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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2022
REGISTRATION NO. 333-37728
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT NO. 811-07325
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-4
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 37
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 213
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PRUCO LIFE FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant)
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
213 WASHINGTON STREET
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102-2992
(973) 802-7333
(Address and telephone number of Depositor's principal executive offices)
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J. MICHAEL LOW, ESQ
C/O KUTAK ROCK LLP
8601 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD, SUITE 300
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85253-2738
(480) 429-4874
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
RICHARD H. KIRK
VICE PRESIDENT
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ONE CORPORATE DRIVE
SHELTON, CONNECTICUT 06484
(203) 925-3707
Approximate Date of Proposed Sale to the Public: Continuous
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It is proposed that this filing become effective: (check appropriate space)
[ X ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] on __________ pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of Rule 485
[ ] on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of Rule 485
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule 485
[ ] on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:
[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.




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EXPLANATORY NOTE:

Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to Registration Statement No. 333-37728 for the purpose of including in the Registration Statement a Prospectus supplement. The Prospectuses and the Statement of Additional Information, including financial statements filed therewith, are incorporated into Parts A and B of this Post-Effective Amendment by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 filed on April 5, 2022.
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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
PRUCO LIFE FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

Supplement dated December 22, 2022
to Prospectuses and Updating Summary Prospectuses dated May 1, 2022
This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the current Prospectus and Updating Summary Prospectus ("Prospectus(es)") for your Annuity and should be retained for future reference. This Supplement is intended to update certain information in the Prospectus for the variable annuity you own and is not intended to be a prospectus or offer for any other variable annuity that you do not own. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information.
This Supplement describes changes to variable investment options available through your Annuity and updates other information in the prospectus for your Annuity. Please check your Annuity Prospectus to determine which of the following changes affect the Annuity that you own. If you would like another copy of the current Annuity Prospectus, please call us at 1-888-PRU-2888.
Portfolio Mergers:
Subject to shareholder approval, the following Target Portfolios will be merged into the following Acquiring Portfolios on or about the effective dates (the “Effective Dates”), as noted below. As of the Effective Date, all references to the Target Portfolios will be replaced with the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio, respectively.
Effective DatesTarget PortfoliosAcquiring Portfolios
January 23, 2023AST Cohen & Steers Global Realty PortfolioAST Cohen & Steers Realty Portfolio
January 23, 2023AST BlackRock Global Strategies PortfolioAST J.P. Morgan Tactical Preservation Portfolio
February 27, 2023AST BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation ETF PortfolioAST Balanced Asset Allocation Portfolio
February 27, 2023AST BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation ETF Portfolio
AST MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio
AST Capital Growth Asset Allocation Portfolio
February 27, 2023AST American Funds Growth Allocation Portfolio
AST Wellington Management Hedged Equity Portfolio
AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio
February 27, 2023AST Franklin 85/15 Diversified Allocation PortfolioAST T. Rowe Price Growth Opportunities Portfolio
February 27, 2023AST Prudential Flexible Multi-Strategy Portfolio
AST T. Rowe Price Diversified Real Growth Portfolio
PSF PGIM Flexible Managed Portfolio – Class III
March 13, 2023AST Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt PortfolioAST Global Bond Portfolio
March 13, 2023
AST International Value Portfolio
AST J.P. Morgan International Equity Portfolio
AST QMA International Core Equity Portfolio
PSF International Growth Portfolio - Class I
AST International Equity Portfolio (formerly AST International Growth Portfolio)
For each of the mergers listed above, on the Effective Date, the Target Portfolio will no longer be available under your annuity contract, and any Account Value allocated to the Sub-account investing in each of the Target Portfolios will be transferred to the Sub-account investing in the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio, as noted above. Your Account Value in the units of the Sub-account investing in the Acquiring Portfolio will be equal to your Account Value of the units of the Sub-account invested in the Target Portfolio immediately prior to the merger.
Please note that you may transfer Account Value out of your Target Portfolio into an investment option available under your Annuity contract any time prior to the Effective Date. Transfers occurring within 60 days prior to the Effective Date of each merger will be free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers under your Annuity contract. Also, for a period of 60 days after the Effective Date of each merger, any Account Value that was transferred to your Acquiring Portfolio as a result of the merger can be transferred into an investment option available under your Annuity contract free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers. It is important to note that any investment option into which you make your transfer will be subject to the transfer limitations described in your Prospectus. Please refer to your Prospectus for detailed information about investment options.
After the Effective Dates shown above, the Target Portfolios will no longer exist and, unless you instruct us otherwise, any outstanding instruction you have on file with us that designates a Target Portfolio will be deemed an instruction for the corresponding Acquiring Portfolio. This includes, but is not limited to, Systematic Withdrawals and Dollar Cost Averaging.
AST International Growth Portfolio - Portfolio Name Change and Subadviser Changes:
Contingent on shareholder approval of the mergers listed above, effective on or about March 13, 2023 (the "Effective Date") all references to AST International Growth Portfolio will be changed to AST International Equity Portfolio.
Current Portfolio NameNew Portfolio Name
AST International Growth PortfolioAST International Equity Portfolio
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Additionally, on the Effective Date, Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC and William Blair Investment Management, LLC will be replaced with J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., LSV Asset Management, Massachusetts Financial Services Company, and PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC as subadvisers to the Portfolio.
AST Academic Strategies Asset Allocation Portfolio - Subadviser Change:
Effective December 12, 2022, First Quadrant, LLC was replaced with Systematica Investments Limited.
Portfolio Additions:
Subject to shareholder approval of the mergers listed above, effective on each respective Effective Date, the following portfolios will be added to “Appendix A – Portfolios Available Under the Annuity” for Annuity contracts that do not currently offer these Portfolios.
Fund TypePortfolio Company and Adviser/SubadviserCurrent ExpensesAverage Annual Total Returns
 (as of 12/31/21)
1-Year5-Year10-Year
Equity
AST International Equity Portfolio (formerly AST International Growth Portfolio)*,1

