purposes. (each Fund’s total assets include the amounts being borrowed.) To limit the risks attendant to borrowing, the 1940 Act requires each Fund
to maintain an “asset coverage” of at least 300% of the amount of its borrowings, provided that in the event that each Fund’s asset coverage falls below 300%, each Fund is required to reduce the amount of its borrowings so that it meets the 300% asset coverage threshold
within three days (not including Sundays and holidays). Asset coverage means the ratio that the value of each Fund’s total assets (including amounts borrowed), minus liabilities other than borrowings, bears to the aggregate amount of all borrowings. The policy in (1)
above will be interpreted to permit each Fund to engage in trading practices and investments that may be considered to be borrowing
to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder. Short-term credits necessary for the settlement of securities transactions
and arrangements with respect to securities lending will not be considered to be borrowings under the policy. Practices and investments
that may involve leverage but are not considered to be borrowings are not subject to the policy.
With respect to the fundamental policy relating to underwriting set forth in (2) above,
the 1940 Act does not prohibit each Fund from engaging in the business of underwriting or from underwriting the securities of other
issuers; in fact, the 1940 Act permits each Fund to have underwriting commitments of up to 25% of its assets under certain circumstances.
Those circumstances currently are that the amount of each Fund’s underwriting commitments, when added to the value of each Fund’s investments in issuers where each Fund owns more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of those issuers, cannot exceed
the 25% cap. The fund engaging in transactions involving the acquisition or disposition of portfolio securities may
be considered to be an underwriter under the 1933 Act. Under the 1933 Act, an underwriter may be liable for material omissions or misstatements in an issuer’s registration statement or prospectus. Although it is not believed that the application of the 1933 Act provisions
described above would cause each Fund to be engaged in the business of underwriting, the policy in (2) above will be interpreted
not to prevent each Fund from engaging in transactions involving the acquisition or disposition of portfolio securities, regardless
of whether each Fund may be considered to be an underwriter under the 1933 Act.
With respect to the fundamental policy relating to lending set forth in (3) above,
the 1940 Act does not prohibit each Fund from making loans; however, SEC staff interpretations currently prohibit funds from lending more
than one-third of their total assets, except through the purchase of debt obligations or the use of repurchase agreements. (A repurchase
agreement is an agreement to purchase a security,
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coupled with an agreement to sell that security back to the original seller on an
agreed-upon date at a price that reflects current interest rates. The SEC frequently treats repurchase agreements as loans.) Each Fund will be
permitted by this policy to make loans of money. The policy in (3) above will be interpreted not to prevent each Fund from purchasing
or investing in credit instruments, debt obligations and loans or any similar security or financial instrument. In addition, collateral
arrangements with respect to options, forward currency and futures transactions and other derivative instruments, as well as delays in the
settlement of securities transactions, will not be considered loans.
With respect to the fundamental policy relating to issuing senior securities set forth
in (4) above, “senior securities” are defined as Fund obligations that have a priority over each Fund’s shares with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of Fund assets. The 1940 Act prohibits each Fund from issuing senior securities except that each Fund
may borrow money in amounts of up to one-third of each Fund’s total assets from banks for any purpose. Each Fund may also borrow up to an additional 5% of each Fund’s total assets from banks or other lenders for temporary purposes, and these borrowings are not considered
senior securities. Certain trading practices and investments, such as derivatives transactions, may be treated as senior securities
under the 1940 Act. Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act provides an exemption from certain limitations on the issuance of senior securities
for transactions in derivatives instruments where a Fund complies with the requirements of the rule. The policy in (4) above will be
interpreted not to prevent investments in derivatives or any collateral arrangements associated therewith.
With respect to the fundamental policy relating to real estate set forth in (5) above,
the 1940 Act does not prohibit each Fund from owning real estate; however, each Fund is limited in the amount of illiquid investments
it may purchase. The policy in (5) above will be interpreted not to prevent each Fund from investing in real estate-related companies,
companies whose businesses consist in whole or in part of investing in real estate, instruments (like mortgages) that are secured
by real estate or interests therein, or real estate investment trust securities.
With respect to the fundamental policy relating to commodities set forth in (6) above,
the 1940 Act does not prohibit each Fund from owning commodities, whether physical commodities and contracts related to physical
commodities (such as oil or grains and related futures contracts), or financial commodities and contracts related to financial commodities
(such as currencies and, possibly, currency futures). However, each Fund is limited in the amount of illiquid investments it may
purchase. The policy in (6) above will be interpreted to permit investments in ETFs that invest in physical and/or financial commodities.
With respect to the fundamental policy relating to concentration set forth in (7)
above, the 1940 Act does not define what constitutes “concentration” in an industry. The SEC staff has taken the position that investment of 25% or more of a fund’s total assets in one or more issuers conducting their principal activities in the same industry constitutes
concentration. It is possible that interpretations of concentration could change in the future. The policy in (7) above will be interpreted
to refer to concentration as that term may be interpreted from time to time by the SEC staff. The policy also will be interpreted
to permit investment without limit in the following: securities of the U.S. Government and its agencies or instrumentalities; securities
of state, territory, possession or municipal governments and their authorities, agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions;
and repurchase agreements collateralized by any such obligations. Accordingly, issuers of the foregoing securities will not be considered
to be members of any industry. There also will be no limit on investment in issuers domiciled in a single jurisdiction or country; however,
each Fund understands that the SEC staff considers securities issued by a foreign government to be in a single industry for
purposes of calculating applicable limits on concentration. The policy also will be interpreted to give broad authority to each Fund as to how to classify issuers within or among industries.
Each Fund’s fundamental policies will be interpreted broadly. For example, the policies will be interpreted to refer to the 1940 Act and the related rules as they are in effect from time to time, and to interpretations
and modifications of or relating to the 1940 Act by the SEC and others as they are given from time to time. When a policy provides that an investment
practice may be conducted as permitted by the 1940 Act, the policy will be interpreted to mean either that the 1940 Act expressly
permits the practice or that the 1940 Act does not prohibit the practice.
Non-Fundamental Investment Policies
Each Fund’s non-fundamental investment policies are as follows:
Each Fund may not invest in other registered open-end management investment companies
and registered unit investment trusts in reliance upon the provisions of subparagraphs (G) or (F) of Section 12(d)(1) of the
1940 Act. The foregoing investment policy does not restrict each Fund from (i) acquiring securities of other registered investment companies
in connection with a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or acquisition of assets, or (ii) purchasing the securities of registered
investment companies, to the extent otherwise permissible under the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions.
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Each Fund may not purchase or otherwise acquire any security if immediately after
the acquisition the value of illiquid investments held by each Fund would exceed 15% of each Fund’s net assets. Each Fund monitors the portion of each Fund’s net assets that is invested in illiquid investments on an ongoing basis, not only at the time of investment in
such securities.
Each Fund will provide 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders of a change in the Fund’s non-fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its investable assets (that is, net assets plus borrowings for investment
purposes), as applicable, in the type of investments suggested by Fund’s name.
Each Fund's investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed without
prior approval of shareholders.
Diversification
Each Fund is currently classified as “diversified” under the 1940 Act. In general, this means that each Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than obligations issued or guaranteed by the US Government,
its agencies or instrumentalities or securities of other investment companies) if, with respect to 75% of its total assets, (a) more than 5% of a Fund’s total assets would be invested in securities of that issuer or (b) a Fund would hold more than 10% of the outstanding
voting securities of that issuer. With respect to the remaining 25% of its total assets, a Fund can invest more than 5% of its assets in
one issuer. Under the 1940 Act, a Fund cannot change its classification from diversified to non-diversified without shareholder
approval.
INFORMATION ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
Information about Board Members and Officers of the Funds is set forth below. Board
Members who are not deemed to be “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act, are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Board Members who are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Funds are referred to as “Interested Board Members.” The Board Members are responsible for the overall supervision of the operations of the Funds and perform the various duties
imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Board in turn elects the Officers, who are responsible for administering
the day-to-day operations of the Funds.
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Independent Board Members
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Name
Year of Birth
Position(s)
Portfolios Overseen
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
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Other Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years
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Length of
Board Service
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Ellen S. Alberding
1958
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 101
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Formerly, Chief Executive Officer and President,
The Joyce Foundation (charitable foundation)
(2002-2024); formerly Vice Chair, City Colleges
of Chicago (community college system)
(2011-2015); formerly Trustee, National Park
Foundation (charitable foundation for national
park system) (2009-2018); formerly Trustee,
Economic Club of Chicago (2009-2016);
Trustee, Loyola University (since 2018).
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None.
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Since December 2017
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Kevin J. Bannon
1952
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 102
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Retired; formerly 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; formerly President
(May 2003-May 2007) of BNY Hamilton Family
of Mutual Funds.
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Formerly, Director of Urstadt Biddle Properties
(equity real estate investment trust) (September
2008-August 2023).
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Since December 2017
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Linda W. Bynoe
1952
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 99
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President and Chief Executive Officer (since
March 1995) and formerly Chief Operating
Officer (December 1989-February 1995) of
Telemat Limited LLC (formerly Telemat Ltd)
(management consulting); formerly Vice
President (January 1985-June 1989) at Morgan
Stanley & Co. (broker-dealer).
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Trustee of Equity Residential (residential real
estate) (since December 2009); formerly,
Director of Northern Trust Corporation (financial
services) (April 2006-April 2025); formerly
Director of Anixter International, Inc.
(communication products distributor) (January
2006-June 2020).
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Since December 2017
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Independent Board Members
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Name
Year of Birth
Position(s)
Portfolios Overseen
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
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Other Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years
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Length of
Board Service
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Barry H. Evans
1960
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 102
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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 (asset management).
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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).
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Since December 2017
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Keith F. Hartstein
1956
Board Member &
Independent Chair
Portfolios Overseen: 102
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Retired; formerly Member (November 2014-
September 2022) of the Governing Council of
the Independent Directors Council (IDC)
(organization of independent mutual fund
directors); formerly Executive Committee of the
IDC Board of Governors (October
2019-December 2021); 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);
formerly Chairman, Investment Company
Institute’s Sales Force Marketing Committee
(2003-2008).
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None.
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Since December 2017
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Laurie Simon Hodrick
1962
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 99
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A. Barton Hepburn Professor Emerita of
Economics in the Faculty of Business, Columbia
Business School (since 2018); Visiting Fellow at
the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
(since 2015); Sole Member, ReidCourt LLC
(since 2008) (a consulting firm); formerly
Visiting Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
(2015-2021); 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).
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Independent Director, Roku (since December
2020) (communication services); formerly
Independent Director, Andela (2022-2024)
(global talent network); formerly Independent
Director, Synnex Corporation (2019-2021)
(information technology); formerly Independent
Director, Kabbage, Inc. (2018-2020) (financial
services); formerly Independent Director,
Corporate Capital Trust (2017-2018) (a
business development company).
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Since December 2017
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Brian K. Reid
1961
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 102
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Retired; formerly Chief Economist for the
Investment Company Institute (ICI)
(2005-2017); formerly Senior Economist and
Director of Industry and Financial Analysis at
the ICI (1998-2004); formerly Senior Economist,
Industry and Financial Analysis at the ICI
(1996-1998); formerly Staff Economist at the
Federal Reserve Board (1989-1996); formerly
Director, ICI Mutual Insurance Company
(2012-2017).
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None.
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Since March 2018
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Grace C. Torres
1959
Board Member
Portfolios Overseen: 102
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Retired; formerly Treasurer and Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer of the PGIM
Funds, Target Funds, Advanced Series Trust,
Prudential Variable Contract Accounts and The
Prudential Series Fund (1998-June 2014);
Assistant Treasurer (March 1999-June 2014)
and Senior Vice President (September
1999-June 2014) of PGIM Investments LLC;
Assistant Treasurer (May 2003-June 2014) and
Vice President (June 2005-June 2014) of AST
Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President
and Assistant Treasurer (May 2003-June 2014)
of Prudential Annuities Advisory Services, Inc.
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Director (since January 2018) of OceanFirst
Financial Corp. and OceanFirst Bank; formerly
Director (July 2015-January 2018) of Sun
Bancorp, Inc. N.A. and Sun National Bank.
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Since December 2017
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Interested Board Members
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Name
Year of Birth
Position(s)
Portfolios Overseen
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Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
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Other Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years
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Length of
Board Service
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Stuart S. Parker
1962
Board Member &
President & Principal
Executive Officer
Portfolios Overseen: 102
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Officer in
Charge (since January 2012) of PGIM
Investments LLC; President and Principal
Executive Officer (since March 2022) of the
PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since January
2012) of the PGIM Retail Funds; formerly Chief
Operating Officer for PGIM Investments LLC
(January 2012 - January 2024); 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).
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None.
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Since December 2017
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Scott E. Benjamin
1973
Board Member & Vice
President
Portfolios Overseen: 148
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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.; Managing Director,
Board Governance of PGIM-Global Wealth (since
March 2026); formerly Senior Vice President,
Global Product Management and Marketing
(2006- 2026) of PGIM Investments, LLC; Vice
President (since March 2022) of the PGIM
Alternatives Funds and (since March 2010) of
the PGIM Retail Funds; formerly Vice President
of Product Development and Product
Management, PGIM Investments LLC
(2003-2006).
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None.
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Since December 2017
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Fund Officers(a)
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Name
Year of Birth
Fund Position
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Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
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Length of
Service as Fund Officer
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Claudia DiGiacomo
1974
Chief Legal Officer
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Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary (since August 2020) of
PGIM Investments LLC; Chief
Legal Officer (since January 2024) of PGIM DC Solutions LLC, (since July 2022) of
the PGIM Alternatives Funds
and (since August 2020) of the PGIM Retail Funds, Prudential Annuities Funds, Prudential
Mutual Fund
Services LLC, and PIFM Holdco, LLC; Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January
2005) of Prudential;
and Corporate Counsel (since August 2020) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; formerly
Vice President and
Assistant Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (2005-2020); formerly Associate at Sidley
Austin Brown & Wood
LLP (1999-2004).
|
Since December 2017
|
|
Patricia Flynn
1968
Chief Compliance Officer
|
Chief Compliance Officer (since May 2026) of the PGIM Retail Funds, Prudential Annuities
Funds, PGIM
Alternatives Funds, PGIM Investments LLC and AST Investment Services, Inc.; Vice President
of Compliance at
Prudential Financial Inc. (since March 2022); formerly Chief Compliance & Risk Officer
at Intech Investments
(November 2005 to March 2022) and Assistant Regional Director of Examinations, Branch
Chief, and Examiner
for the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Miami Regional Office (October 1994
to November 2005).
|
Since May 2026
|
|
Andrew R. French
1962
Secretary
|
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PGIM Investments LLC;
Secretary (since March
2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since December 2018) of the PGIM Retail
Funds and Prudential
Annuities Funds; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential
Mutual Fund
Services LLC; formerly Vice President and Corporate Counsel (2010-2018) of Prudential;
formerly Director and
Corporate Counsel (2006-2010) of Prudential.
|
Since December 2017
|
|
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; Vice President and Assistant
Secretary (since June
2025) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary (since March 2022) of
the PGIM Alternatives Funds,
(since March 2020) of the PGIM Retail Funds and (since March 2019) of the Prudential
Annuities Funds;
formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (March 2014-September 2018) of Prudential.
|
Since March 2020
|
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Fund Officers(a)
|
|
|
|
Name
Year of Birth
Fund Position
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
|
Length of
Service as Fund Officer
|
|
Patrick E. McGuinness
1986
Assistant Secretary
|
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since March 2026) of Prudential; formerly Director
and Corporate
Counsel (February 2017- March 2026) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary
(since August
2020) of PGIM Investments LLC; Assistant Secretary (since March 2022) of the PGIM
Alternatives Funds and
(since June 2020) of the PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds.
|
Since June 2020
|
|
Debra Rubano
1975
Assistant Secretary
|
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since November 2020) of Prudential; Assistant
Secretary (since March
2022) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds and (since December 2020) of the PGIM Retail
Funds and (since
November 2020) of the Prudential Annuities Funds; 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
|
|
George Hoyt
1965
Assistant Secretary
|
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2023) of Prudential; Assistant
Secretary (since March
2024) of the Prudential Annuities Funds, (since December 2023) of the PGIM Retail
Funds, and (since
September 2023) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds; formerly Associate General Counsel
of Franklin Templeton
and Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of certain funds in the Franklin Templeton complex
(2020-2023) and
Managing Director (2016-2020) and Associate General Counsel for Legg Mason, Inc. and
its predecessors
(2004-2020).
|
Since December 2023
|
|
Devan Goolsby
1991
Assistant Secretary
|
Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since May 2023) of Prudential; Assistant Secretary
(since March 2024)
of the Prudential Annuities Funds, (since December 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds
and (since September
2023) of the PGIM Alternatives Funds; formerly Associate at Eversheds Sutherland (US)
LLP (2021-2023);
Compliance Officer at Bloomberg LP (2019-2021); and an Examiner at the Financial Industry
Regulatory
Authority (2015-2019).
|
Since December 2023
|
|
Christian J. Kelly
1975
Chief Financial Officer
|
Managing Director, Head of Registered Products Fund Operations (since March 2026);
Chief Financial Officer
(since March 2023) of the PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds and (since
July 2022) of the PGIM
Alternatives Funds; formerly Vice President, Global Head of Investment Operations
(2018 -2026) of PGIM
Investments LLC; formerly Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (January 2019
- March 2023) of the PGIM
Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (March 2022 –
July 2022) of the PGIM Private Real Estate Fund, Inc.
|
Since January 2019
|
|
Russ Shupak
1973
Treasurer and Principal Accounting
Officer
|
Executive Director, RIC Fund Administration (since March 2026); Treasurer and Principal
Accounting Officer
(since September 2023) of the PGIM Credit Income Fund, (since March 2023) of the PGIM
Retail Funds, and
(since July 2022) of the PGIM Private Real Estate Fund, Inc.; Assistant Treasurer
(since September 2023) of the
PGIM Rock ETF Trust, (since September 2022) of the PGIM Private Credit Fund and (since
October 2019) of the
Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Vice President (2017-2026) within PGIM Investments
Fund
Administration; formerly Assistant Treasurer (March 2022 – July 2022) of the PGIM Private Real Estate Fund,
Inc.
|
Since October 2019
|
|
Lana Lomuti
1967
Assistant Treasurer
|
Senior Director, RIC Fund Administration (since March 2026); Assistant Secretary (since
April 2014) of the
PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Vice President (2007-2026)
within PGIM
Investments Fund Administration.
|
Since December 2017
|
|
Deborah Conway
1969
Assistant Treasurer
|
Senior Director, RIC Tax (since March 2026); Assistant Secretary (since October 2019)
of the PGIM Retail Funds
and Prudential Annuities Funds; formerly Vice President (2017-2026) within PGIM Investments
Fund
Administration.
|
Since October 2019
|
|
Elyse M. McLaughlin
1974
Assistant Treasurer
|
Executive Director, RIC Fund Administration (since March 2026); Treasurer and Principal
Accounting Officer
(since September 2023) of the PGIM Rock ETF Trust, (since March 2023) of the Prudential
Annuities Funds, and
(since September 2022) of the PGIM Private Credit Fund; Assistant Treasurer (since
September 2023) of the
PGIM Credit Income Fund, (since March 2022) of the PGIM Private Real Estate Fund,
Inc., and (since October
2019) of the PGIM Retail Funds; formerly Vice President (2017-2026) within PGIM Investments
Fund
Administration.
|
Since October 2019
|
|
Robert W. McCormack
1973
Assistant Treasurer
|
Senior Director, RIC Fund Administration (since March 2026); Assistant Treasurer (since
March 2023) of the
PGIM Retail Funds and Prudential Annuities Funds and (since March 2022) of the PGIM
Alternatives Funds;
formerly Vice President (2019-2026) within PGIM Investments Fund Administration.
|
Since March 2023
|
|
Kelly Florio
1978
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
Officer
|
Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Global Compliance Programs and Compliance Risk
Management (since
December 2021) of Prudential; formerly Head of Fraud Risk Management (October 2019-December
2021) at
New York Life Insurance Company; formerly Head of Key Risk Area Operations (November
2018-October 2019),
Director of the US Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Unit (2009-2018) and Bank Loss
Prevention Associate
(2006-2009) at MetLife.
|
Since June 2022
|
(a) Excludes Mr. Parker and Mr. Benjamin, interested Board Members who also serve as
President and Vice President, respectively.
Explanatory Notes to Tables:
■
Board Members are deemed to be “Interested,” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of their affiliation with PGIM Investments
LLC and/or an affiliate of PGIM Investments LLC.
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■
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 such applicable investment companies managed by PGIM Investments LLC and
overseen by the Board Member. The investment companies for which PGIM Investments LLC serves as manager include:
■
The “PGIM Retail Funds” (currently consisting of the PGIM Retail Mutual Funds, PGIM ETF Trust, PGIM High
Yield Bond Fund, Inc., PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. and PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund);
■
The “Prudential Annuities Funds” (currently consisting of The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential's Gibraltar Fund,
Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust); and
■
The “PGIM Alternatives Funds” (currently consisting of PGIM Rock ETF Trust, PGIM Real Estate Fund, Inc. (formerly,
PGIM Private Real Estate Fund, Inc.), PGIM Private Credit Fund, and PGIM Credit Income Fund).
■
As used in the Fund Officers table “Prudential” means The Prudential Insurance Company of America.
COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS. Pursuant to management agreements between the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and the Manager, the Manager pays all compensation of Fund Officers and employees
as well as the fees and expenses of all Interested Board Members. Pursuant to the Management Agreements, the Manager also pays each Independent
Board Member annual compensation in addition to certain out-of-pocket expenses. Independent Board Members
who serve on Board Committees may receive additional compensation. The amount of annual compensation paid to each Independent
Board Member may change as a result of the introduction of additional funds on whose Boards the Board Member may be asked to
serve.
No Fund has a retirement or pension plan for Board Members.
