UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-09101

Prudential Investment Portfolios 9

(f/k/a Dryden Tax-Managed Funds)

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:

Gateway Center 3,

100 Mulberry Street,

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Address of principal executive offices:

Deborah A. Docs

Gateway Center 3,

100 Mulberry Street,

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Name and address of agent for service:

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-225-1852

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2010

Date of reporting period: 1/31/2010

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

Dryden Tax-Managed Funds -

Dryden Large-Cap Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

as of January 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

Shares		Description	Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 94.9%
COMMON STOCK
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 10.5%
Auto Components 0.3%
	21,100	Johnson Controls, Inc.	$	587,213
	21,000	TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.(a)(b)		483,630
				1,070,843
Automobiles 0.9%
	315,200	Ford Motor Co.(a)(b)		3,416,768
Diversified Consumer Services 0.2%
	12,300	DeVry, Inc.		751,038
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.7%
	19,900	McDonald’s Corp.		1,242,357
	38,000	Yum! Brands, Inc.		1,299,980
				2,542,337
Household Durables 0.8%
	23,900	American Greetings Corp.		441,672
	6,000	Fortune Brands, Inc.		249,420
	3,500	Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)		82,495
	14,600	Leggett & Platt, Inc.		266,596
	86,300	Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.		1,171,091
	24,100	Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.(a)		599,849
	3,500	Whirlpool Corp.		263,130
				3,074,253
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.1%
	25,900	Expedia, Inc.(a)(b)		554,519
Media 3.3%
	187,900	Comcast Corp. (Class A Stock)		2,974,457
	27,200	DIRECTV Group, Inc. (The)(a)		825,520
	81,200	Gannett Co., Inc.		1,311,380
	171,500	News Corp., Inc. (Class A Stock)		2,162,615
	43,366	Time Warner, Inc.		1,190,397
	22,272	Time Warner Cable, Inc.		970,836
	86,800	Viacom, Inc. (Class B Stock)(a)		2,529,352
	12,460	Walt Disney Co. (The)		368,193
				12,332,750
Multiline Retail 1.2%
	9,900	Big Lots, Inc.(a)(b)		281,259

	12,300	Kohl’s Corp.(a)(b)	619,551
	53,800	Macy’s, Inc.	857,034
	54,500	Target Corp.	2,794,215
			4,552,059
Specialty Retail 2.1%
	43,800	Best Buy Co., Inc.	1,605,270
	30,500	Chico’s FAS, Inc.(a)	389,485
	64,900	Gap, Inc. (The)	1,238,292
	15,000	Home Depot, Inc. (The)	420,150
	5,900	Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.(a)(b)	247,269
	7,200	Lithia Motors Inc.(a)	56,160
	11,200	Limited Brands, Inc.	213,024
	46,000	Ross Stores, Inc.	2,112,780
	27,900	TJX Cos., Inc.	1,060,479
	8,400	Tractor Supply Co.(a)	423,948
			7,766,857
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.9%
	58,600	Coach, Inc.	2,043,968
	14,000	Hanesbrands Inc.(a)	321,580
	20,400	Jones Apparel Group, Inc.	294,576
	1,000	Philips-Van Heusen Corp.	39,290
	2,700	Steven Madden Ltd.(a)	108,378
	10,600	VF Corp.	763,518
			3,571,310
CONSUMER STAPLES 9.6%
Beverages 2.1%
	73,300	Coca-Cola Co. (The)	3,976,525
	7,700	Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.	155,463
	3,300	Constellation Brands, Inc. (Class A Stock)(a)(b)	53,064
	39,300	Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.	1,087,038
	46,894	PepsiCo, Inc.	2,795,820
			8,067,910
Food & Staples Retailing 1.2%
	2,800	Costco Wholesale Corp.	160,804
	82,170	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	4,390,343
			4,551,147
Food Products 1.6%
	62,038	Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.	1,859,279
	38,600	Chiquita Brands International, Inc.(a)(b)	566,262
	4,500	ConAgra Foods, Inc.	102,330
	16,100	Dean Foods Co.(a)	283,843
	36,000	Del Monte Foods Co.	409,680
	4,900	General Mills, Inc.	349,419
	25,300	Kellogg Co.	1,376,826
	22,130	Kraft Foods, Inc. (Class A Stock)(b)	612,116
	49,600	Sara Lee Corp.	602,144
			6,161,899

