Form 485APOS PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 18, 2019
Securities Act Registration No.
333-119741
Investment Company Act Registration No.
811-08085
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment No.
66 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 67 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Amendment) only
relates to the PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund series of the Registrant.
The Amendment is not intended to
amend the current prospectus and statement 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
Global Equity Income Fund
Formerly, PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund
SUBJECT TO
COMPLETION, PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS — October 18, 2019
Objective
Income and Capital Appreciation
PGIM JENNISON GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME FUND | |||||
A: SPQAX | B: JEIBX | C: AGOCX | R: PJERX | Z: JDEZX | R6: PJIQX |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION |
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (www.pgiminvestments.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. |
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-225-1852 or by sending an e-mail request to PGIM Investments at [email protected]. |
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this notice to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-225-1852 or send an email request to [email protected] to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund. |
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As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Fund's shares, nor has the SEC determined that this prospectus is complete or accurate. It is a criminal offense to state otherwise.Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, member SIPC. Jennison Associates is a registered investment adviser. Both are Prudential Financial companies. © 2019 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. |
Table of Contents
FUND SUMMARY
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The investment objective of the
Fund is to seek income and capital appreciation.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
The tables below
describe the sales charges, fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may be required to pay commissions to a broker for transactions in Class Z shares, which are not reflected in
the table or the example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and an eligible group of related investors purchase, or agree to purchase in the future, $25,000 or more in shares of the Fund or other
funds in the PGIM Funds family. More information about these discounts as well as other waivers or discounts is available from your financial professional and is explained in Reducing or Waiving Class A's and Class C’s Sales Charges on page 25 of the Fund's Prospectus, Appendix A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries on page 44 of the Fund's Prospectus and in Rights of Accumulation on page 48 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI).
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) | ||||||
Class A | Class B | Class C | Class R | Class Z | Class R6† | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | 5.50% | None | None | None | None | None |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) | 1.00% | 5.00% | 1.00% | None | None | None |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends and other distributions | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Redemption fee | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Exchange fee | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Maximum account fee (accounts under $10,000) | $15 | $15 | $15 | None | None* | None |
* Direct Transfer Agent
Accounts holding under $10,000 of Class Z shares are subject to the $15 fee
†Formerly known as Class Q.
†Formerly known as Class Q.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | ||||||
Class A | Class B | Class C | Class R | Class Z | Class R6(1) | |
Management fees(2) | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees | 0.30% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 0.75% | None | None |
Other expenses | 0.14% | 0.19% | 0.11% | 0.21% | 0.12% | 0.43% |
Total annual Fund operating expenses | 1.18% | 1.93% | 1.85% | 1.70% | 0.86% | 1.17% |
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement | (0.05)% | None | None | (0.25)% | None | (0.37)% |
Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement(3,4) | 1.13% | 1.93% | 1.85% | 1.45% | 0.86% | 0.80% |
(1) Formerly known as Class Q.
(2) Expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.
(3) PGIM Investments LLC (PGIM Investments) has contractually agreed, through February 29, 2020, to limit transfer agency, shareholder servicing, sub-transfer agency, and blue sky
fees, as applicable, to the extent that such fees cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses to exceed 0.80% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares. This contractual expense limitation excludes interest,
brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and
interest expense and broker charges on short sales. Where applicable, PGIM Investments agrees to waive management fees or shared operating expenses on any share class to the same extent that it waives similar expenses
on any other share class. In addition, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for Class R6 shares will not exceed Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for Class Z shares. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by
PGIM Investments may be recouped by PGIM Investments within the same fiscal year during which such waiver and/or reimbursement is made if such recoupment can be realized without exceeding the expense limit in effect
at the time of the recoupment for that fiscal year. This expense limitation may not be terminated prior to February 29, 2020, without the prior approval of the Fund's Board of Directors
(4) The distributor of the Fund has contractually agreed until February 29, 2020 to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class A shares to 0.25% of the average
daily net assets of the Class A shares, and to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class R shares to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Class R shares. These waivers may not be terminated
prior to February 29, 2020 without the prior approval of the Fund’s Board of Directors.
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 mutual funds. It assumes that you invest $10,000 in
the Fund for the time periods indicated and then, except as indicated, redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. It assumes a 5% return on your
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investment each year, that the Fund's operating
expenses remain the same (except that fee waivers or reimbursements, if any, are only reflected in the 1-Year figures) and that all dividends and distributions are reinvested. Your actual costs may be higher or
lower.
If Shares Are Redeemed | If Shares Are Not Redeemed | |||||||
Share Class | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Class A | $659 | $899 | $1,159 | $1,899 | $659 | $899 | $1,159 | $1,899 |
Class B | $696 | $906 | $1,142 | $1,968 | $196 | $606 | $1,042 | $1,968 |
Class C | $288 | $582 | $1,001 | $2,169 | $188 | $582 | $1,001 | $2,169 |
Class R | $148 | $511 | $900 | $1,988 | $148 | $511 | $900 | $1,988 |
Class Z | $88 | $274 | $477 | $1,061 | $88 | $274 | $477 | $1,061 |
Class R6† | $82 | $335 | $608 | $1,387 | $82 | $335 | $608 | $1,387 |
†Formerly known as Class Q.
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.
During the Fund's most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 88% of the average value of its portfolio.
INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND
PERFORMANCE
Principal
Investment Strategies. The Fund invests under normal circumstances at least 80% of its investable assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) assets in income-producing equity and equity-related
securities. Equity and equity-related securities include common stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable for common stock or the cash value of such common stock, nonconvertible preferred stocks and convertible
securities, warrants and rights that can be exercised to obtain stock, investments in various types of business ventures including partnerships and joint ventures and business development companies, securities of real
estate investment trusts (REITs) and income and royalty trusts, publicly-traded master limited partnerships, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and other similar securities. The Fund may also participate in the
initial public offering (IPO) market.
The Fund may invest without limit
in foreign securities, including stocks and other equity-related securities, money market instruments and other fixed-income securities of foreign issuers. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 40% of
its investable assets in foreign securities, including up to 20% of its investable assets in the securities of issuers located in or otherwise economically tied to emerging markets countries (identified by the
subadviser as countries classified by MSCI as emerging and frontier markets). The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may be lower if conditions are not favorable, but such investments will not be lower
than 30% of the Fund’s investable assets. The Fund’s investments may be US or non-US dollar denominated.
The Fund may from time to time be
geographically concentrated and may invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a small number of countries.
The Fund seeks to identify
attractively valued companies that exhibit solid cash flow growth and reliable/predictable earnings and revenue to produce attractive levels of dividend income.
Principal Risks. All investments have risks to some degree. An investment in the Fund is not guaranteed to achieve its investment objective; is not a deposit with a bank; is not insured, endorsed or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency; and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of your investment. The order of the below risk factors does not
indicate the significance of any particular risk factor.
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Equity and
Equity-Related Securities Risk. The value of a particular security could go down and you could lose money. 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. The Fund's holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Fund can deviate from the performance of these indexes. Different parts of a market can react
differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
Value Style Risk. Since the Fund follows a value investment style, there is the risk that the value style may be out of favor for a period of time, that the market will not recognize a security's intrinsic
value for a long time or that a stock judged to be undervalued may not be undervalued.
Foreign Securities
Risk. The Fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involve additional risk. The securities of such issuers may trade in
markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than US markets. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and
issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value of these securities.
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-US investors, or that prevent non-US investors from withdrawing their
money at will. Countries with emerging markets can be found in regions such as Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa.
The Fund may invest in some
emerging markets through trading structures or protocols 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.
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.
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.
Management Risk. The value of your investment may decrease if judgments by the subadviser about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or sector or about market
movements are incorrect.
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.
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. 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
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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.
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.
Economic and Market
Events Risk. Events in the US and global financial markets, including actions taken by the US Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth, may at times result in
unusually high market volatility, which could negatively impact performance. Relatively reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets could adversely affect issuers worldwide.
Increase in Expenses Risk. Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if
average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Fund securities can increase
expenses.
Performance. The following bar chart shows the Fund's performance for Class A shares for each full calendar year of operations or for the last 10 calendar years, whichever is shorter. The
following table shows the Fund's average annual returns and also compares the Fund’s performance with the average annual total returns of an index or other benchmark and a group of similar mutual funds. The bar
chart and table demonstrate the risk of investing in the Fund by showing how returns can change from year to year.
Past performance (before and after
taxes) does not mean that the Fund will achieve similar results in the future. Updated Fund performance information is available online at www.pgiminvestments.com.
The Fund’s
total returns prior to December 18, 2019 as reflected in the bar chart and the table are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies under the name “PGIM Jennison Equity Income
Fund.” The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index and the S&P 500 Index. Effective as of December 18, 2019, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ND
replaced the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index and the S&P 500 Index as the performance benchmark against which the Fund measures its performance. Fund management believes that the MSCI ACWI ND Index is more
relevant to the Fund’s new investment strategies.
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1The total return for Class A shares from January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019 was 15.93%.
Average Annual Total Returns % (including sales charges) (as of 12-31-18) | ||||
Return Before Taxes | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years | Since Inception |
Class B shares | -10.98% | 2.66% | 10.64% | —- |
Class C shares | -7.92% | 2.82% | 10.66% | —- |
Class R shares | -6.79% | 3.31% | N/A | 6.88% (1-18-11) |
Class Z shares | -6.22% | 3.85% | 11.75% | —- |
Class R6 shares† | -6.20% | 3.95% | N/A | 7.53%(1-18-11) |
Class A Shares % (including sales charges) (as of 12-31-18) | ||||
Return Before Taxes | -11.68% | 2.41% | 10.85% | —- |
Return After Taxes on Distributions | -15.64% | 0.20% | 9.25% | —- |
Return After Taxes on Distribution and Sale of Fund Shares | -4.27% | 1.74% | 8.91% | —- |
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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s
tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement
accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares. After-tax returns for other classes will vary due to differing sales charges and expenses.
†Formerly known as Class Q shares.
†Formerly known as Class Q shares.
Index % (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) (as of 12-31-18) | ||||
MSCI ACWI ND Index | -9.42% | 4.26% | 9.46% | —- |
Lipper Equity Income Funds Index* | -6.61% | 5.96% | 10.98% | —- |
S&P 500 Index | -4.38% | 8.49% | 13.11% | —- |
Lipper Average % (reflects no deduction for sales charges or taxes) (as of 12-31-18) | ||||
Lipper Global Equity Income Funds Average | -9.40% | 2.74% | 7.69% | —- |
*Returns for the
Lipper Equity Income Funds Index reflect the expenses of the mutual funds included in the Index.
MANAGEMENT OF THE
FUND
Investment Manager | Subadviser | Portfolio Managers | Title | Service Date |
PGIM Investments LLC | Jennison Associates LLC | Warren N. Koontz, Jr., CFA | Managing Director | December 2019 |
Shaun Hong, CFA | Managing Director | January 2007 | ||
Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka | Managing Director | January 2007 |
BUYING AND SELLING
FUND SHARES
Class A** | Class C** | Class R** | Class Z** | Class R6 | |
Minimum initial investment* | $2,500 (prior to November 1, 2019) $1,000(on/after November 1, 2019) | $2,500 (prior to November 1, 2019) $1,000(on/after November 1, 2019) | None | None | None |
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Class A** | Class C** | Class R** | Class Z** | Class R6 | |
Minimum subsequent investment* | $100 | $100 | None | None | None |
* Class B shares are closed
to new purchases except for exchanges from Class B shares of another fund. Please see “How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares—Closure of Class B Shares” in the Prospectus for more information.
** Certain
share classes were generally closed to investments by new group retirement plans effective June 1, 2018. Please see “How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares—Closure of Certain Share Classes to
New Group Retirement Plans” in the Prospectus for more information.
Prior to November 1, 2019, for
Class A and Class C shares, the minimum initial investment for retirement accounts and custodial accounts for minors is $1,000 and the minimum subsequent investment is $100. For Class A and Class C shares, the minimum
initial and subsequent investment for Automatic Investment Plan purchases is $50. Class R6 shares and Class R shares are generally not available for purchase by individuals. Class Z shares may be purchased by certain
individuals, subject to certain other requirements. Please see “How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares—How to Buy Shares—Qualifying for Class R Shares,” “—Qualifying for Class Z
Shares,” and “—Qualifying for Class R6 Shares” in the Prospectus for purchase eligibility requirements.
Your financial intermediary may
impose different investment minimums. You can purchase or redeem shares on any business day that the Fund is open through the Fund's transfer agent or through servicing agents, including brokers, dealers and other
financial intermediaries appointed by the distributor to receive purchase and redemption orders. Current shareholders may also purchase or redeem shares through the Fund's website or by calling (800) 225-1852.
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 401(k) plan
or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL
INTERMEDIaries
If you purchase Fund shares through
a financial intermediary such as a broker-dealer, bank, retirement recordkeeper or other financial services firm, the Fund or its affiliates may pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and/or for
services to shareholders. This may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary or its representatives to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial intermediary or
representative 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
INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The Fund’s investment
objective is to seek income and capital appreciation.
The Fund invests
under normal circumstances at least 80% of its investable assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) in income-producing equity and equity-related securities. Equity and equity-related securities
include common stocks, securities convertible or exchangeable for common stock or the cash value of such common stock, nonconvertible preferred stocks and convertible securities, warrants and rights that can be
exercised to obtain stock, investments in various types of business ventures including partnerships and joint ventures and business development companies, securities of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and income
and royalty trusts, publicly-traded master limited partnerships, American Depositary Receipts and other similar securities.
The Fund may invest in exchange
traded funds (ETFs), and other investment companies subject to the limitations under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund may also participate in the initial public offering (IPO) market.
The Fund may
invest without limit in foreign securities, including stocks and other equity-related securities, money market instruments and other fixed-income securities of foreign issuers. Under normal circumstances, the Fund
invests at least 40% of its investable assets in foreign securities, including up to 20% of its investable assets in issuers located in or otherwise economically tied to emerging markets countries (identified by the
subadviser as countries classified by MSCI as emerging and frontier markets). The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may be lower if conditions are not favorable, but such investments will not be lower
than 30% of the Fund’s investable assets. The Fund’s investments may be US or non-US dollar denominated.
The Fund may from time to time be
geographically concentrated and may invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a small number of countries.
The Fund seeks to identify
attractively valued companies that exhibit solid cash flow growth and reliable/predictable earnings and revenue to produce attractive levels of dividend income.
In addition to common stocks, the
Fund may invest in other equity-related securities, including nonconvertible preferred stocks, structured notes, and convertible securities—like bonds, corporate notes and preferred stocks—that it can
convert into a company’s common stock, the cash value of common stock, or some other equity security (such as warrants or options).
The Fund may invest up to 20% of
its total assets in debt obligations. While the Fund will generally purchase investment-grade commercial paper and bonds, the Fund may also invest up to 10% of its total assets in debt instruments that, at the time of
purchase, are rated below investment grade, or if unrated, determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality (sometimes referred to as “high yield securities” or “junk bonds”). The Fund
considers a debt instrument to be investment grade based on the highest rating assigned at the time of purchase by S&P Global Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or one of the other nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs).
The Fund’s investment
objective is a fundamental policy that cannot be changed without shareholder approval. The Board of Directors of the Fund (the Board) can change investment policies that are not fundamental.
Money Market Instruments
The Fund may hold
cash and/or invest in money market instruments, including commercial paper of a US or non-US company, non-US government securities, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, time deposits of domestic and non-US
banks, and obligations issued or guaranteed by the US Government or its agencies or instrumentalities. These obligations may be US dollar-denominated or denominated in a non-US currency. Money market instruments
typically have a maturity of one year or less as measured from the date of purchase.
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Structured Notes
The Fund may invest in structured
notes. The return of the structured notes in which the Fund may invest may be linked to equity securities or equity indexes or other instruments or indexes (“reference instruments”). These notes differ
from other types of debt securities in several respects. The interest rate or principal amount payable at maturity may vary based on changes in the value of the equity security, instrument, or index. A structured note
may be positively or negatively indexed; that is, its value or interest rate may increase or decrease if the value of the reference instrument increases. Similarly, its value may increase or decrease if the value of
the reference instrument decreases. Further, the change in the principal amount payable with respect to, or the interest rate of, a structured note may be a multiple of the percentage change (positive or negative) in
the value of the underlying reference instrument(s). In addition, structured notes are unrated, meaning that they are not assigned quality ratings by NRSROs. Due to the differences discussed above, the
subadviser’s decision to invest in structured notes is not subject to a determination that the notes are of comparable quality to rated debt obligations.
Exchange-Traded Funds
The Fund may
invest in securities of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), subject to certain limits on investment in securities of non-affiliated or affiliated investment companies. Securities of ETFs represent shares of ownership in
either open-end management investment companies or unit investment trusts (UITs) that generally hold a portfolio of common stocks or bonds designed to generally correspond to the price and yield performance of a
specific securities index. ETFs may also be actively managed. The underlying portfolio may have a broad market, sector or international orientation or may be actively managed. ETFs give investors the opportunity to
buy or sell an entire portfolio of stocks in a single security transaction in a manner similar to buying or selling a share of stock.
The Fund may purchase and sell
shares of ETFs on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer. Purchases and sales of shares of ETFs are transacted at current market prices, irrespective of the net asset value of ETF shares. ETFs only
directly issue or redeem shares that have been aggregated into large blocks (“Creation Units”) to authorized participants that have entered into agreements with the ETF’s distributor. ETFs generally
issue or redeem Creation Units in return for a designated portfolio of securities (and an amount of cash) that the ETF specifies each day.
Real Estate Investment Trusts
The Fund may invest in the
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 tax requirements. However, while REITs themselves do not pay
income taxes, the distributions they make to investors are taxable. REITs invest primarily in real estate (offices, hotels, shopping centers, apartments, malls, factories, etc.) or real estate mortgages and distribute
almost all of their income—most of which comes from rents, mortgages and gains on sales of property—to shareholders. Investing in REITs may result in the layering of management fees paid by the Fund.
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.
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.
Investments in Affiliated Funds
The Fund may invest its assets in
affiliated short-term bond funds and/or money market funds. The affiliated funds are registered investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). The Fund can invest its free cash balances
in the affiliated funds to obtain income on short-term cash balances while awaiting attractive
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investment opportunities, to provide liquidity in
preparation for anticipated redemptions or for defensive purposes. Such an investment could also allow the Fund to obtain the benefits of a more diversified portfolio available in the affiliated funds 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. As a shareholder in the affiliated funds, the Fund will pay
its proportional share of the expenses of the affiliated funds, but the affiliated funds do not pay a management fee to the investment manager, since the investment manager only receives reimbursement for its
expenses. Thus, shareholders of the Fund are not paying management fees for both the Fund and the affiliated funds. The investment results of the portions of the Fund’s assets invested in the affiliated funds
will be based on the investment results of the affiliated 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 US Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or in high-quality obligations of domestic or foreign banks and corporations, and may hold up to 100% of its investable assets in cash or
cash equivalents. Investing heavily in these securities is inconsistent with and limits the Fund ability to achieve its investment objective, but may help to preserve the Fund 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. Cash
collateral will be invested in an affiliated prime money market fund.
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 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 table below summarizes the
investment limits applicable to the Fund’s principal investment strategies and certain non-principal investment strategies.
Principal Strategies: Investment Limits |
■ Equity and equity-related securities: At least 80% of investable assets■ Foreign securities: Up to 100% of total assets■ Securities of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Up to 35% of total assets |
Non-Principal Strategies: Investment Limits |
■ Debt obligations: up to 20% of total assets■ Below investment-grade debt obligations: up to 10% of total assets ■ Short Sales: Up to 25% of net assets (short sales “against the box” are not subject to this limit)■ Illiquid Securities: Up to 15% of net assets |
RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE
FUND
The order of the
below risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor.
Equity and Equity-Related Securities
Risk. The value of a particular security could go down and you could lose money. 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. The Fund's holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Fund can deviate from the performance of these indexes. Different parts of a market can react
differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.
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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 longer the maturity and the lower the credit quality of a bond, the more sensitive it is to credit risk.
Interest Rate Risk. The value of your investment may go down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration debt securities. When interest
rates fall, the issuers of debt obligations may prepay principal more quickly than expected, and the Fund may be required to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate. This is referred to as
“prepayment risk.” When interest rates rise, debt obligations may be repaid more slowly than expected, and the value of the Fund's holdings may fall sharply. This is referred to as
“extension risk.” The Fund may face a heightened level of interest rate risk as a result of the US Federal Reserve Board’s rate-setting policies. The Fund may lose money if short-term or
long-term interest rates rise sharply or in a manner not anticipated by the subadviser.
Value Style Risk. Since the Fund follows a value investment style, there is the risk that the value style may be out of favor for a period of time, that the market will not recognize a security's intrinsic
value for a long time or that a stock judged to be undervalued may not be undervalued.
Foreign Securities
Risk. The Fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involve additional risk. The securities of such issuers may trade in
markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than US markets. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and
issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value of these securities.
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-US investors, or that prevent non-US investors from withdrawing their
money at will. Countries with emerging markets can be found in regions such as Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa.
The Fund may invest in some
emerging markets through trading structures or protocols 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.
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.
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.
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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Convertible
Securities Risk. Investments in convertible securities subject the Fund to the risks associated with both fixed income securities, including credit risk and interest rate risk, and equity
securities.
Management Risk. The value of your investment may decrease if judgments by the subadviser about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or sector or about market
movements are incorrect.
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.
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. 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/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.
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.
Money Market Instruments Risk.
Although money market instruments are generally viewed as low risk investments, money market instruments are nevertheless subject to credit risk, market risk, prepayment risk and interest
rate risk.
Exchange-Traded
Funds (ETFs) Risk. Investing in securities issued by ETFs involves risks similar to those of investing directly in the securities and other assets held by the investment company. Unlike shares of typical
mutual funds, shares of ETFs are generally traded on an exchange throughout a trading day and bought and sold based on market values and not at net asset value. For this reason, shares could trade at
either a premium or discount to net asset value. The trading price of an index-based ETF is expected to (but may not) closely track the net asset value of the ETF, and the Fund will generally gain or lose value
consistent with the performance of the ETF’s portfolio securities. The Fund will pay brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of ETFs. In addition, the Fund will indirectly bear
its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by an ETF in which it invests, including advisory fees. These expenses are in addition to the advisory and other expenses that the Fund bears directly in connection
with its own operations. An index-based ETF may not replicate exactly the performance of the benchmark index it seeks to track for a number of reasons, including transaction costs incurred by the ETF, the temporary unavailability of certain index securities in the secondary market or discrepancies between the ETF and the index with respect to the weighting of securities or the number of
securities held. Investments in ETFs are subject to the risk that the listing exchange may halt trading of an ETF’s shares, in which case the Fund would be unable to sell its ETF shares unless and until trading
is resumed.
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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.
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. When selling short against the box, the Fund gives up the opportunity for
capital appreciation in the security.
Debt Obligations
Risk. Debt obligations are subject to credit risk, market risk and interest rate risk. The Fund's holdings, share price, yield and total return may also fluctuate in response to bond market
movements. The value of bonds may decline for issuer-related reasons, including management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. Certain types of fixed income
obligations also may be subject to “call and redemption risk,” which is the risk that the issuer may call a bond held by the Fund for redemption before it matures and the Fund may lose income.
Junk Bonds Risk. High-yield, high-risk bonds have predominantly speculative characteristics, including particularly high credit risk. Junk bonds tend to have lower market liquidity than higher-rated
securities. The liquidity of particular issuers or industries within a particular investment category may shrink or disappear suddenly and without warning. The non-investment grade bond market can experience sudden
and sharp price swings and become illiquid due to a variety of factors, including changes in economic forecasts, stock market activity, large sustained sales by major investors, a high profile default or a change in
the market's psychology.
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.
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. The affiliated prime money market fund in which cash collateral generally 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 the Fund.
Economic and Market
Events Risk. Events in the US and global financial markets, including actions taken by the US Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth, may at times result in
unusually high market volatility, which could negatively impact performance. Relatively reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets could adversely affect issuers worldwide.
Increase in Expenses Risk. Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if
average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Fund securities can increase
expenses.
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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 DIRECTORS
The Fund is overseen by a Board of
Directors (hereafter referred to as Directors, 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
Under a
management agreement with the Fund, PGIM Investments manages the Fund's investment operations and administers its business affairs and is responsible for supervising the Fund's subadviser. For the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2019, the Fund paid PGIM Investments management fees (net of waivers, as applicable) at the effective rate of X.XX% of the Fund's average daily net assets for all share classes.
PGIM Investments and its
predecessors have served as a manager or administrator to investment companies since 1987. As of October 31, 2019 PGIM Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, served as the investment manager to all of
the PGIM US and offshore open-end investment companies, and as the manager or administrator to closed-end investment companies, with aggregate assets of approximately $XXX.X 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 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 is available in the Fund's Annual Report to shareholders dated October 31.
On September 16,
2019, PGIM Investments, the investment manager for the Fund, and an affiliate, AST Investment Services, Inc. (ASTIS), reached a settlement with the SEC relating to certain former securities lending and foreign tax
reclaim practices in connection with other funds that they manage. The practices do not relate to the Fund covered in this Prospectus. PGIM Investments and ASTIS self-reported the practices to the SEC, revised its
procedures, and made restitution payments to the affected funds. Under the settlement, PGIM Investments and ASTIS agreed to pay to the SEC disgorgement of fees and a civil penalty. The settlement does not relate to
the Fund or affect PGIM Investments’ ability to manage the Fund.
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SUBADVISER
Jennison Associates
LLC (Jennison) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc., which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. Its address is 466 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017. PGIM
Investments has responsibility for all investment advisory services, supervises Jennison and pays Jennison for its services. As of September 30, 2019, Jennison managed in excess of $170.6 billion in assets. Jennison
(including its predecessor, Jennison Associates Capital Corp.) is a registered investment adviser founded in 1969.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Warren N. Koontz,
Jr., CFA, Shaun Hong, CFA, and Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka are the portfolio managers of the Fund.
Warren N. Koontz, Jr., CFA, is a Managing Director, the Head of Value Equity, and a large cap value portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in September 2014. Prior to joining Jennison, Mr. Koontz was a portfolio
manager at Loomis, Sayles & Company for nineteen years where he managed diversified and concentrated value strategies. Prior to that, he was a senior portfolio manager at Comerica Bank and also worked for three
years as chief investment officer for The Jeffrey Company, a private investment firm and the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Ohio. Mr. Koontz earned a BS in finance and an MBA from The Ohio State
University, and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Shaun Hong, CFA, is a Managing Director and an income and infrastructure portfolio manager. He joined Prudential (now PGIM) in 1999 as an analyst in Prudential's public equity unit responsible for the
power, natural gas, and telecommunications industries, and in September 2000 when Prudential’s public equity asset management capabilities were transferred to Jennison, he joined Jennison. Prior to joining
Prudential, Mr. Hong was a research analyst at Equinox Capital Management where he covered the utility, consumer products, commodities, and technology sectors. Mr. Hong began his career as a research analyst covering telecommunications and technology companies at Parker/Hunter. Mr. Hong earned a BS in industrial management from Carnegie Mellon
University and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Ubong “Bobby”
Edemeka is a Managing Director and an income and infrastructure portfolio manager. He joined Jennison in March 2002. Prior to joining Jennison, Mr. Edemeka was with Goldman Sachs as a sell-side
research analyst on the US Power & Utilities team. Prior to that, he was an analyst on the global utilities team at SSB Citi Asset Management Group. Mr. Edemeka began his career as an analyst for the Prudential
Utility Fund (now PGIM Jennison Utility Fund). Mr. Edemeka earned a BA in government from Harvard 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
Prudential Investment Management
Services LLC (“PIMS” or the “Distributor”) distributes each class of the Fund's shares under a Distribution Agreement with the Fund. The Fund has Distribution and Service Plans (the
“Plans”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, applicable to certain of the Fund's shares. Under the Plans and the Distribution Agreement, the Distributor pays the expenses of distributing the shares
of all share classes of the Fund. The Distributor also provides certain shareholder support services. Under the Plans, certain classes of the Fund pay distribution and other fees to the Distributor as compensation for
its services. These fees—known as 12b-1 fees—are set forth in the “Fund Fees and Expenses” tables.
Because these fees are paid from
the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.
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DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS
The Fund's policies and procedures
with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio securities are described in the Fund's SAI and on the Fund's website at www.pgiminvestments.com.
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FUND
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX ISSUES
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund distributes dividends to shareholders out of any net investment income. For example, if the Fund owns ACME Corp. stock and the stock pays a dividend, the Fund will pay out a portion of this
dividend to its shareholders, assuming the Fund's income is more than its costs and expenses. The dividends you receive from the Fund will be subject to taxation whether or not they are reinvested in the Fund.
The Fund also distributes any net
realized capital gains to shareholders. Capital gains are generated when the Fund sells its assets for a profit. For example, if the Fund bought 100 shares of ACME Corp. stock for a total of
$1,000 and more than one year later sold the shares for a total of $1,500, the Fund has net long-term capital gains of $500, which it will pass on to shareholders (assuming the Fund's remaining total gains are greater
than any losses it may have).
For your convenience, the Fund's
distributions of dividends and net capital gains are automatically reinvested in the Fund without any sales charge. If you ask us to pay the distributions in cash, we will send you a check if your account is with Prudential Mutual Fund
Services LLC (PMFS or the Transfer Agent). Otherwise, if your account is with a broker, you will receive a credit to your account. Either way, the distributions may be subject to income taxes unless your shares are
held in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. If your distribution check(s) remains uncashed for more than six months, your check(s) may be invested in additional shares of the Fund at the next net asset value
(“NAV”) calculated on the day of the investment. For more information about automatic reinvestment and other shareholder services, see “Additional Shareholder Services” in the next section.
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.
Expected Distribution Schedule* | |
Dividends | Quarterly |
Short-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
Long-Term Capital Gains | Annually |
*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 Fund shares
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. Fund distributions and gain from the sale of
Fund shares 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.
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.
Fund Distributions
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 non-corporate US shareholders, depending on whether their incomes exceed 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, subject to a maximum tax rate of 37%. Different rates apply to corporate shareholders.
Dividends from net investment
income paid to a non-corporate US shareholder that are reported as qualified dividend income will generally be taxable to such shareholder at the long-term capital gain tax rate. Dividends of net investment income
that are not reported as qualified dividend income will be taxable to shareholders at ordinary income rates.
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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 US corporations.
Between 2018 and 2025, the Fund may report dividends eligible for a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for non-corporate US shareholders to the extent the Fund’s income is derived from
ordinary REIT dividends, reduced by allocable Fund expenses.
A US 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 US shareholder’s “net investment income,” including Fund distributions and net
gains from the disposition of Fund shares, and (2) the excess of the US 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.
Form 1099
For every year the 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.
Fund distributions are generally
taxable to you in the calendar year in which they are received, except when we declare certain dividends and distributions in the fourth quarter, with a record date in such quarter, and actually pay them in January of
the following year. In such cases, the dividends and distributions are treated as if they were paid on December 31st of the prior year.
Cost Basis Reporting
Mutual funds must report cost basis
information to you and the IRS when you sell or exchange shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 in your non-retirement accounts. The cost basis regulations do not affect retirement accounts, money market funds,
and shares acquired before January 1, 2012. The cost basis regulations also require mutual funds to report whether a gain or loss is short-term (shares held one year or less) or long-term (shares held more than one
year) for all shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 that are subsequently sold or exchanged. The Transfer Agent is not required to report cost basis information on shares acquired before January 1, 2012.
However, in most cases the Transfer Agent will provide this information to you as a service.
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 US
Treasury a portion of your distributions and sale proceeds, based on the backup withholding rate.
Taxation of Non-US Shareholders
For a discussion regarding the
taxation of non-US 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. You may think
you've done well since you bought shares one day and soon thereafter received a distribution. That is not so, because when dividends are paid out, the value of each share of the Fund decreases by the amount of the
dividend to reflect the payout, although this may not be apparent because the value of each share of the Fund also will be affected by market changes, if any. However, the timing of your purchase does mean that part
of your investment may have come back to you as taxable income.
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Qualified and Tax-Deferred
Retirement Plans
Retirement plans and accounts allow
you to defer paying taxes on investment income and capital gains. Contributions to these plans may also be tax-deductible, although distributions from these plans generally are taxable. In the case of Roth IRA
accounts, contributions are not tax-deductible, but distributions from the plan may be tax-free. Please contact your financial adviser for information on a variety of PGIM Funds that are suitable for retirement plans
offered by Prudential.
IF YOU SELL OR
EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES
If you sell any shares of the Fund
for a profit, you have realized a capital gain, which is subject to tax unless the shares are held in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account. As mentioned above, the maximum capital gains tax rate is up to 15% or
20% for individuals, depending on whether their incomes exceed certain threshold amounts, which are adjusted annually for inflation.
If you sell shares of the Fund at
a loss, you may have a capital loss, which you may use to offset capital gains you have, plus, in the case of non-corporate taxpayers, ordinary income of up to $3,000. If you sell shares and realize a loss, you will
not be permitted to use the loss to the extent you replace the shares (including pursuant to the reinvestment of a dividend) within a 61-day period (beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the sale of the
shares). Under certain circumstances, if you acquire shares of the Fund and sell or exchange your shares within 90 days, you may not be allowed to include certain charges incurred in acquiring the shares for purposes
of calculating gain or loss realized upon the sale or exchange of the shares.