Jennison Associates LLC
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
William Blair Investment Management, LLC
1.06%12.50%18.03%11.90%
Allocation
AST J.P. Morgan Tactical Preservation Portfolio*,1

J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
0.91%7.95%7.95%7.01%
Allocation
AST Prudential Growth Allocation Portfolio1

Jennison Associates LLC
PGIM Fixed Income
PGIM Limited
PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC
PGIM Real Estate
0.87%16.70%9.57%9.57%
Allocation
PSF PGIM Flexible Managed Portfolio - Class III2

PGIM Fixed Income
PGIM Limited
PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC
0.86%17.05%10.89%10.63%
(1)
These Portfolios are also offered in other variable annuity contracts that utilize a predetermined mathematical formula to manage the guarantees offered in connection with optional benefits.
Those other variable annuity contracts offer certain optional living benefits that utilize a predetermined mathematical formula (the “formula”) to manage the guarantees offered in connection with those optional benefits. The formula monitors each contract Owner’s Account Value daily and, if necessary, will systematically transfer amounts among Investment Options. The formula transfers funds between the Sub-accounts for those variable annuity contracts and an AST bond portfolio Sub-account (those AST bond portfolios are not available in connection with the annuity contracts offered through this prospectus). You should be aware that the operation of the formula in those other variable annuity contracts may result in large-scale asset flows into and out of the underlying Portfolios that are available with your contract. These asset flows could adversely impact the underlying Portfolios, including their risk profile, expenses and performance. Because transfers between the Sub-accounts and the AST bond Sub-account can be frequent and the amount transferred can vary from day to day, any of the underlying Portfolios could experience the following effects, among others:
(1)a Portfolio’s investment performance could be adversely affected by requiring a subadviser to purchase and sell securities at inopportune times or by otherwise limiting the subadviser’s ability to fully implement the Portfolio’s investment strategy;
(2)the subadviser may be required to hold a larger portion of assets in highly liquid securities than it otherwise would hold, which could adversely affect performance if the highly liquid securities underperform other securities (e.g., equities) that otherwise would have been held; and
(3)a Portfolio may experience higher turnover and greater negative asset flows than it would have experienced without the formula, which could result in higher operating expense ratios and higher transaction costs for the Portfolio compared to other similar funds.
The efficient operation of the asset flows among Portfolios triggered by the formula depends on active and liquid markets. If market liquidity is strained, the asset flows may not operate as intended. For example, it is possible that illiquid markets or other market stress could cause delays in the transfer of cash from one portfolio to another portfolio, which in turn could adversely impact performance.
Before you allocate to the Sub-account with the AST Portfolios listed above, you should consider the potential effects on the Portfolios that are the result of the operation of the formula in the variable annuity contracts that are unrelated to your Variable Annuity. Please work with your financial professional to determine which Portfolios are appropriate for your needs.
(2)This Portfolio is available exclusively with the Prudential Premier® Investment Variable Annuity.
*This information includes annual expenses that reflect temporary fee reductions.
You may wish to consult with your financial professional to determine if your existing allocation instructions should be changed before or after the Effective Date.


THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ AND RETAINED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
GENPRODSUP21


PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 27. EXHIBITS:

(b)    Agreements for custody of securities and similar investments--Not Applicable.






(i)     Not applicable.
(j)    Not applicable.
(m)    Not applicable.
(n)    Not applicable.
(o)    Not applicable.




ITEM 28. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE DEPOSITOR:
NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ADDRESSPOSITION AND OFFICES WITH DEPOSITOR
Dylan J. Tyson
One Corporate Drive
Shelton, Connecticut 06484
President & Chief Executive Officer and Director
Robert E. Boyle
655 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Vice President, Director, Chief Accounting Officer, and Chief Financial Officer
Markus Coombs
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Vice President and Director
Michael A. Pignatella
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary
Candace J. Woods
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Director
Salene Hitchcock-Gear
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Director
Caroline A. Feeney
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Director
Nandini Mongia
751 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Director and Treasurer
Todd Bryden
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Chief Actuary and Senior Vice President

ITEM 29. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE DEPOSITOR OR REGISTRANT:
The Registrant separate account may be deemed to be under common control (or where indicated, identical to) the following separate accounts that are sponsored either by the depositor or an insurer that is an affiliate of the depositor: The Prudential Discovery Premier Group Variable Contract Account, The Prudential Variable Appreciable Account, The Prudential Individual Variable Contract Account, The Prudential Variable Contract Account GI-2, The Prudential Qualified Individual Variable Contract Account, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-24, The Prudential Discovery Select Group Variable Annuity Contract Account (separate accounts of Prudential); the Pruco Life Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account; the Pruco Life PRUvider Variable Appreciable Account; the Pruco Life Variable Universal Account, the Pruco Life Variable Insurance Account, the Pruco Life Variable Appreciable Account, the Pruco Life Single Premium Variable Life Account, the Pruco Life Single Premium Variable Annuity Account (separate accounts of Pruco Life Insurance Company ("Pruco Life"); the Pruco Life of New Jersey Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account; the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Insurance Account, the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account, the Pruco Life of New Jersey Single Premium Variable Life Account, and the Pruco Life of New Jersey Single Premium Variable Annuity Account (separate accounts of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco Life of New Jersey"). Pruco Life, a life insurance company organized under the laws of Arizona, is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. Pruco Life of New Jersey, a life insurance company organized under the laws of New Jersey, is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Pruco Life, and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc.
The subsidiaries of Prudential Financial Inc. ("PFI") are listed under Exhibit 21.1 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PFI (Registration No. 001-16707), filed on February 17, 2022, the text of which is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition to those subsidiaries, Prudential holds all of the voting securities of Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation, in three of its separate accounts. Prudential's Gibraltar Fund, Inc. is registered as an open-end, diversified, management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act"). The separate accounts listed above are registered as unit investment trusts under the Act. Registrant may also be deemed to be under common control with The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2, The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10, and The Prudential Variable Account Contract Account-11, (separate accounts of The Prudential Insurance Company of America which are registered as open-end, diversified management investment companies).
ITEM 30. INDEMNIFICATION:
The Registrant, in conjunction with certain of its affiliates, maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a trustee, director, officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant, or who is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a trustee, director, officer, employee or agent of such other affiliated trust or corporation, against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her arising out of his or her position with such trust or corporation.



