N-CSRS 1 d345661dncsrs.htm PRUDENTIAL NATIONAL MUNI FUND, INC. Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number:    811-02992
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:    Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.
Address of principal executive offices:    655 Broad Street, 17th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and address of agent for service:    Deborah A. Docs
   655 Broad Street, 17th Floor
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    800-225-1852
Date of fiscal year end:    8/31/2017
Date of reporting period:    2/28/2017


Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders


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     PRUDENTIAL NATIONAL MUNI FUND, INC.

 

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

 

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Objective: High level of current income exempt from federal income taxes

 

 

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

 

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

 

The accompanying financial statements as of February 28, 2017 were not audited and, accordingly, no auditor’s opinion is expressed on them.

 

Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (PIMS), member SIPC. PGIM Fixed Income is a unit of PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), a registered investment adviser. PIMS and PGIM are Prudential Financial companies. © 2017 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. The Prudential logo and the Rock symbol 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 the Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc. informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended February 28, 2017. We are proud to announce that Prudential Investments will be known as PGIM® Investments, effective April 3, 2017. Why PGIM? This new name was chosen to further align with the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, which rebranded from Prudential Investment Management in January 2016. This new name allows for one brand and reflects our ability and commitment to delivering investment solutions to clients around the globe. Please keep in mind that only the Fund adviser’s name is changing: the name of your Fund and the management and operation will not change.

 

Since market conditions change over time, 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. We’re part of PGIM, the 9th-largest 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

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.

April 14, 2017

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (unaudited)

 

Performance data quoted represent 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 www.pgiminvestments.com or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

Cumulative Total Returns (Without Sales Charges) as of 2/28/17
  Six Months (%)   One Year (%)    Five Years (%)    Ten Years (%)
Class A   –3.10     0.38    15.79    44.07
Class B   –3.21     0.14    14.30    40.54
Class C   –3.50   –0.39    11.53    35.02
Class Z   –2.98     0.63    17.25    47.73
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index   –2.80     0.25    16.30    52.03
Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Average   –3.21     0.18    16.17    42.73

 

Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charges) as of 2/28/17
  One Year (%)    Five Years (%)    Ten Years (%)
Class A   –3.63    2.14    3.30
Class B   –4.71    2.54    3.46
Class C   –1.36    2.21    3.05
Class Z     0.63    3.23    3.98
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index     0.25    3.07    4.28
Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Average     0.18    3.03    3.60

Source: PGIM Investments LLC and Lipper Inc.

 

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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 Z
Maximum initial sales charge   4.00% of the public offering price   None   None   None
Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or net asset value at redemption)   1% on sales of $1 million or more made within 12 months of purchase   5% (Yr. 1) 4% (Yr. 2) 3% (Yr. 3) 2% (Yr. 4) 1% (Yr. 5/6) 0% (Yr. 7)   1% on sales made within 12 months of purchase   None
Annual distribution and service (12b-1) fees (shown as a percentage of average daily net assets)   .25%   .50%   1%   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 dividend or capital gains reinvestment.

 

Benchmark Definitions

 

Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index—The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index (the Index) is an unmanaged index of long-term investment-grade municipal bonds. It gives a broad look at how long-term investment-grade municipal bonds have performed.

 

Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Average—The Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Average (Lipper Average) is based on the average return of all funds that either invest primarily in municipal debt issues rated in the top four credit ratings or invest primarily in municipal debt issues insured as to timely payment.

 

Investors cannot invest directly in an index or average. The returns for the Index would be lower if they included the effects of sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes. Returns for the Lipper Average reflect the deduction of operating expenses, but not sales charges or taxes.

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

 

Credit Quality expressed as a percentage of total investments as of 2/28/17 (%)  
AAA     18.5  
AA     46.9  
A     24.1  
BBB     7.3  
BB     0.7  
B     1.5  
CCC     0.8  
Not Rated     0.4  
Cash/Cash Equivalents     –0.3  
Total Investments     100.0  

 

Source: PGIM Fixed Income

Credit ratings reflect the highest rating assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) such as Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (Moody’s), Standard & Poor’s (S&P), or Fitch, Inc. (Fitch). Credit ratings reflect the common nomenclature used by both S&P and Fitch. Where applicable, ratings are converted to the comparable S&P/Fitch rating tier nomenclature. These rating agencies are independent and are widely used. The Not Rated category consists of securities that have not been rated by a NRSRO. Credit ratings are subject to change. Values may not sum to 100.0% due to rounding.

 

Distributions and Yields as of 2/28/17        
  Total
Dividends
Paid for
Six Months ($)
  SEC 30-Day
Subsidized
Yield* (%)
  Taxable Equivalent 30-Day Subsidized Yield*** at Federal Tax Rates of   SEC 30-Day
Unsubsidized
Yield** (%)
  Taxable Equivalent 30-Day Unsubsidized Yield*** at Federal Tax Rates of
      39.6%   43.4%     39.6%   43.4%
Class A   0.26   1.80   2.98   3.18   1.80   2.98   3.18
Class B   0.24   1.62   2.68   2.86   1.62   2.68   2.86
Class C   0.21   1.13   1.86   2.00   1.13   1.86   2.00
Class Z   0.28   2.12   3.51   3.75   2.12   3.51   3.75

 

*SEC 30-Day Subsidized Yield (%)—A standardized yield calculation created by the Securities and Exchange Commission, it reflects the income earned during a 30-day period, after the deduction of the Fund’s net expenses (net of any expense waivers or reimbursements).

**SEC 30-Day Unsubsidized Yield (%)—A standardized yield calculation created by the Securities and Exchange Commission, it reflects the income earned during a 30-day period, after the deduction of the Fund’s gross expenses.

***Some investors may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) and/or state and local taxes. Taxable equivalent yields reflect federal taxes only.

 

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Fees and Expenses (unaudited)

 

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 February 28, 2017. 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 Investments 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

 

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Fees and Expenses (continued)

 

paid over the period 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.

 

Prudential National
Muni Fund, Inc.
  Beginning  Account
Value
September 1, 2016
    Ending  Account
Value
February 28, 2017
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses  Paid
During the
Six-Month Period*
 
Class A   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 969.00       0.84   $ 4.10  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.63       0.84   $ 4.21  
Class B   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 967.90       1.09   $ 5.32  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.39       1.09   $ 5.46  
Class C   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 965.00       1.59   $ 7.75  
  Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,016.91       1.59   $ 7.95  
Class Z   Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 970.20       0.59   $ 2.88  
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.87       0.59   $ 2.96  

 

* 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 181
days in the six-month period ended February 28, 2017, and divided by the 365 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending
August 31, 2017 (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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The Fund’s annualized expense ratios for the six-month period ended February 28, 2017, are as follows:

 

Class   Gross Operating Expenses (%)   Net Operating  Expenses (%)
A   0.84   0.84
B   1.09   1.09
C   1.59   1.59
Z   0.59   0.59

 

Net operating expenses shown above reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Additional information on Fund expenses and any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements can be found in the “Financial Highlights” tables in this report and in the Notes to the Financial Statements in this report.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS    99.0%

 

Alabama    0.3%

 

Jefferson Cnty. Sewer Rev., Sr. Lien, Warrants, Ser. A, AGM

    5.000     10/01/44       500     $ 555,225  

Jefferson Cnty. Sewer Rev., Sr. Lien, Warrants, Ser. A, AGM

    5.250       10/01/48       500       562,870  

Lower Alabama Gas Dist. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       09/01/46       1,000       1,153,230  
       

 

 

 
    2,271,325  

Arizona    4.0%

 

Arizona St. Ctfs. Part. Dept. Admin., Ser. A, AGM

    5.250       10/01/28       2,000       2,184,840  

Maricopa Cnty. Indl. Dev. Auth. Rev., Banner Hlth. Oblig. Grp., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       01/01/38       2,500       2,818,700  

Phoenix Civic Impt. Corp., Jr. Lien, Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 07/01/19)(a)

    5.000       07/01/39       5,000       5,454,350  

Pima Cnty. Indl. Dev. Auth., Tucson Elec. Pwr.

    4.000       09/01/29       2,000       2,070,760  

Salt River Proj. Agric. Impt. & Pwr. Dist. Elec. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    4.000       01/01/38       2,000       2,062,380  

Salt River Proj. Agric. Impt. & Pwr. Dist. Elec. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       01/01/39       5,000       5,316,600  

Salt Verde Fin. Corp., Sr. Gas Rev., Sr. Bonds

    5.000       12/01/32       2,575       2,912,479  

Salt Verde Fin. Corp., Sr. Gas Rev., Sr. Bonds

    5.000       12/01/37       3,070       3,490,621  
       

 

 

 
    26,310,730  

California    14.5%

 

Anaheim Pub. Fin. Auth. Lease Rev., Sr. Pub. Impvts. Proj., Ser. A, AGM

    6.000       09/01/24       5,500       6,627,005  

Bay Area Toll Auth. Rev., Toll Bridge, Ser. F-1

    5.000       04/01/56       2,000       2,245,920  

California Cnty. Tob. Secur. Corp., Tob. Conv. Bonds Asset-Bkd., Ser. B

    5.100       06/01/28       1,250       1,247,675  

California Hlth. Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., Scripps Hlth., Ser. A

    5.000       11/15/36       1,000       1,081,320  

California Hlth. Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., Stanford Healthcare., Ser. A

    5.000       08/15/54       1,000       1,097,460  

California Hlth. Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., Stanford Hosp., Ser. B, Rfdg.

    5.000       11/15/36       2,000       2,190,360  

California Hlth. Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., Sutter Hlth., Ser. D

    5.250       08/15/31       1,000       1,143,640  

California Infra. & Econ. Dev. Bank Rev., Walt Dis. Fam. Musm. (Pre-refunded date 02/01/18)(a)

    5.250       02/01/38       3,000       3,124,740  

California Poll. Ctl. Fin. Auth. Wtr. Facs. Rev., Amern. Wtr. Cap. Corp. Proj., 144A

    5.250       08/01/40       1,250       1,363,538  

California St., GO

    5.000       03/01/45       3,000       3,363,060  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

California (cont’d.)

 

California St., GO

    5.250     11/01/40       1,250     $ 1,402,012  

California St., GO, Rfdg.

    4.000       09/01/37       2,000       2,062,300  

California St., GO, Rfdg.