The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation paid by the Funds for the
most recently completed fiscal year, unless noted otherwise, to the Independent Board Members for service on the Board. The following
table also sets forth the aggregate compensation paid to the Independent Board Members for service on the Board and the Board of any
other investment company in the Fund Complex for the most recently completed calendar year. Board Members and officers who are
“interested persons” of the Funds (as defined in the 1940 Act) do not receive compensation from PGIM Investments-managed funds and
therefore are not shown in the following table.
|
Name
|
Aggregate Fiscal Year
Compensation from the Fund****
|
Pension or Retirement Benefits
Accrued as Part of Fund Expenses
|
Estimated Annual Benefits
Upon Retirement
|
Total Compensation from Fund
and Fund Complex for Most
Recent Calendar Year
|
|
Compensation Received by Independent Board Members
|
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|
Ellen S. Alberding***
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$352,000* (30/102)**
|
|
Kevin J. Bannon
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$370,000* (31/103)**
|
|
Linda W. Bynoe
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$352,000* (28/100)**
|
|
Barry H. Evans
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$410,000* (31/103)**
|
|
Keith F. Hartstein
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$456,000* (31/103)**
|
|
Laurie Simon Hodrick
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$372,000* (28/100)**
|
|
Brian K. Reid
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$410,000* (31/103)**
|
|
Grace C. Torres
|
$2,400
|
None
|
None
|
$410,000* (31/103)**
|
Explanatory Notes to Board Member Compensation Tables
* Compensation relates to portfolios that were in existence for any period during
2025.
** Number of funds and portfolios represent those in existence as of December 31,
2025, and excludes funds that have merged or liquidated during the year. Additionally,
the number of funds and portfolios includes those which are approved as of December 31, 2025, however,
may commence operations after that date. No compensation is paid out from such funds/portfolios.
*** Under the deferred fee agreement for the PGIM Investments-managed funds, certain
Board Members have elected to defer all or part of their total compensation. The amount
of compensation deferred during the calendar year ended December 31, 2025, amounted to $302,790 for
Ms. Alberding. Under the deferred fee arrangement, this amount is deposited into a
trust held for the benefit of the participating Board Member and is not a continuing obligation of
the Funds.
****Because each Fund is new, information is estimated for the fiscal year ending
August 31, 2027.
BOARD COMMITTEES. The Board has established four standing committees in connection with Fund governance—Audit, Nominating and Governance, Investment, and Compliance. Information on the membership of each standing
committee and its functions is set forth below.
Audit Committee: The Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board in overseeing
the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm, accounting policies and procedures and other areas relating to the
Funds' auditing processes. The Audit Committee is responsible for pre-approving all audit services and any permitted non-audit services
to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm directly to the Funds. The Audit Committee is also responsible
for pre-approving permitted services to be
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provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to (1) the Manager and
(2) any entity in a control relationship with the Manager that provides ongoing services to the Funds, provided that the engagement
of the independent registered public accounting firm relates directly to the operation and financial reporting of the Funds. The scope
of the Audit Committee's responsibilities is oversight. It is management's responsibility to maintain appropriate systems for accounting
and internal control and the independent registered public accounting firm's responsibility to plan and carry out an audit
in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). The number of Audit Committee meetings
held during the Funds' most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the table below.
The membership of the Audit Committee is set forth below:
Grace Torres (Chair)
Linda Bynoe
Barry Evans
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Brian Reid
Grace Torres (Chair)
Linda Bynoe
Barry Evans
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Brian Reid
Nominating and Governance Committee: The Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board is responsible for nominating
Board Members and making recommendations to the Board concerning Board composition, committee
structure and governance, director education, and governance practices. The Board has determined that each member of
the Nominating and Governance Committee is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act. The number of Nominating and Governance Committee meetings
held during the Funds' most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the table below. The Nominating
and Governance Committee Charter is available on the Funds' website.
The membership of the Nominating and Governance Committee is set forth below:
Ellen Alberding (Chair)
Kevin Bannon
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Ellen Alberding (Chair)
Kevin Bannon
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Investment Committees: The Board of each fund in the PGIM retail funds complex has formed joint committees
to review the performance of each fund in the Fund Complex. The Gibraltar Investment Committee reviews
the performance of each fund that is subadvised by Jennison Associates LLC and PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC (single
managed funds). The Dryden Investment Committee reviews the performance of each fund that is subadvised by PGIM Credit,
PGIM Real Estate (each of which is an investment group of PGIM, Inc.), PGIM Limited, PGIM Real Estate (UK) Limited, PGIM Quantitative
Solutions LLC (asset allocation funds) and PGIM DC Solutions LLC. In addition, the Dryden Investment Committee reviews the performance
of the closed-end funds. Each committee meets at least four times per year and reports the results of its review to the full
Board of each fund at each regularly scheduled Board meeting. Every Independent Board Member sits on one of the two Investment Committees.
The number of Gibraltar Investment Committee or Dryden Investment Committee meetings,
as applicable, held during the Funds' most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the table below.
The membership of the Gibraltar Investment Committee and the Dryden Investment Committee
is set forth below:
Gibraltar Investment Committee
Laurie Simon Hodrick (Chair)
Linda Bynoe
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Grace Torres
Gibraltar Investment Committee
Laurie Simon Hodrick (Chair)
Linda Bynoe
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Grace Torres
Dryden Investment Committee
Barry Evans (Chair)
Ellen Alberding
Kevin Bannon
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Brian Reid
Barry Evans (Chair)
Ellen Alberding
Kevin Bannon
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Brian Reid
Compliance Committee. The Compliance Committee serves as the liaison between the Board and the Funds' Chief
Compliance Officer (“CCO”). In its role as liaison, the Compliance Committee assists the Board in overseeing
compliance matters and administration. The Compliance Committee's responsibilities include, among other matters, considering
any material compliance matter reported by the CCO between meetings of the Board and receiving reports on any investigations into matters
within the Committee's scope of responsibilities.
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The number of Compliance Committee meetings held during the Funds' most recently completed
fiscal year is set forth in the table below.
The membership of the Compliance Committee is set forth below:
Brian Reid (Chair)
Barry Evans
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Grace Torres
Brian Reid (Chair)
Barry Evans
Keith Hartstein (ex-officio)
Grace Torres
|
Board Committee Meetings (for most recently completed fiscal year)*
|
|||
|
Audit Committee
|
Nominating & Governance Committee
|
Dryden & Gibraltar Investment
Committees
|
Compliance Committee
|
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
*Because the Funds are new, this information is not yet available.
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE AND QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS. The Board is responsible for oversight of the Funds. The Funds have engaged the Manager to manage the Funds on a day-to-day basis. The Board oversees
the Manager and certain other principal service providers in the operations of the Funds. The Board is currently composed
of ten members, eight of whom are Independent Board Members. The Board meets in-person at regularly scheduled meetings four times
throughout the year. In addition, the Board Members may meet in-person or by telephone at special meetings or on an informal basis
at other times. As described above, the Board has established four standing committees—Audit, Nominating and Governance, Investment and Compliance—and may establish ad hoc committees or working groups from time to time, to assist the Board in fulfilling
its oversight responsibilities. The Independent Board Members have also engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in fulfilling their
responsibilities.
The Board is chaired by an Independent Board Member. As Chair, this Independent Board
Member leads the Board in its activities. Also, the Chair acts as a member or as an ex-officio member of each standing committee
and any ad hoc committee of the Board. The Board Members have determined that the Board's leadership and committee structure
is appropriate because the Board believes it sets the proper tone to the relationships between the Funds, on the one hand, and the Manager,
the subadviser(s) and certain other principal service providers, on the other, and facilitates the exercise of the Board's independent
judgment in evaluating and managing the relationships. In addition, the structure efficiently allocates responsibility among
committees.
The Board has concluded that, based on each Board Member's experience, qualifications,
attributes or skills on an individual basis and in combination with those of the other Board Members, each Board Member should serve
as a Board Member. Among other attributes common to all Board Members are their ability to review critically, evaluate, question
and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the various service providers to the Funds, and to exercise
reasonable business judgment in the performance of their duties as Board Members. In addition, the Board has taken into account the actual
service and commitment of the Board Members during their tenure in concluding that each should continue to serve. A Board Member's
ability to perform his or her duties effectively may have been attained through a Board Member's educational background or professional
training; business, consulting, public service or academic positions; experience from service as a Board Member of the Funds,
other funds in the Fund Complex, public companies, or non-profit entities or other organizations; or other experiences or
a combination of the foregoing. Set forth below is a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills of each
Board Member that led the Board to conclude that he or she should serve as a Board Member.
Ellen S. Alberding. Ms. Alberding joined the Board of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex in
2013. Ms. Alberding has over 30 years of experience in the non-profit sector, including over 20 years as the president
of a charitable foundation, where she oversees multiple investment managers. Ms. Alberding also served as a Trustee of the Aon Funds
from 2000 to 2003.
Kevin J. Bannon. Mr. Bannon joined the Board of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2008.
Mr. Bannon has held senior executive positions in the financial services industry, including serving as a senior
executive of asset management firms, for over 25 years.
Linda W. Bynoe. Ms. Bynoe has been a Board Member of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex
since 2005, having served on the boards of other mutual fund complexes since 1993. She has worked in the financial
services industry over 20 years, has over 30 years of experience as a management consultant and serves as a Director of financial
services and other complex global corporations.
Barry H. Evans. Mr. Evans joined the Board of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2017.
Mr. Evans has held senior executive positions and various portfolio manager roles in an asset management firm
for 30 years.
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Keith F. Hartstein. Mr. Hartstein joined the Board of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex
in 2013. Mr. Hartstein has worked in the asset management industry for 30 years and served as a senior executive in
an asset management firm.
Laurie Simon Hodrick. Ms. Hodrick joined the Board of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex in
2017. Ms. Hodrick brings more than 30 years of experience as a finance academic, practitioner, and consultant.
Brian K. Reid. Mr. Reid joined the Board of the Funds and the other funds in the Fund Complex in
2018. Mr. Reid has more than 30 years of experience in economics and related fields, including serving as Chief Economist
for the Investment Company Institute (“ICI”) for 13 years.
Grace C. Torres. Ms. Torres joined the Board of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2014.
Ms. Torres formerly served as Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer for the Funds and other funds
in the Fund Complex for 16 years and held senior positions with the Manager from 1999 to 2014. In addition, Ms. Torres is a
certified public accountant (“CPA”).
Stuart S. Parker. Mr. Parker, who has served as an Interested Board Member and President of the Funds
and the other funds in the Fund Complex since 2012, is President, Chief Executive Officer and Officer in Charge
of PGIM Investments and several of its affiliates that provide services to the Funds and has held senior positions in PGIM Investments
since 2005.
Scott E. Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin, an Interested Board Member of the Funds and other funds in the Fund
Complex since 2010, serves as Executive Vice President of the Funds and other funds in the Fund Complex and has
held senior positions in PGIM Investments since 2003.
Specific details about each Board Member's professional experience appear in the professional
biography tables, above.
Risk Oversight. Investing in general and the operation of a mutual fund involve a variety of risks,
such as investment risk, illiquidity risk, compliance risk, and operational risk, among others. The Board oversees risk as part
of its oversight of the Funds. Risk oversight is addressed as part of various regular Board and committee activities. The Board, directly
or through its committees, reviews reports from among others, the Manager, subadvisers, the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer, the Funds'
independent registered public accounting firm, counsel, and internal auditors of the Manager or its affiliates, as appropriate,
regarding risks faced by the Funds and the risk management programs of the Manager and certain service providers. The actual day-to-day
risk management with respect to the Funds resides with the Manager and other service providers to the Funds. Although the risk
management policies of the Manager and the service providers are designed to be effective, those policies and their implementation
vary among service providers and over time, and there is no guarantee that they will be effective. Not all risks that may affect the
Funds can be identified or processes and controls developed to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects, and some risks are
simply beyond any control of the Funds or the Manager, its affiliates or other service providers.
Selection of Board Member Nominees. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for considering nominees for
Board Members at such times as it considers electing new members to the Board. The Nominating
and Governance Committee may consider recommendations by business and personal contacts of current Board Members, and by
executive search firms which the Committee may engage from time to time and will also consider shareholder recommendations. The
Nominating and Governance Committee has not established specific, minimum qualifications that it believes must be met by a
nominee. In evaluating nominees, the Nominating and Governance Committee considers, among other things, an individual's background, skills,
and experience; whether the individual is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act; and whether the individual would be deemed an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of applicable SEC rules. The Nominating and Governance Committee
also considers whether the individual's background, skills, and experience will complement the background, skills, and experience
of other nominees and Board Members and will contribute to the diversity of the Board. There are no differences in the manner
in which the Nominating and Governance Committee evaluates nominees for the Board based on whether the nominee is recommended by a
shareholder.
A shareholder who wishes to recommend a board member for nomination should submit
his or her recommendation in writing to the Chair of the Board or the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, in either
case in care of the specified Fund(s), at 655 Broad Street, 6th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. At a minimum, the recommendation should include:
the name, address and business, educational and/or other pertinent background of the person being recommended;
a statement concerning whether the person is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act; any other information that the Funds would be required
to include in a proxy statement concerning the person if he or she was nominated; and the name and
address of the person submitting the recommendation, together with the number of Fund shares held by such person and the
period for which the shares have been held. The recommendation also can include any additional information which the person submitting
it believes would assist the Nominating and Governance Committee in evaluating the recommendation.
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Shareholders should note that a person who owns securities issued by Prudential (the
parent company of the Funds' Manager) would be deemed an “interested person” under the 1940 Act. In addition, certain other relationships with Prudential or its
subsidiaries, with registered broker-dealers, or with the Funds' outside legal counsel may cause a person
to be deemed an “interested person.” Before the Nominating and Governance Committee decides to nominate an individual to the Board,
Committee members and other Board Members customarily interview the individual in person. In addition, the individual
customarily is asked to complete a detailed questionnaire which is designed to elicit information which must be disclosed under
SEC and stock exchange rules and to determine whether the individual is subject to any statutory disqualification from serving on
the board of a registered investment company.
Share Ownership. Information relating to each Board Member's Fund share ownership and in all registered
funds in the PGIM Investments-advised funds that are overseen by the respective Board Member as of the
most recently completed calendar year is set forth in the chart below.
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Name
|
Dollar Range of Equity
Securities in the Funds
|
Aggregate Dollar Range of
Equity Securities in All
Registered Investment
Companies Overseen by
Board Member in Fund Complex
|
|
Board Member Share Ownership: Independent Board Members
|
||
|
Ellen S. Alberding
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Kevin J. Bannon
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Linda W. Bynoe
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Barry H. Evans
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Keith F. Hartstein
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Laurie Simon Hodrick
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Brian K. Reid
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Grace C. Torres
|
None
|
Over $100,000
|
|
Board Member Share Ownership: Interested Board Members
|
||
|
Stuart S. Parker
|
None
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Over $100,000
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Scott E. Benjamin
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None
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Over $100,000
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None of the Independent Board Members, or any member of his/her immediate family,
owned beneficially or of record any securities in an investment adviser or principal underwriter of a Fund or a person (other than a
registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an investment adviser or
principal underwriter of a Fund as of the most recently completed calendar year.
Shareholder Communications with Board Members. Shareholders can communicate directly with Board Members by writing to the Chair
of the Board, c/o the Funds, 655 Broad Street, 6th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. Shareholders can communicate directly with
an individual Board Member by writing to that Board Member, c/o the Funds, 655 Broad
Street, 6th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. Such communications to the Board or individual Board Members are not screened
before being delivered to the addressee.
MANAGEMENT & ADVISORY ARRANGEMENTS
MANAGER. The Manager’s address is 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. The Manager serves as manager to all of the investment companies that comprise the PGIM mutual funds, closed end funds and ETFs.
See the Prospectus for more information about PGIM Investments. As of April 30, 2026, the Manager served as the investment
manager to all of the Prudential US and offshore open-end investment companies, and as administrator to closed-end investment companies,
with aggregate assets of approximately $338.1 billion.
The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PIFM Holdco, LLC, which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of PGIM Holding Company LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential.
Pursuant to management agreements between the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and PGIM
Investments (the “Management Agreements”), PGIM Investments, subject to the supervision of the Board and in conformity with
the stated policies of the Funds, manages both the investment operations of the Funds and the composition of each Fund's
portfolio, including the purchase, retention, disposition and loan of securities and other assets. In connection therewith, the
Manager is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Funds. The Manager is authorized to enter into subadvisory agreements for investment
advisory services in connection with the
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management of each Fund. The Manager will continue to have responsibility for all
investment advisory services performed pursuant to any such subadvisory agreements. PGIM Investments will review the performance of the
subadviser(s) and make recommendations to the Board with respect to the retention of subadvisers and the renewal of contracts.
The Manager also administers each Fund's business affairs and, in connection therewith, furnishes the Funds with office facilities,
together with those ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services which are not being furnished by the Funds' custodian (the “Custodian”). The management services of PGIM Investments to each Fund are not exclusive under the terms of the Management Agreements and PGIM
Investments is free to, and does, render management services to others.
PGIM Investments may from time to time waive all or a portion of its management fee.
Fee waivers and subsidies will increase the Funds' total return. These voluntary waivers may be terminated at any time without
notice. To the extent that PGIM Investments agrees to waive its fee, it may enter into a relationship agreement with the subadviser to
share the economic impact of the fee waiver or expense subsidy.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust has approved a unitary management fee structure
for the Funds, pursuant to which, the Manager is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of the Funds, excluding payments
under the Funds' 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding
shareholder meetings, litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses.
In connection with its management of the corporate affairs of the Funds, PGIM Investments
bears the following expenses:
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Expenses of any subadviser of the Funds, the Funds' transfer agent, registrar, distributor,
depository, dividend disbursing agent, securities lending agent, any index calculation, maintenance or dissemination agent,
accounting services provider, and the agent responsible for calculating the current value of portfolio positions for dissemination
during the business day;
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All fees and expenses of the Custodian that relate to the Funds, including (i) the
custodial function and the recordkeeping connected therewith, (ii) preparing and maintaining the general accounting records of the Funds,
and (iii) the pricing or valuation of the shares of the Funds;
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Expenses of obtaining quotations for calculating the value of the Funds' net assets
and expenses relating to the computation of the Funds' net asset value;
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Expenses of maintaining the Funds' tax records;
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Recordkeeping fees and expenses for shareholder accounts;
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Costs and/or fees, including legal fees, incident to the preparation, printing and
distribution of the Funds' product descriptions (unless such expenses are paid for pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 distribution plan or related agreement),
notices and reports of each Fund to its shareholders and other related communications of each Fund to its shareholders (other
than those that are paid by the Funds), the expenses of preparing, setting in print, printing and distributing prospectuses and
statements of additional information and any supplements thereto (unless such expenses are paid for pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 distribution
plan or related agreement), the filing of reports with regulatory bodies, the maintenance of each Fund’s existence and qualification to do business, and the expenses of issuing, redeeming, registering and qualifying for sale, shares with federal and state
securities authorities;
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Any licensing fees necessary for the operation of the Trust and the Funds;
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Any costs related to the use of any index for which an affiliated person, or an affiliated
person of an affiliated person, of the Trust, Funds, Manager, any subadviser, the distributor or promoter of the Fund serves as
index provider, as such may be required by the 1940 Act or any exemptive relief relied upon under the 1940 Act;
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The Funds' ordinary legal fees, including fees that arise in the ordinary course of
business in connection with listing shares of the Funds on a securities exchange;
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Fees and expenses of independent accountants for the Funds;
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Costs of printing certificates (if any) representing shares of the Funds;
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Each Fund’s pro rata portion of the fidelity bond or other insurance premiums;
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Association membership dues;
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Organizational and offering expenses, and any other expenses which are capitalized
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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Fees and expenses of Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act; and
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Salaries and expenses of all employees of the Trust and the Manager.
Under the terms of the Management Agreements, each Fund is responsible for the payment
of the following expenses:
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Taxes (including, but not limited to, income, excise, stamp, transfer and withholding
taxes) and governmental fees, if any, levied against the Fund;
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Brokerage fees, commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses incurred for
the Funds, including acquired fund fees and expenses and expenses of other pooled investment vehicles and expenses relating to
creation and redemption transactions;
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Costs, including the interest expenses and any loan commitment or other associated
fees, of borrowing money;
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Expenses incurred pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 distribution plan or related agreement,
including distribution fees;
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Expenses incident to meetings of each Fund’s shareholders and the associated preparation, filing and mailing of associated notices and proxy statements; and
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Extraordinary expenses, including extraordinary legal expenses, as may arise including
expenses incurred in connection with litigation, investigations, regulatory inquiries, proceedings, other claims and the legal obligations
of the Funds to indemnify its Trustees, officers, employees, shareholders, distributors, the Manager, and agents with respect thereto;
and
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The management fee payable to PGIM Investments.
Each Management Agreement provides that PGIM Investments will not be liable for any
error of judgment by PGIM Investments or for any loss suffered by the Funds in connection with the matters to which the Management
Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services
(in which case any award of damages shall be limited to the period and the amount set forth in Section 36(b)(3) of the 1940 Act) or loss
resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard
by it of its obligations and duties under the Management Agreement. Each Management Agreement provides that it will terminate automatically
if assigned (as defined in the 1940 Act), and that it may be terminated without penalty by the Fund, by the Board or vote
of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act), or by PGIM Investments, without penalty, upon
not more than 60 days', nor less than 30 days', written notice to the Fund. Each Management Agreement will continue in effect for
a period of more than two years from the date of execution only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually
in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act.
Pursuant to each Management Agreement, PGIM Investments is entitled to receive the
fees set forth below, payable monthly based on each Fund’s average daily net assets. Under each Management Agreement, PGIM Investments is responsible for substantially all the expenses of the Funds, excluding payments noted above.
Contractual Management Fee Rate: PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF:
0.29% of the average daily net assets.
Contractual Management Fee Rate: PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF:
0.23% of the average daily net assets.
Since each Fund is newly-organized, it did not pay management fees during the last
three fiscal years.
SUBADVISORY ARRANGEMENTS. The Manager has entered into subadvisory agreements (the “Subadvisory Agreements”) with the Funds' subadviser. Each Subadvisory Agreement provides that the subadviser will furnish investment
advisory services in connection with the management of each Fund. In connection therewith, the subadviser is obligated to keep
certain books and records of the Funds. Under the Subadvisory Agreements, the subadviser, subject to the supervision of PGIM Investments,
is responsible for managing the assets of the Funds in accordance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions.
The subadviser determines what securities and other instruments are purchased and sold for the Funds and is responsible for obtaining
and evaluating financial data relevant to the Funds. PGIM Investments continues to have responsibility for all investment advisory
services pursuant to the Management Agreements and supervises the subadviser's performance of such services.
