N-CSR 1 d500065dncsr.htm PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS, INC. 14 Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14

 

 

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:    811-03712
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:    Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14
Address of principal executive offices:    Gateway Center 3,
   100 Mulberry Street,
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and address of agent for service:    Deborah A. Docs
   Gateway Center 3,
   100 Mulberry Street,
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    800-225-1852
Date of fiscal year end:    2/28/2013
Date of reporting period:    2/28/2013

 

 

 


Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders


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PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENTS»MUTUAL FUNDS

 

PRUDENTIAL GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND

 

ANNUAL REPORT · FEBRUARY 28, 2013

 

Fund Type

Government Bond

 

Objective

High current return

 

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.

 

Prudential Investments, Prudential, the Prudential logo, the Rock symbol, and Bring Your Challenges are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc., and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

 

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April 15, 2013

 

Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the annual report for the Prudential Government Income Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the 12-month period that ended February 28, 2013.

 

We recognize that ongoing market volatility may make it a difficult time to be an investor. We continue to believe a prudent response to uncertainty is 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. Keep in mind, however, that diversification and asset allocation strategies do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

 

Prudential Investments® is dedicated to helping you solve your toughest investment challenges—whether it’s capital growth, reliable income, or protection from market volatility and other risks. We offer the expertise of Prudential Financial’s affiliated asset managers* that strive to be leaders in a broad range of funds to help you stay on course to the future you envision. They also manage money for major corporations and pension funds around the world, which means you benefit from the same expertise, innovation, and attention to risk demanded by today’s most sophisticated investors.

 

Thank you for choosing the Prudential Investments family of funds.

 

Sincerely,

 

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Stuart S. Parker, President

Prudential Government Income Fund

 

*Most of Prudential Investments’ equity funds are advised by Jennison Associates LLC, Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA), or Prudential Real Estate Investors. Prudential Investments’ fixed income and money market funds are advised by Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (PIM) through its Prudential Fixed Income unit. Jennison Associates, QMA, and PIM are registered investment advisers and Prudential Financial companies. Prudential Real Estate Investors is a unit of PIM.

 

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Your Fund’s Performance

 

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.prudentialfunds.com or by calling (800) 225-1852. The maximum initial sales charge is 4.50% (Class A shares). Gross operating expenses: Class A, 0.98%; Class B, 1.68%; Class C, 1.68%; Class R, 1.43%; Class Z, 0.68%. Net operating expenses: Class A, 0.93%; Class B, 1.68%; Class C, 1.68%; Class R, 1.18%; Class Z, 0.68%, after contractual reduction through 6/30/2014 for Class A and Class R.

 

Cumulative Total Returns (Without Sales Charges) as of 2/28/13

     One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Since Inception

Class A

     2.87     29.60     51.03  

Class B

     2.11        24.95        40.15     

Class C

     2.11        25.55        42.69     

Class R

     2.62        28.13        N/A       48.59% (5/17/04)

Class Z

     3.13        31.27        54.71     

Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

     1.98        24.49        55.20     

Barclays U.S. Aggregate ex-Credit Index

     2.06        27.34        58.01     

Lipper General U.S. Government Funds Average

     1.92        24.22        47.48     
        

Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charges) as of 3/31/13

     One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Since Inception

Class A

     –1.21     4.35     3.79  

Class B

     –2.33        4.34        3.48     

Class C

     1.59        4.65        3.67     

Class R

     3.09        5.04        N/A       4.57% (5/17/04)

Class Z

     3.71        5.57        4.52     

Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

     3.01        4.36        4.53     

Barclays U.S. Aggregate ex-Credit Index

     2.64        4.82        4.71     

Lipper General U.S. Government Funds Average

     2.64        4.38        3.95     

 

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Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charges) as of 2/28/13

  

 
     One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Since Inception

Class A

     –1.75     4.36     3.73  

Class B

     –2.78        4.39        3.43     

Class C

     1.13        4.66        3.62     

Class R

     2.62        5.08        N/A       4.61% (5/17/04)

Class Z

     3.13        5.59        4.46     
        

Average Annual Total Returns (Without Sales Charges) as of 2/28/13

  