Household Products 3.1%
	6,000	Clorox Co.	355,020
	8,270	Colgate-Palmolive Co.	661,848
	43,300	Kimberly-Clark Corp.	2,571,587
	128,964	Procter & Gamble Co.	7,937,734
			11,526,189
Personal Products 0.1%
	11,500	Avon Products, Inc.	346,610
	16,400	Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)	127,428
			474,038
Tobacco 1.5%
	64,400	Altria Group, Inc.	1,278,984
	2,500	Lorillard, Inc.	189,250
	57,900	Philip Morris International, Inc.	2,635,029
	27,400	Reynolds American, Inc.	1,457,680
			5,560,943
ENERGY 10.2%
Energy Equipment & Services 0.7%
	6,200	Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.	567,486
	13,800	FMC Technologies, Inc.(a)	733,746
	2,700	Halliburton Co.	78,867
	3,900	National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.	159,510
	15,200	Schlumberger Ltd.	964,592
			2,504,201
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 9.5%
	28,700	Anadarko Petroleum Corp.	1,830,486
	8,100	Apache Corp.	800,037
	8,900	Berry Petroleum Co. (Class A Stock)	241,012
	47,700	Chesapeake Energy Corp.	1,182,006
	95,584	Chevron Corp.	6,893,518
	88,500	ConocoPhillips	4,248,000
	3,200	Consol Energy, Inc.	149,152
	21,900	Devon Energy Corp.	1,465,329
	11,700	El Paso Corp.	118,755
	190,474	Exxon Mobil Corp.(b)	12,272,240
	4,000	Hess Corp.	231,160
	49,500	Marathon Oil Corp.	1,475,595
	25,800	Murphy Oil Corp.	1,317,864
	10,600	Occidental Petroleum Corp.	830,404
	12,900	Peabody Energy Corp.	543,348
	14,500	Southwestern Energy Co.(a)	621,760
	65,000	Spectra Energy Corp.	1,381,250
	4,400	World Fuel Services Corp.	105,732
	9,600	XTO Energy, Inc.	427,872
			36,135,520

FINANCIAL 12.5%
Capital Markets 2.1%
	20,200	Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	772,448
	2,600	Fifth Street Finance Corp.	28,470
	9,400	Franklin Resources, Inc.	930,882
	27,080	Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)	4,027,338
	11,200	Invesco Ltd.	216,160
	40,400	Morgan Stanley	1,081,912
	4,100	Pennantpark Investment Corp.	37,105
	5,300	State Street Corp.	227,264
	10,300	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.(b)	511,086
			7,832,665
Commercial Banks 1.5%
	8,400	BB&T Corp.	234,108
	8,900	PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)	493,327
	52,291	U.S. Bancorp	1,311,458
	132,264	Wells Fargo & Co.	3,760,266
			5,799,159
Consumer Finance 1.2%
	70,800	American Express Co.	2,666,328
	49,700	Capital One Financial Corp.(b)	1,831,942
	3,300	World Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)	133,287
			4,631,557
Diversified Financial Services 4.1%
	491,168	Bank of America Corp.(b)	7,455,929
	216,300	Citigroup, Inc.(b)	718,116
	2,000	CME Group, Inc.	573,640
	152,500	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	5,938,350
	17,400	Moody’s Corp.(b)	480,066
	12,400	Nasdaq OMX group, Inc. (The)(a)	223,076
			15,389,177
Insurance 2.8%
	24,200	Aflac, Inc.	1,172,006
	2,600	Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.	116,376
	24,000	Allstate Corp. (The)	718,320
	14,500	American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.	106,430
	22,900	Chubb Corp. (The)	1,145,000
	14,400	Delphi Financial Group, Inc. (Class A Stock)	291,600
	9,300	Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.	334,986
	30,200	Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.	724,498
	16,300	Lincoln National Corp.	400,654
	38,600	MetLife, Inc.	1,363,352
	3,900	PartnerRe Ltd.	290,901
	8,100	Principal Financial Group, Inc.	186,705
	19,100	Protective Life Corp.	321,835

