N-CSRS 1 d510789dncsrs.htm PRUDENTIAL JENNISON MID-CAP GROWTH FUND, INC. Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number:    811-07811
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:    Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.
Address of principal executive offices:    655 Broad Street, 17th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and address of agent for service:    Deborah A. Docs
   655 Broad Street, 17th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    800-225-1852
Date of fiscal year end:    8/31/2018
Date of reporting period:    2/28/2018


Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders

 


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     PRUDENTIAL JENNISON MID-CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.

 

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

 

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Objective: Long-term capital appreciation

 

 

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

The information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings is for the period covered by this report and is subject to change thereafter.

The accompanying financial statements as of February 28, 2018 were not audited and, accordingly, no auditor’s opinion is expressed on them.

Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, member SIPC. Jennison Associates is a registered investment adviser. Both are Prudential Financial companies. © 2018 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. Jennison Associates, Jennison, PGIM, and the PGIM logo are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

 

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PRUDENTIAL FUNDS — UPDATE

The Board of Directors/Trustees for the Fund has approved renaming the Fund’s Class Q shares as Class R6 shares, effective on June 11, 2018. The renaming of Class Q shares as Class R6 shares will not result in any changes to pricing, eligibility, or shareholder rights and obligations. The renamed Class R6 shares will not be exchangeable with Class R6 shares of the Prudential Day One Funds or the Prudential 60/40 Allocation Fund.

- Not part of the Semiannual Report -

 

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PRUDENTIAL FUNDS — UPDATE

Effective on or about June 1, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), each Fund’s Class A, Class C, Class R and Class Z shares, as applicable, will be 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 of that class of shares. As of the Effective Date, all new group retirement plans wishing to add the Funds as new additions to the plan generally will be into one of the available Class Q shares, Class R2 shares, or Class R4 shares of the Funds.

In addition, on or about the Effective Date, the Class R shares of each Fund will be closed to all new investors, except as discussed below. Due to the closing of the Class R shares to new investors, effective on or about the Effective Date new IRA investors may only purchase Class A, Class C, Class Z or Class Q shares of the Funds, subject to share class eligibility. Following the Effective Date, no new accounts may be established in the Funds’ Class R shares and 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 or about June 1, 2018, subject to certain exceptions below

New IRAs

  No Change   No Change   No Change   Closed to all new
investors on or
about June 1, 2018,
subject to certain
exceptions below
All Other New Investors   No Change   No Change   No Change  

 

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However, the following new investors may continue to purchase Class A, Class C, Class R and Class Z shares of a Fund, as applicable:

 

    Eligible group retirement plans who are exercising their one-time 90-day repurchase privilege in a 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 a Fund 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 a Fund after the Effective Date, provided that the plan 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 Funds also reserve the right to refuse any purchase order that might disrupt management of a Fund or to otherwise modify the closure policy at any time on a case-by-case basis.

- Not part of the Semiannual Report -

 

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Table of Contents

 

Letter from the President

     7  

Your Fund’s Performance

     8  

Fees and Expenses

     11  

Holdings and Financial Statements

     13  

 

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Letter from the President

 

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Dear Shareholder:

We hope you find the semiannual report for the Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended February 28, 2018.

We have important information to share with you. Effective June 11, 2018, Prudential Mutual Funds will be renamed from Prudential to PGIM Funds. Renaming our funds is part of our ongoing effort to further build our reputation and establish our global brand, which began when our firm adopted PGIM Investments as its name in April 2017. Please note that only the Fund’s name is changing. Your Fund’s management and operation, along with the Fund’s symbols, will remain the same.*

Regarding your investments with PGIM, we believe it is important to maintain a diversified portfolio of funds consistent with your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals.

Your financial advisor can help you create a diversified investment plan that may include funds covering all the basic asset classes and that reflects your personal investor profile and risk tolerance. However, diversification and asset allocation strategies do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

At PGIM Investments, we consider it a great privilege and responsibility to help investors participate in opportunities across global markets while meeting their toughest investment challenges. PGIM is a top-10 global investment manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. This investment expertise allows us to deliver actively managed funds and strategies to meet the needs of investors around the globe.

 

Thank you for choosing our family of funds.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Stuart S. Parker, President

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

April 16, 2018

*Note: The Prudential Day One Funds will not be changing their names.

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (unaudited)

 

Performance data quoted represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the past performance data quoted. An investor may obtain performance data as of the most recent month-end by visiting our website at www.pgiminvestments.com or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

   

Total Returns as of 2/28/18

(without sales charges)

 

Average Annual Total Returns as of 2/28/18

(with sales charges)

    Six Months* (%)   One Year (%)   Five Years (%)   Ten Years (%)   Since Inception (%)
Class A    8.07     8.67     9.14     8.61  
Class B    7.58     9.25     9.46     8.46  
Class C    7.72   13.24     9.62     8.47  
Class R    7.97   14.74   10.17     9.01  
Class Z    8.23   15.31   10.71     9.56  
Class R2       0.65**   N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A (12/27/17)
Class R4       0.70**   N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A (12/27/17)
Class Q    8.36   15.53   10.91   N/A   10.86 (1/18/11)
Russell Mid-Cap Growth Index   12.40   20.60   14.23   10.43  
Russell Mid-Cap Index    8.44   11.95   13.01   10.05  
Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds Average   11.30   19.90   12.86     9.21  

*Not annualized

**Since Inception

Source: PGIM Investments LLC and Lipper Inc.

Since Inception returns are provided for any share class with less than 10 fiscal years of returns. Since Inception returns for the Indexes and the Lipper Average are measured from the closest month-end to the inception date for the indicated share class.

 

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The returns in the tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or following the redemption of Fund shares. The average annual total returns take into account applicable sales charges which are described for each share class in the table below.

 

     Class A*   Class B**   Class C*   Class R*   Class Z*   Class R2   Class R4   Class Q***
Maximum initial sales charge   5.50% of the public offering price   None   None   None   None   None   None   None
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   None   None
Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets)   0.30%   1.00%   1.00%   0.75%
(0.50% currently)
  None   0.25%   None   None
Shareholder service fees   None   None   None   None   None   0.10%   0.10%   None

 

*Certain share classes will be generally closed to investments by new group retirement plans effective on or about June 1, 2018. Please see the ‘PRUDENTIAL FUNDS-UPDATE” on page 4 of this report for more information.

**Class B shares are closed to all purchase activity and no additional Class B shares may be purchased or acquired except by exchange from Class B shares of another Fund or through dividend or capital gains reinvestment.

***Class Q shares will be renamed as Class R6 shares effective on June 11, 2018. Please see the “PRUDENTIAL FUNDS-UPDATE” on page 3 of this report for more information.

Benchmark Definitions

Russell Midcap Growth Index—The Russell Midcap Growth Index is an unmanaged, market-value-weighted index that measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The average annual total return for the Russell Midcap Growth Index through 2/28/18 measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class Q shares is 12.68%.

Russell Midcap Index—The Russell Midcap Index is an unmanaged index which measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index, which represent approximately 25% of the total market

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

capitalization of the Russell 1000 Index. The average annual total return for the Russell Midcap Index measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class Q shares through 2/28/18 is 12.19%.

Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds Average—The Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds Average (Lipper Average) is based on the average return of all funds in the Lipper Mid-Cap Growth Funds universe for the periods noted. Funds in the Lipper Average invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) less than 300% of the dollar-weighted median market capitalization of the middle 1,000 securities of the S&P SuperComposite 1500 Index. Mid-cap growth funds typically have an above-average price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year sales-per-share growth value compared with the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The average annual total return for the Lipper Average through 2/28/18 measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class Q shares is 11.44%.

Investors cannot invest directly in an index or average. The returns for the Indexes would be lower if they included the effects of sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. Returns for the Lipper Average reflect the deduction of operating expenses, but not sales charges or taxes.

Presentation of Fund Holdings

 

 

Five Largest Holdings expressed as a
percentage of net assets as of 2/28/18 (%)
 
SBA Communications Corp., Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)     2.7  
Red Hat, Inc., Software     2.5  
Dollar Tree, Inc., Multiline Retail     2.4  
AMETEK, Inc., Electrical Equipment     2.2  
ServiceNow, Inc., Software     2.2  

Holdings reflect only long-term investments and are subject to change.

 

Five Largest Industries expressed as a
percentage of net assets as of 2/28/18 (%)
 
IT Services     7.6  
Software     6.4  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment     6.2  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     5.8  
Capital Markets     4.6  

Industry weightings reflect only long-term investments and are subject to change.

 

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Fees and Expenses (unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemptions, as applicable, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses, as applicable. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 held through the six-month period ended February 28, 2018. The example is for illustrative purposes only; you should consult the Prospectus for information on initial and subsequent minimum investment requirements.

Actual Expenses

The first line for each share class in the table on the following page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information on this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number on the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line for each share class in the table on the following page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The Fund’s transfer agent may charge additional fees to holders of certain accounts that are not included in the expenses shown in the table on the following page. These fees apply to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Section 403(b) accounts. As of the close of the six-month period covered by the table, IRA fees included an annual maintenance fee of $15 per account (subject to a maximum annual maintenance fee of $25 for all accounts held by the same shareholder). Section 403(b) accounts are charged an annual $25 fiduciary maintenance fee. Some of the fees may vary in amount, or may be waived, based on your total account balance or the number of Prudential funds, including the Fund, that you own. You should consider the additional fees that were charged to your Fund account

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

over the six-month period when you estimate the total ongoing expenses paid over the period and the impact of these fees on your ending account value, as these additional expenses are not reflected in the information provided in the expense table. Additional fees have the effect of reducing investment returns.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line for each share class in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Prudential
Jennison Mid-Cap
Growth Fund, Inc.
  Beginning Account
Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending Account
Value
February 28, 2018
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period*
 
Class A   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,080.70       1.08   $ 5.57  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.44       1.08   $ 5.41  
Class B   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,075.80       1.99   $ 10.24  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,014.93       1.99   $ 9.94  
Class C   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,077.20       1.71   $ 8.81  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,016.31       1.71   $ 8.55  
Class R   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,079.70       1.25   $ 6.45  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,018.60       1.25   $ 6.26  
Class Z   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,082.30       0.79   $ 4.08  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.88       0.79   $ 3.96  
Class R2   Actual**   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,006.50       1.08   $ 1.87  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.44       1.08   $ 5.41  
Class R4   Actual**   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,007.00       0.83   $ 1.44  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.68       0.83   $ 4.16  
Class Q   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,083.60       0.58   $ 3.00  
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.92       0.58   $ 2.91  

*Fund expenses (net of fee waivers or subsidies, if any) for each share class are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each share class (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 181 days in the six-month period ended February 28, 2018, and divided by the 365 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending August 31, 2018 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying funds in which the Fund may invest.

**“Actual” expenses are calculated using the 63-day period ended February 28, 2018 due to the class’ inception date of December 27, 2017.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

as of February 28, 2018

 

Description    Shares      Value  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS    98.1%

     

COMMON STOCKS

     

Aerospace & Defense    1.2%

                 

BWX Technologies, Inc.

     495,200      $ 31,177,792  

Hexcel Corp.

     679,301        45,703,371  
     

 

 

 
        76,881,163  

Air Freight & Logistics    0.4%

                 

XPO Logistics, Inc.*(a)

     260,296        25,620,935  

Airlines    0.4%

                 

Spirit Airlines, Inc.*(a)

     613,522        24,442,716  

Auto Components    1.9%

                 

Aptiv PLC

     942,265        86,057,062  

Delphi Technologies PLC

     722,674        34,507,684  
     

 

 

 
        120,564,746  

Banks    1.2%

                 

First Republic Bank

     439,902        40,822,905  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

     503,505        32,501,248  
     

 

 

 
        73,324,153  

Biotechnology    2.8%

                 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     507,501        59,605,992  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

     760,427        61,723,860  

Exelixis, Inc.*

     1,243,950        32,093,910  

Incyte Corp.*

     300,786        25,614,936  
     

 

 

 
        179,038,698  

Capital Markets    4.6%

                 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

     579,430        109,720,865  

Lazard Ltd., (Class A Stock)

     557,436        30,084,821  

Moody’s Corp.

     238,565        39,811,727  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     1,877,460        107,953,950  
     

 

 

 
        287,571,363  

Chemicals    2.1%

                 

Albemarle Corp.

     287,284        28,851,932  

Celanese Corp., (Class A Stock)

     372,531        37,573,477  

FMC Corp.

     820,435        64,387,739  
     

 

 

 
        130,813,148  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2018

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Commercial Services & Supplies    2.0%

                 

Cintas Corp.

     279,725      $ 47,737,869  

Stericycle, Inc.*

     1,282,796        80,392,825  
     

 

 

 
        128,130,694  

Communications Equipment    1.7%

                 

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*

     601,414        104,267,145  

Construction & Engineering    1.3%

                 

Quanta Services, Inc.*

     2,461,606        84,777,711  

Construction Materials    1.2%

                 

Vulcan Materials Co.

     627,478        73,872,985  

Consumer Finance    1.7%

                 

SLM Corp.*

     9,643,223        105,207,563  

Containers & Packaging    1.0%

                 

Sealed Air Corp.

     1,425,391        60,393,817  

Electrical Equipment    2.2%

                 

AMETEK, Inc.

     1,862,275        141,048,708  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components    4.1%

 

        

Amphenol Corp., (Class A Stock)

     1,119,596        102,319,878  

CDW Corp.

     885,119        64,551,729  

Flex Ltd.*

     3,474,674        62,891,599  

Universal Display Corp.(a)

     234,976        30,499,885  
     

 

 

 
        260,263,091  

Energy Equipment & Services    0.7%

                 

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

     2,332,704        42,151,961  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    3.8%

 

Equinix, Inc.