As discussed in the Prospectuses, PGIM Investments employs the subadviser under a
“manager of managers” structure that allows PGIM Investments to replace the subadviser or amend a Subadvisory Agreement without
seeking shareholder approval. The Subadvisory Agreements provide that they will terminate in the event of their assignment (as defined
in the 1940 Act) or upon the termination of the respective Management Agreement. The Subadvisory Agreements may be terminated by the
Funds, PGIM Investments, or the subadviser upon not more than 60 days’ nor less than 30 days’ written notice. Each Subadvisory Agreement provides that it will continue in effect for a period of not more than two years from its execution only so long
as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act. Any new subadvisory agreement or amendment to a Fund’s Management Agreement or Subadvisory Agreement that directly or indirectly results
in an increase in the aggregate management fee rate payable by the Fund will be submitted to the Fund’s shareholders for their approval.
Subadvisory fees are paid by the Manager out of the management fee that it receives
from a Fund.
Because the subadviser is an affiliate, the Manager may from time to time share certain
of its profits with, or allocate other resources to, the subadviser. Any such payments by the Manager to the subadviser will be from the Manager’s own resources.
THE FUNDS’ PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED
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The table below identifies the number and total assets of other registered investment
companies and other types of investment accounts managed by each portfolio manager. For each category, the number of investment accounts
and total assets in the investment accounts whose fees are based on performance, if any, is indicated in italics typeface. Information
shown below is as of the Funds' most recently completed fiscal year, unless noted otherwise.
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PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF****
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Subadviser
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Portfolio Managers
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Registered Investment
Companies/Total Assets
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Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles/
Total Assets
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Other Accounts*/
Total Assets
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Jennison Associates LLC
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Jason T. McManus
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16/$12,808,470,660
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6/$1,384,718,200
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5/$144,425,827
1/$11,166,255
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Adam L. Friedman
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5/$9,815,225,127
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1/$342,520,803
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2/$13,326,852
1/$11,166,255
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Brian A. Porpora
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5/$9,815,225,127
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1/$342,520,803
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3/$111,952,647
1/$11,166,255
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*Other Accounts excludes the assets and number of accounts that are managed using
model portfolios.
** Within the accounts the Portfolio Managers manage long and short positions that
are netted within this value.
*** The Portfolio Managers manage a short sleeve of this account.
****Since the Fund is newly organized, information is as of April 30, 2026.
****Since the Fund is newly organized, information is as of April 30, 2026.
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PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF****
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Subadviser
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Portfolio Managers
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Registered Investment
Companies/Total Assets
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Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles/
Total Assets
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Other Accounts*/
Total Assets
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Jennison Associates LLC
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Jason T. McManus
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16/$12,808,470,660
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6/$1,384,718,200
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5/$144,425,827
1/$11,166,255
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Adam L. Friedman
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5/$9,815,225,127
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1/$342,520,803
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2/$13,326,852
1/$11,166,255
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Brian A. Porpora
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5/$9,815,225,127
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1/$342,520,803
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3/$111,952,647
1/$11,166,255
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*Other Accounts excludes the assets and number of accounts that are managed using
model portfolios.
** Within the accounts the Portfolio Managers manage long and short positions that
are netted within this value.
*** The Portfolio Managers manage a short sleeve of this account.
****Since the Fund is newly organized, information is as of April 30, 2026.
****Since the Fund is newly organized, information is as of April 30, 2026.
THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: PERSONAL INVESTMENTS AND FINANCIAL INTERESTS
The table below identifies the dollar value (in ranges) of investments beneficially
held by, and financial interests awarded to, each portfolio manager, if any, in the Fund and in other investment accounts managed by,
or which have an individual portion or sleeve managed by, each portfolio manager that utilize investment strategies, objectives
and policies similar to the Fund. Information shown below is as of the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, unless noted otherwise.
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Personal Investments and Financial Interests of the Portfolio Managers**
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Fund
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Subadviser
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Portfolio Managers
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Investments and Other Financial Interests in the Fund and Similar
Strategies*
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PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF
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Jennison Associates LLC
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Jason T. McManus
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None
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Adam L. Friedman
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None
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Brian A. Porpora
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None
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PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF
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Jason T. McManus
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None
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|
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Adam L. Friedman
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None
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Brian A. Porpora
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None
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PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF:
*”Investments and Other Financial Interests in the Fund and Similar Strategies” include the Fund and all other investment accounts which are managed by the same portfolio
manager that utilize investment strategies, investment objectives and policies that are similar
to those of the Fund. “Other investment accounts” in similar strategies include other registered investment companies, insurance company separate accounts, and collective and commingled
trusts. “Investments” include holdings in the Fund and in investment accounts in similar
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strategies, including shares or units that may be held through a 401(k) or other retirement
plan. “Other Financial Interests” include an investment professional’s notional investments in the Fund through a deferred compensation plan for Jennison employees, where such notional
investments track the performance of the Fund and are subject to increase or decrease
based on the annual performance of the Fund.
The dollar range for each Portfolio Manager's Investment in the Fund as of April 30,
2026, is as follows: Jason T. McManus: None; Adam L. Friedman: None; Brian A. Porpora:
None.
**Since the Fund is newly organized, information is as of April 30, 2026.
PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF:
*”Investments and Other Financial Interests in the Fund and Similar Strategies” include the Fund and all other investment accounts which are managed by the same portfolio
manager that utilize investment strategies, investment objectives and policies that are similar
to those of the Fund. “Other investment accounts” in similar strategies include other registered investment companies, insurance company separate accounts, and collective and commingled
trusts. “Investments” include holdings in the Fund and in investment accounts in similar strategies, including shares or units that may be held through a 401(k) or other retirement
plan. “Other Financial Interests” include an investment professional’s notional investments in the Fund through a deferred compensation plan for Jennison employees, where such notional
investments track the performance of the Fund and are subject to increase or decrease
based on the annual performance of the Fund.
The dollar range for each Portfolio Manager's Investment in the Fund as of April 30,
2026, is as follows: Jason T. McManus: None; Adam L. Friedman: None; Brian A. Porpora:
None.
**Since the Fund is newly organized, information is as of April 30, 2026.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS—COMPENSATION AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Set forth below is an explanation of the structure of, and methods used to determine, portfolio manager
compensation. Also set forth below is an explanation of any material conflicts of interest that may arise between a portfolio manager's
management of the Funds' investments and investments in other accounts.
Jennison Associates LLC
COMPENSATION. Jennison seeks to maintain a highly competitive compensation program designed to
attract and retain outstanding investment professionals, which include portfolio managers and research analysts,
and to align the interests of its investment professionals with those of its clients and overall firm results. Jennison recognizes
individuals for their achievements and contributions and continues to promote those who exemplify the same values and level of commitment
that are hallmarks of the organization.
Jennison sponsors a profit sharing retirement plan for all eligible employees. The
contribution to the profit sharing retirement plan for portfolio managers is based on a percentage of the portfolio manager’s total compensation, subject to a maximum determined by applicable law. In addition to eligibility to participate in retirement and welfare
plans, senior investment professionals, including portfolio managers and senior research analysts, are eligible to participate in a voluntary
deferred compensation program where all or a portion of the cash bonus can be deferred. Participants in the deferred compensation plan are
permitted to allocate the deferred amounts among various options that track the gross-of-fee pre-tax performance of accounts or composites
of accounts managed by Jennison.
Investment professionals are compensated with a combination of base salary and cash
bonus. Overall firm profitability determines the size of the investment professional compensation pool. In general, the cash bonus
represents the majority of an investment professional’s compensation.
Investment professionals’ total compensation is determined through a process that evaluates numerous qualitative and quantitative factors. Not all factors are applicable to every investment professional, and there
is no particular weighting or formula for considering the factors.
The factors reviewed for the portfolio managers are listed below.
The quantitative factors reviewed for the portfolio managers may include:
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One-, three-, five-year and longer term pre-tax investment performance for groupings
of accounts managed in the same strategy (composite) relative to market conditions, pre-determined passive indices and industry
peer group data for the product strategy (e.g., large cap growth, large cap value). Some portfolio managers may manage or contribute
ideas to more than one product strategy, and the performance of the other product strategies is also considered in determining the portfolio manager’s overall compensation.
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The investment professional’s contribution to client portfolio’s pre-tax one-, three-, five-year and longer-term performance from the investment professional’s recommended stocks relative to market conditions, the strategy’s passive benchmarks, and the investment professional’s respective coverage universes.
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Market benchmarks
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Financial performance of product strategies
The qualitative factors reviewed for the portfolio managers may include:
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The quality of the portfolio manager’s investment ideas and consistency of the portfolio manager’s judgment;
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Individual factors such as years of experience and responsibilities specific to the individual’s role such as being a team leader or supervisor are also factored into the determination of an investment professional’s total compensation; and
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Long-term business potential of the product strategies.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
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Jennison manages accounts with asset-based fees alongside accounts with performance-based
fees. This side-by-side management creates an incentive for Jennison and its investment professionals to favor one account
over another. Specifically, Jennison has an 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.
Other types of side-by-side management of multiple accounts create incentives for
Jennison to favor one account over another. Examples are detailed below, followed by a discussion of how Jennison addresses these
conflicts.
Long only accounts/long-short accounts: Jennison manages accounts in strategies that hold only long securities positions
as well as accounts in strategies that are permitted to sell securities short. As a result, Jennison
would hold a long position in a security in some client accounts while selling the same security short in other client accounts. For
example, Jennison permits quantitatively hedged strategies to short securities that are held long in other strategies. Jennison also
permits securities that are held long by one fundamental portfolio manager to be held short by another fundamental portfolio manager. Additionally,
Jennison permits securities that are held long in quantitatively derived strategies to be shorted by other strategies. The strategies
that short a security that is held long by another strategy could lower the price for the security held long. Similarly, if a strategy
is purchasing a security that is held short in other strategies, the strategies purchasing the security could increase the price of the
security held short. By the same token, sales in a long only account can increase the value of a short position while shorting could create
an opportunity to purchase a long position at a lower price. As a result, Jennison has conflicts of interest in determining the timing and
direction of investments.
Multiple strategies: Jennison buys or sells, or directs or recommends that one client buy or sell, securities
of the same kind or class that are purchased or sold for another client, sometimes at different prices. At any time,
Jennison executes trades of securities of the same kind or class in one direction for an account and in the opposite direction for another
account, due to differences in investment strategy or client instructions. Different strategies that involve trading in the same securities
or types of securities appear as inconsistencies in Jennison’s management of multiple accounts side-by-side.
Investments at different levels of an issuer’s capital structure: To the extent different clients invest across multiple strategies or asset classes, it is possible for Jennison to invest their assets in the same issuer, but
at different levels in the capital structure. As a result, these positions could be inconsistent or in potential or actual conflict with each
other.
Affiliated and proprietary accounts: Jennison manages accounts for its affiliates and accounts in which it has an interest
alongside unaffiliated accounts. This creates an incentive to favor its affiliated accounts over unaffiliated accounts. Additionally, Jennison’s affiliated investment advisers could allocate their asset allocation clients’ assets to Jennison, which creates an incentive for Jennison to favor accounts used by its affiliate for their asset allocation clients to receive more assets from the affiliate. Additionally, at times Jennison’s affiliates provide initial funding or otherwise invest in vehicles managed by Jennison.
When an affiliate provides “seed capital” or other capital for a fund or account, the affiliates reserve the right to redeem all or part
of its interest at a particular future point in time or when it deems that sufficient additional capital has been invested in that fund or account.
Jennison typically requests seed capital to start a track record for a new strategy or product. Managing “seeded” accounts alongside “non-seeded” accounts creates an incentive to favor the “seeded” accounts to establish a track record for a new strategy or product.
Non-discretionary accounts or models: Jennison provides non-discretionary model portfolios to some clients and manages
other portfolios on a discretionary basis. Recommendations for non-discretionary models
that are derived from discretionary portfolios can be communicated before or after the discretionary portfolio has traded. The non-discretionary
clients could be disadvantaged if Jennison delivers the model investment portfolio to them after Jennison initiates trading for
the discretionary clients. Discretionary clients could be disadvantaged if the non-discretionary clients receive their model investment portfolio
and start trading before Jennison has started trading for the discretionary clients.
Higher fee paying accounts or products or strategies: In general, Jennison receives more revenues from (1) larger accounts or client relationships than smaller accounts or client relationships and from (2) managing
discretionary accounts than advising non-discretionary models and from (3) non-wrap fee accounts than from wrap fee accounts and from (4)
charging higher fees for some strategies than others. The differences in revenue that Jennison receives could create an incentive
for Jennison to favor the higher fee paying or higher revenue generating account or product or strategy over another.
Personal interests: The performance of one or more accounts managed by Jennison’s investment professionals is taken into consideration in determining their compensation. Jennison also manages accounts that
are investment options in its employee benefit plans such as its defined contribution plans or deferred compensation arrangements
and where its employees have personally invested alongside other accounts where there is no personal interest. These factors create
an incentive for Jennison to favor the accounts where it has a personal interest over accounts where Jennison does not have a personal interest.
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Side Letters: Jennison has entered into side letters with respect to certain of the funds that
Jennison manages, and will likely do so with respect to funds that Jennison manages in the future. Such side letters are agreements
with investors in the funds (including affiliated investors) that grant such investors terms and conditions more advantageous than those
granted to other investors. For example, some investors have side letters granting reduced fees or expenses, or access to more frequent
or detailed information regarding the fund's investments to the extent permitted by applicable law. For certain investors in commingled
funds managed by Jennison, Jennison rebates a portion of the management fee paid to it. The rebate is either reinvested
into the fund on behalf of the investors or is paid to the investor, as agreed with the investor. In some instances, Jennison could have
multiple side letters with respect to a single fund, each with a different investor.
How Jennison Addresses These Conflicts of Interest
The conflicts of interest described above create incentives for Jennison to favor
one or more accounts or types of accounts over others in the allocation of investment opportunities, aggregation and timing of investments.
Portfolios in a particular strategy with similar objectives are managed similarly to the extent possible. Accordingly, portfolio holdings and
industry and sector exposure tend to be similar across a group of accounts in a strategy that have similar objectives, which tends to minimize
the potential for conflicts of interest among accounts within a product strategy. While these accounts have many similarities, the
investment performance of each account will be different primarily due to differences in guidelines, individual portfolio manager’s decisions, timing of investments, fees, expenses and cash flows.
Additionally, Jennison has developed policies and procedures that seek to address,
mitigate and assess these conflicts of interest.
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Jennison has adopted trade aggregation and allocation procedures that seek to treat
all clients (including affiliated accounts) fairly over time. These policies and procedures address the allocation of limited investment
opportunities, such as IPOs and new issues, and the allocation of transactions across multiple accounts.
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Jennison has policies that limit the ability to short securities in portfolios that
primarily rely on its fundamental research and investment processes (fundamental portfolios) if the security is held long by the same portfolio
manager.
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Jennison has adopted procedures to review allocations or performance dispersion between
accounts with performance fees and non-performance fee-based accounts and to review overlapping long and short positions
among long accounts and long-short accounts.
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Jennison has adopted a code of ethics and policies relating to personal trading.
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Jennison has adopted a conflicts of interest policy and procedures.
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Jennison provides disclosure of these conflicts as described in its Form ADV brochure.
OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS
CUSTODIAN. The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”), 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as Custodian for each Fund’s portfolio securities and cash, and in that capacity, maintains certain financial accounting books and records pursuant to an agreement with each Fund. Subcustodians provide custodial services for any non-U.S.
assets held outside the United States. The Manager is responsible for compensating BNY under the Custodian Agreement.
TRANSFER AGENT. BNY, 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as the transfer and dividend
disbursing agent of each Fund. BNY provides customary transfer agency services to the Funds, including the
handling of shareholder communications, the processing of shareholder transactions, the maintenance of shareholder account records,
the payment of dividends and distributions, and related functions. The Manager is responsible for compensating BNY under the Transfer
Agency and Service Agreement.
SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES. Goldman Sachs Bank USA, d/b/a Goldman Sachs Agency Lending (“GSAL”) serves as securities lending agent for each Fund and in that role administers each Fund’s securities lending program pursuant to the terms of a securities lending agency agreement.
As securities lending agent, GSAL is responsible for marketing to approved borrowers available securities from each Fund’s portfolio.
GSAL is responsible for the administration and management of each Fund’s securities lending program, including the preparation and execution of a participant agreement with each borrower governing the terms and conditions
of any securities loan, ensuring that securities loans are properly coordinated and documented with each Fund’s custodian, ensuring that loaned securities are daily valued and that the corresponding required cash collateral is delivered by the borrower(s),
and arranging for the investment of cash collateral received from borrowers.
GSAL receives as compensation for its services a portion of the amount earned by each
Fund for lending securities.
Because each Fund is new, it has not made any payments for these services.
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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM. [______________________________] serves as the independent registered public accounting firm of each Fund, and in that capacity will audit the annual financial
statements for the next fiscal year.
DISTRIBUTOR. Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS” or the “Distributor”), 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410, acts as the distributor of the Funds. The Distributor is a subsidiary
of Prudential.
Shares are continuously offered for sale by the Distributor only in Creation Units.
The Distributor will deliver the Prospectus and, upon request, this SAI, to persons purchasing Creation Units and maintains records of both
orders placed with it and confirmations of acceptance furnished by it. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the
Securities Exchange Act and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). Although the Distributor does not receive any fees under the Distribution Agreement,
the Manager or its affiliates may pay the Distributor for certain distribution related
services.
Because the Funds are new, they have not made any payments for these services.
DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12b-1) PLAN. The Trust has adopted a Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plan (the “12b-1 Plan”) with respect to shares of the Funds to permit the implementation of the Fund's method of
distribution. However, no 12b-1 Plan fee is currently charged to the Funds, and there are no plans in place to impose a 12b-1
Plan fee.
Under the terms of the 12b-1 Plan, the Trust is permitted to compensate, out of the
Fund's assets, in amounts up to an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's shares, financial intermediaries
for costs and expenses incurred in connection with the distribution and marketing of the shares and/or the provision of certain shareholder
services to its customers that invest in shares of the Funds. Such services may include, but are not limited to, the following: marketing
and promotional services including advertising; providing facilities to answer questions from prospective investors about the Funds;
receiving and answering correspondence or responding to shareholder inquiries, including requests for prospectuses and statements
of additional information; and preparing, printing and delivering prospectuses and shareholder reports to prospective shareholders.
Fees paid pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan may be paid for shareholder services and the
maintenance of shareholder accounts, and therefore may constitute “service fees” for purposes of applicable rules of the FINRA. The 12b-1 Plan has been adopted in
accordance with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and will be administered in accordance
with the provisions of that rule.
The 12b-1 Plan provides that it may not be amended to materially increase the costs
which shareholders may bear under the 12b-1 Plan without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Funds and by vote of a majority of both: (i) the Trustees of the Trust; and (ii) those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act) and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the 12b-1 Plan or any agreements related
to it (the “Disinterested Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the 12b-1 Plan and any related amendments.
The 12b-1 Plan provides that it may not take effect until approved by vote of a majority of both: (i) the Trustees of the
Trust; and (ii) the Disinterested Trustees defined above.
Following the expiration of the one-year period commencing with the effectiveness
of the 12b-1 Plan, the 12b-1 Plan shall continue in effect so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the
Trustees and the Disinterested Trustees defined above. The 12b-1 Plan provides that an appropriate officer of the Funds shall provide
to the Trustees, and the Board of Trustees shall review at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts so expended and the purposes
for which such expenditures were made.
In addition, the Manager and its affiliates also may make payments out of their own
resources, at no cost to the Funds, to financial intermediaries for services which may be deemed to be primarily intended to result
in the sale of shares of the Funds. The payments described in this section may be significant to the payors and the payees.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS.
As described in a Fund’s Prospectus, the Manager or certain of its affiliates (but not the Distributor) have entered into revenue sharing or other similar arrangements with financial services firms, including affiliates of
the Manager. These revenue sharing arrangements are intended to promote the sale of Fund shares or to compensate the financial services
firms for marketing or marketing support activities in connection with the sale of Fund shares.
The firms (or their affiliated broker/dealers) that received from the Manager, and/or
certain of its affiliates, revenue sharing payments in calendar year 2025 for marketing and product support of the Funds as described above
include: Raymond James Financial, LPL Financial LLC, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC / National Financial Services LLC,
Cetera Financial Group, iCapital and J.P. Morgan.
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PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS & BROKERAGE
The Funds have adopted a policy pursuant to which the Funds and their Manager, subadviser
and principal underwriter are prohibited from directly or indirectly compensating a broker-dealer for promoting or selling
Fund shares by directing brokerage transactions to that broker. The Funds have adopted procedures for the purpose of deterring and detecting
any violations of the policy. The policy permits the Funds, the Manager and the subadviser to use selling brokers to execute transactions
in portfolio securities so long as the selection of such selling brokers is the result of a decision that executing such transactions
is in the best interest of the Funds and is not influenced by considerations about the sale of Fund shares. For purposes of this section,
the term “Manager” includes the subadviser.
The Manager is responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities, futures contracts
and options on such securities and futures for the Funds, the selection of brokers, dealers and futures commission merchants to effect
the transactions and the negotiation of brokerage commissions, if any. On a national securities exchange, broker-dealers may receive
negotiated brokerage commissions on Fund portfolio transactions, including options, futures, and options on futures transactions and
the purchase and sale of underlying securities upon the exercise of options. On a non-U.S. securities exchange, commissions may be fixed.
Orders may be directed to any broker or futures commission merchant including, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable
laws, one of the Manager's affiliates (an affiliated broker). Brokerage commissions on U.S. securities, options and futures
exchanges or boards of trade are subject to negotiation between the Manager and the broker or futures commission merchant.
In the OTC market, securities are generally traded on a “net” basis with dealers acting as principal for their own accounts without a stated commission, although the price of the security usually includes a profit to
the dealer. In underwritten offerings, securities are purchased at a fixed price which includes an amount of compensation to the underwriter,
generally referred to as the underwriter's concession or discount. On occasion, certain money market instruments and U.S. Government
agency securities may be purchased directly from the issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are paid. The
Funds will not deal with an affiliated broker in any transaction in which an affiliated broker acts as principal except in accordance with
the rules of the SEC.
In placing orders for portfolio securities of the Funds, the Manager's overriding
objective is to obtain the best possible combination of favorable price and efficient execution. The Manager seeks to effect such transaction
at a price and commission that provides the most favorable total cost of proceeds reasonably attainable in the circumstances. The factors
that the Manager may consider in selecting a particular broker, dealer or futures commission merchant (firms) are the Manager's
knowledge of negotiated commission rates currently available and other current transaction costs; the nature of the portfolio transaction;
the size of the transaction; the desired timing of the trade; the activity existing and expected in the market for the particular transaction;
confidentiality; the execution, clearance and settlement capabilities of the firms; the availability of research and research-related
services provided through such firms; the Manager's knowledge of the financial stability of the firms; the Manager's knowledge of actual
or apparent operational problems of firms; and the amount of capital, if any, that would be contributed by firms executing the transaction.