If you exchange your Fund shares
for shares of another class of the Fund, this is generally not a taxable event and should not result in realization of a capital gain or loss by you. If you exchange your shares of the Fund for shares of another PGIM
Fund, this is considered a sale for tax purposes. In other words, it's a taxable event. Therefore, if the shares you exchanged have increased in value since you purchased them, you have capital gains, which are
subject to the taxes described above. Unless you hold your shares in a qualified or tax-deferred plan or account, you or your financial adviser should keep track of the dates on which you buy and sell—or
exchange—Fund shares, as well as the amount of any gain or loss on each transaction. For tax advice, please see your tax adviser.
Automatic Conversion of Class B
Shares
The conversion of Class B shares
into Class A shares—which happens automatically approximately seven years after purchase—is not a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. For more information about the automatic conversion of Class
B shares, see Class B Shares Automatically Convert to Class A Shares in How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares.
Automatic Conversion of Class C
Shares
The conversion of Class C shares
into Class A shares—which happens automatically approximately 10 years after purchase—is not a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. For more information about the automatic conversion of Class C
shares, see Class C Shares Automatically Convert to Class A Shares in How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares.
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HOW TO BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE FUND SHARES
HOW TO BUY SHARES
In order to buy Fund shares, simply
follow the steps described below.
Opening an Account
Shares may be purchased through an
account with the Transfer Agent, or through an account with a financial intermediary that has an agreement with the Distributor to sell Fund shares. In order to open an account with the Transfer Agent contact PMFS
at (800) 225-1852 or write to:
Prudential Mutual Fund Services
LLC
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
PMFS will accept
purchases of shares by check or wire. We do not accept cash, money orders, non-US checks, credit card checks, payable through checks or travelers checks. To purchase by wire, call the number above to obtain an
application. After PMFS receives your completed application, you will receive an account number. For additional information, see the back cover page of this Prospectus. Your purchase order must be in good order to be
accepted and processed, which means that all necessary processing requirements have been satisfied. We have the right to reject any purchase order (including an exchange into the Fund) or suspend or modify the Fund's
sales of its shares under certain circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, failure by you to provide additional information requested, such as information required to verify the source of
funds used to purchase shares, your identity or the identity of any underlying beneficial owners of your shares. Furthermore, we are required by law to close your account if you do not provide the required identifying
information. This would result in the redemption of shares at the then-current NAV and the proceeds would be remitted to you via check. We will attempt to verify your identity within a reasonable time frame (e.g., 60
days), which may change from time to time. For further information, please contact PMFS (for shares purchased through the Transfer Agent) or your financial professional (for shares purchased through a financial
intermediary).
With certain limited exceptions,
Fund shares are only available to be sold in the United States, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam.
Choosing a Share Class
The Fund offers the following share
classes. Certain classes of shares may have additional specific eligibility or qualification requirements, which are explained below.
Share Class | Eligibility |
Class A** | Retail investors |
Class B* | Retail investors |
Class C** | Retail investors |
Class R** | Certain group retirement plans |
Class Z** | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
Class R6† | Certain group retirement plans, institutional investors and certain other investors |
* Note: Class B shares
are closed to all purchase activity except for exchanges from Class B shares of another fund. See “Closure of Class B Shares” below for more information.
** The Fund’s Class A, Class C and
Class Z shares were generally closed to investments by new group retirement plans effective June 1, 2018. The Fund’s Class R shares were generally closed to all new investors effective June 1, 2018. Please see
“Closure of Certain Share Classes to New Group Retirement Plans” in this section of the Prospectus for more information.
†Formerly known as Class Q.
Multiple share classes let you
choose a cost structure that meets your needs:
■ | Class A shares purchased in amounts of less than $1 million require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but the operating expenses of Class A shares are lower than the operating expenses of Class C shares. |
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Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are also subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00%. The CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. | |
■ | Class C shares do not require you to pay a sales charge at the time of purchase, but do require you to pay a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) if you sell your shares within 12 months of purchase. The operating expenses of Class C shares are higher than the operating expenses of Class A shares. |
When choosing a share class, you
should consider the following factors:
■ | The amount of your investment and any previous or planned future investments, which may qualify you for reduced sales charges for Class A shares under Rights of Accumulation or a Letter of Intent. |
■ | The length of time you expect to hold the shares and the impact of varying distribution fees. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. For this reason, Class C shares are generally appropriate only for investors who plan to hold their shares for no more than 3 years. |
■ | The different sales charges that apply to each share class—Class A's front-end sales charge (and, in certain instances, CDSC) vs. Class C's CDSC. |
■ | Class C shares purchased in single amounts greater than $1 million are generally less advantageous than purchasing Class A shares. Purchase orders for Class C shares above this amount generally will not be accepted. |
■ | If you purchase Class Z shares through a broker acting solely as an agent on behalf of its customers pursuant to an agreement with PIMS, the broker may charge you a commission in an amount determined and separately disclosed to you by the broker. |
■ | Because Class Z, Class R, and Class R6 shares have lower operating expenses than Class A or Class C shares, as applicable, you should consider whether you are eligible to purchase such share classes. |
See “How to Sell Your
Shares” for a description of the impact of CDSCs.
If your shares are held through a
financial intermediary, you should discuss with your intermediary which share classes of the Fund are available to you and which share class may best meet your needs. Certain financial intermediaries through which you
may purchase shares of the Fund may impose their own investment minimums, fees, policies and procedures for purchasing, exchanging and selling Fund shares, which are not described in this Prospectus or the SAI, and
which will depend on the policies, procedures and trading platforms of the financial intermediary. Consult your financial intermediary about share class availability and the intermediary’s policies, procedures
and other information. The availability of certain sales charge waivers and discounts will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund or through a financial intermediary. See “Appendix
A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries” for additional information. The Fund has advised financial intermediaries of the share class features and guidelines, per the
Prospectus, and it is their responsibility to monitor and enforce these guidelines with respect to shareholders purchasing shares through financial intermediaries.
Share Class Comparison. Use the following chart to help you compare the different share classes. The discussion following this chart will tell you whether you are entitled to a reduction or waiver of any sales
charges.
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Class A** | Class B* | Class C** | Class Z** | Class R** | Class R6† | |
Minimum purchase amount | $2,500 (prior to November 1, 2019) $1,000 (on/after November 1, 2019) | $2,500 | $2,500 (prior to November 1, 2019) $1,000 (on/after November 1, 2019) | None | None | None |
Minimum amount for subsequent purchases | $100 | $100 | $100 | None | None | None |
Maximum initial sales charge | 5.50% of the public offering price | None | None | None | None | None |
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Class A** | Class B* | Class C** | Class Z** | Class R** | Class R6† | |
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption) | 1.00% on sales of $1 million or more made within 12 months of purchase | 5.00%(Yr.1) 4.00%(Yr.2) 3.00%(Yr.3) 2.00%(Yr.4) 1.00%(Yr.5) 1.00%(Yr.6) 0.00%(Yr.7) | 1.00% on sales made within 12 months of purchase | None | None | None |
Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets) | 0.30% (0.25% currently) | 1.00% | 1.00% | None | 0.75% (0.50% currently) | None |
Notes to Share Class
Comparison Table:
°
The minimum initial and subsequent investment requirements do not apply to employee savings plan accounts, payroll deduction plan accounts, or when exchanging all shares of an account to an existing account with the
same registration. Prior to November 1, 2019, the minimum initial investment for Class A and Class C shares for retirement accounts and custodial accounts for minors is $1,000, and the minimum subsequent investment is
$100. The minimum initial and subsequent investment for AIP accounts is $50 (if your shares are held through a broker or other financial intermediary, the broker or intermediary is responsible for determining the
minimum initial and subsequent investment for AIP accounts). In addition, the minimum initial and subsequent investment requirements do not apply with respect to Class A and C shares when offered at NAV on fee-based
programs, mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs, mutual fund “supermarket” programs, and group retirement plans.
° If the value of your Class A,
Class B, Class C or Class Z account with PMFS is less than $10,000, the Fund will deduct a $15 annual account maintenance fee from your account. The $15 annual account maintenance fee will be assessed during the 4th
calendar quarter of each year. Any applicable CDSC on the shares redeemed to pay the $15 account maintenance fee will be waived. The $15 account maintenance fee will not be charged on: (i) accounts during the first
six months from inception of the account, (ii) accounts which are authorized for electronic delivery of account statements, transaction confirmations, prospectuses and fund shareholder reports, (iii) omnibus accounts
or accounts for which a broker or other financial intermediary is responsible for recordkeeping, (iv) institutional accounts, (v) group retirement plans, (vi) AIP accounts or employee savings plan accounts, (vii)
accounts with the same registration associated with multiple share classes within the Fund, provided that the aggregate value of share classes with the same registration within the Fund is $10,000 or more, or (viii)
clients with assets of $50,000 or more across the PGIM family of mutual funds. For more information, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Account Maintenance Fee” in the SAI.
° For more information about the CDSC
and how it is calculated, see “How to Sell Your Shares—Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC).”
° Investors who purchase $1 million or
more of Class A shares and redeem those shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a CDSC of 1.00%, but are not subject to an initial sales charge.
° Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
are paid from the Fund’s assets on a continuous basis. The service fee for Class A, Class B and Class C shares is 0.25%. The distribution fee is limited to 0.30% (including the 0.25% service fee) for Class A
shares and 0.75% for Class B and Class C shares.
° The Distributor has contractually
agreed until February 29, 2020 to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class A shares to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares, and to reduce its distribution and service (12b-1)
fees for Class R shares to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Class R shares.
* Note: Class B shares are
closed to all purchase activity except for exchanges from Class B shares of another fund. See “Closure of Class B Shares” below for more information.
** The Fund’s Class A, Class C and
Class Z shares were generally closed to investments by new group retirement plans effective on June 1, 2018. The Fund’s Class R shares were generally closed to all new investors effective on June 1, 2018.
Please see “Closure of Certain Share Classes to New Group Retirement Plans” in this section of the Prospectus for more information.
†Formerly known as Class Q.
Closure of Class B Shares
Class B shares are closed to all
purchase activity effective June 23, 2014. This means that no new accounts in Class B shares may be established, and no additional Class B shares may be purchased or acquired, except through an exchange from the Class
B shares of another fund or through the reinvestment of dividends and/or capital gains.
Shareholders
owning Class B shares may continue to hold their Class B shares until the shares automatically convert to Class A shares under the conversion schedule, or until the shareholder redeems their Class B shares. Any
redemption of Class B shares will continue to be subject to any applicable CDSC. In addition, as noted above, shareholders owning Class B shares will continue to have exchange privileges with the Class B shares of any
other fund that offers Class B shares.
Automatic Investment Plan
(AIP). Shareholders who purchase Class B shares through the Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) are no longer able to purchase Class B shares and are required to select a different share class of the
Fund or another fund in order to continue to make automatic investments. Selection of a different share class will be subject to the eligibility requirements of such share class. If a shareholder does not designate a
different share class for AIP investments, future purchases of Class B shares will be rejected. New AIPs in Class B shares may not be established.
IRAs & Employer-Sponsored
Retirement Plans. Class B shareholders may continue to hold Class B shares in IRA and SIMPLE IRA accounts or in employer-sponsored retirement plans, but contributions must be made in a different share
class.
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Investment Minimums. The minimum initial investment will be waived for existing Class B shareholders who select a new share class in the same fund. The minimum subsequent investment of $100 per fund applies in
the new share class of the same fund.
Closure of Certain Share Classes to
New Group Retirement Plans
Effective June 1, 2018 (the
“Effective Date”), the Fund’s Class A, Class C, Class R and Class Z shares, as applicable, were closed to investments by new group retirement plans, except as discussed below. Existing group
retirement plans as of the Effective Date may keep their investments in their current share class and may continue to make additional purchases or exchanges in the Fund. As of the Effective Date, all new group
retirement plans wishing to add the Fund as a new addition to the plan generally will be into one of the available Class R6 shares, Class R4 shares, or Class R2 shares of the Fund, as applicable. A short-term
investment in a PGIM affiliated money market fund shall not be deemed a new group retirement plan investment for purposes of this policy.
In addition, on the Effective
Date, the Class R shares of any fund were closed to all new investors, except as discussed below. Due to the closing of the Class R shares to new investors, effective on the Effective Date new IRA investors may only
purchase Class A, Class C, Class Z or Class R6 shares of the Fund, as applicable, subject to share class eligibility. Following the Effective Date, no Class R shares may be purchased or acquired by any new Class R
shareholder, except as discussed below.
Class A | Class C | Class Z | Class R | |
Existing Investors (Group Retirement Plans, IRAs, and all other investors) | No Change | No Change | No Change | No Change |
New Group Retirement Plans | Closed to group retirement plans wishing to add the share classes as new additions to plan menus on June 1, 2018, subject to certain exceptions below | |||
New IRAs | No Change | No Change | No Change | Closed to all new investors on June 1, 2018, subject to certain exceptions below |
All Other New Investors | No Change | No Change | No Change |
However, the following new
investors may continue to purchase Class A, Class C, Class R and Class Z shares of the Fund, as applicable:
■ | Eligible group retirement plans that are exercising their one-time 90-day repurchase privilege in the Fund will be permitted to purchase such share classes. |
■ | Plan participants in a group retirement plan that offers Class A, Class C, Class R or Class Z shares of the Fund, as applicable, as of the Effective Date will be permitted to purchase such share classes of the Fund, even if the plan participant did not own shares of that class of the Fund as of the Effective Date. |
■ | Certain new group retirement plans will be permitted to offer such share classes of the Fund after the Effective Date, provided that the plan or its financial intermediary or other agent has or is actively negotiating a contractual agreement with the Fund’s distributor or service provider to offer such share classes of the Fund prior to or on the Effective Date. |
■ | New group retirement plans that combine with, replace or are otherwise affiliated with a current plan that invests in such share classes prior to or on the Effective Date will be permitted to purchase such share classes. |
■ | The Fund also reserves the right to refuse any purchase order that might disrupt management of the Fund or to otherwise modify the closure policy at any time on a case-by-case basis. |
■ | Shareholders owning Class C shares may continue to hold their Class C shares until the shares automatically convert to Class A shares under the conversion schedule, or until the shareholder redeems their Class C shares. |
Reducing or Waiving Class A's and
Class C’s Sales Charges
The following describes the
different ways investors can reduce or avoid paying Class A's sales charge.
Increase the Amount of Your
Investment. You can reduce Class A's sales charge by increasing the amount of your investment. This table shows how the sales charge decreases as the amount of your investment increases:
Amount of Purchase | Sales Charge as a % of Offering Price* | Sales Charge as a % of Amount Invested* | Dealer Reallowance*** |
Less than $25,000 | 5.50% | 5.82% | 5.00% |
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Amount of Purchase | Sales Charge as a % of Offering Price* | Sales Charge as a % of Amount Invested* | Dealer Reallowance*** |
$25,000 to $49,999 | 5.00% | 5.26% | 4.50% |
$50,000 to $99,999 | 4.50% | 4.71% | 4.00% |
$100,000 to $249,999 | 3.75% | 3.90% | 3.25% |
$250,000 to $499,999 | 2.75% | 2.83% | 2.50% |
$500,000 to $999,999 | 2.00% | 2.04% | 1.75% |
$1 million to $4,999,999** | None | None | 1.00% |
$5 million to $9,999,999** | None | None | 0.50% |
$10 million and over** | None | None | 0.25% |
* Due to rounding in the
calculation of the offering price and the number of shares purchased, the actual sales charge you pay may be more or less than the percentage shown above.
** If you invest $1 million or more, you
can buy only Class A shares, unless you qualify to buy other share classes. If you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase, you will be subject to a 1.00% CDSC,
although you will not be subject to an initial sales charge. The CDSC is waived for purchases by certain retirement and/or benefit plans.
*** The Dealer Reallowance is the amount
that is paid by the Fund’s distributor to the financial intermediary responsible for the sale of the Fund’s shares. For more information, please see “How Financial Intermediaries are Compensated for
Selling Fund Shares” in this section of the Prospectus.
To satisfy the purchase amounts
above, you can:
■ | Use your Rights of Accumulation, which allow you or an eligible group of related investors to combine (1) the current value of Class A, Class B and Class C PGIM Fund shares you or the group already own, (2) the value of money market shares (other than Direct Purchase money market shares) you or an eligible group of related investors have received for shares of other PGIM Funds in an exchange transaction, and (3) the value of the shares you or an eligible group of related investors are purchasing; or |
■ | Sign a Letter of Intent, stating in writing that you or an eligible group of related investors will purchase a certain amount of shares in the Fund and other PGIM Funds within 13 months. |
■ | Purchases made prior to the effective date of the Letter of Intent will be applied toward the satisfaction of the Letter of Intent to determine the level of sales charge that will be paid pursuant to the Letter of Intent, but will not result in any reduction in the amount of any previously paid sales charge. |
An “eligible group of
related investors” includes any combination of the following:
■ | All accounts held in your name (alone or with other account holders) and taxpayer identification number (“TIN”); |
■ | Accounts held in your spouse's name (alone or with other account holders) and TIN (see definition of spouse below); |
■ | Accounts for your children or your spouse's children, including children for whom you and/or your spouse are legal guardian(s) (e.g., UGMAs and UTMAs); |
■ | Accounts in the name and TINs of your parents; |
■ | Trusts with you, your spouse, your children, your spouse's children and/or your parents as the beneficiaries; |
■ | With limited exclusions, accounts with the same address (exclusions include, but are not limited to, addresses for brokerage firms and other intermediaries and Post Office boxes); and |
■ | Accounts held in the name of a company controlled by you (a person, entity or group that holds 25% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a company will be deemed to control the company, and a partnership will be deemed to be controlled by each of its general partners), including employee benefit plans of the company where the accounts are held in the plan's TIN. |
A
“spouse” is defined in this Prospectus as follows:
■ | The person to whom you are legally married. We also consider your spouse to include the following: |
■ | An individual of the same gender with whom you have been joined in a civil union, or legal contract similar to marriage; |
■ | A domestic partner, who is an individual (including one of the same gender) with whom you have shared a primary residence for at least six months, in a relationship as a couple where you, your domestic partner or both provide for the personal or financial welfare of the other without a fee, to whom you are not related by blood; or |
■ | An individual with whom you have a common law marriage, which is a marriage in a state where such marriages are recognized between a man and a woman arising from the fact that the two live together and hold themselves out as being married. |
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The value of shares held by you or
an eligible group of related investors will be determined by the value of your existing Class A shares calculated at current NAV plus maximum sales charge with Class B and Class C shares calculated at current NAV.
Note: Class Z shares, Class R shares and Class R6 shares cannot be aggregated with any other share class for purposes of reducing or waiving Class A's initial sales charge.
If your shares are held directly
by the Transfer Agent, and you believe you qualify for a reduction or waiver of Class A’s or Class C's sales charges, you must notify the Transfer Agent at the time of the qualifying share purchase in order to
receive the applicable reduction or waiver. If your shares are held through a broker or other financial intermediary, and you believe you qualify for a reduction or waiver of Class A’s or Class C's sales
charges, you must notify your broker or intermediary at the time of the qualifying purchase in order to receive the applicable reduction or waiver. Shares held through a broker or other financial intermediary will not
be systematically aggregated with shares held directly by the Transfer Agent for purposes of receiving a reduction or waiver of Class A’s or Class C's sales charges. The reduced or waived sales charge will be
granted subject to confirmation of account holdings.
If your shares are held directly
by the Transfer Agent, you must identify the eligible group of related investors. Although the Transfer Agent does not require any specific form of documentation in order to establish your eligibility to receive a
waiver or reduction of Class A’s or Class C's sales charges, you may be required to provide appropriate documentation if the Transfer Agent is unable to establish your eligibility.
If your shares are held through a
financial intermediary, the financial intermediary is responsible for determining the specific documentation, if any, that you may need in order to establish your eligibility to receive a waiver or reduction of Class
A’s or Class C's sales charges. Your financial intermediary is also responsible for notifying the Transfer Agent if your share purchase qualifies for a reduction or waiver of Class A’s or Class C's sales
charges.
Purchases of $1
million or More. If you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares, you will not be subject to an initial sales charge, although a CDSC may apply, as previously noted.
Mutual Fund Programs. The initial sales charge on Class A shares will be waived for participants in any fee-based program or trust program sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an
available option. The initial sales charge will also be waived for clients of financial intermediaries in programs that are sponsored by or available through financial intermediaries that offer Class A shares without
an initial sales charge, relating to:
■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs, where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; or |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs, where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services. |
Financial intermediaries
sponsoring these mutual fund programs may offer their clients more than one class of shares in the Fund in connection with different pricing options for their programs. Investors should consider carefully any separate
transaction and other fees charged by these programs in connection with investing in each available share class before selecting a share class.
Group Retirement Plans. Class A’s and Class C’s sales charges will be waived for group retirement plans (including defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans and deferred compensation plans)
available through a retirement plan recordkeeper or third party administrator. If Prudential Retirement Services is the recordkeeper for your group retirement plan, you may call Prudential at (800) 353-2847 with any
questions. Otherwise, investors in group retirement plans should contact their financial intermediary with any questions regarding availability of Class A and Class C shares at net asset value.
Other Types of Investors. Certain other types of investors may purchase Class A shares without paying the initial sales charge, including:
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■ | Certain directors, officers, current employees (including their spouses, children and parents) and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates, the PGIM Funds, and the subadvisers of the PGIM Funds; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Persons who have retired directly from active service with Prudential or one of its subsidiaries; |
■ | Registered representatives and employees of broker-dealers (including their spouses, children and parents) that offer Class A shares; |
■ | Investors in IRAs, provided that: (a) the purchase is made either from a directed rollover to such IRA or with the proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan for which Prudential Retirement (the institutional Benefit Plan recordkeeping entity of Prudential) provides administrative or recordkeeping services, in each case provided that such purchase is made within 60 days of receipt of the Benefit Plan distribution, and (b) the IRA is established through Prudential Retirement as part of its “Rollover IRA” program (regardless of whether or not the purchase consists of proceeds of a tax-free rollover of assets from a Benefit Plan described above); and |
■ | Clients of financial intermediaries, who (i) offer Class A shares through a no-load network or platform, (ii) charge clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or similar services, or (iii) offer self-directed brokerage accounts or other similar types of accounts that may or may not charge transaction fees to customers. |
To qualify for a waiver of the
Class A or Class C sales charges at the time of purchase (including exchange of share classes within the Fund), you must notify the Transfer Agent, or the Distributor must be notified by the financial intermediary
facilitating the purchase, that the transaction qualifies for a waiver of the Class A or Class C sales charges. The waiver will be granted subject to confirmation of your account holdings.
Additional Information About
Reducing or Waiving Class A’s and Class C's Sales Charges. The Fund also makes available free of charge, on the Fund's website, in a clear and prominent format, information relating to the Fund's Class A and Class C sales charges, and the different
ways that investors can reduce or avoid paying the initial sales charge. The Fund's website includes hyperlinks that facilitate access to this information.
You may need to provide your
financial intermediary through which you hold Fund shares with the information necessary to take full advantage of reduced or waived Class A or Class C sales charges.
The Distributor may reallow the
Class A sales charge to dealers.
Class B Shares Automatically Convert
to Class A Shares
Effective on or about April 1,
2019, if you bought Class B shares and hold them for approximately seven years, we will automatically convert them into Class A shares without charge. At that time, we will also convert any Class B shares that you
purchased with reinvested dividends and other distributions. Since the distribution and service (12b-1) fees for Class A shares are lower than for Class B shares, converting to Class A shares lowers your Fund
expenses. Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or distributions will be converted to Class A shares according to the procedures utilized by the broker-dealer through which the Class B shares
were purchased, if the shares are carried on the books of that broker-dealer and the broker-dealer provides subaccounting services to the Fund. Otherwise, the procedures utilized by PMFS or its affiliates will be
used. The use of different procedures may result in a timing differential in the conversion of Class B shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
When we do the conversion, you
will get fewer Class A shares than the number of converted Class B shares if the price of the Class A shares is higher than the price of the Class B shares. The total dollar value will be the same, so you will not
have lost any money by getting fewer Class A shares. Conversions are monthly for Class B shares (prior to April 1, 2019 the conversions were quarterly).
If you hold Class B share
certificates, the certificates must be received by the Transfer Agent in order for your Class B shares to convert from Class B to Class A shares. Certificate deposited shares will convert during the next monthly
conversion.
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A financial intermediary may
sponsor and/or control accounts, programs or platforms that impose a different conversion schedule or different eligibility requirements for the exchange of Class B shares for Class A shares (see Appendix A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries of the Prospectus). Please consult with your financial intermediary if you have any questions
regarding your shares’ conversion from Class B shares to Class A shares.
Class C Shares Automatically Convert
to Class A Shares
Effective on or
about April 1, 2019, Class C shares became eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares on a monthly basis if held for ten years from the original date of purchase (the “Conversion Date”).
Conversion will take place based on the relative NAV of the two classes, without the imposition of any sales load, fee or other charge. All such automatic conversions of Class C shares will constitute tax-free
exchanges for federal income tax purposes. See page 3 of the Prospectus for the annual fund operating expenses for Class A shares and Class C shares.
For shareholders investing in
Class C shares through retirement plans or omnibus accounts, and in certain other instances, the Fund and its agents may not have transparency into how long a shareholder has held Class C shares for purposes of
determining whether such Class C shares are eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares, and the relevant financial intermediary may not have the ability to track purchases in order to credit individual
shareholders’ holding periods. In these circumstances, the Fund will not be able to automatically convert Class C shares into Class A shares as described above. In order to determine eligibility for conversion
in these circumstances, it is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to notify the Fund that the shareholder is eligible for the conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, and the financial intermediary
may be required to maintain and provide the Fund with records that substantiate the holding period of Class C shares. It is the financial intermediary’s (and not the Fund’s) responsibility to keep records
of transactions made in accounts it holds and to ensure that the shareholder is credited with the proper holding period based on such records or those provided to the financial intermediary by the shareholder. Please
consult with your financial intermediary for the applicability of this conversion feature to your shares.
A financial intermediary may
sponsor and/or control accounts, programs or platforms that impose a different conversion schedule or different eligibility requirements for the exchange of Class C shares for Class A shares (see Appendix A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries of the Prospectus). Please consult with your financial intermediary if you have any questions
regarding your shares’ conversion from Class C shares to Class A shares.
Qualifying for Class R Shares
Group Retirement
Plans. Class R shares are offered for sale to (i) certain group retirement plans (including defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans and deferred compensation plans) available through a
retirement plan recordkeeper or third party administrator, and (ii) IRAs that are held on the books of the Fund through omnibus level accounts, including The SmartSolution IRA offered by Prudential Retirement. If
Prudential Retirement Services is the recordkeeper for your group retirement plan, you may call Prudential at (800) 353-2847 with any questions. Investors in SmartSolution IRA accounts through Prudential’s
Personal Retirement Services unit can call (888) 244-6237 with any questions regarding how to purchase shares. Otherwise, investors in group retirement plans should contact their financial intermediary with any
questions regarding availability of Class R shares.
Qualifying for Class Z Shares
Institutional
Investors. Various institutional investors may purchase Class Z shares, including corporations, banks, governmental entities, municipalities, hospitals, insurance companies and IRS Section 501
entities, such as foundations and endowments. Institutional investors are responsible for indicating their eligibility to purchase Class Z shares at the time of purchase. Certain financial intermediaries may require
that investments by their institutional investor clients in Class Z shares be placed directly with the Fund's Transfer Agent. Please contact the Transfer Agent at (800) 225-1852 for further details.
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Mutual Fund Programs. Class Z shares can be purchased by participants in any fee-based program or trust program sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option. Class Z
shares also can be purchased by investors in certain programs sponsored by financial intermediaries who offer Class Z shares of the Fund, or whose programs are available through financial intermediaries that offer
Class Z shares of the Fund, for:
■ | Mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs where the sponsor places fund trades, links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and charges its clients a management, consulting or other fee for its services; |
■ | Mutual fund “supermarket” programs where the sponsor links its clients' accounts to a master account in the sponsor's name and the sponsor charges a fee for its services; or |
■ | Fee- or commission-based retail brokerage programs of certain financial intermediaries that offer Class Z shares through such programs and that have agreements with PIMS to offer such shares when acting solely on an agency basis for their customers for the purchase or sale of such shares. If you transact in Class Z shares of the Fund through one of these programs, you may be required to pay a commission and/or other forms of compensation to the broker or financial intermediary for effecting such transaction. Because the Fund is not a party to any commission arrangement between you and your broker, any transactions in Class Z shares will be made by the Fund at net asset value (before imposition of the commission). Any such fee is paid by you, not by the Fund, and the imposition of any such fee or commission by your broker or financial intermediary does not impact the net asset value for such Fund shares. Shares of the Fund are available in other share classes that have different fees and expenses. |
Financial intermediaries
sponsoring these mutual fund programs may offer their clients more than one class of shares in the Fund in connection with different pricing options for their programs. Investors should consider carefully any separate
transaction and other fees charged by these programs in connection with investing in a share class offered by the program before selecting a share class.
Group Retirement Plans. Group retirement plans (including defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans and deferred compensation plans) available through a retirement plan recordkeeper or third party
administrator may purchase Class Z shares. If Prudential Retirement Services is the recordkeeper for your group retirement plan, you may call Prudential at (800) 353-2847 with any questions. Otherwise, investors in
group retirement plans should contact their financial intermediary with any questions regarding availability of Class Z shares.
Other Types of Investors. Class Z shares also can be purchased by any of the following:
■ | Certain participants in the MEDLEY Program (group variable annuity contracts) sponsored by Prudential for whom Class Z shares of the PGIM Funds are an available option; |
■ | Current and former Directors/Trustees of mutual funds managed by PGIM Investments or any other affiliate of Prudential; |
■ | Current and former employees (including their spouses, children and parents) of Prudential and its affiliates; former employees must have an existing investment in the Fund; |
■ | Prudential (including any program or account sponsored by Prudential or an affiliate that includes the Fund as an available option); |
■ | PGIM Funds, including PGIM funds-of-funds; |
■ | Qualified state tuition programs (529 plans); and |
■ | Investors working with fee-based consultants for investment selection and allocations. |
Qualifying for Class R6 Shares
Group Retirement Plans. Group retirement plans (including defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans and deferred compensation plans) available through a retirement plan recordkeeper or third party
administrator may purchase Class R6 shares. If Prudential Retirement Services is the recordkeeper for your group retirement plan, you may call Prudential at (800) 353-2847 with any questions. Otherwise, investors in
group retirement plans should contact their financial intermediary with any questions regarding availability of Class R6 shares.
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Institutional
Investors. Various institutional investors may purchase Class R6 shares, including, but not limited to, corporations, governmental entities, municipalities, hospitals, insurance companies and IRS
Section 501 entities, such as foundations and endowments and other institutional investors who meet requirements as detailed below. Institutional investors are responsible for indicating their eligibility to purchase
Class R6 shares at the time of purchase.
Other Types of Investors. Class R6 shares may also be purchased by Prudential, certain programs or accounts sponsored by Prudential (the SmartSolution IRA offered by Prudential Retirement), and PGIM Funds, including PGIM funds-of-funds. Investors in SmartSolution IRA
accounts through Prudential’s Personal Retirement Services unit can call (888) 244-6237 with any questions regarding how to purchase shares.
Class R6 shares may only be
purchased from financial intermediaries who offer such shares.
Class R6 shares are offered to
eligible investors provided that the Fund or its affiliates are not required to make or pay any type of administrative, sub-accounting, networking or revenue sharing payments or similar fees paid to intermediaries.
How Financial Intermediaries are
Compensated for Selling Fund Shares
The PGIM Funds
are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (the “Distributor”), a broker-dealer that is licensed to sell securities. The Distributor generally does not sell shares of the PGIM Funds
directly to the public, but instead markets and sells the PGIM Funds through other broker-dealers, 401(k) providers, retirement plan administrators, and other financial intermediaries. Each PGIM Fund is managed by the
Manager.
Only persons licensed with the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), as a registered representative (often referred to as a broker or financial adviser) and associated with a specific financial services firm may sell
shares of a mutual fund to you, or to a retirement plan in which you participate.
Rule 12b-1 Fees & Sales
Charges. The Distributor has agreements in place with financial intermediaries defining how much each firm will be paid for the sale of a particular mutual fund from front-end sales charges, if any,
paid by Fund shareholders and from fees paid to the Distributor by the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (Rule 12b-1). These financial intermediaries then pay their registered representatives who sold you
the Fund some or all of what they received from the Distributor. The registered representatives may receive a payment when the sale is made and can, in some cases, continue to receive ongoing payments while you are
invested in the Fund. The Distributor may change at any time, without prior notice, the amount of Rule 12b-1 fees that it pays (when the sale is made and/or any ongoing payments) to financial intermediaries and
registered representatives so that the Distributor may retain all or a portion of such fees.