     170,376        66,804,430  

SBA Communications Corp.*

     1,091,887        171,721,068  
     

 

 

 
        238,525,498  

Food & Staples Retailing    1.2%

                 

US Foods Holding Corp.*

     2,282,773        76,221,790  

Food Products    0.7%

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

     436,993        46,662,113  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies    2.2%

                 

Align Technology, Inc.*

     100,701      $ 26,436,027  

DexCom, Inc.*(a)

     569,389        31,965,498  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*

     396,009        52,934,523  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     305,753        25,579,296  
     

 

 

 
        136,915,344  

Health Care Providers & Services    3.0%

                 

Centene Corp.*

     738,976        74,946,946  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

     402,806        69,564,596  

Universal Health Services, Inc., (Class B Stock)

     407,453        46,531,133  
     

 

 

 
        191,042,675  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure    5.8%

                 

Aramark

     1,996,917        83,291,408  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     1,659,714        134,088,294  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*

     1,357,481        77,240,669  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     294,679        37,306,362  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

     157,928        32,512,637  
     

 

 

 
        364,439,370  

Household Durables    0.8%

                 

Mohawk Industries, Inc.*

     219,264        52,597,048  

Household Products    1.5%

                 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     1,346,914        66,254,700  

Clorox Co. (The)

     231,807        29,921,647  
     

 

 

 
        96,176,347  

Industrial Conglomerates    2.2%

                 

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     502,630        138,268,487  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail    0.7%

                 

Expedia, Inc.

     439,203        46,190,980  

Internet Software & Services    1.4%

                 

CoStar Group, Inc.*

     109,309        37,397,888  

LogMeIn, Inc.

     436,856        50,478,711  
     

 

 

 
        87,876,599  

IT Services    7.6%

                 

DXC Technology Co.

     666,409        68,333,579  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     851,810        82,778,896  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2018

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

IT Services (cont’d.)

                 

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

     429,829      $ 85,935,712  

Global Payments, Inc.

     1,049,022        118,948,604  

Worldpay, Inc., Class A Stock*

     1,509,558        122,696,874  
     

 

 

 
        478,693,665  

Life Sciences Tools & Services    2.3%

                 

Illumina, Inc.*

     316,333        72,130,251  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*

     711,113        69,923,741  
     

 

 

 
        142,053,992  

Machinery    1.5%

                 

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     1,548,709        61,375,338  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     217,822        34,675,084  
     

 

 

 
        96,050,422  

Metals & Mining    0.5%

                 

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     377,902        34,075,423  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    1.7%

                 

MFA Financial, Inc.

     4,494,855        32,003,368  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

     3,584,856        72,593,334  
     

 

 

 
        104,596,702  

Multiline Retail    2.4%

                 

Dollar Tree, Inc.*

     1,475,982        151,494,792  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    2.6%

                 

Cimarex Energy Co.

     325,663        31,292,958  

Noble Energy, Inc.

     2,689,535        80,228,829  

Targa Resources Corp.

     1,236,657        55,216,735  
     

 

 

 
        166,738,522  

Pharmaceuticals    2.0%

                 

Zoetis, Inc.

     1,543,703        124,823,825  

Professional Services    1.4%

                 

IHS Markit Ltd.*

     1,909,631        89,848,139  

Real Estate Management & Development    2.7%

                 

CBRE Group, Inc., (Class A Stock)*

     2,577,608        120,503,174  

Howard Hughes Corp. (The)*

     388,991        49,864,756  
     

 

 

 
        170,367,930  

Road & Rail    1.0%

                 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     558,398        66,209,251  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    6.2%

                 

Analog Devices, Inc.

     1,525,014      $ 137,480,012  

Cavium, Inc.*

     708,202        63,058,306  

Lam Research Corp.

     225,471        43,258,866  

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Bermuda)

     3,218,324        75,598,431  

Microchip Technology, Inc.(a)

     776,050        69,014,126  
     

 

 

 
        388,409,741  

Software    6.4%

                 

Guidewire Software, Inc.*

     413,950        33,248,464  

Red Hat, Inc.*

     1,063,056        156,694,454  

ServiceNow, Inc.*

     868,343        139,811,907  

Splunk, Inc.*

     823,571        76,756,817  
     

 

 

 
        406,511,642  

Specialty Retail    4.1%

                 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     648,557        74,097,637  

Burlington Stores, Inc.*

     372,993        45,743,862  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     971,216        75,842,257  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.*

     308,870        62,808,715  
     

 

 

 
        258,492,471  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods    0.7%

                 

Tapestry, Inc.

     881,496        44,876,961  

Trading Companies & Distributors    1.2%

                 

Fastenal Co.(a)

     1,347,069        73,711,616  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $4,262,365,640)

        6,190,241,942  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS    2.8%

     

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS

                 

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core Ultra Short Bond Fund(w)

     85,732,902        85,732,902  

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Institutional Money Market Fund
(cost $89,371,040; includes $89,266,304 of cash collateral for securities on loan)(b)(w)

     89,373,299        89,373,299  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $175,103,942)

        175,106,201  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS    100.9%
(cost $4,437,469,582)

        6,365,348,143  

Liabilities in excess of other assets    (0.9)%

        (57,213,044
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS    100.0%

      $ 6,308,135,099  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.     17  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2018

 

 

The following abbreviations are used in the semiannual report:

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

REITs—Real Estate Investment Trusts

* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $87,711,749; cash collateral of $89,266,304 (included in liabilities) was received with which the Fund purchased highly liquid short-term investments.
(b) Represents security purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan and includes dividend reinvestment.
(w) PGIM Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as manager of the Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core Ultra Short Bond Fund and Prudential Institutional Money Market Fund.

Fair Value Measurements:

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices generally in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates and yield curves, prepayment speeds, foreign currency exchange rates and other observable inputs.

Level 3—unobservable inputs for securities valued in accordance with Board approved fair valuation procedures.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2018 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Investments in Securities

     

Common Stocks

     

Aerospace & Defense

  $ 76,881,163     $     —     $     —  

Air Freight & Logistics

    25,620,935              

Airlines

    24,442,716              

Auto Components

    120,564,746              

Banks

    73,324,153              

Biotechnology

    179,038,698              

Capital Markets

    287,571,363              

Chemicals

    130,813,148              

Commercial Services & Supplies

    128,130,694              

Communications Equipment

    104,267,145              

Construction & Engineering

    84,777,711              

Construction Materials

    73,872,985              

Consumer Finance

    105,207,563              

Containers & Packaging

    60,393,817              

Electrical Equipment

    141,048,708              

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Investments in Securities (continued)

     

Common Stocks (continued)

     

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

  $ 260,263,091     $     $  

Energy Equipment & Services

    42,151,961              

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    238,525,498              

Food & Staples Retailing

    76,221,790              

Food Products

    46,662,113              

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    136,915,344              

Health Care Providers & Services

    191,042,675              

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    364,439,370              

Household Durables

    52,597,048              

Household Products

    96,176,347              

Industrial Conglomerates

    138,268,487              

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    46,190,980              

Internet Software & Services

    87,876,599              

IT Services

    478,693,665              

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    142,053,992              

Machinery

    96,050,422              

Metals & Mining

    34,075,423              

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    104,596,702              

Multiline Retail

    151,494,792              

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    166,738,522              

Pharmaceuticals

    124,823,825              

Professional Services

    89,848,139              

Real Estate Management & Development

    170,367,930              

Road & Rail

    66,209,251              

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    388,409,741              

Software

    406,511,642              

Specialty Retail

    258,492,471              

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    44,876,961              

Trading Companies & Distributors

    73,711,616              

Affiliated Mutual Funds

    175,106,201              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 6,365,348,143     $     —     $     —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

During the period, there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 to report.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.     19  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2018

 

Industry Classification:

The industry classification of investments and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

IT Services

    7.6

Software

    6.4  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    6.2  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    5.8  

Capital Markets

    4.6  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    4.1  

Specialty Retail

    4.1  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    3.8  

Health Care Providers & Services

    3.0  

Biotechnology

    2.8  

Affiliated Mutual Funds (including 1.4% of collateral for securities on loan)

