N-Q 1 dnq.htm PRUDENTIAL'S GIBRALTAR FUND, INC. Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc.

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:   811-01660
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:   Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc.
Address of principal executive offices:  

Gateway Center 3,

100 Mulberry Street,

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Name and address of agent for service:  

Deborah A. Docs

Gateway Center 3,

100 Mulberry Street,

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   973-367-7521
Date of fiscal year end:   12/31/2008
Date of reporting period:   9/30/2008


Item 1. Schedule of Investments


PRUDENTIAL’S GIBRALTAR FUND, INC.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

   as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)

 

     Shares    Value

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS — 97.4%

     

COMMON STOCKS

     

Aerospace & Defense — 4.8%

     

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   13,200    $ 1,447,644

Raytheon Co.

   62,600      3,349,726

United Technologies Corp.

   57,000      3,423,420
         
        8,220,790
         

Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%

     

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   54,100      1,884,844
         

Beverages — 3.1%

     

PepsiCo, Inc.

   75,400      5,373,758
         

Biotechnology — 2.8%

     

Genentech, Inc.(a)

   53,600      4,753,248
         

Capital Markets — 9.4%

     

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

   324,900      8,447,400

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

   30,700      3,929,600

Lazard Ltd., “Class A”

   87,000      3,720,120
         
        16,097,120
         

Chemicals — 4.6%

     

Monsanto Co.

   78,700      7,789,726
         

Communications Equipment — 8.3%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)

   330,400      7,453,824

Nokia OYJ (ADR) (Finland)

   128,100      2,389,065

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   101,800      4,374,346
         
        14,217,235
         

Computers & Peripherals — 5.1%

     

Apple, Inc.(a)

   27,100      3,080,186

Hewlett-Packard Co.

   121,700      5,627,408
         
        8,707,594
         

Diversified Financial Services — 1.5%

     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   29,600      1,382,320

NYSE Euronext

   30,000      1,175,400
         
        2,557,720
         

Electrical Equipment — 1.3%

     

ABB Ltd. (ADR) (Switzerland)

   114,100      2,213,540
         


Energy Equipment & Services — 4.7%

     

Halliburton Co.

   120,100    3,890,039

Schlumberger Ltd.

   54,000    4,216,860
       
      8,106,899
       

Food & Staples Retailing — 9.6%

     

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   90,100    5,850,193

CVS/Caremark Corp.

   146,500    4,931,190

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   95,500    5,719,495
       
      16,500,878
       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 6.8%

     

Alcon, Inc.

   39,600    6,395,796

Baxter International, Inc.

   80,200    5,263,526
       
      11,659,322
       

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.3%

     

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.(a)

   50,800    2,286,000
       

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0%

     

Burger King Holdings, Inc.

   106,100    2,605,816

Marriott International, Inc., “Class A”

   33,800    881,842
       
      3,487,658
       

Household Products — 2.6%

     

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   59,100    4,453,185
       

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%

     

McDermott International, Inc.(a)

   40,700    1,039,885
       

Insurance — 1.2%

     

XL Capital Ltd., “Class A”

   112,600    2,020,044
       

Internet Software & Services — 3.4%

     

Google, Inc., “Class A”(a)

   14,400    5,767,488
       

IT Services — 2.4%

     

Visa, Inc., “Class A”

   68,000    4,174,520
       

Life Sciences, Tools & Services — 2.3%

     

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.(a)

   72,400    3,982,000
       

Machinery — 1.2%

     

Flowserve Corp.

   22,700    2,015,079
       

Media — 1.8%

     

Walt Disney Co. (The)

   97,700    2,998,413
       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.8%

     

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   37,800    2,663,010

Southwestern Energy Co.(a)

   71,900    2,195,826
       


        4,858,836
         

Pharmaceuticals — 7.4%

     

Abbott Laboratories

   90,200      5,193,716

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (ADR) (Israel)

   90,600      4,148,574

Wyeth

   91,000      3,361,540
         
        12,703,830
         

Software — 3.6%

     

Adobe Systems, Inc.(a)

   105,200      4,152,244

Microsoft Corp.

   74,400      1,985,736
         
        6,137,980
         

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7%

     

NIKE, Inc., “Class B”

   42,300      2,829,870
         

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS

     

(cost $148,115,720)

        166,837,462
         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 2.2%

     

Affiliated Money Market Mutual Fund

     

Dryden Core Investment Fund—Taxable Money Market Series

     

(cost $3,752,907)(b)

   3,752,907      3,752,907
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.6%

     

(cost $151,868,627)(c)

        170,590,369

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.4%

        681,780
         

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

      $ 171,272,149
         

The following abbreviation is used in portfolio descriptions:

ADR American Depositary Receipt

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Prudential Investments LLC, the Manager of the Fund, also serves as Manager of the Dryden Core Investment Fund – Taxable Money Market Series.
(c) The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of September 30, 2008 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis of Investments

  Appreciation   Depreciation     Net Unrealized Appreciation
$ 153,376,034   $ 27,413,581   $ (10,199,246 )   $ 17,214,335

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


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 September 30, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

Valuation inputs

   Investments
in Securities
   Other Financial
Instruments*

Level 1 - Quoted Prices

   $ 170,590,369    —  

Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs

     —      —  

Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs

     —      —  
           

Total

   $ 170,590,369    —  
           

 

* 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 December 31, 2007 and September 30, 2008, the Fund did not use any significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining the valuation 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 subadviser; 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 Directors’ 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.

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.

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

Short-term debt securities, which mature in sixty days or less are valued at, amortized cost, which approximates market value. The amortized cost method includes 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 Portfolio invests in the Taxable Money Market Series (the “Series”), a portfolio of Dryden Core Investment Fund, pursuant to an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Series is a money market mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and managed by PI.

Other information regarding each fund is available in the respective fund’s most recent Report of 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’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc.
By   (Signature and Title)*   

/s/ Deborah A. Docs

     Deborah A. Docs
     Secretary of the Fund                                

Date November 24, 2008

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/ Steve Pelletier

     Steve Pelletier
     President and Principal Executive Officer

Date November 24, 2008

 

By   (Signature and Title)*   

/s/ Grace C. Torres

     Grace C. Torres
     Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date November 24, 2008

 

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