N-CSRS 1 d743750dncsrs.htm PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 10 Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10

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:    811-08085
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:    Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10
Address of principal executive offices:    655 Broad Street, 17th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and address of agent for service:    Andrew R. French
   655 Broad Street, 17th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    800-225-1852
Date of fiscal year end:    10/31/2019
Date of reporting period:    4/30/2019


Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders

 


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PGIM JENNISON EQUITY INCOME FUND

 

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

APRIL 30, 2019

 

COMING SOON: PAPERLESS SHAREHOLDER REPORTS

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (pgiminvestments.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-225-1852 or by sending an email request to PGIM Investments at shareholderreports@pgim.com.

 

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this notice to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-225-1852 or send an email request to shareholderreports@pgim.com to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund.

 

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Objective: Income and 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 April 30, 2019 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 LLC is a registered investment adviser. Both are Prudential Financial companies. © 2019 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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Table of Contents

 

Letter from the President

     5  

Your Fund’s Performance

     6  

Fees and Expenses

     9  

Holdings and Financial Statements

     11  

 

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Letter from the President

 

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Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the semiannual report for PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019.

 

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,

 

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Stuart S. Parker, President

PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund

June 14, 2019

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (unaudited)

 

Performance data quoted represents 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 pgiminvestments.com or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

   

Total Returns as of 4/30/19

(without sales charges)

  Average Annual Total Returns as of 4/30/19
(with sales charges)
    Six Months* (%)   One Year (%)   Five Years (%)   Ten Years (%)   Since Inception (%)
Class A   7.84     2.08     4.81   12.08  
Class B   7.38     2.88     5.07   11.86  
Class C   7.46     6.38     5.22   11.87  
Class R   7.65     7.67     5.72   N/A   8.35 (1/18/11)
Class Z   7.93     8.34     6.28   12.99  
Class R6   8.03     8.40     6.39   N/A   9.02 (1/18/11)
Lipper Equity Income Funds Index**
  8.34     9.96     8.33   13.03  
S&P 500 Index        
  9.75   13.48   11.62   15.31  
Lipper Equity Income Funds Average
    7.38     8.48     7.70   12.59  

 

Source: PGIM Investments LLC and Lipper Inc.

*Not annualized

**Returns for the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index reflect the expenses of the mutual funds included in the Index.

 

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 class’ inception date.

 

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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 R6
Maximum initial sales charge   5.50% of the public offering price   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
Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets)   0.30% (0.25% currently)   1.00%   1.00%   0.75% (0.50% currently)   None   None

 

*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.

 

Benchmark Definitions

 

Lipper Equity Income Funds Index—Funds in the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index seek relatively high current income and growth of income by investing at least 65% of their portfolios in dividend-paying equity securities. These funds’ gross or net yields must be at least 125% of the average gross or net yield of the US diversified equity fund universe. The average annual total return for the Index measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class R and Class R6 shares is 10.39%.

 

S&P 500 Index—The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of over 500 stocks of large US public companies. It gives a broad look at how stock prices in the United States have performed. The average annual total return for the Index measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class R and Class R6 shares is 12.90%.

 

Lipper Equity Income Funds Average—The Lipper Equity Income Funds Average (Lipper Average) is based on the average return of all funds in the Lipper Equity Income Funds universe for the periods noted. Funds in the Lipper Average seek relatively high current income and growth of income through investing 65% or more of their portfolios in dividend-paying equity securities. The average annual total return for the Lipper Average measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class R and Class R6 shares is 9.82%.

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

 

Investors cannot invest directly in an index or average. The returns for the S&P 500 Index would be lower if it included the effects of sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. Returns for the Lipper Average and the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index reflect the deduction of mutual fund operating expenses, but not sales charges or taxes.

 

Presentation of Fund Holdings

 

Five Largest Holdings expressed as a
percentage of net assets as of 4/30/19 (%)
 
Broadcom, Inc., Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment     3.6  
Williams Cos., Inc. (The), Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     3.0  
Philip Morris International, Inc., Tobacco     2.9  
BP PLC, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     2.9  
AstraZeneca PLC, Pharmaceuticals     2.9  

 

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

Five Largest Industries expressed as a
percentage of net assets as of 4/30/19 (%)
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment     11.6  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     7.7  
Pharmaceuticals     7.1  
Banks     6.4  
Electric Utilities     6.1  

 

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 April 30, 2019. 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 PGIM funds, including the Fund, that you own. You should consider the additional fees that were charged to your Fund account over the six-month period when you estimate the total ongoing expenses paid over the period

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

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.

 

       
PGIM Jennison
Equity Income Fund
  Beginning Account
Value
November 1, 2018
    Ending Account
Value
April 30, 2019
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During  the
Six-Month Period*
 
Class A   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,078.40       1.16   $ 5.98  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.04       1.16   $ 5.81  
Class B   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,073.80       2.02   $ 10.39  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,014.78       2.02   $ 10.09  
Class C   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,074.60       1.88   $ 9.67  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,015.47       1.88   $ 9.39  
Class R   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,076.50       1.50   $ 7.72  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,017.36       1.50   $ 7.50  
Class Z   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,079.30       0.89   $ 4.59  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.38       0.89   $ 4.46  
Class R6   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,080.30       0.80   $ 4.13  
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.83       0.80   $ 4.01  

 

*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 April 30, 2019, and divided by the 365 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2019 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying portfolios in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2019

 

Description    Shares      Value  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS    98.9%

     

COMMON STOCKS    95.1%

     

Aerospace & Defense    3.7%

                 

Boeing Co. (The)

     69,673      $ 26,314,796  

Safran SA (France)

     186,175        27,201,812  
     

 

 

 
        53,516,608  

Banks    6.4%

                 

Bank of America Corp.

     982,517        30,045,370  

BB&T Corp.

     443,681        22,716,467  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     205,907        23,895,507  

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     231,170        15,137,012  
     

 

 

 
        91,794,356  

Beverages    1.8%

                 

Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.(a)

     909,733        26,445,938  

Capital Markets    1.1%

                 

CME Group, Inc.

     36,705        6,566,525  

Moelis & Co. (Class A Stock)

     212,899        8,718,214  
     

 

 

 
        15,284,739  

Chemicals    0.9%

                 

Akzo Nobel NV (Netherlands)

     160,271        13,641,975  

Commercial Services & Supplies    1.6%

                 

Republic Services, Inc.

     279,892        23,180,655  

Communications Equipment    4.2%

                 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     595,164        33,299,426  

Nokia OYJ (Finland), ADR(a)

     5,293,114        27,947,642  
     

 

 

 
        61,247,068  

Consumer Finance    1.1%

                 

American Express Co.

     140,878        16,515,128  

Diversified Financial Services    0.0%

                 

Gateway Energy & Resource Holdings LLC Private Placement,
(original cost $2,000,000; purchased 12/14/07), 144A*^(f)

     100,000        553,488  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services    2.9%

                 

AT&T, Inc.

     652,634      $ 20,205,549  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     372,206        21,286,461  
     

 

 

 
        41,492,010  

Electric Utilities    5.4%

                 

Duke Energy Corp.

     220,559        20,097,336  

Edison International

     493,349        31,460,866  

Exelon Corp.

     511,541        26,063,014  
     

 

 

 
        77,621,216  

Electrical Equipment    1.7%

                 

Emerson Electric Co.

     337,262        23,942,229  

Entertainment    1.6%

                 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     163,725        22,425,401  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    3.6%

                 

American Tower Corp.

     52,617        10,276,100  

Boston Properties, Inc.

     158,716        21,842,496  

Prologis, Inc.

     252,565        19,364,159  
     

 

 

 
        51,482,755  

Food & Staples Retailing    1.6%

                 

Walmart, Inc.

     223,325        22,966,743  

Food Products    1.3%

                 

Mondelez International, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     369,334        18,780,634  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies    3.7%

                 

Abbott Laboratories

     375,107        29,843,513  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     193,937        23,885,281  
     

 

 

 
        53,728,794  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure    2.5%

                 

McDonald’s Corp.

     181,899        35,937,785  

Household Products    1.2%

                 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     160,062        17,043,402  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Industrial Conglomerates    1.0%

                 

Honeywell International, Inc.

     83,711      $ 14,534,741  

Insurance    3.9%

                 

Chubb Ltd.

     240,555        34,928,586  

MetLife, Inc.

     461,210        21,275,617  
     

 

 

 
        56,204,203  

Machinery    1.2%

                 

Caterpillar, Inc.

     120,412        16,787,841  

Metals & Mining    1.4%

                 

Anglo American PLC (South Africa)

     763,253        19,817,411  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    2.0%

                 

MFA Financial, Inc.

     2,712,949        20,374,247  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

     384,212        8,856,087  
     

 

 

 
        29,230,334  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    7.7%

                 

BP PLC (United Kingdom), ADR

     968,170        42,338,074  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Netherlands) (Class A Stock), ADR

     415,855        26,419,268  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,513,840        42,887,087  
     

 

 

 
        111,644,429  

Pharmaceuticals    7.1%

                 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom), ADR(a)

     1,117,618        42,089,494  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.*

     483,453        15,228,769  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     156,378        18,302,481  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     340,446        26,796,505  
     

 

 

 
        102,417,249  

Road & Rail    1.7%

                 

Union Pacific Corp.

     142,386        25,208,017  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    11.6%

                 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*(a)

     948,197        26,198,683  

Broadcom, Inc.

     161,392        51,387,213  

Lam Research Corp.

     146,522        30,393,058  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (cont’d.)

                 

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

     991,435      $ 24,805,704  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     399,660        34,422,716  
     

 

 

 
        167,207,374  

Software    2.0%

                 

Microsoft Corp.

     220,439        28,789,333  

Specialty Retail    4.9%

                 

Foot Locker, Inc.

     283,616        16,225,671  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     177,896        20,127,153  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     358,519        35,012,966  
     

 

 

 
        71,365,790  

Tobacco    3.0%

                 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     491,969        42,584,837  

Transportation Infrastructure    1.3%

                 

Atlantia SpA (Italy)

     676,145        18,519,836  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(cost $1,162,755,171)

        1,371,912,319  
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS    3.0%

     

Electric Utilities    0.7%

                 

American Electric Power Co., Inc., CVT,    6.125%*

     201,818        10,490,500  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies    1.2%

                 

Danaher Corp., Series A, CVT, 4.750%*

     16,853        17,754,635  

Multi-Utilities    1.1%

                 

Sempra Energy, Series A, CVT, 6.000%

     142,510        15,232,894  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(cost $41,570,557)

        43,478,029  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount (000)#
     Value  

CONVERTIBLE BOND    0.8%

          

Insurance

                                  

AXA SA (France),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A
(cost $10,558,137)

     7.250     05/15/21        10,377      $ 11,302,629  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $1,214,883,865)

             1,426,692,977  
          

 

 

 
                  Shares         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS    5.6%

          

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS

                                  

PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund(w)

          14,569,790        14,569,790  

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund
(cost $66,788,578; includes $66,613,304 of cash collateral for securities on loan)(b)(w)

          66,779,629        66,799,663  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $81,358,368)

             81,369,453  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS    104.5%
(cost $1,296,242,233)

             1,508,062,430  

Liabilities in excess of other assets    (4.5)%

             (65,461,839
          

 

 

 

NET ASSETS    100.0%

           $ 1,442,600,591  
          

 

 

 

 

Below is a list of the abbreviation(s) used in the semiannual report:

144A—Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and, pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144A, may not be resold except to qualified institutional buyers.

