N-CSRS 1 f6183d1.htm PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS 16

UNITEDSTATES

SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION

Washington,D.C.20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number:

811-08915

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:

Prudential Investment Portfolios 16

Address of principal executive offices:

655 Broad Street, 17th Floor

 

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Name and address of agent for service:

Andrew R. French

 

655 Broad Street, 17th Floor

 

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

800-225-1852

Date of fiscal year end:

10/31/2020

Date of reporting period:

4/30/2020

Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders

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PGIM INCOME BUILDER FUND

 

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

APRIL 30, 2020

 

COMING SOON: PAPERLESS SHAREHOLDER REPORTS

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (pgiminvestments.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-225-1852 or by sending an email request to PGIM Investments at shareholderreports@pgim.com.

 

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this notice to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-225-1852 or send an email request to shareholderreports@pgim.com to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund.

 

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Table of Contents

 

Letter from the President

     3  

Your Fund’s Performance

     4  

Fees and Expenses

     7  

Holdings and Financial Statements

     9  

 

 

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

 

The information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings is for the period covered by this report and is subject to change thereafter.

 

The accompanying financial statements as of April 30, 2020 were not audited and, accordingly, no auditor’s opinion is expressed on them.

 

Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, a Prudential Financial company, member SIPC. Jennison Associates LLC and PGIM, Inc. (PGIM) are registered investment advisers and Prudential Financial companies. QMA is the primary business name of QMA LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PGIM. PGIM Fixed Income and PGIM Real Estate are units of PGIM. © 2020 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. Jennison Associates, Jennison, PGIM Real Estate, PGIM, and the PGIM logo are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

 

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Letter from the President

 

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Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the semiannual report for PGIM Income Builder Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended April 30, 2020.

 

Regarding your investments with PGIM, we believe it is important to maintain a diversified portfolio of funds consistent with your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals.

 

Your financial advisor can help you create a diversified investment plan that may include funds covering all the basic asset classes and that reflects your personal investor profile and risk tolerance. However, diversification and asset allocation strategies do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

 

At PGIM Investments, we consider it a great privilege and responsibility to help investors participate in opportunities across global markets while meeting their toughest investment challenges. PGIM is a top-10 global investment manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. This investment expertise allows us to deliver actively managed funds and strategies to meet the needs of investors around the globe.

 

Thank you for choosing our family of funds.

 

Sincerely,

 

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Stuart S. Parker, President

PGIM Income Builder Fund

June 15, 2020

 

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Your Fund’s Performance

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the past performance data quoted. An investor may obtain performance data as of the most recent month-end by visiting our website at pgiminvestments.com or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

    (without sales charges)   Average Annual Total Returns as of 4/30/20
(with sales charges)
 
    Six Months* (%)   One Year (%)   Five Years (%)     Ten Years (%)     Since Inception (%)  
Class A   –13.23   –14.67     –0.38         3.23        
Class B   –13.52   –15.51     –0.38         2.94        
Class C   –13.52   –12.08     –0.19         2.94        
Class R   –13.36   –10.79       0.29         3.45        
Class Z   –13.12   –10.34       0.81         3.97        
Class R6   –13.13   –10.36     N/A         N/A       0.59 (12/30/16)  
S&P 500 Index

 

    –3.15       0.88       9.12       11.69        
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index

 

        4.86     10.84       3.80         3.96        
                                 
Average Annual Total Returns as of 4/30/20 Since Inception (%)
    Class R6 (12/30/16)
S&P 500 Index   10.37
Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index     5.14

 

*Not annualized

Source: PGIM Investments LLC and Lipper Inc.

Since Inception returns are provided for any share class with less than 10 fiscal years of returns. Since Inception returns for the Indexes are measured from the closest month-end to the class’ inception date.

 

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The returns in the tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or following the redemption of Fund shares. The average annual total returns take into account applicable sales charges, which are described for each share class in the table below.

 

             
     Class A   Class B*   Class C   Class R   Class Z   Class R6
Maximum initial sales charge   4.50% of the public offering price   None   None   None   None   None
Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption)   1.00% on sales of $1 million or more made within 12 months of purchase  

5.00% (Year 1)

4.00% (Year 2)

3.00% (Year 3)

2.00% (Year 4)

1.00% (Years 5/6)

0.00% (Year 7)

  1.00% on sales made within 12 months of purchase   None   None   None
Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets)   0.30%
(0.25% currently)
  1.00%   1.00%  

0.75%

(0.50% currently)

  None   None

 

*Class B shares are closed to all purchase activity and no additional Class B shares may be purchased or acquired except by exchange from Class B shares of another Fund or through reinvestment of dividends and/or capital gains. Effective on or about June 26, 2020, all issued and outstanding Class B shares will be automatically converted to Class A shares. See the supplement included with this shareholder report for details.

 

Benchmark Definitions

 

S&P 500 Index—The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of over 500 stocks of large US public companies. It gives a broad look at how US stock prices in the United States have performed.

 

Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index—The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is unmanaged and represents securities that are SEC registered, taxable, and dollar denominated. It covers the US investment-grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.

 

Investors cannot invest directly in an index. The returns for the Indexes would be lower if they included the effects of sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes.

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

Presentation of Fund Holdings as of 4/30/20

 

Ten Largest Holdings

  

Line of Business

 

% of Net Assets

PGIM Total Return Bond Fund Class R6    Affiliated Mutual Funds   8.9%
Invesco Preferred ETF    Exchange-Traded Funds   8.0%
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF    Exchange-Traded Funds   7.0%
PGIM QMA International Equity Fund Class R6    Affiliated Mutual Funds   4.4%
PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund Class R6    Affiliated Mutual Funds   2.8%
PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha International Equity ETF    Exchange-Traded Funds   2.7%
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund    Exchange-Traded Funds   1.7%
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF    Exchange-Traded Funds   0.9%
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   0.9%
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom), ADR    Pharmaceuticals   0.7%

 

Holdings reflect only long-term investments and are subject to change.

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemptions, as applicable, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses, as applicable. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2020. The example is for illustrative purposes only; you should consult the Prospectus for information on initial and subsequent minimum investment requirements.

 

Actual Expenses

The first line for each share class in the table on the following page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information on this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number on the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line for each share class in the table on the following page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

The Fund’s transfer agent may charge additional fees to holders of certain accounts that are not included in the expenses shown in the table on the following page. These fees apply to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Section 403(b) accounts. As of the close of the six-month period covered by the table, IRA fees included an annual maintenance fee of $15 per account (subject to a maximum annual maintenance fee of $25 for all accounts held by the same shareholder). Section 403(b) accounts are charged an annual $25 fiduciary maintenance fee. Some of the fees may vary in amount, or may be waived, based on your total account balance or the number of PGIM Funds, including the Fund, that you own. You should consider the additional fees that were charged to your Fund account over the six-month period when you estimate the total ongoing expenses paid over the period

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

and the impact of these fees on your ending account value, as these additional expenses are not reflected in the information provided in the expense table. Additional fees have the effect of reducing investment returns.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line for each share class in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

       
PGIM Income
Builder Fund
  Beginning Account
Value
November 1, 2019
    Ending Account
Value
April 30, 2020
   

Annualized

Expense Ratio

Based on the

Six-Month  Period

   

Expenses Paid

During the

Six-Month  Period*

 
Class A   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 867.70       0.95   $ 4.41  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.14       0.95   $ 4.77  
Class B   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 864.80       1.70   $ 7.88  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,016.41       1.70   $ 8.52  
Class C   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 864.80       1.70   $ 7.88  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,016.41       1.70   $ 8.52  
Class R   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 866.40       1.20   $ 5.57  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,018.90       1.20   $ 6.02  
Class Z   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 868.80       0.70   $ 3.25  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.38       0.70   $ 3.52  
Class R6   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 868.70       0.70   $ 3.25  
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.38       0.70   $ 3.52  

 

*Fund expenses (net of fee waivers or subsidies, if any) for each share class are equal to the annualized expense ratio for each share class (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 182 days in the six-month period ended April 30, 2020, and divided by the 366 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2020 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying portfolios in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description    Shares      Value  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS    98.6%

     

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS    16.1%

     

PGIM QMA International Equity Fund (Class R6)

     2,411,338      $ 14,636,821  

PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund (Class R6)

     1,119,664        9,102,872  

PGIM Total Return Bond Fund (Class R6)

     2,054,708        29,300,135  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS
(cost $56,410,622)(w)

        53,039,828  
     

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS    29.4%

     

Aerospace & Defense    0.7%

                 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     5,347        2,080,304  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     5,268        341,419  
     

 

 

 
        2,421,723  

Banks    0.8%

                 

BNP Paribas SA (France)

     18,942        599,184  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     15,999        1,532,064  

Truist Financial Corp.

     9,803        365,848  
     

 

 

 
        2,497,096  

Biotechnology    0.5%

                 

AbbVie, Inc.

     20,185        1,659,207  

Capital Markets    0.7%

                 

CME Group, Inc.

     4,049        721,572  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     8,573        1,572,460  
     

 

 

 
        2,294,032  

Chemicals    0.7%

                 

Akzo Nobel NV (Netherlands)

     10,333        780,979  

Hexion Holdings Corp. (Class B Stock)*

     3,950        33,377  

Linde PLC (United Kingdom)

     7,222        1,328,776  
     

 

 

 
        2,143,132  

Commercial Services & Supplies    0.3%

                 

Republic Services, Inc.

     13,242        1,037,378  

Consumer Finance    0.3%

                 

American Express Co.

     12,111        1,105,129  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services    0.2%

                 

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (Germany)

     235,493      $ 670,515  

Electric Utilities    0.7%

                 

Edison International

     17,083        1,002,943  

GenOn Energy Holdings, Inc. (Class A Stock)*^

     1,853        426,190  

Keycon Power Holdings LLC^

     350        86,800  

SSE PLC (United Kingdom)

     49,460        778,858  
     

 

 

 
        2,294,791  

Entertainment    0.3%

                 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     10,379        1,122,489  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    8.2%

                 

Activia Properties, Inc. (Japan)

     100        294,122  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

     2,384        374,503  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

     18,712        529,924  

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     57,713        2,036,692  

American Tower Corp.

     3,673        874,174  

Boston Properties, Inc.

     5,812        564,810  

Brandywine Realty Trust(a)

     158,758        1,771,739  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     19,898        525,705  

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     8,414        253,850  

Dexus (Australia)

     47,931        285,704  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     4,796        716,954  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

     60,345        1,351,125  

Frasers Centrepoint Trust (Singapore)

     442,241        664,218  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

     139,213        1,450,599  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.(a)

     43,784        1,144,514  

Keppel REIT (Singapore)

     1,090,992        815,774  

Life Storage, Inc.

     5,474        479,468  

Link REIT (Hong Kong)

     76,244        685,634  

Mapletree Logistics Trust (Singapore)

     532,946        675,945  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.(a)

     49,929        855,783  

MGM Growth Properties LLC (Class A Stock)

     65,777        1,655,607  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. (Japan)

     288        330,904  

NSI NV (Netherlands)

     16,759        672,919  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

     53,706        1,565,530  

Physicians Realty Trust

     68,903        1,062,484  

Prologis, Inc.

     23,197        2,069,868  

Realty Income Corp.

     13,008        714,399  

Stockland (Australia)

     821,070        1,536,526  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (cont’d.)

                 

Summit Industrial Income REIT (Canada)

     66,716      $ 497,512  

Supermarket Income REIT PLC (United Kingdom)

     354,000        475,883  
     

 

 

 
        26,932,869  

Food & Staples Retailing    0.3%

                 

Walmart, Inc.

     7,282        885,127  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies    0.9%

                 

Abbott Laboratories

     18,396        1,694,088  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     11,877        1,421,677  
     

 

 

 
        3,115,765  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure    0.6%

                 

McDonald’s Corp.

     4,087        766,558  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

     63,162        1,263,871  
     

 

 

 
        2,030,429  

Household Products    0.5%

                 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     14,989        1,766,753  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers    0.6%

                 

Atlantica Yield PLC (Spain)

     7,761        185,799  

Brookfield Renewable Partners LP (Canada)

     7,862        368,649  

Clearway Energy, Inc. (Class C Stock)(a)

     31,443        629,803  

NextEra Energy Partners LP

     12,945        651,004  
     

 

 

 
        1,835,255  

Insurance    0.6%

                 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     5,691        553,905  

MetLife, Inc.

     39,169        1,413,218  
     

 

 

 
        1,967,123  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    0.2%

                 

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

     57,313        741,630  

Multi-Utilities    0.4%

                 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     12,966        1,000,067  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Multi-Utilities (cont’d.)

                 

DTE Energy Co.

     1,404      $ 145,651  

Sempra Energy

     796        98,585  
     

 

 

 
        1,244,303  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    4.0%

                 

BP PLC (United Kingdom), ADR(a)

     51,985        1,237,243  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP, MLP

     10,343        348,869  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.*

     7,488        349,615  

Enbridge, Inc. (Canada)

     24,421        748,271  

Energy Transfer LP, MLP

     55,194        463,630  

Enterprise Products Partners LP, MLP

     46,647        819,121  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, MLP

     10,157        204,562  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.(a)

     4,250        35,615  

Frontera Energy Corp. (Colombia)

     2,232        7,212  

Gibson Energy, Inc. (Canada)

     28,114        400,518  

Keyera Corp. (Canada)

     6,109        90,629  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     57,245        871,841  

Magellan Midstream Partners LP, MLP

     11,063        455,021  

MPLX LP, MLP

     38,907        704,217  

ONEOK, Inc.

     10,597        317,168  

Pembina Pipeline Corp. (Canada)

     18,104        415,306  

Phillips 66 Partners LP, MLP

     14,851        631,910  

Plains All American Pipeline LP, MLP

     29,582        261,209  

Plains GP Holdings LP (Class A Stock)*

     3,691        33,920  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Netherlands) (Class A Stock), ADR(a)

     26,969        893,483  

Targa Resources Corp.

     24,545        318,103  

TC Energy Corp. (Canada)

     10,374        477,430  

TC PipeLines LP, MLP

     3,278        109,813  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)(a)

     153,672        2,976,627  
     

 

 

 
        13,171,333  

Pharmaceuticals    1.3%

                 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom), ADR

     43,009        2,248,510  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     28,420        1,728,220  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     4,158        329,896  
     

 

 

 
        4,306,626  

Real Estate Management & Development    0.6%

                 

New World Development Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)

     950,758        1,119,304  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Real Estate Management & Development (cont’d.)

                 

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)

     38,619      $ 528,018  

Swire Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)

     161,181        453,647  
     

 

 

 
        2,100,969  

Road & Rail    0.3%

                 

Union Pacific Corp.

     6,486        1,036,398  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    2.3%

                 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

     31,235        1,636,402  

Intel Corp.

     22,778        1,366,224  

Lam Research Corp.

     6,779        1,730,543  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     16,467        1,295,459  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan), ADR

     12,799        680,011  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     6,221        722,071  
     

 

 

 
        7,430,710  

Software    0.6%

                 

Microsoft Corp.

     10,365        1,857,512  

Specialty Retail    0.3%

                 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     8,601        900,955  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals    1.1%

                 

Apple, Inc.

     7,354        2,160,605  

Western Digital Corp.

     30,425        1,401,984  
     

 

 

 
        3,562,589  

Tobacco    0.8%

                 

Altria Group, Inc.

     41,697        1,636,607  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     11,230        837,758  
     

 

 

 
        2,474,365  

Wireless Telecommunication Services    0.6%

                 

Tele2 AB (Sweden) (Class B Stock)

     87,643        1,136,855  

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom), ADR

     60,754        859,061  
     

 

 

 
        1,995,916  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(cost $95,690,279)

        96,602,119  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     13  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description    Shares      Value  

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS     20.3%

     

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

     145,700      $ 5,536,600  

Invesco Preferred ETF

     1,839,488        26,139,124  

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     71,900        3,139,154  

PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha International Equity ETF(g)

     200,000        8,948,500  

SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF

     429,742        22,875,167  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
(cost $65,177,308)

        66,638,545  
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS     3.6%

     

Electric Utilities     0.3%

                 

American Electric Power Co., Inc., CVT, 6.125%(a)

     19,252        978,002  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)     2.4%

                 

American Homes 4 Rent

     46,059        1,077,320  

EPR Properties

     29,313        547,860  

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

     33,487        703,227  

Investors Real Estate Trust

     29,730        746,223  

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp.

     35,232        861,070  

Office Properties Income Trust

     34,464        787,158  

PS Business Parks, Inc.

     26,949        680,462  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

     31,506        779,458  

UMH Properties, Inc.