“Revenue Sharing”
Payments. In addition to the compensation received by financial intermediaries as described above, the Manager or certain of its affiliates (but not the Distributor) may make additional payments
(which are often referred to as “revenue sharing” payments) to the financial intermediaries from the Manager's or certain affiliates' own resources, including from the profits derived from management or
other fees received from the Fund, without additional direct or indirect cost to the Fund or its shareholders , provided that no such additional payments to financial intermediaries are made with respect to the
Fund’s Class R6 shares. Revenue sharing payments are in addition to the front-end sales charges paid by Fund shareholders or fees paid pursuant to plans adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1. 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, the Fund generally expects to receive the opportunity for the Fund to be sold through the financial intermediaries' sales force or access to third-party platforms or other marketing programs, including but
not limited to mutual fund “supermarket” platforms or other sales programs. To the extent that financial intermediaries receiving revenue sharing payments sell more shares of the Fund, the Manager and
Distributor benefit from the increase in Fund assets as a result of the management and distribution fees they receive from the Fund,
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respectively. Increased sales of Fund shares also
may benefit shareholders, since an increase in Fund assets may allow the Fund to expand its investment opportunities, and increased Fund assets may result in reduced Fund operating expenses.
Revenue sharing payments, as well
as the other types of payments described above, 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 the firms' financial interests and their duties to customers.
If your Fund shares are purchased
through a retirement plan, the Manager or certain of its affiliates (but not the Distributor) may also make revenue sharing payments to the plan's recordkeeper or an affiliate, which generally is not a registered
broker-dealer.
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 0.02% up to 0.20% of Fund
assets serviced and maintained by the financial intermediaries or from 0.10% to 0.25% of sales of Fund shares attributable to the firm. 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 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 his or her firm) 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.
Other Payments Received by Financial
Intermediaries
Administrative, Sub-Accounting and
Networking Fees. In addition to, rather than in lieu of, the fees that the Fund may pay to financial intermediaries as described above, and the fees the Fund pays to the Transfer Agent, the Transfer Agent
or its affiliates may enter into additional agreements on behalf of the Fund with financial intermediaries pursuant to which the Fund will pay financial intermediaries for certain administrative, sub-accounting and
networking services , provided that no such additional payments to financial intermediaries are made with respect to the Fund’s Class R6 shares. These services include maintenance of shareholder accounts by
the firms, such as recordkeeping and other activities that otherwise would be performed by the Transfer Agent. Sub-accounting services encompass activities that reduce the burden of recordkeeping to the Fund.
Administrative fees are paid to a firm that undertakes, for example, shareholder communications on behalf of the Fund. Networking services are services undertaken to support the electronic transmission of shareholder
purchase and redemption orders through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”).
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These payments, as discussed
above, are paid out of Fund assets and generally based on either (1) a percentage of the average daily net assets of Fund shareholders serviced by a financial intermediary or (2) a fixed dollar amount for each account
serviced by a financial services firm. From time to time, the Manager or certain of its affiliates (but not the Distributor) also may pay a portion of the fees for the services to the financial intermediaries at their
own expense and out of their own resources.
In addition, the Fund reimburses
the Distributor for NSCC fees that are invoiced to the Distributor as the party to the Agreement with NSCC for the administrative services provided by NSCC to the Fund and its shareholders. These administrative
services provided by NSCC to the Fund and its shareholders include transaction processing and settlement through Fund/SERV, electronic networking services to support the transmission of shareholder purchase and
redemption orders to and from financial intermediaries, and related recordkeeping provided by NSCC to the Fund and its shareholders. These payments are generally based on a transaction fee rate for certain
administrative services plus a fee for other administrative services.
Anti-Money Laundering
In accordance with federal law, the
Fund has adopted policies designed to deter money laundering. Under the policies, the Fund will not knowingly engage in financial transactions that involve proceeds from unlawful activity or support terrorist
activities, and shall file government reports, including those concerning suspicious activities, as required by applicable law. The Fund will seek to confirm the identity of potential shareholders to include both
individuals and entities through documentary and non-documentary methods. Non-documentary methods may include verification of name, address, date of birth and tax identification number with selected credit bureaus.
The Fund has also appointed an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer to oversee the Fund's anti-money laundering policies.
Understanding the Price You'll
Pay
The price you pay for each share of
the Fund is based on the share value. The share value of a mutual fund—known as the net asset value or NAV—is determined by a simple calculation: it's the total value of the Fund (assets minus liabilities) divided by the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if the
value of the investments held by Fund XYZ (minus its liabilities) is $1,000 and there are 100 shares of Fund XYZ owned by shareholders, the value of one share of the Fund—or the NAV—is $10 ($1,000 divided
by 100).
Mutual Fund
Shares
The NAV of
mutual fund shares changes every day because the value of a fund's portfolio changes constantly. For example, if Fund XYZ holds ACME Corp. bonds in its portfolio and the price of ACME bonds goes up, while the value of
the Fund's other holdings remains the same and expenses don't change, the NAV of Fund XYZ will increase.
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 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 under procedures established by the Board. These procedures include 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, and authorize 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 or by the Board. The subadviser often
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provides relevant information for the Valuation
Committee meeting. In addition, the Fund may use fair value pricing determined by the Valuation Committee or Board if the pricing source does not provide an evaluated price for a security or provides an evaluated
price that, in the judgment of the Manager (which may be based upon a recommendation from the subadviser), does not represent fair value. Equity securities that are traded on foreign exchanges are valued using pricing
vendor services that provide fair value model prices. The models generate an evaluated adjustment factor for each security, which is applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post closing market movements.
Utilizing that evaluated adjustment factor, the vendor provides an evaluated price for each security. Non-US 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 redeem 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 in which
the Fund invests will explain each fund’s procedures and policies with respect to the use of fair value pricing.
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.
What Price Will You Pay for Shares
of the Fund? For Class A shares, you'll pay the public offering price, which is the NAV next determined after we receive your order to purchase, plus an initial sales charge (unless you're entitled to a
waiver). For all other share classes, you will pay the NAV next determined after we receive your order to purchase (remember, there are no up-front sales charges for these share classes). Your broker may charge you a
separate or additional fee for purchases of shares. Unless regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, or later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, your order to purchase must be received by 4:00 p.m.
Eastern time in order to receive that day's NAV. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to purchase is received after
the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The 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., if the particular disruption
directly affects only the NYSE. We deem an order received when it is received by the Transfer Agent at its processing center. If you submit your order through a broker or other financial intermediary, it may be deemed
received when received by the broker or financial intermediary.
Each business day, the Fund's
current NAV per share is made available at www.pgiminvestments.com (click on “Performance & Yields,” and then click on “Prices”).
Additional Shareholder Services
As a Fund shareholder, you can take
advantage of the following services and privileges:
Automatic Reinvestment. As we explained in the “Fund Distributions and Tax Issues” section, the Fund pays out—or distributes—its net investment income and net capital gains to all
shareholders. For your convenience, we will automatically reinvest your distributions in the Fund at NAV, without any sales charge. If you want your distributions paid in cash, you can indicate this preference on your
application, or by notifying your broker or the Transfer Agent in writing (at the address below) at least five business days before the date we determine who receives dividends. For accounts held at the Transfer Agent
(PMFS), distributions of $10.00 or less on non-retirement accounts will not be paid out in cash, but will be automatically reinvested into your account.
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Prudential Mutual Fund Services
LLC
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
Automatic Investment Plan
(AIP). You can make regular purchases of the Fund by having a fixed amount of money automatically withdrawn from your bank or brokerage account at specified intervals. The minimum for subsequent
investments through newly-established AIP accounts must be at least $50 monthly.
Note: New AIPs in Class B shares
may not be established. Class B shareholders may not make automatic investments in Class B shares through an AIP. A Class B shareholder must designate a different share class of the same fund or another fund for
purchases. Shareholders may select another share class which they are eligible to purchase.
Retirement Plan Services. Prudential offers a wide variety of retirement plans for individuals and institutions, including large and small businesses. For information on IRAs, including Roth IRAs or SEP-IRAs for a
one-person business, please contact your financial adviser. If you are interested in opening a 401(k) or other company-sponsored retirement plan (SIMPLE IRAs, SEP plans, Keoghs, 403(b)(7) plans, pension and
profit-sharing plans), your financial adviser will help you determine which retirement plan best meets your needs. Complete instructions about how to establish and maintain your plan and how to open accounts for you
and your employees will be included in the retirement plan kit you receive in the mail.
Note: Class B shareholders can
continue to hold Class B shares in IRA and SIMPLE IRA accounts or in employer-sponsored retirement plans, but new contributions must be made in another share class.
Systematic Withdrawal Plan. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan is available that will provide you with monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual redemption checks. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan is not available to
participants in certain retirement plans. Please contact PMFS at (800) 225-1852 for more details.
Reports to
Shareholders. Every year we will send you an annual report (along with an updated summary prospectus) and a semi-annual report, which contain important financial information about the Fund. To reduce
Fund expenses, we may send one annual shareholder report, one semi-annual shareholder report and one summary prospectus per household, unless you instruct us or your financial intermediary otherwise. If each Fund
shareholder in your household would like to receive a copy of the Fund's summary prospectus and shareholder reports, please call us toll free at (800) 225-1852. We will begin sending additional copies of these
documents within 30 days of receipt of your request.
Important Note: Effective January 1, 2021 you will no longer receive mailed copies of the annual and semi-annual reports, unless you elect to continue to receive these
mailings. See the front cover of this Prospectus for more information.
HOW TO SELL YOUR SHARES
You can sell your Fund shares for
cash at any time, subject to certain restrictions. For more information about these restrictions, see “Restrictions on Sales” below.
When you sell shares of the
Fund—also known as redeeming your shares—the price you will receive will be the NAV next determined after the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary receives your order to sell (less any
applicable CDSC).
Shares Held by Financial
Intermediaries. If your financial intermediary holds your shares, your financial intermediary must receive your order to sell no later than the time regular trading on the NYSE
closes—which is usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time—to process the sale on that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV
if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
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Shares Held by the Transfer
Agent. If the Transfer Agent holds your shares, PMFS must receive your order to sell no later than the time regular trading on the NYSE closes—which is usually 4:00 p.m.
Eastern time—to process the sale on that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after
the close of regular trading on the NYSE. You may contact the Transfer Agent at:
Prudential Mutual Fund Services
LLC
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
Payment for Shares You Have Sold
Shares Held by Financial
Intermediaries. Typically, if your order to sell shares is received in good order, payment will be credited to your account within 1 to 3 business days after the order is received, but
in any event within seven days. Your broker may charge you a separate or additional fee for sales of shares.
Shares Held by the Transfer Agent.
Typically, if your order to sell shares is received in good order, we will send payment on the next business day, but in any event within seven days, regardless of the
method of payment (e.g., payment by check, wire or electronic transfer (ACH)).
Restrictions on Sales
If you are selling shares you
recently purchased with a check, we may delay sending you the proceeds until your check clears, which can take up to seven days from the purchase date.
As a result of restrictions on
withdrawals and transfers imposed by Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, we may consider a redemption request to not be in good order until we obtain information from your employer that is
reasonably necessary to ensure that the payment is in compliance with such restrictions, if applicable. In such an event, the redemption request will not be in good order and we will not process it until we obtain
information from your employer.
In addition, there are certain
times when you may not be able to sell shares of the Fund or when we may delay paying you the proceeds from a sale. As permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the former may happen only during unusual
market conditions or emergencies when the Fund is unable to determine the value of its assets or sell its holdings. For more information, see the SAI.
If you hold your shares directly
with the Transfer Agent, you will need to have the signature on your sell order Medallion signature guaranteed if:
■ | You are selling more than $100,000 of shares; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds made payable to someone that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You want the redemption proceeds sent to an address that is not in the Transfer Agent’s records; |
■ | You are a business or a trust; or |
■ | You are redeeming due to the death of the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder. |
The Medallion signature guarantee
may be obtained from an authorized officer from a bank, broker, dealer, securities exchange or association, clearing agency, savings association, or credit union that is participating in one of the recognized
Medallion guarantee programs (STAMP, SEMP, or NYSE MSP), but not from a notary public. The Medallion signature guarantee must be appropriate for the dollar amount of the transaction. The Transfer Agent reserves the
right to reject sale transactions where the value of the transaction exceeds the value of the surety coverage indicated on the Medallion imprint. The Fund may change the signature guarantee requirements from time to
time without prior notice to shareholders. For more information, see the SAI.
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How the Fund Pays for Shares You
Have Sold
Under normal market conditions, the
Fund expects to pay for shares that you have sold primarily by using cash or cash equivalents in its portfolio or selling portfolio assets to generate cash. Supplementally, the Fund may also raise cash to pay for sold
shares by short-term borrowing in the form of overdrafts permitted by the Fund’s custodian bank and/or by short-term borrowing from a group of banks through an unsecured credit facility, which is intended to
provide the Fund with a temporary additional source of liquidity. In certain circumstances the Fund reserves the right to pay for sold shares by giving you securities from the Fund’s portfolio. If you receive
securities, you would incur transaction costs in converting the securities to cash, and you may receive less for the securities than the price at which they were valued for redemption purposes.
During stressed market conditions,
it may be impractical or impossible to raise sufficient cash to pay for sold shares through the primary methods described above. In these circumstances, the Fund would be more likely to rely more heavily on the credit
facility as a source of liquidity, as described above.
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
(CDSC)
If you sell Class B shares within
six years of purchase or Class C shares within 12 months of purchase, you will have to pay a CDSC. In addition, if you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares, although you are not subject to an initial sales
charge, you are subject to a 1.00% CDSC for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase (the CDSC is waived for purchases by certain retirement and/or benefit plans). To keep the CDSC as low as possible, we will sell
amounts representing shares in the following order:
■ | Amounts representing shares you purchased with reinvested dividends and distributions, |
■ | Amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for shares made during the past 12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases), six years for Class B shares, and 12 months for Class C shares, and |
■ | Amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the CDSC period (12 months for Class A shares (in certain cases), six years for Class B shares, and 12 months for Class C shares). |
Since shares that fall into any of
the categories listed above are not subject to the CDSC, selling them first helps you to avoid—or at least minimize—the CDSC.
Having sold the exempt shares
first, if there are any remaining shares that are subject to the CDSC, we will apply the CDSC to amounts representing the cost of shares held for the longest period of time within the applicable CDSC period.
The CDSC is calculated based on
the lesser of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption. The rate decreases on the anniversary date of your purchase.
The holding period for purposes of
determining the applicable CDSC will be calculated from the anniversary date of the purchase, excluding any time Class B or Class C shares were held in a money market fund.
Waiver of the CDSC—Class A
Shares
The CDSC will be waived if the
Class A shares are sold:
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
For more information, see the
SAI.
Waiver of the CDSC—Class B
Shares
The CDSC will be waived if the
Class B shares are sold:
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■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | On certain redemptions effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan. |
For more information, see the
SAI.
Waiver of the CDSC—Class C
Shares
The CDSC will be waived if the
Class C shares are sold:
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or permanent disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders, as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability; |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account; and |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. |
For more information, see the
SAI.
Involuntary Redemption of Small
Accounts Held by the Transfer Agent
If the value of your account with
PMFS is less than $500 for any reason, we may sell your shares (without charging any CDSC) and close your account. We would do this to minimize the Fund's expenses paid by other shareholders. The involuntary sale
provisions do not apply to Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) accounts, employee savings plan accounts, payroll deduction plan accounts, retirement accounts (such as a 401(k) plan, an IRA or other qualified or
tax-deferred plan or account), omnibus accounts, and accounts for which a broker or other financial intermediary is responsible for recordkeeping. Prior thereto, if you make a sale that reduces your account value to
less than the threshold, we may sell the rest of your shares (without charging any CDSC) and close your account; this involuntary sale does not apply to shareholders who own their shares as part of a retirement
account. For more information, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Involuntary Redemption” in the SAI.
Account Maintenance Fee for Accounts
Held by the Transfer Agent
If the value of your account with
PMFS is less than $10,000, with certain exclusions, a $15 annual account maintenance fee will be deducted from your account during the 4th calendar quarter of each year. Any applicable CDSC on the shares redeemed to
pay the account maintenance fee will be waived. For more information, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Account Maintenance Fee” in the SAI.
90-Day Repurchase Privilege
After you redeem your shares, you
have a 90-day period during which you may reinvest back into your account any of the redemption proceeds in shares of the same Fund without paying an initial sales charge. In order to take advantage of this privilege,
you must notify the Transfer Agent or your broker at the time of the repurchase. This privilege can only be used once in a 12-month period. For more information, see the SAI.
The terms of this privilege may
vary by financial intermediary. For more information, see “Appendix A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries.”
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Retirement Plans
To sell shares and receive a
distribution from your retirement account, call your broker or the Transfer Agent for a distribution request form. There are special distribution and income tax withholding requirements for distributions from
retirement plans and you must submit a withholding form with your request to avoid delay. If your retirement plan account is held for you by your employer or plan trustee, you must arrange for the distribution request
to be signed and sent by the plan administrator or trustee. For additional information, see the SAI.
HOW TO EXCHANGE YOUR SHARES
You can generally
exchange your shares of the Fund for shares of the same class in certain other PGIM Funds—including PGIM Government Money Market Fund—if you satisfy the minimum investment requirements. For example, you
can exchange Class A shares of the Fund for Class A shares of other funds in the PGIM Funds family, but you can’t exchange Class A shares for a different share class of another fund.
In addition, Class R6 shares
cannot be exchanged for Class R6 shares of the Prudential Day One Funds or the PGIM 60/40 Allocation Fund.
After an exchange, at redemption,
any CDSC will be calculated from the date of the initial purchase, excluding any time that Class B or Class C shares were held in PGIM Government Money Market Fund. We may change the terms of any exchange privilege
after giving you 60 days' notice.
Note: Class B shares may not be
purchased or acquired by any Class B shareholder except by exchange from Class B shares of another fund or through dividend and/or capital gains reinvestment.
There is no sales charge for
exchanges. However, if you exchange—and then sell—shares within the applicable CDSC period, you must still pay the applicable CDSC. At the time of exchange, CDSC liable shares and free shares move
proportionally according to the percentage of total shares you are exchanging. If you have exchanged Class B or Class C shares into PGIM Government Money Market Fund, the time you hold the Class B or Class C shares in
the money market fund will not be counted in calculating the required holding period for CDSC liability.
For investors in certain programs
sponsored by financial intermediaries that offer shares of the Fund, or whose programs are available through financial intermediaries that offer shares of the Fund for mutual fund “wrap” or asset
allocation programs or mutual fund “supermarket” programs, an exchange may be made from Class A to Class Z shares of the Fund in certain limited circumstances. Contact your program sponsor or financial
intermediary with any questions.
Exchanging Shares Held by a
Financial Intermediary. If you hold shares through a financial intermediary, you must exchange shares through your financial intermediary.
Exchanging Shares Held by the
Transfer Agent. If you hold shares through the Transfer Agent, contact your financial advisor or PMFS at (800) 225-1852 or write to PMFS at:
Prudential Mutual Fund Services
LLC
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
P.O. Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940
If you participate in any
fee-based program where the Fund is an available investment option, you may arrange with the Transfer Agent or your recordkeeper to exchange your Class A shares, if any, for Class Z shares when you elect to
participate in the fee-based program. When you no longer participate in the program, you may arrange with the Transfer Agent or your recordkeeper to exchange all of your Class Z shares, including shares purchased
while you were in the program, for Class A shares.
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Remember, as we explained in the
section entitled “Fund Distributions and Tax Issues—If You Sell or Exchange Your Shares,” exchanging shares is considered a sale for tax purposes. Therefore, if the shares you exchange are worth more
than the amount that you paid for them, you may have to pay capital gains tax. For additional information about exchanging shares, see the SAI.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions
of Fund Shares
The Fund seeks to
prevent patterns of frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares by its shareholders. Frequent purchases and sales of shares of the Fund may adversely affect Fund performance and the interests of long-term
investors. When a shareholder engages in frequent or short-term trading, the Fund may have to sell portfolio securities to have the cash necessary to redeem the shareholder's shares. This can happen when it is not
advantageous to sell any securities, so the Fund's performance may be hurt. When large dollar amounts are involved, frequent trading can also make it difficult to use long-term investment strategies because the Fund
cannot predict how much cash it will have to invest. In addition, if the Fund is forced to liquidate investments due to short-term trading activity, it may incur increased brokerage and tax costs. Similarly, the Fund
may bear increased administrative costs as a result of the asset level and investment volatility that accompanies patterns of short-term trading. Moreover, frequent or short-term trading by certain shareholders may
cause dilution in the value of Fund shares held by other shareholders. Funds that invest in non-US securities may be particularly susceptible to frequent trading because time zone differences among international stock
markets can allow a shareholder engaging in frequent trading to exploit fund share prices that may be based on closing prices of non-US securities established some time before the Fund calculates its own share price.
Funds that invest in certain fixed income securities, such as high-yield bonds or certain asset-backed securities, may also constitute an effective vehicle for a shareholder's frequent trading strategy.
The Fund does not knowingly
accommodate or permit frequent trading, and the Board has adopted policies and procedures designed to discourage or prevent frequent trading activities by Fund shareholders. In an effort to prevent such practices, the
Fund's Transfer Agent monitors trading activity on a daily basis. The Fund has implemented a trading policy that limits the number of times a shareholder may purchase Fund shares or exchange into the Fund and then
sell those shares within a specified period of time (a “round-trip transaction”) as established by the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”). The CCO is authorized to set and modify the
parameters of the trading policy at any time as required to prevent the adverse impact of frequent trading on Fund shareholders.
The CCO has defined frequent
trading as one or more round-trip transactions in shares of the Fund within a 30-day period. If this occurs, the shareholder’s account will be subject to a 60-day warning period. If a second round-trip occurs
before the conclusion of the 60-day warning period, a trading suspension will be placed on the account by the Fund’s Transfer Agent that will remain in effect for 90 days. The trading suspension will relate to
purchases and exchange purchases (but not redemptions) in the Fund in which the frequent trading occurred. Exceptions to the trading policy will not normally be granted.
Transactions in
the PGIM money market funds, exchange traded funds and PGIM Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund are excluded from this policy. In addition, transactions by affiliated PGIM Funds or certain unaffiliated funds, which are
structured as “funds-of-funds,” and invest primarily in other mutual funds within the PGIM Fund family, are not subject to the limitations of the trading policy and are not considered frequent or
short-term trading.
This policy does not apply to
systematic purchases and redemptions (e.g., payroll purchases, systematic withdrawals and rebalancing transactions or other similar transactions not initiated by a shareholder or financial professional on the
transaction date). Generally, purchases and redemptions will not be considered “systematic” unless the transaction is pre-established or scheduled for a specific date.
The Fund reserves the right to
reject or cancel, without prior notice, all additional purchases or exchanges into the Fund by a shareholder. Moreover, the Fund may direct a broker-dealer or other intermediary to block a shareholder account from
future trading in the Fund. The Transfer Agent will monitor daily trading activity above a certain threshold, which may be changed from time to time, over a rolling 90-day period. If a purchase into the Fund is
rejected or canceled, the shareholder will receive a return of the purchase amount.
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If the Fund is offered to
qualified plans on an omnibus basis or if Fund shares may be purchased through other omnibus arrangements, such as through a financial intermediary such as a broker-dealer, a bank, an insurance company separate
account, an investment adviser, or an administrator or trustee of a retirement plan (“Intermediaries”) that holds your shares in an account under its name, Intermediaries maintain the individual beneficial
owner records and submit to the Fund only aggregate orders combining the transactions of many beneficial owners. The Fund itself generally cannot monitor trading by particular beneficial owners. The Fund has notified
Intermediaries in writing that it expects the Intermediaries to impose restrictions on transfers by beneficial owners. Intermediaries may impose different or stricter restrictions on transfers by beneficial owners.
Consistent with the restrictions described above, investments in the Fund through retirement programs administered by Prudential Retirement will be similarly identified for frequent purchases and redemptions and
appropriately restricted.
The Transfer Agent also reviews
aggregate omnibus net flows above a certain threshold. In cases where the activity is considered unusual, the Intermediary may be contacted by the Transfer Agent to obtain additional information. The Transfer Agent
has the authority to cancel all or a portion of the trade if the information reveals that the activity relates to potential offenders. Where appropriate, the Transfer Agent may request that the Intermediary block a
financial adviser or client from accessing the Fund. If necessary, the Fund may be removed from a particular Intermediary’s platform.
Shareholders seeking to engage in
frequent trading activities may use a variety of strategies to avoid detection and, despite the efforts of the Fund to prevent such trading, there is no guarantee that the Fund, the Transfer Agent or Intermediaries
will be able to identify these shareholders or curtail their trading practices. The Fund does not have any arrangements intended to permit trading of its shares in contravention of the policies described above.
Telephone Redemptions or
Exchanges
You may redeem your shares of the
Fund if the proceeds of the redemption do not exceed $250,000 or exchange your shares in any amount by calling the Fund at (800) 225-1852 and communicating your instructions in good order to a customer service
representative before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. You will receive a redemption or exchange amount based on that day's NAV. Certain restrictions apply; please see the section entitled “How to Sell Your
Shares—Restrictions on Sales” above for additional information. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to
sell or exchange is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
The Transfer Agent will record
your telephone instructions and request specific account information before redeeming or exchanging shares. The Fund will not be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent telephone instructions if it follows
instructions that it reasonably believes are made by the shareholder. If the Fund does not follow reasonable procedures, it may be liable.
In the event of drastic economic
or market changes, you may have difficulty in redeeming or exchanging your shares by telephone. If this occurs, you should consider redeeming or exchanging your shares by mail or through your broker.
The telephone redemption and
exchange procedures may be modified or terminated at any time. If this occurs, you will receive a written notice from the Fund.
Expedited Redemption Privilege
If you have selected the Expedited
Redemption Privilege, you may have your redemption proceeds sent directly to your bank account. Expedited redemption requests may be made by telephone or letter, must be received by the Transfer Agent prior to 4:00
p.m. Eastern time to receive a redemption amount based on that day's NAV and are subject to the terms and conditions regarding the redemption of shares. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00
p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. For more information, see the SAI. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may
be modified or terminated at any time without notice.
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Introduction
The financial
highlights will help you evaluate the Fund's financial performance for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015. Certain information reflects financial results for a single fund class
share. The total return in each chart represents the rate that a shareholder would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund, assuming investment at the start of the period and reinvestment of all dividends
and other distributions. The information is for the periods indicated.
These financial highlights were
derived from the financial statements audited by ___________, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report on those financial statements was unqualified.
A copy of the Fund's annual
report, including the Fund's audited financial statements and report of independent registered public accounting firm, is available upon request, at no charge, as described on the back cover of this Prospectus.
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GLOSSARY
FUND INDEXES
MSCI ACWI ND
Index. The Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World (MSCI ACWI) Net Dividends (ND) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure
the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The MSCI ACWI consists of 47 country indexes comprising 23 developed and 24 emerging market country indexes. The developed market country indexes
included are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the
United Kingdom and the United States. The emerging market country indexes included are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan,
Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. The ND version of the MSCI ACWI Index reflects the impact of the maximum withholding taxes on reinvested
dividends. The MSCI ACWI ND Index is unmanaged and the total return includes the reinvestment of all dividends. These returns do not include the effect of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund or
taxes payable by investors. These returns would be lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
Lipper Equity Income Funds
Index. Funds in the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index seek relatively high current income and growth of income by investing at least 65% of their portfolios in dividend-paying equity securities.
These funds’ gross or net yields must be at least 125% of the average gross or net yield of the US diversified equity fund universe. These returns do not include the effect of any sales charges or taxes. These
returns would be lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
S&P 500 Index. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of over 500 stocks of large US public companies. It gives a broad look at how stock prices in the United States have performed. These returns do
not include the effect of any sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund or taxes. These returns would be lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
Lipper Global
Equity Income Funds Average. The Lipper Global Equity Income Funds Average is based on the average return of all mutual funds in the Lipper Global Equity Income Funds universe. Returns do not include the effect of any
sales charges or taxes. The returns would be lower if they included the effect of sales charges or taxes.
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APPENDIX A: WAIVERS AND DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM
CERTAIN FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The availability of certain sales
charge waivers and discounts will depend on whether you purchase your shares directly from the Fund or through a financial intermediary. Intermediaries may have different policies and procedures regarding the
availability of front-end sales load waivers or contingent deferred (back-end) sales load (CDSC) waivers, which are discussed below. In all instances, it is the purchaser's responsibility to notify the Fund or the
purchaser's financial intermediary at the time of purchase of any relationship or other facts qualifying the purchaser for sales charge waivers or discounts. For waivers and discounts not available through a particular intermediary, shareholders will have to purchase Fund shares through the applicable intermediary to receive these waivers or
discounts.
Shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through a Merrill Lynch platform or account are eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and
discounts, as applicable, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund's Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end Sales Load Waivers on
Class A Shares available at Merrill Lynch
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement, deferred compensation and employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans, provided that the shares are not held in a commission-based brokerage account and shares are held for the benefit of the plan |
■ | Shares purchased by or through a 529 Plan, if applicable |
■ | Shares purchased through a Merrill Lynch affiliated investment advisory program |
■ | Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Merrill Lynch’s platform |
■ | Shares of funds purchased through the Merrill Edge Self-Directed platform |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family) |
■ | Shares exchanged from Class C (i.e. level-load) shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Merrill Lynch or its affiliates and their family members |
■ | Directors or Trustees of the Fund, and employees of the Fund’s investment adviser or any of its affiliates, as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement) |
CDSC Waivers on Class A, B and C
Shares available at Merrill Lynch
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70 1⁄2 |
■ | Shares sold to pay Merrill Lynch fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Merrill Lynch |
■ | Shares acquired through a Right of Reinstatement |
■ | Shares held in retirement brokerage accounts, that are exchanged for a lower cost share class due to transfer to certain fee based accounts or platforms (applicable to Class A and C shares only) |
Front-end load Discounts Available
at Merrill Lynch: Breakpoints, Rights of Accumulation & Letters of Intent
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus |
■ | Rights of Accumulation (ROA) which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Merrill Lynch. Eligible fund family assets not held at Merrill Lynch may be included in the ROA calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets |
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■ | Letters of Intent (LOI) which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, through Merrill Lynch, over a 13-month period of time (if applicable) |
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through a Morgan Stanley Wealth Management transactional brokerage account are eligible only for the following front-end sales charge waivers with respect to Class A shares, which may differ
from and be more limited than those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund's Prospectus or SAI.
Front-End Sales Charge Waivers on
Class A Shares Available at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, SAR-SEPs or Keogh plans |
■ | Morgan Stanley employee and employee-related accounts according to Morgan Stanley’s account linking rules |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions when purchasing shares of the same fund |
■ | Shares purchased through a Morgan Stanley self-directed brokerage account |
■ | Class C (i.e., level-load) shares that are no longer subject to a contingent deferred sales charge and are converted to Class A shares of the same fund pursuant to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s share class conversion program |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (i) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (ii) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (iii) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge. |
Ameriprise Financial
Class A Shares Front-End Sales
Charge Waivers Available at Ameriprise Financial
The following information applies
to Class A shares purchases if you have an account with or otherwise purchase Fund shares through Ameriprise Financial
Shareholders
purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial platform or account are eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund's
Prospectus or SAI.
■ | Employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs. |
■ | Shares purchased through an Ameriprise Financial investment advisory program (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available). |
■ | Shares purchased by third party investment advisors on behalf of their advisory clients through Ameriprise Financial’s platform (if an Advisory or similar share class for such investment advisory program is not available). |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family). |
■ | Shares exchanged from Class C shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 10-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this Prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to such shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this Prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Class C shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges. |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members. |
■ | Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor’s spouse, advisor’s lineal ascendant (mother, father, |
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grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor’s lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant. | |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (i.e. Rights of Reinstatement). |
Raymond James &
Associates, Inc., Raymond James Financial Services and each entity’s affiliates (“Raymond James”)
Shareholders purchasing fund
shares through a Raymond James platform or account, or through an introducing broker-dealer or independent registered investment adviser for which Raymond James provides trade execution, clearance, and/or custody
services, will be eligible only for the following load waivers (front-end sales charge waivers and contingent deferred, or back-end, sales charge waivers) and discounts, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere
in this Fund’s Prospectus or SAI.