    5.000       08/01/45       500       563,240  

California St. Univ. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       11/01/37       1,250       1,391,400  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    5.000       10/01/29       2,000       2,192,000  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    5.000       09/01/41       4,250       4,748,397  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    5.000       10/01/41       1,250       1,399,138  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    5.000       04/01/42       7,000       7,767,970  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    5.000       10/01/44       2,500       2,824,475  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    5.250       04/01/35       1,250       1,417,200  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    5.500       11/01/39       1,000       1,101,140  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    6.000       03/01/33       1,500       1,699,425  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    6.000       04/01/38       3,500       3,860,185  

California St., Var. Purp., GO

    6.000       11/01/39       2,000       2,249,660  

California Statewide Cmnty. Dev. Auth. Rev., Cottage Hlth., Rfdg.

    5.000       11/01/40       2,100       2,238,243  

California Statewide Cmnty. Dev. Auth. Rev., Sutter Hlth., Ser. A

    6.000       08/15/42       3,000       3,413,670  

Foothill-De Anza Cmnty. College Dist., Ser. C, GO (Pre-refunded date 08/01/21)(a)

    5.000       08/01/40       1,250       1,450,962  

Golden St. Tob. Secur. Corp., Rev., Asset-Bkd., Ser. A-1, Rfdg.

    4.500       06/01/27       2,070       2,085,546  

Golden St. Tob. Secur. Corp., Rev., Enhanced Asset-Bkd., Ser. A, Rfdg., AMBAC, CABS

    4.600       06/01/23       2,000       2,078,440  

Long Beach Bond Fin. Auth. Nat. Gas Pur. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       11/15/35       1,140       1,311,992  

Long Beach Bond Fin. Auth. Nat. Gas Pur. Rev., Ser. A

    5.250       11/15/19       1,000       1,082,640  

Long Beach Bond Fin. Auth. Nat. Gas Pur. Rev., Ser. A

    5.500       11/15/37       1,000       1,227,480  

Los Angeles Calif. Dept. Arpts. Rev., Ser. A, AMT

    5.000       05/15/38       2,500       2,767,975  

Los Angeles Calif. Dept. of Wtr. & Pwr. Sys., Ser. B

    5.000       07/01/34       2,500       2,872,250  

M-S-R Energy Auth., Calif., Ser. A

    6.500       11/01/39       2,000       2,707,780  

Pittsburg Redev. Agcy. Tax Alloc., Los Medanos Cmnty. Dev. Proj., AMBAC, CABS

    3.290 (b)      08/01/25       2,000       1,519,580  

Port of Oakland Rev., Sr. Lien, Ser. P, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       05/01/33       1,750       1,910,405  

Riverside Cnty. Pub. Fing. Auth. Rev., Capital Facs. Proj.

    5.250       11/01/45       1,000       1,142,770  

San Diego Cmnty. College Dist., Election 2006, GO (Pre-refunded date 08/01/21)(a)

    5.000       08/01/41       1,500       1,735,545  

San Diego Cnty. Regl. Arpt. Auth., Ser. B, Sr., AMT

    5.000       07/01/43       2,000       2,163,300  

San Francisco City & Cnty. Arpts. Comm. Rev., Second Ser., Ser. A, Rfdg., AMT

    5.250       05/01/33       1,000       1,110,440  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

California (cont’d.)

 

San Francisco City & Cnty. Arpts. Comm. Rev., Second Ser., Ser. F, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000     05/01/28       1,635     $ 1,804,043  

University Calif. Rev. Gen., Ser. O (Pre-refunded date 05/15/19)(a)

    5.750       05/15/34       750       827,640  

Ventura Cnty. Cmnty. College, Election 2002, Ser. C, GO (Pre-refunded date 08/01/18)(a)

    5.500       08/01/33       2,000       2,133,100  

Walnut Energy Ctr. Auth. Rev., Rfdg.

    5.000       01/01/34       800       908,648  
       

 

 

 
    96,655,709  

Colorado    1.3%

 

Colorado Hlth. Facs. Auth. Rev., Parkview Med. Ctr., Ser. B, Rfdg.

    4.000       09/01/34       1,500       1,517,280  

Colorado Hlth. Facs. Auth. Rev., Vail Valley Med. Ctr. Rev.

    4.000       01/15/45       1,500       1,503,285  

Colorado Hlth. Facs. Auth. Rev., Valley View Hosp. Assoc. Proj.

    5.000       05/15/45       1,000       1,077,350  

Denver City & Cnty. Arpt. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg., AMT

    5.250       11/15/22       1,000       1,139,560  

Denver Conv. Ctr. Htl. Auth. Rev., Sr., Rfdg.

    5.000       12/01/40       500       545,955  

Platte Riv. Pwr. Auth. Colo. Pwr. Rev., Ser. HH (Pre-refunded date 06/01/19)(a)

    5.000       06/01/27       1,500       1,631,985  

Univ. Colo. Enterprise Sys. Rev., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 06/01/19)(a)

    5.375       06/01/32       1,000       1,095,150  
       

 

 

 
    8,510,565  

Connecticut    0.4%

 

Connecticut St. Dev. Auth. Rev., Light & Pwr. Co. Proj., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    4.375       09/01/28       1,000       1,081,960  

Connecticut St. Hlth. & Edl. Facs. Auth. Rev., Western Conn. Hlth., Ser. M

    5.375       07/01/41       1,250       1,354,062  
       

 

 

 
    2,436,022  

District of Columbia    3.9%

 

Dist. of Columbia, Rev., Brookings Inst. (Pre-refunded date 04/01/19)(a)

    5.750       10/01/39       5,000       5,483,800  

Dist. of Columbia, Rev., Friendship Pub. Chrt. Schl., Rfdg.

    5.000       06/01/46       1,385       1,417,893  

Dist. of Columbia, Rev., Gallaudet Univ.

    5.500       04/01/34       600       668,286  

Dist. of Columbia, Rev., Kipp. Chrt. Schl.

    6.000       07/01/43       850       976,123  

Dist. of Columbia, Rev., Kipp. Chrt. Schl.

    6.000       07/01/48       725       830,350  

Dist. of Columbia, Ser. E, BHAC, GO

    5.000       06/01/28       5,000       5,225,950  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     13  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

District of Columbia (cont’d.)

 

Dist. of Columbia, Wtr. & Swr. Auth., Pub. Util. Rev., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 10/01/18)(a)

    5.500     10/01/39       2,000     $ 2,145,380  

Metropolitan Washington D.C. Arpt. Auth. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, AMT

    5.000       10/01/31       2,500       2,782,775  

Metropolitan Washington D.C. Arpt. Auth. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, AMT

    5.000       10/01/44       1,000       1,091,550  

Metropolitan Washington D.C. Arpt. Auth. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, AMT

    5.250       10/01/27       1,000       1,054,080  

Metropolitan Washington D.C. Arpt. Auth. Sys. Rev., Ser. B, AMT

    5.000       10/01/25       3,000       3,298,590  

Metropolitan Washington D.C. Arpt. Auth. Sys. Rev., Ser. C, AMT

    5.000       10/01/27       1,000       1,111,810  
       

 

 

 
    26,086,587  

Florida    8.6%

 

Broward Cnty. FL Arpt. Rev., Ser. A, AMT

    5.000       10/01/45       3,000       3,250,230  

Broward Cnty. FL Arpt. Rev., Ser. A, AMT

    5.250       10/01/43       1,500       1,646,805  

Citizens Ppty. Ins. Corp., Sr. Sec’d., Coastal, Ser. A-1

    5.000       06/01/19       1,250       1,354,963  

Citizens Ppty. Ins. Corp., Sr. Sec’d., Ser. A-1

    5.000       06/01/22       1,000       1,154,870  

Cityplace Cmnty. Dev. Dist. Rev., Rfdg.

    5.000       05/01/26       1,000       1,104,410  

Davie Edl. Facs. Rev., Nova Southeastern Univ. Proj., Ser. A

    5.625       04/01/43       500       554,925  

Davie Edl. Facs. Rev., Nova Southeastern Univ. Proj., Ser. A

    6.000       04/01/42       1,000       1,134,290  

Florida St. Brd. Ed. Lottery Rev., Ser. B

    5.000       07/01/23       5,185       5,508,233  

Greater Orlando Aviation Auth. Arpt. Facs. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg., AMT, AGM (Pre-refunded date 10/01/17)(a)

    5.000       10/01/23       2,240       2,295,261  

Highlands Cnty. Hlth. Facs. Auth. Rev., Adventist Hlth./Sunbelt, Rmkt., Ser. B

    6.000       11/15/37       2,440       2,704,179  

Miami Beach Redev. Agcy. Tax Alloc., Tax Incr. Rev. City Ctr. Rdfg., AGM

    5.000       02/01/44       1,500       1,652,775  

Miami Dade Cnty. Aviation Rev., Miami Int’l. Arpt., Ser. A, AGC, AMT (Pre-refunded date 10/01/18)(a)

    5.500       10/01/24       2,665       2,854,508  

Miami Dade Cnty. Aviation Rev., Miami Int’l. Arpt., Ser. B

    5.000       10/01/41       2,500       2,704,200  

Miami Dade Cnty. Wtr. & Swr. Sys. Rev., Ser. B, Rfdg., AGM

    5.250       10/01/22       5,000       5,915,800  

Mid-Bay Bridge Auth. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       10/01/40       1,000       1,088,760  

North Sumter Cnty. Util. Dependent Dist., Wtr. & Swr. Rev.

    5.750       10/01/43       1,500       1,650,420  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

14  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Florida (cont’d.)

 

Orange Cnty. Hlth. Fac. Auth. Rev., Orlando Hlth. Inc., Ser. B, Rfdg.

    5.000     10/01/44       1,000     $ 1,092,310  

Orlando Util. Comm. Sys. Rev., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 04/01/19)(a)

    5.250       10/01/39       5,000       5,434,400  

Palm Beach Hlth. Facs. Auth. Rev., BRRH Corp. Oblig. Grp., Rfdg.

    5.000       12/01/31       500       543,460  

Port St. Lucie FL Util. Sys. Rev., Rfdg.

    4.000       09/01/36       1,000       1,022,250  

South Lake Cnty. Hosp. Dist. Rev., South Lake Hosp., Inc.

    5.250       10/01/34       750       807,270  

South Lake Cnty. Hosp. Dist. Rev., South Lake Hosp., Inc., Ser. A

    6.250       04/01/39       2,500       2,691,950  

South Miami Hlth. Facs. Auth. Hosp. Rev., Baptist Hlth. South FL. Grp.

    5.000       08/15/27       3,750       3,818,737  

Tampa FL. Hlth. Sys. Rev., Baycare Hlth. Sys., Ser. A

    5.000       11/15/33       3,000       3,304,200  

Village Comm. Dev. Dist. No.10, Spl. Assess.