     31,575        745,802  

Vornado Realty Trust

     40,265        899,117  
     

 

 

 
        7,827,697  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies     0.5%

                 

Danaher Corp., Series A, CVT, 4.750%

     1,497        1,780,113  

Multi-Utilities     0.4%

                 

Sempra Energy, Series A, CVT, 6.000%

     11,346        1,160,809  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(cost $12,109,674)

        11,746,621  
     

 

 

 

 

    Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
   

Principal
Amount (000)#

       

ASSET-BACKED SECURITY     0.1%

       

Collateralized Loan Obligations

                               

Zais CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands),
Series 2018-02A, Class A, 144A, 3 Month LIBOR +
1.200% (Cap N/A, Floor 0.000%)
(cost $495,330)

    2.335 %(c)      07/20/31       495       455,956  
       

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

14  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

BANK LOANS     0.3%

       

Computers     0.0%

                               

Everi Payments, Inc.,
Term Loan, 2 Month LIBOR + 10.500%^

    11.500 %(c)      05/09/24       25     $ 24,875  

Electric     0.1%

                               

Heritage Power LLC,
Term Loan B, 3 Month LIBOR + 6.000%

    7.771 (c)      07/30/26       273       224,373  

Engineering & Construction     0.0%

                               

Landry’s Finance Acquisition Co.,
Term Loan, ^

    (p)      10/04/23       75       76,500  

Entertainment     0.1%

                               

Playtika Holding Corp.,
Term B Loan, 3 Month LIBOR + 6.000%

    7.072 (c)      12/10/24       247       243,943  

Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc.,
Term B Loan,

    (p)      05/10/26       50       48,500  
       

 

 

 
          292,443  

Oil & Gas     0.1%

                               

Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
Class A Loan, 2 Month LIBOR + 8.000%

    9.000 (c)      05/23/24       400       138,000  

CITGO Petroleum Corp.,
2019 Incremental Term B Loan, 6 Month LIBOR + 5.000%^

    6.000 (c)      03/28/24       99       87,120  

Term B Loan, 1 Month LIBOR + 4.500%^

    5.500 (c)      07/29/21       99       93,760  
       

 

 

 
          318,880  

Software     0.0%

                               

Informatica LLC,
Second Lien Initial Loan, 1 Month LIBOR + 7.125%

    7.125 (c)      02/25/25       50       47,250  

TIBCO Software, Inc.,
Second Lien Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR + 7.250%

    7.660 (c)      03/03/28       100       92,000  
       

 

 

 
          139,250  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL BANK LOANS
(cost $1,393,140)

          1,076,321  
       

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     15  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CONVERTIBLE BOND    0.2%

       

Insurance

                               

AXA SA (France),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A
(cost $630,427)

    7.250     05/15/21       623     $ 546,535  
       

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS    16.3%

       

Advertising    0.1%

                               

National CineMedia LLC,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       08/15/26       225       108,939  

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.875       12/15/27       235       193,869  
       

 

 

 
          302,808  

Aerospace & Defense    0.4%

                               

Boeing Co. (The),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.150       05/01/30       175       175,000  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.805       05/01/50       225       225,000  

Bombardier, Inc. (Canada),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.500       12/01/24       750       499,338  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.500       03/15/25       50       32,446  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.875       04/15/27       450       296,424  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       05/01/25       25       25,572  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.,
Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.500       04/15/25       50       49,259  

SSL Robotics LLC,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.750       12/31/23       125       132,727  
       

 

 

 
          1,435,766  

Agriculture    0.1%

                               

Vector Group Ltd.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    10.500       11/01/26       50       46,830  

Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.125       02/01/25       225       218,253  
       

 

 

 
          265,083  

Apparel    0.0%

                               

Hanesbrands, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.375       05/15/25       15       15,000  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

16  


Description  

Interest

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Auto Manufacturers    0.2%

                               

Ford Motor Co.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.750     01/15/43       75     $ 48,728  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.291       12/08/46       450       301,122  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.000       04/22/25       75       72,957  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.625       04/22/30       40       39,308  

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.200       11/06/21       25       24,660  

Navistar International Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.625       11/01/25       250       214,208  

Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.500       05/01/25       50       52,403  
       

 

 

 
          753,386  

Auto Parts & Equipment    0.2%

                               

Adient Global Holdings Ltd.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.875       08/15/26       200       149,014  

Adient U.S. LLC,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.000       04/15/25       25       26,069  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    6.250       03/15/26       75       55,811  

Gtd. Notes(a)

    6.500       04/01/27       225       169,568  

Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A(a)

    5.625       11/15/26       100       67,072  

Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.500       06/01/26       200       184,854  

Dana, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.375       11/15/27       75       66,415  

Titan International, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes

    6.500       11/30/23       150       69,616  
       

 

 

 
          788,419  

Banks    0.3%

                               

Banque Centrale de Tunisie International Bond (Tunisia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       01/30/25       200       168,266  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.750       10/31/23     EUR 200       188,279  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.375       07/15/26     EUR       100       89,777  

Grupo Aval Ltd. (Colombia),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.375       02/04/30       200       167,696  

State Savings Bank of Ukraine Via SSB #1 PLC (Ukraine),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.625       03/20/25       100       93,539  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     17  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Banks (cont’d.)

                               

TC Ziraat Bankasi A/S (Turkey),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    5.125     09/29/23       200     $ 190,056  

Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi A/S (Turkey),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.000       01/23/25       200       184,206  
       

 

 

 
          1,081,819  

Building Materials    0.2%

                               

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.000       04/15/26       100       85,020  

Griffon Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

    5.750       03/01/28       100       95,782  

JELD-WEN, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.625       12/15/25       25       22,485  

Masonite International Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.375       02/01/28       45       43,155  

Patrick Industries, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.500       10/15/27       100       93,995  

Standard Industries, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.750       01/15/28       150       147,934  

Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.500       03/15/27       100       98,704  

U.S. Concrete, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    6.375       06/01/24       225       212,351  
       

 

 

 
          799,426  

Chemicals    0.9%

                               

Ashland LLC,
Gtd. Notes

    6.875       05/15/43       50       53,282  

Atotech Alpha 2 BV (Germany),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, Cash coupon 8.750% or PIK 9.500%

    8.750       06/01/23       425       402,084  

Blue Cube Spinco LLC,
Gtd. Notes

    10.000       10/15/25       150       158,875  

Braskem America Finance Co. (Brazil),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.125       07/22/41       200       181,000  

Chemours Co. (The),

       

Gtd. Notes

    5.375       05/15/27       200       169,478  

Gtd. Notes(a)

    7.000       05/15/25       245       230,385  

CNAC HK Finbridge Co. Ltd. (China), Gtd. Notes

    3.875       06/19/29       400       406,581  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

18  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Chemicals (cont’d.)

                               

Cornerstone Chemical Co.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.750     08/15/24       85     $ 68,784  

Hexion, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.875       07/15/27       160       147,163  

NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Canada),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.250       06/01/27       100       79,984  

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV (Mexico),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.500       01/15/48       225       209,152  

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp.,
Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.250       04/01/25       125       108,356  

Starfruit Finco BV/Starfruit US Holdco LLC (Netherlands),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A(a)

    8.000       10/01/26       200       187,353  

TPC Group, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    10.500       08/01/24       125       102,305  

Tronox Finance PLC,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.750       10/01/25       115       104,989  

Tronox, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A(a)

    6.500       04/15/26       120       108,619  

Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.500       05/01/25       50       50,453  

Venator Finance Sarl/Venator Materials LLC,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.750       07/15/25       160       111,371  
       

 

 

 
          2,880,214  

Commercial Services    0.5%

                               

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.750       07/15/27       225       230,986  

DP World PLC (United Arab Emirates),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.850       07/02/37       100       109,577  

Laureate Education, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.250       05/01/25       100       102,172  

United Rentals North America, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    4.875       01/15/28       600       601,861  

Gtd. Notes

    5.250       01/15/30       225       225,553  

Verscend Escrow Corp.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.750       08/15/26       180       187,490  
       

 

 

 
          1,457,639  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     19  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Computers    0.2%

                               

Banff Merger Sub, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.750     09/01/26       428     $ 383,817  

Everi Payments, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.500       12/15/25       154       126,306  

NCR Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.750       09/01/27       50       50,069  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.125       04/15/25       25       26,507  

Tempo Acquisition LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.750       06/01/25       25       25,000  
       

 

 

 
          611,699  

Distribution/Wholesale    0.0%

                               

Anixter, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    6.000       12/01/25       100       101,208  

Diversified Financial Services    0.5%

                               

Alliance Data Systems Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.750       12/15/24       100       74,307  

Fairstone Financial, Inc. (Canada),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.875       07/15/24       110       103,929  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.000       01/15/27       75       64,497  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    9.125       07/15/26       660       632,797  

Power Finance Corp. Ltd. (India),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    6.150       12/06/28       200       208,877  

Springleaf Finance Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    6.625       01/15/28       175       154,400  

Gtd. Notes

    7.125       03/15/26       425       396,426  
       

 

 

 
          1,635,233  

Electric    1.3%

                               

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC (United Arab Emirates),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.000       10/03/49       200       199,757  

Calpine Corp.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       01/15/25       725       726,442  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.125       03/15/28       500       487,396  

Comision Federal de Electricidad (Mexico),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       02/14/42       200       191,271  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Electric (cont’d.)

                               

Engie Energia Chile SA (Chile),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    3.400     01/28/30       200     $ 194,240  

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. (South Africa),

       

Gov’t. Gtd. Notes, MTN

    6.350       08/10/28       600       536,279  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.125       02/11/25       200       146,100  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.750       08/06/23       200       149,218  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, MTN

    8.450       08/10/28       460       324,271  

Keystone Power Pass-Through Holders LLC/Conemaugh Power Pass-Through Holders,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    9.000       12/01/23       32       32,143  

Sub. Notes, 144A, Cash coupon 13.000% or PIK N/A

    13.000       06/01/24       89       89,034  

Listrindo Capital BV (Indonesia),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.950       09/14/26       200       188,796  

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT (Indonesia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    5.450       05/21/28       420       452,649  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.000       07/31/27       110       112,301  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.625       02/15/27       275       289,784  
       

 

 

 
          4,119,681  

Energy-Alternate Sources    0.1%

                               

Azure Power Solar Energy Private Ltd. (India),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    5.650       12/24/24       200       185,462  

Enviva Partners LP/Enviva Partners Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.500       01/15/26       50       52,391  
       

 

 

 
          237,853  

Engineering & Construction    0.2%

                               

AECOM,
Gtd. Notes

    5.125       03/15/27       275       279,984  

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (India),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes

    4.250       10/27/27       200       160,050  

Mexico City Airport Trust (Mexico),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes

    5.500       07/31/47       200       165,397  

TopBuild Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.625       05/01/26       125       123,662  
       

 

 

 
          729,093  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     21  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Entertainment    0.6%

                               

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    5.750     06/15/25       125     $ 28,487  

Gtd. Notes

    5.875       11/15/26       400       89,129  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC/CRC Finco, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.250       10/15/25       400       314,542  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    6.000       04/01/25       25       24,055  

Gtd. Notes

    7.000       08/01/23       75       72,363  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.625       04/15/26       225       170,570  

International Game Technology PLC,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.500       02/15/25       150       147,165  

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc.,
Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.875       02/01/24       175       132,562  

Penn National Gaming, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.625       01/15/27       200       166,505  

Scientific Games International, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    6.625       05/15/21       150       134,151  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.000       05/15/28       75       54,100  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.250       11/15/29       50       35,744  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.250       03/15/26       350       265,427  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.875       07/31/24       50       43,994  

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.000       07/01/25       25       26,055  

Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.750       06/01/27       125       98,307  

Vail Resorts, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.250       05/15/25       20       20,613  

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.125       10/01/29       60       56,406  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.750       04/15/25       25       25,589  
       

 

 

 
          1,905,764  

Food Service    0.0%

                               

Aramark Services, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.375       05/01/25       50       51,997  

Foods    0.3%

                               

B&G Foods, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    5.250       09/15/27       180       182,220  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Foods (cont’d.)

                               

JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Finance, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.750     06/15/25       274     $ 278,762  

JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.500       04/15/29       120       127,201  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.750       03/15/25       25       25,250  

Post Holdings, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.500       12/15/29       175       176,194  

US Foods, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       06/15/24       25       23,833  
       

 

 

 
          813,460  

Gas    0.1%

                               

AmeriGas Partners LP/AmeriGas Finance Corp.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       05/20/27       225       229,123  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.875       08/20/26       225       230,418  
       

 

 

 
          459,541  

Healthcare-Services    0.5%

                               

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    6.500       03/01/24       25       23,924  

Hadrian Merger Sub, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.500       05/01/26       25       21,749  

HCA, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    3.500       09/01/30       25       23,949  

Gtd. Notes

    5.875       02/01/29       175       200,818  

MEDNAX, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.250       01/15/27       75       67,884  

Polaris Intermediate Corp.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, Cash coupon 8.500% or PIK 9.250%

    8.500       12/01/22       300       251,618  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc./LifePoint Health, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    9.750       12/01/26       375       400,510  

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    10.000       04/15/27       150       140,605  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.250       02/01/27       75       73,878  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     23  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Healthcare-Services (cont’d.)

                               

Tenet Healthcare Corp., (cont’d.)

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes(a)

    6.750     06/15/23       475     $ 474,287  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       11/15/31       25       21,416  
       

 

 

 
          1,700,638  

Home Builders    0.8%

                               

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.750       08/01/25       225       187,654  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.875       04/01/27       75       72,150  

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    5.875       10/15/27       175       135,417  

Gtd. Notes

    6.750       03/15/25       100       86,616  

Gtd. Notes

    7.250       10/15/29       125       97,023  

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential US Corp. (Canada),

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.875       02/15/30       100       82,453  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.250       09/15/27       125       115,000  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.375       05/15/25       200       199,677  

Century Communities, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    6.750       06/01/27       200       175,637  

Forestar Group, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.000       03/01/28       50       43,725  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.000       04/15/24       100       98,584  

KB Home,

       

Gtd. Notes

    4.800       11/15/29       50       46,442  

Gtd. Notes

    6.875       06/15/27       200       210,841  

M/I Homes, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.950       02/01/28       175       153,840  

Mattamy Group Corp. (Canada),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.625       03/01/30       100       89,675  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.250       12/15/27       75       70,343  

Meritage Homes Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

    5.125       06/06/27       75       72,979  

New Home Co., Inc. (The),
Gtd. Notes

    7.250       04/01/22       79       68,305  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       01/31/25       250       236,294  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       06/15/27       350       321,446  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.625       07/15/27       175       160,186  
       

 

 

 
          2,724,287  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Household Products/Wares    0.0%

                               

Spectrum Brands, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.000     10/01/29       50     $ 47,749  

Housewares    0.0%

                               

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The),
Gtd. Notes

    4.500       10/15/29       75       73,300  

Iron/Steel    0.1%

                               

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,

       

Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.750       03/15/26       25       21,808  

Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.875       10/17/25       200       196,828  
       

 

 

 
          218,636  

Leisure Time    0.1%

                               

NCL Corp. Ltd.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    3.625       12/15/24       100       64,221  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    2.650       11/28/20       25       22,931  

Viking Cruises Ltd.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       09/15/27       100       67,214  
       

 

 

 
          154,366  

Lodging    0.1%

                               

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    5.125       05/01/26       100       98,801  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.375       05/01/25       25       25,059  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.750       05/01/28       25       25,302  

Marriott International, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, Series EE

    5.750       05/01/25       25       26,119  

MGM Resorts International,
Gtd. Notes

    6.750       05/01/25       75       73,199  

Station Casinos LLC,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.500       02/15/28       125       99,990  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.000       10/01/25       25       20,829  

Wyndham Destinations, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.625       03/01/30       50       42,483  
       

 

 

 
          411,782  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     25  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Machinery-Diversified    0.1%

                               

Maxim Crane Works Holdings Capital LLC,
Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    10.125     08/01/24       275     $ 259,238  

Media    1.1%

                               

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.500       08/15/30       125       125,936  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.750       03/01/30       225       229,058  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.375       06/01/29       200       210,946  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    9.250       02/15/24       833       692,844  

CSC Holdings LLC,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.375       07/15/23       200       202,262  

Cumulus Media New Holdings, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.750       07/01/26       75       61,203  

Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A(a)

    6.625       08/15/27       490       268,797  

Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.375       08/15/26       460       349,926  

DISH DBS Corp.,
Gtd. Notes(a)

    7.750       07/01/26       305       300,425  

Entercom Media Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.250       11/01/24       100       63,005  

Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.500       05/01/27       90       66,164  

Gray Television, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       07/15/26       75       72,585  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.000       05/15/27       45       45,292  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    8.375       05/01/27       175       146,013  

Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Finance, Inc.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.625       02/15/25       150       149,381  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.875       02/15/23       215       212,857  

Scripps Escrow, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       07/15/27       50       42,576  

Univision Communications, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.125       02/15/25       235       208,029  
       

 

 

 
          3,447,299  

Mining    0.7%

                               

Constellium SE,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       02/15/26       250       239,610  

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Chile),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.875       11/04/44       400       427,384  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Mining (cont’d.)

                               

Eldorado Gold Corp. (Canada),
Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.500     06/01/24       200     $ 213,423  

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (Zambia),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.500       03/01/24       250       220,307  

Hecla Mining Co.,
Gtd. Notes

    7.250       02/15/28       75       74,051  

IAMGOLD Corp. (Canada),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.000       04/15/25       215       216,638  

Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Persero PT (Indonesia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.530       11/15/28       220       238,337  

New Gold, Inc. (Canada),

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.250       11/15/22       100       100,040  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.375       05/15/25       150       144,439  

Nexa Resources SA (Peru),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.375       05/04/27       210       192,661  

Novelis Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.875       09/30/26       150       145,963  
       

 

 

 
          2,212,853  

Miscellaneous Manufacturing    0.1%

                               

Amsted Industries, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.625       05/15/30       190       176,309  

Oil & Gas    3.0%

                               

Alta Mesa Holdings LP/Alta Mesa Finance Services Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

    7.875       12/15/24 (d)      775       1,460  

Antero Resources Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    5.000       03/01/25       475       261,105  

Gtd. Notes

    5.125       12/01/22       50       34,936  

Gtd. Notes

    5.375       11/01/21       100       89,522  

Gtd. Notes

    5.625       06/01/23       50       29,323  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.000       11/01/26       275       156,370  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    10.000       04/01/22       201       156,138  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
Gtd. Notes(original cost $17,813; purchased 11/22/19)(f)

    4.875       04/15/22       25       708  

Citgo Holding, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.250       08/01/24       225       202,355  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     27  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Oil & Gas (cont’d.)

