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&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.70pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;(each a &#x201c;Fund&#x201d; and collectively the &#x201c;Funds&#x201d;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Supplement dated &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;September 24, 2024&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"&gt;to the Funds&#x2019; Currently Effective Summary Prospectus and Prospectus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;As described in detail in the Funds&#x2019; prospectus, an investment in shares of a Fund is subject to a pre-determined upside return cap (the &#x201c;Cap&#x201d;) that represents the maximum percentage return an investor can achieve from an investment in the Fund for the entire Target Outcome Period (an approximately one year period over which each Fund seeks to produce the target outcome). The Target Outcome Period for each Fund will commence on October 1, 2024 and end on September 30, 2025. Each Fund&#x2019;s Cap will not be determined until the start of the Target Outcome Period on October 1, 2024. As of September 23, 2024, the expected range of each Fund&#x2019;s Cap (before fees and expenses) is set forth below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Fund Name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Ticker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Estimated Cap Range&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;PGIM US Large-Cap Buffer 12 ETF &#x2013; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;October&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;OCTP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;12.0% &#x2013; 14.0% before fees and expenses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;(11.5% &#x2013; 13.5% after taking into account &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;the Fund&#x2019;s unitary management fee)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;PGIM US Large-Cap Buffer 20 ETF &#x2013; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;October&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;PBOC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;8.8% &#x2013; 10.8% before fees and expenses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;(8.3% &#x2013; 10.3% after taking into account &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;the Fund&#x2019;s unitary management fee)&lt;/span&gt;</rr:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock>
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