    4.500       05/01/23       1,500       1,571,100  
       

 

 

 
    56,860,306  

Georgia    2.4%

 

Athens-Clarke Cnty. Unified Govt. Wtr. & Swr. Rev., Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 01/01/19)(a)

    5.625       01/01/33       2,000       2,169,120  

Atlanta Arpt. & Marina Rev., Gen., Ser. C, Rfdg.

    6.000       01/01/30       3,250       3,787,290  

Atlanta Arpt. Rev., Gen., Ser. B, AMT

    5.000       01/01/30       500       539,595  

Burke Cnty. Dev. Auth. Poll. Ctl. Rev., Oglethorpe Pwr. Vogtle. Proj., Ser. B

    5.500       01/01/33       750       774,150  

Gwinnett Cnty. Hosp. Auth. Rev., Gwinnett Hosp. Sys., Ser. D, AGM

    5.500       07/01/41       1,500       1,603,095  

Private Colleges & Univs. Auth. Rev., Emory Univ., Ser. C

    5.250       09/01/39       5,000       5,419,900  

Private Colleges & Univs. Auth. Rev., Savannah College of Art & Design

    5.000       04/01/44       1,500       1,593,675  
       

 

 

 
    15,886,825  

Guam    0.1%

 

Territory of Guam Rev., Ser. D., Rfdg.

    5.000       11/15/39       750       776,190  

Hawaii    0.8%

 

Hawaii Pac. Hlth. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.500       07/01/40       1,000       1,073,610  

Hawaii Pac. Hlth. Spl. Purp. Rev., Ser. B

    5.750       07/01/40       500       541,730  

Hawaii St. Arpts. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, AMT

    5.000       07/01/45       1,000       1,076,900  

Hawaii St. Dept. Budget & Fin., Pac. Hlth. Oblig., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.500       07/01/43       2,500       2,806,200  
       

 

 

 
    5,498,440  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     15  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Idaho    0.2%

 

Idaho Hlth. Facs. Auth. Rev., Trinity Hlth. Grp., Ser. B (Pre-refunded date 12/01/18)(a)

    6.250     12/01/33       1,000     $ 1,091,590  

Illinois    10.6%

 

Chicago O’Hare Int’l. Arpt. Rev., Gen. Arpt., 3rd Lien, Ser. C (Pre-refunded date 01/01/21)(a)

    6.500       01/01/41       1,000       1,193,810  

Chicago O’Hare Int’l. Arpt. Rev., Gen. Arpt., Gen. Arpt. Sr. Lien, Ser. B, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       01/01/32       2,000       2,157,400  

Chicago O’Hare Int’l. Arpt. Rev., Sr. Lien, Ser. D

    5.250       01/01/42       2,000       2,282,020  

Chicago Rfdg., Rmkt., GO

    5.000       01/01/19       750       759,158  

Chicago Rfdg., Ser. C., GO

    5.000       01/01/26       1,000       995,700  

Chicago Rfdg. Proj., Ser. A, GO, AGM

    5.000       01/01/29       5,000       5,271,650  

Chicago Trans. Auth., 2nd Lien

    5.000       12/01/46       3,000       3,182,940  

Chicago Trans. Auth. Sales Tax Recpts. Rev.

    5.250       12/01/40       1,000       1,066,550  

Chicago Wastewater Transmn. Rev., 2nd Lien, Rmkt., Ser. C, Rfdg.

    5.000       01/01/39       2,000       2,123,700  

Chicago Waterworks Rev., 2nd Lien, Rdfg.

    5.000       11/01/32       1,295       1,387,243  

Chicago Waterworks Rev., 2nd Lien, Ser. A-1

    5.000       11/01/30       1,380       1,520,581  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., Advocate Healthcare, Ser. B, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 04/01/19)(a)

    5.375       04/01/44       940       1,024,299  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., Advocate Healthcare, Unrefunded, Ser. B, Rfdg.

    5.375       04/01/44       1,060       1,121,480  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., Central DuPage Hlth.

    5.250       11/01/39       2,000       2,143,000  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., Central DuPage Hlth., Ser. B

    5.500       11/01/39       1,500       1,650,480  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., NorthWestern Mem. Hosp., Ser. A

    6.000       08/15/39       1,000       1,101,790  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., Presence Hlth Network, Ser. C, Rfdg.

    5.000       02/15/36       1,000       1,014,090  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., Provena Hlth., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 05/01/20)(a)

    6.000       05/01/28       1,500       1,722,105  

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev., Univ. of Chicago, Ser. B (Pre-refunded date 07/01/18)(a)

    6.250       07/01/38       5,000       5,360,050  

Illinois St., GO

    5.000       05/01/39       1,000       997,270  

Illinois St., GO

    5.250       02/01/29       2,000       2,074,360  

Illinois St., GO, Rfdg., AGM

    4.000       02/01/31       500       497,875  

Illinois St., GO, Rfdg., AGM

    5.000       01/01/23       3,000       3,142,950  

Illinois St. Sales Tax Rev., Build Illinois Bonds, Rfdg.

    5.000       06/15/20       2,000       2,215,140  

Illinois St. Toll Hwy. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       01/01/38       3,125       3,441,656  

Illinois St. Toll Hwy. Auth. Rev., Ser. B

    5.000       01/01/40       5,000       5,533,800  

Illinois St. Toll Hwy. Auth. Rev., Ser. C

    5.000       01/01/39       2,000       2,194,020  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

16  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Illinois (cont’d.)

 

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Auth. Dedicated St. Tax Rev., McCormick Place Expansion, Ser. A, CABS, NATL

    4.700 %(b)      12/15/34       10,000     $ 4,374,500  

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Auth. Dedicated St. Tax Rev., McCormick Place Expansion, Ser. A, CABS, NATL

    4.810 (b)      06/15/37       7,500       2,858,100  

Railsplitter Tob. Settlement Auth. Rev., Ser. 2010

    6.000       06/01/28       1,250       1,420,487  

Regl. Trans. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    4.000       06/01/37       3,605       3,641,014  

Springfield Elec. Rev., Sr. Lien, Rdfg.

    4.000       03/01/40       1,000       1,014,390  
       

 

 

 
    70,483,608  

Indiana    0.5%

 

Indiana St. Fin. Auth. Rev., Franciscan Alliance, Inc., Ser. A

    4.000       11/01/51       2,500       2,389,600  

Indianapolis Loc. Pub. Impt. Bank Rev., Wtrwrks. Proj., Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 01/01/19)(a)

    5.750       01/01/38       205       222,800  

Indianapolis Loc. Pub. Impt. Bd. Bk., Wtrwrks. Proj., Unrefunded, Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.750       01/01/38       795       852,964  
       

 

 

 
    3,465,364  

Kansas    0.5%

 

Kansas St. Dev. Fin. Auth. Hosp. Rev., Adventist Hlth.

    5.750       11/15/38       1,000       1,098,540  

Wyandotte Cnty.-Kansas City Unified Govt. Util. Sys. Rev., Impvt., Ser. A

    5.000       09/01/45       2,170       2,406,053  
       

 

 

 
    3,504,593  

Kentucky    0.7%

 

Kentucky Econ. Dev. Fin. Auth. Hosp. Facs. Rev., Owensboro Med. Hlth. Sys., Ser. A

    6.375       06/01/40       3,500       3,812,725  

Owen Cnty. Wtrwks. Sys. Rev., Amer. Wtr. Co. Proj., Ser. A

    6.250       06/01/39       500       541,995  

Owen Cnty. Wtrwks. Sys. Rev., Amer. Wtr. Co., Ser. B

    5.625       09/01/39       540       581,051  
       

 

 

 
    4,935,771  

Louisiana    1.3%

 

Louisiana Loc. Govt. Environ. Facs. & Cmnty. Dev. Auth., Jefferson Parish, Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 04/01/19)(a)

    5.375       04/01/31       1,000       1,089,460  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     17  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Louisiana (cont’d.)

 

Louisiana Pub. Facs. Auth. Rev., Franciscan Missionaries (Pre-refunded date 07/01/19)(a)

    6.750     07/01/39       1,000     $ 1,129,250  

Louisiana Pub. Facs. Auth. Rev., Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Rfdg.

    5.000       05/15/47       750       799,470  

Louisiana Pub. Facs. Auth. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       07/01/39       2,000       2,182,060  

Louisiana St. Hwy. Impt. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       06/15/34       1,250       1,407,462  

New Orleans Sewerage Serv. Rev.

    5.000       06/01/45       500       541,790  

St. Charles Parish Gulf Zone Opp. Zone Rev., Valero Energy Corp. (Mandatory put date 06/01/22)

    4.000 (c)      12/01/40       1,500       1,570,035  
       

 

 

 
    8,719,527  

Maryland    0.7%

 

Frederick Cnty. Spl. Oblig. Urbana Cmnty. Dev. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       07/01/40       2,000       2,174,700  

Maryland St. Hlth. & Higher Edl. Facs. Auth. Rev., Lifebridge Hlth. (Pre-refunded date 07/01/21)(a)

    6.000       07/01/41       400       477,424  

Washington Suburban Sanitary Comm. Rev., Consol. Pub. Impt., 2nd Ser., GO

    4.000       06/01/40       2,150       2,248,147  
       

 

 

 
    4,900,271  

Massachusetts    4.3%

 

Massachusetts Bay Trans. Auth. Rev., Mass. Sales Tax, Ser. B, NATL

    5.500       07/01/27       1,325       1,670,772  

Massachusetts Bay Trans. Auth. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 07/01/18)(a)

    5.250       07/01/34       575       608,833  

Massachusetts Bay Trans. Auth. Rev., Unrefunded Assmt., Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 07/01/18)(a)

    5.250       07/01/34       1,425       1,508,847  

Massachusetts St. Dev. Fin. Agcy. Rev., Harvard Univ., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    4.000       07/15/36       5,000       5,338,500  

Massachusetts St. Dev. Fin. Agcy. Rev., Harvard Univ., Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 11/15/18)(a)

    5.500       11/15/36       855       922,032  

Massachusetts St. Dev. Fin. Agcy. Rev., Harvard Univ., Unrefunded, Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 11/15/18)(a)

    5.500       11/15/36       2,645       2,852,368  

Massachusetts St. Dev. Fin. Agcy. Rev., Ser. K-6, Partners Healthcare

    5.375       07/01/41       5,000       5,469,700  

Massachusetts St. Hlth. & Edl. Facs. Auth. Rev., Tufts Univ., Ser. M

    5.500       02/15/28       3,000       3,796,650  

Massachusetts St. Port Auth., Ser. A, AMT

    5.000       07/01/42       1,000       1,085,650  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

18  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Massachusetts (cont’d.)