	1,800	Torchmark Corp.	80,820
	34,197	Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)	1,732,762
	68,700	UnumProvident Corp.	1,344,459
	4,200	XL Capital, Ltd. (Class A Stock)	70,434
			10,401,138
Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.7%
	37,900	Annaly Mortgage Management, Inc.	658,702
	40,200	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.(b)	402,000
	100,100	Chimera Investment Corp.	392,392
	33,200	Colonial Properties Trust(b)	365,532
	52,078	Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a)(b)	552,027
	48,900	MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc	359,904
	3,100	ProLogis Trust(b)	39,060
			2,769,617
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.1%
	12,900	Astoria Financial Corp.	170,280
HEALTHCARE 13.7%
Biotechnology 0.6%
	14,700	Amgen, Inc.(a)	859,656
	14,300	Biogen Idec, Inc.(a)	768,482
	13,600	Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)	656,472
			2,284,610
Healthcare Equipment & Supplies 2.9%
	26,700	American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)	512,640
	22,200	Baxter International, Inc.	1,278,498
	12,600	Becton Dickinson and Co.	949,662
	39,600	CareFusion Corp.(a)(b)	1,019,700
	24,800	Hospira, Inc.(a)	1,255,872
	7,600	Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)	2,493,256
	73,500	Medtronic, Inc.	3,152,415
	4,300	Quidel Corp.(a)	57,104
	2,100	Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.(a)	67,557
	1,500	STERIS Corp.	39,120
	3,300	Stryker Corp.	171,336
			10,997,160
Healthcare Providers & Services 2.7%
	7,300	Aetna, Inc.	218,781
	24,000	Coventry Health Care, Inc.(a)	549,120
	5,900	Express Scripts, Inc.(a)(b)	494,774
	600	Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)	42,660
	4,100	Lincare Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)	150,962
	27,000	Medco Health Solutions, Inc.(a)	1,659,960
	15,300	Quest Diagnostics, Inc.(b)	851,751
	85,600	UnitedHealth Group, Inc.	2,824,800
	50,400	WellPoint, Inc.(a)	3,211,488
			10,004,296

Healthcare Technology
	1,300	Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.	48,919
Life Sciences, Tools & Services 1.2%
	13,300	Bruker Corp.(a)	163,191
	4,300	Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)	419,121
	5,500	Millipore Corp.(a)(b)	379,335
	55,000	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(a)	2,538,250
	20,900	Waters Corp.(a)(b)	1,190,882
			4,690,779
Pharmaceuticals 6.3%
	35,100	Abbott Laboratories	1,858,194
	41,100	Allergan, Inc.	2,363,250
	135,500	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.	3,300,780
	43,500	Eli Lilly & Co.	1,531,200
	9,900	Forest Laboratories, Inc.(a)	293,436
	98,799	Johnson & Johnson	6,210,506
	105,400	Merck & Co., Inc.	4,024,172
	19,500	Par Pharmaceutical Cos, Inc.(a)	513,240
	185,834	Pfizer, Inc.	3,467,662
	8,400	Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)	322,308
			23,884,748
INDUSTRIALS 10.1%
Aerospace & Defense 3.6%
	5,500	Alliant Techsystems, Inc.(a)	434,335
	2,100	American Science & Engineering, Inc.	163,044
	10,600	Boeing Co. (The)	642,360
	37,100	General Dynamics Corp.	2,480,135
	13,600	Honeywell International, Inc.	525,504
	1,900	ITT Corp.	91,789
	12,100	L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.	1,008,414
	9,000	Lockheed Martin Corp.	670,680
	35,100	Northrop Grumman Corp.	1,986,660
	51,800	Raytheon Co.	2,715,874
	6,400	Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)	238,464
	39,700	United Technologies Corp.	2,678,956
			13,636,215
Air Freight & Logistics 1.6%
	22,300	C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.	1,262,849
	24,400	FedEx Corp.	1,911,740
	48,500	United Parcel Service, Inc. (Class B Stock)	2,801,845
			5,976,434
Airlines 0.1%
	8,800	Alaska Airgroup Inc.(a)	275,792
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.4%
	6,200	Avery Dennison Corp.	201,562