Arizona, the state of organization of Pruco Life Insurance Company ("Pruco"), permits entities organized under its jurisdiction to indemnify directors and officers with certain limitations. The relevant provisions of Arizona law permitting indemnification can be found in Section 10-850 et. seq. of the Arizona Statutes Annotated. The text of Pruco's By-law, Article VIII, which relates to indemnification of officers and directors, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to its form 10-Q filed August 15, 1997.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
ITEM 31. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS:
(a)    Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. (PAD)
PAD serves as principal underwriter for variable annuities issued by each of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey. Each of those insurers is part of Prudential Annuities, a business unit of Prudential Financial, that primarily issues individual variable annuity contracts. The separate accounts of those insurance companies, through which the bulk of the variable annuities are issued, are the Pruco Life Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account and the Pruco Life of New Jersey Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Account.
(b)    Information concerning the directors and officers of PAD is set forth below:

NAMEPOSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH UNDERWRITER
Aismara J. Casanova
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
President and Director
James F. Mullery
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Anju Nanda
One Corporate Drive
Shelton, Connecticut 06484
Senior Vice President and Director
Robert E. Boyle
655 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Senior Vice President and Director
Dianne D. Bogoian
One Corporate Drive
Shelton, Connecticut 06484
Senior Vice President and Director
Elizabeth Guerrera
One Corporate Drive
Shelton, Connecticut 06484
Vice President and Director
Patricia L. O'Shea
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Chief Operating Officer
Kevin M. Brayton
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Senior Vice President and Director
Francine B. Boucher
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Secretary
Kevin Chaillet
751 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Treasurer
Robert P. Smit
751 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Chief Financial Officer and Controller
Shane T. McGrath
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President
Michael A. Pignatella
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Jessica Conley
2101 Welsh Road
Dresher, Pennsylvania 19025
Vice President



Kelly Florio
751 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
Commissions received by PAD during 2021 with respect to all individual annuities issued by Pruco Life.


NAME OF PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER
NET UNDERWRITING DISCOUNTS AND COMMISSIONS
COMPENSATION ON REDEMPTION

BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS


COMPENSATION

Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc.*

$378,963,365.78

$-0-

$-0-

$-0-
* PAD did not retain any of these commissions.

ITEM 32. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
All accounts, books or other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder are maintained by the Registrant through The Prudential Insurance Company of America, at its offices in Shelton, Connecticut and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
ITEM 33. MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Summary of any contract not discussed in Part A and Part B of the registration statement under which management-related services are provided to the Registrant—Not applicable.
ITEM 34. FEE REPRESENTATION
Pruco Life hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the contracts described in this Registration Statement are in the aggregate reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Pruco Life.



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Newark and the State of New Jersey on this 22nd day of December 2022.
PRUCO LIFE FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT
REGISTRANT
BY: PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DEPOSITOR
By:
Dylan J. Tyson*
Dylan J. Tyson
President and Chief Executive Officer

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DEPOSITOR
By:Dylan J. Tyson*
Dylan J. Tyson
President and Chief Executive Officer

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURETITLE
Dylan J. Tyson*Director, President and Chief Executive OfficerDecember 22, 2022
Dylan J. Tyson
Robert E. Boyle*Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Director December 22, 2022
Robert E. Boyle
Markus Coombs*Director and Vice PresidentDecember 22, 2022
Markus Coombs
Nandini Mongia*Director and TreasurerDecember 22, 2022
Nandini Mongia
Candace J. Woods*DirectorDecember 22, 2022
Candace J. Woods
Caroline A. Feeney*DirectorDecember 22, 2022
Caroline A. Feeney
Salene Hitchcock-Gear*DirectorDecember 22, 2022
Salene Hitchcock-Gear
By:/s/ Richard H. Kirk
Richard H. Kirk
* Executed by Richard H. Kirk on behalf of those indicated pursuant to Power of Attorney.



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