                               

CNX Resources Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    5.875     04/15/22       30     $ 29,823  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.250       03/14/27       275       243,695  

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.625       10/15/25       50       40,455  

Denbury Resources, Inc.,
Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.000       05/15/21       50       8,849  

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.875       08/15/25 (d)      125       13,043  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.750       01/30/28       145       126,171  

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.625       02/01/26       325       53,496  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.375       05/15/24       130       20,330  

Gazprom PJSC Via Gaz Capital SA (Russia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    7.288       08/16/37       100       137,476  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    8.625       04/28/34       400       590,288  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.750       10/01/25       125       69,738  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.250       11/01/28       150       77,803  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC (Kazakhstan),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       04/19/47       200       199,475  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.375       10/24/48       200       209,073  

MEG Energy Corp. (Canada),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.000       03/31/24       135       94,311  

Nabors Industries Ltd.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.250       01/15/26       50       20,475  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.500       01/15/28       100       39,937  

Nabors Industries, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    5.750       02/01/25       250       57,019  

NAK Naftogaz Ukraine via Kondor Finance PLC (Ukraine),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.125       07/19/24     EUR  200       191,045  

Oil & Gas Holding Co. BSCC (The) (Bahrain),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.375       11/07/28       400       389,738  

Pertamina Persero PT (Indonesia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    4.700       07/30/49       200       185,634  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.500       11/07/48       200       225,104  

Petrobras Global Finance BV (Brazil),

       

Gtd. Notes

    6.900       03/19/49       170       164,558  

Gtd. Notes

    7.375       01/17/27       643       678,184  

Gtd. Notes

    8.750       05/23/26       330       367,024  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Oil & Gas (cont’d.)

                               

Petroleos de Venezuela SA (Venezuela),
First Lien, 144A

    8.500     10/27/20       385     $ 49,088  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.375       04/12/27 (d)      625       23,438  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.000       05/16/24 (d)      115       4,313  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.000       11/15/26 (d)      670       25,125  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.000       11/17/21 (d)      150       5,625  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.750       05/17/35 (d)      200       7,500  

Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico),

       

Gtd. Notes

    6.350       02/12/48       554       371,440  

Gtd. Notes

    6.500       03/13/27       470       381,118  

Gtd. Notes

    6.500       01/23/29       430       336,218  

Gtd. Notes

    6.500       06/02/41       730       492,678  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.950       01/28/31       175       127,354  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.490       01/23/27       295       239,792  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.690       01/23/50       245       179,732  

Gtd. Notes, MTN

    6.875       08/04/26       255       211,182  

Petronas Capital Ltd. (Malaysia),
Gtd. Notes, 144A, MTN

    4.550       04/21/50       400       434,997  

Precision Drilling Corp. (Canada),
Gtd. Notes, 144A(a)

    7.125       01/15/26       225       90,117  

Range Resources Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    4.875       05/15/25       250       193,476  

Gtd. Notes

    5.000       03/15/23       50       44,674  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    9.250       02/01/26       100       81,842  

Saka Energi Indonesia PT (Indonesia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.450       05/05/24       200       173,000  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd. (China),
Gtd. Notes

    4.875       05/17/42       200       248,486  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2017 Ltd. (China),
Gtd. Notes

    4.000       09/13/47       200       225,420  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2018 Ltd. (China),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    3.680       08/08/49       200       214,222  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

    5.500       02/15/26       100       96,000  

Transocean, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.250       11/01/25       375       144,623  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.000       02/01/27       75       29,118  

Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Ltd. (Trinidad & Tobago),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.750       06/15/26       75       67,335  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     29  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Oil & Gas (cont’d.)

                               

Valaris PLC (Saudi Arabia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750     10/01/44       50     $ 3,972  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       02/01/26       225       17,946  

WPX Energy, Inc.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.250       09/15/24       125       112,316  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.250       10/15/27       150       130,548  
       

 

 

 
          9,927,356  

Pharmaceuticals    0.2%

                               

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.500       01/31/27       185       203,851  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.000       01/30/28       75       72,254  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.250       01/30/30       75       74,198  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.000       01/15/28       100       103,875  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.250       05/30/29       110       117,580  
       

 

 

 
          571,758  

Pipelines    0.4%

                               

Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC (United Arab Emirates),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes

    4.600       11/02/47       200       214,128  

Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.750       01/15/28       250       184,038  

Energy Transfer Operating LP,
Jr. Sub. Notes, Series G

    7.125 (ff)      (rr)      100       79,662  

Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

    7.000       08/01/27       40       32,173  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.875       04/15/40       225       197,877  

Southern Gas Corridor CJSC (Azerbaijan),

       

Gov’t. Gtd. Notes

    6.875       03/24/26       200       209,046  

Gov’t. Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.875       03/24/26       250       261,308  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.500       01/15/28       275       186,336  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

    6.500       07/15/27       100       89,791  
       

 

 

 
          1,454,359  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

30  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Real Estate    0.2%

                               

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. (China),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes

    8.000     01/27/24       200     $ 211,720  

Five Point Operating Co. LP/Five Point Capital Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.875       11/15/25       175       169,227  

Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.750       12/01/25       200       181,781  

Hunt Cos., Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.250       02/15/26       225       191,000  
       

 

 

 
          753,728  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)    0.1%

                               

ESH Hospitality, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.250       05/01/25       125       117,443  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    4.500       01/15/28       150       141,536  

RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

    5.000       04/15/23       25       23,337  

VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    4.250       12/01/26       95       88,930  
       

 

 

 
          371,246  

Retail    0.7%

                               

Brinker International, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    5.000       10/01/24       150       126,234  

CEC Entertainment, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    8.000       02/15/22       275       19,207  

eG Global Finance PLC (United Kingdom),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.500       10/30/25       200       192,181  

Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes(original cost $180,962; purchased 06/12/18)(f)

    6.750       01/15/22       200       159,488  

Ferrellgas Partners LP/Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.625       06/15/20       450       179,519  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.625       06/15/20       225       106,570  

Golden Nugget, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    8.750       10/01/25       425       245,220  

L Brands, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    5.625       10/15/23       50       40,682  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     31  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Retail (cont’d.)

                               

Michaels Stores, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A(a)

    8.000     07/15/27       175     $ 122,014  

PetSmart, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.875       06/01/25       234       235,652  

Rite Aid Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.125       04/01/23       190       173,568  

Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.500       07/01/25       85       83,631  

Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    5.625       12/01/25       350       289,043  

Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.750       04/30/25       50       50,742  

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       03/01/25       25       24,497  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.875       03/01/27       150       144,595  

Superior Plus LP/Superior General Partner, Inc. (Canada),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.000       07/15/26       100       100,177  
       

 

 

 
          2,293,020  

Software    0.4%

                               

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.875       08/15/26       65       68,641  

Infor US, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    6.500       05/15/22       1,105       1,106,077  

RP Crown Parent LLC,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    7.375       10/15/24       130       128,302  
       

 

 

 
          1,303,020  

Telecommunications    1.2%

                               

CenturyLink, Inc.,

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.625       04/01/25       100       100,563  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, Series P

    7.600       09/15/39       180       184,347  

CommScope Technologies LLC,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.000       06/15/25       200       178,113  

CommScope, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.000       03/01/26       100       100,008  

Digicel Group One Ltd. (Jamaica),
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.250       12/30/22       157       93,892  

Digicel Group Two Ltd. (Jamaica),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.250       09/30/22       98       3,031  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

32  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Telecommunications (cont’d.)

                               

Digicel Ltd. (Jamaica),

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.750     03/01/23       800     $ 311,798  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.000       04/15/21 (d)      200       120,575  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.000       04/15/21       200       120,575  

Embarq Corp.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.995       06/01/36       590       616,576  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (Luxembourg),

       

Gtd. Notes(original cost $80,437; purchased 01/31/20)(f)

    5.500       08/01/23       95       51,705  

Gtd. Notes, 144A(original cost $643,344; purchased 01/03/18)(f)

    9.750       07/15/25 (d)      635       367,570  

Intelsat Luxembourg SA (Luxembourg),
Gtd. Notes(original cost $58,475; purchased 11/14/19)(f)

    8.125       06/01/23       95       7,723  

Intrado Corp.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A(a)

    8.500       10/15/25       360       251,388  

MTN Mauritius Investments Ltd. (South Africa),
Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.500       10/13/26       200       193,043  

ORBCOMM, Inc.,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.000       04/01/24       200       184,106  

Sprint Capital Corp.,

       

Gtd. Notes

    6.875       11/15/28       96       115,947  

Gtd. Notes

    8.750       03/15/32       165       231,913  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes

    6.500       01/15/26       200       211,027  

Xplornet Communications, Inc. (Canada),
Gtd. Notes, 144A, Cash coupon 9.625% or PIK 10.625

    9.625       06/01/22       452       455,768  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.,
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.125       03/01/28       75       70,671  
       

 

 

 
          3,970,339  

Transportation    0.3%

                               

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Finance BV (Kazakhstan),
Gtd. Notes

    6.950       07/10/42       400       462,851  

Pelabuhan Indonesia III Persero PT (Indonesia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.875       10/01/24       200       203,457  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     33  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Transportation (cont’d.)

                               

XPO Logistics, Inc.,

       

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.125     09/01/23       175     $ 177,130  

Gtd. Notes, 144A

    6.750       08/15/24       100       103,116  
       

 

 

 
          946,554  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(cost $63,072,187)

          53,462,926  
       

 

 

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS    12.3%

       

1MDB Global Investments Ltd. (Malaysia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.400       03/09/23       1,000       890,595  

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond (United Arab Emirates),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    3.125       09/30/49       200       190,965  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    3.875       04/16/50       200       212,293  

Angolan Government International Bond (Angola),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.250       05/09/28       200       87,507  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.375       05/08/48       400       171,383  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.500       11/12/25       600       284,845  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    8.000       11/26/29       200       87,350  

Argentina Bonar Bonds (Argentina),
Unsec’d. Notes

    8.750       05/07/24       167       40,043  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond (Argentina),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    3.375       01/15/23     EUR  390       107,323  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    3.380 (cc)      12/31/38     EUR  200       57,666  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    3.750 (cc)      12/31/38       180       56,752  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.625       01/26/22       900       251,994  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       04/22/21       210       60,504  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       01/11/48       75       17,605  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.820       12/31/33     EUR  825       294,022  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.280       12/31/33       561       196,674  

Bahrain Government International Bond (Bahrain),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.000       01/26/26       200       199,850  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.000       10/12/28       200       199,136  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.500       09/20/47       400       379,804  

Brazilian Government International Bond (Brazil),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.625       01/07/41       150       149,263  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.125       01/20/37       235       265,572  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.250       01/20/34       683       835,003  

Colombia Government International Bond (Colombia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.125       01/18/41       225       250,787  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.375       09/18/37       440       542,123  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

34  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

SOVEREIGN BONDS (Continued)

       

Colombia Government International Bond (Colombia), (cont’d.)
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    10.375     01/28/33       200     $ 281,544  

Congolese International Bond (Congo (Republic)),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.000       06/30/29       191       149,813  

Costa Rica Government International Bond (Costa Rica),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.250       01/26/23       400       358,267  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.375       04/30/25       200       165,829  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.000       04/04/44       200       152,750  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.158       03/12/45       200       155,045  

Croatia Government International Bond (Croatia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    2.750       01/27/30     EUR  100       116,198  

Dominican Republic International Bond (Dominican Republic),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.875       04/18/24       350       338,253  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.450       04/30/44       760       686,803  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.875       01/30/60       150       118,091  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.000       07/19/28       320       288,321  

Ecuador Government International Bond (Ecuador),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.950       06/20/24       200       63,192  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.875       10/23/27       220       62,700  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.650       12/13/26       200       56,664  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    10.750       03/28/22       400       127,718  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.875       01/23/28       200       56,910  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.750       06/02/23       265       82,410  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.875       10/23/27       200       57,000  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    9.650       12/13/26       420       118,994  

Egypt Government International Bond (Egypt),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.903       02/21/48       200       172,761  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.700       03/01/49       210       188,344  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    4.750       04/11/25     EUR  100       96,405  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    4.750       04/16/26     EUR  200       186,290  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    6.375       04/11/31     EUR  220       202,555  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    7.600       03/01/29       200       189,773  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    8.500       01/31/47       255       227,987  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    5.625       04/16/30     EUR  100       90,104  

El Salvador Government International Bond (El Salvador),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.875       01/30/25       355       283,371  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.625       02/01/41       300       230,087  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.250       04/10/32       280       228,213  

Emirate of Dubai Government International Bonds (United Arab Emirates), Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    5.250       01/30/43       200       197,466  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     35  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

SOVEREIGN BONDS (Continued)

       

Ethiopia International Bond (Ethiopia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.625     12/11/24       200     $ 172,376  

Export-Import Bank of India (India),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    3.250       01/15/30       200       183,201  

Gabon Government International Bond (Gabon), Bonds

    6.375       12/12/24       200       144,080  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.950       06/16/25       200       142,774  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.625       02/06/31       215       151,646  

Ghana Government International Bond (Ghana),

       

Bank Gtd. Notes

    10.750       10/14/30       400       415,683  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.875       03/26/27       200       159,594  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.125       01/18/26       200       164,740  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.125       03/26/32       200       153,321  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.750       03/11/61       200       150,923  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.950       03/26/51       205       154,734  

Guatemala Government Bond (Guatemala),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.875       02/13/28       200       200,768  

Hellenic Republic Government Bond (Greece),

       

Bonds

    3.650 (cc)      02/24/38     EUR  240       315,001  

Bonds

    3.650 (cc)      02/24/40     EUR  115       151,639  

Honduras Government International Bond (Honduras),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.500       03/15/24       200       192,104  

Hungary Government International Bond (Hungary),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.625       03/29/41       262       420,073  

Indonesia Government International Bond (Indonesia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       01/17/38       200       280,640  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.500       10/12/35       420       607,320  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    5.125       01/15/45       200       225,193  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    5.250       01/17/42       200       226,580  

Iraq International Bond (Iraq),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.800       01/15/28       500       363,995  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.752       03/09/23       400       302,802  

Israel Government International Bond (Israel),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    3.875       07/03/50       200       220,816  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.500       04/03/20       200       233,836  

Ivory Coast Government International Bond (Ivory Coast),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.125       06/15/25     EUR  100       100,863  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.250       03/22/30     EUR  100       89,955  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.375       03/03/28       200       179,862  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.625       03/22/48     EUR  240       210,197  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       10/17/40     EUR  100       90,003  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

36  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

SOVEREIGN BONDS (Continued)

       

Jamaica Government International Bond (Jamaica),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.875     07/28/45       200     $ 209,965  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.250       10/17/25       200       214,592  

Jordan Government International Bond (Jordan),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.375       10/10/47       200       184,672  

Kazakhstan Government International Bond (Kazakhstan),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.500       07/21/45       200       264,206  

Kenya Government International Bond (Kenya),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       06/24/24       200       183,904  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.000       05/22/27       200       181,437  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.000       05/22/32       200       181,202  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.250       02/28/48       200       179,791  

Lebanon Government International Bond (Lebanon),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.000       01/27/23 (d)      89       14,335  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.650       04/22/24 (d)      120       19,349  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.750       11/29/27 (d)      150       24,000  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.000       04/22/31 (d)      80       12,800  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.100       10/04/22 (d)      10       1,638  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.850       05/25/29 (d)      195       31,294  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, GMTN

    6.250       05/27/22 (d)      130       21,229  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, GMTN

    6.250       11/04/24 (d)      320       51,528  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, GMTN

    6.375       03/09/20 (d)      220       36,266  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, GMTN

    6.400       05/26/23 (d)      100       16,416  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, GMTN

    6.600       11/27/26 (d)      30       4,800  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, GMTN

    6.650       02/26/30 (d)      315       50,400  

Malaysia Sukuk Global Bhd (Malaysia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.080       04/27/46       250       289,709  

Mexican Bonos (Mexico),
Bonds, Series M30

    10.000       11/20/36     MXN  1,800       93,921  

Mexico Government International Bond (Mexico),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, MTN

    6.050       01/11/40       236       256,116  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, MTN

    6.750       09/27/34       203       243,998  

Mozambique International Bond (Mozambique),

       

Unsec’d. Notes

    5.000       09/15/31       200       138,074  

Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.000       09/15/31       200       138,074  

Namibia International Bonds (Namibia),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.250       10/29/25       200       182,158  

Nigeria Government International Bond (Nigeria),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.143       02/23/30       200       151,768  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.875       02/16/32       640       485,136  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.747       01/21/31       400       321,106  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.500       11/28/27       200       150,829  

Oman Government International Bond (Oman),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.750       06/15/26       230       176,035  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     37  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

SOVEREIGN BONDS (Continued)

       

Oman Government International Bond (Oman), (cont’d.)

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.500     03/08/47       600     $ 422,100  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.750       01/17/48       200       141,554  

Pakistan Government International Bond (Pakistan),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       12/05/27       200       174,811  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.250       09/30/25       400       371,940  

Panama Government International Bond (Panama),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    3.870       07/23/60       200       208,614  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.500       04/01/56       200       225,569  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.700       01/26/36       445       584,615  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.375       04/01/29       80       112,119  

Papua New Guinea Government International Bond (Papua New Guinea),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    8.375       10/04/28       200       176,674  

Paraguay Government International Bond (Paraguay),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.100       08/11/44       200       218,714  

Peruvian Government International Bond (Peru),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    2.783       01/23/31       55       56,731  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.625       11/18/50       150       222,904  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.550       03/14/37       200       287,330  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.750       11/21/33       335       529,058  

Philippine Government International Bond (Philippines),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    2.950       05/05/45       200       205,633  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    3.950       01/20/40       300       350,023  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       01/14/31       320       470,019  

Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.000       05/01/20 (d)    EUR  15       7,209  

Provincia de Buenos Aires/Government Bonds (Argentina),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.125       03/16/24       300       82,590  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.950       06/09/21       620       168,200  

Qatar Government International Bond (Qatar),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.103       04/23/48       400       497,321  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.400       04/16/50       200       226,397  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.817       03/14/49       355       425,829  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.103       04/23/48       400       497,321  

Republic of Belarus International Bond (Belarus),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.625       06/29/27       425       418,562  

Republic of Cameroon International Bond (Cameroon),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.500       11/19/25       200       172,958  

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond (South Africa),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.000       10/12/46       200       148,697  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

38  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value  

SOVEREIGN BONDS (Continued)

       

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond (South Africa), (cont’d.)