    2.8  

Real Estate Management & Development

    2.7  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    2.6  

Multiline Retail

    2.4  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

    2.3  

Electrical Equipment

    2.2  

Industrial Conglomerates

    2.2  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    2.2  

Chemicals

    2.1  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    2.0  

Pharmaceuticals

    2.0  

Auto Components

    1.9  

Consumer Finance

    1.7  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    1.7  

Communications Equipment

    1.7

Household Products

    1.5  

Machinery

    1.5  

Professional Services

    1.4  

Internet Software & Services

    1.4  

Construction & Engineering

    1.3  

Aerospace & Defense

    1.2  

Food & Staples Retailing

    1.2  

Construction Materials

    1.2  

Trading Companies & Distributors

    1.2  

Banks

    1.2  

Road & Rail

    1.0  

Containers & Packaging

    1.0  

Household Durables

    0.8  

Food Products

    0.7  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    0.7  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    0.7  

Energy Equipment & Services

    0.7  

Metals & Mining

    0.5  

Air Freight & Logistics

    0.4  

Airlines

    0.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.9  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (0.9
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

Financial Instruments/Transactions—Summary of Offsetting and Netting Arrangements:

The Fund entered into financial instruments/transactions during the reporting period that are either offset in accordance with current requirements or are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or similar agreements that permit offsetting. The information about offsetting and related netting arrangements for financial instruments/transactions, where the legal right to set-off exists, is presented in the summary below.

Offsetting of financial instrument/transaction assets and liabilities:

 

Description

  Gross Market
Value of
Recognized
Assets/(Liabilities)
    Collateral
Pledged/(Received)(1)
    Net Amount  

Securities on Loan

  $ 87,711,749     $ (87,711,749   $   —  
 

 

 

     

 

(1) Collateral amount disclosed by the Fund is limited to the market value of financial instruments/transactions.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities (unaudited)

as of February 28, 2018

 

Assets

        

Investments at value, including securities on loan of $87,711,749:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $4,262,365,640)

   $ 6,190,241,942  

Affiliated investments (cost $175,103,942)

     175,106,201  

Receivable for investments sold

     58,284,685  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     5,115,159  

Dividends receivable

     2,088,510  

Prepaid expenses

     35,019  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     6,430,871,516  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable to broker for collateral for securities on loan

     89,266,304  

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     23,329,374  

Payable for investments purchased

     4,641,215  

Management fee payable

     2,729,015  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     1,780,559  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     504,419  

Distribution fee payable

     485,527  

Shareholder servicing fee payable

     4  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     122,736,417  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 6,308,135,099  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

 

Common stock, at par

   $ 168,356  

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     3,949,175,541  
  

 

 

 
     3,949,343,897  

Undistributed net investment income

     3,587,560  

Accumulated net realized gain on investment transactions

     427,325,081  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     1,927,878,561  
  

 

 

 

Net assets, February 28, 2018

   $ 6,308,135,099  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class A

        

Net asset value and redemption price per share
($1,317,313,692 ÷ 37,012,782 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 35.59  

Maximum sales charge (5.50% of offering price)

     2.07  
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 37.66  
  

 

 

 

Class B

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($15,256,046 ÷ 551,953 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 27.64  
  

 

 

 

Class C

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($120,104,056 ÷ 4,337,580 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 27.69  
  

 

 

 

Class Q

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($1,675,751,456 ÷ 43,115,210 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 38.87  
  

 

 

 

Class R

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($187,264,397 ÷ 5,446,473 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 34.38  
  

 

 

 

Class R2

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($10,065 ÷ 259 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 38.83  
  

 

 

 

Class R4

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($10,069 ÷ 259 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 38.85  
  

 

 

 

Class Z

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($2,992,425,318 ÷ 77,891,156 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 38.42  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.     23  


Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended February 28, 2018

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

Income

 

Unaffiliated dividend income

   $ 23,571,329  

Affiliated dividend income

     996,167  

Income from securities lending, net (including affiliated income of $72,679)

     163,479  
  

 

 

 

Total income

     24,730,975  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

     18,903,246  

Distribution fee(a)

     3,561,534  

Shareholder servicing fee(a)

     4  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $1,450,667)(a)

     5,346,569  

Shareholders’ reports

     245,161  

Custodian and accounting fees

     200,788  

Registration fees(a)

     86,229  

Directors’ fees

     48,999  

Legal fees and expenses

     28,914  

Audit fee

     12,158  

Miscellaneous

     60,868  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     28,494,470  

Less: Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement(a)

     (9,257

Distribution fee waiver(a)

     (242,976
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     28,242,237  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (3,511,262
  

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investments

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions (including affiliated of $(3,964))

     641,624,371  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (including affiliated of $(7,157))

     (75,804,816
  

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment transactions

     565,819,555  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ 562,308,293  
  

 

 

 

 

(a) Class specific expenses and waivers were as follows:

 

     Class A     Class B     Class C     Class Q     Class R     Class R2     Class R4     Class Z  

Distribution fee

    2,131,453       80,797       620,357             728,927                    

Shareholder servicing fee

                                  2       2        

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses

    1,421,423       26,308       76,152       4,603       159,984       26       26       3,658,047  

Registration fees

    18,481       8,283       8,467       12,430       9,004       4,081       4,081       21,402  

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

          (1,049                       (4,104     (4,104      

Distribution fee waiver

                            (242,976                  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

 

     Six Months
Ended
February 28, 2018
     Year
Ended
August 31, 2017
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

Operations

     

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (3,511,262    $ (1,376,400

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

     641,624,371        761,105,720  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (75,804,816      285,070,933  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     562,308,293        1,044,800,253  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net realized gains

 

Class A

     (184,432,771      (146,980,877

Class B

     (2,495,280      (1,503,996

Class C

     (19,761,566      (10,792,763

Class Q

     (202,439,947      (54,250,039

Class R

     (25,555,099      (14,592,537

Class R2

             

Class R4

             

Class Z

     (405,439,242      (216,687,522
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (840,123,905      (444,807,734
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fund share transactions

     

Net proceeds from shares sold

     571,097,161        1,205,848,998  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     768,732,691        405,250,678  

Cost of shares reacquired

     (1,679,482,996      (3,017,924,932
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

     (339,653,144      (1,406,825,256
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

     (617,468,756      (806,832,737

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

     6,925,603,855        7,732,436,592  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period(a)

   $ 6,308,135,099      $ 6,925,603,855  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Includes undistributed net investment income of:

   $ 3,587,560      $ 7,098,822  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company.

The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

1. Accounting Policies

The Fund follows investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services—Investment Companies. The following accounting policies conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Fund consistently follows such policies in the preparation of its financial statements.

Securities Valuation: The Fund holds securities and other assets and liabilities that are fair valued at the close of each day (generally, 4:00 PM Eastern time) the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) has adopted valuation procedures for security valuation under which fair valuation responsibilities have been delegated to PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments” or “the Manager”). Under the current valuation procedures, the Valuation Committee is responsible for supervising the valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities. The valuation procedures permit the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers, and alternative valuation methods when market quotations are either not readily available or not deemed representative of fair value. A record of the Valuation Committee’s actions is subject to the Board’s review, approval, and ratification at its next regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

Various inputs determine how the Fund’s investments are valued, all of which are categorized according to the three broad levels (Level 1, 2, or 3) detailed in the Schedule of Investments.