Front-end sales load waivers on
Class A shares available at Raymond James
■ | Shares purchased in an investment advisory program. |
■ | Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same fund (but not any other fund within the fund family). |
■ | Employees and registered representatives of Raymond James or its affiliates and their family members as designated by Raymond James. |
■ | Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within the same fund family, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales load (known as Rights of Reinstatement). |
■ | A shareholder in the Fund’s Class C shares will have their shares converted at net asset value to Class A shares (or the appropriate share class) of the Fund if the shares are no longer subject to a CDSC and the conversion is in line with the policies and procedures of Raymond James. |
CDSC Waivers on Classes A, B and C
shares available at Raymond James
■ | Death or disability of the shareholder. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Return of excess contributions from an IRA Account. |
■ | Shares sold as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts due to the shareholder reaching age 70 1⁄2 as described in the Fund’s Prospectus. |
■ | Shares sold to pay Raymond James fees but only if the transaction is initiated by Raymond James. |
■ | Shares acquired through a right of reinstatement. |
Front-end load
discounts available at Raymond James: breakpoints, and/or rights of accumulation, and/or letters of intent
■ | Breakpoints as described in this Prospectus. |
■ | Rights of accumulation which entitle shareholders to breakpoint discounts will be automatically calculated based on the aggregated holding of fund family assets held by accounts within the purchaser’s household at Raymond James. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of rights of accumulation calculation only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
■ | Letters of intent which allow for breakpoint discounts based on anticipated purchases within a fund family, over a 13-month time period. Eligible fund family assets not held at Raymond James may be included in the calculation of letters of intent only if the shareholder notifies his or her financial advisor about such assets. |
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■ STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (SAI) (incorporated by reference into this Prospectus) ■ SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | ■ 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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Share Class | A | B | C | R | Z | R6 |
NASDAQ | SPQAX | JEIBX | AGOCX | PJERX | JDEZX | PJIQX |
CUSIP | 74441L808 | 74441L881 | 74441L873 | 74441L790 | 74441L832 | 74441L816 |
MF203STAT | The Fund's Investment Company Act File No. 811-08085 |
PGIM
INVESTMENTS | Bringing you the investment managers of Prudential Financial, Inc.
PGIM
Jennison Global Equity Income Fund
Formerly, PGIM Jennison
Equity Income Fund
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION, PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — October 18, 2019
Table of Contents
PART I
INTRODUCTION
This SAI sets
forth information about PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund (the Fund), which is one of the two mutual funds that comprise Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10 (PIP 10). PIP 10 is an open-end management
investment company. This SAI provides information about certain of the securities, instruments, policies and strategies that are used by the Fund in seeking to achieve its objective. This SAI also provides additional
information about the Board of Directors of PIP 10, the advisory services provided to and the management fees paid by the Fund, and information about other fees paid by and services provided to the Fund.
Information about PIP 10’s
other series, PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund, is set forth in a separate SAI.
Before reading the SAI, you should
consult the Glossary below, which defines certain of the terms used in the SAI:
GLOSSARY
Term | Definition |
1933 Act | Securities Act of 1933, as amended |
1934 Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
1940 Act | Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended |
1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions | Exemptive order, SEC release, no-action letter or similar relief or interpretations, collectively |
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
ADS | American Depositary Share |
Board | Fund’s Board of Directors or Trustees |
Board Member | A trustee or director of the Fund’s Board |
CEA | Commodity Exchange Act, as amended |
CFTC | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
CMO | Collateralized Mortgage Obligation |
ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
EDR | European Depositary Receipt |
Exchange | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
Fannie Mae | Federal National Mortgage Association |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Fitch | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
Freddie Mac | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
Ginnie Mae | Government National Mortgage Association |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
Manager or PGIM Investments | PGIM Investments LLC |
Moody’s | Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System |
NAV | Net Asset Value |
NRSRO | Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization |
NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
OTC | Over the Counter |
Prudential | Prudential Financial, Inc. |
PMFS | Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC |
QPTP | “Qualified publicly traded partnership” as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
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Term | Definition |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
RIC | Regulated Investment Company, as the term is used in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
S&P | S&P Global Ratings |
SEC | US Securities and Exchange Commission |
World Bank | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
FUND CLASSIFICATION, INVESTMENT
Objective & POLICIES
PIP 10 is an open-end, diversified
management investment company presently consisting of two series: PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund and PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund.
The investment objective of PGIM
Jennison Global Equity Income Fund is to seek income and capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment objective is a fundamental policy.
The Fund also may invest from time
to time in certain types of investments and strategies that are either not discussed or are not identified below as relating to the Fund.
INVESTMENT RISKS AND
CONSIDERATIONS
In addition to the
types of investments and investment strategies discussed above, the Fund may also use the investments and investment strategies discussed below. Please also see the Fund’s Prospectus and the “Fund
Classification, Investment Objectives & Policies” section of this SAI.
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.
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 US 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
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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 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
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with a fixed
income security of a different issuer in the same industry to diversify a Fund’s credit exposure, or with a US 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 US 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.
CURRENCY OPTIONS. A Fund may seek to enhance returns or hedge against the decline in the value of a currency against the US 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. With the increasing use of technology and computer systems in general and, in particular, the Internet to conduct necessary business functions, a Fund is susceptible to operational,
information security and related risks. 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.
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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.
LIMITATIONS ON CURRENCY HEDGING. The Fund may use currency hedging instruments to seek to enhance returns. However, the Fund will not hedge a currency in excess of the aggregate market value of the securities that it owns
(including receivables for unsettled securities sales), or has committed to or anticipates purchasing, which are denominated in such currency. This limitation does not prohibit the Fund from obtaining long or short
exposure to a currency for non-hedging purposes. The Fund may, however, hedge a currency by entering into a transaction in a Currency Instrument denominated in a currency other than the currency being hedged (a
“cross-hedge”). The Fund will only enter into a cross-hedge if the subadviser believes that (i) there is a demonstrable high correlation between the currency in which the cross-hedge is denominated and the
currency being hedged, and (ii) executing a cross-hedge through the currency in which the cross-hedge is denominated will be significantly more cost-effective or provide substantially greater liquidity than executing
a similar hedging transaction by means of the currency being hedged.
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 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.
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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 US 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 face a heightened level of interest rate risk as a result of the US Federal Reserve Board’s rate-setting policies. 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 US 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-US 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 discussion of the risk factors
relating to derivatives is set out in the sub-section entitled “Risk Factors Involving Derivatives.”
RISK FACTORS INVOLVING
DERIVATIVES. Derivatives are volatile and involve significant risks, including:
Counterparty Risk—the risk that the counterparty on a derivative transaction will be unable to honor its financial obligation to a Fund.
Currency Risk—the risk that changes in the exchange rate between two currencies will adversely affect the value (in US dollar terms) of an investment.
Leverage Risk—the risk associated with certain types of investments or trading strategies (such as borrowing money to increase the amount of investments) that relatively small market movements may
result in large changes in the value of an investment. Certain investments or trading strategies that involve leverage can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.
Liquidity
Risk—the risk that the Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors' interests in the Fund.
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.
The use of derivatives for hedging
purposes involves 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.
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A Fund intends to enter into
transactions involving derivatives only if there appears to be a liquid market for such instruments or, in the case of illiquid instruments traded in OTC transactions, such instruments satisfy the criteria set forth
below under “Additional Risk Factors of OTC Transactions; Limitations on the Use of OTC Derivatives.” 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.
Certain
transactions in derivatives (such as futures transactions or sales of put options) involve substantial leverage risk and may expose a Fund to potential losses, which exceed the amount originally invested by a Fund.
When a Fund engages in such a transaction, a Fund will deposit in a segregated account at its custodian more liquid securities or cash and cash equivalents with a value at least equal to a Fund’s exposure, on a
mark-to-market basis, to the transaction (as calculated pursuant to requirements of the SEC, CFTC and the relevant exchange). Such segregation will ensure that a Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations
with respect to the transaction, but will not limit a Fund’s exposure to loss.
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. A Fund will,
therefore, acquire illiquid OTC instruments (i) if the agreement pursuant to which the instrument is purchased contains a formula price at which the instrument may be terminated or sold, or (ii) for which the
subadviser anticipates a Fund can receive on each business day at least two independent bids or offers, unless a quotation from only one dealer is available, in which case that dealer's quotation may be
used.
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.
EXCHANGE-TRADED
FUNDS. The 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 indexes or sectors of such indexes or ETFs may be actively managed. ETFs provide another means, in addition to futures and options on indexes, of including exposure to global equities, global bonds, commodities and
currencies markets in the Fund’s investment portfolio. The Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any management fees and other expenses paid by such ETF.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS. The 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 US dollar or to seek to enhance returns.
Such transactions could be effected with respect to hedges on non-US dollar denominated securities owned by the Fund, sold by the Fund but not yet delivered, or committed or anticipated to be purchased by the
Fund.
As an illustration, the Fund may
use such techniques to hedge the stated value in US dollars of an investment in a yen-denominated security. In such circumstances, for example, the Fund may purchase a foreign currency put option enabling the 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, the Fund may also sell a call option which, if exercised, requires the 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, the 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 the Fund are considered to constitute hedging transactions and are consistent with the policies described above. The Fund will
not attempt to hedge all of its foreign portfolio positions.
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. A Fund may invest in foreign equity and/or debt securities. Foreign debt securities include certain foreign bank obligations and US dollar or foreign currency-denominated obligations of
foreign governments or their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, international agencies and supranational entities.
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 US investments that can increase the chances that a Fund will lose money. In
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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.
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.
Currency Risk and
Exchange Risk. Securities in which a Fund invests may be denominated or quoted in currencies other than the US dollar. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value of a Fund’s
portfolio. Generally, when the US dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency loses value because the currency is worth fewer US dollars. Conversely, when the US dollar
decreases in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency gains value because the currency is worth more US dollars. This risk, generally known as “currency risk,” means that a
stronger US dollar will reduce returns on foreign currency dominated securities for US investors while a weak US dollar will increase those returns.
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 US 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. If the accounting standards in another country do not require as much detail as
US accounting standards, it may be harder for Fund management to completely and accurately determine a company's financial condition.
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.
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 US 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.
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
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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.
GEOGRAPHIC
CONCENTRATION RISK. A Fund’s performance may be closely tied to the market, economic, political, regulatory or other conditions in the countries or regions in which a 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.
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.
ILLIQUID 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 the Fund limit its illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of net assets. Illiquid securities 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 the Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors' interests in the Fund. Investment of a Fund’s assets in illiquid securities
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. 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 the
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(2) under the 1933 Act, may be classified higher than “illiquid” under the LRMP (i.e., “moderately liquid” or “less liquid” investments).
However, the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in restricted securities could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.
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INVESTMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS. The 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 to securities of comparable issuers in more developed 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) possible
fluctuations in exchange rates, differing legal systems and the existence or possible imposition of exchange controls, custodial restrictions or other foreign or US governmental laws or restrictions applicable to such
investments, (iv) national policies that may limit the Fund’s investment opportunities such as restrictions on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to national interests, and (v) the lack or
relatively early development of legal structures governing private and foreign investments and private property. In addition to withholding taxes on investment income, some countries with emerging markets may impose
differential capital gains taxes on foreign 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 the 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 the 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 to which US companies are subject. 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 the 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 the 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. The Fund would absorb any loss resulting from such registration problems and may have no successful claim for compensation.
INVESTMENT IN OTHER INVESTMENT
COMPANIES. A Fund may invest in other investment companies, including ETFs. In accordance with the 1940 Act, a Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities of other investment
companies. In addition, under the 1940 Act, a Fund may not own more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of any investment company and not more than 5% of the value of a Fund’s total assets may be
invested in securities of any single investment company.
Notwithstanding
the limits discussed above, a Fund may invest in other investment companies outside of these limits, provided that a Fund complies with the applicable provisions of Rules 12d1-1, 12d1-2 or 12d1-3, as applicable,
promulgated by the SEC under the 1940 Act or otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions.
As with other investments,
investments in other investment companies are subject to market and selection risk. In addition, if a Fund acquires shares in other investment companies, shareholders would bear both their proportionate share of
expenses in a Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, their proportionate shares of the expenses of such investment companies (including management and advisory fees).
In December 2018,
the SEC issued a proposed rulemaking package related to investments in other investment vehicles that, if adopted, could require a Fund to adjust its investments accordingly. These adjustments may have an impact on a
Fund’s performance and may have negative risk consequences on the investing fund, as well as the underlying investment vehicles.
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JUNK BONDS. Junk bonds are debt securities that are rated below investment grade by a NRSRO or are unrated securities that the subadviser believes are of comparable quality. Although junk bonds
generally pay higher rates of interest than investment grade bonds, they are high risk investments that may cause income and principal losses for a Fund. The major risks of junk bond investments include the
following:
■ | Junk bonds are issued by less creditworthy issuers. These securities are vulnerable to adverse changes in the issuer's economic condition and to general economic conditions. Issuers of junk bonds may be unable to meet their interest or principal payment obligations because of an economic downturn, specific issuer developments or the unavailability of additional financing. |
■ | The issuers of junk bonds may have a larger amount of outstanding debt relative to their assets than issuers of investment grade bonds. If the issuer experiences financial stress, it may be unable to meet its debt obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds are frequently ranked junior to claims by other creditors. If the issuer cannot meet its obligations, the senior obligations are generally paid off before the junior obligations. |
■ | Junk bonds frequently have redemption features that permit an issuer to repurchase the security from a Fund before it matures. If an issuer redeems the junk bonds, a Fund may have to invest the proceeds in bonds with lower yields and may lose income. |
■ | Prices of junk bonds are subject to extreme price fluctuations. Negative economic developments may have a greater impact on the prices of junk bonds than on other higher rated fixed income securities. |
■ | Junk bonds may be more illiquid than higher rated fixed income securities even under normal economic conditions. There are fewer dealers in the junk bond market, and there may be significant differences in the prices quoted for junk bonds by the dealers. Because they are less liquid, judgment may play a greater role in valuing certain of a Fund’s portfolio securities than in the case of securities trading in a more liquid market. |
■ | A Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting issuer. |
MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS. A Fund may invest in money market instruments. Money market instruments include cash equivalents and short-term obligations of US banks, non-US government securities, certificates of
deposit and short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the US 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 US, their subsidiaries and non-US branches, by non-US 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, US and non-US corporations.
OPTIONS ON SECURITIES AND SECURITIES
INDEXES.
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 Fund may only
write (i.e., sell) covered call options on the securities or instruments in which it may invest and enter into closing purchase transactions with respect to certain of such options, provided such options are
“covered,” as defined herein. 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
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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.
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS. 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.
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
a Fund to duplicate management and/or advisory fees.
REAL ESTATE RELATED SECURITIES. Although a Fund may not invest directly in real estate, a Fund may invest in securities of issuers that are principally engaged in the real estate industry. Therefore, an investment by a
Fund is subject to certain risks associated with the ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general. These risks include, among others: possible declines in the value of real estate; risks
related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds or other limitations on access to capital; overbuilding; risks associated with leverage; market illiquidity; extended
vacancies of properties; increase in competition, property taxes, capital expenditures and operating expenses; changes in zoning laws or other governmental regulation; costs resulting from the clean-up of, and
liability to third parties for damages resulting from, environmental problems; tenant bankruptcies or other credit problems; casualty or condemnation losses; uninsured damages from floods, earthquakes or other natural
disasters; limitations on and variations in rents, including decreases in market rates for rents; investment in developments that are not completed or that are subject to delays in completion; and unfavorable changes
in interest rates. To the extent that assets underlying a Fund’s investments are concentrated geographically, by property type or in certain other respects, a Fund may be subject to certain of the foregoing
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Investments by a Fund in securities
of companies providing mortgage servicing will be subject to the risks associated with refinancings and their impact on servicing rights. In addition, if a Fund receives rental income or income from the disposition of
real property acquired as a result of a default on securities a Fund owns, the receipt of such income may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to retain its federal income tax status as a RIC because of certain
income source requirements applicable to regulated investment companies under the Code.
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. Such agreements usually cover short periods, such as under one week. 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’s investments in these instruments are subject to a Fund’s restrictions on borrowing.
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. A Fund will segregate cash or other liquid assets, marked to market daily, having a value equal to the obligations
of a Fund in respect of dollar rolls.
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 a Fund; (2) the borrower pledge and maintain with a Fund collateral consisting of cash having at all times a value of not less than 102% of the value of the
securities lent; and (3) the loan be made subject to termination by a Fund at any time. Securities Finance Trust Company (eSecLending) serves as securities lending agent for the Fund, and in that role administers a
Fund’s securities lending program. As compensation for these services, eSecLending receives a portion of any amounts earned by a Fund through lending securities.
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,
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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 the Fund.
On termination of the loan, the
borrower is required to return the securities to a Fund, and any gain or loss in the market price during the loan would inure to a Fund. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities lent because
of insolvency or other reasons, a Fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities lent or in gaining access to the collateral. In such situations, a 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 a 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 a Fund’s ability to exercise such rights.
STRUCTURED NOTES / STRUCTURED
SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in structured securities, including participation notes, structured notes, low exercise price warrants and other related instruments purchased by the Fund that are
generally privately negotiated financial instruments where the interest or value of the structured security is linked to equity securities or equity indices or other instruments or indices (reference instruments).
Issuers of structured securities include corporations and banks. Structured securities are subject to the creditworthiness of the counterparty of the structured security, and their values may decline substantially if
the counterparty's creditworthiness deteriorates.
Structured securities differ from
debt securities in several aspects. The interest rate or the principal amount payable upon maturity or redemption may increase or decrease, depending upon changes in the value of the reference instrument. The terms of
a structured security may provide that, in certain circumstances, no principal is due at maturity and, therefore, may result in a loss of invested capital by the Fund. Receipt of the reference instrument is also, in
certain circumstances, exchanged upon maturity of the security.
A structured security may be
positively, negatively, or both positively and negatively indexed; that is, its value or interest rate may increase or decrease if the value of the reference instrument increases. Similarly, its value or interest rate
may increase or decrease if the value of the reference instrument decreases. Further, the change in the principal amount payable with respect to, or the interest rate of, a structured security may be calculated as a
multiple of the percentage change (positive or negative) in the value of the underlying reference instrument(s); therefore, the value of such structured security may be very volatile. Also, caps can be placed on the
amount of appreciation with regard to the reference instrument.
Structured securities may entail a
greater degree of market risk than other types of debt obligations because the investor bears the risk of the reference instrument. Structured securities may also be more volatile, less liquid, and more difficult to
accurately price than less complex securities. The secondary market for structured securities could be illiquid, making them difficult to sell when the Fund determines to sell them. 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.
SWAP AGREEMENTS. The 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, the 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 the Fund than if the 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 the Fund would calculate the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a “net
basis.” Consequently the Fund’s current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only
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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”). The Fund’s current obligations under a swap agreement
will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owed to the Fund) and any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed to a swap counterparty will be covered by the segregation of more liquid assets.
To the extent that the Fund enters
into swaps on other than a net basis, the segregated amount maintained will be the full amount of the Fund’s obligations, if any, with respect to such swaps, accrued on a daily basis. Inasmuch as segregated
accounts are established for these hedging transactions, the subadviser and the Fund believe such obligations do not constitute senior securities and, accordingly, will not treat them as being subject to the
Fund’s borrowing restrictions. If there is a default by the other party to such a transaction, the Fund will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreement related to the transaction. Since swaps are
individually negotiated, the 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. The 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 the
Fund’s repurchase agreement guidelines approved by the Board).
Some swaps will be subject to
mandatory or optional clearing through derivatives clearing organizations. While this is expected to better protect collateral, margin and other applicable requirements may increase the financial and operational costs
for such transactions.
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, the Fund may not be able to enter into swaps that meet its investment needs. The
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. The Fund will assume the risk
that the clearinghouse may be unable to perform its obligations. The Fund will be required to maintain its positions with a clearing organization through one or more clearing brokers. The clearing organization will
require the Fund to post margin and the broker may require the Fund to post additional margin to secure the 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 the Fund to deposit larger amounts of margin. The Fund may not be able to recover margin amounts if the broker has financial
difficulties. Also, the broker may require the Fund to terminate a derivatives position under certain circumstances. This may cause the 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 US corporations, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and other obligations
of domestic banks, and obligations issued or guaranteed by the US Government, its agencies or its instrumentalities, as part of a temporary defensive strategy.
A Fund may invest
in money market instruments to maintain sufficient 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.
Generally, a Fund will enter into total return swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out with a Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net
amount of the excess, if any, of a Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to each total return swap will be accrued on a daily basis, and an amount of cash or relatively liquid instruments having
an aggregate NAV at least equal to the accrued excess will be segregated by a Fund. If the total return swap transaction is entered into on other than a net basis, the full amount of a Fund’s obligations will be
accrued on a daily basis, and the full amount of a Fund’s obligations will be segregated by a Fund in an amount equal to or greater than the market value of the liabilities under the total return swap agreement
or the amount it would have cost a Fund initially to make an equivalent direct investment, plus or minus any amount a Fund is obligated to pay or is to receive under the total return swap agreement.
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Segregation and other requirements
pertaining to total return swap agreements are subject to change in the event of future changes in applicable laws or regulations. It is possible that any such changes in laws or regulations could require
modifications to the operation of a Fund.
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. When a Fund purchases securities in these transactions, a Fund segregates
relatively liquid securities in an amount equal to the amount of its purchase commitments.
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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PGIM JENNISON GLOBAL
EQUITY INCOME FUND: ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS & STRATEGIES
In addition to the types of
investments and investment strategies discussed above, the PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund may also use the investments and investment strategies discussed below. As used in this section “Fund”
refers to the PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund. Please also see the Fund’s Prospectus and the “Fund Classification, Investment Objectives & Policies” section of this SAI.
FUTURES. The 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 the 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, the 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
limits the 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, the 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 the Fund from having to pay more for securities as a consequence of increases in the market value for such securities during a period when the Fund was attempting to identify specific securities in which
to invest in a market the Fund believes to be attractive. In the event that such securities decline in value or the Fund determines not to complete an anticipatory hedge transaction relating to a futures contract,
however, the Fund may realize a loss relating to the futures position.
The 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 the Fund entered into futures transactions. The 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, the 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 the Fund intends
to purchase.
The Fund may only
write “covered” put and call options on futures contracts. The Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a call option written on a futures contract if the 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 the option 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. The Fund will be considered “covered” with respect to a put option written on a futures contract if the 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund’s assets that can be segregated. Segregation requirements may impair the 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 the 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 the Fund under CFTC Rule 4.5 and, therefore, is not subject to registration or regulation with respect to the 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 the Fund, the 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 indexes, 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, the 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 the Fund’s positions in CFTC-regulated instruments may not exceed 5% of the liquidation value of the 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 the Fund’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such positions). The Fund would not be required to
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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, the Fund may not market itself as a commodity
pool or otherwise as a vehicle for trading in the markets for CFTC-regulated instruments.
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.
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. However, if further consideration is required in connection with the conversion or exchange, cash or other liquid assets, in an amount equal to such consideration, must be segregated on
a Fund’s records or with its Custodian.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
The Fund has
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 Fund’s outstanding
voting securities. A “majority of the Fund’s 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.
1. SENIOR SECURITIES. No Fund may issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act.
2. BORROWING. No Fund may borrow money, except that a Fund may (i) borrow money for non-leveraging, temporary or emergency purposes, and (ii) engage in reverse repurchase agreements and
make other investments or engage in other transactions, which may involve a borrowing, in a manner consistent with the Fund's investment objective and policies; provided that the combination of (i) and (ii) shall not
exceed 33 1⁄3% of the value of the Fund's assets (including the amount borrowed) less liabilities (other than borrowings) or such other percentage permitted by law. Any
borrowings which come to exceed this amount will be reduced in accordance with
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applicable law. Subject to the above limitations,
the Funds may borrow from persons to the extent permitted by applicable law, including the 1940 Act, or to the extent permitted by any exemption from the 1940 Act that may be granted by the SEC, or any SEC releases,
no action letters or similar relief or interpretive guidance.
3. UNDERWRITING. No Fund may underwrite securities issued by other persons, except to the extent that the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) in
connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities.
4. REAL ESTATE. No Fund may purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of the ownership of securities or other instruments; provided that this restriction shall not prohibit
a Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or in securities of companies engaged in the real estate business.
5. COMMODITIES. No Fund may purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of the ownership of securities or instruments; provided that this restriction shall not
prohibit a Fund from (i) engaging in permissible options and futures transactions and forward foreign currency contracts in accordance with the Fund's investment policies, or (ii) investing in securities of any
kind.
6. LENDING. No Fund may make loans, except that a Fund may (i) lend portfolio securities in accordance with the Fund's investment policies in amounts up to 33 1⁄3% of the total assets of the Fund taken at market value, (ii) make loans of money to other investment companies to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any
exemption there from that may be granted by the SEC, or any SEC releases, no-action letters or similar relief or interpretive guidance (iii) purchase money market securities and enter into repurchase agreements, and
(iv) acquire publicly distributed or privately placed debt securities and purchase debt.
7. INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION. No Fund may purchase any security if, as a result, more than 25% of the value of the Fund's assets would be invested in the securities of issuers having their
principal business activities in the same industry; provided that this restriction does not apply to investments in obligations issued or guaranteed by the US Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities (or
repurchase agreements with respect thereto).
8. DIVERSIFICATION. No Fund may, with respect to 75% of the value of its total assets, purchase a security of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government
or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or securities of other investment companies) if, as a result, (i) more than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of such issuer,
or (ii) more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer would be held by the Fund.
In addition to the foregoing, the
Fund’s investment objective is a fundamental policy.
With respect to Investment
Restriction 2 above, the 1940 Act permits the Fund to borrow money in amounts of up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets from banks for any purpose, and to borrow up to 5% of the Fund’s total assets
from banks or other lenders for temporary purposes. (A fund’s total assets include the amounts being borrowed.) To limit the risks attendant to borrowing, the 1940 Act requires the Fund to maintain an
“asset coverage” of at least 300% of the amount of its borrowings, provided that in the event that a Fund’s asset coverage falls below 300%, the 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 the Fund’s total assets (including amounts
borrowed), minus liabilities other than borrowings, bears to the aggregate amount of all borrowings. Borrowing money to increase portfolio holdings is known as “leveraging.” Borrowing, especially when used
for leverage, may cause the value of the Fund’s shares to be more volatile than if the Fund did not borrow. This is because borrowing tends to magnify the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the
Fund’s portfolio holdings. Borrowed money thus creates an opportunity for greater gains, but also greater losses. To repay borrowings, the Fund may have to sell securities at a time and at a price that is
unfavorable to the Fund. There also are costs associated with borrowing money, and these costs would offset and could eliminate a Fund’s net investment income in any given period. Investment Restriction 2 will
be interpreted to permit a Fund to engage in trading practices and investments that may be considered to be borrowing to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. Practices and investments that may involve leverage but
are not considered to be borrowings are not subject to the policy. In addition, Investment Restriction 2 will be interpreted not to prevent collateral arrangements with respect to swaps, options, forward or
futures contracts or other derivatives, the posting of initial or variation margin or a Fund’s deferred compensation arrangements with the Directors.
Investment Restriction 3 prohibits
the Fund from acting as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain federal securities laws. A fund
engaging in transactions involving 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. Securities purchased from an issuer and not registered for sale under the 1933 Act are considered restricted securities. There may be a
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market for these securities. If these securities
are registered under the 1933 Act, they may then be eligible for sale but participating in the sale may subject the seller to underwriter liability. These risks could apply to a fund investing in restricted
securities. A Fund may purchase restricted securities without limit (except to the extent that restricted securities are subject to the limitation on investment in illiquid securities).
Investment
Restriction 4 prohibits the Fund from buying or selling real estate. The Fund may invest in real estate-related companies, companies whose businesses consist in whole or in part of investing in real estate,
instruments (like mortgages and mortgage participations) that are secured by real estate or interests therein, or REIT securities. The Fund may exercise rights relating to real estate securities, including the
right to enforce security interests and to hold real estate acquired by reason of such enforcement until that real estate can be liquidated in an orderly manner.
Investment Restriction 5 prohibits
the Fund from buying or selling physical commodities (such as oil or grains) or contracts involving physical commodities. A Fund may purchase and sell derivative, hedging and similar instruments such as
financial futures contracts and options thereon (such as futures or options on market indexes, currencies, interest rates or some other benchmark, and swap agreements) and securities or instruments backed by, or the
return from which is linked to, physical commodities or currencies, such as forward currency exchange contracts. In addition, a Fund may engage in permissible options and futures transactions and forward foreign
currency contracts in accordance with the Fund's investment policies and invest in securities of any kind.
With respect to Investment
Restriction 6, the 1940 Act does not prohibit a 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, 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.) Investment Restriction 6 permits a Fund to lend its portfolio securities. While lending securities may
be a source of income to the Fund, as with other extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the underlying securities should the borrower fail financially. 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. Investment Restriction 6 also permits a Fund
to make loans of money, including loans of money to other PGIM Funds pursuant to an SEC order for exemptive relief. Investment Restriction 6 will be interpreted not to prevent a Fund from purchasing or investing
in debt obligations and loans.
For purposes of
Investment Restriction 6, the Fund may currently lend up to 33 1⁄3% of the value of its total assets.
With respect to Investment
Restriction 7 relating to concentration, 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 business activities in the same industry constitutes concentration. It is possible that interpretations of concentration could change in the future. A
fund that invests a significant percentage of its total assets in a single industry may be particularly susceptible to adverse events affecting that industry and may be more risky than a fund that does not concentrate
in an industry. The policy in Investment Restriction 7 will be interpreted to refer to concentration as that term may be interpreted from time to time. Investment without limit in securities of the US Government and
its agencies or instrumentalities is permitted by the restriction. Accordingly, issuers of the foregoing securities will not be considered to be members of any industry.
For purposes of
Investment Restriction 7, the PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund relies on the “industry” classification of the Global Industry Classification System (GICS), published by S&P, when applying this
25% limit. The Fund's reliance on the classification system is not a fundamental policy of the Fund and, therefore, can be changed without shareholder approval.
For purposes of Investment
Restriction 8, the Fund will currently not purchase any security (other than obligations of the US Government, its agencies or instrumentalities) if as a result, with respect to 75% of a Fund’s total assets, (i)
more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets (determined at the time of investment) would be invested in securities of a single issuer and (ii) the Fund would own more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of
any single 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.
Whenever any fundamental investment
policy or investment restriction states a maximum percentage of a Fund's assets, it is intended that, if the percentage limitation is met at the time the investment is made, a later change in percentage resulting from
changing total asset values will not be considered a violation of such policy.
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The Fund’s
fundamental investment restrictions 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 restriction provides that an investment practice may be conducted as permitted by the
1940 Act, the restriction will be interpreted to mean either that the 1940 Act expressly permits the practice or that the 1940 Act does not prohibit the practice
Set out below are non-fundamental
investment policies of the Fund, which may be changed without shareholder approval:
Non-Fundamental Investment Policies
of the Fund:
1. The Fund may not purchase the
securities of any other investment company except in compliance with the 1940 Act.
2. The Fund may not invest more
than 25% of its net assets in derivatives.
INFORMATION ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS
AND OFFICERS
Information about
Board Members and Officers of the Fund is set forth below. Board Members who are not deemed to be “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, are referred to as “Independent Board
Members.” Board Members who are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Fund are referred to as “Interested Board Members.” The Board Members are responsible for the overall supervision
of the operations of the Fund 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 Fund.
