PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 16
PGIM Income Builder Fund 

Notice of Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver 

Class A Shares
Class R Shares 

THIS NOTICE OF RULE 12b-1 FEE WAIVER is signed as of November 1, 2019 by PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC (PIMS), the Principal Underwriter of PGIM Income Builder Fund (the Fund), a series of PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 16 (the RIC), an open-end management investment company. 

WHEREAS, PIMS desires to waive a portion of its distribution and shareholder services fees payable on Class A shares of the Fund (Rule 12b-1 fees); and 

WHEREAS, PIMS desires to waive a portion of its distribution and shareholder services fees payable on Class R shares of the Fund (Rule 12b-1 fees); and 

WHEREAS, PIMS understands and intends that the RIC will rely on this Notice and agreement in preparing a registration statement on Form N-1A and in accruing the Fund’s expenses for purposes of calculating net asset value and for other purposes, and expressly permits the Fund to do so; and 

WHEREAS, shareholders of the Fund will benefit from the ongoing contractual waiver by incurring lower Fund operating expenses than they would absent such waiver. 

NOW, THEREFORE, PIMS hereby provides notice that it has agreed to limit the distribution and service (12b-1) fees incurred by Class A shares of the Fund to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A shares, and it has agreed to limit the distribution and service (12b-1) fees incurred by Class R shares of the Fund to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class R shares. This contractual waiver shall be effective from the date hereof through February 28, 2021. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PIMS has signed this Notice of Rule 12b-1 Fee Waiver as of the day and year first above written.

 

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT 

MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC 

By: /s/ Scott E. Benjamin
Name: Scott E. Benjamin 

Title: Vice President