 
     One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Since Inception

Class A

     2.87     5.32     4.21  

Class B

     2.11        4.56        3.43     

Class C

     2.11        4.66        3.62     

Class R

     2.62        5.08        N/A       4.61% (5/17/04)

Class Z

     3.13        5.59        4.46     

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Prudential Government Income Fund (Class A shares) with a similar investment in the Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index by portraying the initial account values at the beginning of the 10-year period for Class A shares (February 28, 2003) and the account values at the end of the current fiscal year (February 28, 2013) as measured on a quarterly basis. For purposes of the graph, and unless otherwise indicated, it has been assumed that (a) the maximum applicable front-end sales charge was deducted from the initial $10,000 investment in Class A shares; (b) all recurring fees (including management fees) were deducted; and (c) all dividends and distributions were reinvested. The line graph provides information for Class A shares only. As indicated in the tables provided earlier, performance for Class B, Class C, Class R, and

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

Class Z shares will vary due to the differing charges and expenses applicable to each share class (as indicated in the following paragraphs). Without waiver of fees and/or expense reimbursement, if any, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

 

Distributions and Yields as of 2/28/13

     
     Total Distributions
Paid for 12 Months
     30-Day
SEC Yield
 

Class A

   $ 0.52         1.51

Class B

     0.44         0.83   

Class C

     0.44         0.83   

Class R

     0.49         1.32   

Class Z

     0.54         1.83   

 

Past performance does not predict future performance. Total returns and the ending account values in the graph include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown. The Fund’s total returns do not reflect the deduction of income taxes on an individual’s investment. Taxes may reduce your actual investment returns on income or gains paid by the Fund or any gains you may realize if you sell your shares.

 

Source: Prudential Investments LLC and Lipper Inc.

 

Inception returns are provided for any share class with less than 10 calendar years of returns.

 

The average annual total returns take into account applicable sales charges. Class A shares are subject to a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50% and a 12b-1 fee of 0.30% annually. 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%, including investors who purchase their shares through broker-dealers affiliated with Prudential. The CDSC is waived for purchases by certain retirement and/or benefit plans. 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. Class B shares are subject to a declining CDSC of 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1%, and 1% for the first six years, respectively, after the purchase and a 12b-1 fee of 1.00% annually. Approximately seven years after purchase, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis. Class C shares are not subject to a front-end sales charge but charge a CDSC of 1% for Class C shares sold within 12 months from the date of purchase, and an annual 12b-1 fee of 1.00%. Class R shares are not subject to a sales charge and are subject to a 12b-1 fee of 0.75%. Class Z shares are not subject to a CDSC or a 12b-1 fee. The returns in the tables and graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or following the redemption of Fund shares. Without waiver of fees and/or expense subsidization, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

 

Benchmark Definitions

 

Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index is an unmanaged index of securities issued or backed by the U.S. government, its agencies, and instrumentalities with between one and 30 years remaining to maturity. It

 

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gives a broad look at how U.S. government bonds have performed. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index Closest Month-End to Inception cumulative total return as of 2/28/13 is 54.51% for Class R. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index Closest Month-End to Inception average annual total return as of 3/31/13 is 5.06% for Class R.

 

Barclays U.S. Aggregate ex-Credit Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate ex-Credit Index is an unmanaged index which represents securities that are SEC-registered, taxable, and dollar-denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment-grade fixed-rate bond market, with index components for government securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities. These major sectors are subdivided into more specific indexes that are calculated and reported on a regular basis. Barclays U.S. Aggregate ex-Credit Index Closest Month-End to Inception cumulative total return as of 2/28/13 is 55.95% for Class R. Barclays U.S. Aggregate ex-Credit Index Closest Month-End to Inception average annual total return as of 3/31/13 is 5.17% for Class R.

 

Lipper General U.S. Government Funds Average

The Lipper General U.S. Government Funds Average (Lipper Average) represents returns based on an average return of all funds in the Lipper General U.S. Government Funds category for the periods noted. Funds in the Lipper Average invest primarily in U.S. government and agency issues. Lipper Average Closest Month-End to Inception cumulative total return as of 2/28/13 is 47.85% for Class R. Lipper Average Closest Month-End to Inception average annual total return as of 3/31/13 is 4.48% for Class R.