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.650     09/27/47       200     $ 155,497  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.300       06/22/48       200       166,006  

Romanian Government International Bond (Romania),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.125       06/15/48       354       373,480  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    3.375       01/28/50     EUR 31       28,950  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A, MTN

    4.625       04/03/49     EUR 48       53,040  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    4.125       03/11/39     EUR 102       109,527  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    4.625       04/03/49     EUR 20       22,100  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    6.125       01/22/44       264       312,513  

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond (Russia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.100       03/28/35       600       701,799  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.625       04/04/42       200       253,007  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    12.750       06/24/28       35       58,829  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.100       03/28/35       200       233,933  

Saudi Government International Bond (Saudi Arabia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.250       01/16/50       200       225,553  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    4.500       10/26/46       800       825,975  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    4.625       10/04/47       200       208,515  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, EMTN

    5.000       04/17/49       200       219,612  

Senegal Government International Bond (Senegal),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.750       03/13/28     EUR 100       95,040  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.750       03/13/48       200       166,361  

Sri Lanka Government International Bond (Sri Lanka),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.750       04/18/23       600       353,881  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.875       07/25/22       200       125,700  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.850       11/03/25       200       115,355  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    5.750       04/18/23       200       117,960  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.750       04/18/28       200       113,073  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    6.850       03/14/24       265       159,777  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    7.850       03/14/29       400       227,475  

Turkey Government International Bond (Turkey),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.875       10/09/26       300       263,847  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.000       03/25/27       280       257,663  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.000       01/14/41       400       320,734  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.875       03/17/36       99       89,082  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.375       02/05/25       125       127,257  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.625       04/26/29       200       197,279  

Turkiye Ihracat Kredi Bankasi A/S (Turkey),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    6.125       05/03/24       200       190,814  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.250       01/24/24       200       204,985  

Ukraine Government International Bond (Ukraine),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    (p)      05/31/40       111       81,669  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       09/01/23       165       156,871  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     39  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount
(000)#
    Value  

SOVEREIGN BONDS (Continued)

       

Ukraine Government International Bond (Ukraine), (cont’d.)

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750     09/01/24       100     $ 94,311  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       09/01/25       260       242,873  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       09/01/26       250       231,289  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       09/01/27       200       183,774  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.994       02/01/24       200       195,477  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.750       11/01/28       535       525,546  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    (p)      05/31/40       35       25,752  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes, 144A

    4.375       01/27/30     EUR 100       84,474  

Ukreximbank Via Biz Finance PLC (Ukraine),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.625       04/27/22       67       65,386  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.750       01/22/25       200       194,281  

Uruguay Government International Bond (Uruguay),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.125       11/20/45       80       82,079  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    4.975       04/20/55       100       113,009  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    5.100       06/18/50       290       328,952  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.625       03/21/36       325       451,778  

Venezuela Government International Bond (Venezuela),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.000       03/31/38 (d)      220       20,339  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    7.750       10/13/19 (d)      110       8,800  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    9.000       05/07/23 (d)      100       9,177  

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    11.950       08/05/31 (d)      300       26,277  

Zambia Government International Bond (Zambia),

       

Sr. Unsec’d. Notes

    8.500       04/14/24       400       131,069  

Unsec’d. Notes

    5.375       09/20/22       400       130,484  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(cost $49,475,707)

          40,336,162  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $344,454,674)

          323,905,013  
       

 

 

 
               

Shares

       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS    4.8%

       

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS

       

PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund(w)

        5,066,004       5,066,004  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

40  


Description               Shares     Value  

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS (Continued)

       

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund
(cost $10,609,532; includes $10,603,987 of cash collateral for securities on loan)(b)(w)

        10,627,567     $ 10,625,441  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $15,675,536)

          15,691,445  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS    103.4%
(cost $360,130,210)

          339,596,458  

Liabilities in excess of other assets(z)    (3.4)%

          (11,163,973
       

 

 

 

NET ASSETS    100.0%

        $ 328,432,485  
       

 

 

 

 

Below is a list of the abbreviation(s) used in the semiannual report:

AUD—Australian Dollar

BRL—Brazilian Real

CAD—Canadian Dollar

CLP—Chilean Peso

CNH—Chinese Renminbi

COP—Colombian Peso

CZK—Czech Koruna

EGP—Egyptian Pound

EUR—Euro

HUF—Hungarian Forint

IDR—Indonesian Rupiah

ILS—Israeli Shekel

INR—Indian Rupee

JPY—Japanese Yen

KRW—South Korean Won

KZT—Kazakhstani Tenge

MXN—Mexican Peso

NZD—New Zealand Dollar

PEN—Peruvian Nuevo Sol

PHP—Philippine Peso

PLN—Polish Zloty

RUB—Russian Ruble

SGD—Singapore Dollar

THB—Thai Baht

TRY—Turkish Lira

TWD—New Taiwanese Dollar

USD—US Dollar

ZAR—South African Rand

144A—Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and, pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144A, may not be resold except to qualified institutional buyers.

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

CDX—Credit Derivative Index

CLO—Collateralized Loan Obligation

CVT—Convertible Security

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     41  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

EMTN—Euro Medium Term Note

ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund

GMTN—Global Medium Term Note

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

LP—Limited Partnership

MLP—Master Limited Partnership

MSCI—Morgan Stanley Capital International

MTN—Medium Term Note

OTC—Over-the-counter

PIK—Payment-in-Kind

PJSC—Public Joint-Stock Company

REITs—Real Estate Investment Trust

SPDR—Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts

Q—Quarterly payment frequency for swaps

*

Non-income producing security.

#

Principal or notional amount is shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

^

Indicates a Level 3 instrument. The aggregate value of Level 3 instruments is $795,245 and 0.2% of net assets.

(a)

All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $10,095,681; cash collateral of $10,603,987 (included in liabilities) was received with which the Fund purchased highly liquid short-term investments.

(b)

Represents security, or portion thereof, purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan and includes dividend reinvestment.

(c)

Variable rate instrument. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at April 30, 2020.

(cc)

Variable rate instrument. The rate shown is based on the latest available information as of April 30, 2020. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.

(d)

Represents issuer in default on interest payments and/or principal repayment. Non-income producing security. Such securities may be post-maturity.

(f)

Indicates a restricted security; the aggregate original cost of such securities is $981,031. The aggregate value of $587,194 is 0.2% of net assets.

(g)

An affiliated security.

(ff)

Variable rate security. Security may be issued at a fixed coupon rate, which converts to a variable rate at a specified date. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.

(p)

Interest rate not available as of April 30, 2020.

(rr)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(w)

PGIM Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as the manager of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(z)

Includes net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and/or market value of the below holdings which are excluded from the Schedule of Investments:

 

Futures contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020:    

 

Number of
Contracts
    Type   Expiration
Date
    Current
Notional
Amount
    Value /
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
  Long Positions:      
  11     2 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Jun. 2020     $ 2,424,727     $ 11,854  
  6     5 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Jun. 2020       752,906       30,024  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

42  


Futures contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):    

 

Number of
Contracts
    Type   Expiration
Date
    Current
Notional
Amount
    Value /
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
  Long Positions (cont’d):      
  15     10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Jun. 2020     $ 2,085,938     $ 54,217  
  4     20 Year U.S. Treasury Bonds     Jun. 2020       724,125       65,900  
       

 

 

 
          161,995  
       

 

 

 
  Short Positions:      
  9     10 Year Euro-Bund     Jun. 2020       1,720,342       (28,478
  11     20 Year U.S. Treasury Bonds     Jun. 2020       1,991,344       (22,191
  6     30 Year U.S. Ultra Treasury Bonds     Jun. 2020       1,348,687       (11,185
       

 

 

 
          (61,854
       

 

 

 
        $ 100,141  
       

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020:    

 

Purchase Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts:

 

       

Brazilian Real,

           

Expiring 05/05/20

  Goldman Sachs
International
  BRL  1,098     $ 197,023     $ 201,880     $ 4,857     $  

Expiring 05/05/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   BRL 1,433       253,102       263,389       10,287        

Expiring 05/05/20

  Morgan Stanley &
Co. International PLC
  BRL  1,477       261,611       271,499       9,888        

Chinese Renminbi,

           

Expiring 05/11/20

  Citibank, N.A.   CNH 3,312       472,739       467,765             (4,974

Expiring 05/11/20

  Citibank, N.A.   CNH 1,445       204,000       204,077       77        

Expiring 05/11/20

  Citibank, N.A.   CNH 942       133,000       133,100       100        

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 1,463       211,000       206,640             (4,360

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 1,463       206,000       206,675       675        

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 1,239       178,000       174,963             (3,037

Expiring 05/11/20

  JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  CNH  1,436       203,000       202,800             (200

Expiring 05/14/21

  Citibank, N.A.   CNH     2,567       367,933       358,920             (9,013

Czech Koruna,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  CZK  2,914       115,913       117,926       2,013        

Egyptian Pound,

           

Expiring 05/18/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 353       21,636       22,241       605        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 1,249       76,395       77,793       1,398        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 361       22,091       22,464       373        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 126       7,622       7,865       243        

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     43  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Purchase Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (cont’d.):

 

       

Egyptian Pound (cont’d.),

         

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs International   EGP  1,209     $ 74,887     $ 75,265     $ 378     $  

Hungarian Forint,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   HUF 24,438       74,000       75,892       1,892        

Expiring 07/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   HUF 37,078       115,000       115,147       147        

Expiring 07/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   HUF  50,277       151,575       156,138       4,563        

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  HUF  31,620       98,000       98,198       198        

Indian Rupee,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR  16,626       217,000       218,975       1,975        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR  15,948       212,000       210,055             (1,945

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR  13,399       172,000       176,479       4,479        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR  9,999       128,000       131,693       3,693        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR  8,461       109,000       111,441       2,441        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR  7,959       102,000       104,828       2,828        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR  7,095       92,000       93,442       1,442        

Expiring 06/17/20

  The Toronto-Dominion Bank   INR  7,622       104,484       100,385             (4,099

Indonesian Rupiah,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   IDR 2,127,244       147,994       139,067             (8,927

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   IDR 1,385,251       97,409       90,559             (6,850

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   IDR 5,336,769       369,967       348,886             (21,081

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   IDR 2,043,390       131,000       133,584       2,584        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   IDR 1,417,147       95,980       92,644             (3,336

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   IDR  1,265,688       80,000       82,743       2,743        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  IDR  2,547,444       178,205       166,536             (11,669

Israeli Shekel,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   ILS 706       197,000       202,706       5,706        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   ILS 526       145,000       151,040       6,040        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   ILS 182       51,300       52,373       1,073        

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   ILS 83       23,745       23,909       164        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   ILS 354       101,000       101,763       763        

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

44  


Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Purchase Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount

(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (cont’d.):

 

Israeli Shekel (cont’d.),

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   ILS 644     $ 185,000     $ 185,139     $ 139     $  

Japanese Yen,

           

Expiring 05/15/20

  Citibank, N.A.   JPY 10,354       97,207       96,500             (707

Expiring 07/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   JPY 20,324       189,594       189,619       25        

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  JPY 1,844       17,200       17,204       4        

Kazakhstani Tenge,

           

Expiring 05/11/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   KZT 26,650       69,129       62,471             (6,658

Expiring 05/11/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   KZT 12,409       32,260       29,087             (3,173

Expiring 06/30/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  KZT 14,068       29,711       32,419       2,708        

Mexican Peso,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   MXN 1,155       48,000       47,542             (458

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   MXN 2,925       139,752       120,450             (19,302

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs
International
  MXN 1,680       70,458       69,176             (1,282

New Taiwanese Dollar,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   TWD 2,904       98,118       98,502       384        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   TWD 5,667       190,000       192,186       2,186        

Peruvian Nuevo Sol,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   PEN 525       155,000       154,931             (69

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs
International
  PEN 356       100,860       105,257       4,397        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   PEN 498       146,000       147,188       1,188        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   PEN 408       120,000       120,461       461        

Philippine Peso,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   PHP  11,247       221,000       222,243       1,243        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   PHP 8,487       162,000       167,694       5,694        

Polish Zloty,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  UBS AG   PLN 1,059       253,395       255,156       1,761        

Russian Ruble,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   RUB  19,375       290,592       258,280             (32,312

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   RUB  13,687       189,440       182,459             (6,981

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   RUB 4,091       55,000       54,533             (467

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     45  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Purchase Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement

Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (cont’d.):

 

Russian Ruble (cont’d.),

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  RUB  3,787     $ 47,900     $ 50,485     $ 2,585     $  

Singapore Dollar,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   SGD 220       154,000       156,102       2,102        

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   SGD 264       186,000       187,545       1,545        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   SGD 380       269,000       269,786       786        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   SGD 285       202,000       202,401       401        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   SGD 162       114,000       114,936       936        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   SGD 381       275,073       270,289             (4,784

South African Rand,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   ZAR 1,073       68,000       57,600             (10,400

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   ZAR 1,144       65,000       61,401             (3,599

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   ZAR 620       32,785       33,273       488        

South Korean Won,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   KRW     110,240       90,780       90,815       35        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   KRW 102,791       85,000       84,678             (322

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   KRW 51,005       41,940       42,018       78        

Thai Baht,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   THB 3,862       118,000       119,380       1,380        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   THB 3,607       110,000       111,494       1,494        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   THB 4,473       137,000       138,249       1,249        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   THB 4,020       123,000       124,235       1,235        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   THB 3,872       117,000       119,682       2,682        

Turkish Lira,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   TRY 570       82,000       80,498             (1,502

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   TRY 357       51,000       50,441             (559
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 11,428,805     $ 11,367,550       110,811       (172,066
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

46  


Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Sale Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts:

 

   

Australian Dollar,

           

Expiring 07/20/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   AUD  644     $ 412,062     $ 419,677     $     $ (7,615

Brazilian Real,

           

Expiring 05/05/20

  Goldman Sachs International   BRL 812       159,087       149,340       9,747        

Expiring 05/05/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   BRL 368       69,288       67,681       1,607        

Expiring 05/05/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  BRL 2,827       554,397       519,747       34,650        

Expiring 06/02/20

  Goldman Sachs International   BRL 1,098       196,544       201,390             (4,846

Expiring 06/02/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   BRL 1,433       252,539       262,749             (10,210

Expiring 06/02/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  BRL 1,477       261,029       270,840             (9,811

Canadian Dollar,

           

Expiring 07/20/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  CAD 102       71,979       72,936             (957

Chilean Peso,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   CLP 25,640       29,790       30,749             (959

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CLP     262,688       314,578       315,033             (455

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CLP 59,744       71,985       71,649       336        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   CLP 371,671       444,529       445,731             (1,202

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   CLP 107,410       127,000       128,813             (1,813

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   CLP 76,817       90,779       92,123             (1,344

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   CLP 57,897       71,000       69,434       1,566        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   CLP 35,883       41,940       43,034             (1,094

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  CLP 75,276       90,000       90,276             (276

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  CLP 66,481       78,000       79,728             (1,728

Expiring 06/17/20

  The Toronto-Dominion Bank   CLP 145,239       172,288       174,180             (1,892

Chinese Renminbi,

           

Expiring 05/11/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   CNH 1,201       169,000       169,690             (690

Expiring 05/11/20

  Citibank, N.A.   CNH 1,318       187,000       186,093       907        

Expiring 05/11/20

  Credit Suisse International   CNH 1,840       259,000       259,864             (864

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 1,418       202,000       200,266       1,734        

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 1,200       171,000       169,545       1,455        

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     47  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Sale Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (cont’d.):

 

   

Chinese Renminbi (cont’d.),

           

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 1,108     $ 156,000     $ 156,524     $     $ (524

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 878       125,550       123,959       1,591        

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 871       124,400       123,063       1,337        

Expiring 05/11/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   CNH 590       84,000       83,312       688        

Expiring 05/11/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  CNH 359       50,300       50,652             (352

Expiring 05/14/21

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   CNH 2,567       368,530       358,921       9,609        

Colombian Peso,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   COP     402,320       105,888       101,185       4,703        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   COP 361,450       92,000       90,906       1,094        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   COP 92,238       26,700       23,198       3,502        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs          
  International   COP 338,077       97,409       85,027       12,382        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs International   COP 291,078       71,603       73,207             (1,604

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs International   COP 290,858       75,000       73,151       1,849        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   COP 120,312       34,437       30,259       4,178        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   COP 312,200       80,000       78,519       1,481        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   COP 235,753       58,000       59,292             (1,292

Expiring 06/17/20

  UBS AG   COP 231,856       57,000       58,312             (1,312

Czech Koruna,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  CZK 2,858       114,000       115,666             (1,666

Egyptian Pound,

           

Expiring 05/18/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 262       16,407       16,517             (110

Expiring 05/18/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 91       5,703       5,725             (22

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 1,309       81,072       81,531             (459

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 1,043       64,249       64,933             (684

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   EGP 593       36,623       36,922             (299

Euro,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   EUR 440       476,971       482,934             (5,963

Expiring 07/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   EUR 292       319,657       320,647             (990

Expiring 07/17/20

  Goldman Sachs International   EUR 36       39,200       39,234             (34

Expiring 07/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   EUR 285       310,611       312,609             (1,998

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  EUR 285       310,496       312,608             (2,112

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

48  


Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Sale Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (cont’d.):

 

 

Euro (cont’d.),

           

Expiring 11/03/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  EUR 1,912     $ 2,162,540     $ 2,104,243     $ 58,297     $  

Hungarian Forint,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   HUF 35,685       108,000       110,821             (2,821

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  HUF 28,048       85,000       87,103             (2,103

Indian Rupee,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR 8,249       106,029       108,653             (2,624

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   INR 7,608       97,400       100,203             (2,803

Indonesian Rupiah,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   IDR     1,568,196       98,000       102,519             (4,519

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   IDR 2,193,446       134,000       143,394             (9,394

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   IDR 1,514,722       88,000       99,023             (11,023

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   IDR 881,814       53,000       57,648             (4,648

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   IDR 832,364       52,000       54,415             (2,415

Israeli Shekel,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   ILS 525       137,000       150,795             (13,795

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   ILS 842       240,000       241,842             (1,842