Independent Board Members | |||
Name Date of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years | Length of Board Service |
Ellen S. Alberding 3/11/58 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 96 | President and Board Member, The Joyce Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 2002); Vice Chair, City Colleges of Chicago (community college system) (2011-2015); Trustee, National Park Foundation (charitable foundation for national park system) (2009-2018); Trustee, Economic Club of Chicago (since 2009); Trustee, Loyola University (since 2018). | None. | Since September 2013 |
Kevin J. Bannon 7/13/52 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 96 | Retired; Managing Director (April 2008-May 2015) and Chief Investment Officer (October 2008-November 2013) of Highmount Capital LLC (registered investment adviser); formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (April 1993-August 2007) of Bank of New York Company; President (May 2003-May 2007) of BNY Hamilton Family of Mutual Funds. | Director of Urstadt Biddle Properties (equity real estate investment trust) (since September 2008). | Since July 2008 |
Linda W. Bynoe 7/9/52 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 96 | President and Chief Executive Officer (since March 1995) and formerly Chief Operating Officer (December 1989-February 1995) of Telemat Ltd. (management consulting); formerly Vice President (January 1985-June 1989) at Morgan Stanley & Co. (broker-dealer). | Director of Anixter International, Inc. (communication products distributor) (since January 2006); Director of Northern Trust Corporation (financial services) (since April 2006); Trustee of Equity Residential (residential real estate) (since December 2009). | Since March 2005 |
Barry H. Evans 11/2/60 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 95 | Retired; formerly President (2005 – 2016), Global Chief Operating Officer (2014– 2016), Chief Investment Officer – Global Head of Fixed Income (1998-2014), and various portfolio manager roles (1986-2006), Manulife Asset Management U.S. | Formerly Director, Manulife Trust Company (2011-2018); formerly Director, Manulife Asset Management Limited (2015-2017); formerly Chairman of the Board of Directors of Manulife Asset Management U.S. (2005-2016); formerly Chairman of the Board, Declaration Investment Management and Research (2008-2016). | Since September 2017 |
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Independent Board Members | |||
Name Date of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years | Length of Board Service |
Keith F. Hartstein 10/13/56 Board Member & Independent Chair Portfolios Overseen: 96 | Retired; Member (since November 2014) of the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council (organization of independent mutual fund directors); formerly President and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2012), Senior Vice President (2004-2005), Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing (1997-2004), and various executive management positions (1990-1997), John Hancock Funds, LLC (asset management); Chairman, Investment Company Institute’s Sales Force Marketing Committee (2003-2008). | None. | Since September 2013 |
Laurie Simon Hodrick 9/29/62 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 95 | A. Barton Hepburn Professor Emerita of Economics in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School (since 2018); Visiting Professor of Law, Stanford Law School (since 2015); Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University (since 2015); Sole Member, ReidCourt LLC (since 2008) (a consulting firm); formerly A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School (1996-2017); formerly Managing Director, Global Head of Alternative Investment Strategies, Deutsche Bank (2006-2008). | Independent Director, Synnex Corporation (since April 2019) (information technology); Independent Director, Kabbage, Inc. (since July 2018) (financial services); Independent Director, Corporate Capital Trust (2017-2018) (a business development company). | Since September 2017 |
Michael S. Hyland, CFA 10/4/45 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 96 | Retired (since February 2005); formerly Senior Managing Director (July 2001-February 2005) of Bear Stearns & Co, Inc.; Global Partner, INVESCO (1999-2001); Managing Director and President of Salomon Brothers Asset Management (1989-1999). | None. | Since July 2008 |
Brian K. Reid 9/22/61 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 95 | 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); Director, ICI Mutual Insurance Company (2012-2017). | None. | Since March 2018 |
Grace C. Torres 6/28/59 Board Member Portfolios Overseen: 95 | 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. | Formerly Director (July 2015-January 2018) of Sun Bancorp, Inc. N.A. and Sun National Bank; Director (since January 2018) of OceanFirst Financial Corp. and OceanFirst Bank. | Since November 2014 |
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Interested Board Members | |||
Name Date of Birth Position(s) Portfolios Overseen | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Other Directorships Held During Past Five Years | Length of Board Service |
Stuart S. Parker 10/5/62 Board Member & President Portfolios Overseen: 96 | President of PGIM Investments LLC (formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC) (since January 2012); Executive Vice President of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (since December 2012); formerly Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of PGIM Investments LLC (June 2005-December 2011). | None. | Since January 2012 |
Scott E. Benjamin 5/21/73 Board Member & Vice President Portfolios Overseen:96 | Executive Vice President (since June 2009) of PGIM Investments LLC; Executive Vice President (June 2009-June 2012) and Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, PGIM Investments (since February 2006); formerly Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, PGIM Investments LLC (2003-2006). | None. | Since March 2010 |
Fund Officers(a) | ||
Name Date of Birth Fund Position | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Length of Service as Fund Officer |
Raymond A. O’Hara 9/11/55 Chief Legal Officer | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since July 2010) of Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential); Vice President (March 2011-Present) of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey; Vice President and Corporate Counsel (March 2011-Present) of Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation; Chief Legal Officer of PGIM Investments LLC (since June 2012); Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since June 2012) and Corporate Counsel of AST Investment Services, Inc. (since June 2012); formerly Assistant Vice President and Corporate Counsel (September 2008-July 2010) of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.; formerly Associate (September 1980-December 1987) and Partner (January 1988–August 2008) of Blazzard & Hasenauer, P.C. (formerly, Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C.). | Since June 2012 |
Dino Capasso 8/19/74 Chief Compliance Officer | Chief Compliance Officer (July 2019-Present) of PGIM Investments LLC; Chief Compliance Officer (July 2019-Present) of the PGIM Funds, Target Funds, Advanced Series Trust, The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc., PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc., and PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc.; Vice President and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (June 2017-2019) of PGIM Investments LLC; formerly, Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel (January 2016-June 2017), and Vice President and Counsel (February 2012-December 2015) of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. | Since March 2018 |
Andrew R. French 12/22/62 Secretary | Vice President of PGIM Investments LLC (December 2018-Present); formerly Vice President and Corporate Counsel (February 2010-December 2018) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (2006-2010) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC. | Since October 2006 |
Jonathan D. Shain 8/9/58 Assistant Secretary | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since August 1998) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since May 2001) of PGIM Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since February 2001) of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc. | Since May 2005 |
Claudia DiGiacomo 10/14/74 Assistant Secretary | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2005) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of PGIM Investments LLC (since December 2005); formerly Associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (1999-2004). | Since December 2005 |
Diana N. Huffman 4/14/82 Assistant Secretary | Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since September 2015) of Prudential; formerly Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (2009-2015). | Since March 2019 |
Kelly A. Coyne 8/8/68 Assistant Secretary | Director, Investment Operations of Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (since 2010). | Since March 2015 |
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Fund Officers(a) | ||
Name Date of Birth Fund Position | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years | Length of Service as Fund Officer |
Christian J. Kelly 5/5/75 Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | Vice President, Head of Fund Administration of PGIM Investments LLC (since November 2018); formerly, Director of Fund Administration of Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (2009-2018), Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Lord Abbett Family of Funds (2017-2018); Director of Accounting, Avenue Capital Group (2008-2009); Senior Manager, Investment Management Practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP (1998-2007). | Since January 2019 |
Lana Lomuti 6/7/67 Assistant Treasurer | Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2005-2007), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration; formerly Assistant Treasurer (December 2007-February 2014) of The Greater China Fund, Inc. | Since April 2014 |
Russ Shupak 10/08/73 Assistant Treasurer | Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2013-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Deborah Conway 3/26/69 Assistant Treasurer | Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2007-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Elyse M. McLaughlin 1/20/74 Assistant Treasurer | Vice President (since 2017) and Director (2011-2017), within PGIM Investments Fund Administration. | Since October 2019 |
Charles H. Smith 1/11/73 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering Unit (since January 2015) of Prudential; committee member of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (since January 2016); formerly Global Head of Economic Sanctions Compliance at AIG Property Casualty (February 2007-December 2014); Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Attorney General's Office, Division of Public Advocacy. (August 1998-January 2007). | Since January 2017 |
(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. |
■ | 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 only directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the 1934 Act (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. |
■ | “Portfolios Overseen” includes all investment companies managed by PGIM Investments LLC. The investment companies for which PGIM Investments LLC serves as manager include the PGIM Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts, PGIM ETF Trust, PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc., PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc., The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust. |
COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS AND
OFFICERS. Pursuant to a management agreement with PIP 10 on behalf of the Fund, the Manager pays all compensation of Fund Officers and employees as well as the fees and expenses of all Interested
Board Members.
The Fund 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.
Independent Board Members may defer
receipt of their fees pursuant to a deferred fee agreement with the Fund. Under the terms of the agreement, the Fund accrues deferred Board Members' fees daily which, in turn, accrue interest at a rate equivalent to
the prevailing rate of 90-day US Treasury Bills at the beginning of each calendar quarter or at the daily rate of return of any mutual fund managed by PGIM Investments chosen by the Board Member. Payment of the
interest so accrued is also deferred and becomes payable at the option of the Board Member. The obligation to make payments of deferred Board Members' fees, together with interest thereon, is a general obligation of
the Fund. The Fund does not have a retirement or pension plan for Board Members.
The following table sets forth the
aggregate compensation paid by the Fund for the most recently completed fiscal year 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 Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act) do not receive compensation from PGIM Investments-managed funds and
therefore are not shown in the following table.
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Name | Aggregate Fiscal Year Compensation from Funds | Pension or Retirement Benefits Accrued as Part of Fund Expenses | Estimated Annual Benefits Upon Retirement | Total Compensation from Funds and Fund Complex for Most Recent Calendar Year |
Compensation Received by Independent Board Members | ||||
Ellen S. Alberding | $7,177 | None | None | $312,000 (32/96)* |
Kevin J. Bannon | $7,267 | None | None | $322,000 (32/96)* |
Linda W. Bynoe** | $7,620 | None | None | $322,000 (32/96)* |
Barry H. Evans** | $6,783 | None | None | $309,000 (31/95)* |
Keith F. Hartstein** | $8,970 | None | None | $386,000 (32/96)* |
Laurie Simon Hodrick** | $6,833 | None | None | $313,000 (31/95)* |
Michael S. Hyland** | $7,127 | None | None | $318,000 (32/96)* |
Richard A. Redeker** # | $7,123 | None | None | $309,000 (32/96)* |
Brian K. Reid | $4,557 | None | None | $266,500 (31/95)* |
Grace C. Torres | $6,063 | None | None | $269,000 (31/95)* |
# Mr. Redeker retired from
the Board effective as of December 31, 2018.
Explanatory Notes to Board Member Compensation
Tables
*
Compensation relates to portfolios that were in existence for any period during 2018. Number of funds and portfolios represent those in existence as of December 31, 2018, 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, 2018, but 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 total amount of deferred compensation accrued during the calendar year ended December 31,
2018, including investment results during the year on cumulative deferred fees, amounted to $(11,975), $(29,044), $(123,718), $(10,302), $577 and $(19,379) for Ms. Bynoe, Mr. Evans, Mr. Hartstein, Ms. Hodrick, Mr.
Hyland and Mr. Redeker.
BOARD COMMITTEES. The Board has established three standing committees in connection with Fund governance—Audit, Nominating and Governance, and Investment. 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 Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, accounting policies and procedures and other areas relating to the Fund's auditing processes. The Audit Committee is responsible
for pre-approving all audit services and any permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm directly to the Fund. The Audit Committee is also responsible for
pre-approving permitted services to be 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 Fund, provided that the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm relates directly to the operation and financial reporting of the Fund. 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 Fund's most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the
table below.
The membership of the Audit
Committee is set forth below:
Kevin J. Bannon (Chair)
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Michael S. Hyland, CFA
Brian K. Reid
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Kevin J. Bannon (Chair)
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Michael S. Hyland, CFA
Brian K. Reid
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
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 Fund's most recently completed fiscal year is set forth in the table below. The Nominating and Governance Committee Charter is available on
the Fund's website.
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The membership of
the Nominating and Governance Committee is set forth below:
Linda W. Bynoe (Chair)
Ellen S. Alberding
Barry H. Evans
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Linda W. Bynoe (Chair)
Ellen S. Alberding
Barry H. Evans
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Investment Committees: The Board of each fund in the PGIM retail mutual 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 QMA LLC. The Dryden Investment Committee reviews the performance of each Fund that is subadvised by PGIM Fixed
Income, PGIM Real Estate and PGIM Limited (each of which is a business unit of PGIM, Inc.). 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
committees.
The number of Gibraltar Investment
Committee or Dryden Investment Committee meetings, as applicable, held during the Fund's 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
Ellen S. Alberding (Chair)
Kevin J. Bannon
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Brian K. Reid
Gibraltar Investment Committee
Ellen S. Alberding (Chair)
Kevin J. Bannon
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Laurie Simon Hodrick
Brian K. Reid
Dryden Investment Committee
Michael S. Hyland, CFA (Chair)
Linda W. Bynoe
Barry H. Evans
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Grace C. Torres
Michael S. Hyland, CFA (Chair)
Linda W. Bynoe
Barry H. Evans
Keith F. Hartstein (ex-officio)
Grace C. Torres
Board Committee Meetings (for most recently completed fiscal year) | ||
Audit Committee | Nominating & Governance Committee | Gibraltar Investment Committee |
4 | 4 | 4 |
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
AND QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS. The Board is responsible for oversight of the Fund. The Fund has engaged the Manager to manage the Fund on a day-to-day basis. The Board oversees the Manager and certain other principal
service providers in the operations of the Fund. The Board is currently composed of eleven members, nine 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 three standing
committees—Audit, Nominating and Governance, and Investment—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 Fund, 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 Fund, 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
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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 Fund, other funds in the Fund Complex, public companies, or non-profit entities or other organizations; or
other experiences. 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 Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2013. Ms. Alberding has 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 Fund 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 Fund 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 11 years, has approximately 20 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 Fund 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 thirty years.
Keith F. Hartstein. Mr. Hartstein joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2013. Mr. Hartstein has worked in the asset management industry for almost 30 years and served as a senior
executive in an asset management firm.
Laurie Simon Hodrick. Ms. Hodrick joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2017. Ms. Hodrick brings 30 years of experience as a finance academic, practitioner, and
consultant.
Michael S. Hyland. Mr. Hyland joined the Board of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2008. Mr. Hyland has held senior executive positions in the financial services industry, including serving as
a senior executive of asset management firms, for over 12 years.
Brian K. Reid. Mr. Reid joined the Board of the Fund 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 Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex in 2014. Ms. Torres formerly served as Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer for the Fund 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 Fund and the other funds in the Fund Complex since 2012, is President, Chief Operating Officer and
Officer-in-Charge of PGIM Investments and several of its affiliates that provide services to the Fund and has held senior positions in PGIM Investments since 2005.
Scott E. Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin, an Interested Board Member of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex since 2010, has served as a Vice President of the Fund and other funds in the Fund Complex since
2009 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 Fund. 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 Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, counsel, and internal auditors of the Manager or its affiliates, as appropriate,
regarding risks faced by the Fund and the risk management programs of the Manager and certain service providers. The actual day-to-day risk management with respect to the Fund resides with the Manager and other
service providers to the Fund. 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
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there is no
guarantee that they will be effective. Not all risks that may affect the Fund 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 Fund 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 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 (Keith Hartstein) or the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (Linda W.
Bynoe), in either case in care of the specified Fund(s), at 655 Broad Street, 17th 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
Fund would be required to include in a proxy statement concerning the person if he or she was nominated; and the name and address of the person submitting the recommendation, together with the number of Fund shares
held by such person and the period for which the shares have been held. The recommendation also can include any additional information which the person submitting it believes would assist the Nominating and Governance
Committee in evaluating the recommendation.
Shareholders should note that a
person who owns securities issued by Prudential (the parent company of the Fund's 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 Fund's 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 |
Michael S. Hyland | PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund ($10,000-$50,000) | Over $100,000 |
Richard A. Redeker | PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund (Over $100,000) | Over $100,000 |
Brian K. Reid | None | Over $100,000 |
Board Member Share Ownership: Interested Board Members | ||
Stuart S. Parker | PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund ($10,001-$50,000) | Over $100,000 |
Scott E. Benjamin | PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund ($10,001-$50,000) | Over $100,000 |
Grace C. Torres | None | Over $100,000 |
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 the 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 the 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 Fund, 655 Broad Street, 17th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Board Member by writing to
that Board Member, c/o the Fund, 655 Broad Street, 17th 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 other investment companies that, together with the Fund,
comprise the PGIM funds. See the Prospectus for more information about PGIM Investments. As of September 30, 2019, 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 $300.3 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. PMFS, an affiliate of PGIM Investments, serves as the transfer agent
and dividend distribution agent for the PGIM Funds and, in addition, provides customer service, record keeping and management and administrative services to qualified plans.
Pursuant to a
management agreement with PIP 10 on behalf of the Fund, (the Management Agreement), PGIM Investments, subject to the supervision of the Board and in conformity with the stated policies of the Fund, manages both the
investment operations of the Fund and the composition of the 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 Fund. The Manager is authorized to enter into subadvisory agreements for investment advisory services in connection with the management of the 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 the Fund's corporate affairs and, in connection therewith, furnishes the Fund
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with office
facilities, together with those ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services which are not being furnished by the Fund's custodian (the Custodian) and PMFS. The management services of PGIM Investments to the Fund are
not exclusive under the terms of the Management Agreement 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 and subsidize all or a portion of the operating expenses of the Fund. Fee waivers and subsidies will increase the Fund's total return. These voluntary waivers may be
terminated at any time without notice. To the extent that PGIM Investments agrees to waive its fee or subsidize the Fund's expenses, it may enter into a relationship agreement with the subadviser to share the economic
impact of the fee waiver or expense subsidy.
In connection with its management
of the corporate affairs of the Fund, PGIM Investments bears the following expenses:
■ | the salaries and expenses of all of its and the Fund's personnel except the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members; |
■ | all expenses incurred by the Manager or the Fund in connection with managing the ordinary course of a Fund’s business, other than those assumed by the Fund as described below; and |
■ | the fees, costs and expenses payable to any subadviser pursuant to a subadvisory agreement between PGIM Investments and such subadviser. |
Under the terms of
the Management Agreement, the Fund is responsible for the payment of the following expenses:
■ | the fees and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the management of the investment and reinvestment of the Fund's assets payable to the Manager; |
■ | the fees and expenses of Independent Board Members; |
■ | the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian and transfer and dividend disbursing agent, including the cost of providing records to the Manager in connection with its obligation of maintaining required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares; |
■ | the charges and expenses of the Fund's legal counsel and independent auditors and of legal counsel to the Independent Board Members; |
■ | brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with securities (and futures, if applicable) transactions; |
■ | all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies; |
■ | the fees of any trade associations of which the Fund may be a member; |
■ | the cost of share certificates representing, and/or non-negotiable share deposit receipts evidencing, shares of the Fund; |
■ | the cost of fidelity, directors and officers and errors and omissions insurance; |
■ | the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of Fund shares with the SEC and paying notice filing fees under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes; allocable communications expenses with respect to investor services and all expenses of shareholders' and Board meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports and notices to shareholders; and |
■ | litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business and distribution and service (12b-1) fees. |
The 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 Fund 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 or reckless disregard of duties. The 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 either PGIM Investments or the Fund by the Board or vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act) upon
not more than 60 days', nor less than 30 days', written notice. The 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.
Fees payable under the Management
Agreement are computed daily and paid monthly. The applicable fee rate and the management fees received by PGIM Investments from the Fund for the indicated fiscal years are set forth below.
Management Fee Rate:
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund
Effective July 1, 2019:
0.745% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.73% of average daily net assets over $500 million to $1 billion;
0.625% of average daily net assets over $1 billion to $2.5 billion;
0.600% of average daily net assets over $2.5 billion to $7.5 billion;
0.580% of average daily net assets over $7.5 billion to $10 billion;
0.560% of average daily net assets over $10 billion
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund
Effective July 1, 2019:
0.745% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.73% of average daily net assets over $500 million to $1 billion;
0.625% of average daily net assets over $1 billion to $2.5 billion;
0.600% of average daily net assets over $2.5 billion to $7.5 billion;
0.580% of average daily net assets over $7.5 billion to $10 billion;
0.560% of average daily net assets over $10 billion
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July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019:
0.77% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.74% of average daily net assets over $500 million to $1 billion;
0.725% of average daily net assets over $1 billion to $2.5 billion;
0.700% of average daily net assets over $2.5 billion to $7.5 billion;
0.675% of average daily net assets over $7.5 billion to $10 billion;
0.650% of average daily net assets over $10 billion
0.77% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.74% of average daily net assets over $500 million to $1 billion;
0.725% of average daily net assets over $1 billion to $2.5 billion;
0.700% of average daily net assets over $2.5 billion to $7.5 billion;
0.675% of average daily net assets over $7.5 billion to $10 billion;
0.650% of average daily net assets over $10 billion
July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018:
0.825% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.775% of average daily net assets over $500 million to $1 billion;
0.750% of average daily net assets over $1 billion to $2.5 billion;
0.700% of average daily net assets over $2.5 billion to $7.5 billion;
0.675% of average daily net assets over $7.5 billion to $10 billion;
0.650% of average daily net assets over $10 billion
0.825% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.775% of average daily net assets over $500 million to $1 billion;
0.750% of average daily net assets over $1 billion to $2.5 billion;
0.700% of average daily net assets over $2.5 billion to $7.5 billion;
0.675% of average daily net assets over $7.5 billion to $10 billion;
0.650% of average daily net assets over $10 billion
Management Fees Paid by PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | |||
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
Gross Fee | $XXXXX | $14,204,011 | $20,109,344 |
Amount Waived/Reimbursed by PGIM Investments | $XXXXX | $(14,417) | None |
Net Fee | $XXXXX | $14,189,594 | $20,109,344 |
SUBADVISORY ARRANGEMENTS. The Manager has entered into a subadvisory agreement (Subadvisory Agreement) with the Fund's subadviser. The Subadvisory Agreement provides that the subadviser will furnish investment
advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, the subadviser is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. Under the Subadvisory Agreement, the subadviser,
subject to the supervision of PGIM Investments, is responsible for managing the assets of the Fund in accordance with the Fund's investment objectives, investment program and policies. The subadviser determines what securities and other
instruments are purchased and sold for the Fund and is responsible for obtaining and evaluating financial data relevant to the Fund. PGIM Investments continues to have responsibility for all investment advisory
services pursuant to the Management Agreement and supervises the subadviser's performance of such services.
As discussed in the Prospectus,
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 Agreement provides that it will terminate in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act) or upon the termination of the Management Agreement. The Subadvisory Agreement may be terminated by
the Fund, PGIM Investments, or the subadviser upon not more than 60 days’ nor less than 30 days’ written notice. The 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 the
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. PGIM Investments does not currently intend to retain unaffiliated subadvisers.
The applicable fee rate and the
subadvisory fees paid by PGIM Investments for the indicated fiscal years are set forth below. Subadvisory fees are based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, calculated and paid on a monthly basis, at the fee
rate as set forth in the Subadvisory Agreement. Subadvisory fees are paid by PGIM Investments out of the management fee that it receives from the Fund.
Subadvisory Fee Rate:
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund
Effective July 1, 2019:
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund
Effective July 1, 2019:
0.37% to $500 million of average
daily net assets;
0.35% over $500 million to $1 billion of average daily net assets;
0.305% over $1 billion to $3 billion of average daily net assets;
0.29% over $3 billion to $5 billion of average daily net assets;
0.28% over $5 billion of average daily net assets.
0.35% over $500 million to $1 billion of average daily net assets;
0.305% over $1 billion to $3 billion of average daily net assets;
0.29% over $3 billion to $5 billion of average daily net assets;
0.28% over $5 billion of average daily net assets.
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July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019:
0.385% to $500 million of average daily net assets;
0.36% over $500 million to $1 billion of average daily net assets;
0.34% over $1 billion to $3 billion of average daily net assets;
0.33% over $3 billion to $5 billion of average daily net assets;
0.32% over $5 billion of average daily net assets.
0.385% to $500 million of average daily net assets;
0.36% over $500 million to $1 billion of average daily net assets;
0.34% over $1 billion to $3 billion of average daily net assets;
0.33% over $3 billion to $5 billion of average daily net assets;
0.32% over $5 billion of average daily net assets.
Prior to July 1, 2018:
0.43% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.38% of average daily net assets from $500 million to $1 billion;
0.34% of average daily net assets over $1 billion
0.43% of average daily net assets up to $500 million;
0.38% of average daily net assets from $500 million to $1 billion;
0.34% of average daily net assets over $1 billion
Subadvisory Fees Paid by PGIM Investments | |||
Fund | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | $XXXXX | $6,850,073 | $9,489,997 |
THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO MANAGERS:
INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED
The table below identifies the
number and total assets of other mutual funds 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 Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, unless noted otherwise.
Other Funds and Investment Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers | ||||
Subadviser | Portfolio Managers | Registered Investment Companies/Total Assets | Other Pooled Investment Vehicles/ Total Assets | Other Accounts/ Total Assets* |
Jennison Associates LLC | Warren N. Koontz, Jr., CFA | 8 / $5,059,882,000 | 1 / $207,591,000 | 1 / $5,031,000 |
Shaun Hong, CFA | 8 / $4,370,760,000 | 1 / $32,630,000 | None | |
Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka | 8 / $4,370,760,000 | 1 / $32,630,000 | None |
*Other Accounts excludes the assets and
number of accounts in wrap fee programs that are managed using model portfolios.
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 mandates, investment objectives or investment strategies similar to the Fund. Information shown below is as of the Fund’s most recently completed
fiscal year, unless noted otherwise.
Personal Investments and Financial Interests of the Portfolio Managers | ||
Subadviser | Portfolio Managers | Investments and Other Financial Interests in the Fund and Similar Strategies* |
Jennison Associates LLC | Warren N. Koontz, Jr., CFA | None |
Shaun Hong, CFA | $10,001 - $50,000 | |
Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka | $10,001 - $50,000 |
*“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 mutual funds, including Prudential mutual funds, 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 ranges for each Portfolio Manager’s investment in the Fund are as
follows: Warren N. Koontz, Jr., CFA: None; Shaun Hong, CFA: $10,001 - $50,000; Ubong “Bobby” Edemeka: $10,001 - $50,000.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS—COMPENSATION AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Set forth below, for each portfolio manager, is an explanation of the structure of, and methods used to determine, portfolio manager compensation. Also set forth below, for each portfolio
manager, is an explanation of any material conflicts of interest that may arise between a portfolio manager's management of the Fund's investments and investments in other accounts.
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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. Investment professionals are compensated with a combination of base salary and discretionary cash
bonus. Overall firm profitability determines the size of the investment professional compensation pool. In general, the discretionary cash bonus represents the majority of an investment professional’s
compensation.
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 discretionary 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’
total compensation is determined through a subjective 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 manager(s) are listed below.
The quantitative factors reviewed
for the portfolio manager(s) may include:
■ | 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. |
■ | 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. |
The qualitative factors reviewed
for the portfolio manager(s) may include:
■ | The quality of the portfolio manager’s investment ideas and consistency of the portfolio manager’s judgment; |
■ | Qualitative factors such as teamwork and responsiveness; |
■ | 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 |
■ | Historical and long-term business potential of the product strategies. |
Potential Conflicts of Interest
Jennison manages accounts with
asset-based fees alongside accounts with performance-based fees. This side-by-side management can create an incentive for Jennison and its investment professionals to favor one account over another. Specifically,
Jennison has the incentive to favor accounts for which it receives performance fees, and possibly take greater investment risks in those accounts, in order to bolster performance and increase its fees.
Other types of side-by-side
management of multiple accounts can also 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 only hold long securities positions as well as accounts in strategies that are permitted to sell securities short. Jennison may 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. Additionally, Jennison permits securities that are held long in quantitatively derived strategies to be shorted by other strategies. The strategies that sell a security short 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.
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Large accounts: Large accounts typically generate more revenue than do smaller accounts. As a result, a portfolio manager has an incentive when allocating scarce investment opportunities to favor accounts
that pay a higher fee or generate more income for Jennison.
Multiple strategies: Jennison may buy or sell, or may direct or recommend that one client buy or sell, securities of the same kind or class that are purchased or sold for another client, at prices that may be
different. Jennison may also, at any time, execute trades of securities of the same kind or class in one direction for an account and in the opposite direction for another account, due to differences in investment
strategy or client direction. Different strategies effecting trading in the same securities or types of securities may 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, Jennison may invest client assets in the same issuer, but at different levels in the capital structure.
Interests in these positions could be inconsistent or in potential or actual conflict with each other.
Affiliated accounts/unaffiliated accounts and seeded/nonseeded accounts and accounts receiving asset allocation assets from affiliated investment advisers: Jennison manages accounts for its affiliates and accounts in which it has an interest alongside unaffiliated accounts. Jennison could have an incentive to favor its affiliated accounts over
unaffiliated accounts. Additionally, Jennison’s affiliates may 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, it may do so with the intention of redeeming 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 can create an incentive to
favor the “seeded” accounts to establish a track record for a new strategy or product. Additionally, Jennison’s affiliated investment advisers could allocate their asset allocation clients’
assets to Jennison. Jennison could favor accounts used by its affiliate for their asset allocation clients to receive more assets from the affiliate.
Non-discretionary accounts or models: Jennison provides non-discretionary model portfolios to some clients and manages other portfolios on a discretionary basis. Recommendations for some non-discretionary models that are
derived from discretionary portfolios are communicated 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: 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
nondiscretionary 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 may have personally invested alongside other accounts
where there is no personal interest. These factors could 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.
How Jennison Addresses These
Conflicts of Interest
The conflicts of
interest described above could 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. Jennison cannot guarantee, however, that its policies and procedures will detect and prevent, or lead to the
disclosure of, each and every situation in which a conflict may arise.
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Jennison has
adopted trade aggregation and allocation procedures that seek to treat all clients (including affiliated accounts) fairly. These policies and procedures address the allocation of limited investment opportunities, such
as initial public offerings (IPOs) and new issues, the allocation of transactions across multiple accounts, and the timing of transactions between its non-wrap accounts and its wrap fee accounts and between wrap fee
program sponsors.
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 in other fundamental portfolios.
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.
Jennison has adopted a code of
ethics and policies relating to personal trading.
Jennison has adopted a conflicts of
interest policy and procedures.
Jennison provides disclosure of
these and other potential conflicts in its Form ADV.
OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS
CUSTODIAN. The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007, serves as Custodian for the Fund’s portfolio securities and cash, and in that capacity, maintains
certain financial accounting books and records pursuant to an agreement with the Fund. Subcustodians provide custodial services for any non-US assets held outside the United States.
SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES. Securities Finance Trust Company (eSecLending) serves as securities lending agent for the Fund and in that role administers the Fund’s securities lending program pursuant to the
terms of a securities lending agency agreement entered into between the Company and eSec Lending.
As securities lending agent,
eSecLending is responsible for marketing to approved borrowers available securities from the Fund’s portfolio. As administered by eSecLending, available securities from the Fund’s portfolio are furnished
to borrowers either through security-by-security loans effected by eSecLending as lending agent on behalf of the Fund or through an auction process managed and conducted by eSecLending through which a winning bidder
(as selected and approved by PGIM Investments) is given the exclusive right to borrow the securities subject to the auction for an agreed-upon period of time.
eSecLending is responsible for the
administration and management of the 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 the Funds’ 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 in accordance with the Fund’s investment guidelines.
eSecLending receives as
compensation for its services a portion of the amount earned by the Fund for lending securities.
The table below sets forth, for the
Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, the Fund’s gross income received from securities lending activities, the fees and/or other compensation paid by the Fund for securities lending activities, and
the net income earned by the Fund for securities lending activities. The table below also discloses any other fees or payments incurred by the Fund resulting from lending securities.
Securities Lending Activities: PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | |
Gross income from securities lending activities | $XXXXX |
Fees and/or compensation for securities lending activities and related services | |
Fees paid to securities lending agent from a revenue split | $XXXXX |
Fees paid for any cash collateral management service (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral reinvestment vehicle) | $XXXXX |
Administrative fees not included in revenue split | $XXXXX |
Indemnification fee not included in revenue split | $XXXXX |
Rebate (paid to borrower) | $XXXXX |
Other fees not included in revenue split (specify) | $XXXXX |
Aggregate fees/compensation for securities lending activities | $XXXXX |
Net income from securities lending activities | $XXXXX |
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TRANSFER
AGENT. PMFS, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, serves as the transfer and dividend disbursing agent of the Fund. PMFS is an affiliate of the Manager. PMFS provides customary transfer
agency services to the Fund, including the handling of shareholder communications, the processing of shareholder transactions, the maintenance of shareholder account records, the payment of dividends and
distributions, and related functions. For these services, PMFS receives compensation from the Fund and is reimbursed for its transfer agent expenses which include an annual fee and certain out-of-pocket expenses
including, but not limited to, postage, stationery, printing, allocable communication expenses and other costs.
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing (US)
Inc. (BNYAS), 301 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, serves as sub-transfer agent to the Fund. PMFS has contracted with BNYAS to provide certain administrative functions to PMFS. PMFS will compensate BNYAS
for such services.
For the most recently completed
fiscal year, the Fund incurred the following amount of fees for services provided by PMFS:
Fees Paid to PMFS | |
Fund Name | Amount |
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | $XXXXX |
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM. [_________],[address], serves as independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund, and in that capacity will audit the annual financial statements for the next fiscal year.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES
DISTRIBUTOR. Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS or the Distributor), 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4410, acts as the distributor of all of the shares of the Fund. The
Distributor is a subsidiary of Prudential.
The Distributor incurs the expenses
of distributing each of the Fund's share classes pursuant to separate Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans or Distribution Plans, as applicable, for each share class (collectively, the Plans) adopted by the Fund
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and a distribution agreement (the Distribution Agreement). PIMS also incurs the expenses of distributing any share class offered by the Fund which is not subject to a
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plan, and none of the expenses incurred by PIMS in distributing such share classes are reimbursed or paid for by the Fund.
The expenses incurred under the
Plans include commissions and account servicing fees paid to, or on account of, brokers or financial institutions which have entered into agreements with the Distributor, as applicable, advertising expenses, the cost
of printing and mailing prospectuses to potential investors and indirect and overhead costs of the Distributor associated with the sale of Fund shares, including sales promotion expenses.
Under the Plans,
the Fund is obligated to pay distribution and/or service fees to the Distributor, as applicable, as compensation for its distribution and service activities, not as reimbursement for specific expenses incurred. If the
Distributor’s expenses exceed its distribution and service (12b-1) fees, the Fund will not be obligated to pay any additional expenses. If the Distributor’s expenses are less than such distribution and
service (12b-1) fees, then it will retain its full fees and realize a profit.
The distribution and/or service
fees may also be used by the Distributor to compensate on a continuing basis brokers in consideration for the distribution, marketing, administrative and other services and activities provided by brokers with respect
to the promotion of the sale of Fund shares and the maintenance of related shareholder accounts.
Distribution
expenses attributable to the sale of each share class are allocated to each such class based upon the ratio of sales of each such class to the combined sales of all classes of the Fund, other than expenses allocable
to a particular class. The distribution fee and sales charge of one class will not be used to subsidize the sale of another class.
Each Plan continues in effect from
year to year, provided that each such continuance is approved at least annually by a vote of the Board, including a majority vote of the Board Members who are not interested persons of the Fund and who have no direct
or indirect financial interest in any of the Plans or in any agreement related to the Plans (the Rule 12b-1 Board Members), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance. A Plan may
be terminated at any time, without penalty, by the vote of a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Board Members or by the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the applicable class of the Fund on not
more than 30 days' written notice to any other party to the Plan. The Plans may not be amended to increase materially the amounts to be spent for the services described therein without approval by the shareholders of
the applicable class, and all material amendments are required to be approved by the Board in the manner described above. Each Plan will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. The Fund will not be
contractually obligated to pay expenses incurred under any Plan if it is terminated or not continued.