 

Massachusetts St. Port Auth. Spl. Facs. Rev., Bosfuel Proj., AMT, NATL

    5.000     07/01/32       5,000     $ 5,049,100  
       

 

 

 
    28,302,452  

Michigan    1.7%

 

Michigan Fin. Auth. Rev., Henry Ford Hlth. Sys., Rfdg.

    5.000       11/15/41       1,500       1,627,215  

Michigan St. Bldg. Auth. Rev., Facs. Proj., Ser. I-A, Rfdg.

    5.375       10/15/41       750       836,370  

Michigan St. Hosp. Fin. Auth. Rev., Ascension Sr. Credit Grp., Rfdg.

    5.000       11/15/46       3,000       3,325,980  

Royal Oak Hosp. Fin. Auth. Rev., William Beaumont, Ser. W, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 08/01/19)(a)

    6.000       08/01/39       2,000       2,229,160  

Wayne Cnty. Arpt. Auth. Rev., Det. Met. Arpt., Ser. A, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       12/01/18       1,500       1,588,125  

Wayne Cnty. Arpt. Auth. Rev., Det. Met. Arpt., Ser. D, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       12/01/28       1,500       1,623,180  
       

 

 

 
    11,230,030  

Minnesota    0.2%

 

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Arpts. Comm. Rev., Sr., Ser. C

    5.000       01/01/46       1,000       1,137,320  

Missouri    0.6%

 

Missouri St. Hlth. & Edl. Facs. Auth. Rev., BJC Hlth. Sys.

    5.000       01/01/44       3,500       3,792,425  

Nevada    0.5%

 

Clark Cnty. Passenger Facs. Charge Rev., Las Vegas McCarran Int’l. Arpt., Ser. A

    5.125       07/01/34       3,000       3,247,260  

New Jersey    5.5%

 

Camden Cnty. Impvt. Auth., Cooper Hlth. Sys. Oblig. Grp.

    5.750       02/15/42       1,500       1,662,345  

Cape May Cnty. Indl. Poll. Ctrl. Fin. Auth. Rev., Atlantic City Elec. Co., Ser. A, Rfdg., NATL

    6.800       03/01/21       2,615       3,042,108  

New Jersey Econ. Dev. Auth. Rev., Ser. BBB, Rfdg.

    5.500       06/15/30       1,500       1,614,105  

New Jersey Edl. Facs. Auth. Rev., Montclair St. Univ., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       07/01/44       2,500       2,762,975  

New Jersey Healthcare Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., AHS Hosp. Corp., Rfdg.

    4.000       07/01/41       1,500       1,506,000  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     19  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

New Jersey (cont’d.)

 

New Jersey Healthcare Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., AHS Hosp. Corp., Rfdg. (Pre-refunded 07/01/21)(a)

    6.000     07/01/41       500     $ 595,615  

New Jersey Healthcare Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., RWJ Barnabas Hlth. Oblig. Grp., Rfdg.

    5.000       07/01/43       1,500       1,645,305  

New Jersey Healthcare Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., RWJ Univ. Hosp.

    5.500       07/01/43       1,000       1,125,520  

New Jersey Healthcare Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., Virtua Hlth., AGC

    5.500       07/01/38       2,000       2,157,400  

New Jersey Healthcare Facs. Fin. Auth. Rev., Virtua Hlth., Rfdg.

    5.000       07/01/29       1,000       1,118,250  

New Jersey St. Tpke. Auth., Tpke. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       01/01/43       3,000       3,297,090  

New Jersey St. Trans. Trust Fund Auth. Rev., Fed. Hwy. Reimbursement Nts., Ser. A-1

    5.000       06/15/28       1,250       1,337,525  

New Jersey St. Trans. Trust Fund Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.500       12/15/23       3,000       3,307,920  

New Jersey St. Trans. Trust Fund Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.875       12/15/38       3,000       3,180,540  

New Jersey St. Trans. Trust Fund Auth. Rev., Ser. B

    5.500       06/15/31       1,000       1,049,800  

Tob. Settlement Fin. Corp. Rev., Asset-Bkd., Ser. 1A, Rfdg.

    4.500       06/01/23       2,985       3,022,014  

Tob. Settlement Fin. Corp. Rev., Asset-Bkd., Ser. 1A, Rfdg.

    4.625       06/01/26       4,500       4,499,730  
       

 

 

 
    36,924,242  

New York    7.2%

 

Brooklyn Arena Loc. Dev. Corp. Rev., Barclays Ctr. Proj. (Pre-refunded date 01/15/20)(a)

    6.375       07/15/43       750       860,370  

Long Island Pwr. Auth. Elec. Sys. Rev., Gen., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 05/01/19)(a)

    6.000       05/01/33       1,000       1,106,390  

Long Island Pwr. Auth. Elec. Sys. Rev., Gen., Ser. A, BHAC (Pre-refunded date 05/01/19)(a)

    5.500       05/01/33       2,000       2,191,320  

Metropolitan Trans. Auth. Rev., Trans., Ser. C (Pre-refunded date 11/15/18)(a)

    6.500       11/15/28       1,865       2,042,865  

Metropolitan Trans. Auth. Rev., Trans., Ser. C (Pre-refunded date 11/15/18)(a)

    6.500       11/15/28       155       169,782  

Metropolitan Trans. Auth. Rev., Trans., Ser. D

    5.250       11/15/40       2,000       2,229,220  

Metropolitan Trans. Auth. Rev., Trans., Unrefunded, Ser. C

    6.500       11/15/28       480       524,870  

New York City, Ser. E, GO

    5.000       08/01/17       6,000       6,109,800  

New York City, Ser. I-1, GO

    5.250       04/01/28       2,000       2,164,860  

New York City Trans. Fin. Auth. Bldg. Aid. Rev., Fiscal 2009, Ser. S-3

    5.250       01/15/39       1,500       1,602,825  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

New York (cont’d.)

 

New York City Trans. Fin. Auth. Bldg. Aid. Rev., Sub. Ser. S-1A

    5.250     07/15/37       3,000     $ 3,374,940  

New York City Trans. Fin. Auth. Future Tax Sec’d. Rev., Future Tax Sec’d. Sub-Ser. D-1

    5.000       11/01/38       3,000       3,354,840  

New York City Wtr. & Swr. Sys. Rev., Fiscal 2009, Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 06/15/18)(a)

    5.750       06/15/40       235       249,991  

New York City Wtr. & Swr. Sys. Rev., Unrefunded, Fiscal 2009, Ser. A

    5.750       06/15/40       765       810,625  

New York Liberty Dev. Corp., 4 World Trade Center Proj., Rfdg.

    5.750       11/15/51       1,750       1,997,170  

New York St. Dorm. Auth. Rev., Mount Sinai Sch. of Medicine, Ser. A

    5.000       07/01/21       1,685       1,868,328  

New York St. Dorm. Auth. Rev., Rochester Inst. Tech., Ser. A, AMBAC

    5.250       07/01/20       2,100       2,349,858  

New York St. Dorm. Auth. Rev., Rochester Inst. Tech., Ser. A, AMBAC

    5.250       07/01/21       2,000       2,287,780  

New York St. Environ. Facs. Corp. Rev., Clean Wtr. & Drinking Revolving Fds. Pooled Fin., Ser. B, ETM(a)

    5.500       10/15/23       3,750       4,580,213  

New York Trans. Dev. Corp. Rev., Laguardia Arpt. Term B, AMT

    5.000       07/01/46       1,000       1,049,650  

New York Trans. Dev. Corp. Rev., Laguardia Arpt. Term B, AMT

    5.250       01/01/50       1,000       1,062,120  

Port Auth. of NY & NJ, Spl. Oblig. Rev., JFK Int’l. Air Terminal

    5.000       12/01/20       500       548,040  

TSASC, Inc., Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       06/01/41       2,000       2,166,640  

Utility Debt Sec. Auth. Rev., Ser. TE

    5.000       12/15/41       2,585       2,955,301  
       

 

 

 
    47,657,798  

North Carolina    1.2%

 

North Carolina Eastern Mun. Pwr. Agcy., Pwr. Sys. Rev., Rfdg., AMBAC, ETM(a)

    6.000       01/01/18       1,000       1,043,690  

North Carolina Eastern Mun. Pwr. Agcy., Pwr. Sys. Rev., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 01/01/22)(a)

    6.000       01/01/26       650       785,753  

North Carolina Eastern Mun. Pwr. Agcy., Pwr. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, ETM(a)

    6.400       01/01/21       555       616,866  

North Carolina Eastern Mun. Pwr. Agcy., Pwr. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, ETM(a)

    6.500       01/01/18       2,635       2,761,164  

North Carolina Eastern Mun. Pwr. Agcy., Pwr. Sys. Rev., Ser. A, Unrefunded Bal., NATL

    6.500       01/01/18       1,005       1,053,119  

North Carolina Eastern Mun. Pwr. Agcy., Pwr. Sys. Rev., Ser. C, AGC, ETM(a)

    6.000       01/01/19       185       196,973  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     21  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

North Carolina (cont’d.)

 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rev., Univ. of NC Hosp. at Chapel Hill

    4.000     02/01/46       1,500     $ 1,523,550  
       

 

 

 
    7,981,115  

North Dakota    0.2%

 

McLean Cnty. Solid Wste. Facs. Rev., Great River Energy Proj., Ser. A

    4.875       07/01/26       1,000       1,057,690  

Ohio    3.8%

 

Buckeye Ohio Tob. Settlement, Asset-Bkd. Sr. Turbo, Ser. A-2

    5.125       06/01/24       4,440       4,192,958  

Buckeye Ohio Tob. Settlement, Asset-Bkd. Sr. Turbo, Ser. A-2

    5.875       06/01/30       3,500       3,368,750  

Franklin Cnty. Hosp. Facs. Rev.

    4.125       05/15/45       2,000       2,019,360  

Franklin Cnty. Hosp. Facs. Rev., Nationwide Children’s Hosp. Proj.

    4.000       11/01/45       2,000       2,021,860  

Franklin Cnty. Hosp. Facs. Rev., Ohio Hlth. Corp., Ser. A

    5.000       11/15/41       2,000       2,167,200  

Hamilton Cnty. Healthcare Facs. Rev., Christ Hosp. Proj.

    5.000       06/01/20       400       443,964  

Hamilton Cnty. Healthcare Facs. Rev., Christ Hosp. Proj.