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   ILS 438       120,000       125,809             (5,809

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   ILS 128       36,520       36,870             (350

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs International   ILS 457       129,480       131,167             (1,687

Japanese Yen,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   JPY 10,876       100,181       101,471             (1,290

Mexican Peso,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   MXN 1,408       62,000       57,952       4,048        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   MXN 1,610       67,000       66,274       726        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   MXN 2,092       98,604       86,152       12,452        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   MXN 1,837       78,300       75,628       2,672        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   MXN 1,239       50,000       51,024             (1,024

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   MXN 988       40,100       40,675             (575

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  MXN 1,050       43,200       43,221             (21

Expiring 06/17/20

  UBS AG   MXN 2,852       134,000       117,432       16,568        

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     49  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Sale Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (cont’d.):

 

 

New Taiwanese Dollar,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   TWD     5,804     $ 195,000     $ 196,840     $     $ (1,840

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs
International
  TWD 4,962       167,000       168,293             (1,293

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   TWD 8,618       291,000       292,295             (1,295

Expiring 06/17/20

  UBS AG   TWD 7,703       260,000       261,237             (1,237

Expiring 06/17/20

  UBS AG   TWD 4,349       146,000       147,512             (1,512

New Zealand Dollar,

           

Expiring 07/20/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   NZD 411       246,599       252,109             (5,510

Peruvian Nuevo Sol,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   PEN 734       213,547       216,682             (3,135

Philippine Peso,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   PHP 7,265       143,000       143,557             (557

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   PHP 3,586       70,204       70,866             (662

Polish Zloty,

           

Expiring 07/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   PLN 410       98,000       98,899             (899

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  PLN 395       94,000       95,113             (1,113

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  PLN 387       93,000       93,313             (313

Expiring 07/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co.
International PLC
  PLN 72       17,200       17,339             (139

Expiring 07/17/20

  UBS AG   PLN 414       99,000       99,686             (686

Russian Ruble,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   RUB 7,982       104,750       106,399             (1,649

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   RUB 2,753       36,410       36,696             (286

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   RUB 2,311       29,790       30,807             (1,017

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   RUB 6,813       92,994       90,814       2,180        

Singapore Dollar,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   SGD 193       134,000       137,233             (3,233

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   SGD 208       150,000       147,789       2,211        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   SGD 211       150,300       149,614       686        

South African Rand,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Bank of America, N.A.   ZAR 1,358       74,000       72,914       1,086        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   ZAR 1,057       55,000       56,744             (1,744

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   ZAR 849       46,000       45,572       428        

Expiring 06/17/20

  BNP Paribas S.A.   ZAR 1,079       66,000       57,922       8,078        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   ZAR 1,262       69,000       67,742       1,258        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   ZAR 1,298       71,438       69,700       1,738        

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

50  


Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020 (continued):

 

Sale Contracts

  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000)
    Value at
Settlement
Date
    Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (cont’d.):

 

   

South African Rand (cont’d.),

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   ZAR 495     $ 31,820     $ 26,562     $ 5,258     $  

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   ZAR 5,582       347,434       299,669       47,765        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   ZAR 1,123       61,000       60,314       686        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International
PLC
  ZAR 1,506       97,724       80,871       16,853        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International
PLC
  ZAR 830       44,000       44,549             (549

South Korean Won,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Credit Suisse International   KRW     826,919       699,599       681,212       18,387        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   KRW 114,174       96,423       94,056       2,367        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International
PLC
  KRW 155,745       126,000       128,302             (2,302

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International
PLC
  KRW 114,464       96,423       94,295       2,128        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Morgan Stanley & Co. International
PLC
  KRW 113,157       95,596       93,218       2,378        

Expiring 06/17/20

  UBS AG   KRW 114,358       96,423       94,207       2,216        

Thai Baht,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Goldman Sachs International   THB 4,012       128,000       123,988       4,012        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   THB 4,403       139,925       136,090       3,835        

Expiring 06/17/20

  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.   THB 3,656       115,000       112,985       2,015        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   THB 6,085       193,000       188,077       4,923        

Turkish Lira,

           

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   TRY 829       131,000       117,186       13,814        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   TRY 630       100,143       88,996       11,147        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   TRY 534       83,871       75,477       8,394        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   TRY 488       69,928       69,012       916        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Barclays Bank PLC   TRY 481       71,438       67,998       3,440        

Expiring 06/17/20

  Citibank, N.A.   TRY 434       68,829       61,278       7,551        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   TRY 510       78,000       72,123       5,877        

Expiring 06/17/20

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.   TRY 500       76,762       70,630       6,132        
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 18,460,544     $ 18,248,497       376,938       (164,891
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 487,749     $ (336,957
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     51  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Cross currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2020:

 

Settlement

   Type    Notional
Amount
(000)
     In Exchange
For (000)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
    Counterparty  

OTC Cross Currency Exchange Contracts:

 

 

07/17/20

   Buy    EUR     171        CZK        4,623     $ 113     $   —       Citibank, N.A.  
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

Credit default swap agreements outstanding at April 30, 2020:

 

Reference

Entity/

Obligation

  Termination
Date
    Fixed
Rate
    Notional
Amount
(000)#(3)
    Value at
Trade
Date
    Value at
April 30,
2020
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreement on credit indices—Buy Protection(1):

 

CDX.NA.HY.34.V1

    06/20/25       5.000%(Q)       8,290     $ 364,463     $ 377,349     $ 12,886  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The Fund entered into credit default swaps (“CDS”) to provide a measure of protection against defaults or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default or the reference entity’s credit soundness. CDS contracts generally trade based on a spread which represents the cost a protection buyer has to pay the protection seller. The protection buyer is said to be short the credit as the value of the contract rises the more the credit deteriorates. The value of the CDS contract increases for the protection buyer if the spread increases.

 

(1)

If the Fund is a buyer of protection, it pays the fixed rate. When a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and make delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

(2)

If the Fund is a seller of protection, it receives the fixed rate. When a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

(3)

Notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

(4)

Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the fair value of credit default swap agreements where the Fund is the seller of protection as of the reporting date serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/ performance risk and represent the likelihood of risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include up-front payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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  under the terms of the agreement.

 

Summary of Collateral for Centrally Cleared/Exchange-traded Derivatives:

 

Cash and securities segregated as collateral, including pending settlement for closed positions, to cover requirements for centrally cleared/exchange-traded derivatives are listed by broker as follows:

 

Broker

  Cash and/or Foreign Currency       Securities Market Value    

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $1,120,000   $  —
 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements:

 

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—unadjusted quoted prices generally in active markets for identical securities.

 

Level 2—quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates and yield curves, prepayment speeds, foreign currency exchange rates and other observable inputs.

 

Level 3—unobservable inputs for securities valued in accordance with Board approved fair valuation procedures.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2020 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Investments in Securities

     

Assets

     

Affiliated Mutual Funds

  $ 68,731,273     $     $  

Common Stocks

    83,584,140       12,504,989       512,990  

Exchange-Traded Funds

    66,638,545              

Preferred Stocks

    11,746,621              

Asset-Backed Security

     

Collateralized Loan Obligation

          455,956        

Bank Loans

          794,066       282,255  

Convertible Bond

          546,535        

Corporate Bonds

          53,462,926        

Sovereign Bonds

          40,336,162        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 230,700,579     $ 108,100,634     $ 795,245  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments*

     

Assets

     

Futures Contracts

  $ 161,995     $     $  

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

          487,749        

OTC Cross Currency Exchange Contracts

          113        

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreement

          12,886        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 161,995     $ 500,748     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     53  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Other Financial Instruments* (continued)

     

Liabilities

     

Futures Contracts

  $ (61,854   $     $  

OTC Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

          (336,957      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (61,854   $ (336,957   $   —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards and centrally cleared swap contracts, which are recorded at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument, and OTC swap contracts which are recorded at fair value.

 

Industry Classification:

 

The industry classification of investments and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of April 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

Affiliated Mutual Funds (3.2% represents investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan)

    20.9

Exchange-Traded Funds

    20.3  

Sovereign Bonds

    12.3  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    10.6  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    4.0  

Oil & Gas

    3.1  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    2.3  

Chemicals

    1.6  

Pharmaceuticals

    1.5  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    1.4  

Electric

    1.4  

Telecommunications

    1.2  

Aerospace & Defense

    1.1  

Banks

    1.1  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    1.1  

Media

    1.1  

Entertainment

    1.0  

Software

    1.0  

Electric Utilities

    1.0  

Home Builders

    0.8  

Insurance

    0.8  

Tobacco

    0.8  

Multi-Utilities

    0.8  

Capital Markets

    0.7  

Retail

    0.7  

Mining

    0.7  

Real Estate Management & Development

    0.6  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    0.6  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

    0.6

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

    0.6  

Household Products

    0.5  

Healthcare-Services

    0.5  

Biotechnology

    0.5  

Diversified Financial Services

    0.5  

Commercial Services

    0.5  

Pipelines

    0.4  

Consumer Finance

    0.3  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    0.3  

Road & Rail

    0.3  

Transportation

    0.3  

Specialty Retail

    0.3  

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.3  

Foods

    0.3  

Engineering & Construction

    0.2  

Building Materials

    0.2  

Auto Parts & Equipment

    0.2  

Real Estate

    0.2  

Auto Manufacturers

    0.2  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    0.2  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    0.2  

Computers

    0.2  

Gas

    0.1  

Collateralized Loan Obligation

    0.1  

Lodging

    0.1  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

    0.1  

Advertising

    0.1  

Agriculture

    0.1  
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

54  


Industry Classification (continued):

 

Machinery-Diversified

    0.1

Energy-Alternate Sources

    0.1  

Iron/Steel

    0.1  

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

    0.1  

Leisure Time

    0.1  

Distribution/Wholesale

    0.0

Housewares

    0.0

Food Service

    0.0

Household Products/Wares

    0.0

Apparel

    0.0 *% 
 

 

 

 
    103.4  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (3.4
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

*

Less than +/- 0.05%

 

 

Effects of Derivative Instruments on the Financial Statements and Primary Underlying Risk Exposure:

 

The Fund invested in derivative instruments during the reporting period. The primary types of risk associated with these derivative instruments are credit contracts risk, equity contracts risk, foreign exchange contracts risk and interest rate contracts risk. See the Notes to Financial Statements for additional detail regarding these derivative instruments and their risks. The effect of such derivative instruments on the Fund’s financial position and financial performance as reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations is presented in the summary below.

 

Fair values of derivative instruments as of April 30, 2020 as presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives not accounted

for as hedging instruments,

carried at fair value

  

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities Location

   Fair
Value
   

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities Location

   Fair
Value
 
Credit contracts    Due from/to broker—variation margin swaps    $ 12,886      $  
Foreign exchange contracts    Unrealized appreciation on OTC cross currency exchange contracts      113           
Foreign exchange contracts    Unrealized appreciation on OTC forward foreign currency exchange contracts      487,749     Unrealized depreciation on OTC forward foreign currency exchange contracts      336,957  
Interest rate contracts    Due from/to broker—variation margin futures      161,995   Due from/to broker—variation margin futures      61,854
     

 

 

      

 

 

 
      $ 662,743        $ 398,811  
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the schedule of open futures and centrally cleared swap contracts. Only unsettled variation margin receivable (payable) is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     55  


Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2020

 

The effects of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2020 are as follows:

 

Amount of Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

 

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging

instruments, carried at fair value

  Futures     Forward
& Cross
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
    Swaps  

Credit contracts

  $     $     $ 560,661  

Foreign exchange contracts

          32,930        

Interest rate contracts

    122,491              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 122,491     $ 32,930     $ 560,661  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

 

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging

instruments, carried at fair value

  Rights(1)     Futures     Forward
& Cross
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
    Swaps  

Credit contracts

  $     $     $     $ 65,284  

Equity contracts

    (4,763                  

Foreign exchange contracts

                178,637        

Interest rate contracts

          110,687              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (4,763   $ 110,687     $ 178,637     $ 65,284  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Included in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Statement of Operations.

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2020, the Fund’s average volume of derivative activities is as follows:

 

Futures
Contracts—
Long
Positions(1)

    Futures
Contracts—
Short
Positions(1)
    Forward
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts—
Purchased(2)
 
$ 7,681,818     $ 1,942,416     $ 15,013,708  

 

Forward
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts—
Sold(2)

    Cross
Currency
Exchange
Contracts(3)
    Credit
Default
Swap
Agreements—
Buy
Protection(1)
 
$ 18,992,511     $ 120,280     $ 5,945,667  

 

(1)

Notional Amount in USD.

(2)

Value at Settlement Date.

(3)

Value at Trade Date.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Instruments/Transactions—Summary of Offsetting and Netting Arrangements:

 

The Fund invested in OTC derivatives and entered into financial instruments/transactions during the reporting period that are either offset in accordance with current requirements or are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or similar agreements that permit offsetting. The information about offsetting and related netting arrangements for OTC derivatives and financial instruments/transactions where the legal right to set-off exists is presented in the summary below.

 

Offsetting of financial instrument/transaction assets and liabilities:

 

Description

  Gross Market
Value of
Recognized
Assets/(Liabilities)
    Collateral
Pledged/
(Received)(2)
    Net
Amount
 

Securities on Loan

  $ 10,095,681     $ (10,095,681   $     —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Offsetting of OTC derivative assets and liabilities:

 

Counterparty

  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets(1)
    Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities(1)
    Net
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets/
(Liabilities)
    Collateral
Pledged/
(Received)(2)
    Net
Amount
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 1,086     $     $ 1,086     $     —     $ 1,086  

Barclays Bank PLC

    53,060       (65,925     (12,865           (12,865

BNP Paribas S.A.

    16,766       (54,933     (38,167           (38,167

Citibank, N.A.

    24,390       (58,781     (34,391           (34,391

Credit Suisse International

    25,570       (23,785     1,785             1,785  

Goldman Sachs International

    37,622       (10,746     26,876             26,876  

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

    40,874       (33,804     7,070             7,070  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    138,260       (43,134     95,126             95,126  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    129,689       (35,111     94,578             94,578  

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

          (5,991     (5,991           (5,991

UBS AG

    20,545       (4,747     15,798             15,798  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 487,862     $ (336,957   $ 150,905     $     $ 150,905  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Includes unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on swaps and forwards, premiums paid/(received) on swap agreements and market value of purchased and written options, as represented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

(2)

Collateral amount disclosed by the Fund is limited to the market value of financial instruments/transactions and the Fund’s OTC derivative exposure by counterparty.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2020

 

Assets

        

Investments at value, including securities on loan of $10,095,681:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $277,820,052)

   $ 261,916,685  

Affiliated investments (cost $82,310,158)

     77,679,773  

Cash

     480  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $190,174)

     191,717  

Receivable for investments sold

     2,419,256  

Dividends and interest receivable

     2,168,363  

Deposit with broker for centrally cleared/exchange-traded derivatives

     1,120,000  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     532,466  

Unrealized appreciation on OTC forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     487,749  

Tax reclaim receivable

     16,638  

Unrealized appreciation on OTC cross currency exchange contracts

     113  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     9,948  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     346,543,188  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable to broker for collateral for securities on loan

     10,603,987  

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     4,106,109  

Payable for investments purchased

     2,570,879  

Unrealized depreciation on OTC forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     336,957  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     266,167  

Distribution fee payable

     91,155  

Dividends payable

     53,802  

Management fee payable

     49,460  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     18,824  

Due to broker—variation margin swaps

     9,218  

Due to broker—variation margin futures

     4,145  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     18,110,703  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 328,432,485  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest, at par

   $ 39,998  

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     393,200,252  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (64,807,765
  

 

 

 

Net assets, April 30, 2020

   $ 328,432,485  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class A

        

Net asset value and redemption price per share,
($128,682,229 ÷ 15,629,138 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 8.23  

Maximum sales charge (4.50% of offering price)

     0.39  
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 8.62  
  

 

 

 

Class B

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($605,023 ÷ 75,066 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 8.06  
  

 

 

 

Class C

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($80,756,883 ÷ 10,022,281 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 8.06  
  

 

 

 

Class R

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($1,415,832 ÷ 172,232 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 8.22  
  

 

 

 

Class Z

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($112,610,174 ÷ 13,573,240 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 8.30  
  

 

 

 

Class R6

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,
($4,362,344 ÷ 526,097 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 8.29  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended April 30, 2020

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

       

Income

 

Unaffiliated dividend income (net of $62,810 foreign withholding tax)

  $ 4,370,006  

Interest income

    4,191,069  

Affiliated dividend income

    764,444  

Income from securities lending, net (including affiliated income of $16,508)

    21,215  
 

 

 

 

Total income

    9,346,734  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    1,370,528  

Distribution fee(a)

    707,744  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $45,440)(a)

    211,115  

Custodian and accounting fees

    149,292  

Shareholders’ reports

    90,948  

Registration fees(a)

    46,288  

Audit fee

    26,104  

Legal fees and expenses

    11,387  

Trustees’ fees

    8,513  

Miscellaneous

    17,703  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    2,639,622  

Less: Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement(a)

    (827,048

Distribution fee waiver(a)

    (39,164
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    1,773,410  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    7,573,324  
 

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investment And Foreign Currency Transactions

       

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investment transactions (including affiliated of $(283,945))

    (21,614,582

Affiliated net capital gain distributions received

    699,078  

Futures transactions

    122,491  

Forward and cross currency contract transactions

    32,930  

Swap agreement transactions

    560,661  

Foreign currency transactions

    (7,476
 

 

 

 
    (20,206,898
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments (including affiliated of $(6,804,384))

    (43,305,331

Futures

    110,687  

Forward and cross currency contracts

    178,637  

Swap agreements

    65,284  

Foreign currencies

    (767
 

 

 

 
    (42,951,490
 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    (63,158,388
 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

  $ (55,585,064
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(a)

Class specific expenses and waivers were as follows:

 

    Class A     Class B     Class C     Class R     Class Z     Class R6  

Distribution fee

    222,978       4,586       474,177       6,003              

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses

    88,233       3,794       43,694       1,182       74,143       69  

Registration fees

    8,056       4,267       8,682       7,638       9,830       7,815  

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

    (312,740     (9,382     (190,359     (11,150     (288,353     (15,064

Distribution fee waiver

    (37,163                 (2,001            

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

 

     Six Months
Ended
April 30, 2020
     Year
Ended
October 31, 2019
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

                 

Operations

     

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 7,573,324      $ 14,806,651  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     (20,905,976      7,936,642  

Affiliated net capital gain distributions received

     699,078         

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currencies

     (42,951,490      17,595,518  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (55,585,064      40,338,811  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions

     

Distributions from distributable earnings

     

Class A

     (3,124,788      (6,442,235

Class B

     (15,880      (50,955

Class C

     (1,684,672      (3,718,035

Class R

     (31,710      (71,291

Class Z

     (3,105,263      (5,983,556

Class R6

     (109,594      (184,335
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (8,071,907      (16,450,407
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Tax return of capital distributions

     

Class A

            (234,063

Class B

            (1,851

Class C

            (135,086

Class R

            (2,590

Class Z

            (217,398

Class R6

            (6,697
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
            (597,685
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fund share transactions (Net of share conversions)

     

Net proceeds from shares sold

     36,811,135        73,837,097  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     7,402,087        15,652,104  

Cost of shares reacquired

     (65,042,091      (103,251,012
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

     (20,828,869      (13,761,811
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

     (84,485,840      9,528,908  

Net Assets:

                 

Beginning of period

     412,918,325        403,389,417  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 328,432,485      $ 412,918,325  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Prudential Investment Portfolios 16 (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust currently consists of one fund: PGIM Income Builder Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified fund for the purposes of the 1940 Act.