 

Investors cannot invest directly in an index or average. The returns for the Indexes 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.

 

Five Largest Issues expressed as a percentage of net assets as of 2/28/13

  

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.500%, TBA 30 YR

     9.6

United States Treasury Notes, 0.375%, 06/15/15

     7.1   

United States Treasury Notes, 4.500%, 11/15/15

     4.9   

United States Treasury Notes, 0.750%, 02/28/18

     3.9   

United States Treasury Notes, 2.000%, 02/15/23

     2.2   

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

 

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Strategy and Performance Overview

 

How did the Fund perform?

The Prudential Government Income Fund’s Class A shares gained 2.87% for the 12-month reporting period that ended February 28, 2013, outperforming the 1.98% gain of the Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index (the Index), which does not include the effect of mutual fund operating expenses.

 

The Fund’s Class A shares also outperformed the 2.06% return of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate-ex Credit Index (the style-appropriate benchmark index), which also does not include the effect of mutual fund operating expenses. The Class A shares also outperformed the Lipper General U.S. Government Funds Average, which returned 1.92% for the period.

 

What were conditions like in the U.S. investment-grade bond market?

In the early part of the reporting period, Treasury yields rose sharply in March as the improving economic outlook pushed investors out on the risk spectrum in search of more attractive opportunities. Later, U.S. Treasury bonds rallied, outperforming all other U.S fixed income sectors. Demand for U.S. Treasuries rose steadily throughout the second quarter of 2012, as investors sought refuge from the ongoing European sovereign debt and peripheral banking crisis and slower global economic growth.

 

As investors became less risk averse in the third quarter, U.S. government agency bonds outperformed U.S. Treasuries, as bonds continued to benefit from low net supply and strong investor demand for AAA-quality bonds. In the third quarter, U.S. Treasury bonds gave up ground to all other U.S fixed income sectors. The U.S. Treasury yield curve steepened in the third quarter, as shorter-term yields declined slightly but 10-year yields held steady, and longer-term yields rose modestly. U.S. government agency bonds outperformed U.S. Treasuries again for the fourth quarter and full year, respectively. Agency bonds continued to benefit from low net supply and strong investor demand for high-quality bonds.

 

U.S. Treasury yields rose marginally in the fourth quarter of 2012, but still closed the year at levels largely in line with year-end 2011. At the end of 2012, short-term interest rates remained very low while long-term rates rose moderately.

 

How did security selection affect the Fund’s performance?

Security selection was the primary driver of performance during the reporting period.

 

   

An enhanced cash portfolio was a strong contributor.

 

   

Security selection within mortgage-backed securities made a modest contribution to the Fund’s performance.

 

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How did the Fund’s sector allocation strategy affect its performance?

Sector allocation had a very modest impact on the Fund.

 

   

An allocation to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) was a strong contributor.

 

   

However, the Fund’s higher quality bias within CMBS weighed down performance.

 

How did the Fund’s curve positioning and duration strategies affect its performance?

A curve positioning strategy attempts to gain from changes in the yield curve of U.S. Treasury securities. Duration measures the approximate price volatility of a bond portfolio for a given change in interest rates. Curve positioning and duration strategies were both modest contributors to Fund performance throughout the year.

 

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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 invested on September 1, 2012, at the beginning of the period, and held through the six-month period ended February 28, 2013. The example is for illustrative purposes only; you should consult the Prospectus for information on initial and subsequent minimum investment requirements.

 

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 Prudential 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 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.

 

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

 

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expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses should 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.