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

CVT—Convertible Security

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT(s)—Real Estate Investment Trust(s)

*

Non-income producing security.

#

Principal amount is shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

^

Indicates a Level 3 security. The aggregate value of Level 3 securities is $553,488 and 0.0% of net assets.

(a)

All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $64,858,896; cash collateral of $66,613,304 (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.

(f)

Indicates a restricted security; the aggregate original cost of such securities is $2,000,000. The aggregate value of $553,488 is 0.0% of net assets.

(w)

PGIM Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as manager of the PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund and PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

 

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 April 30, 2019 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

      Level 1         Level 2         Level 3    

Investments in Securities

     

Common Stocks

     

Aerospace & Defense

  $ 26,314,796     $ 27,201,812     $  

Banks

    91,794,356              

Beverages

    26,445,938              

Capital Markets

    15,284,739              

Chemicals

          13,641,975        

Commercial Services & Supplies

    23,180,655              

Communications Equipment

    61,247,068              

Consumer Finance

    16,515,128              

Diversified Financial Services

                553,488  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    41,492,010              

Electric Utilities

    77,621,216              

Electrical Equipment

    23,942,229              

Entertainment

    22,425,401              

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    51,482,755              

Food & Staples Retailing

    22,966,743              

Food Products

    18,780,634              

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    53,728,794              

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    35,937,785              

Household Products

    17,043,402              

Industrial Conglomerates

    14,534,741              

Insurance

    56,204,203              

Machinery

    16,787,841              

Metals & Mining

          19,817,411        

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    29,230,334              

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    111,644,429              

Pharmaceuticals

    102,417,249              

Road & Rail

    25,208,017              

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    167,207,374              

Software

    28,789,333              

Specialty Retail

    71,365,790              

Tobacco

    42,584,837              

Transportation Infrastructure

          18,519,836        

Preferred Stocks

     

Electric Utilities

    10,490,500              

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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      Level 1         Level 2         Level 3    

Investments in Securities (continued)

     

Preferred Stocks (continued)

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

  $ 17,754,635     $     $  

Multi-Utilities

    15,232,894              

Convertible Bond

          11,302,629        

Affiliated Mutual Funds

    81,369,453              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,417,025,279     $ 90,483,663     $ 553,488  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Industry Classification:

 

The industry classification of investments and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of April 30, 2019 were as follows:

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    11.6

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    7.7  

Pharmaceuticals

    7.1  

Banks

    6.4  

Electric Utilities

    6.1  

Affiliated Mutual Funds (4.6% represents investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan)

    5.6  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    4.9  

Specialty Retail

    4.9  

Insurance

    4.7  

Communications Equipment

    4.2  

Aerospace & Defense

    3.7  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    3.6  

Tobacco

    3.0  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    2.9  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    2.5  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    2.0  

Software

    2.0  

Beverages

    1.8  

Road & Rail

    1.7  

Electrical Equipment

    1.7  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    1.6

Food & Staples Retailing

    1.6  

Entertainment

    1.6  

Metals & Mining

    1.4  

Food Products

    1.3  

Transportation Infrastructure

    1.3  

Household Products

    1.2  

Machinery

    1.2  

Consumer Finance

    1.1  

Capital Markets

    1.1  

Multi-Utilities

    1.1  

Industrial Conglomerates

    1.0  

Chemicals

    0.9  

Diversified Financial Services

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    104.5  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (4.5
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

*

Less than +/- 0.05%

 

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.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

 

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

  $ 64,858,896     $ (64,858,896   $  
 

 

 

     

 

(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 April 30, 2019

 

Assets

        

Investments at value, including securities on loan of $64,858,896:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $1,214,883,865)

   $ 1,426,692,977  

Affiliated investments (cost $81,358,368)

     81,369,453  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $39)

     39  

Receivable for investments sold

     3,718,243  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     2,153,235  

Dividends and interest receivable

     1,713,860  

Tax reclaim receivable

     1,133,267  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     29,194  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     1,516,810,268  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable to broker for collateral for securities on loan

     66,613,304  

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     3,597,215  

Payable for investments purchased

     2,015,679  

Management fee payable

     879,704  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     516,731  

Distribution fee payable

     497,629  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     89,392  

Payable to custodian

     23  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     74,209,677  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 1,442,600,591  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Common stock, at par

   $ 103,420  

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     1,145,258,023  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     297,239,148  
  

 

 

 

Net assets, April 30, 2019

   $ 1,442,600,591  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2019

 

 

Class A

        

Net asset value and redemption price per share,
($602,586,882 ÷ 41,809,451 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.41  

Maximum sales charge (5.50% of offering price)

     0.84  
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 15.25  
  

 

 

 

Class B

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

  

($33,638,172 ÷ 2,584,189 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 13.02  
  

 

 

 

Class C

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

  

($396,157,348 ÷ 30,543,616 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 12.97  
  

 

 

 

Class R

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

  

($27,816,310 ÷ 1,930,367 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.41  
  

 

 

 

Class Z

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

  

($378,582,543 ÷ 26,287,736 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.40  
  

 

 

 

Class R6

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

  

($3,819,336 ÷ 264,663 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.43  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended April 30, 2019

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

        

Income

  

Unaffiliated dividend income (net of $181,803 foreign withholding tax)

   $ 23,066,541  

Affiliated dividend income

     345,334  

Interest income

     337,016  

Income from securities lending, net (including affiliated income of $89,867)

     290,938  
  

 

 

 

Total income

     24,039,829  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fee

     5,437,914  

Distribution fee(a)

     3,352,308  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $208,797)(a)

     887,673  

Custodian and accounting fees

     71,003  

Shareholders’ reports

     57,095  

Registration fees(a)

     52,649  

Directors’ fees

     20,985  

Audit fee

     13,552  

Legal fees and expenses

     13,250  

Miscellaneous

     20,567  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     9,926,996  

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

     (6,879

Distribution fee waiver(a)

     (171,388
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     9,748,729  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     14,291,100  
  

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investment And Foreign Currency Transactions

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions (including affiliated of $(17,154))

     92,634,686  

Foreign currency transactions

     29,396  
  

 

 

 
     92,664,082  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments (including affiliated of $21,315)

     (9,553,148

Foreign currencies

     (27,932
  

 

 

 
     (9,581,080
  

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     83,083,002  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ 97,374,102  
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

Class specific expenses and waivers were as follows:

 

    Class A     Class B     Class C     Class R     Class Z     Class R6  

Distribution fee

    826,693       200,471       2,224,325       100,819              

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses

    372,731       42,408       226,423       22,913       222,975       223  

Registration fees

    10,326       7,066       8,288       7,160       12,648       7,161  

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

                                  (6,879

Distribution fee waiver

    (137,782                 (33,606            

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund     21  


Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

 

 

     Six Months Ended
April 30, 2019
     Year Ended
October 31, 2018
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

                 

Operations

     

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 14,291,100      $ 43,987,565  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     92,664,082        230,094,217  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currencies

     (9,581,080      (219,131,389
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     97,374,102        54,950,393  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions

     

Distributions from distributable earnings

     

Class A

     (89,085,865      (38,693,618

Class B

     (7,161,498      (3,987,585

Class C

     (80,711,469      (35,159,248

Class R

     (4,249,289      (1,923,875

Class Z

     (67,920,676      (31,902,165

Class R6

     (623,806      (222,063
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (249,752,603      (111,888,554
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fund share transactions (Net of share conversions)

     

Net proceeds from shares sold

     53,898,724        60,274,663  

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

     218,835,801        96,882,217  

Cost of shares reacquired

     (295,284,188      (511,300,273
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

     (22,549,663      (354,143,393
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

     (174,928,164      (411,081,554

Net Assets:

                 

Beginning of period

     1,617,528,755        2,028,610,309  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,442,600,591      $ 1,617,528,755  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10 (the “Company”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Company was organized on March 5, 1997, as a Maryland corporation and operates as a series company. The Company consists of two funds: PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund and PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund, each of which are diversified funds. These financial statements relate only to the PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund (the “Fund”).

 

The investment objective of the Fund is income and capital appreciation.

 

1. Accounting Policies

 

The Fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 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 Company’s 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”). Pursuant to the Board’s delegation, the Manager has established a Valuation Committee responsible for supervising the fair 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.

 

For the fiscal reporting period-end, securities and other assets and liabilities were fair valued at the close of the last U.S. business day. Trading in certain foreign securities may occur when the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays). Because such foreign securities trade in markets that are open on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Company’s foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot purchase or redeem Fund shares.

 

PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund     23  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

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 and referred to herein as the “fair value hierarchy” in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820—Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

 

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.

 

Foreign equities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued using pricing vendor services that provide model prices derived using adjustment factors based on information such as local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, depositary receipts, and futures, as applicable. Securities valued using such model prices are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The models generate an evaluated adjustment factor for each security, which is applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post closing market movements up to the time the Fund is valued. Utilizing that evaluated adjustment factor, the vendor provides an evaluated price for each security. If the vendor does not provide an evaluated price, securities are valued in accordance with exchange-traded common and preferred stock valuation policies discussed above.

 

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

 

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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.

 

Illiquid Securities: Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted a Board approved Liquidity Risk Management Program (“LRMP”) that requires, among other things, that the Fund limit its illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of net assets. Illiquid securities are those that, because of the absence of a readily available market or due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, may not reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. 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.

 

Restricted Securities: Securities acquired in unregistered, private sales from the issuing company or from an affiliate of the issuer are considered restricted as to disposition under federal securities law (“restricted securities”). Such restricted securities are valued pursuant to the valuation procedures noted above. Restricted securities that would otherwise be considered illiquid investments pursuant to the Fund’s LRMP because of legal restrictions on resale to the general public may be traded among qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Therefore, these Rule 144A securities, as well as commercial paper that is sold in private placements under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, may be classified higher than “illiquid” under the LRMP (i.e. “moderately liquid” or “less liquid” investments). However, the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in restricted securities could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.

 

Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

 

(i) market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities—at the current rates of exchange;

 

(ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses—at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

Although the net assets of the Fund are presented at the foreign exchange rates and market values at the close of the period, the Fund does not generally isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities held at the end of the period. Similarly, the Fund does not isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities sold during the period. Accordingly, holding period realized foreign

 

PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund     25  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

currency gains (losses) are included in the reported net realized gains (losses) on investment transactions.

 

Net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains (losses) from the disposition of holdings of foreign currencies, currency gains (losses) realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest, dividends and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Company’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains (losses) arise from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities (other than investments) at period end exchange rates.

 

Master Netting Arrangements: The Company, on behalf of 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 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 lends 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

 

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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 (collectively equity 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.

 

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, or for certain foreign securities, when the Fund becomes aware of such dividends. 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 and distribution fee waivers, shareholder servicing fees, transfer agent’s fees and expenses, registration fees and fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, as applicable.