    5.000       06/01/42       1,250       1,358,038  

Hancock Cnty. Hosp. Rev., Blanchard Valley Regl. Hlth. Ctr., Rfdg.

    6.250       12/01/34       400       451,924  

Hilliard Sch. Dist. Sch. Impvt., CABS, GO, NATL

    1.520 (b)      12/01/19       1,720       1,649,772  

Lucas Cnty. Hosp. Rev., Promedica Healthcare, Ser. A, Rfdg.

    6.000       11/15/41       750       866,010  

Lucas Cnty. Hosp. Rev., Promedica Healthcare, Ser. A, Rfdg.

    6.500       11/15/37       875       1,031,389  

Middleburg Heights Hosp. Rev. Facs., Southwest Gen., Rfdg.

    5.250       08/01/41       800       856,568  

Ohio St. Higher Ed. Facs., Commn., Case Western Resv. Univ., Ser. B

    6.500       10/01/20       515       563,966  

Ohio St. Higher Ed. Facs., Commn., Cleveland Clinic Hlth. Sys., Ser. A-1

    5.000       01/01/42       2,000       2,206,040  

Ohio St. Wtr. Dev. Auth. Rev., Poll. Ctl. Ln. Fd. Wtr. Quality, Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 12/01/19)(a)

    5.000       12/01/29       2,150       2,375,385  
       

 

 

 
    25,573,184  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Oklahoma    1.1%

 

Oklahoma St. Dev. Fin. Auth. Rev., St. Johns Hlth. Sys., Rfdg.

    5.000     02/15/42       1,500     $ 1,603,800  

Oklahoma Tpke. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       01/01/42       3,000       3,375,960  

Stillwater OK Util. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       10/01/39       1,865       2,084,287  
       

 

 

 
    7,064,047  

Oregon    1.1%

 

Deschutes Cnty. Hosp. Facs. Auth. Rev., St. Charles Hlth. Sys., Ser. A

    5.000       01/01/48       2,000       2,173,540  

Oregon St. Dept. Trans. Hwy. User Tax Rev., Sr. Lien., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 05/15/19)(a)

    5.000       11/15/33       3,500       3,801,560  

Port of Portland Arpt. Rev., Ser. 24B, AMT

    5.000       07/01/42       1,500       1,676,625  
       

 

 

 
    7,651,725  

Pennsylvania    4.3%

 

Central Bradford Progress Auth., Guthrie Healthcare Sys.

    5.375       12/01/41       2,700       2,978,478  

Geisinger Auth. Hlth. Sys., Ser. A-1

    5.125       06/01/41       2,000       2,157,820  

Gen. Auth. of Southcentral PA, Rev., Wellspan Hlth. Oblig. Grp., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       06/01/44       3,000       3,274,020  

Lancaster Cnty. Hosp. Auth. Rev., Univ. of Penn. Hlth. Sys. Oblig., Rdg.

    5.000       08/15/42       1,000       1,107,200  

Pennsylvania Higher Edl. Fac. Auth. Rev., Thomas Jefferson Univ., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       09/01/45       2,500       2,745,275  

Pennsylvania Higher Edl. Fac. Auth. Rev., Trustees Univ. of Pennsylvania, Ser. A

    4.000       08/15/41       3,200       3,309,056  

Pennsylvania Tpke. Comm. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       12/01/38       1,000       1,094,690  

Pennsylvania Tpke. Comm. Rev., Ser. A-1, Rfdg.

    5.000       12/01/40       1,500       1,645,425  

Pennsylvania Tpke. Comm. Rev., Ser. B

    5.000       12/01/45       7,000       7,691,600  

Pennsylvania Tpke. Comm. Rev., Sub., Rfdg.

    5.000       06/01/39       1,200       1,301,688  

Philadelphia Auth. for Indl. Dev. Rev., Thomas Jefferson Univ., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       09/01/47       1,000       1,084,390  
       

 

 

 
    28,389,642  

Puerto Rico    0.8%

 

Puerto Rico Comnwlth., Aqueduct & Swr. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.750       07/01/37       1,260       973,690  

Puerto Rico Comnwlth., Aqueduct & Swr. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    6.000       07/01/47       1,050       814,853  

Puerto Rico Elec. Pwr. Auth. Rev., Ser. UU, Rfdg., FGIC, LIBOR

    1.369 (c)      07/01/31       5,000       3,200,000  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     23  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Puerto Rico (cont’d.)

 

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fin. Corp. Sales Tax Rev., Ser. C

    5.250     08/01/40       750     $ 541,020  
       

 

 

 
    5,529,563  

Rhode Island    0.4%

 

Rhode Island Hlth. & Ed. Bldg. Corp. Higher Ed. Facs. Rev., Lifespan Oblig., Ser. A., AGC (Pre-refunded date 05/15/19)(a)

    7.000       05/15/39       2,000       2,249,980  

Tob. Settlement Fing. Corp. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       06/01/40       400       417,568  
       

 

 

 
    2,667,548  

South Carolina    1.4%

 

South Carolina Prt. Auth. Rev, AMT

    4.000       07/01/45       1,000       1,003,480  

South Carolina Pub. Svc. Auth. Rev., Refunded, Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 01/01/19)(a)

    5.500       01/01/38       2,300       2,490,141  

South Carolina Pub. Svc. Auth. Rev., Santee Cooper, Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.125       12/01/43       2,000       2,184,360  

South Carolina Pub. Svc. Auth. Rev., Santee Cooper, Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.750       12/01/43       3,000       3,565,740  

South Carolina Pub. Svc. Auth. Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 01/01/19)(a)

    5.500       01/01/38       200       216,534  
       

 

 

 
    9,460,255  

South Dakota    0.4%

 

South Dakota Edl. Enhancement Fdg. Corp. Rev., Tob. Ser. B

    5.000       06/01/27       1,000       1,098,390  

South Dakota St. Hlth. & Edl. Facs. Auth. Rev., Avera Hlth., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.000       07/01/42       1,600       1,725,232  
       

 

 

 
    2,823,622  

Tennessee    0.7%

 

Chattanooga Hlth. Edl. & Hsg. Facs. Brd., Ser. A

    5.250       01/01/45       1,500       1,551,690  

Memphis Shelby Cnty. Arpt. Auth. Rev., Ser. B, Rfdg., AMT

    5.750       07/01/25       1,000       1,094,960  

Metropolitan Govt. Nashville & Davidson Cnty. Hlth. & Edl. Facs. Brd. Rev., Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr., Ser. A

    5.000       07/01/46       1,000       1,094,400  

Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp. Gas Rev., Ser. C

    5.000       02/01/22       1,000       1,118,600  
       

 

 

 
    4,859,650  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24  


Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Texas    7.7%

 

Austin TX Wtr. & Wstewtr. Sys. Rev., Austin Wtr. & Swr., Ser. A

    5.125     11/15/29       2,000     $ 2,196,420  

Brazos River Auth. Poll. Ctrl. Rev., TXU Energy Co. LLC Proj., Ser. D, Rfdg. (Escrow Bond)(d)(e)(f)

    5.400       10/01/29       1,000        

Brazos River Auth. Poll. Ctrl. Rev., TXU Rmkt., Rfdg., AMT (Escrow Bond)(d)(e)(f)

    5.400       05/01/29       1,500        

Central TX Regl. Mobility Auth. Rev., Sr. Lien (Pre-refunded date 01/01/21)(a)

    6.000       01/01/41       1,000       1,171,440  

Central TX Regl. Mobility Auth. Rev., Sr. Lien, Ser. A

    5.000       01/01/45       1,000       1,077,640  

Clifton Higher Ed. Fin. Corp. Rev., Idea Pub. Sch.

    6.000       08/15/43       1,000       1,134,830  

Clifton Higher Ed. Fin. Corp. Rev., Idea Pub. Sch., Rfdg., PSFG

    5.000       08/15/39       1,000       1,125,020  

Dallas-Fort Worth Int’l. Arpt. Rev., Ser. E, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       11/01/35       5,000       5,392,350  

Grand Parkway Trans. Corp., First Tier Toll Rev., Ser. A

    5.125       10/01/43       2,000       2,168,940  

Harris Cnty. Cultural Ed. Facs. Fin. Corp. Rev., Children’s Hosp. Proj.

    5.500       10/01/39       1,500       1,638,495  

Harris Cnty. Cultural Ed. Facs. Fin. Corp. Rev., Houston Methodist Hosp. Oblig.

    4.000       12/01/45       1,500       1,514,655  

Harris Cnty. Metro. Trans. Auth. Rev., Ser. A

    5.000       11/01/36       3,000       3,363,330  

Houston Arpt. Sys. Rev., Sr. Lien, Ser. A, Rfdg.

    5.500       07/01/39       1,000       1,053,330  

Houston Arpt. Sys. Rev., Sub. Lien, Ser. A, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       07/01/25       575       628,084  

Houston Arpt. Sys. Rev., Sub. Lien, Ser. A, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       07/01/32       1,000       1,077,000  

Houston Arpt. Sys. Rev., Sub. Lien, Ser. B, Rfdg.

    5.000       07/01/32       2,000       2,226,280  

Houston Combined Util. Sys. Rev., 1st Lien, Rfdg., AGC (Pre-refunded date 05/15/19)(a)

    5.250       11/15/33       1,430       1,561,088  

Houston Combined Util. Sys. Rev., Unrefunded, 1st Lien, Ser. A, Rfdg., AGC

    5.250       11/15/33       80       86,568  

Lower Colo. Riv. Auth. Tex. Rev., Rfdg., BHAC

    5.250       05/15/28       2,000       2,099,680  

North TX Twy. Auth. Rev., First Tier, Rfdg.

    6.000       01/01/38       1,000       1,146,370  

North TX Twy. Auth. Rev., First Tier, Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 01/01/19)(a)

    6.250       01/01/39       1,130       1,237,316  

North TX Twy. Auth. Rev., Ser. B, Rfdg.

    5.000       01/01/45       2,000       2,211,300  

North TX Twy. Auth. Rev., Spl. Projs., Ser. A

    5.500       09/01/41       1,000       1,141,350  

North TX Twy. Auth. Rev., Unrefunded Sys., First Tier, Rfdg.

    5.750       01/01/40       165       170,542  

North TX Twy. Auth. Rev., Unrefunded, First Tier, Ser. A, Rfdg.