 

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 Government
Income Fund
  Beginning Account
Value
September 1, 2012
   

Ending Account
Value

February 28, 2013

    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period*
 
         
Class A   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.90        0.93   $ 4.62   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.18        0.93   $ 4.66   
         
Class B   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 998.30        1.68   $ 8.32   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.46        1.68   $ 8.40   
         
Class C   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 998.20        1.68   $ 8.32   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.46        1.68   $ 8.40   
         
Class R   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.70        1.18   $ 5.85   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.94        1.18   $ 5.91   
         
Class Z   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,003.10        0.68   $ 3.38   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.42        0.68   $ 3.41   

*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, 2013, and divided by the 365 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ended February 28, 2013 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying funds in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013

 

Principal
Amount (000)#
       Description    Value (Note 1)  

 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS    99.0%

  

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations    1.9%

        
$ 2,691        

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Ser. 2002-2496, Class PM,
5.500%, 09/15/17

   $ 2,878,323   
  1,002        

Ser. 2002-2501, Class MC,
5.500%, 09/15/17

     1,065,956   
  4,391        

Ser. 2002-2513, Class HC,
5.000%, 10/15/17

     4,677,878   
  633        

Federal National Mortgage Association,
Ser. 2002-18, Class PC,
5.500%, 04/25/17

     642,650   
  957        

Ser. 2002-57, Class ND,
5.500%, 09/25/17

     1,016,228   
  253        

MLCC Mortgage Investors, Inc.,
Ser. 2003-E, Class A1,
0.822%, 10/25/28 FRN

     243,251   
  867        

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust,
Ser. 2004-1, Class 4A3,
2.586%, 02/25/34 FRN

     874,492   
       

 

 

 
          11,398,778   
       

 

 

 

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities    14.7%

        
  3,000        

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Ser. 2007-C6, Class A4,
5.698%, 12/10/49 FRN

     3,504,114   
  3,000        

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Ser. 2007-CD4, Class A3,
5.293%, 12/11/49

     3,101,388   
  2,000        

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Ser. 2012-CR5, Class A3,
2.540%, 12/10/45

     1,979,431   
  1,734        

CWCapital Cobalt Ltd.,
Ser. 2007-C3, Class A3,
5.793%, 05/15/46 FRN

     1,847,565   
  3,250        

Federal National Mortgage Association,
Ser. 2012-M13, Class A2,
2.377%, 05/25/22

     3,268,460   
  500        

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates,
Ser. K003, Class A5,
5.085%, 03/25/19

     587,854   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Principal
Amount (000)#
       Description    Value (Note 1)  

 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

  

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (cont’d.)

        
    

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, (cont’d.)

  

$ 6,600        

Ser. K004, Class A2,
4.186%, 08/25/19

   $ 7,557,165   
  6,400        

Ser. K007, Class A2,
4.224%, 03/25/20

     7,361,536   
  6,400        

Ser. K010, Class A2,
4.333%, 10/25/20

     7,382,477   
  6,400        

Ser. K011, Class A2,
4.084%, 11/25/20

     7,278,317   
  6,600        

Ser. K013, Class A2,
3.974%, 01/25/21

     7,464,435   
  4,700        

Ser. K016, Class A2,
2.968%, 10/25/21

     4,977,112   
  15,448        

Ser. K020, Class X1, I/O,
1.478%, 05/25/22 FRN

     1,649,923   
  6,400        

Ser. K021, Class A2,
2.396%, 06/25/22

     6,444,947   
  16,679        

Ser. K021, Class X1, I/O,
1.514%, 06/25/22 FRN

     1,856,805   
  7,115        

Ser. K501, Class X1A, I/O,
1.755%, 08/25/16 FRN

     317,751   
  13,472        

Ser. K710, Class X1, I/O,
1.784%, 05/25/19 FRN

     1,269,670   
  12,990        

Ser. K711, Class X1, I/O,
1.712%, 07/25/19

     1,194,026   
  1,332        

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.,
Ser. 2007-GG9, Class A2,
5.381%, 03/10/39

     1,372,730   
  1,549        

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II,
Ser. 2007-GG10, Class A2,
5.778%, 08/10/45

     1,571,332   
  1,600        

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.,
Ser. 2007-LD11, Class A3,
5.820%, 06/15/49 FRN

     1,709,450   
  1,725        

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Ser. 2007-9, Class A2,
5.590%, 09/12/49

     1,728,237   
  1,192        

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust,
Ser. 2005-IQ10, Class A4B,
5.284%, 09/15/42 FRN

     1,313,486   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (000)#
       Description    Value (Note 1)  

 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

  

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (cont’d.)