Given these factors, the Funds may pay transaction costs in excess of that which another firm might have charged for effecting
the same transaction.
When the Manager selects a firm that executes orders or is a party to portfolio transactions,
relevant factors taken into consideration are whether that firm has furnished research and research-related products and/or services,
such as research reports, research compilations, statistical and economic data, computer databases, quotation equipment
and services, research-oriented computer software and services, reports concerning the performance of accounts, valuations
of securities, investment-related periodicals, investment seminars and other economic services and consultations. Such services are
used in connection with some or all of the Manager's investment activities; some of such services, obtained in connection with
the execution of transactions for one investment account, may be used in managing other accounts, and not all of these services may
be used in connection with the Funds. The Manager maintains an internal allocation procedure to identify those firms who have
provided it with research and research-related products and/or services, and the amount that was provided, and to endeavor to direct
sufficient commissions to them to ensure the continued receipt of those services that the Manager believes provide a benefit to
the Funds and their other clients. The Manager makes a good faith determination that the research and/or service is reasonable in light
of the type of service provided and the price and execution of the related portfolio transactions.
When the Manager deems the purchase or sale of equities to be in the best interests
of the Funds or their other clients, including Prudential, the Manager may, but is under no obligation to, aggregate the transactions
in order to obtain the most favorable price or lower brokerage commissions and efficient execution. In such event, allocation of
the transactions, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Manager in the manner it considers to be most
equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to its clients. The allocation of orders among firms and the commission rates paid
are reviewed periodically by the Funds' Board. Portfolio securities may not be purchased from any underwriting or selling syndicate
of which any affiliate, during the existence of the syndicate, is a principal underwriter (as defined in the 1940 Act), except in accordance
with rules of the SEC. This limitation, in the opinion of the Funds, will not significantly affect the Funds' ability to pursue their
present investment objectives. However, in the future in other circumstances, the Funds may be at a disadvantage because of this limitation
in comparison to other funds with similar objectives but not subject to such limitations.
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Subject to the above considerations, an affiliate may act as a broker or futures commission
merchant for the Funds. In order for an affiliate of the Manager to effect any portfolio transactions for the Funds, the commissions,
fees or other remuneration received by the affiliated broker must be reasonable and fair compared to the commissions, fees or
other remuneration paid to other firms in connection with comparable transactions involving similar securities or futures being purchased
or sold on an exchange or board of trade during a comparable period of time. This standard would allow the affiliated broker to receive
no more than the remuneration which would be expected to be received by an unaffiliated firm in a commensurate arm's-length transaction.
Furthermore, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, has adopted procedures which are reasonably
designed to provide that any commissions, fees or other remuneration paid to the affiliated broker (or any affiliate) are consistent
with the foregoing standard. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934 Act, an affiliate may not retain compensation for effecting
transactions on a national securities exchange for the Funds unless the Funds have expressly authorized the retention of such compensation.
The affiliate must furnish to the Funds at least annually a statement setting forth the total amount of all compensation retained
by the affiliate from transactions effected for the Funds during the applicable period. Brokerage transactions with an affiliated broker
are also subject to such fiduciary standards as may be imposed upon the affiliate by applicable law. Transactions in options by the Funds
will be subject to limitations established by each of the exchanges governing the maximum number of options which may be written or held
by a single investor or group of investors acting in concert, regardless of whether the options are written or held on the same or different
exchanges or are written or held in one or more accounts or through one or more brokers. Thus, the number of options which the Funds
may write or hold may be affected by options written or held by the Manager and other investment advisory clients of the Manager.
An exchange may order the liquidation of positions found to be in excess of these limits, and it may impose certain other sanctions.
The Funds may participate in a voluntary commission recapture program available through
Capital Institutional Services, Inc. (CAPIS). A subadviser participating in the program retains the responsibility to seek best execution
and is under no obligation to place any specific trades with a broker available through the program (each, a designated broker). A
portion of commissions on trades executed through designated brokers is rebated to the Funds as a credit that can be used by the Funds
to pay expenses of the Funds.
Because each Fund is new, it does not disclose its payment of commissions because
it has not yet completed a fiscal year.
The Funds are required to disclose their holdings of securities of their regular brokers
and dealers (as defined under Rule 10b-1 under the 1940 Act) and their parents as of the most recently completed fiscal year. Because
the Funds are new, the Funds held no securities of their regular brokers and dealers as of the most recently completed fiscal year.
The below table shows each Fund’s portfolio turnover rates over the two most recently completed fiscal years:
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Portfolio Turnover Rate
|
|
|
|
Fund Name
|
2025*
|
2024*
|
|
PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
* Because the Funds are new, this information is not available.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FUND HISTORY. PGIM ETF Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on October 23, 2017. The Trust is currently
comprised of the series listed below:
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Current Series of the Trust
|
||
|
Name
|
Date Established
|
Date Operations Commenced
|
|
PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
|
December 7, 2017
|
April 5, 2018
|
|
PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF
|
June 20, 2018
|
September 24, 2018
|
|
PGIM Active Aggregate Bond ETF
|
January 25, 2021
|
April 12, 2021
|
|
PGIM Total Return Bond ETF
|
September 15, 2021
|
December 2, 2021
|
|
PGIM Floating Rate Income ETF
|
December 9, 2021
|
May 17, 2022
|
|
PGIM Portfolio Ballast ETF
|
September 14, 2022
|
December 12, 2022
|
|
PGIM Jennison Focused Growth ETF
|
September 26, 2022
|
December 12, 2022
|
|
PGIM Jennison Focused Value ETF
|
September 26, 2022
|
December 12, 2022
|
|
PGIM AAA CLO ETF
|
April 27, 2023
|
July 19, 2023
|
|
PGIM Short Duration Multi-Sector Bond ETF
|
April 27, 2023
|
July 19, 2023
|
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|
Current Series of the Trust
|
||
|
Name
|
Date Established
|
Date Operations Commenced
|
|
PGIM Jennison Focused Mid-Cap ETF
|
September 14, 2023
|
December 14, 2023
|
|
PGIM Jennison International Opportunities ETF
|
September 14, 2023
|
December 14, 2023
|
|
PGIM Jennison Better Future ETF
|
September 14, 2023
|
December 14, 2023
|
|
PGIM Short Duration High Yield ETF
|
September 14, 2023
|
December 14, 2023
|
|
PGIM Municipal Income Opportunities ETF
|
March 6, 2024
|
June 14, 2024
|
|
PGIM Ultra Short Municipal Bond ETF
|
March 6, 2024
|
June 24, 2024
|
|
PGIM Corporate Bond 0-5 Year ETF
|
May 9, 2025
|
July 29, 2025
|
|
PGIM Corporate Bond 5-10 Year ETF
|
May 9, 2025
|
July 29, 2025
|
|
PGIM Corporate Bond 10+ Year ETF
|
May 9, 2025
|
July 29, 2025
|
|
PGIM AAA CLO Aggregate Duration ETF
|
March 6, 2026
|
June 1, 2026
|
|
PGIM Securitized Income ETF
|
March 6, 2026
|
June 1, 2026
|
|
PGIM Jennison U.S. Core Equity ETF
|
March 6, 2026
|
May 20, 2026
|
|
PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF
|
June [__], 2026
|
[_____], 2026
|
|
PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF
|
June [__], 2026
|
[_____], 2026
|
The following liquidations occurred:
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Name
|
Date Established
|
Date Operations Commenced
|
Date Liquidated
|
|
PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha International Equity ETF
|
June 20, 2018
|
December 4, 2018
|
January 13, 2023
|
|
PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha Large-Cap Core ETF
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June 20, 2018
|
October 17, 2018
|
October 12, 2021
|
|
PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha Small-Cap Growth ETF
|
June 20, 2018
|
November 13, 2018
|
October 12, 2021
|
|
PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha Small-Cap Value ETF
|
June 20, 2018
|
November 13, 2018
|
October 12, 2021
|
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DESCRIPTION OF SHARES AND ORGANIZATION.
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest,
$0.001 par value per share, of one or more series and classes within any series and to divide or combine the shares of any series or
class without materially changing the proportionate beneficial interest of such shares of such series or class in the assets held with respect to that series. In accordance with the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Board Members may authorize the creation of
additional series and classes within such series, with such preferences, privileges and rights as the Board Members may determine.
Shares of each Fund, when issued, are fully paid, nonassessable, and fully transferable.
Shares are also redeemable at the option of the Trust under certain circumstances. There are no conversion, preemptive or other subscription
rights. In the event of liquidation, each share of each Fund is entitled to its portion of all of each Fund’s assets after all debt and expenses of each Fund have been paid.
The Trust does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders unless otherwise
required by law. The Trust will not be required to hold meetings of shareholders unless, for example, the election of Board Members is
required to be acted on by shareholders under the 1940 Act. Shareholders have certain rights, including the right to call a meeting upon the written request of 10% of the Trust’s outstanding shares entitled to vote for the purpose of voting on the removal of one
or more Board Members.
Under the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Board may authorize the creation
of additional series of shares (the proceeds of which would be invested in separate, independently managed portfolios with distinct
investment objectives and policies and share purchase, redemption and NAV procedures) with such preferences, privileges and rights
as the Board Members may determine. All consideration received by the Trust for shares of any additional series, and all assets
in which such consideration is invested, would belong to that series (subject only to the rights of creditors of that series) and
would be subject to the liabilities related thereto.
The Board has the power to alter the number and the terms of office of the Board Members,
provided that at all times at least a majority of the Board Members have been elected by the shareholders of the Trust. The voting
rights of shareholders are not cumulative, so that holders of more than 50 percent of the shares voting can, if they choose, elect all
Board Members being selected, while the holders of the remaining shares would be unable to elect any Board Members.
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND CONTROL PERSONS
PGIM Investments LLC or an affiliate will own all (100%) initial seed capital shares
of each Fund as of the date of this SAI and shall be deemed a control person of each Fund. PGIM Investments is a New York limited liability
company. Shareholders owning voting securities in excess of 25% may be able to determine the outcome of any matter affecting and
voted on by shareholders of each Fund. As of the date of this SAI, the Board Members and Officers of each Fund, as a group, owned less
than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Because each Fund is new, no financial information is available. When available, each Fund’s financial statements will be available upon request and without charge.
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PART II
CREATIONS AND REDEMPTIONS OF FUND SHARES
The Funds issue and redeem their shares only in Creation Units on a continuous basis
through the Distributor, without a sales load, at the NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined herein), of
an order in proper form. Shares are not individually redeemable.
CREATION AND REDEMPTION TRANSACTION FEES. A transaction fee, as set forth in the table below, is imposed for the transfer and
other transaction costs associated with the purchase or redemption of Creation Units, as
applicable. An Authorized Participant is a member or participant of a clearing agency registered with the SEC, which has a written agreement
with the Funds or one of its service providers that allows the Authorized Participant to place orders for the purchase and redemption
of Creation Units. Authorized Participants may be required to pay a fixed creation transaction fee and/or a fixed redemption transaction
fee, as applicable, for each transaction in a Creation Unit regardless of the number of Creation Units created or redeemed on that
day. These fees, if charged, are paid to the Custodian to offset costs associated with processing creation and redemption transactions.
The Funds may adjust the transaction fee from time to time. Authorized Participants transacting in creation units for cash
may pay an additional variable fee to compensate the Funds for transaction costs and market impact expenses relating to purchases or sales
of portfolio securities. With respect to creation orders, Authorized Participants are responsible for the costs of transferring the
Deposit Instruments to the account of the Trust and with respect to redemption orders, Authorized Participants are responsible for the costs
of transferring the securities and other instruments received on redemption from the Trust to their designated account. Investors who use
the services of a broker or other such intermediary may also be charged a fee for such services.
From time to time, the Funds may waive all or a portion of their applicable transaction
fee(s).
The following table shows, as of the date of this SAI, the approximate value of one
Creation Unit of the Fund, fixed transaction fees and maximum additional charges for creations and redemptions (as described herein):
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Funds
|
Approximate Value
of a Creation Unit
|
Size of a
Creation Unit
|
Maximum (Fixed)
Transaction Fee
|
Maximum Additional
Charge for Creations*
|
Maximum Additional
Charge for
Redemptions*
|
|
PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap
Core Equity ETF
|
$XX
|
XX shares
|
$500
|
3.00%
|
2.00%
|
|
PGIM Jennison International Core
Equity ETF
|
$XX
|
XX shares
|
$500
|
3.00%
|
2.00%
|
*As a percentage of the NAV per Creation Unit, inclusive, in the case of redemptions,
of the fixed redemption transaction fee.
In its discretion, the Trust reserves the right to increase or decrease, from time
to time, the number of shares that constitute a Creation Unit. The Board reserves the right to declare a split or a consolidation in the number
of shares outstanding of the Funds, and to make a corresponding change in the number of shares constituting a Creation Unit, in the
event that the per share price in the secondary market rises (or declines) to an amount that falls outside the range deemed desirable
by the Board.
GENERAL. An Authorized Participant that is not a “qualified institutional buyer,” as such term is defined under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act, will not be able to receive, as part of a redemption, restricted securities eligible
for resale under Rule 144A.
A “Business Day” with respect to each Fund is any day each Fund is open for business, including any
day when it satisfies redemption requests as required by Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act. Each Fund is open for business
any day on which the NYSE is open for business. As of the date of this SAI, the NYSE observes the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day.
CONTINUOUS OFFERING. The method by which Creation Units are created and traded may raise certain issues
under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units are issued and sold by each Fund on an ongoing basis,
at any point a “distribution,” as such term is used in the 1933 Act, may occur. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that
some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in
a manner that could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery requirement and liability provisions of
the 1933 Act.
For example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory underwriter
if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the Distributor, breaks them down into constituent shares and sells such shares directly
to customers or if it chooses to couple the creation of new shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary
market demand for shares. A determination of
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whether one is an underwriter for purposes of the 1933 Act must take into account
all of the facts and circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the particular case and the examples
mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could lead to a categorization as an underwriter.
Broker-dealer firms should also note that dealers who are not “underwriters” but are effecting transactions in shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of shares, generally are required to deliver a prospectus.
This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(a)(3) of the 1933 Act is not available in respect of such transactions
as a result of Section 24(d) of the 1940 Act.
PORTFOLIO DEPOSIT. The consideration for a purchase of Creation Units may consist of an in-kind deposit
of a portfolio of securities and other instruments (the “Deposit Instruments”) and an amount of cash computed as described below (the “Cash Amount”). . The Funds may permit or require that purchases of Creation Units be made entirely in cash. The
Cash Amount together with the Deposit Instruments, as applicable, are referred to as the “Portfolio Deposit.” A Portfolio Deposit may consist solely of cash at the discretion of a Fund. A Portfolio Deposit may be different than the portfolio each Fund will deliver
upon redemption of Fund shares and each Fund may accept “Custom Baskets.” Custom Baskets may include any of the following: (i) a basket that is composed of
a non-representative selection of a Fund’s portfolio holdings; (ii) a representative basket that is different from the initial basket used in transactions on the same business day; or (iii) a basket that contains bespoke cash substitutions for
a single Authorized Participant. Each Fund has adopted policies and procedures that govern the construction and acceptance of baskets, including
heightened requirements for certain types of custom baskets. Such policies and procedures provide the parameters for the construction
and acceptance of custom baskets, and may take into account various factors in seeking to ensure that the custom basket is in
the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders. The policies and procedures distinguish among different types of custom baskets that
may be used and impose different requirements for different types of custom baskets in order to seek to mitigate against potential
risks of conflicts and/or overreaching by an Authorized Participant.
In the event a Fund requires Deposit Instruments and a Cash Amount in consideration
for purchasing a Creation Unit, the function of the Cash Amount is to compensate for any differences between the NAV per Creation
Unit and the Deposit Amount (as defined below). The Cash Amount would be an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of the
shares (per Creation Unit) and the “Deposit Amount,” which is an amount equal to the aggregate market value of the Deposit Instruments.
If the Cash Amount is a positive number (the NAV per Creation Unit exceeds the Deposit Amount), the Authorized Participant
will deliver the Cash Amount. If the Cash Amount is a negative number (the NAV per Creation Unit is less than the Deposit Amount), the
Authorized Participant will receive the Cash Amount. Computation of the Cash Amount excludes any stamp duty or other similar fees
and expenses payable upon transfer of beneficial ownership of the Deposit Instruments, which shall be the sole responsibility
of the Authorized Participant.
BNY, the Administrative Agent, through the National Securities Clearing Corporation
(“NSCC”), makes available on each Business Day, immediately prior to the opening of business on the NYSE (currently 9:30 a.m. Eastern
time), the list of the names and the required number of shares of each Deposit Instrument to be included in the current Portfolio
Deposit (based on information at the end of the previous Business Day), as well as information regarding the Cash Amount for each
Fund. Such Portfolio Deposit is applicable, subject to any adjustments as described below, in order to effect creations of Creation Units
of each Fund until such time as the next-announced Portfolio Deposit composition is made available.
In addition, the Trust reserves the right to accept a basket of securities or cash
that differs from Deposit Instruments or to permit the substitution of an amount of cash (i.e., a “cash in lieu” amount) to be added to the Cash Amount to replace any Deposit Instrument or to accept securities or other instruments not included in the initial announcement of
the Deposit Instruments as determined by the Manager (or its delegate) pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust. In the case
of cash in lieu transactions, in order to seek to replicate the in-kind creation order process, the Trust expects to purchase the Deposit
Instruments represented by the cash in lieu amount in the secondary market (“Market Purchases”). In such cases where the Trust makes Market Purchases, the Authorized Participant may be required to reimburse the Trust for, among other things, any difference
between the market value at which the securities were purchased by the Trust and the cash in lieu amount (which amount, at PGIM Investments’ discretion, may be capped), applicable registration fees and taxes. Brokerage commissions incurred in connection with the Trust’s acquisition of Deposit Instruments may be at the expense of each Fund and will affect the value of all shares of each
Fund; but each Fund may charge the transaction fee to compensate for brokerage expenses.
PROCEDURES FOR CREATION OF CREATION UNITS. To be eligible to place orders with the Distributor to create Creation Units of a
Fund, an Authorized Participant must have a written agreement with a Fund or one of its service
providers (“Participant Agreement”) that allows the Authorized Participant to place orders for the purchase and redemption of Creation
Units. All Creation Units of a Fund, however created, will be entered on the records of the Depository Trust Company DTC in the
name of Cede & Co. for the account of a DTC participant.
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All orders to create Creation Units must be placed in multiples of a certain number
of shares of each Fund. Except as described below, and in all cases subject to the terms of the applicable Participant Agreement, all
orders to create Creation Units, whether through the NSCC Clearing Process or outside the NSCC Clearing Process through DTC or otherwise,
must be received by the Distributor no later than the closing time of the regular trading session on the NYSE (“Closing Time”) (ordinarily 4:00 p.m. Eastern time or, for Custom Baskets, such earlier time set forth in the Participant Agreement), in each case on
the date such order is placed in order for creation of Creation Units to be effected based on the NAV of each Fund as determined on such
date. Each Fund reserves the right, upon notice to Authorized Participants pursuant to the respective Participant Agreement, to require
orders to be placed earlier than the Closing Time. The Business Day on which a creation order (or order to redeem as discussed below)
is placed is herein referred to as the “Transmittal Date.” Orders must be transmitted by telephone or other transmission method acceptable to
the Distributor pursuant to procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement or any associated document. Economic or market
disruptions or changes, or telephone or other communication failure, may impede the ability to reach the Distributor or an Authorized
Participant. Creation Units may be issued, in the sole discretion of the Trust, notwithstanding the failure to receive all or a portion
of the Portfolio Deposit on the settlement date. In such cases, the Authorized Participant will remain liable for the full deposit of the missing
portion(s) of the Portfolio Deposit and will be required to post collateral with the Trust consisting of cash at least equal to a
percentage of the marked-to-market value of such missing portion(s) that is specified in the Participant Agreement. The Trust may use such
collateral to buy the missing portion(s) of the Portfolio Deposit at any time and will subject such Authorized Participant to liability for
any shortfall between the cost to the Trust of purchasing such securities and the value of such collateral. The Trust will have no liability
for any such shortfall. The Trust will return any unused portion of the collateral to the Authorized Participant once the entire Fund Deposit
has been properly received by the Distributor and deposited into the Trust.
Investors seeking to purchase Creation Units of a Fund through an Authorized Participant
must place such orders in the form required by such Authorized Participant. Investors should be aware that their particular broker
may not have executed a Participant Agreement, and that, therefore, orders to create Creation Units of a Fund may have to be placed by the investor’s broker through an Authorized Participant who has executed a Participant Agreement. At any given time there may
be only a limited number of broker-dealers that have executed a Participant Agreement. Those placing orders to create Creation Units of
a Fund through the NSCC Clearing Process should afford sufficient time to permit proper submission of the order to the Distributor
prior to the Closing Time on the Transmittal Date.
Orders for creation that are effected outside the NSCC Clearing Process are likely
to require transmittal by the Authorized Participant earlier on the Transmittal Date than orders effected using the NSCC Clearing Process.
Those persons placing orders outside the NSCC Clearing Process should ascertain the deadlines applicable to DTC and the Federal
Reserve Bank wire system by contacting the operations department of the broker or depository institution effectuating such transfer
of Deposit Instruments and Cash Amount.
PLACEMENT OF CREATION ORDERS USING NSCC CLEARING PROCESS. For Portfolio Deposits created through the NSCC Clearing Process, the Participant Agreement authorizes the Distributor to transmit to the NSCC on behalf
of the Authorized Participant such trade instructions as are necessary to effect Authorized Participant’s creation order. Pursuant to such trade instructions from the Distributor to the NSCC, the Authorized Participant agrees to transfer the requisite Deposit Instruments
(or contracts to purchase such Deposit Instruments that are expected to be delivered in a “regular way” manner) and the Cash Amount to the Trust, together with such additional information as may be required by the Distributor. Each Fund reserve the
right to settle Creation Unit transactions on a delayed basis under certain circumstances compliant with applicable law. An order
to create Creation Units of a Fund through the NSCC Clearing Process is deemed received by the Distributor on the Transmittal Date if
(i) such order is received by the Distributor not later than the Closing Time on such Transmittal Date and (ii) all other procedures set forth
in the Participant Agreement and any ancillary documents are properly followed.