	30,100	R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.	596,582
	24,600	Waste Management, Inc.(b)	788,430
			1,586,574
Electrical Equipment 0.4%
	30,100	Emerson Electric Co.	1,250,354
	8,000	Roper Industries, Inc.	400,640
			1,650,994
Industrial Conglomerates 1.8%
	31,800	3M Co.	2,559,582
	264,900	General Electric Co.	4,259,592
			6,819,174
Machinery 1.1%
	8,700	Colfax Corp.(a)	98,049
	5,900	Crane Co.	180,068
	15,400	Danaher Corp.	1,098,790
	26,500	Dover Corp.	1,136,320
	4,100	Flowserve Corp.	369,697
	24,500	Illinois Tool Works, Inc.	1,067,955
			3,950,879
Professional Services
	5,200	Equifax, Inc.	166,400
Road & Rail 0.8%
	16,900	CSX Corp.	724,334
	28,800	Ryder System, Inc.	1,048,320
	20,300	Union Pacific Corp.	1,228,150
			3,000,804
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.3%
	7,100	W.W. Grainger, Inc.	704,888
	12,400	WESCO International, Inc.(a)	343,728
			1,048,616
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 19.4%
Communications Equipment 2.2%
	237,050	Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)	5,326,514
	26,100	Harris Corp.	1,120,212
	32,400	Juniper Networks, Inc.(a)	804,492
	40,300	Motorola, Inc.(a)	247,845
	16,000	QUALCOMM, Inc.	627,040
	12,800	Riverbed Technology, Inc.(a)	286,976
			8,413,079
Computers & Peripherals 5.9%
	33,190	Apple, Inc.(a)	6,376,463

	53,700	Dell, Inc.(a)	692,730
	128,700	EMC Corp.(a)	2,145,429
	93,725	Hewlett-Packard Co.	4,411,636
	51,470	International Business Machines Corp.	6,299,413
	2,400	NetApp, Inc.(a)	69,912
	14,900	Seagate Technology LLC	249,277
	8,700	Teradata Corp.(a)	243,339
	51,500	Western Digital Corp.(a)	1,956,485
			22,444,684
Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.6%
	74,700	Corning, Inc.	1,350,576
	53,100	Jabil Circuit, Inc.	768,888
	2,500	Tech Data Corp.(a)	101,875
			2,221,339
Internet Software & Services 1.6%
	3,678	AOL, Inc.(a)	88,162
	76,500	eBay, Inc.(a)(b)	1,761,030
	8,000	Google, Inc. (Class A Stock)(a)	4,235,360
			6,084,552
IT Services 2.1%
	600	Computer Sciences Corp.(a)	30,780
	64,000	Convergys Corp.(a)	684,800
	3,600	Fiserv, Inc.(a)	162,144
	9,300	Mastercard, Inc. (Class A Stock)(b)	2,324,070
	37,400	Visa, Inc. (Class A Stock)	3,067,922
	95,100	Western Union Co. (The)	1,763,154
			8,032,870
Office Electronics 0.4%
	153,700	Xerox Corp.(b)	1,340,264
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.4%
	50,600	Broadcom Corp. (Class A Stock)(a)	1,352,032
	297,900	Intel Corp.	5,779,260
	14,900	Linear Technology Corp.	388,890
	43,500	LSI Corp.(a)	217,065
	17,400	Marvell Technology Group Ltd.(a)	303,282
	110,100	Micron Technology, Inc.(a)(b)	960,072
	49,900	National Semiconductor Corp.	661,674
	121,500	Texas Instruments, Inc.	2,733,750
	5,200	Zoran Corp.(a)	57,044
			12,453,069
Software 3.2%
	32,000	Adobe Systems, Inc.(a)	1,033,600
	10,600	BMC Software, Inc.(a)	409,584
	6,300	Interactive Intelligence, Inc.(a)	108,990