        
$ 4,000        

NCUA Guaranteed Notes,
Ser. 2010-C1, Class A2,
2.900%, 10/29/20

   $ 4,284,192   
  2,400        

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Ser. 2012-C4, Class A4,
2.792%, 12/10/45

     2,414,419   
  2,000        

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Ser. 2006-C23, Class A5,
5.416%, 01/15/45 FRN

     2,237,820   
  3,000        

Ser. 2006-C25, Class A5,
5.733%, 05/15/43 FRN

     3,419,562   
       

 

 

 
          89,094,204   
       

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds    2.9%

        
  1,665        

Canada Government International Bond (Canada),
Sr. Unsec’d. Notes,
0.875%, 02/14/17

     1,678,153   
  3,475        

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia),
Covered Notes, 144A,
0.750%, 01/15/16

     3,472,915   
  2,960        

Depfa ACS Bank (Ireland),
Covered Notes, 144A,
5.125%, 03/16/37

     2,419,800   
  1,980 (a)     

Kommunalbanken AS (Norway),
Sr. Unsec’d Notes, 144A,
1.000%, 03/15/18

     1,964,596   
  1,080        

Kreditanstalt Fuer Wiederaufbau (Germany),
Gtd. Notes,
2.375%, 08/25/21

     1,114,992   
  1,640        

National Australia Bank Ltd. (Australia),
Covered Notes, 144A,
1.250%, 03/08/18

     1,631,866   
  5,165        

Province of British Columbia (Canada),
Sr. Unsec’d Notes,
2.000%, 10/23/22

     5,045,936   
       

 

 

 
          17,328,258   
       

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Principal
Amount (000)#
       Description    Value (Note 1)  

 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

  

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities    39.6%

        
$ 1,549        

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2.354%, 05/01/34 FRN

   $ 1,651,635   
  7,173        

4.000%, 06/01/26 - 12/01/40

     7,632,387   
  6,741        

4.500%, 09/01/39

     7,207,165   
  10,815        

5.000%, 06/01/33 - 05/01/34

     11,809,253   
  1,771        

5.500%, 05/01/37 - 01/01/38

     1,924,763   
  659        

6.000%, 08/01/32 - 09/01/34

     740,624   
  623        

6.500%, 03/01/13 - 09/01/32

     703,794   
  131        

7.000%, 09/01/32

     153,371   
  71        

8.000%, 03/01/22 - 08/01/22

     73,034   
  66        

8.500%, 01/01/17 - 09/01/19

     67,081   
  34        

9.000%, 01/01/20

     38,597   
  32        

11.500%, 10/01/19

     33,311   
  4,698        

Federal National Mortgage Association,
2.146%, 07/01/33 FRN

     4,968,849   
  1,399        

2.232%, 06/01/34 FRN

     1,486,852   
  3,000       

2.500%, TBA 15 YR

     3,115,781   
  603        

2.522%, 04/01/34 FRN

     639,390   
  1,106        

2.642%, 04/01/34 FRN

     1,172,960   
  2,007        

3.000%, 01/01/27

     2,132,007   
  7,000        

3.000%, TBA 15 YR

     7,355,469   
  12,000        

3.000%, TBA 15 YR

     12,630,000   
  8,000        

3.000%, TBA 30 YR

     8,261,250   
  1,527        

3.500%, 06/01/39 - 03/01/42

     1,620,612   
  2,500 (b)      

3.500%, TBA 15 YR

     2,650,000   
  55,000 (b)      

3.500%, TBA 30 YR

     58,025,003   
  347        

4.500%, 01/01/20

     374,046   
  8,217        

5.000%, 07/01/18 - 05/01/36

     8,921,023   
  2,000 (b)      