    6.250       01/01/39       370       399,896  

Sabine River Auth. Poll. Ctrl. Rev., TXU Energy Co. LLC Proj., Ser. B, Rfdg. (Escrow Bond)(d)(e)(f)

    6.150       08/01/22       1,000        

San Antonio Wtr. Sys. Rev., Jr. Lien, Ser. C, Rfdg.

    5.000       05/15/41       1,000       1,138,470  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     25  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Texas (cont’d.)

 

Tarrant Cnty. Cultural Ed. Facs. Fin. Corp. Rev., Baylor Scott & White Hlth., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    4.000     11/15/36       1,500     $ 1,525,410  

Tarrant Cnty. Cultural Ed. Facs. Fin. Corp. Rev., TX Hlth. Resources Sys. Oblig., Rfdg.

    5.000       02/15/41       2,500       2,780,700  

Texas Mun. Gas Acquisition & Sply. Corp. I Gas Sply. Rev., Sr. Lien, Ser. D

    5.625       12/15/17       400       412,628  

Texas Mun. Gas Acquisition & Sply. Corp. I Gas Sply. Rev., Var. Sr. Lien, Ser. B

    1.346 (c)      12/15/26       1,500       1,369,560  

Texas Private Activity Surface Trans. Corp., Sr. Lien LBJ Infrastructure

    7.000       06/30/40       2,500       2,854,325  

Texas Private Activity Surface Trans. Corp., Sr. Lien NTE Mobility, Ser. 3A & 3B, AMT

    6.750       06/30/43       500       574,865  

Texas Private Activity Surface Trans. Corp., Sr. Lien NTE Mobility, Ser. 3A & 3B, AMT

    7.000       12/31/38       1,500       1,704,015  

Texas St. Vets. Hsg. Assistance Proj. Fdg., Ser. II-A, GO

    5.250       12/01/23       2,500       2,727,925  
       

 

 

 
    50,909,822  

Utah    0.8%

 

Intermountain Pwr. Agcy. Utah Pwr. Supply Rev., Ser. A, Rfdg., AMBAC, ETM(a)

    5.000       07/01/17       5,000       5,074,600  

Virginia    0.5%

 

Fairfax Cnty. Indl. Dev. Auth. Rev., Healthcare, Inova Hlth. Sys.

    5.000       05/15/40       2,000       2,215,060  

Richmond Met. Auth. Expy. Rev., Rfdg., FGIC, NATL, ETM(a)

    5.250       07/15/17       855       869,886  
       

 

 

 
    3,084,946  

Washington    2.9%

 

Port of Seattle Rev., Intermediate Lien, Ser. B, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       09/01/26       1,115       1,241,028  

Port of Seattle Rev., Intermediate Lien, Ser. C, Rfdg., AMT

    5.000       02/01/24       2,500       2,771,800  

Skagit Cnty. Pub. Hosp. Dist. No. 1 Rev.

    5.750       12/01/35       625       679,594  

Skagit Cnty. Pub. Hosp. Dist. No. 1 Rev., Rfdg. & Impvt., Ser. A

    5.000       12/01/37       1,000       1,032,320  

Washington St. Healthcare Facs. Auth. Rev., Overlake Hosp. Med. Ctr., Rfdg.

    5.000       07/01/38       2,690       2,943,667  

Washington St. Healthcare Facs. Auth. Rev., Overlake Hosp. Med. Ctr., Rfdg.

    5.500       07/01/30       1,115       1,220,814  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Description   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

Washington (cont’d.)

 

Washington St. Healthcare Facs. Auth. Rev., Providence Hlth. & Svcs., Ser. A

    5.000     10/01/39       3,500     $ 3,727,500  

Washington St. Healthcare Facs. Auth. Rev., Seattle Children’s Hospital (Pre-refunded date 10/01/19)(a)

    5.625       10/01/38       1,250       1,390,537  

Washington St. Healthcare Facs. Auth. Rev., Seattle Children’s Hospital, Ser. A

    5.000       10/01/42       2,000       2,205,540  

Washington St. Healthcare Facs. Auth. Rev., Swedish Hlth. Svcs., Ser. A (Pre-refunded date 05/15/21)(a)

    6.250       11/15/41       1,500       1,798,395  
       

 

 

 
    19,011,195  

West Virginia    0.1%

 

West Virginia Econ. Dev. Auth. Rev., Morgantown Energy Assoc., Rfdg., AMT

    2.875       12/15/26       495       467,458  

Wisconsin    0.7%

 

Wisconsin Hlth. & Edl. Facs. Auth. Rev., Ascension Hlth. Credit Grp., Ser. A, Rfdg.

    4.000       11/15/46       2,500       2,513,300  

Wisconsin St. Rev., St. Approp., Ser. A, Rfdg. (Pre-refunded date 05/01/19)(a)

    5.750       05/01/33       190       209,180  

Wisconsin St. Rev., Unrefunded, St. Approp., Ser A, Rfdg.

    5.750       05/01/33       1,810       1,978,475  
       

 

 

 
    4,700,955  

Wyoming    0.1%

 

Campbell Cnty. Solid Wst. Facs. Rev., Basin Elec. Pwr. Coop., Ser. A

    5.750       07/15/39       500       543,775  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS    99.0%
(cost $619,774,977)(Note 5)

          657,535,742  

Other assets in excess of liabilities    1.0%

          6,937,183  
       

 

 

 

NET ASSETS    100.0%

        $ 664,472,925  
       

 

 

 

 

The following abbreviations are used in the semiannual report:

144A—Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid.

AGC—Assured Guaranty Corp.

AGM—Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC—American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax

BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     27  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

CABS—Capital Appreciation Bonds

ETM—Escrowed to Maturity

FGIC—Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

GO—General Obligation

IDB—Industrial Development Bond

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

NATL—National Public Finance Guaranty Corp.

OTC—Over-the-counter

PCR—Pollution Control Revenue

PSFG—Permanent School Fund Guarantee

# Principal amount shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
(a) All or partial escrowed to maturity and pre-refunded issues are secured by escrowed cash, a guaranteed investment contract and/or U.S. guaranteed obligations.
(b) Represents zero coupon bond. Rate quoted represents effective yield at February 28, 2017.
(c) Variable rate instrument. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at February 28, 2017.
(d) Represents issuer in default on interest payments and/or principal repayment; non-income producing security.
(e) Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid; the aggregate value is $0 and 0.0% of net assets.
(f) Indicates a Level 3 security. The aggregate value of Level 3 securities is $0 and 0.0% of net assets.

 

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—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 February 28, 2017 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Investments in Securities

 

Municipal Bonds

 

Alabama

  $     —     $ 2,271,325     $     —  

Arizona

          26,310,730        

California

          96,655,709        

Colorado

          8,510,565        

Connecticut

          2,436,022        

District of Columbia

          26,086,587        

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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       Level 1           Level 2           Level 3     

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

Florida

  $     —     $ 56,860,306     $     —  

Georgia

          15,886,825        

Guam

          776,190        

Hawaii

          5,498,440        

Idaho

          1,091,590        

Illinois

          70,483,608        

Indiana

          3,465,364        

Kansas

          3,504,593        

Kentucky

          4,935,771        

Louisiana

          8,719,527        

Maryland

          4,900,271        

Massachusetts

          28,302,452        

Michigan

          11,230,030        

Minnesota

          1,137,320        

Missouri

          3,792,425        

Nevada

          3,247,260        

New Jersey

          36,924,242        

New York

          47,657,798        

North Carolina

          7,981,115        

North Dakota

          1,057,690        

Ohio

          25,573,184        

Oklahoma

          7,064,047        

Oregon

          7,651,725        

Pennsylvania

          28,389,642        

Puerto Rico

          5,529,563        

Rhode Island

          2,667,548        

South Carolina

          9,460,255        

South Dakota

          2,823,622        

Tennessee

          4,859,650        

Texas

          50,909,822        

Utah

          5,074,600        

Virginia

          3,084,946        

Washington

          19,011,195        

West Virginia

          467,458        

Wisconsin

          4,700,955        

Wyoming

          543,775        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     —     $ 657,535,742     $     —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

During the period, there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 to report.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     29  


Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of February 28, 2017

 

 

Industry Classification:

 

The industry classification of investments and other assets in excess of liabilities shown as a percentage of net assets as of February 28, 2017 were as follows:

 

Healthcare

    20.8

Transportation

    18.9  

General Obligation

    11.1  

Pre-Refunded

    11.1  

Special Tax/Assessment District

    6.3  

Power

    6.2  

Education

    6.0  

Water & Sewer

    5.2  

Lease Backed Certificate of Participation

    4.6  

Tobacco

    3.2  

Pre-pay Gas

    2.5

Corporate Backed IDB & PCR

    1.9  

Tobacco Appropriated

    0.6  

Insurance

    0.4  

Development

    0.1  

Solid Waste/Resource Recovery

    0.1  
 

 

 

 
    99.0  

Other assets in excess of liabilities

    1.0  
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

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 type of risk associated with these derivative instruments is interest rate contracts risk. 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.

 

The Fund did not hold any derivative instruments as of February 28, 2017, accordingly, no derivative positions are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The effects of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended February 28, 2017 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  

Interest rate contracts

  $ 536  
 

 

 

 

 

For the six months ended February 28, 2017, there was no change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities (unaudited)

as of February 28, 2017

 

Assets

        

Unaffiliated investments (cost $619,774,977)

   $ 657,535,742  

Cash

     693,715  

Interest receivable

     7,800,745  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     195,529  

Prepaid expenses

     3,981  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     666,229,712  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     886,376  

Dividends payable

     272,062  

Management fee payable

     243,041  

Distribution fee payable

     141,449  

Unaffiliated transfer agent’s fees and expenses payable

     122,997  

Accrued expenses

     53,453  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     30,064  

Deferred directors’ fees

     7,345  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,756,787  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 664,472,925  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Common stock, at par

   $ 449,472  

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     639,715,770  
  

 

 

 
     640,165,242  

Undistributed net investment income

     1,390,688  

Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions

     (14,843,770

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     37,760,765  
  

 

 

 

Net assets, February 28, 2017

   $ 664,472,925  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class A

        

Net asset value and redemption price per share

  

($571,032,646 ÷ 38,632,116 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.78  

Maximum sales charge (4.00% of offering price)

     0.62  
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 15.40  
  

 

 

 

Class B

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share

  

($21,398,545 ÷ 1,443,511 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.82  
  

 

 

 

Class C

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share

  

($30,603,483 ÷ 2,065,712 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.81  
  

 

 

 

Class Z

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share

  

($41,438,251 ÷ 2,805,829 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 14.77  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     33  


Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended February 28, 2017

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

        