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Pursuant to each
Plan, the Board will review at least quarterly a written report of the distribution expenses incurred on behalf of each class of shares of the Fund by the Distributor. The report will include an itemization of the
distribution expenses and the purposes of such expenditures. In addition, as long as the Plans remain in effect, the selection and nomination of Rule 12b-1 Board Members shall be committed to the Rule 12b-1 Board
Members.
Pursuant to the Distribution
Agreement, the Fund has agreed to indemnify the Distributor to the extent permitted by applicable law against certain liabilities under federal securities laws. In addition to distribution and service (12b-1) fees
paid by the Fund under the Plans, the Manager (or one of its affiliates) may make payments out of its own resources to dealers and other persons which distribute shares of the Fund. Such payments may be calculated by
reference to the NAV of shares sold by such persons or otherwise.
CLASS A SALES CHARGE AND DISTRIBUTION
EXPENSE INFORMATION. Under the Class A Plan, the Fund may pay the Distributor for its distribution-related activities with respect to Class A shares at an annual rate of 0.30% of the average daily net assets
of the Class A shares. The Class A Plan provides that (1) 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares may be used to pay for personal service and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts (service
fee) and (2) total distribution fees (including the service fee of 0.25%) may not exceed 0.30% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares. The Prospectus discusses any contractual or voluntary fee waivers
that may be in effect. In addition, if you purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares, you are subject to a 1.00% CDSC (defined below) for shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase (the CDSC is waived for
purchase by certain retirement and/or benefit plans).
For the most recently completed
fiscal year, the Distributor received payments under the Class A Plan. These amounts were expended primarily for payments of account servicing fees to financial advisers and other persons who sell Class A shares. For
the most recently completed fiscal year, the Distributor also received initial sales charges and proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by shareholders upon certain redemptions of Class A shares. The
payments received and amounts spent by the Distributor during the most recently completed fiscal year are detailed in the tables below.
CLASS B AND CLASS C SALES CHARGE AND
DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE INFORMATION. Under the Class B and Class C Plans, the Fund may pay the Distributor for its distribution-related activities with respect to Class B and Class C shares at an annual rate of 1.00% of the
average daily net assets of each of the Class B and Class C shares. The Class B and Class C Plans provide that (1) 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the shares may be paid as a service fee and (2) 0.75% (not
including the service fee) of the average daily net assets of the shares (asset based sales charge) may be paid for distribution-related expenses with respect to the Class B shares and Class C shares. The service fee
(0.25% of average daily net assets) is used to pay for personal service and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. The Prospectus discusses any voluntary or contractual fee waivers that may be in effect. The
Distributor also receives contingent deferred sales charges from certain redeeming shareholders.
For the most recently completed
fiscal year, the Distributor received payments under the Class B and Class C Plans. These amounts were expended primarily for payments of account servicing fees to financial advisers and other persons who sell Class B
and Class C shares. For the most recently completed fiscal year, the Distributor also received the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by shareholders upon certain redemptions of Class B and Class C
shares. The amounts received and spent by the Distributor are detailed in the tables below.
CLASS R SALES CHARGE
AND DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE INFORMATION. Under the Class R Plan, the Fund may pay the Distributor for its distribution-related expenses with respect to Class R shares at an annual rate of up to 0.75% of the average daily net
assets of the Class R shares. The Class R Plan provides that (1) up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class R shares may be used as a service fee and (2) total distribution fees (including the service
fee of 0.25%) may not exceed 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Class R shares. There is no CDSC for the redemption of Class R shares. The Prospectus discusses any contractual or voluntary fee waivers that
may be in effect. For the most recently completed fiscal year, the Distributor received payments under the Class R Plan. These amounts were expended primarily for payments of account servicing fees to financial
advisors and other persons who sell Class R shares. The payments received and amounts spent by the Distributor during the most recently completed fiscal year are detailed in the tables below.
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund: Payments Received by Distributor | |
CLASS A CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $XXXXX |
CLASS A DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $XXXXX |
CLASS A INITIAL SALES CHARGES | $XXXXX |
CLASS B CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $XXXXX |
CLASS B DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $XXXXX |
CLASS C CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES (CDSC) | $XXXXX |
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PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund: Payments Received by Distributor | |
CLASS C DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $XXXXX |
CLASS R DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) FEES | $XXXXX |
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PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund: Amounts Spent by Distributor | ||||
Share Class | Printing & Mailing Prospectuses to Other than Current Shareholders | Compensation to Broker/Dealers for Commissions to Representatives and Other Expenses* | Overhead Costs** | Total Amount Spent |
CLASS A | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX |
CLASS B | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX |
CLASS C | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX |
CLASS R | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX | $XXXXX |
** Including sales promotion expenses.
FEE WAIVERS AND SUBSIDIES. PGIM Investments may from time to time waive all or a portion of its management fee and subsidize all or a portion of the operating expenses of the Fund. In addition, the Distributor may
from time to time waive a portion of the distribution (12b-1) fees as described in the Prospectus. Fee waivers and subsidies will increase the Fund's total return.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
FIRMS. As described in the 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 list below includes the names
of the firms (or their affiliated broker/dealers) that received from the Manager, and/or certain of its affiliates, revenue sharing payments of more than $10,000 in calendar year 2018 for marketing and product support
of the Fund and other PGIM funds as described above.
■ | Prudential Retirement |
■ | Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC |
■ | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
■ | Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. |
■ | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
■ | Raymond James Financial |
■ | Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. |
■ | National Financial Services |
■ | UBS |
■ | LPL Financial LLC |
■ | Edward Jones |
■ | Great-West |
■ | Commonwealth Financial Network |
■ | Principal Securities, Inc. |
■ | Cetera Advisor Networks |
■ | Matrix Financial Group |
■ | Voya Financial |
■ | PNC |
■ | AIG Advisor Group |
■ | American United Life Insurance Co. |
■ | ADP Broker Dealer, Inc. |
■ | Nationwide Investment Services Co. |
■ | John Hancock |
■ | Massachusetts Mutual |
■ | TIAA-CREF |
■ | Ascensus, Inc. |
■ | Midatlantic Capital Group |
■ | Reliance Trust Company |
■ | The Hartford |
■ | Standard Insurance Company |
■ | Northwestern Mutual |
■ | Alight Financial Solutions |
■ | Securities America, Inc. |
■ | Cambridge Investment Research |
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■ | T. Rowe Price |
■ | Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. |
■ | Lincoln Financial Group |
■ | RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
■ | The Ohio National Life Insurance Company |
■ | TD Ameritrade |
■ | Sammons Retirement Solutions |
■ | The Vanduard Group, Inc. |
■ | Conduent, Inc. |
■ | Genworth Financial, Inc. |
■ | Citigroup, Inc. |
■ | Security Benefit |
■ | Newport Group, Inc. |
■ | Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC |
■ | Securities Service Network, LLC |
■ | KMS Financial Services, Inc. |
■ | Investacorp |
■ | Northern Trust |
■ | Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. |
COMPUTATION OF OFFERING PRICE
PER SHARE
Using the NAV at
October 31, 2019, the offering prices of Fund shares were as follows:
Offering Price Per Share | |
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | |
Class A | |
NAV and redemption price per Class A share | $XXXX |
Maximum initial sales charge (5.50% of offering price) | $XXXX |
Maximum offering price to public | $XXXX |
Class B | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class B share | $XXXX |
Class C | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class C share | $XXXX |
Class R | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class R share | $XXXX |
Class Z | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class Z share | $XXXX |
Class R6 | |
NAV, offering price and redemption price per Class R6 share | $XXXX |
Explanatory Notes to Table:
Class A, Class B and Class C shares are
subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on certain redemptions. See “How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares —How to Sell Your Shares—Contingent Deferred Sales Charge” in the
Prospectus.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS &
BROKERAGE
The Fund has
adopted a policy pursuant to which the Fund and its 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 Fund has adopted procedures for the purpose of deterring and detecting any violations of the policy. The policy permits the Fund, the Manager and the 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 Fund and
is not influenced by considerations about the sale of Fund shares. For purposes of this section, the term “Manager” includes the subadviser.
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The Manager is
responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities, futures contracts and options on such securities and futures for the Fund, 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 US 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 US 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 US Government agency securities may be purchased directly from the issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are paid. The Fund 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 Fund, 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 Fund may pay transaction costs in excess of that which another firm might have charged for effecting the same
transaction.
When the Manager selects a firm
that executes orders or is a party to portfolio transactions, relevant factors taken into consideration are whether that firm has furnished research and research-related products and/or services, such as research
reports, research compilations, statistical and economic data, computer 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
Fund. The Manager maintains an internal allocation procedure to identify those firms who have provided it with research and research-related products and/or services, and the amount that was provided, and to endeavor
to direct sufficient commissions to them to ensure the continued receipt of those services that the Manager believes provide a benefit to the Fund and its other clients. The Manager makes a good faith determination
that the research and/or service is reasonable in light of the type of service provided and the price and execution of the related portfolio transactions.
When the Manager deems the purchase
or sale of equities to be in the best interests of the Fund or its other clients, including Prudential, the Manager may, but is under no obligation to, aggregate the transactions in order to obtain the most favorable
price or lower brokerage commissions and efficient execution. In such event, allocation of the transactions, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Manager in the manner it considers
to be most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to clients. The allocation of orders among firms and the commission rates paid are reviewed periodically by the Fund's 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 Fund, will not significantly affect the Fund's ability to pursue its present investment objectives. However, in the future in other circumstances, the Fund may be at a
disadvantage because of this limitation in comparison to other funds with similar objectives but not subject to such limitations.
Subject to the above
considerations, an affiliate may act as a broker or futures commission merchant for the Fund. In order for an affiliate of the Manager to effect any portfolio transactions for the Fund, the commissions, fees or other
remuneration received by the affiliated broker must be reasonable and fair compared to the commissions, fees or other remuneration paid to other firms in connection with comparable transactions involving similar
securities or futures being purchased or sold on an exchange or board of trade during a comparable period of time. This standard would allow the affiliated broker to receive no more than the remuneration which would
be expected to be received by an unaffiliated firm in a commensurate arm's-length transaction. Furthermore, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, has adopted procedures which are reasonably
designed to provide that any commissions,
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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 Fund unless the Fund has expressly authorized the retention of such compensation. The affiliate must furnish to the Fund at least annually a statement setting
forth the total amount of all compensation retained by the affiliate from transactions effected for the Fund 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 Fund 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 Fund 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.
Set forth below is information
concerning the payment of commissions by the Fund, including the amount of such commissions paid to an affiliate, if any, for the indicated fiscal years or periods:
Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Funds (Fiscal years ended October 31) | |||
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | |||
Total brokerage commissions paid by the Fund | $XXXX | $1,834,981* | $3,358,326 |
Total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | XX% | — | — |
Percentage of total brokerage commissions paid to affiliated brokers | XX% | 0% | 0% |
Percentage of the aggregate dollar amount of portfolio transactions involving the payment of commissions to affiliated brokers | XX% | 0% | 0% |
*The decrease in brokerage
commissions in fiscal year 2018 was due to a decrease in both purchases and sales as compared to fiscal year 2017.
The Fund is required to disclose
its holdings of securities of its regular brokers and dealers (as defined under Rule 10b-1 under the 1940 Act) and their parents as of the most recently completed fiscal year. As of the most recently completed fiscal
year, the Fund held the following securities of its regular brokers and dealers.
Broker-Dealer Securities Holdings ($ as of most recently completed fiscal year) | |||
Fund Name | Broker/Dealer Name | Equity or Debt | Amount |
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | JPMorgan Chase & Co | Equity | $XXXX |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FUND HISTORY. Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10 (the “Company”) is an open-end management investment company presently comprised of two investment portfolios (each a
“Fund” and together the “Funds”). The Company was established as a Maryland corporation on March 5, 1997, and had no business history prior to the Company's commencement of operations on July
28, 1997. Prior to February 16, 2010, the Company was known as Strategic Partners Mutual Funds, Inc.
The Company
presently consists of two series: PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund and PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund. Effective December __, 2019, PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund was renamed PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income
Fund. Prior to June 11, 2018, the series were known as Prudential Jennison Equity Income Fund and Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund, respectively. Effective December 30, 2015, Prudential Mid-Cap Value Fund was renamed
Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund. Prior to February 16, 2010, the series were known as Jennison Equity Income Fund and Dryden Mid-Cap Value Fund, respectively.
A third series, Dryden Money Market
Fund, was reorganized into MoneyMart Assets, Inc. effective as of December 19, 2008 (MoneyMart Assets, Inc. is now known as PGIM Government Money Market Fund). Dryden Money Market Fund no longer exists.
DESCRIPTION OF
SHARES AND ORGANIZATION. The Company is authorized to issue 5.5 billion shares of capital stock, $0.001 par value per share, 2.77 billion of which are designated as shares of PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income
Fund, and 800 million of which are designated as shares of PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund.
The shares of PGIM QMA Mid-Cap
Value Fund are further classified and designated as follows:
PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund | |
Class A Common Stock | 100,000,000 |
Class B Common Stock | 5,000,000 |
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PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund | |
Class C Common Stock | 30,000,000 |
Class R6 Common Stock | 175,000,000 |
Class R Common Stock | 75,000,000 |
Class Z Common Stock | 190,000,000 |
Class T Common Stock | 75,000,000 |
Class R2 Common Stock | 75,000,000 |
Class R4 Common Stock | 75,000,000 |
The shares of PGIM
Jennison Global Equity Income Fund are further classified and designated as follows:
PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund | |
Class A Common Stock | 400,000,000 |
Class B Common Stock | 20,000,000 |
Class C Common Stock | 300,000,000 |
Class R6 Common Stock | 75,000,000 |
Class R Common Stock | 75,000,000 |
Class Z Common Stock | 1,250,000,000 |
Class T Common Stock | 650,000,000 |
With respect to each Fund, each
class of shares represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund and is identical in all respects except that (1) each class is subject to different sales charges and distribution and/or service fees (except for
Class R6 shares, Class Z shares and Class R4 shares, which are not subject to any sales charges and distribution and/or service fees (Class R4 shares are however, subject to a shareholder services fee), which may
affect net asset value, dividends and liquidation rights, (2) each class has exclusive voting rights on any matter submitted to shareholders that relates solely to its arrangement and has separate voting rights on any
matter submitted to shareholders in which the interests of one class differ from the interests of any other class, (3) each class has a different exchange privilege, (4) only Class B shares and Class C shares have a
conversion feature, and (5) Class R6 shares, Class R shares, Class Z shares, Class R2 shares and Class R4 shares are offered exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.
Note: No Class T shares are
currently outstanding or issued for either Fund.
In accordance with the Company's
Articles of Incorporation, the Board Members may authorize the creation of additional series and classes within such series, with such preferences, privileges, limitations and voting and dividend rights as the Board
Members may determine. The voting rights of the shareholders of a series or class can be modified only by the majority vote of shareholders of that series or class.
The Articles of Incorporation
further provide that no Board Member, officer, employee or agent of the Fund is liable to the Fund or to a shareholder, nor is any Board Member, officer, employee or agent liable to any third persons in connection
with the affairs of the Fund, except as such liability may arise from his or her own bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties. It also provides that all third parties
shall look solely to the Fund property for satisfaction of claims arising in connection with the affairs of the Fund. With the exceptions stated, the Articles of Incorporation permit the Board Members to provide for
the indemnification of Board Members, officers, employees or agents of the Fund against all liability in connection with the affairs of the Fund.
The Fund shall continue without
limitation of time subject to the provisions in the Articles of Incorporation concerning termination by action of the shareholders or by the Board Members by written notice to the shareholders.
Pursuant to the Articles of
Incorporation, the Board Members may authorize the creation of additional series of shares (the proceeds of which would be invested in separate, independently managed portfolios with distinct investment objectives and
policies and share purchase, redemption and net asset value procedures) with such preferences, privileges, limitations and voting and dividend rights as the Board Members may determine. All consideration received by
the Fund 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. Pursuant to the 1940 Act, shareholders of any additional series of shares would normally have to approve the adoption of any advisory contract relating to such series and of any changes in
the investment policies related thereto. The Board Members have no intention of authorizing additional series at the present time.
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The Board Members have the power to
alter the number and the terms of office of the Board Members and they may at any time lengthen their own terms or make their terms of unlimited duration and appoint their own successors, provided that always at least
a majority of the Board Members have been elected by the shareholders of the Fund. 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
Set forth below
are the name and address of any person (a “principal shareholder”) who owned of record or beneficially 5% or more of any class of outstanding shares of the Fund and their percentage of ownership. Also set
forth below are the name and address of any person (a “control person”) who owned of record or beneficially either directly or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of the
Fund or who acknowledges or asserts the existence of control. Control persons may be able to determine or significantly influence the outcome of matters submitted to a shareholder vote.
Principal Fund Shareholders as of ____________ __, 2019 | |||
Fund Name and Share Class | Shareholder Name and Address | Share Class | No. of Shares/ % of Fund |
PGIM JENN GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME |
As of the date of this SAI, no person was deemed to
have “control” (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund because it owned more than 25% of the Fund’s outstanding shares, either beneficially or by virtue of its fiduciary or trust roles
or otherwise.
As of the date of
this SAI, the Board Members and Officers of the Fund, as a group, owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The financial
statements for the Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019, which are incorporated in this SAI by reference to the 2019 annual report to shareholders (File No. 811-08085), were audited by _______________, an
independent registered public accounting firm. You may obtain a copy of the annual report at no charge by request to the Fund by calling (800) 225-1852 or by writing to Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC, P.O. Box
9658, Providence, RI 02940.
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PART II
PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND
PRICING OF FUND SHARES
SHARE CLASSES. The Fund may offer shares of one or more classes to investors. Not every share class described in this SAI may be offered, and investors should consult their Prospectus for specific
information concerning the share classes that are available to them.
Shares of the Fund may be purchased
at a price equal to the next determined NAV per share plus a sales charge (if applicable) which, at the election of the investor, may be imposed either (1) at the time of purchase (Class A shares) or (2) on a deferred
basis (Class B and Class C shares or Class A shares, in certain circumstances). Class R, Class R1, Class R2, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, Class R6, and Class Z shares, if offered, are offered only to a limited group
of investors at NAV without any sales charges.
Additional or different classes of
shares may also be offered, including Class R, Class R1, Class R2, Class R3, Class R4, Class R5, and Class R6. If offered, specific information with respect to these share classes is set forth in the Prospectus and
SAI.
For more information, see
“How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Fund Shares—How to Buy Shares” in the Prospectus.
PURCHASE BY WIRE. For an initial purchase of shares of the Fund by wire, you must complete an application and telephone PMFS at (800) 225-1852 (toll-free) to receive an account number. PMFS will request
the following information: your name, address, tax identification number, Fund name, class election (if applicable), dividend distribution election, amount being wired and wiring bank. PMFS will also furnish you with
instructions for wiring the funds from your bank to the Fund's Custodian.
If you arrange for receipt by the
Custodian of federal funds prior to the calculation of NAV (once each business day at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time), on a business day, you may purchase shares of the Fund
as of that day. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to purchase is received after the close of regular trading on
the NYSE.
In making a subsequent purchase
order by wire, you should wire the Custodian directly and should be sure that the wire specifies the Fund name, the share class to be purchased, your name, individual account number, Direct Deposit Account (DDA)
Number and the Fund's Bank Account registration. You do not need to call PMFS to make subsequent purchase orders utilizing federal funds. The minimum amount for subsequent purchase by wire is $100.
ISSUANCE OF FUND
SHARES FOR SECURITIES. Transactions involving the issuance of Fund shares for securities (rather than cash) will be limited to (1) reorganizations, (2) statutory mergers, or (3) other acquisitions of portfolio
securities that: (a) meet the investment objectives and policies of the Fund, (b) are relatively liquid and not subject to restrictions on resale, (c) have a value that is readily ascertainable via listing on or
trading in a recognized United States or international exchange or market, and (d) are approved by the Fund's Manager.
MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS. An institution may open a single master account by filing an application with PMFS, signed by personnel authorized to act for the institution. Individual subaccounts may be opened at the
time the master account is opened by listing them, or they may be added at a later date by written advice. Procedures will be available to identify subaccounts by name and number within the master account name. The
foregoing procedures would also apply to related institutional accounts (i.e., accounts of shareholders with a common institutional or corporate parent). The investment minimums as set forth in the relevant Prospectus
under “How to Buy and Sell Fund Shares—How to Buy Shares” are applicable to the aggregate amounts invested by a group, and not to the amount credited to each subaccount.
REOPENING AN ACCOUNT. Subject to the minimum investment restrictions, an investor may reopen an account, without filing a new application, at any time during the calendar year the account is closed, provided
that the information on that application is still applicable.
RESTRICTIONS ON SALE
OF FUND SHARES. The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment may be postponed for a period of up to seven days. Suspensions or postponements may not exceed seven days except at times
(1) when the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekends and holidays, (2) when trading on the NYSE is restricted, (3) when an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of Fund securities is not reasonably
practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or (4) during any other period when the SEC, by order, so permits; provided that applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (2), (3) or (4) exist.
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REDEMPTION IN
KIND. The Fund may pay the redemption price in whole or in part by a distribution in kind of securities from the investment portfolio of the Fund, in lieu of cash, in conformity with applicable
rules of the SEC and procedures adopted by the Board. Securities will be readily marketable and will be valued in the same manner as in a regular redemption. If your shares are redeemed in kind, you would incur
transaction costs in converting the assets into cash, and you would bear all market risk relating to the securities until the securities are sold. The Fund, however, has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the
1940 Act, under which the Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1.00% of the NAV of the Fund during any 90-day period for any one shareholder.
RIGHTS OF ACCUMULATION. Reduced sales charges are also available through Rights of Accumulation, under which an investor or an eligible group of related investors, as described under “Reducing or Waiving
Class A's Initial Sales Charge” in the Prospectus, may aggregate the value of their existing holdings of Class A, Class B, and Class C shares of the Fund and shares of other PGIM Funds (excluding money market
funds other than those acquired pursuant to the exchange privilege) to determine the reduced sales charge. However, the value of shares held directly with PMFS and through your broker will not be aggregated to
determine the reduced sales charge. The value of existing holdings for purposes of determining the reduced sales charge is calculated using the maximum offering price (NAV plus maximum sales charge). The Distributor,
your broker or PMFS must be notified at the time of purchase that the investor is entitled to a reduced sales charge. Reduced sales charges will be granted subject to confirmation of the investor's holdings. This does
not apply to PGIM Government Money Market Fund.
SALE OF
SHARES. You can redeem your shares at any time for cash at the NAV next determined after the redemption request is received in proper form (in accordance with procedures established by PMFS in
connection with investors' accounts) by PMFS or your broker or other financial intermediary. See “Net Asset Value” below. In certain cases, however, redemption proceeds will be reduced by the amount of any
applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), as described in “Contingent Deferred Sales Charge” below. If you are redeeming your shares through a broker, your broker must receive your sell order
before the NAV is computed for that day (at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, usually, 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) in order to receive that day's NAV. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE closes before
4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Your broker will be responsible for furnishing all necessary
documentation to the Distributor and may charge you for its services in connection with redeeming shares of the Fund.
All correspondence and documents
concerning redemptions should be sent to the Fund in care of PMFS, P.O. Box 9658, Providence, Rhode Island 02940 or to your broker or other financial intermediary.
If you hold shares in
non-certificate form, a written request for redemption signed by you exactly as the account is registered is required. If you hold certificates, the certificates must be received by PMFS, the Distributor or your
broker in order for the redemption request to be processed. If redemption is requested by a corporation, partnership, trust or fiduciary, written evidence of authority acceptable to PMFS must be submitted before such
request will be accepted. All correspondence and documents concerning redemptions should be sent to the Fund in care of PMFS, P.O. Box 9658, Providence, RI 02940, to the Distributor or to your broker.
Payment for redemption of recently
purchased shares may be delayed until the Fund or PMFS has been advised that the purchase check has been honored, which may take up to 7 calendar days from the time of receipt of the purchase check by PMFS. Such delay
may be avoided by purchasing shares by wire or by certified or cashier's check.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE. If the proceeds of the redemption (1) exceed $100,000, (2) are to be paid to a person other than the record owner, (3) are to be sent to an address other than the address on PMFS’
records, (4) are to be paid to a corporation, partnership, trust or fiduciary, or (5) are to be paid due to the death of the shareholder or on behalf of the shareholder, and your shares are held directly with PMFS,
the signature(s) on the redemption request or stock power must be Medallion signature guaranteed. The Medallion signature guarantee must be obtained from an authorized officer of a bank, broker, dealer, securities
exchange or association, clearing agency, savings association, or credit union that is participating in one of the recognized Medallion programs (STAMP, SEMP, or NYSE MSP), but not from a notary public. The Medallion
signature guarantee must be appropriate for the dollar amount of the transaction. The Fund may change the signature guarantee requirements from time to time without prior notice to shareholders. PMFS reserves the
right to reject transactions where the value of the transaction exceeds the value of the surety coverage indicated on the Medallion imprint. PMFS also reserves the right to request additional information from, and
make reasonable inquires of, any institution that provides a Medallion signature guarantee. In the case of redemptions from a PruArray Plan, if the proceeds of the redemption are invested in another investment option
of the plan in the name of the record holder and at the same address as reflected in PMFS' records, a Medallion signature guarantee is not required.
Under normal market conditions,
payment for shares presented for redemption will be made by check within seven days after receipt by PMFS or your broker of the written request and certificates, if issued, except as indicated below. If you hold
shares through a broker, payment for shares presented for redemption will be credited to your account at your broker, unless you indicate otherwise. Such
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payment may be
postponed or the right of redemption suspended at times (1) when the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekends and holidays, (2) when trading on the NYSE is restricted, (3) when an emergency exists as a result
of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or (4) during any other period
when the SEC, by order, so permits; provided that applicable rules and regulations of the SEC shall govern as to whether the conditions prescribed in (2), (3) or (4) exist.
EXPEDITED REDEMPTION PRIVILEGE. By electing the Expedited Redemption Privilege, you may arrange to have redemption proceeds sent to your bank account. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be used to redeem shares in an
amount of $100 or more, except if an account for which an expedited redemption is requested has an NAV of less than $100, the entire account will be redeemed. Redemption proceeds in the amount of $500 or more will be
remitted by wire to your bank account at a domestic commercial bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve system. The money would generally be received by your bank within one business day of the redemption.
Redemption proceeds of less than $500 will be sent by ACH to your bank which must be a member of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system. The money would generally be received by your bank within three business days
of the redemption. Any applicable CDSC will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. Expedited redemption requests may be made by telephone or letter, must be received by the Transfer Agent prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern
time to receive a redemption amount based on that day's NAV and are subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in the Prospectus regarding redemption of shares. In the event that regular trading on the NYSE
closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, you will receive the following day's NAV if your order to sell is received after the close of regular trading on the NYSE. For more information, see “How to Buy, Sell and
Exchange Fund Shares-Telephone Redemptions or Exchanges” in the Prospectus. The Expedited Redemption Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time without notice. To receive further information,
shareholders should contact PMFS.
INVOLUNTARY REDEMPTION. If the value of your account with PMFS is less than $500 for any reason, PMFS may sell the rest of your shares (without charging any CDSC) and close your account. The involuntary sale
provisions do not apply to: (i) an individual retirement account (IRA) or other qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan or account, (ii) Automatic Investment Plan (AIP) accounts, employee savings plan accounts or
payroll deduction plan accounts, (iii) accounts under the same registration with multiple share classes in the Fund whose combined value exceeds $500, or (iv) clients with assets more than $50,000 across the PGIM
family of funds. “Client” for this purpose has the same definition as for purposes of Rights of Accumulation, i.e., an investor and an eligible group of related investors.
PMFS has the right to reject any
purchase order (including an exchange into a Fund) or suspend or modify a Fund's sales of its shares under certain circumstances. These circumstances include, but are not limited to, failure by you to provide
additional information requested, such as information required to verify the source of funds used to purchase shares, your identity or the identity of any underlying beneficial owners of your shares. Furthermore, PMFS
is required by law to close your account if you do not provide the required identifying information; this would result in the redemption of shares at the then-current day's NAV and the proceeds would be remitted to
you via check. PMFS will attempt to verify your identity within a reasonable time frame (e.g., 60 days) which may change from time to time.
ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE FEE. In order to offset the disproportionate effect (in basis points) of expenses associated with servicing lower balance accounts, if the value of your Class A, Class B, Class C or Class Z
account with PMFS is less than $10,000, a $15 annual account maintenance fee (“account maintenance fee”) will be deducted from your account. The account maintenance fee will be assessed during the 4th
calendar quarter of each year. Any applicable CDSC on the shares redeemed to pay the account maintenance fee will be waived. The account maintenance fee will not be charged on: (i) accounts during the first six months
from inception of the account, (ii) accounts for which you have elected to receive your account statements, transaction confirmations, prospectuses, and fund shareholder reports electronically rather than by mail,
(iii) omnibus accounts or other accounts for which the dealer is responsible for recordkeeping, (iv) institutional accounts, (v) group retirement plans (including SIMPLE IRA plans, profit-sharing plans, money purchase
pension plans, Keogh plans, defined compensation plans, defined benefit plans and 401(k) plans), (vi) AIP accounts or employee savings plan accounts, (vii) accounts with the same registration associated with multiple
share classes within the Fund, provided that the aggregate value of share classes with the same registration within the Fund is $10,000 or more, or (viii) clients with assets of $50,000 or more across the PGIM family
of funds. “Client” for this purpose has the same definition as for purposes of Rights of Accumulation, i.e., an investor and an eligible group of related investors or other financial
intermediary.
90 DAY REPURCHASE PRIVILEGE. If you redeem your shares and have not previously exercised the repurchase privilege during the previous 12 months, you may reinvest back into your account any portion or all of the
proceeds of such redemption in shares of the Fund at the NAV next determined after the order is received, which must be within 90 days after the date of the redemption. Any CDSC paid in connection with such redemption
in Class A, Class B or Class C shares will be credited (in shares) to your account. (If less than a full repurchase is made, the credit will be on a pro rata basis.) This repurchase privilege can only be used once in
a 12-month period. You must notify PMFS, either directly or through the Distributor or your broker, at the time the repurchase privilege is exercised to adjust your account for the CDSC you previously paid.
Thereafter, any redemptions will be subject to the CDSC applicable at the time of the
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redemption. See “Contingent Deferred Sales
Charge” below. Exercise of the repurchase privilege will generally not affect federal tax treatment of any gain realized upon redemption. However, if the redemption was made within a 30 day period of the
repurchase and if the redemption resulted in a loss, some or all of the loss, depending on the amount reinvested, may not be allowed for federal income tax purposes.
The terms of this privilege may
vary by financial intermediary. For more information, see “Appendix A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries” in the Fund’s prospectus.
CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE
(CDSC)
Class A. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a 1.00% CDSC. (Note: For PGIM Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund only, investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and then sell these shares within 18 months of purchase are
subject to a 0.50% CDSC).
Class B. Redemptions of Class B shares will be subject to a CDSC declining from 5.00% to zero over a six-year period (or a four-year period in the case of PGIM Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund).
Class C. Class C shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase will be subject to a 1.00% CDSC. The CDSC will be deducted from the redemption proceeds and reduce the amount paid to you.
Waiver of CDSC. The Class A, Class B, or Class C CDSC is waived if the shares are sold:
■ | After a shareholder is deceased or permanently disabled (or, in the case of a trust account, after the death or disability of the grantor). This waiver applies to individual shareholders as well as shares held in joint tenancy, provided the shares were purchased before the death or permanent disability, |
■ | To provide for certain distributions—made without IRS penalty—from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, benefit plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, |
■ | To withdraw excess contributions from a qualified or tax-deferred retirement plan, IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account, and |
■ | On certain redemptions effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan (Class B shares only). |
If you purchase Class Z shares (see
“Qualifying for Class Z Shares” in the Prospectus) within 5 days of redemption of your Class A shares that you had purchased directly through the Fund's transfer agent, PMFS will credit your account with
the appropriate number of shares to reflect any CDSC you paid on the reinvested portion of your redemption proceeds.
Calculation of CDSC. The CDSC will be imposed on any redemption that reduces the current value of your Class A, Class B or Class C shares to an amount which is lower than the amount of all payments by you for
shares during the preceding 12 months in the case of Class A shares (in certain cases), 6 years in the case of Class B shares (or four years in the case of PGIM Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund Class B shares), and 12 months in the case of Class C shares. A CDSC will be applied on the lesser of the original purchase price or the current value of the shares being redeemed. Increases in the value
of your shares or shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends or distributions are not subject to a CDSC. The amount of any CDSC will be paid to and retained by the Distributor. If you purchased or hold your
shares through a broker, third party administrator or other authorized entity that maintains subaccount recordkeeping, any applicable CDSC that you will pay will be calculated and reported to PMFS by such broker,
administrator or other authorized entity.
The amount of the CDSC, if any,
will vary depending on the number of years from the time of payment for the purchase of shares until the time of redemption of such shares. The CDSC will be calculated from the date of the initial purchase, excluding
the time shares were held in Class B or Class C shares of a money market fund. See “Shareholder Services—Exchange Privileges” below.