5.000%, TBA 30 YR

     2,165,312   
  21,735        

5.500%, 08/01/15 - 11/01/36

     24,081,496   
  7,962        

6.000%, 11/01/14 - 05/01/36

     8,853,563   
  7,131        

6.500%, 02/01/14 - 10/01/37

     8,023,225   
  2,523        

7.000%, 11/01/13 - 02/01/36

     2,991,649   
  761 (c)      

7.500%, 05/01/13

     761   
  472 (c)      

8.500%, 06/01/17

     474   
  65        

9.000%, 04/01/25

     70,156   
  24        

9.500%, 01/01/25 - 02/01/25

     25,325   
  1,000 (b)      

Government National Mortgage Association,
3.500%, TBA 30 YR

     1,078,125   

 

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Principal
Amount (000)#
       Description    Value (Note 1)  

 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

  

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities (cont’d.)

        
    

Government National Mortgage Association, (cont’d.)

  
$ 10,000 (b)      

4.000%, TBA 30 YR

   $ 10,787,500   
  4,764        

4.500%, 01/20/41 - 02/20/41

     5,240,498   
  2,500        

4.500%, TBA 30 YR

     2,721,875   
  7,000        

4.500%, TBA 30 YR

     7,647,500   
  7,500        

4.500%, TBA 30 YR

     8,180,859   
  4,258        

5.000%, 07/15/33 - 04/15/34

     4,691,080   
  2,378        

5.500%, 02/15/34 - 02/15/36

     2,639,856   
  3,162        

7.000%, 03/15/22 - 02/15/29

     3,688,417   
  398        

7.500%, 01/15/23 - 07/15/24

     441,293   
  378        

8.500%, 04/15/25

     424,869   
  163        

9.500%, 09/15/16 - 08/20/21

     170,939   
       

 

 

 
          239,313,029   
       

 

 

 

 

Municipal Bond    0.2%

        
  1,170        

Utah St., BABs, Ser. D, GO,
4.554%, 07/01/24

     1,368,069   
       

 

 

 

 

Small Business Administration Agencies    0.7%

        
  229        

Small Business Administration Participation Certificates,
Ser. 1995-20B, Class 1,
8.150%, 02/01/15

     241,572   
  862        

Ser. 1995-20L, Class 1,
6.450%, 12/01/15

     908,465   
  823        

Ser. 1996-20H, Class 1,
7.250%, 08/01/16

     872,590   
  744        

Ser. 1996-20K, Class 1,
6.950%, 11/01/16

     788,980   
  232        

Ser. 1997-20A, Class 1,
7.150%, 01/01/17

     248,129   
  1,174        

Ser. 1998-20I, Class 1,
6.000%, 09/01/18

     1,272,405   
       

 

 

 
          4,332,141   
       

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency Securities    1.6%

        
  1,425 (a)     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
0.750%, 01/12/18

     1,415,592   
  4,545        

0.875%, 03/07/18

     4,533,724   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Principal
Amount (000)#
     Description    Value (Note 1)  

 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS (Continued)

  

 

U.S. Government Agency Securities (cont’d.)

        
$ 3,785 (a)   

Federal National Mortgage Association,
0.875%, 12/20/17

   $ 3,789,096   
     

 

 

 
        9,738,412   
     

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Treasury Obligations    37.4%

        
  10,935 (d)    

United States Treasury Bonds,
2.750%, 08/15/42

     10,191,759   
  3,850 (a)    

2.750%, 11/15/42

     3,583,507   
  2,355      

3.000%, 05/15/42

     2,316,731   
  4,050      

6.500%, 11/15/26

     6,043,864   
  4,970      

6.625%, 02/15/27

     7,507,806   
  1,199      

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond,
0.625%, 02/15/43

     1,225,092   
  2,480 (a)   

United States Treasury Notes,
0.250%, 01/31/15

     2,480,580   
  2,050      

0.250%, 02/28/15

     2,050,320   
  43,015      

0.375%, 06/15/15

     43,109,117   
  1,105      

0.375%, 02/15/16

     1,105,863   
  23,700      

0.750%, 02/28/18

     23,677,769   
  3,820      

0.875%, 01/31/18

     3,842,683   
  13,005 (a)   