 

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.

 

Tax reform legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permits a direct REIT shareholder to claim a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for ordinary REIT dividends. On January 18, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations that expressly permit RICs to pass through this “qualified business income” to their shareholders.

 

Dividends and Distributions: The Fund expects to pay dividends from net investment income quarterly. Distributions from net realized capital and currency gains, if any, are declared and paid annually. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations and which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles, are recorded on the ex-date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gain (loss) are reclassified between total distributable earnings (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 Company, on behalf of the Fund, has a management agreement with PGIM Investments. 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 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 the Manager is accrued daily and payable monthly at an annual rate of 0.77% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to and including $500 million, 0.74% on the next $500 million, 0.725% on the next $1.5 billion, 0.70% on the next $5 billion, 0.675% on the next $2.5 billion and 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $10 billion. The effective management fee rate before any waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 0.75% for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

 

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The Manager has contractually agreed, through February 29, 2020, to limit transfer agency, shareholder servicing, sub-transfer agency, and blue sky fees, as applicable, to the extent that such fees cause the total annual operating expenses to exceed 0.80% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares. This contractual waiver excludes interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales.

 

Where applicable, the Manager agrees to waive management fees or shared operating expenses on any share class to the same extent that it waives similar expenses on any other share class and, in addition, total annual operating expenses for Class R6 shares will not exceed total annual operating expenses for Class Z shares. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by PGIM Investments may be recouped by PGIM Investments within the same fiscal year during which such wavier 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 Company, on behalf of the Fund, has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Fund compensates PIMS for distributing and servicing the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares, pursuant to the 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 Z and Class R6 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% and 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares, respectively. PIMS has contractually agreed to limit such fees to 0.25% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Class A and Class R shares, respectively, through February 29, 2020.

 

For the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, PIMS received $164,567 in front-end sales charges resulting from sales of Class A shares. Additionally, for the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, PIMS received $16,538 and $3,276 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by certain Class B and Class C shareholders, respectively. From these fees, PIMS paid such sales charges to broker-dealers, who in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs.

 

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

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 Company’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 subject to certain conditions, 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. Pursuant to the Rule 17a-7 procedures and consistent with guidance issued by the SEC, the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) prepares a quarterly summary of all such transactions for submission to the Board, together with the CCO’s written representation that all such 17a-7 transactions were effected in accordance with the Fund’s Rule 17a-7 procedures. Any 17a-7 transactions for the reporting period are disclosed in the “Portfolio Securities” note, below.

 

The Fund may invest its overnight sweep cash in the PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund (the “Core Fund”), and its securities lending cash collateral in the PGIM 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. Through the Fund’s investments in the mentioned underlying funds, PGIM Investments and/or its affiliates are paid fees or reimbursed for providing their services. 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 reporting period ended April 30, 2019, were $670,845,600 and $911,306,035, respectively.

 

A summary of the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of shares of affiliated investments for the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, is presented as follows:

 

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Value,
Beginning
of Period
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Value,
End of
Period
    Shares,
End of
Period
    Income  
 

PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund*

         
$ 55,291,786     $ 237,831,451     $ 278,553,447     $     $     $ 14,569,790       14,569,790     $ 345,334  
 

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund*

 
  108,930,290       521,810,544       563,945,332       21,315       (17,154     66,799,663       66,779,629       89,867 ** 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
$ 164,222,076     $ 759,641,995     $ 842,498,779     $ 21,315     $ (17,154   $ 81,369,453       $ 435,201  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

*

The Fund did not have any capital gain distributions during the reporting period.

**

This amount is included in “Income from securities lending, net” on the Statement of Operations.

 

For the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, no 17a-7 transactions were entered into by the Fund.

 

5. Tax Information

 

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of April 30, 2019 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis

   $ 1,304,979,018  
  

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

     230,602,835  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (27,519,423
  

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 203,083,412  
  

 

 

 

 

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

 

The Manager 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 Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

 

6. Capital and Ownership

 

The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z and Class R6 shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum 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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a monthly 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 C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a monthly basis approximately 10 years after purchase. Class R, Class Z and Class R6 shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are available 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.

 

The authorized capital stock of the Company is 5.5 billion shares, with a par value of $0.001 per share. Of the Company’s authorized capital stock, 2.770 billion authorized shares have been allocated to the Fund and divided into seven classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z, Class T and Class R6 common stock, each of which consists of 400 million, 20 million, 300 million, 75 million, 1,250 million, 650 million and 75 million authorized shares, respectively. The Fund currently does not have any Class T shares outstanding.

 

At reporting period end, eight shareholders of record, each holding greater than 5% of the Fund, held 67% of the Fund’s outstanding shares.

 

Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

Class A

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       1,331,264      $ 18,187,842  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       6,898,429        83,063,562  

Shares reacquired

       (5,779,748      (79,817,095
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       2,449,945        21,434,309  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       3,772,214        53,529,085  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (249,257      (3,624,568
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       5,972,902      $ 71,338,826  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       1,391,935      $ 23,564,904  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       2,135,094        35,824,946  

Shares reacquired

       (8,004,478      (135,037,083
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (4,477,449      (75,647,233

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       1,507,745        25,810,965  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (1,787,241      (30,332,570
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (4,756,945    $ (80,168,838
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class B

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       93,396      $ 1,038,560  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       550,275        5,984,830  

Shares reacquired

       (589,293      (7,380,247
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       54,378        (356,857

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (693,298      (9,077,490
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (638,920    $ (9,434,347
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       53,945      $ 838,977  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       209,850        3,242,469  

Shares reacquired

       (1,252,953      (19,510,599
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (989,158      (15,429,153

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (1,263,055      (20,005,435
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (2,252,213    $ (35,434,588
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class C

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       1,250,713      $ 14,472,708  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       6,474,780        70,188,833  

Shares reacquired

       (7,187,031      (88,963,015
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       538,462        (4,301,474

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (4,028,496      (51,584,028
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (3,490,034    $ (55,885,502
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       880,850      $ 13,666,684  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,963,882        30,299,159  

Shares reacquired

       (9,089,353      (140,986,551
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (6,244,621      (97,020,708

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       1,386        21,965  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (2,337,504      (36,380,958
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (8,580,739    $ (133,379,701
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       43,232      $ 597,199  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       352,946        4,247,569  

Shares reacquired

       (208,113      (2,981,547
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       188,065      $ 1,863,221  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       104,615      $ 1,767,710  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       114,609        1,923,221  

Shares reacquired

       (682,134      (11,561,794
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (462,910      (7,870,863

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (861      (14,245
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (463,771    $ (7,885,108
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Class Z

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       1,504,558      $ 19,261,097  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       4,552,079        54,753,346  

Shares reacquired

       (8,448,859      (115,147,037
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (2,392,222      (41,132,594

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       869,652        12,650,330  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (142,913      (2,055,090
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,665,483    $ (30,537,354
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       1,187,630      $ 19,983,469  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,514,288        25,384,558  

Shares reacquired

       (11,978,925      (202,379,402
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (9,277,007      (157,011,375

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       3,827,286        64,837,972  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (371,625      (6,243,532
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (5,821,346    $ (98,416,935
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R6

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       23,988      $ 341,318  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       49,577        597,661  

Shares reacquired

       (73,333      (995,247
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       232        (56,268

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       11,895        161,761  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       12,127      $ 105,493  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       26,767      $ 452,919  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       12,337        207,864  

Shares reacquired

       (108,238      (1,824,844
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (69,134      (1,164,061

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       137,073        2,305,838  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       67,939      $ 1,141,777  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. Borrowings

 

The Company, on behalf of 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 4, 2018 through October 3, 2019. 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. The interest on borrowings under the SCA 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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Certain 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 reporting period ended April 30, 2019.

 

8. Risks of Investing in the Fund

 

The Fund’s risks include, but are not limited to, some or all of the risks discussed below:

 

Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risks: The value of a particular security could go down and you could lose money. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. The Fund’s holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Fund can deviate from the performance of these indexes. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.

 

Foreign Securities Risk: The Fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involve additional risk. Foreign countries in which the Fund may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than US markets. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability.

 

Market and Credit Risk: Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of an investment in the Fund will decline. Additionally, the Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

Risks of Investing in equity 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 underlying properties or the underlying loans or interests. The underlying loans may be subject to the risks of default or of payments 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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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 equity 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 equity REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Equity 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. Since equity REITs are relatively smaller in size when compared to the broader market, and smaller companies tend to be more volatile than larger companies, they may be more volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities. Equity REITs are subject to interest rate risks. Equity REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage. The Fund will indirectly bear a portion of the expenses, including management fees, paid by each equity REIT in which it invests, in addition to the expenses of the Fund.

 

9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Reporting Updates

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, which changes certain fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The new ASU, in addition to other modifications and additions, removes the requirement to disclose the amount and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, and the Fund’s policy for the timing of transfers between levels. The amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Manager has evaluated the implications of certain provisions of the ASU and has determined to early adopt aspects related to the removal and modification of certain fair value measurement disclosures under the ASU effective immediately. At this time, the Manager is evaluating the implications of certain other provisions of the ASU related to new disclosure requirements and any impact on the financial statement disclosures has not yet been determined.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

Class A Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2019

          Year Ended October 31,  
            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $16.18               $16.75       $14.68       $16.59       $17.88       $16.84  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.15               0.44       0.34       0.42       0.40       0.70  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.60               (0.01     2.11       (0.66     (0.65     1.77  
Total from investment operations     0.75               0.43       2.45       (0.24     (0.25     2.47  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.17             (0.43     (0.38     (0.44     (0.34     (0.70
Distributions from net realized gains     (2.35             (0.57     -       (1.23     (0.70     (0.73
Total dividends and distributions     (2.52             (1.00     (0.38     (1.67     (1.04     (1.43
Net asset value, end of period     $14.41               $16.18       $16.75       $14.68       $16.59       $17.88  
Total Return(b):     7.84%               2.45%       16.88%       (1.00)%       (1.53)%       15.36%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (in millions)     $603               $580       $680       $1,048       $1,585       $1,752  
Average net assets (in millions)     $556               $648       $809       $1,253       $1,745       $1,807  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.16% (e)              1.15%       1.14%       1.16%       1.13%       1.13%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.21% (e)              1.20%       1.19%       1.21%       1.18%       1.18%  
Net investment income (loss)     2.10% (e)              2.58%       2.18%       2.84%       2.31%       4.04%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     46%               88%       75%       48%       76%       57%  

 

(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)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

Class B Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2019

         