In determining whether a CDSC is
applicable to a redemption, the calculation will be made in a manner that results in the lowest possible rate. It will be assumed that the redemption is made first of amounts representing shares acquired pursuant to
the reinvestment of dividends and distributions; then of amounts representing the increase in NAV above the total amount of payments for the purchase of Class A shares made during the preceding 12 months (in certain
cases), 6 years for Class B shares (four years in the case of PGIM Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund) and 12 months for Class C shares; then of amounts representing the cost of shares held beyond the applicable CDSC period;
and finally, of amounts representing the cost of shares held for the longest period of time within the applicable CDSC period.
For example, assume you purchased
100 Class B shares at $10 per share for a cost of $1,000. Subsequently, you acquired 5 additional Class B shares through dividend reinvestment. During the second year after the purchase you decided to redeem $500 of
your investment. Assuming at the time of the redemption the NAV had appreciated to $12 per share, the value of your Class B shares would
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be $1,260 (105 shares at $12 per share). The CDSC
would not be applied to the value of the reinvested dividend shares and the amount which represent appreciation ($260). Therefore, $240 of the $500 redemption proceeds ($500 minus $260) would be charged at a rate of
4.00% (the applicable rate in the second year after purchase) for a total CDSC of $9.60.
For federal income tax purposes,
the amount of the CDSC will reduce the gain or increase the loss, as the case may be, on the amount recognized on the redemption of shares.
As noted above, the CDSC will be
waived in the case of a redemption following the death or permanent disability of a shareholder or, in the case of a trust account, following the death or permanent disability of the grantor. The waiver is available
for total or partial redemptions of shares owned by a person, either individually or in joint tenancy at the time of death or initial determination of permanent disability, provided that the shares were purchased
prior to death or permanent disability.
The CDSC will be waived in the case
of a total or partial redemption in connection with certain distributions under the Code from a tax-deferred retirement plan, an IRA or Section 403(b) custodial account. For distributions from an IRA or 403(b)
custodial account, the shareholder must submit a copy of the distribution form from the custodial firm indicating (i) the date of birth of the shareholder and (ii) that the shareholder is over age 70 1⁄2. The distribution form must be signed by the shareholder.
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN. The CDSC will be waived (or reduced) on certain redemptions of Class B shares effected through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan. On an annual basis, up to 12% of the total dollar amount
subject to the CDSC may be redeemed without charge. PMFS will calculate the total amount available for this waiver annually on the anniversary date of your purchase. The CDSC will be waived (or reduced) on redemptions
until this threshold of 12% is reached. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan is not available to participants in certain retirement plans. Please contact PMFS at (800) 225-1852 for more details.
In addition, the
CDSC will be waived on redemptions of shares held by Fund Board Members.
You must notify PMFS either
directly or through your broker, at the time of redemption that you are entitled to a waiver of the CDSC and provide PMFS or your broker with such supporting documentation as it may deem appropriate. The waiver will
be granted subject to confirmation of your entitlement.
PMFS reserves the right to request
such additional documents as it may deem appropriate.
AUTOMATIC CONVERSION
OF CLASS B SHARES. On or about April 1, 2019, Class B shares became eligible for automatic conversion to Class A shares on a monthly (quarterly prior to April 1, 2019) basis approximately seven years after
purchase.
Note: Class B shares of PGIM
Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund became eligible for automatic conversion to Class A shares on a monthly basis approximately five years after purchase.
The number of Class B shares
eligible to convert to Class A shares will be the total number of shares that have completed their aging schedule (including any time spent at 0% liability), plus all shares acquired through the reinvestment of
dividends for Class B shares.
Since annual distribution-related
fees are lower for Class A shares than Class B shares, the per share NAV of the Class A shares may be higher than that of the Class B shares at the time of conversion. Thus, although the aggregate dollar value will be
the same, you may receive fewer Class A shares than Class B shares converted.
For purposes of calculating the
applicable holding period for conversions, for Class B shares previously exchanged for shares of a money market fund, the time period during which such shares were held in a money market fund will be excluded for the
Class B shares. For example, Class B shares held in a money market fund for one year would not convert to Class A shares until approximately eight years. Class B shares acquired through exchange will convert to Class
A shares after expiration of the conversion period applicable to the original purchaser of such shares.
The Fund has no responsibility for
monitoring or implementing a financial intermediary’s process for determining whether a shareholder meets the required holding period for conversion. A financial intermediary may sponsor and/or control accounts,
programs or platforms that impose a different conversion schedule or different eligibility requirements for the exchange of Class B shares for Class A shares, as set forth on Appendix A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries of the Prospectus. In these cases, Class B shareholders may have their shares exchanged for
Class A shares under the policies of the financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries will be responsible for making such exchanges in those circumstances. Please consult with your financial intermediary if you
have any questions regarding your shares’ conversion from Class B shares to Class A shares.
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The conversion
feature may be subject to the continuing availability of opinions of counsel or rulings of the IRS that the conversion of shares does not constitute a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. The automatic
conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares may be suspended if such opinions or rulings are no longer available. If such conversions are suspended, Class B shares of the Fund will continue to be subject,
possibly indefinitely, to their higher annual distribution and service (12b-1) fee. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers regarding the tax consequences of the conversion or exchange of shares.
AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF CLASS C
SHARES. On or about April 1, 2019 (the Effective Date), Class C shares became eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares on a monthly basis approximately ten years after the original
date of purchase (the “Conversion Date”). Conversion will take place based on the relative NAV of the two classes, without the imposition of any sales load, fee or other charge. Class C shares of a Fund
acquired through automatic reinvestment of dividends or distributions will convert to Class A shares of the Fund on the Conversion Date pro rata with the converting Class C shares of the Fund that were not acquired
through reinvestment of dividends or distributions. All such automatic conversions of Class C shares will constitute tax-free exchanges for federal income tax purposes.
For shareholders investing in Class
C shares through retirement plans or omnibus accounts, and in certain other instances, the Fund and its agents may not have transparency into how long a shareholder has held Class C shares for purposes of determining
whether such Class C shares are eligible for automatic conversion into Class A shares, and the relevant financial intermediary may not have the ability to track purchases in order to credit individual
shareholders’ holding periods. In these circumstances, the Fund will not be able to automatically convert Class C shares into Class A shares as described above. In order to determine eligibility for conversion
in these circumstances, it is the responsibility of the financial intermediary to notify the Fund that the shareholder is eligible for the conversion of Class C shares to Class A shares, and the financial intermediary
may be required to maintain and provide the Fund with records that substantiate the holding period of Class C shares. It is the financial intermediary’s (and not the Fund’s) responsibility to keep records
of transactions made in accounts it holds and to ensure that the shareholder is credited with the proper holding period based on such records or those provided to the financial intermediary by the shareholder. Please
consult with your financial intermediary for the applicability of this conversion feature to your shares.
Class C shares were generally
closed to investments by new group retirement plans effective on June 1, 2018. Group retirement plans (and their successor, related and affiliated plans) that have Class C shares of the Fund available to participants
on or before the Effective Date may continue to open accounts for new participants in such share class and purchase additional shares in existing participant accounts.
The Fund has no responsibility for
monitoring or implementing a financial intermediary’s process for determining whether a shareholder meets the required holding period for conversion. A financial intermediary may sponsor and/or control accounts,
programs or platforms that impose a different conversion schedule or different eligibility requirements for the exchange of Class C shares for Class A shares, as set forth on Appendix A: Waivers and Discounts Available From Certain Financial Intermediaries of the Prospectus. In these cases, Class C shareholders may have their shares exchanged for Class A
shares under the policies of the financial intermediary. Financial intermediaries will be responsible for making such exchanges in those circumstances. Please consult with your financial intermediary if you have any
questions regarding your shares’ conversion from Class C shares to Class A shares.
EXCHANGE OF SHARE CLASSES WITHIN THE
FUND. Within the Fund, investors or their financial intermediaries may wish to exchange investments in one share class of the Fund to another share class offered by the same Fund. For certain
exchanges, subject to the discretion of the Manager and or its affiliates, the Fund may need to waive applicable sales charges in the share class that the shareholder is receiving and/or waive CDSC on the redeemed
shares, as applicable.
Such exchanges may be subject to
the continuing availability of opinions of counsel or rulings of the IRS that the exchange of shares does not constitute a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. If such opinions or rulings are no longer
available, then the exchange may be a taxable event. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers regarding the tax consequences of the exchange of shares.
Please contact PMFS at (800)
225-1852 for more details on such exchanges.
NET ASSET VALUE
The price an
investor pays for a Fund share is based on the share value. The share value—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. NAV is calculated separately for each class. The 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. The Fund may not compute its NAV on days on which no orders
to purchase, sell or exchange shares of the Fund have been received or on days on which changes in the value of the Fund's portfolio
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securities do not
materially affect NAV. The 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.
In accordance with procedures
adopted by the Board, the value of investments listed on a securities exchange and NASDAQ System securities (other than options on stock and stock indices) are valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation or,
if there was no sale on such day, the mean between the last bid and asked prices on such day, or at the bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price, as provided by a pricing service or principal market
marker. 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 US 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 indexes 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. If this methodology is determined to not be representative of the market value for the options, they will be fair valued.
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-US securities in a non-US currency are converted to US 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 subadviser or Manager under procedures established by and under the general supervision of
the Fund's Board.
Under the 1940 Act, the Board is
responsible for determining in good faith the fair value of securities of the Fund. Portfolio securities for which reliable market quotations are not readily available or for which the pricing agent or principal
market maker does not provide a valuation or methodology or provides a valuation or methodology that, in the judgment of the Manager or subadviser (or Valuation Committee or Board) does not represent fair value (Fair
Value Securities), are valued by the Valuation Committee or Board in consultation with the subadviser or Manager, as applicable, including, as applicable, their portfolio managers, traders, research and credit
analysts, and legal and compliance personnel, on the basis of the following factors: the nature of any restrictions on disposition of the securities; assessment of the relative liquidity/illiquidity of the securities;
the issuer's financial condition and the markets in which it does business; the cost of the investment; the size of the holding and the capitalization of issuer; the prices of any recent transactions or bids/offers
for such securities or any comparable securities; any available analyst, media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the Manager or subadviser regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it
operates; other analytical data; consistency with valuation of similar securities held by other PGIM funds; and such other factors as may be determined by the subadviser, Manager, Board or Valuation Committee to
materially affect the value of the security. Fair Value Securities may include, but are not limited to, the following: certain private placements and restricted securities that do not have an active trading market;
securities whose trading has been suspended or for which market quotes are no longer available; debt securities that have recently gone into default and for which there is no current market; securities whose prices
are stale; securities affected by significant events; and securities that the subadviser or Manager believes were priced incorrectly.
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A
“significant event” (which includes, but is not limited to, an extraordinary political or market event) is an event that the subadviser or Manager believes with a reasonably high degree of certainty has
caused the closing market prices of portfolio securities to no longer reflect their value at the time of the NAV calculation. On a day that the Manager determines that one or more portfolio securities constitute Fair
Value Securities, the Manager’s Fair Valuation Committee may determine the fair value of these securities if the fair valuation of each security results in a change of less than $0.01 to the Fund's NAV and/or
the fair valuation of the securities in the aggregate results in a change of less than one half of one percent of the Fund's daily net assets and the Fair Valuation Committee presents these valuations to the Board for
its ratification. In the event that the fair valuation of a security results in a NAV change of $0.01 or more per share and/or in the aggregate results in a change of one half of one percent or more of the daily NAV,
the Board shall promptly be notified, in detail, of the fair valuation, and the fair valuation will be reported on and presented for ratification at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting. Also, the Board
receives, on an interim basis, reports of the meetings of the Valuation Committee that occur between regularly scheduled Board meetings.
In addition, the Fund uses a
service provided by a pricing vendor to fair value non-US Fair Value Securities, which are securities that are primarily traded in non-US markets and subject to a valuation adjustment upon the reaching of a valuation
“trigger” determined by the Board. The fair value prices of non-US Fair Value Securities reflect an adjustment to closing market prices that is intended to reflect the causal link between movements in the
US market and the non-US market on which the securities trade.
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, futures contracts will
be valued 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.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
Upon the initial
purchase of Fund shares, a Shareholder Investment Account is established for each investor under which a record of the shares is maintained by PMFS. Share certificates are no longer issued for shares of the Fund. The
Fund furnishes to shareholders the following privileges and plans:
AUTOMATIC REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS
AND/OR DISTRIBUTIONS. For the convenience of investors, all dividends and distributions are automatically reinvested in full and fractional shares of the Fund at NAV per share. An investor may direct PMFS in
writing not less than five full business days prior to the record date to have subsequent dividends and/or distributions sent in cash rather than reinvested. In the case of recently purchased shares for which
registration instructions have not been received by the record date, cash payment will be made directly to the broker. Any shareholder who receives dividends or distributions in cash may subsequently reinvest any such
dividend or distribution at NAV by returning the check or the proceeds to PMFS within 30 days after the payment date. Such reinvestment will be made at the NAV per share next determined after receipt of the check or
the proceeds by PMFS. Shares purchased with reinvested dividends and/or distributions will not be subject to any CDSC upon redemption.
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGES. The Fund furnishes to shareholders the privilege of exchanging their shares of the Fund for shares of certain other PGIM funds, as disclosed in each Fund’s Prospectus, including one
or more specified money market funds, subject in each case to the minimum investment requirements of such funds. Shares of such other PGIM funds may also be exchanged for shares of the Fund. All exchanges are made on
the basis of the relative NAV next determined after receipt of an order in proper form. An exchange will be treated as a redemption and purchase for federal income tax purposes. Shares may be exchanged for shares of
another fund only if shares of such fund may legally be sold under applicable state laws. For retirement and group plans having a limited menu of PGIM funds, the exchange privilege is available for those funds
eligible for investment in the particular program.
It is contemplated that the
exchange privilege may be applicable to new PGIM funds, the shares of which may be distributed by the Distributor.
In order to
exchange shares by telephone, you must authorize telephone exchanges on your initial application form or by written notice to PMFS and hold shares in non-certificated form. Thereafter, you may call the Fund at (800)
225-1852 to execute a telephone exchange of shares. For your protection and to prevent fraudulent exchanges, your telephone call will be recorded and you will be asked
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to authenticate
your account. A written confirmation of the exchange transaction will be sent to you. Neither the Fund nor its agents will be liable for any loss, liability or cost which results from acting upon instructions
reasonably believed to be genuine under the foregoing procedures. All exchanges will be made on the basis of the relative NAV of the two funds next determined after the request is received in good order.
If you hold shares through a
brokerage firm, you must exchange your shares by contacting your financial adviser.
If you hold share certificates, the
certificates must be returned in order for the shares to be exchanged. See “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Sale of Shares” above.
You may also exchange shares by
mail by writing to PMFS, P.O. Box 9658, Providence, RI 02940.
In periods of severe market or
economic conditions the telephone exchange of shares may be difficult to implement and you should make exchanges by mail by writing to PMFS at the address noted above.
Class A
shares: Shareholders of the Fund may exchange their Class A shares for Class A shares of certain other PGIM funds and shares of the money market funds specified below. No fee or sales load will be
imposed upon the exchange. Shareholders of money market funds who acquired such shares upon exchange of Class A shares may use the exchange privilege only to acquire Class A shares of the PGIM funds participating in
the exchange privilege.
The following money market fund
participates in the Class A exchange privilege: PGIM Government Money Market Fund (Class A shares).
Participants in
certain programs sponsored by broker-dealers, investment advisers and financial planners who have agreements with Prudential, or whose programs are available through financial intermediaries that have agreements with
Prudential relating to mutual fund “wrap” or asset allocation programs or mutual fund “supermarket” programs, for which the Fund is an available option, may have their Class A shares, if any,
exchanged for Class Z shares of the Fund, if available as an investment option, when they elect to have those assets become a part of the program. Upon leaving the program (whether voluntarily or not), such Class Z
shares (and, to the extent provided for in the program, Class Z shares acquired through participation in the program) may be exchanged for Class A shares of the Fund at NAV if Class Z shares are not available to the
shareholder as an investment option outside the program. Contact your program sponsor or financial intermediary with any questions.
Class B and Class C shares: Shareholders of the Fund may exchange their Class B and Class C shares of the Fund for Class B and Class C shares, respectively, of other PGIM funds. No CDSC will be payable upon such
exchange, but a CDSC may be payable upon the redemption of the Class B and Class C shares acquired as a result of an exchange. The applicable sales charge will be that imposed by the fund in which shares were
initially purchased and the purchase date will be deemed to be the date of the initial purchase, rather than the date of the exchange, excluding any time Class B or Class C shares were held in a money market
fund.
Class B and Class C shares may also
be exchanged for shares of PGIM Government Money Market Fund without imposition of any CDSC at the time of exchange. Upon subsequent redemption from such money market fund or after re-exchange into a Fund, such shares
will be subject to the CDSC calculated without regard to the time such shares were held in the money market fund. For purposes of calculating the seven year holding period applicable to the Class B conversion feature,
the time period during which Class B shares were held in a money market fund will be excluded.
At any time after acquiring shares
of other funds participating in the Class B or Class C exchange privilege, a shareholder may again exchange those shares (and any reinvested dividends and distributions) for Class B or Class C shares of a Fund without
subjecting such shares to any CDSC. Shares of any fund participating in the Class B or Class C exchange privilege that were acquired through reinvestment of dividends or distributions may be exchanged for Class B or
Class C shares of other funds without being subject to any CDSC.
Class R shares: Class R shares may be exchanged for Class R shares of other PGIM funds.
Class R2 shares: Class R2 shares may be exchanged for Class R2 shares of other PGIM funds (except the Prudential Day One Funds).
Class R4 shares: Class R4 shares may be exchanged for Class R4 shares of other PGIM funds (except the Prudential Day One Funds).
Class Z shares: Class Z shares may be exchanged for Class Z shares of other PGIM funds.
Class R6 shares: Class R6 shares may be exchanged for Class R6 shares of other PGIM funds (except the Prudential Day One Funds or the PGIM 60/40 Allocation Fund).
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Shareholders who qualify to
purchase Class Z shares may have their Class B and Class C shares which are not subject to a CDSC and their Class A shares exchanged for Class Z shares upon notification. Eligibility for this exchange privilege will
be calculated on the business day prior to the date of the exchange. Amounts representing Class B or Class C shares which are not subject to a CDSC include the following: (1) amounts representing Class B or Class C
shares acquired pursuant to the automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions, (2) amounts representing the increase in the NAV above the total amount of payments for the purchase of Class B or Class C shares
and (3) amounts representing Class B or Class C shares held beyond the applicable CDSC period. Class B and Class C shareholders must notify PMFS either directly or through Wells Fargo Advisors, Pruco Securities, LLC
or another broker that they are eligible for this special exchange privilege.
Participants in
any fee-based program for which the Fund is an available option may arrange with the Transfer Agent or their recordkeeper to have their Class A shares, if any, exchanged for Class Z shares when they elect to have
those assets become a part of the fee-based program. Upon leaving the program (whether voluntarily or not), the participant may arrange with the Transfer Agent or their recordkeeper to have such Class Z shares
acquired through participation in the program exchanged for Class A shares at NAV. Similarly, participants in Wells Fargo Advisors' 401(k) Plan for which the Fund's Class Z shares are an available option and who wish
to transfer their Class Z shares out of the Wells Fargo Advisors 401(k) Plan following separation from service (i.e., voluntary or involuntary termination of employment or retirement) may arrange with the Transfer
Agent or their recordkeeper to have their Class Z shares exchanged for Class A shares at NAV.
Additional details about the
exchange privilege and prospectuses for each of the PGIM funds are available from PMFS, the Distributor or your broker. The special exchange privilege may be modified, terminated or suspended on sixty days' notice,
and the Fund, or the Distributor, has the right to reject any exchange application relating to the Fund's shares.
AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
(AIP). Under AIP, an investor may arrange to have a fixed amount automatically invested in shares of the Fund by authorizing his or her bank account or brokerage account to be debited to invest
specified dollar amounts in shares of the Fund. The investor's bank must be a member of the Automated Clearing House System.
Further information about this
program and an application form can be obtained from PMFS, the Distributor or your broker.
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN. A Systematic Withdrawal Plan is available to shareholders through the PMFS or your broker. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan provides for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual redemptions
in any amount, except as provided below, up to the value of the shares in the shareholder's account. Systematic withdrawals of Class A (in certain instances), Class B and Class C shares may be subject to a CDSC. The
Systematic Withdrawal Plan is not available to participants in certain retirement plans. Please contact PMFS at (800) 225-1852 for more details.
PMFS, the Distributor or your
broker acts as an agent for the shareholder in redeeming sufficient full and fractional shares to provide the amount of the systematic withdrawal payment. The Systematic Withdrawal Plan may be terminated at any
time.
Systematic withdrawals should not
be considered as dividends, yield or income. If systematic withdrawals continuously exceed reinvested dividends and distributions, the shareholder's original investment will be correspondingly reduced and ultimately
exhausted.
Furthermore, each withdrawal
constitutes a redemption of shares, and any gain or loss realized must be recognized for federal income tax purposes. In addition, withdrawals made concurrently with purchases of additional shares are inadvisable
because of the sales charges applicable to (i) the purchase of Class A shares and (ii) the redemption of Class A (in certain instances), Class B and Class C shares. Each shareholder should consult his or her own tax
adviser with regard to the tax consequences of the Systematic Withdrawal Plan, particularly if used in connection with a retirement plan.
MUTUAL FUND
PROGRAMS. From time to time, the Fund may be included in a mutual fund program with other PGIM funds. Under such a program, a group of portfolios will be selected and thereafter marketed
collectively. Typically, these programs are marketed with an investment theme, such as pursuit of greater diversification, protection from interest rate movements or access to different management styles. In the event
such a program is instituted, there may be a minimum investment requirement for the program as a whole. The Fund may waive or reduce the minimum initial investment requirements in connection with such a
program.
The mutual funds in the program may
be purchased individually or as a part of a program. Since the allocation of portfolios included in the program may not be appropriate for all investors, investors should consult their financial adviser concerning the
appropriate blends of portfolios for them. If investors elect to purchase the individual mutual funds that constitute the program in an investment ratio different from that offered by the program, the standard minimum
investment requirements for the individual mutual funds will apply.
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TAX-DEFERRED RETIREMENT
PROGRAMS. Various tax-deferred retirement plans, including a 401(k) plan, self-directed individual retirement accounts and “tax-deferred accounts” under Section 403(b)(7) of the Code are
available through the Distributor. These plans are for use by both self-employed individuals and corporate employers. These plans permit either self-direction of accounts by participants or a pooled account
arrangement. Information regarding the establishment of these plans, their administration, custodial fees and other details is available from the Distributor or PMFS.
Investors who are considering the
adoption of such a plan should consult with their own legal counsel and/or tax adviser with respect to the establishment and maintenance of any such plan.
TAXES, DIVIDENDS AND
DISTRIBUTIONS
The following is a summary of
certain tax considerations generally affecting each Fund and its 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 a Fund 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 a Fund that
are available for distribution to shareholders will be computed by taking into account any applicable capital loss carryforward. 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-US 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 a 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 a 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.”
A Fund may be able to cure a
failure to derive at least 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, a 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. A Fund’s investments in
partnerships, including in QPTPs, may result in the Fund being subject to state, local or non-US 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, a 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
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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.
EXCISE TAX ON REGULATED INVESTMENT
COMPANIES. A 4% non-deductible excise tax is imposed on a regulated investment company to the extent that it distributes income in such a way that it is taxable to shareholders in a calendar year
other than the calendar year in which a Fund earned the income. Specifically, the excise tax will be imposed if a Fund fails to distribute in each calendar year an amount equal to 98% of 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 a Fund. A 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 the 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 the 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-US currency and passive non-US investment company (“PFIC”) losses over post-October non-US 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 the 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 indexes 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.
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As a result of entering into swap
contracts, a Fund may make or receive periodic net payments. A 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 the
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.
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 the Fund for the security. Original issue discount that accrues in a taxable year is treated as income earned by a Fund and therefore is
subject to the Distribution Requirement. Because the original issue discount 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. A Fund will face a similar issue with market discount that it elects, or is required to accrue.
Certain futures contracts and
certain listed options (referred to as Section 1256 contracts) held by the Funds will be required to be “marked to market” for federal income tax purposes at the end of a 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-US 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-US 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-US currency forward contracts or dispositions of debt securities denominated in a non-US currency
that are attributable to fluctuations in the value of the non-US 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 the 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 US 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 the
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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.
A Fund may make investments in
equity securities of non-US issuers, subject to the requirements of its investment restrictions. 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-US 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 the 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. A 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.
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. A Fund would be allowed a deduction for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the PFIC stock over its fair market value as of the close of the
taxable year, but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to the stock included by the Fund for prior taxable years. A 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-US corporation will not be eligible for the special tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income if the non-US 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.
A Fund may invest
in REITs, subject to the requirements of its investment restrictions. Such Fund’s investments in REIT equity securities may require a 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). A
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, between 2018 and 2025, a direct REIT shareholder may claim a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for
ordinary REIT dividends, and proposed regulations issued in January 2019 (on which taxpayers may currently rely) permit a RIC to 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 the
Funds 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 a 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-US shareholder, will not qualify for
any reduction in US 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 do 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.
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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 US 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. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026, a Fund
may also report dividends eligible for a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for non-corporate US 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 US shareholder must meet certain holding period requirements with respect to the Fund
shares. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the US 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.
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 a Fund in October, November or
December as of a record date in such month and actually paid in January of the following year will be treated as if they were paid on December 31 of the year declared. Therefore, such dividends will generally be
taxable to a shareholder in the year declared rather than the year paid.
Dividends paid by a Fund that are
properly reported as exempt-interest dividends will not be subject to regular federal income tax. Dividends paid by a Fund will be exempt from federal income tax (though not necessarily exempt from state and local
taxation) to the extent of the 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 US 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 (other than a Fund that 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-US 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.
A 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
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of the Fund’s earnings and profits will be
taxable to shareholders and will not constitute nontaxable returns of capital. A Fund’s capital loss carryforwards, if any, carried from taxable years beginning before 2011 do not reduce current earnings and
profits, even if such carryforwards offset current year realized gains. 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 OR REDEMPTION 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 the Fund or substantially identical stock or securities
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 US
shareholder is generally taxed at a federal income tax rate of up to 15% or 20%, depending on whether the shareholder’s income exceeds certain threshold amounts, which are adjusted annually for inflation.
Capital gain of a corporate shareholder is taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.
Cost Basis Reporting. Mutual funds must report cost basis information to you and the IRS when you sell or exchange shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 in your non-retirement accounts. The cost basis
regulations do not affect retirement accounts, money market funds, and shares acquired before January 1, 2012. The regulations also require mutual funds to report whether a gain or loss is short-term (shares held one
year or less) or long-term (shares held more than one year) for all shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012 that are subsequently sold or exchanged. 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. The Fund’s Transfer Agent supports
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 Transfer Agent’s default method, which is average cost, no
action is required on your part. For shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012, if you change your cost basis method, the new method will apply to all shares in the account if you request the change prior to the
first redemption. If, however, you request the change after the first redemption, the new method will apply to shares acquired on or after the date of the change. Keep in mind that the Fund’s Transfer Agent is
not required to report cost basis information to you or the IRS on shares acquired before January 1, 2012. However, the Transfer Agent will provide this information to you, as a service, if its cost basis records are
complete for such shares. This information will be separately identified on the Form 1099-B (Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions) sent to you by the Transfer Agent and not transmitted to the
IRS.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING. A Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold and remit to the US Treasury 24% of all dividends and capital gain dividends, and the proceeds of redemption of shares, paid to any
shareholder (1) who has provided the Fund with either an incorrect tax identification number or no number at all, (2) who is subject to backup withholding by the IRS for failure to report the receipt of interest or
dividend income properly or (3) who has failed to certify to the Fund that it is not subject to backup withholding or
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that it is a corporation or other exempt recipient.
In addition, dividends and capital gain dividends made to corporate United States 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 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 US 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 US
person’s “net investment income” for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the US person’s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over $200,000 (or $250,000 if married
filing jointly). A 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 US 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 the Fund shares.
NON-US
SHAREHOLDERS. Dividends paid to a shareholder who, as to the United States, is a nonresident alien individual, non-US trust or estate, non-US corporation, or non-US partnership (“non-US
shareholder”) will be subject to US withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) on the gross amount of the dividend. Such a non-US shareholder would generally be exempt from US federal
income tax, including withholding tax, on gains realized on the sale of shares of a Fund, net capital gain dividends, exempt-interest dividends, 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-US shareholder’s income from a Fund is not effectively connected with a US trade or business. If the income from a Fund is effectively connected with a US trade or business carried on by a non-US
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 the Fund
will be subject to US federal income tax at the graduated rates applicable to US 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-US shareholder if the distribution is attributable to gain
from the sale or exchange of US real property or an interest in a US real property holding corporation (including a REIT dividend attributable to such gain) and a Fund’s direct or indirect interests in US real
property exceed certain levels. Instead, if the non-US 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-US shareholder; if the non-US 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-US shareholder to US filing
requirements. Additionally, if a Fund’s direct or indirect interests in US real property were to exceed certain levels, a non-US shareholder realizing gains upon redemption from a Fund could be subject to the
21% withholding tax and US filing requirements unless more than 50% of a Fund’s shares were owned by US persons at such time or unless the non-US 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 the Fund’s stock is held by US shareholders, distributions of US real property interests (including securities in a US real property holding corporation, unless such corporation is regularly traded on
an established securities market and the 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-US
shareholder’s shares of the Fund will cause the Fund to recognize gain. If the 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-US ownership percentage of the Fund during the five-year period ending on the date of redemption.
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In the case of non-US non-corporate
shareholders, a Fund may be required to backup withhold US federal income tax on distributions that are otherwise exempt from withholding tax unless such shareholders furnish the Fund with proper notification of their
non-US status.
Separately, a 30%
withholding tax is currently imposed on US-source dividends, interest and other income items paid to (i) non-US financial institutions including non-US investment funds unless they agree to collect and disclose to the
IRS information regarding their direct and indirect US account holders and (ii) certain other non-US entities, unless they certify certain information regarding their direct and indirect US owners. To avoid
withholding, non-US 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 indirect US account holders, comply with due diligence procedures with respect to the identification of US accounts, report to the IRS certain information with respect to US accounts maintained, agree to
withhold tax on certain payments made to non-compliant non-US 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-US entities will need to either provide the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each substantial US owner or certifications
of no substantial US ownership unless certain exceptions apply.
The tax consequences to a non-US
shareholder entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Non-US 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-US taxes.
NON-US TAXES. A Fund may be subject to non-US withholding taxes or other non-US taxes with respect to income (possibly including, in some cases, capital gain) received from sources within non-US
countries. So long as more than 50% by value of the total assets of the Fund (1) at the close of the taxable year, consists of stock or securities of non-US issuers, or (2) at the close of each quarter, consists of
interests in other regulated investment companies, the Fund may elect to treat any non-US income taxes paid by it as paid directly by its shareholders.
If the 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 the Fund’s non-US income taxes, and (ii) either deduct (in calculating US taxable
income) or credit (in calculating US federal income tax) its pro rata share of the Fund’s income taxes. A non-US tax credit may not exceed the US federal income tax otherwise payable with respect to the non-US
source income. For this purpose, each shareholder must treat as non-US source gross income (i) its proportionate share of non-US taxes paid by the Fund and (ii) the portion of any actual dividend paid by the Fund
which represents income derived from non-US sources; the gain from the sale of securities will generally be treated as US source income and certain non-US currency gains and losses likewise will be treated as derived
from US sources. This non-US tax credit limitation is, with certain exceptions, applied separately to separate categories of income; dividends from the 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 the Fund’s non-US income taxes. In
addition, shareholders will not be eligible to claim a non-US tax credit with respect to non-US income taxes paid by the Fund unless certain holding period requirements are met at both the Fund and the shareholder
levels. For purposes of foreign tax credits for US shareholders of the Fund, foreign capital gains taxes may not produce associated foreign source income, limiting the availability of such credits for US persons.
A 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 US tax may prefer that this election not be made. The Fund will notify shareholders in writing each year if it makes the
election and of the amount of non-US income taxes, if any, to be passed through to the shareholders and the amount of non-US taxes, if any, for which shareholders of the Fund will not be eligible to claim a non-US tax
credit because the holding period requirements (described above) have not been satisfied.
Shares of a Fund held by a non-US
shareholder at death will be considered situated within the United States and subject to the US 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
PGIM Jennison Global
Equity Income Fund. As of October 31, 2019, the Fund had no capital loss carryforwards.
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DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS
The Board of each Fund in the PGIM
Fund complex 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 and the fiduciary duties of
each Fund and each Fund adviser. 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.
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 (Bank of New
York Mellon) is authorized to facilitate, under the supervision of PGIM Investments, the release of portfolio holdings.
Regulatory
Filings. Portfolio holdings for each Fund will be made public at the time of quarterly public regulatory filings via Forms N-CSR and/or N-PORT unless noted otherwise herein.
Annual and semi-annual reports for
each Fund are filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR and mailed to shareholders within 60 days after the end of the second and fourth fiscal quarters. Annual and semi-annual shareholder reports for a Fund may be accessed at
the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and at the website for the PGIM Funds (www.pgiminvestments.com).