2.000%, 02/15/23

     13,137,079   
  12,580      

2.375%, 10/31/14

     13,029,144   
  3,910      

2.625%, 11/15/20

     4,257,317   
  26,450      

4.500%, 11/15/15

     29,419,436   
  12,400 (e)    

United States Treasury STRIPS, I/O,
0.300%, 05/15/15

     12,318,693   
  16,500 (e)(f)    

2.320%, 08/15/24

     12,663,519   
  9,120 (e)    

2.780%, 05/15/25

     6,783,657   
  6,885 (a)(e)    

3.080%, 08/15/26

     4,846,076   
  9,570 (e)    

3.250%, 05/15/27

     6,517,534   
  9,405 (e)    

3.440%, 05/15/28

     6,141,474   
  1,835 (e)    

3.710%, 11/15/29

     1,126,813   
  9,115 (a)(g)    

United States Treasury STRIPS, P/O,
0.380%, 02/15/16

     9,013,696   
     

 

 

 
        226,389,529   
     

 

 

 
  

Total long-term Investments
(cost $580,628,649)

     598,962,420   
     

 

 

 

 

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Shares        Description    Value (Note 1)  

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS    23.6%

  

 

Affiliated Mutual Funds

        
  9,234,231        

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core
Short-Term Bond Fund
(cost $90,092,582)(h)

   $ 85,970,691   
  56,826,697        

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core
Taxable Money Market Fund
(cost $56,826,697; includes $20,722,165 of cash collateral
received for securities on loan)(h)(i)

     56,826,697   
       

 

 

 
    

Total affiliated mutual funds
(cost $146,919,279; Note 3)

     142,797,388   
       

 

 

 
    

Total Investments    122.6%
(cost $727,547,928; Note 5)

     741,759,808   
    

Liabilities in excess of other assets(j)    (22.6%)

     (136,863,969
       

 

 

 
    

Net Assets    100.0%

   $ 604,895,839   
       

 

 

 

 

The following abbreviations are used in the portfolio descriptions:

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.

BABs—Build America Bonds

FHLMC—Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association

FRN—Floating Rate Note

GO—General Obligation

I/O—Interest Only

P/O—Principal Only

STRIPS—Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities

TBA—To Be Announced

# Principal amount shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
(a) All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities, including those sold and pending settlement, is $20,243,873; cash collateral of $20,722,165 (included in liabilities) was received with which the Fund purchased highly liquid short-term investments.
(b) All or partial principal amount of $32,500,000 represents a to-be-announced (“TBA”) mortgage dollar roll.
(c) Amount is actual; not rounded to thousands.
(d) Represents security, or a portion thereof, segregated as collateral for swap agreements.
(e) The rate shown is the effective yield at February 28, 2013.
(f) Represents security, or a portion thereof, segregated as collateral for futures contracts.
(g) Represents a zero coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the effective yield at February 28, 2013.
(h) Prudential Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as manager of the Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core Taxable Money Market Fund and the Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core Short-Term Bond Fund.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

(i) Represents security, or a portion thereof, purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(j) Includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the following derivative contracts held at reporting period end:

 

Open futures contracts outstanding at February 28, 2013:

 

Number of
Contracts
    Type   Expiration
Date
    Value at
February 28,
2013
    Value at
Trade
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
  Long Positions:        
  5      2 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Mar. 2013      $ 1,102,578      $ 1,102,115      $ 463   
  18      2 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Jun. 2013        3,968,437        3,968,053        384   
  70      5 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Mar. 2013        8,706,250        8,705,312        938   
  18      5 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Jun. 2013        2,231,719        2,231,882        (163
  14      U.S. Long Bond     Jun. 2013        2,012,938        2,015,580        (2,642
  Short Positions:        
  20      10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Mar. 2013        2,654,063        2,651,538        (2,525
  90      10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes     Jun. 2013        11,839,218        11,836,389        (2,829
  24      U.S. Long Bond     Mar. 2013        3,486,750        3,505,470        18,720   
  22      U.S. Ultra Bond     Mar. 2013        3,482,188        3,440,973        (41,215
  18      U.S. Ultra Bond     Jun. 2013        2,844,000        2,855,039        11,039   
         