Year Ended October 31,

 
            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $14.89               $15.49       $13.61       $15.51       $16.79       $15.90  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.09               0.27       0.21       0.28       0.25       0.53  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.51               0.01       1.95       (0.61     (0.61     1.67  
Total from investment operations     0.60               0.28       2.16       (0.33     (0.36     2.20  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.12             (0.31     (0.28     (0.34     (0.22     (0.58
Distributions from net realized gains     (2.35             (0.57     -       (1.23     (0.70     (0.73
Total dividends and distributions     (2.47             (0.88     (0.28     (1.57     (0.92     (1.31
Net asset value, end of period     $13.02               $14.89       $15.49       $13.61       $15.51       $16.79  
Total Return(b):     7.38%               1.68%       15.98%       (1.73)%       (2.28)%       14.52%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (in millions)     $34               $48       $85       $111       $147       $174  
Average net assets (in millions)     $40               $66       $100       $126       $165       $172  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     2.02% (e)              1.95%       1.89%       1.91%       1.88%       1.88%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     2.02% (e)              1.95%       1.89%       1.91%       1.88%       1.88%  
Net investment income (loss)     1.34% (e)              1.70%       1.45%       2.04%       1.56%       3.25%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     46%               88%       75%       48%       76%       57%  

 

(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)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class C Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2019

         

Year Ended October 31,

 
            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $14.84               $15.45       $13.57       $15.47       $16.75       $15.87  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.09               0.29       0.21       0.28       0.25       0.51  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.52               - (b)      1.95       (0.61     (0.61     1.68  
Total from investment operations     0.61               0.29       2.16       (0.33     (0.36     2.19  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.13             (0.33     (0.28     (0.34     (0.22     (0.58
Distributions from net realized gains     (2.35             (0.57     -       (1.23     (0.70     (0.73
Total dividends and distributions     (2.48             (0.90     (0.28     (1.57     (0.92     (1.31
Net asset value, end of period     $12.97               $14.84       $15.45       $13.57       $15.47       $16.75  
Total Return(c):     7.46%               1.70%       16.03%       (1.73)%       (2.29)%       14.48%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (in millions)     $396               $505       $658       $923       $1,285       $1,302  
Average net assets (in millions)     $449               $597       $786       $1,075       $1,353       $1,196  
Ratios to average net assets(d)(e):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.88% (f)              1.87%       1.89%       1.91%       1.88%       1.88%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.88% (f)              1.87%       1.89%       1.91%       1.88%       1.88%  
Net investment income (loss)     1.46% (f)              1.84%       1.45%       2.06%       1.56%       3.16%  
Portfolio turnover rate(g)     46%               88%       75%       48%       76%       57%  

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Less than $0.005 per share.

(c)

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.

(d)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(f)

Annualized.

(g)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

Class R Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2019

          Year Ended October 31,  
            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $16.18               $16.75       $14.68       $16.58       $17.88       $16.84  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.13               0.38       0.31       0.37       0.36       0.59  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.60               - (b)      2.10       (0.64     (0.67     1.84  
Total from investment operations     0.73               0.38       2.41       (0.27     (0.31     2.43  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.15             (0.38     (0.34     (0.40     (0.29     (0.66
Distributions from net realized gains     (2.35             (0.57     -       (1.23     (0.70     (0.73
Total dividends and distributions     (2.50             (0.95     (0.34     (1.63     (0.99     (1.39
Net asset value, end of period     $14.41               $16.18       $16.75       $14.68       $16.58       $17.88  
Total Return(c):     7.65%               2.12%       16.59%       (1.19)%       (1.83)%       15.08%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (in millions)     $28               $28       $37       $40       $44       $40  
Average net assets (in millions)     $27               $33       $40       $42       $45       $33  
Ratios to average net assets(d)(e):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.50% (f)              1.48%       1.39%       1.41%       1.38%       1.38%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.75% (f)              1.73%       1.64%       1.66%       1.63%       1.63%  
Net investment income (loss)     1.80% (f)              2.24%       1.95%       2.48%       2.07%       3.40%  
Portfolio turnover rate(g)     46%               88%       75%       48%       76%       57%  

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Less than $0.005 per share.

(c)

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.

(d)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(f)

Annualized.

(g)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class Z Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2019

          Year Ended October 31,  
            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $16.18               $16.74       $14.67       $16.58       $17.88       $16.84  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.17               0.48       0.38       0.46       0.44       0.69  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.59               0.01       2.11       (0.66     (0.66     1.82  
Total from investment operations     0.76               0.49       2.49       (0.20     (0.22     2.51  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.19             (0.48     (0.42     (0.48     (0.38     (0.74
Distributions from net realized gains     (2.35             (0.57     -       (1.23     (0.70     (0.73
Total dividends and distributions     (2.54             (1.05     (0.42     (1.71     (1.08     (1.47
Net asset value, end of period     $14.40               $16.18       $16.74       $14.67       $16.58       $17.88  
Total Return(b):     7.93%               2.79%       17.18%       (0.75)%       (1.33)%       15.65%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (in millions)     $379               $452       $566       $1,229       $1,628       $1,778  
Average net assets (in millions)     $396               $507       $861       $1,338       $1,780       $1,457  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.89% (e)              0.88%       0.90%       0.91%       0.88%       0.88%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.89% (e)              0.88%       0.90%       0.91%       0.88%       0.88%  
Net investment income (loss)     2.40% (e)              2.82%       2.46%       3.08%       2.56%       4.00%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     46%               88%       75%       48%       76%       57%  

 

(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)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

Class R6 Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2019

         

Year Ended October 31,

 
            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $16.20               $16.77       $14.69       $16.60       $17.90       $16.85  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.18               0.52       0.42       0.51       0.47       0.74  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     0.60               (0.03     2.09       (0.69     (0.67     1.80  
Total from investment operations     0.78               0.49       2.51       (0.18     (0.20     2.54  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.20             (0.49     (0.43     (0.50     (0.40     (0.76
Distributions from net realized gains     (2.35             (0.57     -       (1.23     (0.70     (0.73
Total dividends and distributions     (2.55             (1.06     (0.43     (1.73     (1.10     (1.49
Net asset value, end of period     $14.43               $16.20       $16.77       $14.69       $16.60       $17.90  
Total Return(b):     8.03%               2.81%       17.32%       (0.62)%       (1.23)%       15.81%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (in millions)     $4               $4       $3       $8       $27       $6  
Average net assets (in millions)     $4               $4       $4       $20       $16       $3  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.80% (e)              0.80%       0.80%       0.79%       0.78%       0.78%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.17% (e)              1.19%       0.80%       0.79%       0.78%       0.78%  
Net investment income (loss)     2.47% (e)              3.08%       2.68%       3.43%       2.77%       4.30%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     46%               88%       75%       48%       76%       57%  

 

(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)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PROXY VOTING
The Board of Directors of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s 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 Brian K. Reid  Grace C. Torres

 

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

 

MANAGER   PGIM Investments LLC   655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

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  

240 Greenwich 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  

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New York, NY 10019

 


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SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH DIRECTORS
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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-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the Commission’s website at sec.gov. Form N-PORT is filed with the Commission quarterly, and each Fund’s full portfolio holdings as of the first and third fiscal quarter-ends will be made publicly available 60 days after the end of each quarter.

 

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SHARE CLASS   A   B   C   R   Z   R6
NASDAQ   SPQAX   JEIBX   AGOCX   PJERX   JDEZX   PJIQX
CUSIP   74441L808   74441L881   74441L873   74441L790   74441L832   74441L816

 

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PGIM QMA MID-CAP VALUE FUND

 

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

APRIL 30, 2019

 

COMING SOON: PAPERLESS SHAREHOLDER REPORTS

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (pgiminvestments.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-225-1852 or by sending an email request to PGIM Investments at shareholderreports@pgim.com.

 

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this notice to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-225-1852 or send an email request to shareholderreports@pgim.com to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund.

 

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Objective: Long-term growth of capital

 

 

 

 

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 April 30, 2019 were not audited and, accordingly, no auditor’s opinion is expressed on them.

 

Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, a Prudential Financial company, member SIPC. QMA is the primary business name of QMA LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), a Prudential Financial company. © 2019 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. 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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Table of Contents

 

Letter from the President

     5  

Your Fund’s Performance

     6  

Fees and Expenses

     9  

Holdings and Financial Statements

     11  

 

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Letter from the President

 

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Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the semiannual report for PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019.

 

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,

 

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Stuart S. Parker, President

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund

June 14, 2019

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (unaudited)

 

Performance data quoted represents 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 pgiminvestments.com or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

   

Total Returns as of 4/30/19
(without sales charges)

 

Average Annual Total Returns as of 4/30/19

(with sales charges)

    Six Months* (%)   One Year (%)   Five Years (%)   Ten Years (%)   Since Inception (%)
Class A     3.55   –8.03   4.13   12.67  
Class B     3.09   –7.75   4.36   12.47  
Class C     3.17   –4.19   4.53   12.46  
Class R     3.38   –2.97   N/A   N/A       3.68 (12/22/14)
Class Z     3.70   –2.42   5.58   13.61  
Class R2     3.51   –2.73   N/A   N/A     –5.58 (12/28/17)
Class R4     3.68   –2.46   N/A   N/A     –5.33 (12/28/17)
Class R6     3.77   –2.23   5.73   N/A     9.57 (1/18/11)
Russell Midcap Value Index
    8.28     5.76   7.83   14.98  
S&P MidCap 400 Index
    8.91     6.99   9.49   15.13  
Russell Midcap Index
  11.65   10.69   9.75   15.65  
Lipper Mid-Cap Value Funds Average
      6.99     2.28   6.03   13.12  

 

Source: PGIM Investments LLC and Lipper Inc.

*Not annualized

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 class’ inception date.

 

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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 R6
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 or distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets)  

0.30%

(0.25%

currently)

  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

 

*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.

 

Benchmark Definitions

 

Russell Midcap Value Index—The Russell Midcap Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks included in the Index are also members of the Russell 1000 Value Index. The average annual total returns for the Index measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class R shares are 7.02%, 2.71% for Class R2 and Class R4 shares, and 10.91% for Class R6 shares.

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

 

S&P MidCap 400 Index—The S&P MidCap 400 Index is an unmanaged index of 400 domestic stocks chosen for market capitalization, liquidity, and industry group representation. It gives a broad look at how US mid-cap stock prices have performed. The average annual total returns for the Index measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class R shares is 9.02%, 4.39% for Class R2 and Class R4 shares, and 11.30% for Class R6 shares.

 

Russell Midcap Index—The Russell Midcap Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index, which represent approximately 25% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000 Index. The average annual total returns for the Index measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class R shares is 8.91%, 7.42% for Class R2 and Class R4 shares, and 11.73% for Class R6 shares.

 

Lipper Mid-Cap Value Funds Average—The Lipper Mid-Cap Value Funds Average (Lipper Average) is based on the average return of all funds in the Lipper Mid-Cap Value Funds universe for the periods noted. Funds in the Lipper Average, by portfolio practice, 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 value funds typically have a below-average price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year sales-per-share growth value compared with the companies in the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The average annual total returns for the Lipper Average measured from the month-end closest to the inception date of the Fund’s Class R shares is 5.46%, 0.27% for Class R2 and Class R4 shares, and 9.13% for Class R6 shares.

 

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 4/30/19 (%)
 

PACCAR, Inc., Machinery

    1.3  
Tyson Foods, Inc. (Class A Stock), Food Products     1.3  
Fifth Third Bancorp, Banks     1.3  
United Continental Holdings, Inc., Airlines     1.3  
PPL Corp., Electric Utilities     1.3  

 

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

 

Five Largest Industries expressed as a
percentage of net assets as of 4/30/19 (%)
 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    8.7  
Banks     8.7  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     7.8  
Insurance     7.5  
Household Durables     4.8  

 

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 April 30, 2019. 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 PGIM funds, including the Fund, that you own. You should consider the additional fees that were charged to your Fund account over the six-month period when you estimate the total ongoing expenses paid over the period

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

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.