Common and preferred stocks, exchange-traded funds, and derivative instruments, such as futures or options, that are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price as of the close of trading on the applicable exchange where the security principally trades. Securities traded via NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. To the extent these securities are valued at the last sale price or NASDAQ official closing price, they are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. In the event that no sale or official closing price on valuation date exists, these securities are generally valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, or at the last bid price in the absence of an ask price. These securities are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

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Investments in open-end, non-exchange-traded mutual funds are valued at their net asset values as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. These securities are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy since they may be purchased or sold at their net asset values on the date of valuation.

Securities and other assets that cannot be priced according to the methods described above are valued based on pricing methodologies approved by the Board. In the event that unobservable inputs are used when determining such valuations, the securities will be classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

When determining the fair value of securities, some of the factors influencing the valuation include: the nature of any restrictions on disposition of the securities; assessment of the general liquidity 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 the 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 regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates. Using fair value to price securities may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the price used by other unaffiliated mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

Restricted and Illiquid Securities: Subject to guidelines adopted by the Board, the Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, including those which are restricted as to disposition under securities law (“restricted securities”). Restricted securities are valued pursuant to the valuation procedures noted above. Illiquid securities are those that, because of the absence of a readily available market or due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, cannot be sold within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the amount at which the Fund has valued the investment. Therefore, the Fund may find it difficult to sell illiquid securities at the time considered most advantageous by its Subadviser and may incur transaction costs that would not be incurred in the sale of securities that were freely marketable. Certain securities that would otherwise be considered illiquid because of legal restrictions on resale to the general public may be traded among qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These Rule 144A securities, as well as commercial paper that is sold in private placements under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, may be deemed liquid by the Fund’s Subadviser under the guidelines adopted by the Directors of the Fund. However, the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in Rule 144A securities could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.

Master Netting Arrangements: The Fund is subject to various Master Agreements, or netting arrangements, with select counterparties. These are agreements which a subadviser may have negotiated and entered into on behalf of the Fund. A master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty permits the Fund to offset amounts payable by the Fund to the same counterparty against amounts to be received; and by the receipt of collateral from the counterparty by the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the

 

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counterparty. However, there is no assurance that such mitigating factors are easily enforceable. In addition to master netting arrangements, the right to set-off exists when all the conditions are met such that each of the parties owes the other determinable amounts, the reporting party has the right to set-off the amount owed with the amount owed by the other party, the reporting party intends to set-off and the right of set-off is enforceable by law. During the reporting period, there was no intention to settle on a net basis and all amounts are presented on a gross basis on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities Lending: The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to banks and broker-dealers. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. Collateral pledged by each borrower is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is marked to market daily, based on the previous day’s market value, such that the value of the collateral exceeds the value of the loaned securities. In the event of significant appreciation in value of securities on loan on the last business day of the reporting period, the financial statements may reflect a collateral value that is less than the market value of the loaned securities. Such shortfall is remedied as described above. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the Fund securities identical to the loaned securities. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Fund has the right to repurchase the securities in the open market using the collateral.

The Fund recognizes income, net of any rebate and securities lending agent fees, for lending its securities in the form of fees or interest on the investment of any cash received as collateral. The borrower receives all interest and dividends from the securities loaned and such payments are passed back to the lender in amounts equivalent thereto. The Fund also continues to recognize any unrealized gain (loss) in the market price of the securities loaned and on the change in the value of the collateral invested that may occur during the term of the loan. In addition, realized gain (loss) is recognized on changes in the value of the collateral invested upon liquidation of the collateral. Net earnings from securities lending are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Income from securities lending, net”.

Equity and Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): The Fund invests in equity REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. Based on current and historical information, a portion of distributions received from equity REITs during the period is estimated to be dividend income, capital gain or return of capital and recorded accordingly. When material, these estimates are adjusted periodically when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the equity REITs.

Concentration of Risk for REITs: Real estate securities are subject to similar risks as direct investments in real estate and mortgages, and their value will depend on the value of the

 

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underlying properties or the underlying loans or interests. The underlying loans may be subject to the risks of default or of prepayments that occur earlier or later than expected, and such loans may also include so-called “subprime” mortgages. The value of these securities will rise and fall in response to many factors, including economic conditions, the demand for rental property and interest rates. In particular, the value of these securities may decline when interest rates rise and will also be affected by the real estate market and by the management of the underlying properties.

In addition, 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.

Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains (losses) from investment and currency transactions are calculated on the specific identification method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-date. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis, which may require the use of certain estimates by management that may differ from actual. Net investment income or loss (other than class specific expenses and waivers, which are allocated as noted below) and unrealized and realized gains (losses) are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of adjusted net assets of each class at the beginning of the day.

Class specific expenses and waivers, where applicable, are charged to the respective share classes. Class specific expenses include distribution fees, distribution fee waivers, shareholder servicing fee, transfer agent’s fees and expenses, registration fees and fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement.

Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to continue to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable net investment income and capital gains, if any, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, interest and capital gains, if any, are recorded, net of reclaimable amounts, at the time the related income is earned.

Dividends and Distributions: The Fund expects to pay dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, annually. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations and which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles, are

 

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recorded on the ex-date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gain (loss) are reclassified amongst undistributed net investment income, accumulated net realized gain (loss) and paid-in capital in excess of par, as appropriate.

Estimates: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

2. Agreements

The Fund has a management agreement with PGIM Investments. Pursuant to this agreement, Pursuant to this agreement, PGIM Investments has responsibility for all investment advisory services and supervises the subadviser’s performance of such services. In addition, under the management agreement, PGIM Investments provides all of the administrative functions necessary for the organization, operation and management of the Fund. PGIM Investments administers the corporate affairs of the Fund and, in connection therewith, furnishes the Fund with office facilities, together with those ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services which are not being furnished by, the Fund’s custodian (the Custodian), and the Fund’s transfer agent. PGIM Investments is also responsible for the staffing and management of dedicated groups of legal, marketing, compliance and related personnel necessary for the operation of the Fund. The legal, marketing, compliance and related personnel are also responsible for the management and oversight of the various service providers to the Fund, including, but not limited to, the custodian, transfer agent, and accounting agent.

PGIM Investments has entered into a subadvisory agreement with Jennison Associates LLC (“Jennison”). The subadvisory agreement provides that Jennison will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, Jennison is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. PGIM Investments pays for the services of Jennison, the cost of compensation of officers of the Fund, occupancy and certain clerical and bookkeeping costs of the Fund. The Fund bears all other costs and expenses.

The management fee paid to PGIM Investments is accrued daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion and 0.55% of the average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion. The effective management fee rate before any waivers and/or expense reimbursement was 0.56% for the six months ended February 28, 2018. The effective management fee rate net of waivers and/or expense reimbursement was 0.56%.

 

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PGIM Investments has contractually agreed, through December 31, 2019, to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements to 1.99% of average daily net assets for Class B shares. Separately, PGIM Investments has contractually agreed, through December 31, 2019, 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 1.08% of average daily net assets for Class R2 shares or 0.83% of average daily net assets for Class R4 shares. The contractual waiver and expense limitation exclude 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. 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.