For orders effected outside the NSCC Clearing Process, the order must state that the
Authorized Participant is not using the NSCC Clearing Process and that the creation of Creation Units will instead be effected
through a transfer of securities and cash. The Portfolio Deposit transfer must be ordered by the Authorized Participant in a timely fashion
so as to ensure the delivery of the requisite number of Deposit Instruments through DTC to the account of the Trust by no later than 11:00
a.m. Eastern time, of the next Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date. All questions as to the number of Deposit
Instruments to be delivered, and the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) for the deposit of any tendered securities,
will be determined by the Trust, whose determination shall be final and binding. The cash equal to the Cash Component must be transferred
directly to the Custodian through the Federal Reserve wire system in a timely manner so as to be received by the Custodian no later
than 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, on the next Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date. An order to create Creation
Units of a Fund outside the NSCC Clearing Process is deemed received by the Distributor on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is
received by the Distributor not later than the Closing Time on such Transmittal Date; and (ii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant
Agreement and any ancillary documents are properly followed. However, if the Distributor does not receive both the requisite
Deposit Instruments and the Cash Amount in a timely fashion on the next Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date, such
order may be cancelled. Upon written notice to the
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Distributor, such cancelled order may be resubmitted the following Business Day using
the Portfolio Deposit as newly constituted to reflect the current NAV of each Fund. Each Fund reserve the right to settle Creation
Unit transactions on a delayed basis under certain circumstances and compliant with applicable law.
Additional transaction fees may be imposed with respect to transactions effected outside
the NSCC Clearing Process and in circumstances in which any cash can be used in lieu of Deposit Instruments to create
Creation Units. (See “Creation Transaction Fee” section below.)
The Distributor will inform the Transfer Agent, the Manager and the Custodian upon
receipt of a Creation Order that includes securities or other instruments custodied outside of the United States. The Custodian will then
provide such information to the appropriate subcustodian. The Custodian will cause the subcustodian of each Fund to maintain an
account into which the Deposit Instruments (or the cash value of all or part of such securities, in the case of a permitted or required
cash purchase or “cash in lieu” amount) will be delivered. Deposit Instruments must be delivered to an account maintained at the applicable
local custodian. The Trust must also receive, on or before the contractual settlement date, immediately available or same
day funds estimated by the Custodian to be sufficient to pay the Cash Amount next determined after receipt in proper form of
the purchase order, together with applicable transaction fees.
Once the Transfer Agent has accepted a creation order, the Transfer Agent will confirm
the issuance of a Creation Unit of each Fund against receipt of payment, at such NAV as will have been calculated after receipt
in proper form of such order. The Transfer Agent will then transmit a confirmation of acceptance of such order.
ACCEPTANCE OF CREATION ORDERS. The Trust and the Distributor reserve the right to reject or revoke acceptance of
a creation order transmitted to it in respect of a Fund, for example, if (a) the order is not in proper
form; (b) the purchaser or group of related purchasers, upon obtaining the Creation Units of shares, would own 80% or more of the outstanding
shares of each Fund; (c) the acceptance of the Portfolio Deposit would, in the opinion of each Fund, be unlawful, as in the case
of a purchaser who was banned from trading in securities; or (d) there exist circumstances outside the control of each Fund that
make it impossible to process purchases of Creation Units of shares for all practical purposes. The Transfer Agent will notify a prospective
purchaser of its rejection of the order of such person. The Trust, the Custodian, any subcustodian and the Distributor are under no
duty, however, to give notification of any defects or irregularities in the delivery of Fund Deposits to Authorized Participants nor shall
either of them incur any liability to Authorized Participants for the failure to give any such notification. All questions as to the
number of shares of each security in the Deposit Instruments and the validity, form, eligibility and acceptance for deposit of any
securities to be delivered shall be determined by the Trust, and the Trust’s determination shall be final and binding.
Creation Units may be issued, in the sole discretion of the Trust, notwithstanding
the failure to deliver certain Deposit Instruments at settlement as described below. In these circumstances, in addition to available Deposit
Instruments, cash must be deposited in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Cash Amount, plus (ii) at least 105%, which the
Trust may change from time to time, of the market value of the undelivered Deposit Instruments (the “Additional Cash Deposit”) with each Fund pending delivery of any missing Deposit Instruments.
If the Trust permits, and an Authorized Participant determines to post, an Additional
Cash Deposit as collateral for any undelivered Deposit Instruments, such Authorized Participant must deposit with the Custodian the
appropriate amount of federal funds by 10:00 a.m. Eastern time (or such other time as specified by the Trust) on the date of requested
settlement. If the Custodian does not receive the Additional Cash Deposit in the appropriate amount by such time, then the order
may be deemed to be rejected and the Authorized Participant shall be liable to each Fund for losses, if any, resulting therefrom.
An additional amount of cash shall be required to be deposited with the Custodian, pending delivery of the missing Deposit Instruments
to the extent necessary to maintain the Additional Cash Deposit with the Trust in an amount at least equal to 105% as required, which
the Trust may change from time to time, of the daily marked to market value of the missing Deposit Instruments. At any time, at the discretion
of the Trust, the Trust may use the cash on deposit to purchase the missing Deposit Instruments. The Authorized Participant will
be liable to the Trust for the costs incurred by the Trust in connection with any such purchases. These costs will be deemed to include
the amount by which the actual purchase price of the Deposit Instruments exceeds the market value of such Deposit Instruments on the
transmittal date plus the brokerage and related transaction costs associated with such purchases. The Trust will return any unused
portion of the Additional Cash Deposit once all of the missing Deposit Instruments have been properly received by the Custodian or purchased
by the Trust and deposited into the Trust. In addition, a transaction fee may be charged.
CREATION TRANSACTION FEE. A fixed creation transaction fee generally is imposed on each creation transaction
regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased in the transaction. The amount of the creation transaction
fee as well as the maximum amount of any applicable variable charge for cash creations for each Fund are disclosed above. In
the case of cash creations or where the Trust permits a purchaser to substitute cash in lieu of depositing a portion of the Deposit
Instruments, the purchaser may be assessed an
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additional variable charge to compensate each Fund for the costs associated with purchasing
the applicable securities. The Trust expects to purchase, in the secondary market or otherwise gain exposure to, the portfolio
securities that could have been delivered as a result of an in-kind creation order (“Market Purchases”). In such cases where the Trust makes Market Purchases, the Authorized Participant may be required to reimburse the Trust for, among other things, any difference
between the market value at which the securities and/or financial instruments were purchased by the Trust and the cash in lieu amount (which amount, at the Manager’s discretion, may be capped), applicable registration fees, brokerage commissions and
certain taxes (in each case which may, in certain instances, be based on a good faith estimate of transaction costs). The Manager may
adjust the transaction fee to the extent the composition of the creation securities changes or cash in lieu is added to the Cash
Amount to protect remaining shareholders. Purchasers of Creation Units are responsible for the costs of transferring the securities
constituting the Deposit Instruments to the account of the Trust.
REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS. Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units at their NAV next determined after receipt
of a redemption request in proper form by the Distributor, only on a Business Day and only
through an Authorized Participant who has executed a Participant Agreement. The Trust will not redeem shares in amounts less
than Creation Units. Beneficial owners also may sell shares in the secondary market, but must accumulate enough shares to constitute a
Creation Unit in order to have such shares redeemed by the Trust. There can be no assurance, however, that there will be sufficient
liquidity in the public trading market at any time to permit assembly of a Creation Unit. Investors should expect to incur brokerage
and other costs in connection with assembling a sufficient number of shares to constitute a redeemable Creation Unit.
Each Fund’s securities received on redemption (“Redemption Instruments”) may not be identical to Deposit Instruments that are applicable to creations of Creation Units. All orders are subject to acceptance by
the Distributor. In addition, Redemption Instruments received by one shareholder may not be the same as received those by other shareholders.
The Trust will typically require verification with respect to a redemption request
from a Fund in connection with higher levels of redemption activity and/or short interest in each Fund. If the Authorized Participant,
upon receipt of a verification request, does not provide sufficient verification of its representations as determined by the Trust,
the redemption request will not be considered to have been received in proper form and may be rejected by the Trust. Unless cash redemptions
are permitted or required for a Fund or a Custom Basket is approved, the redemption proceeds for a Creation Unit generally consist
of Redemption Instruments, plus cash in an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of the shares being redeemed, as next
determined after a receipt of a request in proper form, and the value of the Redemption Instruments, less the fixed transaction fee
and any variable transaction fees. Should the Redemption Instruments have a value greater than the NAV of the shares being redeemed,
a compensating cash payment to the Trust equal to the differential plus any applicable redemption transaction fee will be required
to be arranged for by or on behalf of the redeeming shareholder.
REDEMPTION TRANSACTION FEE. The basic fixed redemption transaction fee is the same no matter how many Creation
Units are being redeemed pursuant to any one redemption request. An additional charge may be charged
with respect to cash redemptions or redemptions outside of the NSCC Clearing Process. An additional variable transaction
charge for cash redemptions or partial cash redemptions (when cash redemptions are permitted or required for a Fund) may also
be imposed to compensate each Fund for the costs associated with selling the applicable securities. The Trust expects to sell,
in the secondary market, the portfolio securities or settle any financial instruments not transferred in-kind (“Market Sales”). In such cases where the Trust makes Market Sales, the Authorized Participant may be required to reimburse the Trust for, among other things, any difference
between the market value at which the securities and/or financial instruments were sold or settled by the Trust and the
cash in lieu amount (which amount, at PGIM Investments’ discretion, may be capped), applicable registration fees, brokerage commissions and certain taxes (“Transaction Costs”). PGIM Investments may adjust the transaction fee to the extent the composition of the
redemption securities changes or cash in lieu is added to the Cash Amount to protect remaining shareholders. In no event will transaction
fees charged by a Fund in connection with a redemption exceed 2% of the value of each Creation Unit. Investors who use the services
of a broker or other such intermediary may be charged a fee for such services. To the extent a Fund cannot, or elects not to, recoup
the amount of Transaction Costs incurred in connection with a redemption from the redeeming shareholder because of the 2% cap
or otherwise, those Transaction Costs will be borne by each Fund’s remaining shareholders and negatively affect Fund performance.
PLACEMENT OF REDEMPTION ORDERS USING NSCC CLEARING PROCESS. An order to redeem Creation Units of a Fund using the NSCC Clearing Process is deemed received on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is received
by the Distributor not later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on such Transmittal Date (or, for Custom Baskets where cash replaces
any Redemption Instrument, such earlier time set forth in the Participant Agreement or any ancillary documents); and (ii) all other
procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement or any ancillary documents are properly followed; such order will be effected based on the
NAV of each Fund as next determined. An order to redeem Creation Units of a Fund using the NSCC Clearing Process made in proper form
but received by each Fund after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, will be deemed received on the next Business Day immediately following
the Transmittal Date. The requisite Fund
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securities (or contracts to purchase such Fund securities which are expected to be
delivered in a “regular way” manner) and the applicable cash payment will be transferred. Each Fund reserves the right to settle
Creation Unit transactions on a delayed basis under certain circumstances compliant with applicable law.
PLACEMENT OF REDEMPTION ORDERS OUTSIDE NSCC CLEARING PROCESS. For orders effected outside the NSCC Clearing Process, the order must state that the Authorized Participant is not using the Clearing Process
and that redemption of Creation Units of each Fund will instead be effected through transfer of Creation Units of each Fund directly
through DTC. An order to redeem Creation Units of a Fund outside the Clearing Process is deemed received by the Distributor on the Transmittal
Date if (i) such order is received by the Distributor not later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on such Transmittal Date; (ii) such
order is preceded or accompanied by the requisite number of shares of Creation Units specified in such order, which delivery must be
made through DTC to the Custodian no later than 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, on such Transmittal Date (the “DTC Cut-Off-Time”); and (iii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement or any ancillary document are properly followed. Each Fund reserves the
right, upon notice to Authorized Participants pursuant to the respective Participant Agreement, to require orders to be placed earlier
than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
After the Distributor has deemed an order for redemption outside the NSCC Clearing
Process received, the Custodian will initiate procedures to transfer the requisite Redemption Instruments (or contracts to purchase
such Redemption Instruments) and the cash redemption payment to the redeeming Beneficial Owner. Each Fund reserves the right
to settle Creation Unit transactions on a delayed basis under certain circumstances compliant with applicable law. An additional variable
redemption transaction fee may be applicable to redemptions outside the NSCC Clearing Process.
To the extent contemplated by an Authorized Participant’s agreement, in the event the Authorized Participant has submitted a redemption request in proper form but is unable to transfer all or part of the Creation Unit to be redeemed to each Fund’s Transfer Agent on the settlement date, the Trust, in its sole discretion, may nonetheless accept
the redemption request in reliance on the undertaking by the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing shares as soon as possible. Such
undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash having a value (marked to market daily) of at least 105%, which the Trust may change from time to time, of the value of the missing shares.
The current procedures for collateralization of missing shares require, among other
things, that any cash collateral shall be in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds and shall be held by the Custodian and
marked to market daily, and that the fees of the Custodian and any sub-custodians in respect of the delivery, maintenance and redelivery
of the cash collateral shall be payable by the Authorized Participant. The Authorized Participant’s agreement will permit the Trust, on behalf of a Fund, to purchase the missing shares or acquire the Deposit Instruments and the Cash Amount underlying such shares
at any time and will subject the Authorized Participant to liability for any shortfall between the cost to the Trust of purchasing
such shares, Deposit Instruments or Cash Amount and the value of the collateral.
Arrangements satisfactory to the Trust must be in place for an Authorized Participant
to transfer the Creation Units through DTC on or before the settlement date. Redemptions of shares for Redemption Instruments that
include securities or other instruments custodied outside of the United States will be subject to compliance with applicable U.S. federal
and state securities laws and a Fund (whether or not it otherwise permits or requires cash redemptions) reserves the right to redeem
Creation Units for cash to the extent that each Fund could not lawfully deliver specific Redemption Instruments upon redemptions or could
not do so without first registering the securities under such laws.
In connection with taking delivery of Redemption Instruments upon redemption of Creation
Units that include securities or other instruments custodied outside of the United States, a redeeming shareholder or entity
acting on behalf of a redeeming shareholder must maintain appropriate custody arrangements with a qualified broker-dealer, bank or
other custody providers in each jurisdiction in which any of the Redemption Instruments are customarily traded, to which account such Redemption
Instruments will be delivered. If neither the redeeming shareholder nor the entity acting on behalf of a redeeming shareholder
has appropriate arrangements to take delivery of the Redemption Instruments in the applicable foreign jurisdiction and it is not possible
to make other such arrangements, or if it is not possible to effect deliveries of the Redemption Instruments in such jurisdictions,
the Trust may, in its discretion, exercise its option to redeem such shares in cash, and the redeeming shareholder will be required to receive
its redemption proceeds in cash.
Deliveries of redemption proceeds generally will be made in a “regular way” manner. Due to the schedule of holidays in certain countries or for other reasons, however, the delivery of redemption proceeds may take longer.
In such cases, the local market settlement procedures will not commence until the end of the local holiday periods. If a Fund
has a foreign investment in its basket, each Fund may delay delivery of the foreign investment in the redemption proceeds for more than
seven days thereafter if the if each Fund delivers the foreign investment as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 days thereafter.
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NET ASSET VALUE
The value of a single share of the Fund—known as the net asset value per share or NAV—is determined by subtracting Fund liabilities from the value of Fund assets and dividing the remainder by the number of outstanding
shares. Investors purchasing or selling shares in the secondary market may transact at a price other than the Fund’s NAV. Each Fund will compute its NAV once each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. For purposes
of computing NAV, the Fund will value futures contracts generally 15 minutes after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Each
Fund will not treat an intraday unscheduled disruption in NYSE trading as a closure of the NYSE and will price its shares as of
4:00 p.m. Eastern time, if the particular disruption directly affects only the NYSE. Please see the NYSE website (www.nyse.com) for a specific
list of the holidays on which the NYSE is closed.
Each Fund’s portfolio securities are valued based upon market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available, at fair value as determined in good faith by the Manager, as the Board's valuation designee. In
this capacity, the Manager has adopted methodologies for determining the fair value of certain types of securities and other
assets held by the Fund that do not have quoted market prices, including the use of other pricing sources, such as bid prices supplied
by a principal market maker and evaluated prices supplied by pricing vendors that employ analytic methodologies that take into account
the prices of similar securities and other market factors. In determining a security's value, the Fund generally uses the following
methodologies. Securities included on the NASDAQ Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) on the day of valuation, or if there was no NOCP, at the last sale price. NASDAQ Market Securities for which there was no NOCP or last sale price are valued
at the mean between the last bid and asked prices on the day of valuation, or the last bid price in the absence of an asked price. Open-end,
non-exchange traded mutual funds are valued at their net asset value as determined as of the close of the NYSE on the date of
valuation. Corporate bonds (other than convertible debt securities) and U.S. Government securities that are actively traded in the OTC market,
including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by the Manager in consultation with the subadviser to be over-the-counter,
are valued on the basis of valuations provided by an independent pricing agent which uses information with respect to transactions
in bonds, quotations from bond dealers, agency ratings, market transactions in comparable securities and various relationships
between securities in determining value. Convertible debt securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market,
including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by the Manager in consultation with the subadviser to be OTC, are
valued on the day of valuation at an evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing agent, or, in the absence of valuation provided
by an independent pricing agent, at the bid price provided by a principal market maker or primary market dealer.
Options on securities and securities indices that are listed on an exchange are valued
at the last sale price on such exchange on the day of valuation or, if there was no such sale on such day, at the mean between the most
recently quoted bid and asked prices on such exchange or at the last bid price in the absence of an asked price. Where exchange
trading has halted on exchange-traded call or put options, the last available traded price may be used for a period of no longer than
five business days. On the sixth business day, such options may be valued at zero in the absence of trading, when such options are “out of the money” by more than 5% of the value of the underlying asset and expire within 14 calendar days of the valuation date.
Futures contracts and options thereon traded on a commodities exchange or Board of
Trade shall be valued on the day of valuation at the last sale price at the close of trading on such exchange or Board of Trade or,
if there was no sale on the applicable exchange or Board of Trade on such date, at the mean between the most recently quoted bid and
asked prices on such exchange or Board of Trade or at the last bid price in the absence of an asked price. Quotations of non-U.S.
securities in a non-U.S. currency are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents at the current rate obtained from a recognized bank, dealer
or independent service, and forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the current cost of covering or offsetting such contacts.
Should an extraordinary event, which is likely to affect the value of the security, occur after the close of an exchange on which
a portfolio security is traded, such security will be valued at fair value considering factors determined in good faith by the Manager.
The use of fair value pricing procedures involves subjective judgments and it is possible
that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that
security. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if the security were
sold at approximately the same time at which the NAV per share is determined.
Generally, the Fund will value futures contracts at the close of trading for those
contracts (normally 15 minutes after the close of regular trading on the NYSE). If, in the judgment of the subadviser or Manager, the closing
price of a contract is materially different from the contract price at the NYSE close, a fair value price for the contract will be determined.
If dividends are declared daily, the NAV of each class of shares will generally be
the same. It is expected, however, that the dividends, if any, will differ by approximately the amount of the distribution and/or service fee
expense accrual differential among the classes.
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TAXES, DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
The following is a summary of certain tax considerations generally affecting the Funds
and their shareholders. This section is based on the Code, Treasury Regulations, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently
in effect. These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. Please consult your own tax adviser concerning the
consequences of investing in the Funds in your particular circumstances under the Code and the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
QUALIFICATION AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY. Each Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and intends to meet all other requirements that are necessary
for it to be relieved of federal taxes on income and gains it distributes to shareholders. As a regulated investment company, a Fund
is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its net investment income (i.e., investment company taxable income, as that term
is defined in the Code, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term
capital gain over net short-term capital loss) that it distributes to shareholders, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its net
tax-exempt income and investment company taxable income for the year (the “Distribution Requirement”), and satisfies certain other requirements of the Code that are described below.
Net capital gains of each Fund that are available for distribution to shareholders
will be computed by taking into account any applicable capital loss carryforwards. No capital gains distributions are expected to be paid
to shareholders until net gains have been realized in excess of such losses. The Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses for
an unlimited period. Capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.
If the Funds was to experience an ownership change as defined under the Code, each Fund’s loss carryforwards, if any, may be subject to limitation. If a Fund has a capital loss carryforward, the amount and duration of any such capital loss carryforward will be set forth at
the end of this section.
In addition to satisfying the Distribution Requirement, each Fund must derive at least
90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to loans of stock and securities, gains from the sale
or disposition of stock, securities or non-U.S. currencies and other income (including but not limited to gains from options,
futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies and net income
derived from an interest in a QPTP.
Each Fund must also satisfy an asset diversification test on a quarterly basis. Failure
to do so may result in the Fund being subject to penalty taxes, being required to sell certain of its positions, and may cause the
Fund to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. Under this asset diversification test, at the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year, (1) 50% or more of the value of the Fund’s assets must be represented by cash, United States government securities, securities
of other regulated investment companies, and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund’s assets and 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer and (2) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund’s assets may be invested in securities of (x) any one issuer (other than United States government
securities or securities of other regulated investment companies), or two or more issuers (other than securities of other regulated investment
companies) of which the Fund owns 20% or more of the voting stock and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades
or businesses or (y) one or more QPTPs and commonly referred to as “master limited partnerships.”
Each Fund may be able to cure a failure to derive 90% of its income from the sources
specified above or a failure to diversify its holdings in the manner described above by paying a tax, by disposing of certain assets, or
by paying a tax and disposing of assets. If, in any taxable year, the Fund fails one of these tests and does not timely cure the failure,
the Fund will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation and distributions to its shareholders will not be deductible
by the Fund in computing its taxable income.
Although in general the passive loss rules of the Code do not apply to regulated investment
companies, such rules do apply to a regulated investment company with respect to items attributable to an interest in a QPTP. Each Fund’s investments in partnerships, including in QPTPs, may result in the Fund being subject to state, local or non-U.S.
income, franchise or withholding tax liabilities.