Income

  

Interest income

   $ 14,685,992  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fee

     1,598,858  

Distribution fee—Class A

     725,167  

Distribution fee—Class B

     56,289  

Distribution fee—Class C

     161,004  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $69,500)

     216,000  

Custodian and accounting fees

     53,000  

Registration fees

     42,000  

Shareholders’ reports

     20,000  

Audit fee

     18,000  

Legal fees and expenses

     14,000  

Directors’ fees

     11,000  

Insurance expenses

     5,000  

Loan interest expense

     296  

Miscellaneous

     10,326  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     2,930,940  

Less: Custodian fee credit

     (359
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     2,930,581  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     11,755,411  
  

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investment Transactions

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions

     (5,453,658

Futures transactions

     536  
  

 

 

 
     (5,453,122
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (28,092,804
  

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment transactions

     (33,545,926
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ (21,790,515
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

     Six Months
Ended
February 28, 2017
     Year
Ended
August 31, 2016
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

                 

Operations

     

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 11,755,411      $ 24,188,679  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

     (5,453,122      2,584,193  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (28,092,804      20,173,881  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (21,790,515      46,946,753  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income (Note 1)

     

Class A

     (10,133,176      (20,994,432

Class B

     (364,776      (848,626

Class C

     (446,250      (825,312

Class Z

     (644,794      (1,174,512
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (11,588,996      (23,842,882
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fund share transactions (Net of share conversions) (Note 6)

     

Net proceeds from shares sold

     28,525,147        54,769,883  

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

     9,752,566        19,974,838  

Cost of shares reacquired

     (49,086,277      (65,888,597
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

     (10,808,564      8,856,124  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

     (44,188,075      31,959,995  

Net Assets:

                 

Beginning of period

     708,661,000        676,701,005  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period(a)

   $ 664,472,925      $ 708,661,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Includes undistributed net investment income of:

   $ 1,390,688      $ 1,224,273  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     35  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is a diversified, open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”). The investment objective of the Fund is to seek a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes.

 

Note 1. Accounting Policies

 

The Fund follows investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification 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 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 Board of Directors (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”) (formerly known as Prudential Investments LLC). Under the current Valuation Procedures, the established Valuation Committee is responsible for supervising the valuation of portfolio securities and other assets. 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.

 

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 table following the Portfolio of Investments.

 

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 portfolios utilize 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 is 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,

 

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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 recent transaction prices for identical or comparable securities.

 

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 investment adviser regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates. Using fair value to price securities may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the price used by other mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

 

Restricted and Illiquid Securities: Subject to guidelines adopted by the Board, the Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, including those which are restricted as to disposition under securities law (“restricted securities”). Restricted securities are valued pursuant to the valuation procedures noted above. Illiquid securities are those that, because of the absence of a readily available market or due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, cannot be sold within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the amount at which the Fund has valued the investment. Therefore, the Fund may find it difficult to sell illiquid securities at the time considered most advantageous by its Subadviser and may incur expenses that would not be incurred in the sale of securities that were freely marketable. Certain securities that would otherwise be considered illiquid 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. These Rule 144A securities, as well as commercial paper that is sold in private placements under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, may be deemed liquid by the Fund’s Subadviser under the guidelines adopted by the Directors of the Fund. However, the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in Rule 144A securities could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.

 

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

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     37  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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 may invest 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 or foreign currency exchange 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. With exchange-traded futures contracts, 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.

 

Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains (losses) from investment transactions are calculated on the specific identification method. 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 the accrual basis, which may require the use of certain estimates by management, that may differ from actual.

 

Net investment income or loss (other than distribution fees which are charged directly to the respective class) 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.

 

Custody Fee Credits: The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank, whereby uninvested monies earn credits which reduce the fees charged by the custodian. Such custody fee credits, if any, are presented as a reduction of gross expenses in the accompanying Statement of Operations.

 

Dividends and Distributions: The Fund expects to declare dividends each business day and pay monthly from net investment income and pay distributions from net realized capital 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 amongst undistributed net investment income, accumulated net realized gain (loss) and paid-in capital in excess of par, as appropriate.

 

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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 shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

 

Estimates: The preparation of the 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.

 

Note 2. Agreements

 

The Fund has a management agreement with PGIM Investments. Pursuant to this agreement, PGIM Investments has responsibility for all investment advisory services and supervises the subadviser’s performance of such services. PGIM Investments has entered into a subadvisory agreement with PGIM, Inc., which provides subadvisory services to the Fund through its PGIM Fixed Income unit. The subadvisory agreement provides that PGIM, Inc. will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, PGIM, Inc. is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. PGIM Investments pays for the services of PGIM, Inc., the cost of compensation of officers of the Fund, occupancy and certain clerical and bookkeeping costs of the Fund. The Fund bears all other costs and expenses.

 

The management fee paid to PGIM Investments is accrued daily and payable monthly at an annual rate of .50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund up to and including $250 million, .475% of the next $250 million, .45% of the next $500 million, .425% of the next $250 million, .40% of the next $250 million and .375% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $1.5 billion. The effective management fee rate was .48% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

 

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 and Class Z shares of the Fund. The Fund compensates PIMS for distributing and servicing the Fund’s Class A, Class B and Class C shares, pursuant to 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 shares of the Fund.

 

Pursuant to the Distribution Plans, the Fund compensates PIMS for distribution related activities at an annual rate of up to .25%, .50% and 1%, of the average daily net assets of the Class A, B and C shares, respectively.

 

PIMS has advised the Fund that it received $164,582 in front-end sales charges resulting from sales of Class A shares during the six months ended February 28, 2017. From these fees, PIMS paid such sales charges to dealers, which in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

PIMS has advised the Fund that for the six months ended February 28, 2017 it received $2,845, $6,124 and $2,623 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon certain redemptions by Class A, Class B and Class C shareholders, respectively.

 

PGIM Investments, PGIM, Inc. and PIMS are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”).

 

Note 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 Fund’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 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 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. Such transactions are subject to ratification by the Board.

 

Note 4. Portfolio Securities

 

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities, (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Treasury securities), for the six months ended February 28, 2017, were $105,729,009 and $122,260,306, respectively. The Fund purchases and sales transactions under Rule 17a-7, were $13,401,298 and $25,404,351, respectively for the six months ended February 28, 2017.

 

Although floating rate daily demand notes are shown as short-term investments in the Portfolio of Investments due to frequent reset of coupon rates, they have long-term maturities and are included in these purchase and sale amounts.

 

Note 5. Tax Information

 

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of February 28, 2017 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis

   $ 617,524,368  
  

 

 

 

Appreciation

     43,958,619  

Depreciation

     (3,947,245
  

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 40,011,374  
  

 

 

 

 

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

 

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), the Fund is permitted to carryforward capital losses realized on or after September 1, 2011 (“post-enactment losses”) for an unlimited period. Post-enactment losses are required to be utilized before the utilization of losses incurred prior to the effective date of the Act. As a result of this ordering rule, capital loss carryforwards related to taxable years ending before August 31, 2012 (“pre-enactment losses”) may have an increased likelihood to expire unused. The Fund utilized approximately $2,268,000 of its post-enactment losses to offset net taxable gains realized in the fiscal year ended August 31, 2016. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law. No capital gains distributions are expected to be paid to shareholders until net gains have been realized in excess of such losses. As of August 31, 2016, the pre and post-enactment losses were approximately:

 

Post-Enactment Losses:

   $ 7,336,000  
  

 

 

 

Pre-Enactment Losses:

  

Expiring 2017

   $ 35,000  

Expiring 2018

     3,328,000  

Expiring 2019

     1,158,000  
  

 

 

 
   $ 4,521,000  
  

 

 

 

 

Management 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. The Fund’s federal, state and local income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

 

Note 6. Capital

 

The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Z shares. Class A shares are subject to a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.00%. All investors who purchase Class A shares in an amount of $1 million or more and sell these shares within 12 months of purchase are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1%. The Class A CDSC is waived for purchases by certain retirement or benefit plans. Class B shares are sold with a CDSC which declines from 5% to zero depending upon the period of time the shares are held. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis approximately seven years after purchase. Class B shares are closed to new purchases. Class C shares are subject to a CDSC of 1% on shares redeemed within the first 12 months after purchase. A special exchange privilege is also available for shareholders who qualify to purchase Class A shares at net asset value. Class Z shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are offered exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     41  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

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 common stock.

 

There are 1 billion shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, authorized and divided into five classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Z and Class T common stock, each of which consists of 150 million, 25 million, 250 million, 250 million and 325 million shares, respectively. The Fund currently does not have any Class T shares outstanding.

 

At reporting period end, two shareholders of record held 33% of the Fund’s outstanding shares.

 

Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

Class A

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended February 28, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       1,194,689      $ 17,721,419  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       571,220        8,507,155  

Shares reacquired

       (2,198,829      (32,831,598
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (432,920      (6,603,024

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       96,826        1,448,029  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (497,497      (7,344,122
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (833,591    $ (12,499,117
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2016:

       

Shares sold

       2,333,849      $ 35,866,815  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       1,151,699        17,611,483  

Shares reacquired

       (3,582,973      (54,751,437
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (97,425      (1,273,139

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       178,391        2,717,575  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (269,213      (4,142,686
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (188,247    $ (2,698,250
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class B

     Shares      Amount  

Six months ended February 28, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       6,078      $ 93,722  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       19,640        293,390  

Shares reacquired

       (84,974      (1,264,199
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (59,256      (877,087

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (87,421      (1,313,632
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (146,677    $ (2,190,719
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2016:

       

Shares sold

       23,705      $ 362,046  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       44,785        686,571  

Shares reacquired

       (148,793      (2,280,316
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (80,303      (1,231,699

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (168,389      (2,572,467
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (248,692    $ (3,804,166
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class C

               

Six months ended February 28, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       207,633      $ 3,119,548  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       26,051        388,810  

Shares reacquired

       (366,090      (5,447,130
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (132,406      (1,938,772

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (17,773      (266,215
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (150,179    $ (2,204,987
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2016:

       

Shares sold

       699,734      $ 10,724,904  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       46,694        716,532  

Shares reacquired

       (217,666      (3,327,718
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       528,762        8,113,718  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (14,155      (216,689
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       514,607      $ 7,897,029  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z

               

Six months ended February 28, 2017:

       

Shares sold

       512,498      $ 7,590,458  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       37,855        563,211  

Shares reacquired

       (637,234      (9,543,350
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (86,881      (1,389,681

Shares issued upon conversion from other share class(es)

       516,303        7,610,333  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (9,109      (134,393
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       420,313      $ 6,086,259  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended August 31, 2016:

       

Shares sold

       509,887      $ 7,816,118  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       62,782        960,252  

Shares reacquired

       (361,912      (5,529,126
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       210,757        3,247,244  

Shares issued upon conversion from other shares class(es)

       283,783        4,359,375  

Shares reacquired upon conversion into other share class(es)

       (9,473      (145,108
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       485,067      $ 7,461,511  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     43  


Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Note 7. Borrowings

 

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 SCA provides for a commitment of $900 million for the period October 6, 2016 through October 5, 2017. The Funds pay an annualized commitment fee of .15% of the unused portion of the SCA. Prior to October 6, 2016, the Funds had a prior SCA that provided a commitment of $900 million in which the Funds paid an annualized commitment fee of .11% of the unused portion of the prior SCA. For the SCA and the prior SCA, the Fund’s portion of the commitment fee for the unused amount, allocated based upon a method approved by the Board, is accrued daily and paid quarterly. The interest on borrowings under each SCA is paid monthly and at a per annum interest rate based upon a contractual spread plus the higher of (1) the effective federal funds rate, (2) the 1-month LIBOR rate or (3) zero percent.