The Fund has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Q, Class R, Class R2, Class R4 and Class Z shares. The Fund compensates PIMS for distributing and servicing the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class R2 shares, pursuant to plans of distribution (the “Distribution Plans”), regardless of expenses actually incurred by PIMS. The distribution fees are accrued daily and payable monthly. No distribution or service fees are paid to PIMS as distributor of the Class Q, Class R4 and Class Z shares of the Fund.

Pursuant to the Distribution Plans, the Fund compensates PIMS for distribution related activities at an annual rate of up to 0.30%, 1%, 1%, 0.75% and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A, B, C, R and R2 shares, respectively. PIMS has contractually agreed through December 31, 2018 to limit such expenses to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Class R shares.

The Fund has adopted a Shareholder Services Plan with respect to Class R2 and Class R4 shares. Under the terms of the Shareholder Services Plan, Class R2 and Class R4 shares are authorized to pay to Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (“PMFS”), its affiliates or third-party service providers, as compensation for services rendered to the shareholders of such Class R2 or Class R4 shares, a shareholder service fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class R2 and Class R4 shares. The shareholder service fee is accrued daily and paid monthly.

PIMS has advised the Fund that it received $118,126 in front-end sales charges resulting from sales of Class A shares during the six months ended February 28, 2018. From these fees, PIMS paid such sales charges to affiliated broker-dealers, which in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs.

 

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PIMS has advised the Fund that for the six months ended February 28, 2018 that it received $8, $6,724 and $1,687 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by certain Class A, Class B and Class C shareholders, respectively.

PGIM Investments, PIMS and Jennison are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”).

3. Other Transactions with Affiliates

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (“PMFS”), an affiliate of PGIM Investments and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Transfer agent’s fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations include certain out-of-pocket expenses paid to non-affiliates, where applicable.

The Fund may enter into certain securities purchase or sale transactions under Board approved Rule 17a-7 procedures. Rule 17a-7 is an exemptive rule under the 1940 Act, that permits purchase and sale transactions among affiliated investment companies, or between an investment company and a person that is affiliated solely by reason of having a common (or affiliated) investment adviser, common directors, and/or common officers. Such transactions are subject to ratification by the Board. For the reporting period ended February 28, 2018 no such transactions were entered into by the Fund.

The Fund may invest its overnight sweep cash in the Prudential Core Ultra Short Bond Fund (the “Core Fund”), and its securities lending cash collateral in the Prudential Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”), each a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, registered under the 1940 Act and managed by PGIM Investments. For the reporting period ended February 28, 2018, PGIM, Inc. was compensated $66,786 by PGIM Investments for managing the Fund’s securities lending cash collateral as subadviser to the Money Market Fund. Earnings from the Core Fund and Money Market Fund are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Affiliated dividend income” and “Income from securities lending, net”, respectively.

4. Portfolio Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities) for the six months ended February 28, 2018, were $1,270,037,873 and $2,400,386,302, respectively.

 

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5. Tax Information

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis

   $ 4,462,336,106  
  

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

     2,101,635,795  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (198,623,758
  

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 1,903,012,037  
  

 

 

 

The book basis may differ from tax basis due to certain tax-related adjustments.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state and local income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements for the current reporting period. The Fund’s federal, state and local income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the nternal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

6. Capital and Ownership

The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Q, Class R, Class R2, Class R4 and Class Z shares. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge of 5.50%. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1%, although they are not subject to an initial sales charge. The Class A CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. A special exchange privilege is also available for shareholders who qualified to purchase Class A shares at net asset value. Class B shares are sold with a CDSC which declines from 5% to zero depending on the period of time the shares are held. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis approximately seven years after purchase. Class B shares are closed to new purchases. Class C shares are sold with a CDSC of 1% on sales made within 12 months of purchase. Class Q, Class R, Class R2, Class R4 and Class Z shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are offered exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

Under certain circumstances, an exchange may be made from specified share classes of the Fund to one or more other share classes of the Fund as presented in the table of transactions in shares of common stock.

There are 2 billion shares of $0.001 par value common stock authorized divided into nine classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Q, Class R, Class Z, Class T, Class R2 and Class R4 which consists of 345 million, 5 million, 25 million, 400 million, 125 million, 800 million, 100 million, 100 million and 100 million authorized shares, respectively. The Fund currently does not have any Class T shares outstanding.

 

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As of February 28, 2018, Prudential, through its affiliate entities, owned 245,223 Class Q shares, 259 Class R2 shares and 259 Class R4 shares of the Fund. At reporting period end, five shareholders of record held 39% of the Fund’s outstanding shares.

Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

Class A

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended February 28, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       1,994,744      $ 73,065,727  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       4,653,712        162,461,094  

Shares reacquired

       (8,498,666      (313,301,299
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (1,850,210      (77,774,478

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       86,782        3,309,026  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (371,988      (13,769,680
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (2,135,416    $ (88,235,132
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       8,208,920      $ 286,985,300  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       4,000,525        134,537,656  

Shares reacquired

       (22,912,054      (805,424,990
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (10,702,609      (383,902,034

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       332,524        11,870,890  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (20,792,609      (736,390,133
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (31,162,694    $ (1,108,421,277
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class B

               

Six months ended February 28, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       7,580      $ 219,195  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       86,787        2,358,008  

Shares reacquired

       (58,468      (1,716,145
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       35,899        861,058  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (50,187      (1,573,807
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (14,288    $ (712,749
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       24,548      $ 694,443  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       51,327        1,402,248  

Shares reacquired

       (123,949      (3,552,910
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (48,074      (1,456,219

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (171,606      (4,984,648
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (219,680    $ (6,440,867
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class C

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended February 28, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       171,856      $ 4,854,342  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       614,490        16,714,114  

Shares reacquired

       (490,992      (14,392,804
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       295,354        7,175,652  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (126,681      (3,788,624
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       168,673      $ 3,387,028  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       404,494      $ 11,377,283  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       313,552        8,569,374  

Shares reacquired

       (1,301,171      (37,339,395
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (583,125      (17,392,738

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (554,822      (16,028,317
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,137,947    $ (33,421,055
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Q

               

Six months ended February 28, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       4,712,803      $ 190,700,153  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       4,872,479        185,543,989  

Shares reacquired

       (7,347,090      (294,220,964
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       2,238,192        82,023,178  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       1,860,912        77,287,378  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (579      (21,971
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       4,098,525      $ 159,288,585  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       6,998,497      $ 264,516,657  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,411,436        50,995,193  

Shares reacquired

       (12,043,540      (457,183,707
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (3,633,607      (141,671,857

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       16,716,666        615,353,701  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (32,653      (1,199,489
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       13,050,406      $ 472,482,355  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R

               

Six months ended February 28, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       298,330      $ 10,685,512  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       731,452        24,679,186  

Shares reacquired

       (987,601      (35,580,008
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       42,181        (215,310

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       779        26,180  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       42,960      $ (189,130
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       812,968      $ 27,895,369  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       428,752        14,024,490  

Shares reacquired

       (2,913,362      (99,689,707
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (1,671,642      (57,769,848

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       787        27,037  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,670,855    $ (57,742,811
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class R2

     Shares      Amount  

Period ended February 28, 2018*:

       

Shares sold

       259      $ 10,000  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       259      $ 10,000  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R4

               

Period ended February 28, 2018*:

       

Shares sold

       259      $ 10,000  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       259      $ 10,000  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z

               

Six months ended February 28, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       7,333,960      $ 291,552,232  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       10,009,992        376,976,300  

Shares reacquired

       (25,462,846      (1,020,271,776
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (8,118,894      (351,743,244

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       329,904        13,332,694  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (1,811,967      (74,801,196
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (9,600,957    $ (413,211,746
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       16,330,266      $ 614,379,946  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       5,459,462        195,721,717  

Shares reacquired

       (43,241,765      (1,614,734,223
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (21,452,037      (804,632,560

Shares issued upon conversion from other shares class(es)

       19,840,244        749,257,358  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (16,923,509      (617,906,399
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (18,535,302    $ (673,281,601
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Commencement of offering was December 27, 2017.