 

       
PGIM
QMA Mid-Cap
Value Fund
  Beginning Account
Value
November 1, 2018
    Ending Account
Value
April 30, 2019
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period*
 
Class A   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,035.50       1.13   $ 5.70  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.19       1.13   $ 5.66  
Class B   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,030.90       1.95   $ 9.82  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,015.12       1.95   $ 9.74  
Class C   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,031.70       1.94   $ 9.77  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,015.17       1.94   $ 9.69  
Class R   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,033.80       1.45   $ 7.31  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,017.60       1.45   $ 7.25  
Class Z   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,037.00       0.90   $ 4.55  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.33       0.90   $ 4.51  
Class R2   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,035.10       1.23   $ 6.21  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,018.70       1.23   $ 6.16  
Class R4   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,036.80       0.98   $ 4.95  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.93       0.98   $ 4.91  
Class R6   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,037.70       0.73   $ 3.69  
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.17       0.73   $ 3.66  

 

*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 April 30, 2019, and divided by the 365 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2019 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying portfolios in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2019

 

Description    Shares      Value  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS    99.9%

     

COMMON STOCKS    99.5%

     

Airlines    2.5%

                 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     30,300      $ 1,875,570  

JetBlue Airways Corp.*

     364,745        6,766,020  

United Continental Holdings, Inc.*

     104,800        9,312,528  
     

 

 

 
        17,954,118  

Auto Components    3.0%

                 

Adient PLC

     204,272        4,718,683  

BorgWarner, Inc.

     139,200        5,814,384  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     305,600        5,870,576  

Lear Corp.

     37,600        5,376,800  
     

 

 

 
        21,780,443  

Banks    8.7%

                 

Associated Banc-Corp.

     30,200        685,238  

BankUnited, Inc.

     29,400        1,075,452  

CIT Group, Inc.

     7,600        404,852  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     233,900        8,467,180  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     324,433        9,350,159  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     353,300        4,917,936  

KeyCorp

     492,900        8,650,395  

M&T Bank Corp.

     36,100        6,139,527  

PacWest Bancorp

     87,000        3,440,850  

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     117,100        2,024,659  

Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico)

     31,700        1,829,407  

Regions Financial Corp.

     531,500        8,254,195  

Zions Bancorp NA(a)

     146,000        7,202,180  
     

 

 

 
        62,442,030  

Beverages    1.1%

                 

Molson Coors Brewing Co. (Class B Stock)

     118,600        7,612,934  

Building Products    0.9%

                 

Owens Corning

     125,900        6,454,893  

Capital Markets    1.1%

                 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     19,000        657,210  

Invesco Ltd.

     327,700        7,199,569  
     

 

 

 
        7,856,779  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Chemicals    2.5%

 

        

Eastman Chemical Co.

     75,200      $ 5,931,776  

Mosaic Co. (The)

     250,200        6,532,722  

Olin Corp.

     86,000        1,865,340  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     51,600        3,599,100  
     

 

 

 
        17,928,938  

Commercial Services & Supplies    0.3%

                 

ADT, Inc.(a)

     286,477        1,887,884  

Construction & Engineering    0.9%

                 

AECOM*(a)

     198,166        6,717,827  

Consumer Finance    4.2%

                 

Ally Financial, Inc.

     256,959        7,634,252  

Discover Financial Services

     33,500        2,729,915  

Navient Corp.

     266,900        3,605,819  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

     66,100        2,245,417  

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.(a)

     274,781        5,866,574  

Synchrony Financial

     243,300        8,435,211  
     

 

 

 
        30,517,188  

Containers & Packaging    2.1%

                 

International Paper Co.

     168,800        7,901,528  

Westrock Co.

     182,400        7,000,512  
     

 

 

 
        14,902,040  

Diversified Financial Services    1.7%

                 

AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.

     219,000        4,969,110  

Voya Financial, Inc.

     127,102        6,976,629  
     

 

 

 
        11,945,739  

Diversified Telecommunication Services    0.9%

                 

CenturyLink, Inc.(a)

     587,300        6,706,966  

Electric Utilities    3.8%

                 

Avangrid, Inc.

     43,500        2,227,635  

Edison International

     64,900        4,138,673  

Entergy Corp.

     75,500        7,315,950  

Evergy, Inc.

     9,500        549,290  

FirstEnergy Corp.

     35,200        1,479,456  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Electric Utilities (cont’d.)

 

        

PPL Corp.

     292,000      $ 9,113,320  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     46,600        2,632,900  
     

 

 

 
        27,457,224  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components    0.1%

                 

Corning, Inc.

     30,000        955,500  

Entertainment    1.0%

                 

Viacom, Inc. (Class B Stock)

     236,600        6,840,106  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    8.7%

                 

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

     380,400        6,257,580  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     2,800        562,604  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

     54,382        972,350  

Colony Capital, Inc.

     661,000        3,397,540  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     22,400        2,636,704  

Hospitality Properties Trust

     208,800        5,428,800  

Kimco Realty Corp.

     264,061        4,592,021  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

     81,969        1,431,178  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     191,000        6,127,280  

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     657,800        5,282,134  

SITE Centers Corp.

     389,050        5,151,022  

SL Green Realty Corp.

     31,400        2,773,876  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

     126,980        5,137,611  

Ventas, Inc.

     29,000        1,772,190  

VEREIT, Inc.

     817,707        6,754,260  

VICI Properties, Inc.

     183,200        4,176,960  
     

 

 

 
        62,454,110  

Food & Staples Retailing    0.9%

                 

Kroger Co. (The)

     244,100        6,292,898  

Food Products    2.0%

                 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     51,300        2,287,980  

J.M. Smucker Co. (The)

     24,300        2,979,909  

Tyson Foods, Inc. (Class A Stock)

     125,500        9,413,755  
     

 

 

 
        14,681,644  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies    0.0%

                 

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     1,100        135,476  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Health Care Providers & Services    2.5%

 

        

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*(a)

     140,600      $ 4,502,012  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     124,100        6,044,911  

DaVita, Inc.*

     41,900        2,314,556  

MEDNAX, Inc.*

     136,600        3,820,702  

Universal Health Services, Inc. (Class B Stock)

     10,100        1,281,387  
     

 

 

 
        17,963,568  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure    2.2%

                 

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*

     115,800        6,529,962  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     74,700        9,034,218  
     

 

 

 
        15,564,180  

Household Durables    4.8%

                 

Lennar Corp. (Class A Stock)

     131,963        6,866,035  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.*

     53,439        7,281,064  

Newell Brands, Inc.

     397,651        5,718,221  

PulteGroup, Inc.

     211,247        6,645,831  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

     163,333        6,222,987  

Whirlpool Corp.

     12,800        1,776,896  
     

 

 

 
        34,511,034  

Insurance    7.5%

                 

American Financial Group, Inc.

     13,400        1,387,302  

Athene Holding Ltd.*

     37,000        1,670,920  

CNA Financial Corp.

     128,728        5,963,968  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     130,600        6,831,686  

Lincoln National Corp.

     120,781        8,058,508  

Loews Corp.

     89,836        4,607,689  

Old Republic International Corp.

     164,900        3,687,164  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     144,500        8,259,620  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     48,300        7,317,933  

Unum Group

     165,500        6,110,260  
     

 

 

 
        53,895,050  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail    0.7%

                 

Qurate Retail, Inc.*(a)

     288,700        4,922,335  

IT Services    1.1%

                 

DXC Technology Co.

     120,800        7,941,392  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Machinery    2.1%

 

        

Colfax Corp.*

     4,400      $ 132,748  

Cummins, Inc.

     26,600        4,423,314  

PACCAR, Inc.

     136,300        9,768,621  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

     41,900        903,364  
     

 

 

 
        15,228,047  

Media    2.3%

                 

Discovery, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     52,400        1,619,160  

Discovery, Inc. (Class C Stock)*

     75,900        2,182,884  

DISH Network Corp. (Class A Stock)*

     87,100        3,058,952  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM (Class A Stock)*

     82,800        3,307,032  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM (Class C Stock)*

     98,100        3,939,696  

News Corp. (Class A Stock)

     216,100        2,683,962  
     

 

 

 
        16,791,686  

Metals & Mining    4.7%

                 

Alcoa Corp.*

     200,000        5,336,000  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     672,200        8,274,782  

Newmont Goldcorp Corp.

     12,200        378,932  

Nucor Corp.

     104,000        5,935,280  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     73,490        6,758,141  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     97,800        3,098,304  

United States Steel Corp.

     273,100        4,260,360  
     

 

 

 
        34,041,799  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    4.4%

                 

AGNC Investment Corp.

     386,800        6,881,172  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

     758,824        7,656,534  

Chimera Investment Corp.

     176,300        3,379,671  

MFA Financial, Inc.

     533,600        4,007,336  

New Residential Investment Corp.

     183,800        3,089,678  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

     157,400        3,628,070  

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

     244,100        3,383,226  
     

 

 

 
        32,025,687  

Multiline Retail    1.6%

                 

Kohl’s Corp.

     70,400        5,005,440  

Macy’s, Inc.(a)

     262,100        6,169,834  
     

 

 

 
        11,175,274  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     15  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Multi-Utilities    1.7%

 

        

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     57,833      $ 4,982,891  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     53,100        3,167,415  

Sempra Energy

     30,000        3,838,500  
     

 

 

 
        11,988,806  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    7.8%

                 

Antero Resources Corp.*(a)

     299,794        2,173,507  

Apache Corp.(a)

     40,100        1,319,691  

Centennial Resource Development, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     147,800        1,556,334  

Cimarex Energy Co.

     8,500        583,610  

CNX Resources Corp.*

     106,800        956,928  

Concho Resources, Inc.

     54,400        6,276,672  

Devon Energy Corp.

     109,700        3,525,758  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     21,400        2,276,746  

EQT Corp.(a)

     284,900        5,826,205  

HollyFrontier Corp.

     126,100        6,018,753  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     417,400        7,112,496  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     9,200        250,608  

Noble Energy, Inc.

     168,000        4,546,080  

Parsley Energy, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     261,900        5,227,524  

Range Resources Corp.

     328,900        2,973,256  

Whiting Petroleum Corp.*(a)

     148,200        4,059,198  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     52,600        1,490,158  
     

 

 

 
        56,173,524  

Paper & Forest Products    0.8%

                 

Domtar Corp.

     123,600        6,044,040  

Pharmaceuticals    1.0%

                 

Mylan NV*

     278,089        7,505,622  

Real Estate Management & Development    0.5%

                 

Realogy Holdings Corp.(a)

     257,200        3,348,744  

Road & Rail    1.6%

                 

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(a)

     171,700        5,726,195  

Ryder System, Inc.

     97,441        6,138,783  
     

 

 

 
        11,864,978  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    0.1%

                 

Analog Devices, Inc.