 

The investment objective of the Fund is seek income and long-term capital growth.

 

1. Accounting Policies

 

The Fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The following accounting policies conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Fund consistently follows such policies in the preparation of its financial statements.

 

Securities Valuation: The Fund holds securities and other assets and liabilities that are fair valued at the close of each day (generally, 4:00 PM Eastern time) the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has adopted valuation procedures for security valuation under which fair valuation responsibilities have been delegated to PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments” or the “Manager”). Pursuant to the Board’s delegation, the Manager has established a Valuation Committee responsible for supervising the fair valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities. The valuation procedures permit the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers, and alternative valuation methods when market quotations are either not readily available or not deemed representative of fair value. A record of the Valuation Committee’s actions is subject to the Board’s review, approval, and ratification at its next regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

 

For the fiscal reporting period-end, securities and other assets and liabilities were fair valued at the close of the last U.S. business day. Trading in certain foreign securities may occur when the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays). Because such foreign securities trade in markets that are open on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund’s foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot purchase or redeem Fund shares.

 

Various inputs determine how the Fund’s investments are valued, all of which are categorized according to the three broad levels (Level 1, 2, or 3) detailed in the Schedule of Investments and referred to herein as the “fair value hierarchy” in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820—Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Common and preferred stocks, exchange-traded funds, and derivative instruments, such as futures or options, that are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price as of the close of trading on the applicable exchange where the security principally trades. Securities traded via NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. To the extent these securities are valued at the last sale price or NASDAQ official closing price, they are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. In the event that no sale or official closing price on valuation date exists, these securities are generally valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, or at the last bid price in the absence of an ask price. These securities are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

Foreign equities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued using pricing vendor services that provide model prices derived using adjustment factors based on information such as local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, depositary receipts, and futures, as applicable. Securities valued using such model prices are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The models generate an evaluated adjustment factor for each security, which is applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post closing market movements up to the time the Fund is valued. Utilizing that evaluated adjustment factor, the vendor provides an evaluated price for each security. If the vendor does not provide an evaluated price, securities are valued in accordance with exchange-traded common and preferred stock valuation policies discussed above.

 

Investments in open-end, non-exchange-traded mutual funds are valued at their net asset values as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. These securities are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy since they may be purchased or sold at their net asset values on the date of valuation.

 

Fixed income securities traded in the OTC market are generally classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Such fixed income securities are typically valued using the market approach which generally involves obtaining data from an approved independent third-party vendor source. The Fund utilizes the market approach as the primary method to value securities when market prices of identical or comparable instruments are available. The third-party vendors’ valuation techniques used to derive the evaluated bid price are based on evaluating observable inputs, including but not limited to, yield curves, yield spreads, credit ratings, deal terms, tranche level attributes, default rates, cash flows, prepayment speeds, broker/dealer quotations and reported trades. Certain Level 3 securities are also valued using the market approach when obtaining a single broker quote or when utilizing transaction prices for identical securities that have been used in excess of five business days. During the reporting period, there were no changes to report with respect to the valuation approach and/or valuation techniques discussed above.

 

64  


Bank loans are generally valued at prices provided by approved independent pricing vendors. The pricing vendors utilize broker/dealer quotations and provide prices based on the average of such quotations. Bank loans valued using such vendor prices are generally classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Bank loans valued based on a single broker quote or at the original transaction price in excess of five business days are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

OTC and centrally cleared derivative instruments are generally classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Such derivative instruments are typically valued using the market approach and/or income approach which generally involves obtaining data from an approved independent third-party vendor source. The Fund utilizes the market approach when quoted prices in broker-dealer markets are available but also includes consideration of alternative valuation approaches, including the income approach. In the absence of reliable market quotations, the income approach is typically utilized for purposes of valuing derivatives such as interest rate swaps based on a discounted cash flow analysis whereby the value of the instrument is equal to the present value of its future cash inflows or outflows. Such analysis includes projecting future cash flows and determining the discount rate (including the present value factors that affect the discount rate) used to discount the future cash flows. In addition, the third-party vendors’ valuation techniques used to derive the evaluated derivative price is based on evaluating observable inputs, including but not limited to, underlying asset prices, indices, spreads, interest rates and exchange rates. Certain derivatives may be classified as Level 3 when valued using the market approach by obtaining a single broker quote or when utilizing unobservable inputs in the income approach. During the reporting period, there were no changes to report with respect to the valuation approach and/or valuation techniques discussed above.

 

Securities and other assets that cannot be priced according to the methods described above are valued based on pricing methodologies approved by the Board. In the event that unobservable inputs are used when determining such valuations, the securities will be classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

When determining the fair value 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 the 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 Manager 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 unaffiliated mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

 

Illiquid Securities: Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted a Board approved Liquidity Risk Management Program (“LRMP”) that requires, among other things, that the Fund limit its illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of net

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

assets. Illiquid securities are those that, because of the absence of a readily available market or due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, may not reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. The Fund may find it difficult to sell illiquid securities at the time considered most advantageous by its subadviser(s) and may incur transaction costs that would not be incurred in the sale of securities that were freely marketable.

 

Restricted Securities: Securities acquired in unregistered, private sales from the issuing company or from an affiliate of the issuer are considered restricted as to disposition under federal securities law (“restricted securities”). Such restricted securities are valued pursuant to the valuation procedures noted above. Restricted securities that would otherwise be considered illiquid investments pursuant to the Fund’s LRMP because of legal restrictions on resale to the general public may be traded among qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Therefore, these Rule 144A securities, as well as commercial paper that is sold in private placements under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, may be classified higher than “illiquid” under the LRMP (i.e. “moderately liquid” or “less liquid” investments). However, the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in restricted securities could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.

 

Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

 

(i) market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities—at the current rates of exchange;

 

(ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses—at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

Although the net assets of the Fund are presented at the foreign exchange rates and market values at the close of the period, the Fund does not generally isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities held at the end of the period. Similarly, the Fund does not isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities sold during the period. Accordingly, holding period realized foreign currency gains (losses) are included in the reported net realized gains (losses) on investment transactions. Notwithstanding the above, the Fund does isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates when determining the gain (loss) upon the sale or maturity of foreign currency denominated debt obligations; such amounts are included in net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions.

 

66  


Additionally, net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains (losses) from the disposition of holdings of foreign currencies, currency gains (losses) realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest, dividends and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains (losses) arise from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities (other than investments) at period end exchange rates.

 

Forward and Cross Currency Contracts: A forward currency contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated forward rate. The Fund enters into forward currency contracts, as defined in the prospectus, in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings or on specific receivables and payables denominated in a foreign currency and to gain exposure to certain currencies. The contracts are valued daily at current forward exchange rates and any unrealized gain (loss) is included in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward and cross currency contracts. Gain (loss) is realized on the settlement date of the contract equal to the difference between the settlement value of the original and negotiated forward contracts. This gain (loss), if any, is included in net realized gain (loss) on forward and cross currency contract transactions. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Forward currency contracts involve risks from currency exchange rate and credit risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty at the end of the contract’s life. A cross currency contract is a forward contract where a specified amount of one foreign currency will be exchanged for a specified amount of another foreign currency.

 

Financial Futures Contracts: A financial futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities at a set price for delivery on a future date. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This amount is known as the “initial margin.” Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security. Such variation margin is recorded for financial statement purposes on a daily basis as unrealized gain (loss). When the contract expires or is closed, the gain (loss) is realized and is presented in the Statement of Operations as net realized gain (loss) on futures transactions.

 

The Fund invested in financial futures contracts in order to hedge its existing portfolio securities, or securities the Fund intends to purchase, against fluctuations in value caused by changes in prevailing interest rates. Should interest rates move unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss. The use of futures transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying hedged assets. Since

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

futures contracts are exchange-traded, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchanges’ clearinghouse acts as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures and guarantees the futures contracts against default.

 

Bank Loans: The Fund invested in bank loans. Bank loans include fixed and floating rate loans that are privately negotiated between a corporate borrower and one or more financial institutions, including, but not limited to, term loans, revolvers, and other instruments issued in the bank loan market. The Fund acquired interests in loans directly (by way of assignment from the selling institution) or indirectly (by way of the purchase of a participation interest from the selling institution). Under a bank loan assignment, the Fund generally will succeed to all the rights and obligations of an assigning lending institution and becomes a lender under the loan agreement with the relevant borrower in connection with that loan. Under a bank loan participation, the Fund generally will have a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the relevant borrower. As a result, the Fund generally will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the relevant borrower. The Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation to the Fund.

 

Swap Agreements: The Fund entered into certain types of swap agreements detailed in the disclosures below. A swap agreement is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. Swap agreements are negotiated in the OTC market and may be executed either directly with a counterparty (“OTC-traded”) or through a central clearing facility, such as a registered exchange. Swap agreements are valued daily at current market value and any change in value is included in the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. Centrally cleared swaps pay or receive an amount known as “variation margin”, based on daily changes in the valuation of the swap contract. For OTC-traded, upfront premiums paid and received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swap agreements outstanding at period end, if any, are listed on the Schedule of Investments.

 

Credit Default Swaps (“CDS”): CDS involve one party (the protection buyer) making a stream of payments to another party (the protection seller) in exchange for the right to receive a specified payment in the event of a default or as a result of a default (collectively a “credit event”) for the referenced entity (typically corporate issues or sovereign issues of an emerging country) on its obligation; or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index.

 

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The Fund is subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives, and as such, has entered into CDS contracts to provide a measure of protection against defaults or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default or the reference entity’s credit soundness. CDS contracts generally trade based on a spread which represents the cost a protection buyer has to pay the protection seller. The protection buyer is said to be short the credit as the value of the contract rises the more the credit deteriorates. The value of the CDS contract increases for the protection buyer if the spread increases. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk for purchased CDS is the inability of the counterparty to honor the contract up to the notional value due to a credit event.

 

As a seller of protection on credit default swap agreements, the Fund generally receives an agreed upon payment from the buyer of protection throughout the term of the swap, provided no credit event occurs. As the seller, the Fund effectively increases its investment risk because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund may be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

 

The maximum amount of the payment that the Fund, as a seller of protection, could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be equal to the notional amount of the underlying security or index contract as a result of a credit event. This potential amount will be partially offset by any recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, or net amounts received from the settlement of buy protection credit default swap agreements which the Fund entered into for the same referenced entity or index. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

 

Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements where the Fund is the seller of protection as of period end are disclosed in the footnotes to the Schedule of Investments, if applicable. These spreads serve as indicators of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of default risk for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and increased market value in absolute terms, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Master Netting Arrangements: The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, is subject to various Master Agreements, or netting arrangements, with select counterparties. These are agreements which a subadviser may have negotiated and entered into on behalf of all or a portion of the Fund. A master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty permits the Fund to offset amounts payable by the Fund to the same counterparty against amounts to be received; and by the receipt of collateral from the counterparty by the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. However, there is no assurance that such mitigating

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

factors are easily enforceable. In addition to master netting arrangements, the right to set-off exists when all the conditions are met such that each of the parties owes the other determinable amounts, the reporting party has the right to set-off the amount owed with the amount owed by the other party, the reporting party intends to set-off and the right of set-off is enforceable by law. During the reporting period, there was no intention to settle on a net basis and all amounts are presented on a gross basis on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, is a party to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreements with certain counterparties that govern OTC derivative and foreign exchange contracts entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the Fund is held in a segregated account by the Fund’s custodian and with respect to those amounts which can be sold or re-pledged, is presented in the Schedule of Investments. Collateral pledged by the Fund is segregated by the Fund’s custodian and identified in the Schedule of Investments. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the Fund and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the Fund’s net position with each counterparty. Termination events applicable to the Fund may occur upon a decline in the Fund’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the counterparty’s long-term and short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the Fund’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the Fund’s future derivative activity.

 

In addition to each instrument’s primary underlying risk exposure (e.g. interest rate, credit, equity or foreign exchange, etc.), swap agreements involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk. Such risks involve the possibility that no liquid market for these agreements will exist, the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform or disagree on the contractual terms of the agreement, and changes in net interest rates will be unfavorable. In connection with these agreements, securities in the portfolio may be identified or received as collateral from the counterparty in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements to provide or receive assets of value and to serve as recourse in the event of default or bankruptcy/insolvency of either party. Such OTC derivative agreements include conditions which, when materialized, give the counterparty the right to cause an early termination of the transactions under those agreements. Any

 

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election by the counterparty for early termination of the contract(s) may impact the amounts reported on financial statements.

 

As of April 30, 2020, the Fund has not met conditions under such agreements which give the counterparty the right to call for an early termination.

 

Forward currency contracts, forward rate agreements, written options, short sales, swaps and financial futures contracts involve elements of both market and credit risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks may be mitigated by engaging in master netting arrangements.

 

Rights: The Fund held rights acquired either through a direct purchase or pursuant to corporate actions. Rights entitle the holder to buy a proportionate amount of common stock, or such other security that the issuer may specify, at a specific price and time through the expiration dates. Such rights are held as long positions by the Fund until exercised, sold or expired. Rights are valued at fair value in accordance with the Board approved fair valuation procedures.

 

Payment-In-Kind: The Fund invested in the open market or receive pursuant to debt restructuring, securities that pay-in-kind (PIK) the interest due on such debt instruments. The PIK interest, computed at the contractual rate specified, is added to the existing principal balance of the debt when issued bonds have same terms as the bond or recorded as a separate bond when terms are different from the existing debt, and is recorded as interest income.

 

Securities Lending: The Fund lends its portfolio securities to banks and broker-dealers. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. Collateral pledged by each borrower is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is marked to market daily, based on the previous day’s market value, such that the value of the collateral exceeds the value of the loaned securities. In the event of significant appreciation in value of securities on loan on the last business day of the reporting period, the financial statements may reflect a collateral value that is less than the market value of the loaned securities. Such shortfall is remedied as described above. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the Fund securities identical to the loaned securities. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Fund has the right to repurchase the securities in the open market using the collateral.

 

The Fund recognizes income, net of any rebate and securities lending agent fees, for lending its securities in the form of fees or interest on the investment of any cash received as collateral. The borrower receives all interest and dividends from the securities loaned and such payments are passed back to the lender in amounts equivalent thereto. The Fund also continues to recognize any unrealized gain (loss) in the market price of the securities loaned and on the change in the value of the collateral invested that may occur during the term of the loan. In addition, realized gain (loss) is recognized on changes in the value of the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

collateral invested upon liquidation of the collateral. Net earnings from securities lending are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.

 

Equity and Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (collectively equity REITs): The Fund invested in equity REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. Based on current and historical information, a portion of distributions received from equity REITs during the period is estimated to be dividend income, capital gain or return of capital and recorded accordingly. When material, these estimates are adjusted periodically when the actual source of distributions is disclosed by the equity REITs.

 

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs): The Fund invested in MLPs. Distributions received from the Fund’s investment in MLPs generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates made at the time such distributions are received. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each MLP and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from MLPs after their respective tax reporting periods have concluded.

 

Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains (losses) from investment and currency transactions are calculated on the specific identification method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-date, or for certain foreign securities, when the Fund becomes aware of such dividends. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is recorded on the accrual basis. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis, which may require the use of certain estimates by management that may differ from actual. Net investment income or loss (other than class specific expenses and waivers, which are allocated as noted below) and unrealized and realized gains (losses) are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of adjusted net assets of each class at the beginning of the day. Class specific expenses and waivers, where applicable, are charged to the respective share classes. Class specific expenses include distribution fees and distribution fee waivers, shareholder servicing fees, transfer agent’s fees and expenses, registration fees and fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, as applicable.

 

Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to continue to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable net investment income and capital gains, if any, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, interest and capital gains, if any, are recorded, net of reclaimable amounts, at the time the related income is earned.

 

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Tax reform legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permits a direct REIT shareholder to claim a 20% “qualified business income” deduction for ordinary REIT dividends. The tax legislation did not expressly permit regulated investment companies (“RICs”) paying dividends attributable to such income to pass through this special treatment to its shareholders. On January 18, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations that permit RICs to pass through “qualified REIT dividends” to their shareholders.