7. Borrowings

The Fund, along with other affiliated registered investment companies (the “Funds”), is a party to a Syndicated Credit Agreement (“SCA”) with a group of banks. The purpose of the SCA is to provide an alternative source of temporary funding for capital share redemptions. The SCA provides for a commitment of $900 million for the period October 5, 2017 through October 4, 2018. The Funds pay an annualized commitment fee of 0.15% of the unused portion of the SCA. The Fund’s portion of the commitment fee for the unused amount, allocated based upon a method approved by the Board, is accrued daily and paid quarterly. Prior to October 5, 2017, the Funds had another SCA that provided a commitment of $900 million and the Funds paid an annualized commitment fee of 0.15% of the unused portion of the SCA. The interest on borrowings under the SCAs is paid monthly and at a per annum interest rate based upon a contractual spread plus the higher of (1) the effective federal funds rate, (2) the 1-month LIBOR rate or (3) zero percent.

 

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Other affiliated registered investment companies that are parties to the SCA include portfolios that are subject to a predetermined mathematical formula used to manage certain benefit guarantees offered under variable annuity contracts. The formula may result in large scale asset flows into and out of these portfolios. Consequently, these portfolios may be more likely to utilize the SCA for purposes of funding redemptions. It may be possible for those portfolios to fully exhaust the committed amount of the SCA, thereby requiring the Manager to allocate available funding per a Board-approved methodology designed to treat the Funds in the SCA equitably.

The Fund did not utilize the SCA during the six months ended February 28, 2018.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

    

 

Class A Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2018            2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $37.70               $34.76       $37.93       $40.94       $35.49       $31.58  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     (0.06             (0.08     (0.13     (0.12     (0.04     0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     3.00               5.27       0.13       1.36       6.49       4.85  
Total from investment operations     2.94               5.19       - (d)      1.24       6.45       4.87  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     -               -       -       -       -       (0.04
Distributions from net realized gains     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (0.92
Total dividends and distributions     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (0.96
Net asset value, end of period     $35.59               $37.70       $34.76       $37.93       $40.94       $35.49  
Total Return(b):     8.07%               15.72%       0.14%       3.07%       18.42%       15.89%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $1,317,314               $1,475,747       $2,444,209       $3,309,898       $3,760,224       $3,515,357  
Average net assets (000)     $1,432,741               $1,964,894       $2,840,531       $3,508,750       $3,759,607       $3,145,220  
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.08% (e)              1.06%       1.06%       1.05%       1.05%       1.07%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.08% (e)              1.06%       1.06%       1.05%       1.05%       1.07%  
Net investment income (loss)     (0.35)% (e)              (0.23)%       (0.37)%       (0.29)%       (0.09)%       0.07%  
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (f)              34%       24%       45%       42%       39%  

 

(a) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Less than $0.005 per share.
(e) Annualized
(f) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class B Shares                                                 
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2018            2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $30.47               $28.71       $32.09       $35.51       $31.11       $27.96  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     (0.19             (0.27     (0.31     (0.34     (0.27     (0.17
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     2.41               4.28       0.10       1.17       5.67       4.24  
Total from investment operations     2.22               4.01       (0.21     0.83       5.40       4.07  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Distributions from net realized gains     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (0.92
Net asset value, end of period     $27.64               $30.47       $28.71       $32.09       $35.51       $31.11  
Total Return(b):     7.58%               14.88%       (0.53)%       2.32%       17.62%       15.05%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $15,256               $17,253       $22,560       $32,455       $39,784       $40,676  
Average net assets (000)     $16,293               $19,198       $26,408       $36,900       $41,158       $39,816  
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.99% (d)              1.76%       1.76%       1.75%       1.76%       1.76%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     2.00% (d)              1.76%       1.76%       1.75%       1.76%       1.76%  
Net investment income (loss)     (1.26% )(d)              (0.94)%       (1.07)%       (0.99)%       (0.80)%       (0.60)%  
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (e)              34%       24%       45%       42%       39%  

 

(a) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Annualized.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class C Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2018            2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $30.48               $28.71       $32.10       $35.51       $31.12       $27.96  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     (0.14             (0.27     (0.31     (0.34     (0.27     (0.19
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     2.40               4.29       0.09       1.18       5.66       4.27  
Total from investment operations     2.26               4.02       (0.22     0.84       5.39       4.08  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Distributions from net realized gains     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (0.92
Net asset value, end of period     $27.69               $30.48       $28.71       $32.10       $35.51       $31.12  
Total Return(b):     7.72%               14.91%       (0.57)%       2.35%       17.59%       15.08%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $120,104               $127,048       $152,365       $190,609       $215,599       $212,315  
Average net assets (000)     $125,099               $137,699       $165,788       $209,566       $220,173       $190,455  
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.71% (d)              1.76%       1.76%       1.75%       1.76%       1.76%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.71% (d)              1.76%       1.76%       1.75%       1.76%       1.76%  
Net investment income (loss)     (0.98)% (d)              (0.93)%       (1.07)%       (1.00)%       (0.80)%       (0.63)%  
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (e)              34%       24%       45%       42%       39%  

 

(a) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Annualized.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class Q Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2018            2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $40.63               $37.13       $40.13       $42.89       $36.95       $32.83  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.03               0.09       0.04       0.06       0.15       0.18  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     3.26               5.66       0.13       1.43       6.79       5.03  
Total from investment operations     3.29               5.75       0.17       1.49       6.94       5.21  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     -               -       -       -       -       (0.17
Distributions from net realized gains     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (0.92
Total dividends and distributions     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (1.09
Net asset value, end of period     $38.87               $40.63       $37.13       $40.13       $42.89       $36.95  
Total Return(b):     8.36%               16.24%       0.58%       3.55%       19.03%       16.39%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $1,675,751               $1,585,340       $964,093       $904,800       $676,208       $479,117  
Average net assets (000)     $1,676,364               $1,307,593       $914,522       $794,215       $569,472       $436,722  
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.58% (d)              0.58%       0.58%       0.58%       0.58%       0.59%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.58% (d)              0.58%       0.58%       0.58%       0.58%       0.59%  
Net investment income (loss)     0.15% (d)              0.25%       0.10%       0.15%       0.38%       0.52%  
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (e)              34%       24%       45%       42%       39%  

 