     6,700        778,808  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Specialty Retail    1.3%

 

        

AutoNation, Inc.*(a)

     106,500      $ 4,465,545  

Gap, Inc. (The)

     69,300        1,807,344  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

     63,600        2,920,512  
     

 

 

 
        9,193,401  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals    2.1%

                 

Western Digital Corp.

     159,600        8,158,752  

Xerox Corp.

     201,200        6,712,032  
     

 

 

 
        14,870,784  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods    0.7%

                 

PVH Corp.

     30,000        3,869,700  

Tapestry, Inc.

     42,200        1,361,794  
     

 

 

 
        5,231,494  

Trading Companies & Distributors    1.5%

                 

Air Lease Corp.

     163,700        6,312,272  

WESCO International, Inc.*

     77,500        4,436,100  
     

 

 

 
        10,748,372  

Transportation Infrastructure    0.1%

                 

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.

     12,100        490,171  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(cost $715,350,131)

        715,823,533  
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND    0.4%

 

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
(cost $2,891,662)

     32,359        2,902,602  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $718,241,793)

        718,726,135  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS    8.0%

 

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS

 

PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund(w)

     813        813  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     17  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

 

Description    Shares      Value  

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS (Continued)

                 

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund
(cost $57,733,419; includes $57,603,884 of cash collateral for securities on loan)(b)(w)

     57,724,087      $ 57,741,404  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $57,734,232)

        57,742,217  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS    107.9%
(cost $775,976,025)

        776,468,352  

Liabilities in excess of other assets    (7.9)%

        (56,540,610
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS    100.0%

      $ 719,927,742  
     

 

 

 

 

Below is a list of the abbreviation(s) used in the semiannual report:

ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT(s)—Real Estate Investment Trust(s)

*

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 $55,583,971; cash collateral of $57,603,884 (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 PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund and PGIM 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 April 30, 2019 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Investments in Securities

     

Common Stocks

     

Airlines

  $ 17,954,118     $     —     $     —  

Auto Components

    21,780,443              

Banks

    62,442,030              

Beverages

    7,612,934              

Building Products

    6,454,893              

Capital Markets

    7,856,779              

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

18  


       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Investments in Securities (continued)

     

Common Stocks (continued)

     

Chemicals

  $ 17,928,938     $     $  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    1,887,884              

Construction & Engineering

    6,717,827              

Consumer Finance

    30,517,188              

Containers & Packaging

    14,902,040              

Diversified Financial Services

    11,945,739              

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    6,706,966              

Electric Utilities

    27,457,224              

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    955,500              

Entertainment

    6,840,106              

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    62,454,110              

Food & Staples Retailing

    6,292,898              

Food Products

    14,681,644              

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    135,476              

Health Care Providers & Services

    17,963,568              

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    15,564,180              

Household Durables

    34,511,034              

Insurance

    53,895,050              

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    4,922,335              

IT Services

    7,941,392              

Machinery

    15,228,047              

Media

    16,791,686              

Metals & Mining

    34,041,799              

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    32,025,687              

Multiline Retail

    11,175,274              

Multi-Utilities

    11,988,806              

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    56,173,524              

Paper & Forest Products

    6,044,040              

Pharmaceuticals

    7,505,622              

Real Estate Management & Development

    3,348,744              

Road & Rail

    11,864,978              

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    778,808              

Specialty Retail

    9,193,401              

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    14,870,784              

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    5,231,494              

Trading Companies & Distributors

    10,748,372              

Transportation Infrastructure

    490,171              

Exchange-Traded Fund

    2,902,602              

Affiliated Mutual Funds

    57,742,217              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 776,468,352     $     —     $     —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     19  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2019

 

 

Industry Classification:

 

The industry classification of investments and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of April 30, 2019 were as follows:

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    8.7

Banks

    8.7  

Affiliated Mutual Funds (8.0% represents investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan)

    8.0  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    7.8  

Insurance

    7.5  

Household Durables

    4.8  

Metals & Mining

    4.7  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    4.4  

Consumer Finance

    4.2  

Electric Utilities

    3.8  

Auto Components

    3.0  

Health Care Providers & Services

    2.5  

Airlines

    2.5  

Chemicals

    2.5  

Media

    2.3  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    2.2  

Machinery

    2.1  

Containers & Packaging

    2.1  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    2.1  

Food Products

    2.0  

Multi-Utilities

    1.7  

Diversified Financial Services

    1.7  

Road & Rail

    1.6  

Multiline Retail

    1.6  

Trading Companies & Distributors

    1.5  

Specialty Retail

    1.3  

IT Services

    1.1

Capital Markets

    1.1  

Beverages

    1.1  

Pharmaceuticals

    1.0  

Entertainment

    1.0  

Construction & Engineering

    0.9  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    0.9  

Building Products

    0.9  

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.9  

Paper & Forest Products

    0.8  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    0.7  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

    0.7  

Real Estate Management & Development

    0.5  

Exchange-Traded Fund

    0.4  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    0.3  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    0.1  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    0.1  

Transportation Infrastructure

    0.1  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    107.9  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (7.9
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

*

Less than +/- 0.05%

 

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

  $ 55,583,971     $ (55,583,971   $   —  
 

 

 

     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20  


 

(1)

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     21  


Statement of Assets & Liabilities (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2019

 

Assets

        

Investments at value, including securities on loan of $55,583,971:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $718,241,793)

   $ 718,726,135  

Affiliated investments (cost $57,734,232)

     57,742,217  

Receivable for investments sold

     14,307,430  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     1,394,126  

Dividends and interest receivable

     654,905  

Prepaid expenses

     2,460  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     792,827,273  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable to broker for collateral for securities on loan

     57,603,884  

Payable for investments purchased

     11,048,906  

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     2,923,932  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     450,196  

Management fee payable

     388,480  

Loan payable

     376,000  

Distribution fee payable

     68,918  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     39,215  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     72,899,531  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 719,927,742  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Common stock, at par

   $ 38,617  

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     726,623,093  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (6,733,968
  

 

 

 

Net assets, April 30, 2019

   $ 719,927,742  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22  


Class A

        

Net asset value and redemption price per share,
($213,205,822 ÷ 11,438,590 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 18.64  

Maximum sales charge (5.50% of offering price)

     1.08  
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 19.72  
  

 

 

 

Class B

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($2,764,493 ÷ 175,369 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 15.76  
  

 

 

 

Class C

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($21,845,978 ÷ 1,392,684 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 15.69  
  

 

 

 

Class R

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($748,396 ÷ 39,786 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 18.81  
  

 

 

 

Class Z

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($272,943,959 ÷ 14,483,466 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 18.85  
  

 

 

 

Class R2

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($50,130 ÷ 2,669 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 18.78  
  

 

 

 

Class R4

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($817,529 ÷ 43,492 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 18.80  
  

 

 

 

Class R6

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($207,551,435 ÷ 11,041,105 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 18.80  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     23  


Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended April 30, 2019

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

       

Income

 

Unaffiliated dividend income (net of $87 foreign withholding tax)

  $ 10,362,944  

Income from securities lending, net (including affiliated income of $35,704)

    50,274  

Affiliated dividend income

    13,517  
 

 

 

 

Total income

    10,426,735  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    2,696,510  

Distribution fee(a)

    503,967  

Shareholder servicing fees(a)

    282  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $110,226)(a)

    516,623  

Registration fees(a)

    63,578  

Custodian and accounting fees

    54,722  

Shareholders’ reports

    31,146  

Directors’ fees

    13,612  

Audit fee

    11,926  

Legal fees and expenses

    11,189  

Miscellaneous

    25,422  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    3,928,977  

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

    (285,037

Distribution fee waiver(a)

    (51,218
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    3,592,722  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    6,834,013  
 

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investments

       

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions (including affiliated of $(3,115))

    (2,864,663

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (including affiliated of $9,186)

    20,312,691  
 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment transactions

    17,448,028  
 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

  $ 24,282,041  
 

 

 

 

 

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

 

    Class A     Class B     Class C     Class R     Class Z      Class R2      Class R4      Class R6  

Distribution fee

    301,563       15,667       183,806       2,872              59                

Shareholder servicing fees

                                   24        258         

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses

    238,410       5,836       30,463       617       237,531        82        80        3,604  

Registration fees

    9,308       7,352       7,526       8,094       8,804        7,438        7,439        7,617  

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

    (135,663     (10,338     (7,241     (8,019     (58,705      (7,493      (7,265      (50,313

Distribution fee waiver

    (50,261                 (957                           

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

 

    

Six Months

Ended
April 30, 2019

    

Year

Ended

October 31, 2018

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

                 

Operations

     

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 6,834,013      $ 13,862,289  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

     (2,864,663      63,682,339  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     20,312,691        (101,360,207
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     24,282,041        (23,815,579
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions

     

Distributions from distributable earnings

     

Class A

     (20,556,703      (16,797,692

Class B

     (357,375      (346,004

Class C

     (4,461,337      (3,688,598

Class R

     (75,386      (39,342

Class Z

     (32,423,748      (27,750,947

Class R2

     (4,643       

Class R4

     (883       

Class R6

     (20,361,882      (11,572,792
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (78,241,957      (60,195,375
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fund share transactions (Net of share conversions)

     

Net proceeds from shares sold

     78,137,942        234,464,958  

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

     74,409,134        56,283,538  

Cost of shares reacquired

     (188,852,515      (320,011,962
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

     (36,305,439      (29,263,466
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

     (90,265,355      (113,274,420

Net Assets:

                 

Beginning of period

     810,193,097        923,467,517  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 719,927,742      $ 810,193,097  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10 (the “Company”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Company was organized on March 5, 1997, as a Maryland corporation and operates as a series company. The Company consists of two funds: PGIM Jennison Equity Income Fund and PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund, each of which are diversified funds. These financial statements relate only to the PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”).

 

The investment objective of the Fund is capital growth.

 

1. Accounting Policies

 

The Fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 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 Company’s 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”). Pursuant to the Board’s delegation, the Manager has established a Valuation Committee responsible for supervising the fair 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.

 

For the fiscal reporting period-end, securities and other assets and liabilities were fair valued at the close of the last U.S. business day. Trading in certain foreign securities may occur when the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays). Because such foreign securities trade in markets that are open on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Company’s foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot purchase or redeem Fund shares.

 

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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 and referred to herein as the “fair value hierarchy” in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820—Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Illiquid Securities: Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted a Board approved Liquidity Risk Management Program (“LRMP”) that requires, among other things, that the Fund limit its illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of net assets. Illiquid securities are those that, because of the absence of a readily available market or due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, may not reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. The Fund may find it difficult to sell illiquid securities at the time considered most advantageous by its

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

subadviser and may incur transaction costs that would not be incurred in the sale of securities that were freely marketable.

 

Restricted Securities: Securities acquired in unregistered, private sales from the issuing company or from an affiliate of the issuer are considered restricted as to disposition under federal securities law (“restricted securities”). Such restricted securities are valued pursuant to the valuation procedures noted above. Restricted securities that would otherwise be considered illiquid investments pursuant to the Fund’s LRMP because of legal restrictions on resale to the general public may be traded among qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Therefore, these Rule 144A securities, as well as commercial paper that is sold in private placements under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, may be classified higher than “illiquid” under the LRMP (i.e. “moderately liquid” or “less liquid” investments). However, the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in restricted securities could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.