 

Dividends and Distributions: The Fund expects to pay dividends from net investment income monthly and distributions from net realized capital and currency gains, if any, annually. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations and which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles, are recorded on the ex-date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gain (loss) are reclassified between total distributable earnings (loss) and paid-in capital in excess of par, as appropriate.

 

Estimates: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

2. Agreements

 

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has a management agreement with the Manager. Pursuant to this agreement, the Manager has responsibility for all investment advisory services and supervises the subadvisers’ performance of such services. In addition, under the management agreement, the Manager provides all of the administrative functions necessary for the organization, operation and management of the Fund. The Manager administers the corporate affairs of the Fund and, in connection therewith, furnishes the Fund with office facilities, together with those ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services which are not being furnished by the Fund’s custodian and the Fund’s transfer agent. The Manager is also responsible for the staffing and management of dedicated groups of legal, marketing, compliance and related personnel necessary for the operation of the Fund. The legal, marketing, compliance and related personnel are also responsible for the management and oversight of the various service providers to the Fund, including, but not limited to, the custodian, transfer agent, and accounting agent.

 

The Manager has entered into subadvisory agreements with QMA LLC (“QMA”), Jennison Associates LLC, PGIM, Inc., PGIM Limited (on behalf of its PGIM Fixed Income unit), PGIM Real Estate and PGIM Real Estate (UK) Limited, (each a “Subadviser” and together, the “Subadvisers”). The subadvisory agreements provide that the Subadvisers furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, the Subadvisers are obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. The Manager pays for the services of the Subadvisers, the cost of compensation of officers of the Fund, occupancy and certain clerical and accounting costs of the Fund. The Fund bears all other costs and expenses.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

The management fee paid to the Manager is accrued daily and payable monthly at an annual rate of 0.70% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion and 0.65% of such assets in excess of $1 billion. The effective management fee rate before any waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 0.70% for the reporting period ended April 30, 2020.

 

The Manager has contractually agreed, through February 28, 2021, to limit total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements to 0.95% of average daily net assets for Class A shares, 1.70% of average daily net assets for Class B shares, 1.70% of average daily net assets for Class C shares, 1.20% of average daily net assets for Class R shares, 0.70% of average daily net assets for Class Z shares and 0.70% of average daily net assets for Class R6 shares. This contractual waiver includes acquired fund fees and expenses, and excludes Fund and any acquired fund interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales.

 

Where applicable, the Manager agrees to waive management fees or shared operating expenses on any share class to the same extent that it waives similar expenses on any other share class. In addition, total annual operating expenses for Class R6 shares will not exceed total annual operating expenses for Class Z shares. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager may be recouped by the Manager within the same fiscal year during which such waiver and/or reimbursement is made if such recoupment can be realized without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time of the recoupment for the fiscal year.

 

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Fund compensates PIMS for distributing and servicing the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares, pursuant to the plans of distribution (the “Distribution Plans”), regardless of expenses actually incurred by PIMS. The distribution fees are accrued daily and payable monthly. No distribution or service fees are paid to PIMS as distributor of the Class Z and Class R6 shares of the Fund.

 

Pursuant to the Distribution Plans, the Fund compensates PIMS for distribution related activities at an annual rate of up to 0.30%, 1%, 1% and 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares, respectively. PIMS has contractually agreed through February 28, 2021 to limit such fees to 0.25% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Class A and Class R shares.

 

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For the reporting period ended April 30, 2020, PIMS received $151,368 in front-end sales charges resulting from sales of Class A shares. Additionally, for the reporting period ended April 30, 2020, PIMS received $112 and $3,160 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by certain Class B and Class C shareholders, respectively. From these fees, PIMS paid such sales charges to broker-dealers, who in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs.

 

PGIM, Inc., PGIM Limted, Jennison Associates LLC, PGIM Investments, PIMS, and QMA are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”).

 

3. Other Transactions with Affiliates

 

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (“PMFS”), an affiliate of PGIM Investments and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, serves as the Trust’s transfer agent. Transfer agent’s fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations include certain out-of-pocket expenses paid to non-affiliates, where applicable.

 

The Fund may invest its overnight sweep cash in the PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund (the “Core Fund”), and its securities lending cash collateral in the PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (formerly known as Prudential Institutional Money Market Fund) (the “Money Market Fund”), each a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, registered under the 1940 Act and managed by PGIM Investments. Through the Fund’s investments in the mentioned underlying funds, PGIM Investments and/or its affiliates are paid fees or reimbursed for providing their services. In addition to the realized and unrealized gains on investments in the Core Fund and other affiliated mutual funds, earnings from such investments are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Affiliated dividend income”and “Income from securities lending, net” respectively.

 

The Fund may enter into certain securities purchase or sale transactions under Board approved Rule 17a-7 procedures. Rule 17a-7 is an exemptive rule under the 1940 Act, that subject to certain conditions, permits purchase and sale transactions among affiliated investment companies, or between an investment company and a person that is affiliated solely by reason of having a common (or affiliated) investment adviser, common directors, and/or common officers. Pursuant to the Rule 17a-7 procedures and consistent with guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) prepares a quarterly summary of all such transactions for submission to the Board, together with the CCO’s written representation that all such 17a-7 transactions were effected in accordance with the Fund’s Rule 17a-7 procedures. For the reporting period ended April 30, 2020, no 17a-7 transactions were entered into by the Fund.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

4. Portfolio Securities

 

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities) for the reporting period ended April 30, 2020, were $180,030,856 and $191,743,951, respectively.

 

A summary of the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of shares of affiliated investments for the reporting period ended April 30, 2020, is presented as follows:

 

Affiliated mutual funds

  Value,
Beginning
of Period
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
 

PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund*

  $ 10,599,251     $ 173,000,646     $ 178,533,893     $  

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund*

    17,284,425       57,347,660       64,003,686       12,645  

PGIM QMA International Equity Fund (Class R6)*

    3,176,536       14,527,167             (3,066,882

PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha International Equity ETF*

    10,697,380                   (1,748,880

PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund (Class R6)*

    20,563,438       673,975       10,875,000       (991,199

PGIM Total Return Bond Fund (Class R6)

    20,792,080       9,518,123             (1,010,068
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 83,113,110     $ 255,067,571     $ 253,412,579     $ (6,804,384
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Affiliated mutual funds

  Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Value,
End of Period
    Shares,
End
of Period
    Income     Capital
Gain
Distrib.
 

PGIM Core Ultra Short Bond Fund*

  $     $ 5,066,004       5,066,004     $ 90,729     $  

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund*

    (15,603     10,625,441       10,627,567       16,508 **       

PGIM QMA International Equity Fund (Class R6)*

          14,636,821       2,411,338       477,167        

PGIM QMA Strategic Alpha International Equity ETF*

          8,948,500       200,000       130,778        

PGIM Short Duration High Yield Income Fund (Class R6)*

    (268,342     9,102,872       1,119,664       11,685        

PGIM Total Return Bond Fund (Class R6)

          29,300,135       2,054,708       54,085       699,078  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ (283,945   $ 77,679,773       $ 780,952     $ 699,078  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

*

The Fund did not have any capital gain distributions during the reporting period.

**

Represents the affiliated amount of securities lending income shown on the Statement of Operations.

 

5. Tax Information

 

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized depreciation as of April 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis

   $ 370,424,118  
  

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

     15,890,866  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (46,454,594
  

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Depreciation

   $ (30,563,728
  

 

 

 

 

The book basis may differ from tax basis due to certain tax-related adjustments.

 

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For federal income tax purposes, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2019 of approximately $13,483,000 which can be carried forward for an unlimited period. No capital gains distributions are expected to be paid to shareholders until net gains have been realized in excess of such losses.

 

The Manager has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state and local income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements for the current reporting period. Since tax authorities can examine previously filed tax returns, the Fund’s U.S. federal and state tax returns for each of the four fiscal years up to the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 are subject to such review.

 

6. Capital and Ownership

 

The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z and Class R6 shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50%. Investors who purchase $1 million or more of Class A shares and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1%, although they are not subject to an initial sales charge. The Class A CDSC is waived for certain retirement and/or benefit plans. A special exchange privilege is also available for shareholders who qualified to purchase Class A shares at net asset value. Class B shares are subject to a CDSC of 5%, which decreases by 1% annually to 1% in the fifth and sixth years and 0% in the seventh year. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a monthly basis approximately seven years after purchase. Effective on or about June 26, 2020, all issued and outstanding Class B shares will be automatically converted to Class A shares. Class B shares are closed to new purchases. Class C shares are sold with a CDSC of 1% on sales made within 12 months of purchase. Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a monthly basis approximately 10 years after purchase. Class R, Class Z and Class R6 shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charges and are available exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

 

Under certain circumstances, an exchange may be made from specified share classes of the Fund to one or more other share classes of the Fund as presented in the table of transactions in shares of beneficial interest.

 

The Trust has authorized an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund at $0.001 par value per share, divided into six classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Z and Class R6.

 

As of April 30, 2020, Prudential, through its affiliated entities, including affiliated funds (if applicable), owned shares of the Fund as follows:

 

     Number of Shares      Percentage of
Outstanding Shares
 

Class A

     10,100        %* 

Class B

     61        %* 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

*

Amount represents less than 1% of outstanding shares.

 

At reporting period end, the number of shareholders holding greater than 5% of the Fund are as follows:

 

Affiliated   Unaffiliated
Number of
Shareholders
  Percentage of
Outstanding Shares
  Number of
Shareholders
  Percentage of
Outstanding Shares
  —%   10   81%

 

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

Class A

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2020:

       

Shares sold

       1,161,034      $ 10,991,115  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       333,779        3,042,265  

Shares reacquired

       (2,162,322      (19,150,888
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (667,509      (5,117,508

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       231,841        2,188,865  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (103,973      (989,745
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (539,641    $ (3,918,388
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       1,672,862      $ 15,764,279  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       690,793        6,490,092  

Shares reacquired

       (3,641,941      (33,864,753
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (1,278,286      (11,610,382

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       945,183        9,070,452  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (363,702      (3,467,673
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (696,805    $ (6,007,603
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class B

               

Six months ended April 30, 2020:

       

Shares sold

       1,731      $ 16,873  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,762        15,875  

Shares reacquired

       (14,169      (133,781
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (10,676      (101,033

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (34,895      (313,732
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (45,571    $ (414,765
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       3,072      $ 29,368  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       5,767        52,806  

Shares reacquired

       (29,198      (270,915
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (20,359      (188,741

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (51,415      (476,949
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (71,774    $ (665,690
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class C

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2020:

       

Shares sold

       779,236      $ 7,285,882  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       178,282        1,590,598  

Shares reacquired

       (1,376,180      (12,001,652
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (418,662      (3,125,172

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (168,330      (1,505,809
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (586,992    $ (4,630,981
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       1,704,279      $ 15,708,834  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       396,872        3,645,078  

Shares reacquired

       (2,597,954      (23,643,831
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (496,803      (4,289,919

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (1,178,598      (11,051,858
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,675,401    $ (15,341,777
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R

               

Six months ended April 30, 2020:

       

Shares sold

       12,471      $ 113,676  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       3,464        31,519  

Shares reacquired

       (24,136      (235,232
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (8,201      (90,037

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (1,734      (14,030
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (9,935    $ (104,067
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       32,714      $ 309,924  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       7,829        73,372  

Shares reacquired

       (52,589      (500,289
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (12,046    $ (116,993
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z

               

Six months ended April 30, 2020:

       

Shares sold

       1,868,009      $ 17,685,756  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       283,794        2,612,234  

Shares reacquired

       (3,793,182      (32,999,624
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (1,641,379      (12,701,634

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       229,148        2,152,687  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (157,559      (1,523,707
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,569,790    $ (12,072,654
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       4,239,459      $ 40,355,685  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       548,948        5,199,630  

Shares reacquired

       (4,734,303      (44,177,541
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       54,104        1,377,774  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       672,125        6,434,135  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (71,462      (683,130
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       654,767      $ 7,128,779  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class R6

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended April 30, 2020:

       

Shares sold

       76,097      $ 717,833  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       11,944        109,596  

Shares reacquired

       (58,630      (520,914
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       29,411        306,515  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       591        5,471  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       30,002      $ 311,986  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended October 31, 2019:

       

Shares sold

       176,297      $ 1,669,007  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       20,151        191,126  

Shares reacquired

       (83,060      (793,683
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       113,388        1,066,450  

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       18,454        175,023  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       131,842      $ 1,241,473  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. Borrowings

 

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, along with other affiliated registered investment companies (the “Funds”), is a party to a Syndicated Credit Agreement (“SCA”) with a group of banks. The purpose of the SCA is to provide an alternative source of temporary funding for capital share redemptions. The table below provides details of the current SCA in effect at the reporting period-end.

 

    

SCA

Term of Commitment

   10/3/2019 – 10/1/2020

Total Commitment

   $ 1,222,500,000*

Annualized Commitment Fee on the Unused Portion of the SCA

   0.15%

Annualized Interest Rate on Borrowings

   1.20% plus the higher of (1) the effective federal funds rate, (2) the one-month LIBOR rate or (3) zero percent

 

*

Effective March 31, 2020, the SCA’s total commitment was increased from $900,000,000 to $1,162,500,000 and subsequently, effective April 7, 2020 was increased to $1,222,500,000.

 

Certain affiliated registered investment companies that are parties to the SCA include portfolios that are subject to a predetermined mathematical formula used to manage certain benefit guarantees offered under variable annuity contracts. The formula may result in large scale asset flows into and out of these portfolios. Consequently, these portfolios may be more likely to utilize the SCA for purposes of funding redemptions. It may be possible for those portfolios to fully exhaust the committed amount of the SCA, thereby requiring the Manager

 

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to allocate available funding per a Board-approved methodology designed to treat the Funds in the SCA equitably.

 

The Fund did not utilize the SCA during the reporting period ended April 30, 2020.

 

8. Risks of Investing in the Fund

 

The Fund’s risks include, but are not limited to, some or all of the risks discussed below:

 

Bond Obligations Risk: The Fund’s holdings, share price, yield and total return may fluctuate in response to bond market movements. The value of bonds may decline for issuer-related reasons, including management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. Certain types of fixed-income obligations also may be subject to “call and redemption risk,” which is the risk that the issuer may call a bond held by the Fund for redemption before it matures and the Fund may not be able to reinvest at the same level and therefore would earn less income.

 

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives involve special risks and costs and may result in losses to the Fund. The successful use of derivatives requires sophisticated management, and, to the extent that derivatives are used, the Fund will depend on the subadviser’s ability to analyze and manage derivative transactions. The prices of derivatives may move in unexpected ways, especially in abnormal market conditions. Some derivatives are “leveraged” and therefore may magnify or otherwise increase investment losses to the Fund. Other risks arise from the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund’s derivatives positions. In fact, many OTC derivative instruments will not have liquidity beyond the counterparty to the instrument. OTC derivative instruments also involve the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations to the Fund.

 

Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risks: The value of a particular security could go down and you could lose money. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. The Fund’s holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes and the performance of the Fund can deviate from the performance of these indexes. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.

 

Foreign Securities Risk: The Fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involve additional risk. Foreign countries in which the Fund may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than US markets. The value of the Fund’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability.

 

Interest Rate Risk: The value of an investment may go down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

When interest rates fall, the issuers of debt obligations may prepay principal more quickly than expected, and the Fund may be required to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate. This is referred to as “prepayment risk.” When interest rates rise, debt obligations may be repaid more slowly than expected, and the value of the Fund’s holdings may fall sharply. This is referred to as “extension risk”. The Fund may face a heightened level of interest rate risk as a result of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s policies. The Fund’s investments may lose value if short-term or long-term interest rates rise sharply or in a manner not anticipated by the subadviser.

 

Large Shareholder and Large Scale Redemption Risk: Certain individuals, accounts, funds (including funds affiliated with the Manager) or institutions, including the Manager and its affiliates, may from time to time own or control a substantial amount of the Fund’s shares. There is no requirement that these entities maintain their investment in the Fund. There is a risk that such large shareholders or that the Fund’s shareholders generally may redeem all or a substantial portion of their investments in the Fund in a short period of time, which could have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s NAV, liquidity, and brokerage costs. Large redemptions could also result in tax consequences to shareholders and impact the Fund’s ability to implement its investment strategy. The Fund’s ability to pursue its investment objective after one or more large scale redemptions may be impaired and, as a result, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents.

 

Liquidity Risk: The Fund may invest in instruments that trade in lower volumes and are less liquid than other investments. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments made by the Fund are difficult to purchase or sell. Liquidity risk includes the risk that the Fund may make investments that may become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perceptions. Investments that are illiquid or that trade in lower volumes may be more difficult to value. If the Fund is forced to sell these investments to pay redemption proceeds or for other reasons, the Fund may lose money. In addition, when there is no willing buyer and investments may not reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment, the Fund may incur higher transaction costs when executing trade orders of a given size. The reduction in dealer market-making capacity in the fixed-income markets that has occurred in recent years also has the potential to reduce liquidity. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund’s value or prevent the Fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.

 

Market and Credit Risk: Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of an investment in the Fund will decline.

 

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Additionally, the Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks: International wars or conflicts and geopolitical developments in foreign countries, along with instability in regions such as Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, possible terrorist attacks in the United States or around the world, public health epidemics such as the outbreak of infectious diseases like the recent outbreak of coronavirus globally or the 2014–2016 outbreak in West Africa of the Ebola virus, and other similar events could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets, including increases in market volatility, reduced liquidity in the securities markets and government intervention, and may cause further long-term economic uncertainties in the United States and worldwide generally.

 

Risks of Investing in equity REITs: Real estate securities are subject to similar risks as direct investments in real estate and mortgages, and their value will depend on the value of the underlying properties or the underlying loans or interests. The underlying loans may be subject to the risks of default or of payments that occur earlier or later than expected, and such loans may also include so-called “subprime” mortgages. The value of these securities will rise and fall in response to many factors, including economic conditions, the demand for rental property and interest rates. In particular, the value of these securities may decline when interest rates rise and will also be affected by the real estate market and by the management of the underlying properties.