(a) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Annualized.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class R Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2018            2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $36.61               $33.89       $37.13       $40.23       $34.96       $31.15  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     (0.09             (0.15     (0.19     (0.19     (0.12     (0.04
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     2.91               5.12       0.12       1.34       6.39       4.77  
Total from investment operations     2.82               4.97       (0.07     1.15       6.27       4.73  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Distributions from net realized gains     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (0.92
Net asset value, end of period     $34.38               $36.61       $33.89       $37.13       $40.23       $34.96  
Total Return(b):     7.97%               15.46%       (0.05)%       2.89%       18.18%       15.64%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $187,264               $197,803       $239,720       $324,329       $375,174       $369,743  
Average net assets (000)     $195,992               $215,521       $272,878       $361,697       $383,032       $332,920  
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.25% (d)              1.26%       1.26%       1.25%       1.26%       1.26%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.50% (d)              1.51%       1.51%       1.50%       1.51%       1.51%  
Net investment income (loss)     (0.52)% (d)              (0.43)%       (0.57)%       (0.50)%       (0.30)%       (0.12)%  
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (e)              34%       24%       45%       42%       39%  

 

(a) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Annualized.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class R2 Shares  
     December 27,
2017(d)
through
February 28,
2018
 
Per Share Operating Performance(a):        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $38.58  
Income (loss) from investment operations:        
Net investment income (loss)     (0.03
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.28  
Total from investment operations     0.25  
Net asset value, end of period     $38.83  
Total Return(b):     0.65%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:      
Net assets, end of period (000)     $10  
Average net assets (000)     $10  
Ratios to average net assets(c):        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.08% (e) 
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     234.34% (e) 
Net investment income (loss)     (0.38)% (e) 
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (f) 

 

(a) Calculated based upon average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Commencement of offering.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class R4 Shares  
     December 27,
2017(d)
through
February 28,
2018
 
Per Share Operating Performance(a):        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $38.58  
Income (loss) from investment operations:        
Net investment income (loss)     (0.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.28  
Total from investment operations     0.27  
Net asset value, end of period     $38.85  
Total Return(b):     0.70%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:      
Net assets, end of period (000)     $10  
Average net assets (000)     $10  
Ratios to average net assets(c):        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.83% (e) 
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     234.05% (e) 
Net investment income (loss)     (0.13)% (e) 
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (f) 

 

(a) Calculated based upon average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Commencement of offering.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class Z Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2018            2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $40.26               $36.87       $39.93       $42.76       $36.92       $32.80  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     (0.01             0.02       (0.03     - (d)      0.08       0.12  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     3.22               5.62       0.14       1.42       6.76       5.04  
Total from investment operations     3.21               5.64       0.11       1.42       6.84       5.16  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     -               -       -       -       -       (0.12
Distributions from net realized gains     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (0.92
Total dividends and distributions     (5.05             (2.25     (3.17     (4.25     (1.00     (1.04
Net asset value, end of period     $38.42               $40.26       $36.87       $39.93       $42.76       $36.92  
Total Return(b):     8.23%               16.05%       0.43%       3.38%       18.77%       16.23%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $2,992,425               $3,522,414       $3,909,489       $4,805,518       $5,157,002       $4,365,726  
Average net assets (000)     $3,393,462               $3,529,158       $4,229,836       $5,173,326       $4,850,885       $3,637,810  
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.79% (f)              0.76%       0.76%       0.75%       0.77%       0.77%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.79% (f)              0.76%       0.76%       0.75%       0.77%       0.77%  
Net investment income (loss)     (0.07)% (f)              0.07%       (0.07 )%      -% (e)      0.19%       0.35%  
Portfolio turnover rate     19% (g)              34%       24%       45%       42%       39%  

 

(a) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.
(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.
(d) Less than $0.005 per share.
(e) Less than 0.005%
(f) Annualized.
(g) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.     45  


 MAIL    TELEPHONE    WEBSITE

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

(800) 225-1852

 

www.pgiminvestments.com

 

PROXY VOTING
The Board of Directors of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s investment subadviser the responsibility for voting any proxies and maintaining proxy recordkeeping with respect to the Fund. A description of these proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 225-1852. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website.

 

DIRECTORS
Ellen S. Alberding Kevin J. Bannon Scott E. Benjamin Linda W. Bynoe Barry H. Evans Keith F. Hartstein  Laurie Simon Hodrick Michael S. Hyland  Stuart S. Parker  Richard A. Redeker  Brian K. Reid  Stephen G. Stoneburn Grace C. Torres

 

OFFICERS
Stuart S. Parker, President Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President M. Sadiq Peshimam, Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Raymond A. O’Hara, Chief Legal Officer Deborah A. Docs, Secretary  Chad A. Earnst, Chief Compliance Officer  Dino Capasso, Vice President and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer  Charles H. Smith, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer  Jonathan D. Shain, Assistant Secretary Claudia DiGiacomo, Assistant Secretary Andrew R. French, Assistant Secretary Peter Parrella, Assistant Treasurer Lana Lomuti, Assistant Treasurer Linda McMullin, Assistant Treasurer Kelly A. Coyne, Assistant Treasurer

 

MANAGER   PGIM Investments LLC   655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

INVESTMENT SUBADVISER   Jennison Associates LLC   466 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017

 

DISTRIBUTOR   Prudential Investment
Management Services LLC
  655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

CUSTODIAN   The Bank of New York Mellon   225 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10286

 

TRANSFER AGENT   Prudential Mutual Fund
Services LLC
  PO Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940

 

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM   KPMG LLP   345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154

 

FUND COUNSEL   Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP   787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019

 


An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund. An investor may obtain a prospectus and summary prospectus by visiting our website at www.pgiminvestments.com or by calling (800) 225-1852. The prospectus and summary prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

E-DELIVERY
To receive your mutual fund documents online, go to www.pgiminvestments.com/edelivery and enroll. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive notification via email when new materials are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your email address at any time by visiting the website address above.

 

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH DIRECTORS
Shareholders can communicate directly with the Board of Directors by writing to the Chair of the Board, Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc., PGIM Investments, Attn: Board of Directors,
655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Director by writing to the same address. Communications are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.

 

AVAILABILITY OF PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation and location of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The Fund’s schedule of portfolio holdings is also available on the Fund’s website as of the end of each month no sooner than 15 days after the end of the month.

Mutual Funds:

 

ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC OR ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY   MAY LOSE VALUE   ARE NOT A DEPOSIT OF OR GUARANTEED
BY ANY BANK OR ANY BANK AFFILIATE


LOGO

PRUDENTIAL JENNISON MID-CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.

 

    SHARE CLASS   A   B   C   R   Z   R2   R4   Q
  NASDAQ   PEEAX   PEEBX   PEGCX   JDERX   PEGZX   PEGEX   PEGGX   PJGQX
  CUSIP   74441C105   74441C204   74441C303   74441C600   74441C808   74441C865   74441C857   74441C881

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Item 2 – Code of Ethics – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not applicable.

Item 6 – Schedule of Investments – The schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not applicable.

Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – Not applicable.

Item 11 – Controls and Procedures

 

  (a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b) There has been no significant change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12 – Exhibits

 

  (a) (1) Code of Ethics – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

 

  (2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – Attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CERT.

 

       (3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1. – Not applicable.

 

  (b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – Attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.906CERT.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Registrant:

  

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

By:

  

/s/ Deborah A. Docs

  

Deborah A. Docs

  

Secretary

Date:

  

April 18, 2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:

  

/s/ Stuart S. Parker

  

Stuart S. Parker

  

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date:

  

April 18, 2018

By:

  

/s/ M. Sadiq Peshimam

  

M. Sadiq Peshimam

  

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Date:

  

April 18, 2018