	64,500	Intuit, Inc.(a)	1,909,845
	29,900	McAfee, Inc.(a)	1,127,230
	228,500	Microsoft Corp.	6,439,130
	52,800	Oracle Corp.	1,217,568
	8,200	Symantec Corp.(a)	138,990
			12,384,937
MATERIALS 3.5%
Chemicals 0.9%
	12,300	Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.	934,308
	21,700	E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.	707,637
	9,900	Eastman Chemical Co.	559,647
	5,100	Ecolab, Inc.	223,890
	3,700	Mosaic Co. (The)	197,987
	5,600	Newmarket Corp.	505,232
	6,200	Praxair, Inc.	466,984
			3,595,685
Containers & Packaging 0.3%
	1,400	Owens-Illinois, Inc.(a)	38,108
	40,600	Pactiv Corp.(a)	915,530
			953,638
Metals & Mining 2.0%
	36,100	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.	2,407,509
	53,100	Newmont Mining Corp.	2,275,866
	23,100	Nucor Corp.	942,480
	45,800	Southern Copper Corp.	1,219,654
	5,400	Walter Energy, Inc.	350,568
			7,196,077
Paper & Forest Products 0.3%
	54,100	MeadWestvaco Corp.	1,302,187
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 3.2%
Diversified Telecommunication Services 3.2%
	260,268	AT&T, Inc.	6,600,396
	35,200	CenturyTel, Inc.	1,197,152
	131,900	Verizon Communications, Inc.(b)	3,880,498
	18,500	Windstream Corp.(b)	190,735
			11,868,781
Wireless Telecommunication Services
	4,000	NII Holdings, Inc.(a)	130,960
UTILITIES 2.2%
Electric Utilities 1.1%
	45,500	Allegheny Energy, Inc.	953,225
	25,400	American Electric Power Co., Inc.	880,110

	37,300	Duke Energy Corp.		616,569
	18,900	Edison International		629,748
	4,000	Exelon Corp.		182,480
	4,500	FPL Group, Inc.		219,420
	22,000	Pepco Holdings, Inc.		361,240
	4,100	Pinnacle West Capital Corp.		146,862
				3,989,654
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 0.3%
	6,000	AES Corp.(The)(a)		75,780
	33,500	Constellation Energy Group, Inc.		1,081,380
				1,157,160
Multi-Utilities 0.7%
	10,200	CMS Energy Corp.(b)		154,734
	9,000	Inetgrys Energy Group, Inc.		376,650
	48,800	Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.		1,492,792
	8,900	Sempra Energy		451,675
	9,600	Xcel Energy, Inc.		199,488
				2,675,339
Water Utilities 0.1%
	14,100	American Water Works Co., Inc.		307,380
		Total long-term investments (cost $296,610,565)		358,182,223
Principal Amount (000)
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 13.3%
United States Government Security 0.4%
	$          1,500	United States Treasury Bill 0.120% 6/17/10(c)(d) (cost $1,499,259)		1,499,405
Shares
Affiliated Money Market Mutual Fund 12.9%
	48,673,338	Dryden Core Investment Fund - Taxable Money Market Series (cost $48,673,338; includes $30,612,081 of cash collateral received for securities on loan)(e)(f)		48,673,338
		Total short-term investments (cost $50,172,597)(g)		50,172,743
		Total Investments 108.2% (cost $346,783,162)		408,354,966
		Liabilities in excess of other assets(h) (8.2%)		(31,103,640	)
		Net Assets 100.0%	$	377,251,326

(a) Non- income producing security.