If for any year a Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, or fails
to meet the Distribution Requirement, all of its taxable income (including its net capital gain) will be subject to tax at regular corporate
rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders. In addition, in the event of a failure to qualify, the Fund’s distributions, to the extent derived from the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, including any distributions of net long-term capital
gains, will be taxable to shareholders as dividend income. However, such dividends will be eligible (i) to be treated as qualified dividend
income in the case of shareholders taxed as individuals and (ii) for the dividends received deduction in the case of corporate
shareholders. Moreover, if a Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company in any year, it must pay out its earnings and profits
accumulated in that year in order to qualify again as a regulated investment company. If a Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment
company for a period greater than two taxable years, the Fund may be subject to taxation on any net built-in-gains (i.e., the excess of
the aggregate gain, including items of income, over aggregate loss that would have been realized if the Fund had been liquidated) recognized
for a period of five years, or, under certain circumstances, may have to recognize and pay tax on such net built-in-gain, in order
to qualify as a regulated investment company in a subsequent year.
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EXCISE TAX ON REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES. A 4% non-deductible excise tax is imposed on a regulated investment company to the extent that it distributes income in such a way that it is taxable to shareholders
in a calendar year other than the calendar year in which a Fund earned the income. Specifically, the excise tax will be imposed if the
Fund fails to distribute in each calendar year an amount equal to 98% of ordinary taxable income, including qualified dividend income,
for the calendar year and 98.2% of capital gain net income for the one-year period ending on October 31 of such calendar year (or,
at the election of a regulated investment company having a taxable year ending November 30 or December 31, for its taxable year). The
balance of such income must be distributed during the next calendar year. For the foregoing purposes, a regulated investment
company is treated as having distributed otherwise retained amounts if it is subject to income tax on those amounts for any taxable year
ending in such calendar year.
Each Fund intends to make sufficient distributions or deemed distributions of its
qualified dividend income, ordinary income and capital gain net income prior to the end of each calendar year to avoid liability for this
excise tax. However, investors should note that a Fund may in certain circumstances be required to borrow money or liquidate portfolio investments
to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise tax liability.
FUND INVESTMENTS. Each Fund may make investments or engage in transactions that affect the character,
amount and timing of gains or losses realized by the Fund. Each Fund may make investments that produce income
that is not matched by a corresponding cash receipt by the Fund. Any such income would be treated as income earned by a Fund and
therefore would be subject to the Distribution Requirement. Such investments may require a Fund to borrow money or dispose of other
securities in order to comply with those requirements. Each Fund may also make investments that prevent or defer the recognition
of losses or the deduction of expenses. These investments may likewise require a Fund to borrow money or dispose of other securities
in order to comply with the Distribution Requirement. Additionally, a Fund may make investments that result in the recognition
of ordinary income rather than capital gain, or that prevent the Fund from accruing a long-term holding period. These investments
may prevent a Fund from making capital gain distributions as described below. Each Fund intends to monitor its transactions, will
make the appropriate tax elections and will make the appropriate entries in its books and records when it makes any such investments in
order to mitigate the effect of these rules. The foregoing concepts are explained in greater detail in the following paragraphs.
Gains or losses on sales of stock or securities by a Fund generally will be treated
as long-term capital gains or losses if the stock or securities have been held by it for more than one year, except in certain cases where
the Fund acquires a put or writes a call or otherwise holds an offsetting position, with respect to the stock or securities. Other
gains or losses on the sale of stock or securities will be short-term capital gains or losses.
In certain situations, a Fund may, for a taxable year, defer all or a portion of its
net capital loss realized after October (or if there is no net capital loss, then any net long-term or short-term capital loss) and its late-year
ordinary loss (defined as the sum of the excess of post-October non-U.S. currency and passive non-U.S. investment company (“PFIC”) losses over post-October non-U.S. currency and PFIC gains plus the excess of post-December ordinary losses over post-December ordinary
income) until the next taxable year in computing its investment company taxable income and net capital gain, which will defer
the recognition of such realized losses. Such deferrals and other rules regarding gains and losses realized after October (or December)
may affect the tax character of shareholder distributions.
If an option written by a Fund on securities lapses or is terminated through a closing
transaction, such as a repurchase by the Fund of the option from its holder, the Fund will generally realize short-term capital gain
or loss. If securities are sold by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a call option written by it, the Fund will include the premium received
in the sale proceeds of the securities delivered in determining the amount of gain or loss on the sale. Gain or loss on the sale, lapse
or other termination of options acquired by a Fund on stock or securities and on narrowly-based stock indices will be capital gain or loss
and will be long-term or short-term depending on the holding period of the option.
Certain Fund transactions may be subject to wash sale, short sale, constructive sale,
conversion transaction, constructive ownership transaction and straddle provisions of the Code that may, among other things, require
a Fund to defer recognition of losses or convert long-term capital gain into ordinary income or short-term capital gain taxable as
ordinary income.
As a result of entering into swap contracts, a Fund may make or receive periodic net
payments. Each Fund may also make or receive a payment when a swap is terminated prior to maturity through an assignment of the swap
or other closing transaction. Periodic net payments will generally constitute taxable ordinary income or deductions, while termination
of a swap will generally result in capital gain or loss (which will be a long-term capital gain or loss if a Fund has been a party
to the swap for more than one year). With respect to certain types of swaps, a Fund may be required to currently recognize income or loss
with respect to future payments on such swaps or may elect under certain circumstances to mark such swaps to market annually for tax
purposes as ordinary income or loss. Periodic net payments that would otherwise constitute ordinary deductions but are allocable under
the Code to exempt-interest dividends will not be allowed as a deduction but instead will reduce net tax-exempt income.
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In general, gain or loss on a short sale is recognized when a Fund closes the sale
by delivering the borrowed property to the lender, not when the borrowed property is sold. Gain or loss from a short sale is generally capital
gain or loss to the extent that the property used to close the short sale constitutes a capital asset in a Fund’s hands. Except with respect to certain situations where the property used by a Fund to close a short sale has a long-term holding period on the date of the short
sale, special rules would generally treat the gains on short sales as short-term capital gains. These rules may also terminate the running
of the holding period of “substantially identical property” held by a Fund. Moreover, a loss on a short sale will be treated as a long-term capital
loss if, on the date of the short sale, “substantially identical property” has been held by a Fund for more than one year. In general, a Fund will not be permitted
to deduct payments made to reimburse the lender of securities for dividends paid on borrowed
stock if the short sale is closed on or before the 45th day after the short sale is entered into.
Debt securities acquired by a Fund may be subject to original issue discount and market
discount rules which, respectively, may cause the Fund to accrue income in advance of the receipt of cash with respect to interest
or cause gains to be treated as ordinary income subject to the Distribution Requirement referred to above. Market discount generally
is the excess, if any, of the principal amount of the security (or, in the case of a security issued at an original issue discount, the
adjusted issue price of the security) over the price paid by a Fund for the security. Original issue discount or market discount that accrues in
a taxable year is treated as income earned by a Fund and therefore is subject to the Distribution Requirement. Because this income earned
by a Fund in a taxable year may not be represented by cash income, the Fund may have to borrow money or dispose of other
securities and use the proceeds to make distributions to satisfy the Distribution Requirement.
Certain futures contracts and certain listed options (referred to as Section 1256
contracts) held by a Fund will be required to be “marked to market” for federal income tax purposes at the end of the Fund’s taxable year, that is, treated as having been sold at the fair market value on the last business day of the Fund’s taxable year. Except with respect to certain non-U.S. currency forward contracts, sixty percent of any gain or loss recognized on these deemed sales and on actual dispositions
will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and forty percent will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. Any net mark-to-market
gains may be subject to the Distribution Requirement referred to above, even though a Fund may receive no corresponding cash
amounts, possibly requiring the disposition of portfolio securities or borrowing to obtain the necessary cash.
Gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates that occur between
the time a Fund accrues interest or other receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a non-U.S. currency and the time
the Fund actually collects such receivables or pays such liabilities are treated as ordinary income or loss. Similarly, gains or
losses on non-U.S. currency forward contracts or dispositions of debt securities denominated in a non-U.S. currency that are attributable
to fluctuations in the value of the non-U.S. currency between the date of acquisition of the security or contract and
the date of disposition thereof generally also are treated as ordinary income or loss. These gains or losses, referred to under the Code
as “Section 988” gains or losses, increase or decrease the amount of a Fund’s investment company taxable income available to be distributed to its shareholders as ordinary income, rather than increasing or decreasing the amount of the Fund’s net capital gain. If Section 988 losses exceed other investment company taxable income during a taxable year, a Fund would not be able to make any ordinary
dividend distributions from current earnings and profits, and distributions made before the losses were realized could be recharacterized
as a return of capital to shareholders, rather than as an ordinary dividend, thereby reducing each shareholder’s basis in his or her Fund shares.
If a Fund holds (directly or indirectly) one or more “tax credit bonds” (defined below) on one or more specified dates during the Fund’s taxable year, and the Fund satisfies the minimum distribution requirement, the Fund
may elect for U.S. federal income tax purposes to pass through to shareholders tax credits otherwise allowable to the Fund for that
year with respect to such bonds. A tax credit bond is defined in the Code as a “qualified tax credit bond” (which includes a qualified forestry conservation bond, a new clean renewable energy bond, a qualified energy conservation bond, a qualified zone academy bond,
or a qualified school construction bond, each of which must meet certain requirements specified in the Code), a “build America bond” or certain other specified bonds. If a Fund were to make an election, a shareholder of the Fund would be required to include in gross income an amount equal to such shareholder’s proportionate share of the interest income attributable to such credits and would
be entitled to claim as a tax credit an amount equal to the shareholder’s proportionate share of such credits. Certain limitations may apply on the extent to which the credit may be claimed.
Each Fund may make investments in equity securities of non-U.S. issuers. If a Fund
purchases shares in PFICs, the Fund may be subject to federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” from such non-U.S. corporation, including any gain from the disposition of such shares, even if such income is distributed by the Fund to its
shareholders. In addition, certain interest charges may be imposed on a Fund as a result of such distributions. If a Fund were to invest in
an eligible PFIC and elected to treat the PFIC as a qualified electing fund (a “QEF”), in lieu of the foregoing requirements, the Fund would be required to include each
year in its income and distribute to shareholders in accordance with the Distribution Requirement, a pro rata portion of the QEF’s ordinary earnings and net capital gain, whether or not distributed by the QEF to the Fund. Each Fund may not be able to make this election with respect to many PFICs because of certain requirements that the PFICs would have to satisfy.
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Alternatively, a Fund generally will be permitted to “mark to market” any shares it holds in a PFIC. If a Fund made such an election, with such election being made separately for each PFIC owned by the Fund, the Fund would
be required to include in income each year and distribute to shareholders in accordance with the Distribution Requirement, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the PFIC stock as of the close of the taxable year over the adjusted basis
of such stock at that time. Each Fund would be allowed a deduction for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the PFIC stock
over its fair market value as of the close of the taxable year, but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to the stock
included by the Fund for prior taxable years. Each Fund will make appropriate basis adjustments in the PFIC stock to take into account
the mark-to-market amounts.
Notwithstanding any election made by a Fund, dividends attributable to distributions
from a non-U.S. corporation will not be eligible for the special tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income if the non-U.S. corporation
is a PFIC either in the taxable year of the distribution or the preceding taxable year, but instead will be taxable at rates applicable
to ordinary income.
Each Fund may invest in REITs. Each Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may require the Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite
distributions, a Fund may be required to sell securities in its portfolio that it otherwise would have continued to hold (including when it is not advantageous to do so). Each Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may at other times result in the Fund’s receipt of cash in excess of the REIT’s earnings; if the Fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to
Fund shareholders for federal income tax purposes. In addition, a direct REIT shareholder may claim a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for ordinary REIT dividends, and a RIC may pass through to its shareholders the special character of this income. Ordinary dividends
received by a Fund from a REIT will generally not constitute qualified dividend income, which would be eligible for tax at a reduced
rate.
Some of the REITs in which a Fund may invest will be permitted to hold residual interests
in real estate mortgage investment conduits (“REMICs”). Under Treasury regulations not yet issued, but that may apply retroactively, a portion of each Fund’s income from a REIT that is attributable to the REIT’s residual interest in a REMIC (referred to in the Code as an “excess inclusion”) will be subject to federal income tax in all events. These regulations are expected to provide that excess inclusion
income of a regulated investment company, such as a Fund, will be allocated to shareholders of the regulated investment company
in proportion to the dividends received by shareholders, with the same consequences as if shareholders held the related REMIC
residual interest directly.
In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders (i) cannot be offset
by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) will constitute unrelated business taxable
income to entities (including a qualified pension plan, an individual retirement account, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or other tax-exempt entity)
subject to tax on unrelated business income, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income,
and that otherwise might not be required to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case
of a non-U.S. shareholder, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax.
Under current law, if a charitable remainder trust (defined in Section 664 of the
Code) realizes any unrelated business taxable income for a taxable year, it will be subject to an excise tax equal to 100% of such unrelated
business taxable income. In addition, if at any time during any taxable year a “disqualified organization” (as defined in the Code) is a record holder of a share in a regulated investment
company, then the regulated investment company will be subject to a tax equal to that
portion of its excess inclusion income for the taxable year that is allocable to the disqualified organization, multiplied by the
highest federal income tax rate imposed on corporations. The Funds does not intend to invest directly in residual interests in REMICs or to
invest in REITs in which a substantial portion of the assets will consist of residual interests in REMICs.
FUND DISTRIBUTIONS. Each Fund anticipates distributing substantially all of its net investment income
for each taxable year. Dividends of net investment income paid to a non-corporate U.S. shareholder that are reported as
qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at capital gain income tax rates. The amount of dividend income
that may be reported by a Fund as qualified dividend income will generally be limited to the aggregate of the eligible dividends
received by the Fund. Dividends of net investment income that are not reported as qualified dividend income or exempt-interest dividends
and dividends of net short-term capital gains will be taxable to shareholders at ordinary income rates. Dividends paid by a Fund with
respect to a taxable year will qualify for the dividends received deduction generally available to corporations to the extent of the amount
of dividends received by the Fund from certain domestic corporations for the taxable year. A Fund may also report dividends eligible
for a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for non-corporate U.S. shareholders to the extent the Fund’s income is derived from ordinary REIT dividends, reduced by allocable Fund expenses. In order for a Fund’s dividends to be eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income or for the dividends received deduction or qualified business income deduction, the Fund must meet certain holding
period requirements with respect to the shares on which the Fund received the eligible dividends, and the U.S. shareholder must meet
certain holding period requirements with respect to the Fund shares. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the U.S. federal income
tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year, including the portion of dividends paid that qualify
for the reduced tax rate.
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Ordinarily, shareholders are required to take taxable distributions by a Fund into
account in the year in which the distributions are made. However, for federal income tax purposes, dividends that are declared by the Funds
in October, November or December as of a record date in such month and actually paid in January of the following year will be treated
as if they were paid on December 31 of the year declared. Therefore, such dividends will generally be taxable to a shareholder in
the year declared rather than the year paid.
Dividends paid by the Funds that are properly reported as exempt-interest dividends
will not be subject to regular federal income tax. Dividends paid by the Funds will be exempt from federal income tax (though not necessarily
exempt from state and local taxation) to the extent of each Fund’s tax-exempt interest income as long as 50% or more of the value of the Fund’s assets at the end of each quarter is invested in (1) state, municipal and other bonds that are excluded from gross income
for federal income tax purposes or (2) interests in other regulated investment companies, and, in each case, as long as the Fund properly
reports such dividends as exempt-interest dividends. Exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on municipal securities
of a state, or its political subdivisions, are generally exempt from income tax in that state. However, income from municipal securities from
other states generally will not qualify for tax-free treatment.
Interest on indebtedness incurred by a shareholder to purchase or carry shares of
a Fund will not be deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent it relates to exempt-interest dividends received by a shareholder.
If a shareholder receives exempt-interest dividends with respect to any share of a Fund (unless the Fund declares income dividends
daily and pays such dividends at least as frequently as monthly) and if the share is held by the shareholder for six months
or less, then any loss on the sale or exchange of the share may, to the extent of the exempt-interest dividends, be disallowed. In addition,
the Code may require a shareholder that receives exempt-interest dividends to treat as taxable income a portion of certain otherwise
non-taxable social security and railroad retirement benefit payments. Furthermore, a portion of any exempt-interest dividend paid by a
Fund that represents income derived from certain revenue or private activity bonds held by the Fund may not retain its tax-exempt status
in the hands of a shareholder who is a “substantial user” of a facility financed by such bonds, or a “related person” thereof. In addition, the receipt of dividends and distributions from a Fund may affect a non-U.S. corporate shareholder’s federal “branch profits” tax liability and the federal “excess net passive income” tax liability of a shareholder of an S corporation. Shareholders should consult their
own tax advisers as to whether they are (i) “substantial users” with respect to a facility or “related” to such users within the meaning of the Code or (ii) subject to the federal “branch profits” tax, or the federal “excess net passive income” tax.
Each Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain (i.e., excess
net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) for each taxable year. Each Fund currently intends to distribute any
such amounts. If net capital gain is distributed and reported as a “capital gain dividend,” it will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain, regardless of the length
of time the shareholder has held its shares or whether such gain was recognized by the Fund prior
to the date on which the shareholder acquired its shares. Conversely, if a Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund
will be taxed thereon (except to the extent of any available capital loss carryovers) at the 21% corporate tax rate. In such a case, it is expected
that the Fund also will elect to have shareholders of record on the last day of its taxable year treated as if each received a distribution
of its pro rata share of such gain, with the result that each shareholder will be required to report its pro rata share of such gain on its
tax return as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax credit for its pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain,
and will increase the tax basis for its shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.
Distributions by a Fund that exceed the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of (and in reduction of) the shareholder’s tax basis in its shares; any distribution in excess of such tax basis will be treated as gain from the sale of its shares, as discussed below. Distributions in excess of a Fund’s minimum distribution requirements but not in excess of the Fund’s earnings and profits will be taxable to shareholders and will not constitute nontaxable returns of capital. In the event that the Fund were to experience an ownership change as defined under the Code, the Fund’s loss carryforwards, if any, may be subject to limitation.
Distributions by a Fund will be treated in the manner described above regardless of
whether such distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund (or of another fund). Shareholders receiving
a distribution in the form of additional shares will be treated as receiving a distribution in an amount equal to the amount of cash that
could have been received. In addition, prospective investors in a Fund should be aware that distributions from the Fund will, all other
things being equal, have the effect of reducing the NAV of the Fund’s shares by the amount of the distribution. If the NAV is reduced below a shareholder’s cost, the distribution will nonetheless be taxable as described above, even if the distribution effectively represents
a return of invested capital. Investors should consider the tax implications of buying shares just prior to a distribution, when
the price of shares may reflect the amount of the forthcoming distribution.
SALE OF SHARES. A shareholder will generally recognize gain or loss on the sale or redemption of
shares in an amount equal to the difference between the proceeds of the sale or redemption and the shareholder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares. All or a portion of any loss so recognized may be disallowed if the shareholder acquires other shares of a
Fund or substantially identical stock or securities
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within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before such disposition, such as pursuant
to reinvestment of a dividend in shares of the Fund. Additionally, if a shareholder disposes of shares of a Fund within 90 days following
their acquisition, and the shareholder subsequently re-acquires Fund shares (1) before January 31 of the calendar year following
the calendar year in which the original stock was disposed of, (2) pursuant to a reinvestment right received upon the purchase of
the original shares and (3) at a reduced load charge (i.e., sales or additional charge), then any load charge incurred upon the acquisition
of the original shares will not be taken into account as part of the shareholder’s basis for computing gain or loss upon the sale of such shares, to the extent the original load charge does not exceed any reduction of the load charge with respect to the acquisition of the subsequent
shares. To the extent the original load charge is not taken into account on the disposition of the original shares, such charge shall
be treated as incurred in connection with the acquisition of the subsequent shares. In general, any gain or loss arising from (or
treated as arising from) the sale or redemption of shares of a Fund will be considered capital gain or loss and will be long term capital
gain or loss if the shares were held for more than one year. However, any capital loss arising from the sale or redemption of shares
held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the amount of long-term capital gain dividends
received on (or undistributed long-term capital gains credited with respect to) such shares.
Capital gain of a non-corporate U.S. shareholder is generally taxed at a federal income
tax rate of up to 15% or 20% for individuals, depending on whether their incomes exceed certain threshold amounts, which are adjusted
annually for inflation, where the property is held by the shareholder for more than one year. Capital gain of a corporate shareholder
is taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.
Cost Basis Reporting. Your broker or other intermediary must report cost basis information to you and
the IRS when you sell or exchange shares in your non-retirement accounts. The cost basis regulations do not affect retirement
accounts or money market funds. The regulations also require reporting whether a gain or loss is short-term (shares held
one year or less) or long-term (shares held more than one year). To calculate the gain or loss on shares sold, you need to know the cost
basis of the shares. Cost basis is the original value of an asset for tax purposes (usually the gross purchase price), adjusted for stock splits,
reinvested dividends, and return of capital distributions. This value is used to determine the capital gain (or loss), which is
the difference between the cost basis of the shares and the gross proceeds when the shares are sold. Intermediaries generally support several
different cost basis methods from which you may select a cost basis method you believe best suited to your needs. If you decide to
elect the default method, no action is required on your part.
TAXATION ON CREATIONS AND REDEMPTIONS OF CREATION UNITS. An Authorized Participant generally will recognize either gain or loss upon the exchange of Deposit Securities for Creation Units. This gain or loss is calculated
by taking the market value of the Creation Units purchased over the Authorized Participant’s aggregate basis in the Deposit Securities exchanged therefor. However, the IRS may apply the wash sales rules to determine that any loss realized upon the exchange of
Deposit Securities for Creation Units is not currently deductible. Authorized Participants should consult their own tax advisors.
Capital gain or loss realized from the redemption of Creation Units will generally
create long-term capital gain or loss if the Authorized Participant holds the Creation Units for more than one year, or short-term capital
gain or loss if the Creation Units were held for one year or less, if the Creation Units are held as capital assets.
