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ADVANCED SERIES TRUST

THE PRUDENTIAL SERIES FUND

PRUDENTIAL’S GIBRALTAR FUND

(the Funds)

 

Supplement dated November 8, 2013 to each current

Statement of Additional Information,

as amended and supplemented, of the Funds

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The Boards of Trustees of each of the above-referenced Funds recently appointed a new board member. To reflect the appointment of the new board member, Part I of each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) under the section of the SAI entitled “Information About Trustees and Officers” is hereby revised to include the following biographical and other information about each new board member in the table of Interested Trustees:

 

Name, Address, Age
Position(s)
Portfolios Overseen
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years Other Directorships Held
Bruce W. Ferris (58)
Trustee/Director
Portfolios Overseen: 97
Senior Vice President, Sales and Distribution, Product, Marketing, Prudential Annuities (since May 2006); Vice President-Sales, The Hartford Insurance Company (October 1994-April 2005); Sales Manager, Aetna Investment Services (October 1993-September 1994). None.

 

To further reflect these changes, Part I of each Fund’ SAI under the section of the SAI entitled “Leadership Structure and Qualifications of Board of Trustees” is hereby revised by adding the following information to the end of the fourth paragraph in that section:

Mr. Ferris, an Interested Trustee of the Fund and other funds advised by the Investment Managers since 2013, has served as a Senior Vice President of Prudential Annuities since 2006 and has over 15 years of experience in leadership positions in the financial services industry.


To further reflect these changes, Part I of each Fund’ SAI under the section of the SAI entitled “Share Ownership” is hereby revised by replacing the existing table of trustee share ownership with the following new table which includes information pertaining to the new board members:



Name Dollar Range of Equity 
Securities in the Fund
Aggregate Dollar Range of 
Equity Securities Owned 
by Trustee in All 
Registered Investment 
Companies in Fund Complex*
Trustee Share Ownership    
Susan Davenport Austin None Over $100,000
Sherry S. Barrat None None
Kay Ryan Booth None None
Timothy S. Cronin None $50,001-$100,000
Bruce W. Ferris None None
Robert F. Gunia None over $100,000
Delayne Dedrick Gold None over $100,000
W. Scott McDonald, Jr. None over $100,000
Thomas T. Mooney None over $100,000
Thomas M. O'Brien None over $100,000
Robert F. O’Donnell None None
F. Don Schwartz None over $100,000

 *“Fund Complex” includes Advanced Series Trust, The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc., the Prudential Investments Funds, Target Funds, and any other funds that are managed by Prudential Investments LLC and /or AST Investment Services, Inc.

 

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