Prudential Investment Portfolios 16
Gateway Center Three, 4th
floor
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
October 1, 2013
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
| 497(j) Filing for Prudential Investment Portfolios 16
|
Registration numbers 333-60561 and
811-08915
Dear Sir or Madam,
Pursuant to Rule
497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, please accept this certification that the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for the above-referenced Registrant do not differ from that contained
in Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, which was electronically filed with the Commission on September 30, 2013.
Thank you for your
attention to this filing. Please direct any questions regarding this filing to the undersigned at 973-802-6469.
Very truly
yours,
/s/ Jonathan D. Shain
Jonathan D. Shain
Assistant Secretary