(b) All or a portion of a security on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities is $29,317,173; cash collateral of $30,612,081 (included in liabilities) was received with which the Fund purchased highly liquid short-term investments.

(c) All or a portion of security segregated as collateral for financial futures contracts.

(d) Rate quoted represents yield-to-maturity as of purchase date.

(e) Represents security, or portion thereof, purchased with the cash collateral received for securities on loan.

(f) Prudential Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as the manager of the Dryden Core Investment Fund - Taxable Money Market Series.

(g) The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of January 31, 2010 were as follows:

Tax Basis of Investments		Appreciation		Depreciation			Net Unrealized Appreciation
$	348,313,404	$	61,730,058	$	(1,688,496	)	$	60,041,562

The difference between book basis and tax basis was primarily attributable to deferred losses on wash sales.

(h) Liabilities in excess of other assets include net unrealized depreciation of financial futures as follows:

Open futures contracts outstanding at January 31, 2010:

Number of Contracts	Type	Expiration Date	Value at January 31, 2010		Value at Trade Date		Unrealized Depreciation(1)
	Long Positions:
330	S&P 500 EMINI FUT	Mar 2010	$	17,661,600	$	18,371,998	$	(710,398	)

(1) The amount represents fair value of derivative instruments subject to equity contracts risk exposure as of January 31, 2010.

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 - quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of January 31, 2010 in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

	Level 1			Level 2		Level 3
Investments in Securities
Common Stocks	$	358,182,223		$	—	$	—
United States Government Security		—			1,499,405		—
Affiliated Money Market Mutual Fund		48,673,338			—		—
		406,855,561			1,499,405		—
Other Financial Instruments*		(710,398	)		—		—
Total	$	406,145,163		$	1,499,405	$	—

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

As of October 31, 2009 and January 31, 2010, the Fund did not use any significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining the value of investments.

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

Securities Valuation: Securities listed on a securities exchange (other than options on securities and indices) are valued at the last sale price on such exchange on the day of valuation or, if there was no sale on such day, at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices, or at the last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price. Securities traded via Nasdaq are valued at the Nasdaq official closing price (“NOCP”) on the day of valuation, or if there was no NOCP, at the last sale price. Securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by Prudential Investments LLC (“PI” or “Manager”), in consultation with the subadvisers, to be over-the-counter, are valued at market value using prices provided by an independent pricing agent or principal market maker.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring after the close of the security’s foreign market and before the fund’s normal pricing time, are valued at fair value in accordance with the Board of Trustees’ approved fair valuation procedures. When determining the fair valuation 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 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 investment adviser 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 mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

Futures contracts and options thereon traded on a commodities exchange or board of trade are valued at the last sale price at the close of trading on such exchange or board of trade or, if there was no sale on the applicable commodities exchange or board of trade on such day, at the mean between the most recently quoted bid and asked prices on such exchange or board of trade or at the last bid price in the absence of an asked price.

Market value of investments traded in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at the current rates of exchange.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the net asset value as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the date of valuation.

Short-term debt securities of sufficient credit quality which mature in sixty days or less, are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost on the date of purchase and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of the difference between the principal amount due at maturity and cost. Short-term debt securities which mature in more than sixty days are valued at current market quotations.

The Fund invests in the Taxable Money Market Series (“the Portfolio”), a portfolio of Dryden Core Investment Fund. The Portfolio is a money market mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and managed by PI.

Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent Report to Shareholders. This information is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov).

Item 2. 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 have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Item 3. Exhibits

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 – Attached hereto.

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 9 (f/k/a Dryden Tax-Managed Funds)

By (Signature and Title)*	/S/    DEBORAH A. DOCS
	Deborah A. Docs
	Secretary of the Fund

Date March 29, 2010

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 (Signature and Title)*	/S/    JUDY A. RICE
	Judy A. Rice
	President and Principal Executive Officer

Date March 29, 2010

By (Signature and Title)*	/S/    GRACE C. TORRES
	Grace C. Torres
	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date March 29, 2010

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.