The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has the right to reject an order for a purchase
of shares of a Fund if the purchaser (or group of purchasers) would, upon obtaining the shares so ordered, own 80% or more of the outstanding
shares of the Fund and if, pursuant to Sections 351 and 362 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund would have a basis in
the securities different from the market value of such securities on the date of deposit. If a Fund’s basis in such securities on the date of deposit was less than market value on such date, the Fund, upon disposition of the securities, would recognize more taxable gain
or less taxable loss than if its basis in the securities had been equal to market value. It is not anticipated that the Trust will exercise
the right of rejection except in a case where the Trust determines that accepting the order could result in material adverse tax consequences
to the Fund or its shareholders. The Trust also has the right to require information necessary to determine beneficial share ownership
for purposes of the 80% determination.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING. Backup withholding will apply, at a 24% rate to all dividends and capital gain dividends,
and the proceeds of the sale of shares, paid to any shareholder (1) who has provided either an incorrect tax
identification number or no number at all, (2) who is subject to backup withholding by the IRS for failure to report the receipt of interest
or dividend income properly or (3) who has failed to certify that it is not subject to backup withholding or that it is a corporation or
other exempt recipient. In addition, dividends and capital gain dividends made to corporate U.S. holders may be subject to information reporting
and backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax and any amounts withheld may be refunded or credited against a shareholder’s federal income tax liability, provided the appropriate information is furnished to the IRS.
If a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to a Fund’s shares of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure
statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases exempted from this reporting requirement, but
under current guidance, shareholders of a
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regulated investment company are not exempted. The fact that a loss is reportable
under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer’s treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.
MEDICARE CONTRIBUTION TAX. A U.S. person that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into
a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, is subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the U.S. person’s “net investment income” for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the U.S. person’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over $200,000 (or $250,000 if married filing jointly). Each Fund shareholder’s net investment income will generally include, among other things, dividend income from the Fund and net gains from the disposition of Fund shares, unless such dividend income
or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of
certain passive or trading activities). If you are a U.S. person that is an individual, estate or trust, you are urged to consult your
tax advisers regarding the applicability of the Medicare contribution tax to your income and gains in respect of your investment in Fund shares.
NON-U.S. SHAREHOLDERS. Dividends paid to a shareholder who, as to the United States, is a nonresident alien
individual, non-U.S. trust or estate, non-U.S. corporation, or non-U.S. partnership (“non-U.S. shareholder”) will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) on the gross amount of the dividend. Such a
non-U.S. shareholder would generally be exempt from U.S. federal income tax, including withholding tax, on gains realized on the sale
of shares of a Fund, net capital gain dividends, exempt-interest dividends, and amounts retained by the Fund that are reported as undistributed
capital gains, and amounts reported by the Fund as interest-related dividends or short-term capital gain dividends.
The foregoing applies when the non-U.S. shareholder’s income from a Fund is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. If the income from a Fund is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business carried
on by a non-U.S. shareholder, then ordinary income dividends, qualified dividend income, net capital gain dividends, undistributed
capital gains credited to such shareholder and any gains realized upon the sale of shares of a Fund will be subject to U.S. federal
income tax at the graduated rates applicable to U.S. citizens or domestic corporations.
Distributions that a Fund reports as “short-term capital gain dividends” or “net capital gain dividends” will not be treated as such to a recipient non-U.S. shareholder if the distribution is attributable to a gain from
the sale or exchange of U.S. real property or an interest in a U.S. real property holding corporation (including a REIT dividend attributable to such gain) and a Fund’s direct or indirect interests in U.S. real property exceed certain levels. Instead, if the non-U.S. shareholder has
not owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of a Fund at any time during the one year period ending on the date of distribution,
such distributions will be subject to 30% withholding by a Fund and will be treated as ordinary dividends to the non-U.S. shareholder; if
the non-U.S. shareholder owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of a Fund at any time during the one-year period ending on the
date of the distribution, such distribution will be treated as real property gain subject to 21% withholding tax and could subject the
non-U.S. shareholder to U.S. filing requirements. Additionally, if a Fund’s direct or indirect interests in U.S. real property were to exceed certain levels, a non-U.S. shareholder realizing gains upon a sale of Fund shares could be subject to the 21% withholding tax and U.S.
filing requirements unless more than 50% of a Fund’s shares were owned by U.S. persons at such time or unless the non-U.S. person had not held more than 5% of a Fund’s outstanding shares throughout either such person’s holding period for the redeemed shares or, if shorter, the previous five years.
The rules laid out in the previous paragraph, other than the withholding rules, will apply notwithstanding a Fund’s participation in a wash sale transaction or its payment of a substitute dividend.
Provided that more than 50% of the value of a Fund’s stock is held by U.S. shareholders, distributions of U.S. real property interests (including securities in a U.S. real property holding corporation, unless such corporation
is regularly traded on an established securities market and a Fund has held 5% or less of the outstanding shares of the corporation
during the five-year period ending on the date of distribution), in redemption of a non-U.S. shareholder’s shares of the Fund will cause the Fund to recognize gain. If a Fund is required to recognize gain, the amount of gain recognized will be equal to the fair market value of such interests over the Fund’s adjusted bases to the extent of the greatest non-U.S. ownership percentage of the Fund during the
five-year period ending on the date of redemption.
In the case of non-U.S. non-corporate shareholders, a Fund may be required to backup
withhold U.S. federal income tax on distributions that are otherwise exempt from withholding tax unless such shareholders
furnish the Fund with proper notification of their non-U.S. status.
A 30% withholding tax is currently imposed on U.S.-source dividends, interest and
other income items paid to (i) non-U.S. financial institutions including non-U.S. investment funds unless they agree to collect and
disclose to the IRS information regarding their direct and indirect U.S. account holders and (ii) certain other non-U.S. entities, unless
they certify certain information regarding their direct and indirect U.S. owners. To avoid withholding, non-U.S. financial institutions will
need to (i) enter into agreements with the IRS that state that they will provide the IRS information, including the names, addresses and
taxpayer identification numbers of direct and
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indirect U.S. account holders, comply with due diligence procedures with respect to
the identification of U.S. accounts, report to the IRS certain information with respect to U.S. accounts maintained, agree to withhold tax
on certain payments made to non-compliant non-U.S. financial institutions or to account holders, or (ii) in the event that an
intergovernmental agreement and implementing legislation are adopted, provide local revenue authorities with similar account holder
information. Other non-U.S. entities will need to either provide the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each substantial
U.S. owner or certifications of no substantial U.S. ownership unless certain exceptions apply.
The tax consequences to a non-U.S. shareholder entitled to claim the benefits of an
applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Non-U.S. shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers
with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in a Fund, the procedure for claiming the benefit of a lower
treaty rate and the applicability of non-U.S. taxes.
NON-U.S. TAXES. Each Fund may be subject to non-U.S. withholding taxes or other non-U.S. taxes with respect
to income (possibly including, in some cases, capital gain) received from sources within non-U.S. countries.
So long as more than 50% by value of the total assets of a Fund (1) at the close of the taxable year, consists of stock or securities
of non-U.S. issuers, or (2) at the close of each quarter, consists of interests in other regulated investment companies, a Fund may elect to
treat any non-U.S. income taxes paid by it as paid directly by its shareholders.
If a Fund makes the election, each shareholder will be required to (i) include in
gross income, even though not actually received, its pro rata share of a Fund’s non-U.S. income taxes, and (ii) either deduct (in calculating U.S. taxable income) or credit (in calculating U.S. federal income tax) its pro rata share of a Fund’s income taxes. A non-U.S. tax credit may not exceed the U.S. federal income tax otherwise payable with respect to the non-U.S. source income. For this purpose, each
shareholder must treat as non-U.S .source gross income (i) its proportionate share of non-U.S. taxes paid by a Fund and (ii) the portion
of any actual dividend paid by a Fund which represents income derived from non-U.S. sources; the gain from the sale of securities
will generally be treated as U.S. source income and certain non-U.S. currency gains and losses likewise will be treated as derived
from U.S. sources. This non-U.S. tax credit limitation is, with certain exceptions, applied separately to separate categories of income;
dividends from a Fund will be treated as “passive” or “general” income for this purpose. The effect of this limitation may be to prevent shareholders
from claiming as a credit the full amount of their pro rata share of a Fund’s non-U.S. income taxes. In addition, shareholders will not be eligible to claim a non-U.S. tax credit with respect to non-U.S. income taxes paid by a Fund unless certain holding period requirements
are met at both a Fund and the shareholder levels. For purposes of foreign tax credits for U.S. shareholders of a
Fund, foreign capital gains taxes may not produce associated foreign source income, limiting the availability of such credits for U.S.
persons.
Each Fund will make such an election only if it deems it to be in the best interest of
its shareholders. A shareholder not subject to U.S. tax may prefer that this election not be made. Each Fund will notify shareholders
in writing each year if it makes the election and of the amount of non-U.S. income taxes, if any, to be passed through to the shareholders
and the amount of non-U.S. taxes, if any, for which shareholders of the Fund will not be eligible to claim a non-U.S. tax credit
because the holding period requirements (described above) have not been satisfied.
Shares of a Fund held by a non-U.S. shareholder at death will be considered situated
within the United States and subject to the U.S. estate tax.
STATE AND LOCAL TAX MATTERS. Depending on the residence of the shareholders for tax purposes, distributions may
also be subject to state and local taxes. Rules of state and local taxation regarding qualified dividend
income, ordinary income dividends and capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies and other items may differ from
federal income tax rules. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers as to the consequences of these and other state and local
tax rules affecting investment in a Fund.
CAPITAL LOSS CARRYFORWARDS. Because the Funds are new, this information is not available.
DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Board has adopted policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of portfolio
securities owned by each Fund and to authorize certain arrangements to make available information about portfolio holdings.
These policies and procedures are designed to ensure that disclosures of a Fund’s portfolio holdings are made consistently with the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, the fiduciary duties of each Fund and its adviser, certain provisions of the 1940
Act and the rules thereunder permitting the operation of a Fund as an ETF, and the requirements of any Exchange. The policy is designed to
ensure that disclosures of nonpublic portfolio holdings to selected third parties are made only when the Fund has legitimate business
purposes for doing so and the recipients are subject to a duty of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on the nonpublic
information.
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The Board has authorized PGIM Investments, as the investment manager of each Fund,
to administer these policies and procedures and to enter into confidentiality agreements on behalf of the Funds that provide that
all information disclosed shall be treated as confidential and that the recipient will not trade on the nonpublic information. No
material, non-public information, including but not limited to portfolio holdings, may be disseminated to third parties except in compliance
with these policies and procedures.
The Custodian Bank (BNY) is authorized to facilitate, under the supervision of PGIM
Investments, the release of portfolio holdings.
Each Fund will post on its publicly available website on each day that the Fund is
open for business, including as required by Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act (a “Business Day”), before commencement of trading of the Fund’s shares on the Exchange, the identities and quantities of the portfolio securities, assets and other positions held by the Fund that will form the basis for the ETF’s calculation of NAV at the end of the Business Day. The website will be publicly available at no charge. Each Fund’s portfolio holdings, or portions thereof, also may be disclosed through financial reporting and news services, such as Bloomberg,
and through other publicly accessible Internet websites.
In addition, a basket composition file, which includes the security names and share
quantities to deliver (or be received) in exchange for Fund shares, together with estimates and actual cash components, will be publicly
disseminated daily prior to the opening of the Exchange(s). Neither the Funds nor their service providers may publicly disseminate
material non-public information concerning a Fund without the approval of the Chief Compliance Officer.
Complete Fund holdings will be made public at the time of quarterly public regulatory
filings via Forms N-CSR and/or N-PORT, unless noted otherwise herein.
Daily Calculation of Net Asset Value. The net asset value per share of each Fund will
be calculated on each Business Day and will be made available to all market participants at the same time via the Fund’s website. A Fund’s net asset value may also be made available through other published means (e.g., in newspapers or other Internet websites). The Fund’s website will also include, on a per share basis, the market closing price or mid-point of the bid/ask spread at the time of
calculation of such net asset value, and a calculation of the premium or discount of the market closing price or mid-point of the bid/ask spread against such net asset value. Each Fund’s website will also include information on the premium or discount of the market closing
price over the most recently completed calendar year and the most recently completed calendar quarters since that year and information
on the median bid/ask spread during each of the last 30 calendar days.
Public Disclosures—Non-Specific Information. Each Fund and/or PGIM Investments may publicly distribute non-specific information about the Funds and/or summary information about the Funds at any time. Such information
will not identify any specific portfolio holding, but may reflect, among other things, the quality or character of a Fund’s holdings.
Ongoing Nonpublic Disclosure Arrangements. Each Fund has entered into ongoing arrangements
to make available nonpublic information about its portfolio holdings, subject to the conditions, restrictions
and requirements set forth below. Parties receiving this information may include intermediaries that distribute Fund shares, third-party providers
of auditing, custody, proxy voting and other services for the Funds, rating and ranking organizations, and certain affiliated persons
of each Fund, as described below. The procedures utilized to determine eligibility are set forth below:
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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).
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The request shall be forwarded to PGIM Investments’ Product Management Group and to the Chief Compliance Officer or their delegate for review and approval.
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A confidentiality agreement in the form approved by a Fund officer must be executed
by the recipient of the portfolio holdings.
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A Fund officer shall approve the release and the agreement. Copies of the release and agreement shall be sent to PGIM Investments’ Law Department.
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Written notification of the approval shall be sent by such officer to PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group to arrange the release of portfolio holdings.
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PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group shall arrange the release by the Custodian Bank.
Requests for disclosure to PGIM Investments or its employees shall follow the procedures
noted above other than the execution of a confidentiality agreement.
Set forth below are the authorized ongoing arrangements as of the date of this SAI:
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1. Traditional External Recipients/Vendors
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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;
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Full holdings on a daily basis to ISS (securities class action claims administrator)
at the end of each day;
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Full holdings on a daily basis to a Fund's subadviser(s), Custodian Bank, sub-custodian
(if any) and accounting agents (which includes the Custodian Bank and any other accounting agent that may be appointed)
at the end of each day. When a Fund has more than one subadviser, each subadviser receives holdings information only with respect
to the “sleeve” or segment of the Fund for which the subadviser has responsibility;
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Full holdings to a Fund's independent registered public accounting firm as soon as
practicable following the Fund's fiscal year-end or on an as-needed basis;
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Full holdings to a Fund’s counsel on an as-needed basis;
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Full holdings to counsel of a Fund’s independent board members on an as-needed basis;
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Full holdings to financial printers as soon as practicable following the end of a
Fund's quarterly, semi-annual and annual period-ends; and
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Full holdings to a Fund’s securities lending agent on a daily basis.
2. Analytical Service Providers
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All equity trades on a quarterly basis to Abel/Noser Corp. (review of brokerage commissions/best
execution) when made available;
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Full holdings to Morningstar and Bloomberg on a daily basis;
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Full holdings on a daily basis to FactSet Research Systems Inc. (investment research
provider) when made available;
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Full holdings on a quarterly basis to Frank Russell Company (investment research provider)
when made available;
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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);
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Full holdings on a daily basis to Bloomberg BVAL, ICE, S&P Global, London Stock Exchange
Group (LSEG) and J.P. Morgan PricingDirect (securities valuation) in real time;
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All FX trades on a monthly basis to FX Transparency (foreign exchange/transaction
analysis) when made available;
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Full holdings on a daily basis to ICE/Innocap (liquidity calculations) in real time;
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Full holdings on a daily basis to Innocap (VaR calculations) in real time (for funds
that are full derivatives users pursuant to Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act).
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Full Holdings on a daily basis to ICE (valuation of international securities) in real
time (for funds with international holdings (except ETFs));
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Full holdings on a monthly basis to CAPIS (commission recapture calculations) when
made available (Jennison funds only);
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Full holdings on a daily basis to ACA (trade surveillance and market abuse detection)
overnight (Jennison funds only); and
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Full holdings on a monthly basis to Lincoln International (valuation) in real time.
In each case, the information disclosed must be for a legitimate business purpose
and is subject to a confidentiality agreement intended to prohibit the recipient from trading on or further disseminating such information
(except for legitimate business purposes).
In addition, certain authorized employees of PGIM Investments receive portfolio holdings
information on a quarterly, monthly or daily basis or upon request, in order to perform their business functions. All PGIM Investments
employees are subject to the requirements of the personal securities trading policy of Prudential, which prohibits employees from
trading on or further disseminating confidential information, including portfolio holdings information.
There can be no assurance that the policies and procedures on portfolio holdings information
will protect a Fund from the potential misuse of such information by individuals or entities that come into possession of
the information.
PROXY VOTING
The Board has delegated to the Manager the responsibility for voting any proxies and
maintaining proxy recordkeeping with respect to the Funds. The Manager is authorized by the Funds to delegate, in whole or in part,
their proxy voting authority to the subadviser(s) or third party vendors consistent with the policies set forth below. The proxy voting
process shall remain subject to the supervision of the Board, including any committee thereof established for that purpose.
The Manager and the Board view the proxy voting process as a component of the investment
process and, as such, seek to ensure that all proxy proposals are voted with the primary goal of seeking the optimal benefit
for the Funds. Consistent with this goal, the Board views the proxy voting process as a means to encourage strong corporate governance
practices and ethical conduct by corporate management. The Manager and the Board maintain a policy of seeking to protect the
best interests of the Funds should a proxy issue potentially implicate a conflict of interest between the Funds and the Manager or
its affiliates.
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The Manager delegates to the Funds' subadviser(s) the responsibility for voting proxies.
The subadviser(s) is expected to identify and seek to obtain the optimal benefit for the Funds, and to adopt written policies that
meet certain minimum standards, including that the policies be reasonably designed to protect the best interests of the Funds and delineate
procedures to be followed when a proxy vote presents a conflict between the interests of the Funds and the interests of the subadviser(s)
or its affiliates. The Manager and the Board expect that the subadviser(s) will notify the Manager and Board at least annually
of any such conflicts identified and confirm how the issue was resolved. In addition, the Manager expects that the subadviser(s) will deliver
to the Manager, or its appointed vendor, information required for filing the Form N-PX with the SEC. Information regarding
how the Funds voted proxies relating to their portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available
without charge on the Funds' website at www.pgim.com/investments and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
A summary of the proxy voting policies of the subadviser(s) is set forth in its respective
Appendix to this SAI.
CODES OF ETHICS
The Board has adopted a Code of Ethics. In addition, the Manager, subadviser(s) and
Distributor have each adopted a Code of Ethics. The Codes of Ethics apply to access persons (generally, persons who have access to
information about the Funds' investment program) and permit personnel subject to the Codes of Ethics to invest in securities, including
securities that may be purchased or held by the Funds. However, the protective provisions of the Codes of Ethics prohibit certain
investments and limit such personnel from making investments during periods when the Funds are making such investments. The Codes of
Ethics are on public file with, and are available from, the SEC.
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APPENDIX I: PROXY VOTING POLICIES OF THE SUBADVISER
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures
I.
Policy
Jennison (or the “Company”) may be granted by its clients the authority to vote the proxies of securities held
in client portfolios. In such cases, Jennison’s objective is to vote proxies in the best interest of its clients. To further this objective, Jennison has adopted this policy and related procedures. to guide the voting of proxies in a manner that is consistent with Jennison’s fiduciary duties and the requirements of Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act (the “Advisers Act”).
Unless otherwise specified by a client, “best interest” means the client’s best economic interest over the long term, as determined by Jennison’s portfolio managers and analysts (“Investment Professionals”) covering the issuer. Jennison recognizes that ballot issues, including environmental and social matters, can vary significantly depending on a company’s industry operations and geographic footprint. The Company will consider relevant factors in a manner consistent with
its fiduciary duties and its objective of maximizing long-term shareholder value. Jennison will not consider its own interests, or those
of any affiliates, when voting proxies.
II.
Procedures
Proxy Voting Guidelines
Jennison has adopted proxy voting guidelines (the “Jennison Guidelines”) for voting proxies on specific types of issues. All proxy voting rights exercised by the Company follow the Jennison Guidelines with certain limited
exceptions as noted below. The proxy team which is part of the Company’s Operations Department (the “Proxy Team”) maintains the Jennison Guidelines which are reviewed annually by the Proxy Committee and as needed by the Investment Professionals.
The Jennison Guidelines are meant to convey the Company’s general approach to voting decisions on certain issues. Nevertheless, Investment Professionals review all proposals related to fundamental strategies and
make final decisions based on the merits of each voting opportunity. Additionally, Jennison’s Sustainability Team may provide vote recommendations to the Investment Professionals on certain proposals based on the financial materiality of the topic.
If an Investment Professional determines that a vote should differ from the Jennison
Guidelines, the Proxy Team is notified. In some cases, the Investment Professional may determine that certain clients should vote
differently, or that abstaining is in the best interests of some or all clients. In these cases, where the vote instructions differ from the Jennison
Guidelines, the Proxy Team notifies the relevant Heads of Strategy and/or supervisor and also maintains documentation of the reason(s)
for the deviation from the Jennison Guidelines.
Client Directed and Jennison Custom Voting Guidelines
In certain limited cases, clients may provide specific voting instructions which must
be communicated or confirmed in writing, either through the investment advisory contract or other written correspondence. These instructions
may: (1) require Jennison to vote for the client’s securities in accordance with the client’s own voting guidelines (“Client Directed Guidelines”), or (2) indicate that the Company is not responsible for voting for the client’s proxies. Jennison will accommodate such instructions where appropriate.
The Proxy Team reviews all Client Directed Guidelines, approves their operational
implementation, and communicates the required instructions to the third-party proxy voting vendor. Certain client instructions may
only be implemented on a best-efforts basis.
In addition to Client Directed Guidelines, Jennison may also adopt custom proxy voting
guidelines developed for specific investment products or vehicles that seek to follow a particular religious or values-based principles
(“Jennison Custom Guidelines”). These Jennison Custom Guidelines are provided by a third-party proxy voting vendor and are reviewed
by the Proxy Committee prior to adoption. On a quarterly basis, the Proxy Team reviews the voting records of any accounts that utilize
Jennison Custom Guidelines and reports its findings to the Proxy Committee.
Use of a Third Party Voting Service
Jennison utilizes an independent third-party proxy voting vendor to support the end-to-end
proxy voting process. The vendor provides research and analytics on ballot proposals to the Investment Professionals, facilitates
operational implementation of voting instructions, and maintains comprehensive recordkeeping and reporting for all accounts for which
Jennison has proxy voting authority.
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The vendor receives all proxy materials from client custodians and maintains all applicable
voting guidelines, including the Jennison Guidelines, Client Directed Guidelines, and Jennison Custom Guidelines, within its
system. The vendor platform enables automated vote execution in accordance with the applicable guidelines, while ensuring that Jennison
retains full discretion and ultimate responsibility for all voting decisions.