 

Master Netting Arrangements: The Company, on behalf of 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 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 lends 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

 

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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 (collectively equity 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.

 

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, or for certain foreign securities, when the Fund becomes aware of such dividends. 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 and distribution fee waivers, shareholder servicing fees, transfer agent’s fees and expenses, registration fees and fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, as applicable.

 

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.

 

Tax reform legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permits a direct REIT shareholder to claim a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for ordinary REIT

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

dividends. On January 18, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations that expressly permit RICs to pass through this “qualified business income” to their shareholders.

 

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 recorded on the ex-date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gain (loss) are reclassified between total distributable earnings (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 Company, on behalf of the Fund, has a management agreement with PGIM Investments. 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 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 QMA LLC (formerly known as Quantitative Management Associates, LLC) (“QMA”). The subadvisory agreement provides that QMA will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, QMA is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. PGIM Investments pays for the services of QMA, 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.

 

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The management fee paid to the Manager is accrued daily and payable monthly at an annual rate of 0.73% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion, 0.71% of the next $2 billion, 0.69% of the next $2 billion, and 0.67% of the average daily net assets in excess of $5 billion. The effective management fee rate before any waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 0.73% for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

 

The Manager has contractually agreed, through February 29, 2020, to limit total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements to 1.13% of average daily net assets for Class A shares, 1.95% of average daily net assets for Class B shares, 1.95% of average daily net assets for Class C shares, 1.45% of average daily net assets for Class R shares, 0.95% of average daily net assets for Class Z shares, 1.23% of average daily net assets for Class R2 shares, 0.98% of average daily net assets for Class R4 shares and 0.73% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares. This contractual waiver excludes interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholdings taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales.

 

Where applicable, the Manager agrees to waive management fees or shared operating expenses an any share class to the same extent that it waives similar expenses on any other share class and, in addition, total annual operating expenses for class R6 shares will not exceed total annual operating expenses for Class Z shares. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by PGIM Investments may be recouped by PGIM Investments within the same fiscal year during which such waiver/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 Company, on behalf of the Fund, has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z, Class R2, Class R4 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. 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 the 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 Z, Class R4 and Class R6 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, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class R2 shares, respectively. PIMS has contractually agreed through February 29, 2020 to limit such fees to 0.25% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Class A and Class R shares, respectively.

 

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

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     31  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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.

 

For the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, PIMS received $36,648 in front-end sales charges resulting from sales of Class A shares. Additionally, for the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, PIMS received $1,288 and $232 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by certain Class B and Class C shareholders, respectively. From these fees, PIMS paid such sales charges to broker-dealers, who in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs.

 

PGIM Investments, PIMS and QMA 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 Company’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 subject to certain conditions, 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. Pursuant to the Rule 17a-7 procedures and consistent with guidance issued by the SEC, the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) prepares a quarterly summary of all such transactions for submission to the Board, together with the CCO’s written representation that all such 17a-7 transactions were effected in accordance with the Fund’s Rule 17a-7 procedures. Any 17a-7 transactions for the reporting period are disclosed in the “Portfolio Securities” note, below.

 

The Fund may invest its overnight sweep cash in the PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund (the “Core Fund”), and its securities lending cash collateral in the PGIM 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. Through the Fund’s investments in the mentioned underlying funds, PGIM Investments and/or its affiliates are paid fees or reimbursed for providing their services. Earnings from the Core Fund and Money Market Fund are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Affiliated dividend

 

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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 reporting period ended April 30, 2019, were $214,959,262 and $320,948,942, respectively.

 

A summary of the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of shares of affiliated investments for the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, is presented as follows:

 

Value,
Beginning
of Period

    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Value,
End of

Period
    Shares,
End of

Period
    Income  
 

PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund*

       
$ 1,065,968     $ 49,043,794     $ 50,108,949     $     $     $ 813       813     $ 13,517  
 

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund*

       
  59,834,012       140,691,538       142,790,217       9,186       (3,115     57,741,404       57,724,087       35,704 ** 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
$ 60,899,980     $ 189,735,332     $ 192,899,166     $ 9,186     $ (3,115   $ 57,742,217       $ 49,221  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

*

The Fund did not have any capital gain distributions during the reporting period.

**

This amount is included in “Income from securities lending, net” on the Statement of Operations.

 

For the reporting period ended April 30, 2019, no 17a-7 transactions were entered into by the Fund.

 

5. Tax Information

 

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized depreciation as of April 30, 2019 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis

   $ 786,032,183  
  

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

     68,548,805  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (78,112,636
  

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Depreciation

   $ (9,563,831
  

 

 

 

 

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

 

The Manager 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 Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

6. Capital and Ownership

 

The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z, Class R2, Class R4 and Class R6 shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum 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 monthly 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 C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a monthly basis approximately 10 years after purchase. Class R, Class Z, Class R2, Class R4 and Class R6 shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are available 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.

 

The authorized capital stock of the Company is 5.5 billion shares, with a par value of $0.001 per share. Of the Company’s authorized capital stock, 800 million authorized shares have been allocated to the Fund and divided into nine classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z, Class R2, Class R4, Class T and Class R6 common stock, each of which consists of 100 million, 5 million, 30 million, 75 million, 175 million, 75 million, 75 million, 75 million and 190 million authorized shares, respectively. The Fund currently does not have any Class T shares outstanding.

 

As of April 30, 2019, Prudential, through its affiliated entities, including affiliated funds (if applicable), owned 622 Class R shares, 493 Class R2 shares, 494 Class R4 shares and 577,619 Class R6 shares of the Fund. At reporting period end, three shareholders of record, each holding greater than 5% of the Fund, held 21% of the Fund’s outstanding shares.

 

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Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

Class A

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       853,201      $ 15,098,171  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,114,756        18,282,001  

Shares reacquired

       (2,302,487      (41,739,397
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (334,530      (8,359,225

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       917,796        16,931,818  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (25,461      (467,802
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       557,805      $ 8,104,791  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       1,550,466      $ 34,408,657  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       663,954        14,792,904  

Shares reacquired

       (3,071,311      (68,066,084
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (856,891      (18,864,523

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       62,781        1,395,218  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (380,259      (8,366,084
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,174,369    $ (25,835,389
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class B

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       1,157      $ 16,572  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       24,751        344,290  

Shares reacquired

       (38,509      (597,998
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (12,601      (237,136

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (20,437      (319,716
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (33,038    $ (556,852
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       16,601      $ 326,735  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       16,841        324,191  

Shares reacquired

       (71,112      (1,346,173
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (37,670      (695,247

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (31,661      (616,083
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (69,331    $ (1,311,330
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class C

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       89,969      $ 1,285,519  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       308,195        4,265,421  

Shares reacquired

       (393,078      (5,849,963
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       5,086        (299,023

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (1,083,285      (16,832,589
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,078,199    $ (17,131,612
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       116,594      $ 2,223,483  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       182,413        3,495,035  

Shares reacquired

       (600,932      (11,412,345
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (301,925      (5,693,827

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (169,484      (3,184,495
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (471,409    $ (8,878,322
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Class R

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       3,556      $ 65,444  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       4,550        75,386  

Shares reacquired

       (7,619      (140,836
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       487      $ (6
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       35,853      $ 802,404  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,751        39,341  

Shares reacquired

       (31,385      (705,415
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       6,219      $ 136,330  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       2,108,144      $ 38,066,397  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,875,368        31,074,844  

Shares reacquired

       (6,247,647      (114,739,067
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (2,264,135      (45,597,826

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       47,036        871,836  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (11,387      (210,543
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (2,228,486    $ (44,936,533
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       4,400,794      $ 98,167,907  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,159,824        26,084,430  

Shares reacquired

       (8,425,650      (187,815,467
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (2,865,032      (63,563,130

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       512,238        11,376,184  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (45,593      (1,008,202
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (2,398,387    $ (53,195,148
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R2

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       18      $ 332  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       281        4,643  

Shares reacquired

       (1      (22
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       298      $ 4,953  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Period ended October 31, 2018*:

       

Shares sold

       2,371      $ 52,753  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       2,371      $ 52,753  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R4

               

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       55,437      $ 901,302  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       53        883  

Shares reacquired

       (12,439      (212,758
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       43,051      $ 689,427  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Period ended October 31, 2018*:

       

Shares sold

       441      $ 10,000  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       441      $ 10,000  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class R6

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       1,260,672      $ 22,704,205  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,232,546        20,361,666  

Shares reacquired

       (1,399,084      (25,572,474
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       1,094,134        17,493,397  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       1,446        26,996  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       1,095,580      $ 17,520,393  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2018:

       

Shares sold

       4,424,882      $ 98,473,019  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       514,830        11,547,637  

Shares reacquired

       (2,281,991      (50,666,478
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       2,657,721        59,354,178  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       18,365        403,462  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       2,676,086      $ 59,757,640  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Commencement of offering was December 28, 2017.

 

7. Borrowings

 

The Company, on behalf of 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 4, 2018 through October 3, 2019. 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. The interest on borrowings under the SCA 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.

 

Certain 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 utilized the SCA during the reporting period ended April 30, 2019. The average daily balance for the 49 days that the Fund had loans outstanding during the period was approximately $1,124,020, borrowed at a weighted average interest rate of 3.68%. The maximum loan outstanding amount during the period was $3,412,000. At April 30, 2019, the Fund had an outstanding loan balance of $376,000.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     37  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

8. Risks of Investing in the Fund

 

The Fund’s risks include, but are not limited to, some or all of the risks discussed below:

 

Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risks: The value of a particular security could go down and you could lose money. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. The Fund’s holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Fund can deviate from the performance of these indexes. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.

 

Market and Credit Risk: Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of an investment in the Fund will decline. Additionally, the Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

Risks of Investing in equity 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 underlying properties or the underlying loans or interests. The underlying loans may be subject to the risks of default or of payments 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 equity 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 equity REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Equity 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. Since equity REITs are relatively smaller in size when compared to the broader market, and smaller companies tend to be more volatile than larger companies, they may be more volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities. Equity REITs are subject to interest rate risks. Equity REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage. The Fund will indirectly bear a portion of the expenses, including management fees, paid by each equity REIT in which it invests, in addition to the expenses of the Fund.