 

The Fund utilized the SCA during the six months ended February 28, 2017. The average daily balance for the 20 days that the Fund had loans outstanding during the period was $299,150, borrowed at a weighted average interest rate of 1.78%. The maximum loan balance outstanding during the period was $3,677,000. At February 28, 2017, the Fund did not have an outstanding loan balance.

 

Note 8. Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Reporting Updates

 

In December 2016, the FASB released an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) that makes technical changes to various sections of the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), including Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. The changes to Topic 820 are intended to clarify the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The changes to ASC 820-10-50-2 require a reporting entity to disclose, for Level 2 and Level 3 fair value measurements, a change in either or both a valuation approach and a valuation technique and the reason(s) for the change. The changes to Topic 820 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of the ASU and its impact on the financial statements and disclosures has not yet been determined.

 

On October 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms which are intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to improve the quality of information that funds provide to investors, including modifications to Regulation S-X which would require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements. The new rules

 

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also enhance disclosure regarding fund liquidity and redemption practices. Also under the new rules, the SEC will permit open-end funds, with the exception of money market funds, to offer swing pricing, subject to board approval and review. The compliance dates of the modifications to Regulation S-X are August 1, 2017 and other amendments and rules are generally June 1, 2018 and December 1, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impacts to the financial statement disclosures, if any.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     45  


Financial Highlights (unaudited)

Class A Shares  
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2017(c)            2016(c)     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $15.52               $15.00       $15.25       $14.21       $15.60       $14.67  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     .26               .54       .56       .58       .57       .58  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     (.74             .51       (.27     1.03       (1.40     .93  
Total from investment operations     (.48             1.05       .29       1.61       (.83     1.51  
Less Dividends:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.26             (.53     (.54     (.57     (.56     (.58
Net asset value, end of period     $14.78               $15.52       $15.00       $15.25       $14.21       $15.60  
Total Return(a):     (3.10)%               7.14%       1.93%       11.47%       (5.53)%       10.51%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period (000)     $571,033               $612,452       $594,949       $636,897       $633,370       $743,356  
Average net assets (000)     $584,937               $600,384       $624,919       $632,625       $724,250       $728,734  
Ratios to average net assets:                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement(b)     .84% (d)              .84%       .84%       .84%       .82%       .84%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense
reimbursement(b)
    .84% (d)              .84%       .87%       .89%       .87%       .89%  
Net investment income (loss)     3.54% (d)              3.55%       3.66%       3.89%       3.67%       3.85%  
Portfolio turnover rate     16% (e)              20%       15%       12%       25%       47%  

 

(a) 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.
(b) The distributor of the Fund had contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .25% of the average daily net assets through March 8, 2015. Effective March 9, 2015, the contractual distribution and service (12b-1) fees were reduced from .30% to .25% of the average daily net assets.
(c) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(d) Annualized.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class B Shares                
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2017(b)            2016(b)     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $15.56               $15.05       $15.30       $14.26       $15.64       $14.71  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     .25               .51       .53       .54       .53       .54  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     (.75             .50       (.27     1.03       (1.38     .93  
Total from investment operations     (.50             1.01       .26       1.57       (.85     1.47  
Less Dividends:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.24             (.50     (.51     (.53     (.53     (.54
Net asset value, end of period     $14.82               $15.56       $15.05       $15.30       $14.26       $15.64  
Total Return(a):     (3.21)%               6.79%       1.68%       11.17%       (5.67)%       10.22%  
   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                          
Net assets, end of period (000)     $21,399               $24,749       $27,670       $32,479       $32,891       $35,275  
Average net assets (000)     $22,702               $26,104       $30,215       $32,599       $36,454       $30,761  
Ratios to average net assets:                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.09% (c)              1.09%       1.09%       1.09%       1.07%       1.09%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.09% (c)              1.09%       1.09%       1.09%       1.07%       1.09%  
Net investment income (loss)     3.29% (c)              3.30%       3.41%       3.64%       3.43%       3.59%  
Portfolio turnover rate     16% (d)              20%       15%       12%       25%       47%  

 

(a) 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.
(b) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited) (continued)

Class C Shares                
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
         

Year Ended August 31,

 
     2017(b)            2016(b)     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $15.56               $15.04       $15.30       $14.25       $15.64       $14.71  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     .21               .43       .44       .47       .45       .47  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     (.75             .51       (.27     1.04       (1.39     .93  
Total from investment operations     (.54             .94       .17       1.51       (.94     1.40  
Less Dividends:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.21             (.42     (.43     (.46     (.45     (.47
Net asset value, end of period     $14.81               $15.56       $15.04       $15.30       $14.25       $15.64  
Total Return(a):     (3.50)%               6.36%       1.12%       10.69%       (6.21)%       9.67%  
   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              
Net assets, end of period (000)     $30,603               $34,471       $25,593       $24,900       $26,279       $32,917  
Average net assets (000)     $32,470               $29,890       $25,478       $24,794       $33,348       $27,680  
Ratios to average net assets:                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.59% (c)              1.59%       1.59%       1.59%       1.57%       1.59%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.59% (c)              1.59%       1.59%       1.59%       1.57%       1.59%  
Net investment income (loss)     2.79% (c)              2.79%       2.92%       3.14%       2.90%       3.09%  
Portfolio turnover rate     16% (d)              20%       15%       12%       25%       47%  

 

(a) 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.
(b) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class Z Shares                
     Six Months
Ended
February 28,
          Year Ended August 31,  
     2017(b)            2016(b)     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $15.51               $14.99       $15.24       $14.20       $15.58       $14.66  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                        
Net investment income (loss)     .28               .58       .59       .61       .60       .62  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     (.74             .51       (.26     1.03       (1.38     .92  
Total from investment operations     (.46             1.09       .33       1.64       (.78     1.54  
Less Dividends:                                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.28             (.57     (.58     (.60     (.60     (.62
Net asset value, end of period     $14.77               $15.51       $14.99       $15.24       $14.20       $15.58  
Total Return(a):     (2.98)%               7.41%       2.18%       11.75%       (5.24)%       10.73%  
   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:              
Net assets, end of period (000)     $41,438               $36,989       $28,490       $19,660       $19,286       $23,399  
Average net assets (000)     $34,707               $31,385       $23,736       $18,061       $26,027       $20,614  
Ratios to average net assets:                                                        
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     .59% (c)              .59%       .59%       .59%       .57%       .59%  
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     .59% (c)              .59%       .59%       .59%       .57%       .59%  
Net investment income (loss)     3.80% (c)              3.79%       3.92%       4.14%       3.90%       4.09%  
Portfolio turnover rate     16% (d)              20%       15%       12%       25%       47%  

 

(a) 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.
(b) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.     49  


   MAIL      TELEPHONE      WEBSITE

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

(800) 225-1852

 

www.pgiminvestments.com

 

PROXY VOTING
The Board of Directors of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s investment subadviser 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.

 

DIRECTORS
Ellen S. Alberding Kevin J. Bannon Scott E. Benjamin Linda W. Bynoe Keith F. Hartstein Michael S. Hyland Stuart S. Parker Richard A. Redeker  Stephen G. Stoneburn Grace C.Torres

 

OFFICERS
Stuart S. Parker, President Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President M. Sadiq Peshimam, Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Raymond A. O’Hara, Chief Legal Officer Deborah A. Docs, Secretary Chad A. Earnst, Chief Compliance Officer Theresa C. Thompson, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Charles H. Smith, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer Jonathan D. Shain, Assistant Secretary Claudia DiGiacomo, Assistant Secretary Andrew R. French, Assistant Secretary Peter Parrella, Assistant Treasurer Lana Lomuti, Assistant Treasurer Linda McMullin, Assistant Treasurer Kelly A. Coyne, Assistant Treasurer

 

MANAGER   PGIM Investments LLC  

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

INVESTMENT SUBADVISER   PGIM Fixed Income  

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

DISTRIBUTOR   Prudential Investment
Management Services LLC
 

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

CUSTODIAN   The Bank of New York Mellon  

225 Liberty Street

New York, NY 10286

 

TRANSFER AGENT   Prudential Mutual Fund
Services LLC
  PO Box 9658
Providence, RI 02940

 

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM   KPMG LLP   345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154

 

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 a prospectus and summary prospectus by visiting our website at www.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 www.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 DIRECTORS
Shareholders can communicate directly with the Board of Directors by writing to the Chair of the Board, Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc., PGIM Investments, Attn: Board of Directors, 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Director by writing to the same address. Communications are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.

 

AVAILABILITY OF PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE
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 on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation and location of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The Fund’s schedule of portfolio holdings is also available on the Fund’s website as of the end of each month no sooner than 15 days after the end of the month.

 

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


LOGO

 

PRUDENTIAL NATIONAL MUNI FUND, INC.

 

SHARE CLASS   A   B   C   Z
NASDAQ   PRNMX   PBHMX   PNMCX   DNMZX
CUSIP   74441U105   74441U204   74441U303   74441U402

 

MF104E2    


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 applicable.
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 – Not applicable.
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 –   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.
(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 National Muni Fund, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Deborah A. Docs

 

Deborah A. Docs

 

Secretary

Date:

 

April 21, 2017

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:          

 

April 21, 2017

By:

 

/s/ M. Sadiq Peshimam

 

M. Sadiq Peshimam

  Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Date:

 

April 21, 2017