For accounts that utilize Client Directed Guidelines or Jennison Custom Guidelines,
the vendor automatically implements the applicable guidelines through its system, subject to the operational limitations of the vendor
and custodians. The Proxy Team oversees the accuracy of guideline setup within the vendor’s system and monitors the vendor’s performance, including the proper application of all guidelines, timely vote execution, and adherence to operational and reporting requirements..
Identifying and Addressing Potential Material Conflicts of Interest
The Advisers Act requires that the proxy voting procedures adopted and implemented
by a U.S. investment adviser includes procedures that address material conflicts of interest that may arise between the investment adviser’s interests and those of its clients. Examples of such material conflicts of interest include, but are not limited to:
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Management of a client solicits proxies, and voting against management could affect Jennison’s relationship with the client
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A Jennison employee has a personal or family relationship with an issuer’s management that could influence the voting decision
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An Investment Professional holds a personal position in an issuer’s security for which Jennison has a material investment and proxy voting responsibility.
When a potential material conflict is identified, the Proxy Committee will evaluate
the situation and determine whether an actual material conflict of interest exists.
If the Proxy Committee determines that a material conflict is present and the Investment
Professional is recommending a vote that either deviates from the Jennison Guidelines or requires a case-by-case basis determination
due to the absence of a specific guideline recommendation, the voting decision must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate
Head of Strategy and/or the Investment Professional’s supervisor and the Proxy Committee before the vote us cast.
Any decision to abstain must independently reflect the best interests of clients and
not be based on avoiding a material conflict of interest
Non-Fundamental Accounts
In limited situations where Jennison votes proxies for an issuer that is not held
in a fundamental equity account, including for securities held in portfolios managed by the Custom Solutions Group or wrap accounts, Jennison
will vote consistent with the Jennison Guidelines. If no specific Jennison Guideline exists, Jennison will consider the recommendations
of the proxy voting vendor.
International Holdings
Jennison exercises opportunities to vote on international holdings on a best-efforts
basis. Such votes will be cast based on the same principles that govern domestic holdings.
In some countries casting a proxy vote can adversely affect a client, such as countries
that restrict stock sales around the time of the proxy vote by requiring “share blocking” as part of the voting process. The Investment Professional covering the issuer will
weigh the expected benefits of voting proxies on international holdings against any anticipated
costs or limitations, such as those associated with share blocking. Jennison may abstain from voting if the expected costs or limitations
associated with voting outweigh the benefits.
Securities Lending
Certain Jennison clients may participate in securities lending programs with various
counterparties. Under most securities lending arrangements, proxy voting rights during the lending period generally are transferred
to the borrower, and thus proxies received in connection with the securities on loan may not be voted by the lender unless the loan
is recalled.
If a client participates in a securities lending program and the Investment Professional
determines that a vote involves matters that would have a material effect on the client’s investment in such loaned securities, Jennison will use its best efforts to work with the client’s custodian to recall the shares so that Jennison can vote the proxy.
Disclosure to Advisory Clients
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Jennison’s proxy voting policy and procedures and proxy voting records are publicly available on Jennison’s website. Upon request, clients may obtain a copy of Jennison’s Guidelines, as well as information about how Jennison voted that client’s proxies. Any such requests should be directed to the client service representative responsible for the client’s account who will coordinate with the Proxy Team.
Regulatory Filings
Reporting Jennison’s say-on-pay votes
Jennison is required to report annually say-on-pay votes on Form N-PX. “Say-on-pay” refers to shareholder voting relating to: (1) approval of the compensation of a company’s named executive officers; (2) the frequency of such votes; and (3) approval of “golden parachute” compensation in connection with a merger or acquisition. Jennison’s Proxy Team is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the information filed on Jennison’s Form N-PX. Compliance is responsible for filing Form N-PX in accordance with Jennison’s Regulatory Filings Policy and Procedure.
Reporting for Investment Companies
Upon request, the Proxy Team will provide each investment company for which Jennison
acts as sub-adviser reporting needed to satisfy their regulatory and board requirements, including, but not limited to, information
required for Form N-PX.
Pre-Solicitation Contact
From time to time, portfolio companies (or proxy solicitors acting on their behalf)
may contact Investment Professionals or others in advance of the publication of proxy solicitation materials to solicit support for
certain contemplated proposals.
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A pre-solicitation contact is any communication, written or oral, formal or informal,
with the company or a representative of the company regarding proxy proposals prior to publication of the official proxy solicitation
materials.
A pre-solicitation contact could result in the recipient receiving material non-public
information.
In a situation when an employee is contacted in advance of publication of proxy solicitation
materials or when the employee believes that the information shared could be considered material and non-public, the employee should
immediately contact Compliance.
Under certain circumstances, it may be appropriate to share Jennison’s general approach to certain issues. However, employees are prohibited from disclosing how Jennison voted or promising to vote in a particular
manner under any circumstance during these pre-solicitation meetings or contacts.
III.
Internal Controls
The Proxy Committee
Jennison’s internal Proxy Committee is responsible for overseeing the proxy voting process and ensuring that Jennison meets its regulatory and corporate governance obligations for voting proxies. The Proxy Voting
Committee meets at least quarterly and is comprised of representatives from Operations, Operational Risk, Legal, Compliance
and Sustainability team.
The specific responsibilities of the Proxy Committee include, but are not limited
to:
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Reviewing this Policy and Procedures annually for accuracy and effectiveness, and
recommending and adopting any necessary changes
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Reviewing proposed amendments to the Jennison Guidelines in consultation with the
Investment Professionals and making revisions as appropriate
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Oversight of the implementation of Client-Directed Guidelines and Jennison Custom
Guidelines
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Reviewing quarterly voting metrics and analysis published by the Proxy Team
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Reviewing performance of the proxy voting vendor, including accuracy and completeness
of research reports, engagement with issuers, potential conflicts of interest, and overall administration of Jennison’s proxy voting recommendations.
IV.
Escalating Concerns
Any concerns about aspects of the policy that lack specific escalation guidance may be reported to the reporting employee’s supervisor or senior management. Alternatively, Jennison has an Ethics Reporting Hotline phone
number and email address that enables employees to raise concerns anonymously. Information about the Ethics Reporting Hotline
phone number and email address can be found on the Jennison intranet’s “Ethics” web page.
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V.
Discipline and Sanctions
All Jennison employees are responsible for understanding and complying with the policies
and procedures outlined in this policy. The procedures described in this policy are intended to ensure that Jennison and its employees
act in full compliance with the law. Violations of this policy and related procedures will be communicated to your supervisor and to senior management through Jennison’s Compliance Council, and may lead to disciplinary action.
Revised February 28, 2026
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APPENDIX II: DESCRIPTIONS OF SECURITY RATINGS
MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. (“MOODY’S”)
Global Long Term Ratings
Aaa: Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest
level of credit risk.
Aa: Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low
credit risk.
A: Obligations rated A are judged to be upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit
risk.
Baa: Obligations rated Baa are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit
risk and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.
Ba: Obligations rated Ba are judged to be speculative and are subject to substantial
credit risk.
B: Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.
Caa: Obligations rated Caa are judged to be speculative of poor standing and are subject
to very high credit risk.
Ca: Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default,
with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.
C: Obligations rated C are the lowest rated and are typically in default, with little
prospect for recovery of principal or interest.
Note: Moody’s appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category;
the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category. Additionally, a ‘(hyb)’ indicator is appended to all ratings of hybrid securities issued by banks, insurers, finance companies, and securities firms.*
*By their terms, hybrid securities allow for the omission of scheduled dividends,
interest, or principal payments, which can potentially result in impairment if such an omission occurs. Hybrid securities may also be subject
to contractually allowable write-downs of principal that could result in impairment. Together with the hybrid security indicator, the
long-term obligation rating assigned to a hybrid security is an expression of the relative credit risk associated with that security.
Global Short-Term Ratings
P-1: Ratings of Prime-1 reflect a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
P-2: Ratings of Prime-2 reflect a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
P-3: Ratings of Prime-3 reflect an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.
NP: Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the
Prime rating categories.
Short-Term Municipal Ratings
MIG 1: This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded
by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.
MIG 2: This designation denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample, although
not as large as in the preceding group.
MIG 3: This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Liquidity and cash-flow protection
may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established.
SG: This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Debt instruments in this
category may lack sufficient margins of protection.
S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”)
Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings*
Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings*
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AAA: An obligation rated ‘AAA’ has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is extremely strong.
AA: An obligation rated ‘AA’ differs from the highest rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is very strong.
A: An obligation rated ‘A’ is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is still strong.
BBB: An obligation rated ‘BBB’ exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to weaken the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation.
BB, B, CCC, CC, and C: Obligations rated ‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CCC’, ‘CC’, and ‘C’ are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. ‘BB’ indicates the least degree of speculation and ‘C’ the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposure
to adverse conditions.
BB: An obligation rated ‘BB’ is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation.
B: An obligation rated ‘B’ is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated ‘BB’, but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitments on the obligation.
CCC: An obligation rated CCC is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon
favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitments on the obligation. In
the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitments
on the obligation.
CC: An obligation rated ‘CC’ is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The ‘CC’ rating is used when a default has not yet occurred but S&P expects default to be a virtual certainty, regardless of the anticipated time
to default.
C: An obligation rated ‘C’ is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment, and the obligation is expected to have lower relative seniority or lower ultimate recovery compared with obligations that are rated higher.
D: An obligation rated 'D' is in default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid
capital instruments, the 'D' rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P believes
that such payments will be made within the next five business days in the absence of a stated grace period or within the earlier
of the stated grace period or the next 30 calendar days. The 'D' rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or
the taking of similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. A
rating on an obligation is lowered to 'D' if it is subject to a distressed debt restructuring.
*Ratings from ‘AA’ to ‘CCC’ may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the rating categories.
Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings
A-1: A short-term obligation rated 'A-1' is rated in the highest category by S&P. The obligor's
capacity to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated
with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitments on these obligations is extremely strong.
A-2: A short-term obligation rated 'A-2' is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects
of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity
to meet its financial commitments on the obligation is satisfactory.
A-3: A short-term obligation rated 'A-3' exhibits adequate protection parameters. However,
adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to weaken an obligor's capacity to meet its financial
commitments on the obligation.
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B: A short-term obligation rated 'B' is regarded as vulnerable and has significant speculative
characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties
that could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments.
C: A short-term obligation rated 'C' is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent
upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitments on the obligation.
D: A short-term obligation rated 'D' is in default or in breach of an imputed promise.
For non-hybrid capital instruments, the 'D' rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless
S&P believes that such payments will be made within any stated grace period. However, any stated grace period longer than five
business days will be treated as five business days. The 'D' rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking
of a similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. A rating on
an obligation is lowered to 'D' if it is subject to a distressed debt restructuring.
Municipal Short-Term Note Ratings
An S&P U.S. municipal note rating reflects S&P’s opinion about the liquidity factors and market access risks unique to the notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes with an original
maturity of more than three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. In determining the type of rating if any, to assign, S&P’s analysis will review the following considerations.
■ Amortization schedule-the larger the final maturity relative to other maturities, the more likely it will be treated as a note; and
■ Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note.
Note rating symbols are as follows:
SP-1: Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very
strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.
SP-2: Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse
financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
SP-3: Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.
D: ‘D’ is assigned upon failure to pay the note when due, completion of a distressed debt restructuring, or the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual
certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions.
FITCH RATINGS LTD. (“Fitch”)
Issuer Default Ratings
AAA: Highest Credit Quality. ‘AAA’ ratings denote the lowest expectation of default risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely
to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.
AA: Very High Credit Quality. ‘AA’ ratings denote expectations of very low default risk. They indicate very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable
events.
A: High Credit Quality. ‘A’ ratings denote expectations of low default risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse
business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB: Good Credit Quality. ‘BBB’ ratings indicate that expectations of default risk are currently low. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse business or economic conditions are
more likely to impair this capacity.
BB: Speculative. ‘BB’ ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to default risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time; however, business or financial flexibility exists that
supports the servicing of financial commitments.
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B: Highly Speculative. ‘B’ ratings indicate that material default risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, capacity for continued payment is vulnerable
to deterioration in the business and economic environment.
CCC: Substantial Credit Risk. Very low margin for safety. Default is a real possibility.
CC: Very High Levels of Credit Risk. Default of some kind appears probable.
C: Near Default. A default or default-like process has begun, or for a closed funding
vehicle, payment capacity is irrevocably impaired. Conditions that are indicative of a ‘C’ category rating for an issuer include:
■
The issuer has entered into a grace or cure period following non-payment of a material
financial obligation;
■
The formal announcement by the issuer or their agent of a distressed debt exchange;
and
■
A closed financing vehicle where payment capacity is irrevocably impaired such that
it is not expected to pay interest and/or principal in full during the life of the transaction, but where no payment default
is imminent.
RD: Restricted default. ‘RD’ ratings indicate an issuer that in Fitch’s opinion has experienced:
■
An uncured payment default or distressed debt exchange on a bond, loan or other material
financial obligation, but
■
Has not entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation,
or other formal winding-up procedure, and
■
Has not otherwise ceased operating.
This would include:
-
The selective payment default on a specific class or currency of debt;
-
The uncured expiry of any applicable original grace period, cure period or default
forbearance period following a payment default on a bank loan, capital markets security or other material financial obligation.
D: Default. ‘D’ ratings indicate an issuer that in Fitch’s opinion has entered into bankruptcy filings, administration, receivership, liquidation or other formal winding-up procedure, or that has otherwise ceased business
and debt is still outstanding.
Default ratings are not assigned prospectively to entities or their obligations; within
this context, non-payment on an instrument that contains a deferral feature or grace period will generally not be considered a default
until after the expiration of the deferral or grace period, unless a default is otherwise driven by bankruptcy or other similar circumstance,
or by a distressed debt exchange.
In all cases, the assignment of a default rating reflects the agency’s opinion as to the most appropriate rating category consistent with the rest of its universe of ratings and may differ from the definition of default under the terms of an issuer’s financial obligations or local commercial practice.
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Short-Term Ratings Assigned to Issuers and Obligations
F1: Highest Short-Term Credit Quality. Indicates the strongest intrinsic capacity for
timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.
F2: Good Short-Term Credit Quality. Good intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments.
F3: Fair Short-Term Credit Quality. The intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments is adequate.
B: Speculative Short-Term Credit Quality. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments, plus heightened vulnerability to near term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
C: High Short-Term Default Risk. Default is a real possibility.
RD: Restricted Default. Indicates an entity that has defaulted on one or more of its financial
commitments, although it continues to meet other financial obligations. Typically applicable to entity ratings only.
D: Default. Indicates a broad based default event for an entity, or the default of a
short-term obligation.
Within rating categories, Fitch may use modifiers. The modifiers “+” or “-” may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. For example, the rating category ‘AA’ has three notch-specific rating levels (‘AA+’; ‘AA’; ‘AA-‘; each a rating level). Such suffixes are not added to ‘AAA’ ratings and ratings below the ‘CCC’ category. For the short-term rating category of ‘F1’, a “+” may be appended.
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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28. Exhibits.
(c) Registrant incorporates by reference the following provisions of its Agreement
and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, as Exhibit (a)(2) and Exhibit (b), respectively, defining the rights of Registrant’s shareholders: Articles III and V of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Article III of the By-Laws.
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(d)(48) Management Agreement between the Registrant and PGIM Investments LLC on behalf
of PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(d)(49) Subadvisory Agreement among PGIM Investments LLC and Jennison Associates LLC
on behalf of PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(d)(50) Management Agreement between the Registrant and PGIM Investments LLC on behalf
of PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(d)(51) Subadvisory Agreement among PGIM Investments LLC and Jennison Associates LLC
on behalf of PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(e)(3) Amendment to the Distribution Agreement between the Registrant and Prudential
Investment Management Services LLC to add PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF and PGIM Jennison
International Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(f) Not applicable.
(g)(3) Amendment to Custody Agreement dated November 7, 2002, between the Registrant
and The Bank of New York Mellon to add PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF and PGIM Jennison International
Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
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(h)(3) Amendment to Transfer Agency and Service agreement dated March 24, 2022, between
the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon to add PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF and
PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(h)(6) Amendment to the Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement dated February
3, 2006, with the Bank of New York Mellon to add PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF and PGIM Jennison
International Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
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(i)(12) Opinion and consent of Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP as to the legality
of the securities being registered for PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core Equity ETF and PGIM Jennison International Core
Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(j) Consent of independent registered public accounting firm. N/A.
(k) Not applicable.
(l) Not applicable.
(m)(3) Amended Distribution and Service Plan to add PGIM Jennison Small-Mid Cap Core
Equity ETF and PGIM Jennison International Core Equity ETF. To be filed in subsequent amendment.
(n) Not applicable.
(o) Power of Attorney dated December 4, 2025.
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Item 29. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with the Registrant.
None.
Item 30. Indemnification.
Subject to the limitations of Section 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 statutory trust
may provide in its governing instrument for the indemnification of its officers and trustees from and against any
and all claims and demands. Article VII, Section 2 of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Article XI of
the By-Laws provide that (1) the officers, Trustees, employees and agents of the Registrant will not be liable to the
Registrant, any shareholder, officer, Trustee, employee, agent or other person for any action or failure to act,
except for bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties, and those individuals
may be indemnified against liabilities in connection with the Registrant, subject to the same exceptions 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 the Registrant). As permitted
by Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act, pursuant to Section 10 of the Distribution Agreement, the Distributor of the Registrant
may be indemnified against liabilities which it may incur, except liabilities arising from bad faith, gross negligence,
willful misfeasance or reckless disregard of duties.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (Securities Act) may be permitted to Trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (Commission) such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1940
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a Trustee, officer, or controlling person
of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against
the Registrant by such Trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the shares being registered, the
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.
The Registrant has purchased an insurance policy insuring its officers and Trustees
against liabilities, and certain costs of defending claims against such officers and Trustees, to the extent such officers
and Trustees are not found to have committed conduct constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence
or reckless disregard in the performance of their duties. The insurance policy also insures the Registrant against
the cost of indemnification payments to officers and Trustees under certain circumstances.
Section 9 of the Management Agreement and Section 6 of the Subadvisory Agreements
limit the liability of PGIM Investments LLC and PGIM, Inc., PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC and Jennison Associates
LLC, 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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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 profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in
by the officers and directors of PGIM Investments during the past two years are listed in Schedules A and D of Form
ADV of PGIM Investments as currently on file with the Commission (File No. 801-31104), the text of which is hereby
incorporated by reference.
PGIM, Inc. (“PGIM”)
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.
The profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by the officers
and directors of PGIM, Inc. during the past two years are included in Schedule A and D of Form ADV filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 801-22808), as most recently amended, the text of which is hereby
incorporated 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.
The business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in
by the officers and directors of PGIM Limited during the past two years 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 Quantitative Solutions LLC
See the Prospectus constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.
The business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in
by the officers and directors of PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC during the past two years 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.
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.
The business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in
by the officers and directors of Jennison during the past two years is included in its Form ADV filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (801-5608), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 32. Principal Underwriters.
(a) Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS) is distributor for PGIM Rock
ETF Trust, PGIM Credit Income Fund, PGIM Private Credit Fund, PGIM Private Real Estate Fund, Inc., 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.,
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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. and The Prudential Variable Contract GI-2.
(b) The following table sets forth information regarding certain officers of PIMS.
As a limited liability company, PIMS has no directors.
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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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Karen Leibowitz (1)
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President
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N/A
|
|
Scott E. Benjamin (1)
|
Vice President
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Board Member and
Vice President
|
|
H. Soo Lee (1)
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Senior Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer and Secretary
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N/A
|
|
Meredith Henning (1)
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Compliance Officer
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N/A
|
|
Robert P. Smit (1)
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Senior Vice President, Controller
and Chief Financial Officer
|
N/A
|
|
Louis A. Taite (1)
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Operations Officer
|
N/A
|
|
Frank Papasavas (1)
|
Treasurer
|
N/A
|
|
Tiffany Khan (2)
|
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
|
Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer
|
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Kristin Pruzinsky (1)
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Product Officer
|
N/A
|
Principal Business Addresses:
(1)
655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
(2)
751 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
(c) Registrant has no principal underwriter who is not an affiliated person of the
Registrant.
Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.
All accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of
the 1940 Act and the Rules thereunder are maintained at the offices of The Bank of New York Mellon. (BNY),
240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, PGIM, Inc., 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, Jennison
Associates LLC, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055, PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC, 655 Broad
Street, 16th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, PGIM Limited, Grand Building, 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5HR, United
Kingdom, and the Registrant, 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.
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Item 34. Management Services.
Other than as set forth under the captions “How the Fund is Managed-Manager” and “How the Fund is Managed-Distributor” in the Prospectus and the caption “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI, constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement, Registrant
is not a party to any management-related service contract.
Item 35. Undertakings.
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Newark, and State of New Jersey, on June 11, 2026.
PGIM ETF Trust
*
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.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
Ellen S. Alberding
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Trustee
|
|
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*
Kevin J. Bannon
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Trustee
|
|
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*
Scott E. Benjamin
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Trustee
|
|
|
*
Linda W. Bynoe
|
Trustee
|
|
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*
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
|
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
|
|
|
*
Russ Shupak
|
Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer
|
|
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*By: /s/ Patrick McGuinness
Patrick McGuinness
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Attorney-in-Fact
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June 11, 2026
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
for the PGIM Fund Complex
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, Melissa Gonzalez,
Patrick McGuinness, Debra Rubano, George Hoyt and Devan Goolsby 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.
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/s/ Ellen S. Alberding
Ellen S. Alberding
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/s/ Laurie Simon Hodrick
Laurie Simon Hodrick
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/s/ Kevin J. Bannon
Kevin J. Bannon
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/s/ Christian J. Kelly
Christian J. Kelly
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/s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Scott E. Benjamin
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/s/ Stuart S. Parker
Stuart S. Parker
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/s/ Linda W. Bynoe
Linda W. Bynoe
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/s/ Brian K. Reid
Brian K. Reid
|
|
/s/ Barry H. Evans
Barry H. Evans
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/s/ Grace C. Torres
Grace C. Torres
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/s/ Keith F. Hartstein
Keith F. Hartstein
|
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Dated: December 4, 2025
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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
PGIM ETF Trust
PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc.
PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc
PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund
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
PGIM ETF Trust
PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc.
PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc
PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund
Ms. Alberding does not serve as a Trustee of the PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities
Fund.
Ms. Bynoe and Ms. Hodrick do not serve as Directors of PGIM High Yield Bond Fund,
Inc. and PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. or as Trustees of PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund.
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