 

In addition, investing in equity REITs involves certain unique risks in addition to those risks associated with investing in the real estate industry in general. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by the equity REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended. Equity REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified geographically or by property/mortgage asset type, and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers and self-liquidation. Since equity REITs are relatively smaller in size when compared to the broader market, and smaller companies tend to be more volatile than larger companies, they may be more volatile and/or more illiquid than other types of equity securities. Equity REITs are subject to interest rate risks. Equity REITs may incur significant amounts of leverage. The Fund will indirectly bear a portion of the expenses, including management fees, paid by each equity REIT in which it invests, in addition to the expenses of the Fund. Since the Fund concentrates in the real estate industry, its holdings can vary significantly from broad market indexes. As a result, the Fund’s performance can deviate from the performance of such indexes.

 

9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Reporting Updates

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, which changes certain fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The new ASU, in addition to other modifications and additions, removes the requirement to disclose the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

amount and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, and the Fund’s policy for the timing of transfers between levels. The amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Manager has evaluated the implications of certain provisions of the ASU and has adopted the aspects related to the removal and modification of certain fair value measurement disclosures under the ASU. The Manager continues to evaluate certain other provisions of the ASU and does not expect a material impact to financial statement disclosures.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

Class A Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2020

           Year Ended October 31,  
     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $9.69               $9.12       $9.62       $9.36       $9.39       $11.90  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.18               0.36       0.35       0.35       0.37       0.39  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     (1.45             0.62       (0.46     0.32       0.06       (0.70
Total from investment operations     (1.27             0.98       (0.11     0.67       0.43       (0.31
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.19             (0.40     (0.33     (0.36     (0.40     (0.44
Tax return of capital distributions     -               (0.01     (0.06     (0.05     (0.06     -  
Distributions from net realized gains     -               -       -       -       -       (1.76
Total dividends and distributions     (0.19             (0.41     (0.39     (0.41     (0.46     (2.20
Net asset value, end of period     $8.23               $9.69       $9.12       $9.62       $9.36       $9.39  
Total Return(b):     (13.23)%               11.01%       (1.22)%       7.34%       4.76%       (2.59)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $128,682               $156,683       $153,762       $171,047       $165,090       $141,432  
Average net assets (000)     $149,469               $153,066       $169,651       $167,079       $143,159       $109,965  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.81% (e)              0.85%       0.85%       0.85%       0.83%       0.78%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.28% (e)              1.28%       1.25%       1.27%       1.30%       1.37%  
Net investment income (loss)     3.96% (e)              3.82%       3.63%       3.69%       4.05%       3.96%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     48%               110%       114%       102%       90%       93%  

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(c)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

Class B Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2020

          Year Ended October 31,  
            2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $9.49               $8.94       $9.45       $9.19       $9.23       $11.74  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.15               0.29       0.27       0.28       0.30       0.32  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     (1.42             0.60       (0.46     0.33       0.05       (0.70
Total from investment operations     (1.27             0.89       (0.19     0.61       0.35       (0.38
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.16             (0.33     (0.27     (0.31     (0.34     (0.37
Tax return of capital distributions     -               (0.01     (0.05     (0.04     (0.05     -  
Distributions from net realized gains     -               -       -       -       -       (1.76
Total dividends and distributions     (0.16             (0.34     (0.32     (0.35     (0.39     (2.13
Net asset value, end of period     $8.06               $9.49       $8.94       $9.45       $9.19       $9.23  
Total Return(b):     (13.52)%               10.20%       (2.08)%       6.69%       3.97%       (3.35)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $605               $1,145       $1,720       $2,332       $2,575       $3,083  
Average net assets (000)     $922               $1,417       $2,080       $2,532       $2,762       $3,824  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.57% (e)              1.60%       1.60%       1.60%       1.58%       1.51%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     3.62% (e)              3.36%       2.96%       1.97%       2.00%       2.09%  
Net investment income (loss)     3.27% (e)              3.12%       2.88%       2.95%       3.34%       3.24%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     48%               110%       114%       102%       90%       93%  

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(c)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class C Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2020

           Year Ended October 31,  
     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $9.49               $8.94       $9.44       $9.18       $9.23       $11.74  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.15               0.28       0.27       0.27       0.30       0.31  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     (1.42             0.61       (0.45     0.34       0.04       (0.69
Total from investment operations     (1.27             0.89       (0.18     0.61       0.34       (0.38
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.16             (0.33     (0.27     (0.31     (0.34     (0.37
Tax return of capital distributions     -               (0.01     (0.05     (0.04     (0.05     -  
Distributions from net realized gains     -               -       -       -       -       (1.76
Total dividends and distributions     (0.16             (0.34     (0.32     (0.35     (0.39     (2.13
Net asset value, end of period     $8.06               $9.49       $8.94       $9.44       $9.18       $9.23  
Total Return(b):     (13.52)%               10.32%       (1.98)%       6.69%       3.86%       (3.35)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $80,757               $100,653       $109,767       $129,397       $108,543       $75,622  
Average net assets (000)     $95,356               $103,441       $123,584       $122,174       $88,099       $44,389  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.56% (e)              1.60%       1.60%       1.60%       1.58%       1.55%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.96% (e)              1.96%       1.94%       1.98%       2.00%       2.05%  
Net investment income (loss)     3.21% (e)              3.09%       2.88%       2.93%       3.27%       3.19%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     48%               110%       114%       102%       90%       93%  

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(c)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     87  


Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

Class R Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2020

          

Year Ended October 31,

 
     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $9.68               $9.10       $9.61       $9.34       $9.38       $11.89  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.17               0.34       0.31       0.33       0.35       0.36  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     (1.45             0.63       (0.45     0.33       0.05       (0.69
Total from investment operations     (1.28             0.97       (0.14     0.66       0.40       (0.33
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.18             (0.38     (0.31     (0.34     (0.38     (0.42
Tax return of capital distributions     -               (0.01     (0.06     (0.05     (0.06     -  
Distributions from net realized gains     -               -       -       -       -       (1.76
Total dividends and distributions     (0.18             (0.39     (0.37     (0.39     (0.44     (2.18
Net asset value, end of period     $8.22               $9.68       $9.10       $9.61       $9.34       $9.38  
Total Return(b):     (13.36)%               10.88%       (1.58)%       7.20%       4.40%       (2.83)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $1,416               $1,762       $1,768       $610       $561       $359  
Average net assets (000)     $1,610               $1,787       $1,196       $579       $404       $427  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.06% (e)              1.10%       1.10%       1.10%       1.08%       1.03%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     2.70% (e)              2.48%       3.02%       1.73%       1.75%       1.82%  
Net investment income (loss)     3.71% (e)              3.57%       3.25%       3.41%       3.76%       3.69%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     48%               110%       114%       102%       90%       93%  

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(c)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

88  


Class Z Shares                                                 
    

Six Months
Ended
April 30,

2020

           Year Ended October 31,  
     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $9.76               $9.18       $9.69       $9.42       $9.45       $11.96  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     0.20               0.39       0.37       0.38       0.40       0.41  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     (1.45             0.63       (0.46     0.33       0.05       (0.69
Total from investment operations     (1.25             1.02       (0.09     0.71       0.45       (0.28
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (0.21             (0.42     (0.36     (0.39     (0.42     (0.47
Tax return of capital distributions     -               (0.02     (0.06     (0.05     (0.06     -  
Distributions from net realized gains     -               -       -       -       -       (1.76
Total dividends and distributions     (0.21             (0.44     (0.42     (0.44     (0.48     (2.23
Net asset value, end of period     $8.30               $9.76       $9.18       $9.69       $9.42       $9.45  
Total Return(b):     (13.12)%               11.44%       (1.08)%       7.67%       4.98%       (2.33)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $112,610               $147,834       $133,029       $142,478       $84,046       $74,114  
Average net assets (000)     $141,421               $135,434       $141,463       $119,795       $64,595       $45,082  
Ratios to average net assets(c)(d):                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.56% (e)              0.60%       0.60%       0.60%       0.58%       0.56%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.97% (e)              0.97%       0.96%       0.98%       1.00%       1.03%  
Net investment income (loss)     4.21% (e)              4.06%       3.87%       3.90%       4.35%       4.15%  
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     48%               110%       114%       102%       90%       93%  

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(c)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(d)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     89  


Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

Class R6 Shares                                          
     Six Months
Ended
April 30,
          Year Ended October 31,           December 30,
2016(a)
through
October 31,
 
     2020            2019     2018            2017  
Per Share Operating Performance(b):                                                
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $9.76               $9.18       $9.69               $9.44  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                
Net investment income (loss)     0.20               0.38       0.37               0.30  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     (1.46             0.64       (0.46             0.31  
Total from investment operations     (1.26             1.02       (0.09             0.61  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                
Dividends from net investment income     (0.21             (0.42     (0.36             (0.31
Tax return of capital distributions     -               (0.02     (0.06             (0.05
Total dividends and distributions     (0.21             (0.44     (0.42             (0.36
Net asset value, end of period     $8.29               $9.76       $9.18               $9.69  
Total Return(c):     (13.13)%               11.33%       (1.07)%               6.58%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                    
Net assets, end of period (000)     $4,362               $4,840       $3,343               $2,622  
Average net assets (000)     $4,953               $4,163       $3,088               $1,384  
Ratios to average net assets(d)(e):                                                
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     0.56% (f)              0.60%       0.60%               0.60% (f) 
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.17% (f)              1.05%       1.32%               0.90% (f) 
Net investment income (loss)     4.20% (f)              4.04%       3.85%               3.74% (f) 
Portfolio turnover rate(g)     48%               110%       114%               102%  

 

(a)

Commencement of offering.

(b)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(d)

Effective November 1, 2017, class specific expenses include transfer agent fees and expenses and registration fees, which are charged to their respective share class.

(e)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(f)

Annualized.

(g)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments and certain derivatives. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

90  


Fund Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act (the “Liquidity Rule”), the Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “LRMP”). The Fund’s LRMP seeks to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk, which is defined as the risk that the Fund is unable to meet investor redemption requests without significantly diluting the remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has approved PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments”), the Fund’s investment manager, to serve as the administrator of the Fund’s LRMP. As part of its responsibilities as administrator, PGIM Investments has retained a third party to perform certain functions, including providing market data and liquidity classification model information.

 

The Fund’s LRMP includes a number of processes designed to support the assessment and management of its liquidity risk. In particular, the Fund’s LRMP includes no less than annual assessments of factors that influence the Fund’s liquidity risk; no less than monthly classifications of the Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity classifications provided for in the Liquidity Rule; a 15% of net assets limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule); establishment of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets to be invested in investments classified as “highly liquid” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule) if the Fund does not invest primarily in highly liquid investments; and regular reporting to the Fund’s Board.

 

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees on March 3-5, 2020, PGIM Investments provided a written report (“LRMP Report”) to the Board addressing the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Fund’s LRMP, including any material changes to the LRMP for the period from the inception of the Fund’s program on December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019 (“Reporting Period”). The LRMP Report concluded that the Fund’s LRMP was reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period. There were no material changes to the LRMP during the Reporting Period. The LRMP Report further concluded that the Fund’s investment strategies continue to be appropriate given the Fund’s status as an open-end fund.

 

There can be no assurance that the LRMP will achieve its objectives in the future. Additional information regarding risks of investing in the Fund, including liquidity risks presented by the Fund’s investment portfolio, is found in the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

 

PGIM Income Builder Fund     91  


Supplement dated December 18, 2019

to the Currently Effective Summary Prospectus, Prospectus

and Statement of Additional Information of the Funds Listed Below

 

This supplement should be read in conjunction with your Summary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, be retained for future reference and is in addition to any existing Fund supplements.

 

The Board of Directors/Trustees for each Fund listed below has approved the conversion of all issued and outstanding Class B shares of the Funds to Class A shares of the same Fund, effective on or about June 26, 2020.

 

As a result, effective on or about the close of business on June 26, 2020, all of the issued and outstanding Class B shares of a Fund will be converted into Class A shares of that Fund with the same relative aggregate net asset value as the Class B shares held immediately prior to the conversion. Class A shares currently have lower total expense ratios, and equal or lower distribution fees and shareholder servicing fees payable under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan than Class B shares. No sales load, fee, or other charge will be imposed on the conversion of these shares. Class A shares are not subject to the contingent deferred sales charge (if any) currently charged on the redemption of Class B shares. Please refer to your Fund’s Prospectus for more information regarding Class A shares. The conversion is not expected to be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes and should not result in recognition of gain or loss by converting shareholders.

 

LR1263


 

The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.

PGIM Balanced Fund

PGIM Jennison Focused Value Fund

PGIM Jennison Growth Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 3

PGIM Jennison Focused Growth Fund

PGIM QMA Large-Cap Value Fund

PGIM Real Assets Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 4

PGIM Muni High Income Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 5

PGIM Jennison Diversified Growth Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 6

PGIM California Muni Income Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 7

PGIM Jennison Value Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 9

PGIM QMA Large-Cap Core Equity Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10

PGIM Jennison Global Equity Income Fund

PGIM QMA Mid-Cap Value Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 12

PGIM Global Real Estate Fund

PGIM US Real Estate Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14

PGIM Government Income Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15

PGIM High Yield Fund

 

Prudential Investment Portfolios 16

PGIM Income Builder Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17

PGIM Total Return Bond Fund

Prudential Investment Portfolios 18

PGIM Jennison 20/20 Focus Fund

Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc.

PGIM Global Total Return Fund

Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.

PGIM Jennison Blend Fund

Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

PGIM Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.

PGIM Jennison Natural Resources Fund

Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.

PGIM Jennison Small Company Fund

Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc.

PGIM Government Money Market Fund

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.

PGIM National Muni Fund

Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.

PGIM Jennison Financial Services Fund

PGIM Jennison Health Sciences Fund

PGIM Jennison Utility Fund

Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.

PGIM Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund

Prudential World Fund, Inc.

PGIM QMA International Equity Fund


 MAIL    TELEPHONE    WEBSITE

655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

(800) 225-1852

 

pgiminvestments.com

 

PROXY VOTING
The Board of Trustees of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s subadvisers the responsibility for voting any proxies and maintaining proxy recordkeeping with respect to the Fund. A description of these proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 225-1852. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website.

 

TRUSTEES
Ellen S. Alberding  Kevin J. Bannon  Scott E. Benjamin  Linda W. Bynoe  Barry H. Evans  Keith F. Hartstein  Laurie Simon Hodrick  Michael S. Hyland Stuart S. Parker  Brian K. Reid  Grace C. Torres

 

OFFICERS
Stuart S. Parker, President Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President Christian J. Kelly, Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Claudia DiGiacomo, Chief Legal Officer Dino Capasso, Chief Compliance Officer Charles H. Smith, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer Andrew R. French, Secretary Jonathan D. Shain, Assistant Secretary Melissa Gonzalez, Assistant Secretary Diana N. Huffman, Assistant Secretary Kelly A. Coyne, Assistant Secretary Lana Lomuti, Assistant Treasurer Russ Shupak, Assistant Treasurer Elyse McLaughlin, Assistant Treasurer Deborah Conway, Assistant Treasurer

 

MANAGER   PGIM Investments LLC   655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

SUBADVISERS   Jennison Associates LLC  

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

 

PGIM Fixed Income

 

PGIM Limited

 

655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

Grand Buildings, 1-3 Strand
Trafalgar Square
London, WC2N 5HR
United Kingdom

 

PGIM Real Estate

 

PGIM Real Estate (UK) Limited

 

7 Giralda Farms

Madison, NJ 07940

 

Grand Buildings, 1-3 Strand
Trafalgar Square
London, WC2N 5HR
United Kingdom

  QMA LLC  

Gateway Center Two

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

DISTRIBUTOR   Prudential Investment Management Services LLC   655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

CUSTODIAN  

The Bank of New York Mellon

 

240 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10286

 


 

TRANSFER AGENT   Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC  

PO Box 9658

Providence, RI 02940

 

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017

 

FUND COUNSEL   Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP  

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund. An investor may obtain the prospectus and summary prospectus by visiting our website at pgiminvestments.com or by calling (800) 225-1852. The prospectus and summary prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

E-DELIVERY
To receive your mutual fund documents online, go to pgiminvestments.com/edelivery and enroll. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive notification via email when new materials are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your email address at any time by visiting the website address above.

 

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH TRUSTEES
Shareholders can communicate directly with the Board of Trustees by writing to the Chair of the Board, PGIM Income Builder Fund, PGIM Investments, Attn: Board of Trustees, 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Trustee by writing to the same address. Communications are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.

 

AVAILABILITY OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission

for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the Commission’s website at sec.gov.

 

Mutual Funds:

ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC OR ANY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
  MAY LOSE VALUE   ARE NOT A DEPOSIT OF OR GUARANTEED
BY ANY BANK OR ANY BANK AFFILIATE


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PGIM INCOME BUILDER FUND

 

SHARE CLASS   A   B   C   R   Z   R6
NASDAQ   PCGAX   PBCFX   PCCFX   PCLRX   PDCZX   PCGQX
CUSIP   74442X108   74442X207   74442X306   74442X405   74442X504   74442X769

 

MFSP504E2

Item 2 – Code of Ethics — Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 6 – Schedule of Investments – The schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not applicable.

Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures.

Item 11 – 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 has been no significant change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12 – Controls and Procedures - Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

Item 13 – Exhibits

(a)(1) Code of Ethics – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

(2)Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – Attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CERT.

(3)Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1. – Not applicable.

(4)Registrant's Independent Public Accountant, attached as Exhibit 99.ACCT.

(b)Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – Attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.906CERT.

 

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 Investment Portfolios 16

By:

/s/ Andrew R. French

 

Andrew R. French

 

Secretary

Date:

June 17, 2020

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:

/s/ Stuart S. Parker

 

Stuart S. Parker

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date:

June 17, 2020

By:

/s/ Christian J. Kelly

 

Christian J. Kelly

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Date:

June 17, 2020