Portfolio holdings
for each Fund are filed with the SEC on Form N-PORT. Form N-PORT is filed with the SEC quarterly, and the Fund's full portfolio holdings as of its first and third quarter ends of each fiscal quarter (as of the third
month of the Fund’s fiscal quarter for reporting periods on or after September 30, 2019) will be made publicly available 60 days after the end of each quarter on www.sec.gov.
Public Disclosures—Fund
Holdings and Characteristics. Each Fund may post on the PGIM Funds website a detailed list of its portfolio holdings and characteristics derived from the portfolio holdings as of the end of each calendar month
approximately 15 days after the end of the month, unless noted otherwise herein.
Any portfolio holdings and
characteristics information that is posted to the Fund’s website and third-party databases but not contained in regulatory filings may be distributed at or after posting to financial advisors, investment
consultants, broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, plan sponsors, shareholders, plan participants, and third-party databases.
Public Disclosures—Other Time
Periods. Where a Fund has recently commenced operations or adopted significant changes to its investment policies (a “repositioning”), it may make available in the manner described above
the same portfolio holdings and characteristics information, but as of other relevant period-ends besides month-end, with such information made available and posted to the website approximately 15 days after the
commencement of the Fund’s operations or the date of the repositioning (“Effective Date”), and any portfolio holdings or characteristics information may be distributed after posting to financial
advisors, investment consultants, broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, plan sponsors, shareholders, plan participants, and third-party databases. The Fund may release this information until the first
quarter-end or the first month-end following the Effective Date, as applicable.
Other than as set forth above, the
release of holdings and characteristics information will normally occur 15 days after the end of the month: the release of holdings and characteristics information other than 15 days after the end of the month will be
determined based on procedures approved by the Chief Compliance Officer. In addition, when authorized by the Chief Compliance Officer and another officer of the PGIM Funds, portfolio holdings information may be
publicly disseminated more frequently or at different periods than as described above.
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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All requests from third parties for
portfolio holdings shall require the following steps:
■ | A request for release of portfolio holdings shall be prepared setting forth a legitimate business purpose for such release which shall specify the Fund(s), the terms of such release, and frequency (e.g., level of detail, staleness). Such request shall address whether there are any conflicts of interest between the Fund and the investment adviser, subadviser, principal underwriter or any affiliated person thereof and how such conflicts shall be dealt with to demonstrate that the disclosure is in the best interest of the shareholders of the Fund(s). |
■ | The request shall be forwarded to PGIM Investments’ Product Development Group and to the Chief Compliance Officer or his delegate for review and approval. |
■ | A confidentiality agreement in the form approved by a Fund officer must be executed by the recipient of the portfolio holdings. |
■ | A Fund officer shall approve the release and the agreement. Copies of the release and agreement shall be sent to PGIM Investments’ Law Department. |
■ | Written notification of the approval shall be sent by such officer to PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group to arrange the release of portfolio holdings. |
■ | PGIM Investments’ Fund Administration Group shall arrange the release by the Custodian Bank. |
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:
1. Traditional External
Recipients/Vendors
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Broadridge and Glass, Lewis & Co. (proxy voting administrator/agents) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ISS (securities class action claims administrator) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to 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; |
■ | 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; |
■ | Full holdings to a Fund’s counsel on an as-needed basis; |
■ | Full holdings to counsel of a Fund’s independent board members on an as-needed basis; and |
■ | Full holdings to financial printers as soon as practicable following the end of a Fund's quarterly, semi-annual and annual period-ends. |
2. Analytical Service Providers
■ | Fund trades on a quarterly basis to Abel/Noser Corp. (an agency-only broker and transaction cost analysis company) as soon as practicable following a Fund's fiscal quarter-end; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (investment research provider) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to FT Interactive Data (a fair value information service) at the end of each day; |
■ | Full holdings on a quarterly basis to Frank Russell Company (investment research provider) when made available; |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to Fidelity Advisors (wrap program provider) approximately five days after the end of each month (PGIM Jennison Growth Fund and certain other selected PGIM Funds only); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to ICE (InterContinental Exchange), IHS Markit and Thompson Reuters (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a daily basis to Standard & Poor’s Corporation (securities valuation); |
■ | Full holdings on a monthly basis to FX Transparency (foreign exchange/transaction analysis) when made available. |
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.
Also, affiliated shareholders may,
subject to execution of a non-disclosure agreement, receive current portfolio holdings for the sole purpose of enabling a Fund to effect the payment of the redemption price to such shareholder in whole or in part by a
distribution in kind of securities from the investment portfolio of the Fund, in lieu of cash, in conformity with the rules of the SEC and procedures adopted by the Board. For more information regarding the payment of
the redemption price by a distribution in kind of securities from the investment portfolio of the Fund, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Fund Shares—Redemption in Kind” in the SAI.
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PGIM Investments’ Law
Department and the Chief Compliance Officer shall review the arrangements with each recipient on an annual basis. The Board shall, on a quarterly basis be advised of any revisions to the list of recipients of
portfolio holdings and the reason for such disclosure. These policies and procedures will be reviewed for adequacy and effectiveness in connection with the Funds’ compliance program under Rule 38a-1 under the
1940 Act.
A listing of the parties who will
receive portfolio holdings pursuant to these procedures is maintained by PGIM Investments Compliance.
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 Fund. The Manager is authorized by the Fund to delegate, in whole or in part, its 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 Fund. 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 Fund should a proxy issue potentially implicate a conflict of interest between the Fund and the Manager or its affiliates.
The Manager delegates to the Fund's
subadviser(s) the responsibility for voting proxies. The subadviser is expected to identify and seek to obtain the optimal benefit for the Fund, and to adopt written policies that meet certain minimum standards,
including that the policies be reasonably designed to protect the best interests of the Fund and delineate procedures to be followed when a proxy vote presents a conflict between the interests of the Fund and the
interests of the subadviser or its affiliates. The Manager and the Board expect that the subadviser 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 will deliver to the Manager, or its appointed vendor, information required for filing the Form N-PX with the SEC. Information regarding how the Fund voted
proxies relating to its portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 is available without charge on the Fund's website at www.pgiminvestments.com 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 Fund's 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 Fund. However, the protective provisions of
the Codes of Ethics prohibit certain investments and limit such personnel from making investments during periods when the Fund is making such investments. The Codes of Ethics are on public file with, and are available
from, the SEC.
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”) has adopted the following 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 Advisers Act.
In the absence of any written
delegation or when proxy voting authority has been delegated in writing to Jennison by clients, Jennison will exercise this voting authority in each client’s best interests. The Company will not consider its own
interests, or those of any affiliates, when voting proxies.
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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. Secondary consideration may be given to the public and social value of each issue, but absent specific client instructions, long term economic interests will be the primary basis for voting.
Jennison will disclose information
about its proxy voting policies and procedures to clients, and will provide a copy of these Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures upon request. The Company will also inform clients how they may obtain information about
the votes cast on their behalf.
II. | Procedures |
Proxy Voting Guidelines
Jennison has adopted proxy voting
guidelines (“Guidelines”) with respect to certain recurring issues. When Jennison is responsible for voting proxies, Jennison considers these guidelines except when Jennison accepts custom guidelines.
The Guidelines are reviewed as
necessary by the Company’s Proxy Voting Committee and Investment Professionals, and are revised when a change is appropriate. The Proxy Team maintains the Guidelines and distributes copies to the Investment
Professionals following any change. The Guidelines are meant to convey Jennison’s general approach to voting decisions on certain issues. Nevertheless, Investment Professionals are responsible for reviewing all
proposals related to fundamental strategies individually and making final decisions based on the merits of each voting opportunity.
If an Investment Professional
believes that Jennison should vote in a way that is different from the Guidelines, the Proxy Team is notified. In certain circumstances, an Investment Professional may conclude that different clients should vote in
different ways, or that it is in the best interests of some or all clients to abstain from voting.
The Proxy Team is responsible for
maintaining Investment Professionals’ reasons for deviating from the Guidelines.
Client-Specific Voting Mandates
Any client’s specific voting
instructions must be communicated or confirmed by the client in writing, either through a provision in the investment advisory contract or through other written correspondence. Such instructions may call for Jennison
to vote the client’s securities according to the client’s own voting guidelines, or may indicate that the Company is not responsible for voting the client’s proxies.
The Proxy Team reviews client
specific voting instructions and approves operational implementation, and certain instructions may only be implemented on a best efforts basis. The Proxy Team is responsible for communicating such instructions to the
third party vendor.
Use of a Third Party Voting Service
Jennison has engaged an independent
third party proxy voting vendor that provides research and analytical services, operational implementation and recordkeeping and reporting services. The proxy voting vendor will cast votes in accordance with the
Company’s Guidelines, unless instructed otherwise by the Investment Professionals.
Identifying and Addressing Potential Material Conflicts of Interest
There may be instances where
Jennison’s interests conflict materially, or appear to conflict materially, with the interests of clients in connection with a proxy vote (a “Material Conflict”). Examples of potential Material
Conflicts include, but are not limited to:
■ | Jennison managing the pension plan of the issuer. |
■ | Jennison or its affiliates have a material business relationship with the issuer. |
■ | Jennison investment professionals who are related to a person who is senior management or a director at a public company. |
■ | Jennison has a material investment in a security that the investment professional who is responsible for voting that security’s proxy also holds the same security personally. |
If an Investment Professional or
any other employee perceives a Material Conflict, he or she must promptly report the matter to the Chief Compliance Officer.
When a potential conflict has been
identified, the Proxy Team will work with the Investment Professional covering the issuer to complete a Proxy Voting for Conflicts Documentation Form. The Proxy Team is responsible for retaining completed Proxy Voting for Conflicts Documentation Forms.
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If the Proxy Voting Committee
determines that a Material Conflict is present and if the Investment Professional is recommending a vote that deviates from the Guidelines or there is no specific recommended Guideline vote and decisions are made on a
case-by-case basis, then the voting decision must be reviewed and approved by the Investment Professional’s supervisor and the Proxy Committee prior to casting the vote.
Jennison will not abstain from
voting a proxy for the purpose of avoiding a Material Conflict.
Quantitatively Derived Holdings and the Jennison Managed Accounts
In voting proxies for
non-fundamental strategies such as quantitatively derived holdings and Jennison Managed Accounts (i.e. “wrap”) where the securities are not held elsewhere in the firm, proxies will be voted utilizing the
Guidelines. Additionally, in those circumstances where no specific Guidelines exist, the Company will consider the recommendations of the proxy voting vendor.
International Holdings
Jennison will exercise
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 it anticipates that the costs or limitations associated with voting outweigh the benefits.
Securities Lending
Jennison may be unable to vote
proxies when the underlying securities have been lent out pursuant to a client’s securities lending program. The Company does not know when securities are on loan and are therefore not available to be voted. In
rare circumstances, Investment Professionals may ask the Proxy Team to work with the client’s custodian to recall the shares so that Jennison can vote. Efforts to recall loaned securities are not always
effective since such requests must be submitted prior to the record date for the upcoming proxy vote; therefore voting shares on loan is on a best efforts basis. In determining whether to call back securities that are
out on loan, the Investment Professional will consider whether the benefit to the client in voting the matter outweighs the benefit to the client in keeping the security out on loan.
Disclosure to Advisory Clients
Jennison will provide a copy of
these Policies and Procedures and the Guidelines to any client upon request. The Company will also provide any client with information about how Jennison has voted that client’s proxies upon request. Any such
requests should be forwarded to the Proxy Team, which is responsible for responding, and for documenting the correspondence.
Compliance Reporting for Investment Companies
Upon request, the Proxy Team will
provide to each investment company board of directors or trustees 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.
III. | Internal Controls |
Supervisory Review
The Proxy Team periodically
notifies each Investment Professional’s supervisor of any Guideline overrides authorized by that Investment Professional. The supervisor reviews the overrides to confirm that they appear to have been made based
on clients’ best interests, and that they were not influenced by any Material Conflict or other considerations.
The Proxy Voting Committee
The Proxy Voting Committee consists
of representatives from Operations, Operational Risk, Legal, and Compliance. It meets at least quarterly, and has the following responsibilities:
■ | Review potential Material Conflicts and decide whether a material conflict is present, and needs to be addressed according to these policies and procedures. |
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■ | Review the Guidelines in consultation with the Investment Professionals and make revisions as appropriate. |
■ | Review these Policies and Procedures annually for accuracy and effectiveness, and recommend and adopt any necessary changes. |
■ | Review all Guideline overrides. |
■ | Review quarterly voting metrics and analysis published by the Proxy Team. |
■ | Review the performance of the proxy voting vendor and determine whether Jennison should continue to retain their services. |
Equity Trade Management Oversight Council (“ETMOC”)
The ETMOC reviews all Guideline
overrides on a quarterly basis to ensure proper override procedures were followed. The ETMOC also reviews any changes to the Guidelines. The ETMOC is comprised of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer,
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Equity Trading and the Head of Growth Equity, Head of Investment Services and the Head of Alternative Investment Services.
IV. | Escalating Concerns |
Any concerns about aspects of the
policy that lack specific escalation guidance may be reported to the reporting employee’s supervisor, the Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Ethics Officer, Chief Operating
Officer or Chief Executive Officer. Alternatively Jennison has an Ethics Reporting Hotline phone number and email address that enable 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.
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 April 30, 2018
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APPENDIX II: DESCRIPTIONS OF
SECURITY RATINGS
MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.
(MOODY'S)
Debt Ratings
Aaa: Bonds which are rated Aaa are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as “gilt edged.” Interest
payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair
the fundamentally strong position of such issues.
Aa: Bonds which are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower
than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the
long-term risks appear somewhat larger than the Aaa securities.
A: Bonds which are rated A possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium-grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are
considered adequate, but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some time in the future.
Baa: Bonds which are rated Baa are considered as medium-grade obligations, i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate
for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative
characteristics as well.
Ba: Bonds which are rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very
moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.
B: Bonds which are rated B generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any
long period of time may be small.
Caa: Bonds which are rated Caa are of poor standing. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.
Ca: Bonds which are rated Ca represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.
C: Bonds which are rated C are the lowest-rated class of bonds, and issues so rated can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment
standing.
Moody's applies numerical modifiers
1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating category from Aa to Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the issuer is in the higher end of its letter rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; the modifier 3
indicates that the issuer is in the lower end of the letter ranking category.
Short-Term Ratings
Moody's short-term debt ratings are
opinions of the ability of issuers to honor senior financial obligations and contracts. Such obligations generally have an original maturity not exceeding one year, unless explicitly noted.
PRIME-1: Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of
the following characteristics:
■ | Leading market positions in well-established industries. |
■ | High rates of return on funds employed. |
■ | Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection. |
■ | Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation. |
■ | Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity. |
PRIME-2: Issuers rated Prime-2 (or supporting institutions) have a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This normally will be evidenced by many of the characteristics
cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by external
conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.
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MIG 1: This designation denotes best quality. There is strong protection by established cash flows, superior liquidity support or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for
refinancing.
MIG 2: This designation denotes high quality. Margins of protection are ample although not so large as in the preceding group.
S&P Global ratings (S&
P)
Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings
AAA: An obligation rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.
AA: An obligation rated AA differs from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.
A: An obligation rated A is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the
obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.
BBB: An obligation rated BBB exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the
obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
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 commitment 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 commitment on the obligation. Adverse
business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment 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 commitment
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 commitment on the obligation.
CC: An obligation rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
C: The C rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action has been taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued.
Plus (+) or Minus (–): The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.
Commercial Paper Ratings
A-1: This designation indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong. Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus
sign (+) designation.
A-2: Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is satisfactory. However, the relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues designated A-1.
Notes Ratings
An S&P notes rating reflects the
liquidity factors and market risks unique to notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a notes rating. Notes maturing beyond three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. The
following criteria will be used in making that assessment.
■ | Amortization schedule-the longer the final maturity relative to other maturities the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
■ | Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note. |
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.
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SP-2: Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
FITCH RATINGS LTD.
International Long-Term Credit
Ratings
AAA: Highest Credit Quality. AAA ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.
AA: Very High Credit Quality. AA ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not
significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.
A: High Credit Quality. A ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be
more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB: Good Credit Quality. BBB ratings indicate that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but
adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment-grade category.
BB: Speculative. BB ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time; however, business or financial
alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not investment grade.
B: Highly Speculative. B ratings indicate that significant credit risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met; however, capacity for
continued payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.
CCC, CC, C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments. A CC rating
indicates that default of some kind appears probable. C ratings signal imminent default.
International Short-Term Credit
Ratings
F1: Highest Credit Quality. Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit
feature.
F2: Good Credit Quality. A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.
F3: Fair Credit Quality. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate; however, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment grade.
B: Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic investment.
Plus (+) or Minus (–): Plus or minus signs may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the AAA long-term rating category, to categories
below CCC, or to short-term ratings other than F1.
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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Articles of Incorporation
of Registrant. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 10, 1997.
(2) Amendment to Articles of
Incorporation of Registrant dated July 3, 1997. Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on July 9,
1997.
(3) Amendment to Articles of
Incorporation of Registrant dated July 17, 1997. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on October 17,
1997.
(4) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated December 29, 1997. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on June 5, 1998.
(5) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated August 14, 1998. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 31, 1998.
(6) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated December 16, 1998. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 31, 1998.
(7) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated September 23, 1999. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on October 15, 1999.
(8) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated February 14, 2000. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on March 2, 2000.
(9) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated May 1, 2000. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on August 22, 2000.
(10) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated September 8, 2000. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 15, 2000.
(11) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated September 8, 2000. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on March 1, 2001.
(12) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated February 27, 2001. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on March 1, 2001.
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(13) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated February 27, 2001. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on March 1, 2001.
(14) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated September 7, 2001. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on September 14, 2001.
(15) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated November 30, 2001. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 10, 2001.
(16) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated February 26, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on March 1, 2002.
(17) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated April 24, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002.
(18) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated June 24, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 26, 2002.
(19) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated November 12, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 26, 2002.
(20) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated December 19, 2003. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 29, 2003.
(21) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated January 27, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
(22) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated January 27, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
(23) Certificate of Correction of
Registrant dated February 27, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
(24) Certificate of Correction of
Registrant dated February 27, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004
(25) Certificate of Correction of
Registrant dated February 27, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
(26) Certificate of Correction of
Registrant dated February 27, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
(27) Certificate of Correction of
Registrant dated February 27, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
(28) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated May 10, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
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(29) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated September 10, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
(30) Articles of Amendment of
Registrant dated August 2, 2005. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N1-A as filed with the Commission on August 5, 2005.
(31) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated August 2, 2005. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N1-A as filed with the Commission on August 5, 2005.
(32) Articles Supplementary of
Registrant dated February 24, 2006. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 27, 2006.
(33) Articles of Amendment dated
January 12, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 8, 2007.
(34) Articles of Amendment dated
January 26, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 8, 2007.
(35) Articles of Amendment dated
February 8, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 8, 2007.
(36) Articles of Amendment for
name change dated February 16, 2010. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 17, 2010.
(37) Articles Supplementary dated
October 26, 2010. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on January 14, 2011.
(38) Articles Supplementary dated
June 7, 2012. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 49 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 28, 2012.
(39) Articles Supplementary dated
October 20, 2014. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2014.
(40) Articles Supplementary dated
September 14, 2017. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on October 10, 2017.
(41) Articles of Amendment dated
May 14, 2018 for fund name changes and share class name change effective June 11, 2018. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as
filed with the Commission on December 27, 2018.
(42) Articles of Amendment. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
(b) By-laws of Registrant.
Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 23, 2004.
(c) None.
(d)(1) Investment Management
Agreement among the Registrant, and Prudential Investments LLC (now known as PGIM Investments LLC) for the various funds of the Registrant. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to
Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 25, 2005.
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(d)(1)(i) Amended Fee Schedule to
Investment Management Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2014.
(d)(1)(ii) Amendment to Management
Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 27, 2018.
(2) Sub-advisory Agreement between
Prudential Investments LLC and Quantitative Management Associates LLC, with Amendment, for the Dryden Mid Cap Value Fund (now known as PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund). Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 35 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 8, 2007.
(3) Sub-advisory Agreement between
Prudential Investments LLC and Jennison Associates LLC, with Amendment, for the Jennison Equity Income Fund (now known as PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund). Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 35
to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 8, 2007.
(4) Amendment to Subadvisory
Agreement for PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 27, 2018.
(5) Amendment to Subadvisory
Agreement for PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 27,
2018.
(6) Expense Cap for PGIM QMA
Mid-Cap Value Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 27, 2018.
(7) Expense Cap for PGIM Jennison
Equity Income Fund. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
(e)(1) Second Amended and Restated
Distribution Agreement between Prudential Investments Mutual Funds and the Target Mutual Funds, and Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS) dated September 22, 2016. Incorporated by reference to
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5. Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-09439) filed via EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(f)(1) Deferred Compensation
Plan. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on March 2, 2000.
(2) Amendment to Deferred
Compensation Plan. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on May 9, 2003.
(g) Custodian Agreement dated July
1, 2005 between Registrant and PFPC Trust Company (PFPC). Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on February 27, 2006.
(h)(1) Administration Agreement
between Registrant and PFPC Inc. Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on June 4, 1997.
(2) Amended and Restated Transfer
Agency and Service Agreement between the Registrant and Prudential Mutual Fund Services, LLC. (PMFS), dated May 29, 2007. Incorporated by reference to the Dryden Municipal Bond Fund Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to
the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on June 29, 2007 (File No. 33-10649).
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(3) Amendment dated September 2,
2008 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated May 29, 2007. Incorporated by reference to the Target Portfolio Trust Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
as filed with the Commission on January 30, 2009 (File No. 33-50476).
(4) Amendment dated December 21,
2010 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated May 29, 2007.Incorporated by reference to the Prudential Investment Portfolios 3 Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement
on Form N-1A filed via EDGAR on December 30, 2010 (File No. 333-95849).
(i)(1) Opinion and Consent of
Counsel to Registrant. Incorporated by reference to Post - Effective Amendment No. 33 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N1-A as filed with the Commission on August 5, 2005.
(2) Opinion and consent of DLA
Piper Rudnick Gray US LLP as to the legality of the securities (Class Q shares and Class R shares) being registered for Prudential Jennison Equity Income Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post - Effective Amendment
No. 45 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N1-A as filed with the Commission on January 14, 2011.
(3) Opinion and consent of DLA
Piper Rudnick Gray US LLP as to the legality of the securities (Class Q shares) being registered for Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post - Effective Amendment No. 45 to
Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N1-A as filed with the Commission on January 14, 2011.
(4) Opinion and consent of Foley
& Lardner LLP as to the legality of the securities (Class R shares) being registered for Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to Registrant’s
Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2014.
(5) Opinion and consent of Venable
LLP as to the legality of the securities (Class R2 and Class R4 shares) being registered for Prudential QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 63 to Registrant’s
Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 22, 2017.
(j)(1) Consent of independent
registered public accounting firm. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
(2) Consent of Caplin &
Drysdale. Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on July 9, 1997.
(3) Opinion of Caplin &
Drysdale. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 31, 1997.
(4) Consent of Rogers &
Wells. Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on July 9, 1997.
(5) Opinion of Rogers &
Wells. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 31, 1997.
(k) Not applicable.
(l) Share Purchase Agreement.
Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on June 4, 1997.
(m)(1) Amended and Restated
Distribution and Service Plan for Class A shares. Incorporated by reference to corresponding exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Prudential World Fund, Inc. (File
No. 2-89725) filed via EDGAR on September 25, 2017.
(2) Distribution and Service Plan
for Class B Shares. Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-14 as filed with the Commission on October 14, 2004.
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(3) Amended and Restated
Distribution and Service Plan for Class C shares. Incorporated by reference to corresponding exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Prudential World Fund, Inc. (File
No. 2-89725) filed via EDGAR on September 25, 2017.
(4) Amended and Restated
Distribution and Service Plan for Class R shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Target Portfolio Trust (File No. 033-50476), filed via
EDGAR on September 28, 2016.
(5) Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan
for Class R2 shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the Prudential Day One Funds (File No. 333-82621), filed via EDGAR on September 22,
2016.
(6) Shareholder Services Plan for
Class R1, R2, Class R3 and Class R4 shares. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the Prudential Day One Funds (File No. 333-82621), filed via
EDGAR on September 22, 2016.
(7) Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver for
Class A Shares and Class R Shares of PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund. To be filed by subsequent amendment.
(8) Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver for
Class A Shares and Class R Shares of PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to Registrant’s Registration statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on
December 27, 2018.
(n) Amended and Restated Rule
18f-3 Plan. Incorporated by reference to corresponding exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. (File No. 033-61997) filed
via EDGAR on November 29, 2018.
(o) Power of Attorney dated March
7, 2019.
(p)(1) Code of Ethics of the
Registrant. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (p)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14, filed via EDGAR on June 21, 2016
(File No. 002-82976).
(2) Investment Adviser Code of
Ethics and Personal Securities Trading Policy of Prudential, including the Manager and Distributor, Quantitative Management Associates, and PGIM Fixed Income, dated January 2018. Filed as an exhibit to The Prudential
Series Fund Post-Effective Amendment No. 79 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (file No. 002-80896), which was filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2018, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Code of Ethics of Jennison
Associates LLC dated October 5, 2005. Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A as filed with the Commission on December 30, 2005 (File No. 33-9269).
Item 29. Persons Controlled by or
under Common Control with the Registrant.
None.
Item 30. Indemnification.
Section 2-418 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Maryland provides for indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a Maryland corporation. With respect to indemnification of the officers and directors of the
Registrant, and of other employees and agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or the By-laws of the Registrant and be permitted by law, reference is made to Article VIII, Paragraph
(a)(5) of the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation and Article V of the Registrant’s By-laws, both filed herewith.
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With respect to liability of the
Investment Manager to Registrant or to shareholders of Registrant’s Funds under the Investment Management Agreement, reference is made to Section 8 of the Investment Management Agreement filed herewith.
With respect to the
Sub-Advisors’ indemnification under the Sub-Advisory Agreements of the Investment Manager, any affiliated person within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“ICA”), of the Investment Manager and each person, if any, who controls the Investment Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, as amended (the “1933 Act”), reference is made
to Section 14 of each form of Sub-Advisory Agreement filed herewith.
With respect to Registrant’s
indemnification of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (the “Distributor”), its officers and directors and any person who controls the Distributor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act, and the Distributor’s indemnification of Registrant, its officers and directors and any person who controls Registrant, if any, within the meaning of the 1933 Act, reference is made to Section 10 of the
form of Underwriting and Distribution Agreement filed herewith.
Insofar as indemnification for
liability arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant or expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 31. Business and other
Connections of the Investment Adviser.
PGIM Investments LLC (PGIM
Investments)
See the Prospectus constituting
Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.
The business and other connections
of the officers of PGIM Investments are listed in Schedules A and D of Form ADV of PGIM Investments as currently on file with the Commission, the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference (File No.
801-31104).
QMA LLC (QMA)
See the Prospectus constituting
Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.
Information as to QMA’s
directors and executive officers is included in its Form ADV as currently on file with the Commission (File No. 801-62692), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Jennison Associates LLC
(Jennison)
See the Prospectus constituting a
portion of Part A of this Registration Statement and “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI.
Information as to Jennison’s
directors and executive officers is included in its Form ADV filed with the Commission (801-5608), the relevant text of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 32. Principal Underwriters.
(a) Prudential Investment
Management Services LLC (PIMS)
PIMS is distributor for PGIM ETF
Trust, Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc., The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, Prudential Investment Portfolios 3, Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14,
Prudential Investment Portfolios 4, Prudential Investment Portfolios 5, Prudential Investment Portfolios 6, Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc., Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc., Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth
Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 7, Prudential Investment Portfolios 8, Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 9, Prudential World Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment
Portfolios, Inc. 10, Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc., Prudential Investment Portfolios 12, Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15, Prudential Investment
Portfolios 16, Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17, Prudential Investment Portfolios 18, Prudential Sector Funds, Inc. Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc., The Target Portfolio Trust, and The
Prudential Series Fund.
PIMS is also distributor of the
following other investment companies: Separate Accounts: Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc., The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10, The Prudential Variable
Contract Account-11, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-24, The Prudential Variable Contract GI-2, The Prudential Discovery Select Group Variable Contract Account, The Pruco Life Flexible Premium Variable
Annuity Account, The Pruco Life of New Jersey Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account, The Prudential Individual Variable Contract Account, The Prudential Qualified Individual Variable Contract Account and PRIAC
Variable Contract Account A.
(b) The following table sets forth
information regarding certain officers of PIMS. As a limited liability company, PIMS has no directors.
Name and Principal Business Address | Positions and Offices with Underwriter | Positions and Offices with Registrant | ||
Adam Scaramella (1) | President | N/A | ||
Gary F. Neubeck (2) | Executive Vice President | N/A | ||
Stuart S. Parker (2) | Executive Vice President | Board Member and President | ||
James Gemus (2) | Executive Vice President | N/A | ||
Scott E. Benjamin (2) | Vice President | Board Member and Vice President | ||
Francine Boucher (1) | Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | N/A | ||
Peter J. Boland (2) | Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | N/A | ||
John N. Christolini (3) | Senior Vice President | N/A | ||
Mark R. Hastings (2) | Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer | N/A | ||
Robert Smit (2) | Senior Vice President, Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer | N/A | ||
Hansjerg Schlenker (2) | Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer | N/A | ||
Monica Oswald (3) | Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Operations Officer | N/A | ||
Charles Smith (4) | Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering Officer | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer |
Principal Business
Addresses:
(1) | 213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102 |
(2) | 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102 |
(3) | 280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103 |
(4) | 751 Broad Street, Newark NJ, 07102 |
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(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 Bank of New York Mellon, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286, Jennison
Associates LLC, 744 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017; Quantitative Management Associates LLC, 100 Mulberry Street, Gateway Center Two, Newark, New Jersey 07102, the Registrant, 655 Broad Street, Newark, New
Jersey 07102, and Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (PMFS), 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.
Documents required by
Rules 31a-1(b) (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) and 31a-1 (d) and (f) will be kept at 655 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, and the remaining accounts, books and other
documents required by such other pertinent provisions of Section 31(a) and the Rules promulgated thereunder will be kept by BNY and PMFS.
Item 34. Management Services.
Other than as set forth under the
captions “How the Fund is Managed-Manager” and “How the Fund is Managed-Distributor” in the Prospectus and the caption “Management and Advisory Arrangements” in the SAI,
constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement, Registrant is not a party to any management-related service contract.
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 October 18, 2019.
Prudential
Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10
*
Stuart S.
Parker, President
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
* Ellen S. Alberding | Director | |||
* Kevin J. Bannon | Director | |||
* Scott E. Benjamin | Director | |||
* Linda W. Bynoe | Director | |||
* Barry H. Evans | Director | |||
* Keith F. Hartstein | Director | |||
* Laurie Simon Hodrick | Director | |||
* Michael S. Hyland | Director | |||
* Stuart S. Parker | Director and President, Principal Executive Officer | |||
* Brian K. Reid | Director | |||
* Grace C. Torres | Director | |||
* Christian J. Kelly | Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | |||
*By: /s/ Diana Huffman Diana Huffman | Attorney-in-Fact | October 18, 2019 |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
for the PGIM Fund Complex
The undersigned, directors/
trustees and/or officers of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, hereby authorize Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Diana Huffman, Raymond A. O’Hara and Jonathan D. Shain, or
any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed for such registered investment company or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) and any and all supplements or other instruments in connection
therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and 5 for or on behalf of each registered investment company listed in Appendix A or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This Power of Attorney may be
executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
/s/ Ellen S. Alberding Ellen S. Alberding | /s/ Laurie Simon Hodrick Laurie Simon Hodrick |
/s/ Kevin J. Bannon Kevin J. Bannon | /s/ Michael S. Hyland Michael S. Hyland |
/s/ Scott E. Benjamin Scott E. Benjamin | /s/ Christian J. Kelly Christian J. Kelly |
/s/ Linda W. Bynoe Linda W. Bynoe | /s/ Stuart S. Parker Stuart S. Parker |
/s/ Barry H. Evans Barry H. Evans | /s/ Brian K. Reid Brian K. Reid |
/s/ Keith F. Hartstein Keith F. Hartstein | /s/ Grace C. Torres Grace C. Torres |
Dated: March 7, 2019 |
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APPENDIX A
Prudential Government Money Market
Fund, Inc.
The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14
Prudential Investment Portfolios 4
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5
Prudential Investment Portfolios 6
Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 7
Prudential Investment Portfolios 8
Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 9
Prudential World Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10
Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 12
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15
Prudential Investment Portfolios 16
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17
Prudential Investment Portfolios 18
Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.
Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.
The Target Portfolio Trust
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10
PGIM ETF Trust
The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14
Prudential Investment Portfolios 4
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5
Prudential Investment Portfolios 6
Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 7
Prudential Investment Portfolios 8
Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 9
Prudential World Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10
Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 12
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15
Prudential Investment Portfolios 16
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17
Prudential Investment Portfolios 18
Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.
Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.
The Target Portfolio Trust
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10
PGIM ETF Trust
C-12
Prudential Investment Portfolios,
Inc. 10
Exhibit Index
Item 28 Exhibit No. | Description | |
N/A | N/A |
C-13
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