 

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9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Reporting Updates

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, which changes certain fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The new ASU, in addition to other modifications and additions, removes the requirement to disclose the amount and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, and the Fund’s policy for the timing of transfers between levels. The amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Manager has evaluated the implications of certain provisions of the ASU and has determined to early adopt aspects related to the removal and modification of certain fair value measurement disclosures under the ASU effective immediately. At this time, the Manager is evaluating the implications of certain other provisions of the ASU related to new disclosure requirements and any impact on the financial statement disclosures has not yet been determined.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     39  


Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

Class A Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
         

Year Ended October 31,

 
     2019            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):

 

                                               
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $20.17               $22.24       $19.48       $20.29       $21.57       $20.51  
Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

                                               
Net investment income (loss)     0.15               0.30       0.28       0.22       0.23       0.17  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.30               (0.95     3.11       0.34       (0.23     2.92  
Total from investment operations     0.45               (0.65     3.39       0.56       -       3.09  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.41             (0.32     (0.25     (0.21     (0.12     (0.15
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             (1.10     (0.38     (1.16     (1.16     (1.88
Total dividends and distributions     (1.98             (1.42     (0.63     (1.37     (1.28     (2.03
Net asset value, end of period     $18.64               $20.17       $22.24       $19.48       $20.29       $21.57  
Total Return(b):     3.55%               (3.54)%       17.56%       3.38%       0.15%       16.54%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $213,206               $219,477       $268,067       $272,964       $288,607       $218,957  
Average net assets (000)     $202,708               $259,013       $283,669       $277,601       $267,085       $159,125  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.13% (e)              1.18%       1.21%       1.20%       1.21%       1.22%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.31% (e)              1.33%       1.34%       1.34%       1.35%       1.42%  
Net investment income (loss)     1.63% (e)              1.35%       1.31%       1.16%       1.09%       0.81%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     29%               78%       112%       87%       101%       87%  

 

(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)

Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class B Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
         

Year Ended October 31,

 
     2019            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):

 

                                               
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $17.31               $19.29       $16.99       $17.88       $19.17       $18.46  
Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

                                               
Net investment income (loss)     0.07               0.11       0.10       0.07       0.07       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.22               (0.80     2.72       0.28       (0.20     2.61  
Total from investment operations     0.29               (0.69     2.82       0.35       (0.13     2.63  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.27             (0.19     (0.14     (0.08     -       (0.04
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             (1.10     (0.38     (1.16     (1.16     (1.88
Total dividends and distributions     (1.84             (1.29     (0.52     (1.24     (1.16     (1.92
Net asset value, end of period     $15.76               $17.31       $19.29       $16.99       $17.88       $19.17  
Total Return(b):     3.09%               (4.27)%       16.71%       2.57%       (0.59)%       15.66%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $2,764               $3,608       $5,357       $6,063       $7,202       $7,959  
Average net assets (000)     $3,159               $4,789       $6,566       $6,263       $7,886       $7,163  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.95% (e)              1.95%       1.96%       1.95%       1.96%       1.97%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     2.61% (e)              2.37%       2.09%       2.04%       2.05%       2.12%  
Net investment income (loss)     0.95% (e)              0.58%       0.56%       0.43%       0.35%       0.08%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     29%               78%       112%       87%       101%       87%  

 

(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)

Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

Class C Shares  
    

Six Months

Ended
April 30,

         

Year Ended October 31,

 
     2019            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):

 

                                               
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $17.24               $19.21       $16.93       $17.81       $19.10       $18.40  
Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

                                               
Net investment income (loss)     0.09               0.11       0.10       0.07       0.06       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.21               (0.79     2.70       0.29       (0.19     2.60  
Total from investment operations     0.30               (0.68     2.80       0.36       (0.13     2.62  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.28             (0.19     (0.14     (0.08     -       (0.04
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             (1.10     (0.38     (1.16     (1.16     (1.88
Total dividends and distributions     (1.85             (1.29     (0.52     (1.24     (1.16     (1.92
Net asset value, end of period     $15.69               $17.24       $19.21       $16.93       $17.81       $19.10  
Total Return(b):     3.17%               (4.22)%       16.65%       2.64%       (0.59)%       15.66%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $21,846               $42,595       $56,517       $55,164       $62,110       $50,573  
Average net assets (000)     $37,066               $52,438       $59,943       $57,300       $59,460       $43,599  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.94% (e)              1.92%       1.96%       1.95%       1.96%       1.97%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.98% (e)              1.97%       2.03%       2.04%       2.05%       2.12%  
Net investment income (loss)     1.21% (e)              0.60%       0.55%       0.42%       0.34%       0.08%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     29%               78%       112%       87%       101%       87%  

 

(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)

Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class R Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
          Year Ended October 31,           December 22,
2014(a)
through
October 31,
 
     2019            2018     2017     2016            2015  
Per Share Operating Performance(b):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $20.30               $22.38       $19.60       $20.40               $20.98  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.13               0.24       0.22       0.18               0.12  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.30               (0.95     3.15       0.34               (0.70
Total from investment operations     0.43               (0.71     3.37       0.52               (0.58
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.35             (0.27     (0.21     (0.16             -  
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             (1.10     (0.38     (1.16             -  
Total dividends and distributions     (1.92             (1.37     (0.59     (1.32             -  
Net asset value, end of period     $18.81               $20.30       $22.38       $19.60               $20.40  
Total Return(c):     3.38%               (3.76)%       17.31%       3.12%               (2.76)%  
             
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $748               $798       $740       $89               $354  
Average net assets (000)     $772               $888       $412       $293               $261  
Ratios to average net assets(d)(e):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.45% (f)              1.42%       1.44%       1.45%               1.51% (f) 
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     3.79% (f)              3.42%       4.01%       1.79%               1.81% (f) 
Net investment income (loss)     1.38% (f)              1.07%       0.99%       0.99%               0.67% (f) 
Portfolio turnover rate(g)     29%               78%       112%       87%               101%  

 

(a)

Commencement of offering.

(b)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

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.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(f)

Annualized.

(g)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     43  


Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

Class Z Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
         

Year Ended October 31,

 
     2019            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):

 

                                               
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $20.40               $22.48       $19.68       $20.49       $21.76       $20.68  
Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

                                               
Net investment income (loss)     0.18               0.35       0.34       0.26       0.28       0.21  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.30               (0.95     3.14       0.35       (0.22     2.95  
Total from investment operations     0.48               (0.60     3.48       0.61       0.06       3.16  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.46             (0.38     (0.30     (0.26     (0.17     (0.20
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             (1.10     (0.38     (1.16     (1.16     (1.88
Total dividends and distributions     (2.03             (1.48     (0.68     (1.42     (1.33     (2.08
Net asset value, end of period     $18.85               $20.40       $22.48       $19.68       $20.49       $21.76  
Total Return(b):     3.70%               (3.30)%       17.84%       3.64%       0.45%       16.80%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $272,944               $340,962       $429,566       $339,119       $318,977       $173,716  
Average net assets (000)     $300,508               $414,839       $402,691       $332,406       $262,069       $82,847  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.90% (e)              0.93%       0.95%       0.95%       0.96%       0.97%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.94% (e)              0.98%       1.02%       1.04%       1.05%       1.11%  
Net investment income (loss)     1.96% (e)              1.59%       1.55%       1.40%       1.31%       1.02%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     29%               78%       112%       87%       101%       87%  

 

(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)

Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

44  


Class R2 Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2019
          December 28,
2017(a)
through
October 31,
2018
 
Per Share Operating Performance(b):                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $20.29               $22.68  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.14               0.06  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.31               (2.45
Total from investment operations     0.45               (2.39
Less Dividends and Distributions:                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.39             -  
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             -  
Total dividends and distributions     (1.96             -  
Net asset value, end of period     $18.78               $20.29  
Total Return(c):     3.51%               (10.54)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $50               $48  
Average net assets (000)     $48               $15  
Ratios to average net assets(d):                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.23% (e)              1.26% (e) 
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     32.91% (e)              150.41% (e) 
Net investment income (loss)     1.54% (e)              0.31% (e) 
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     29%               78%  

 

(a)

Commencement of offering.

(b)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

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.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     45  


Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

 

Class R4 Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
2019
          December 28,
2017(a)
through
October 31,
2018
 
Per Share Operating Performance(b):                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $20.33               $22.68  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.09               0.21  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.38               (2.56
Total from investment operations     0.47               (2.35
Less Dividends and Distributions:                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.43             -  
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             -  
Total dividends and distributions     (2.00             -  
Net asset value, end of period     $18.80               $20.33  
Total Return(c):     3.68%               (10.36)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $818               $9  
Average net assets (000)     $521               $10  
Ratios to average net assets(d):                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.98% (e)              1.02% (e) 
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     3.79% (e)              225.30% (e) 
Net investment income (loss)     0.97% (e)              1.14% (e) 
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     29%               78%  

 

(a)

Commencement of offering.

(b)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

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.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

46  


Class R6 Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
         

Year Ended October 31,

 
     2019            2018     2017     2016     2015     2014  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):

 

                                               
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $20.38               $22.45       $19.65       $20.47       $21.75       $20.69  
Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

                                               
Net investment income (loss)     0.19               0.38       0.37       0.29       0.31       0.23  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     0.29               (0.94     3.14       0.35       (0.23     2.94  
Total from investment operations     0.48               (0.56     3.51       0.64       0.08       3.17  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.49             (0.41     (0.33     (0.30     (0.20     (0.23
Distributions from net realized gains     (1.57             (1.10     (0.38     (1.16     (1.16     (1.88
Total dividends and distributions     (2.06             (1.51     (0.71     (1.46     (1.36     (2.11
Net asset value, end of period     $18.80               $20.38       $22.45       $19.65       $20.47       $21.75  
Total Return(b):     3.77%               (3.12)%       18.03%       3.79%       0.55%       16.87%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $207,551               $202,697       $163,221       $95,960       $74,707       $31,261  
Average net assets (000)     $200,110               $200,226       $125,192       $82,160       $43,995       $23,206  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.73% (e)              0.78%       0.80%       0.80%       0.80%       0.91%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.78% (e)              0.83%       0.87%       0.89%       0.89%       0.97%  
Net investment income (loss)     2.05% (e)              1.71%       1.70%       1.54%       1.50%       1.14%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     29%               78%       112%       87%       101%       87%  

 

(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)

Effective August 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund     47  


 MAIL    TELEPHONE    WEBSITE

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

(800) 225-1852

 

pgiminvestments.com

 

PROXY VOTING
The Board of Directors of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s 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 Brian K. Reid Grace C. Torres

 

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

 

MANAGER   PGIM Investments LLC  

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

SUBADVISER   QMA LLC  

Gateway Center Two
100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

DISTRIBUTOR   Prudential Investment Management Services LLC  

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

CUSTODIAN   The Bank of New York Mellon  

240 Greenwich 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 the prospectus and summary prospectus by visiting our website at 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 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, PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund, 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-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the Commission’s website at sec.gov. Form N-PORT is filed with the Commission quarterly, and each Fund’s full portfolio holdings as of the first and third fiscal quarter-ends will be made publicly available 60 days after the end of each quarter.

 

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

 

 

PGIM QMA MID-CAP VALUE FUND

 

SHARE CLASS   A   B   C   R   Z   R2   R4   R6
NASDAQ   SPRAX   SVUBX   NCBVX   SDVRX   SPVZX   PMVEX   PMVFX   PMVQX
CUSIP   74441L105   74441L204   74441L303   74441L782   74441L709   74441L758   74441L741   74441L824

 

MF202E2    


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 Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10

By:

  

/s/ Andrew R. French

  

Andrew R. French

  

Secretary

Date:

  

June 17, 2019

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:

  

June 17, 2019

 

By:

  

/s/ Christian J. Kelly

  

Christian J. Kelly

  

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Date:

  

June 17, 2019