 

 

 
          $ (17,830
         

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swap agreements outstanding at February 28, 2013:

 

Notional
Amount
(000)#

    Termination
Date
    Fixed
Rate
   

Floating
Rate

  Fair
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
   

Counterparty

 

Over-the-counter swap agreements:

       
$ 30,700        08/31/16        0.934%     

3 month LIBOR(2)

  $ 371,889      $   —      $ 371,889     

Credit Suisse International

  9,555        08/31/16        0.975%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    (129,328            (129,328  

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

  9,555        08/31/16        0.978%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    (130,492            (130,492  

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

  1,460        09/14/16        1.206%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    (38,544            (38,544  

Deutsche Bank AG

  30,140        11/30/16        0.945%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    (419,539            (419,539  

Citibank NA

  15,965        02/28/17        0.680%     

3 month LIBOR(2)

    (4,504            (4,504  

Citibank NA

  1,980        03/15/18        0.885%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    3,021               3,021     

Bank of Nova Scotia

  7,700        02/15/19        1.656%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    (224,175            (224,175  

Citibank NA

 

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Notional
Amount
(000)#

    Termination
Date
    Fixed
Rate
   

Floating
Rate

  Fair
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
   

Counterparty

 

Over-the-counter swap agreements (cont’d.):

  

   
$ 7,700        02/15/19        1.794%     

3 month LIBOR(2)

  $ 286,266      $   —      $ 286,266     

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

  5,715        11/15/19        1.443%     

3 month LIBOR(2)

    31,918               31,918     

Morgan Stanley Capital Services

  3,705        01/13/22        1.660%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    32,059               32,059     

Citibank NA

  3,705        01/13/22        1.676%     

3 month LIBOR(2)

    (27,045            (27,045  

Citibank NA

  34,025        01/28/23        1.895%     

3 month LIBOR(1)

    149,079               149,079     

Morgan Stanley Capital Services

  3,540        05/15/38        2.968%     

3 month LIBOR(2)

    51,070               51,070     

Barclays Bank PLC

  3,540        05/15/38        3.008%     

3 month LIBOR(2)

    77,236               77,236     

Barclays Bank PLC

       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
        $ 28,911      $      $ 28,911     
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate
(1) The Fund pays the fixed rate and receives the floating rate.
(2) The Fund pays the floating rate and receives the fixed rate.
# Notional amount is shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

 

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—other significant observable inputs including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates and yield curves, prepayment speeds, foreign currency exchange rates, and amortized cost.

 

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2013 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

     Level 1     Level 2          Level 3      

Investments in Securities

       

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $      $ 11,398,778       $   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

            89,094,204           

Corporate Bonds

            17,328,258           

Mortgage-Backed Securities

            239,313,029           

Municipal Bond

            1,368,069           

Small Business Administration Agencies

            4,332,141           

U.S. Government Agency Securities

            9,738,412           

U.S. Government Treasury Obligations

            226,389,529           

Affiliated Mutual Funds

     142,797,388                  

Other Financial Instruments*

       

Futures Contracts

     (17,830               

Interest Rate Swaps

            28,911           
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 142,779,558      $ 598,991,331       $   —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are recorded at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

 

The industry classification of portfolio holdings and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     39.6

U.S. Government Treasury Obligations

     37.4  

Affiliated Mutual Funds (including 3.4% of collateral received for securities on loan)

     23.6  

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     14.7  

Corporate Bonds

     2.9  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     1.9  

U.S. Government Agency Securities

     1.6  

Small Business Administration Agencies

     0.7  

Municipal Bond

     0.2  
  

 

 

 
     122.6  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

     (22.6 )
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

The Fund invested in derivative instruments during the reporting period. The primary type of risk associated with these derivative instruments is interest rate risk. The effect of such derivative instruments on the Fund’s financial position and financial

 

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performance as reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations is presented in the summary below.

 

Fair values of derivative instruments as of February 28, 2013 as presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Derivatives not designated
as hedging instruments,
carried at fair value

  

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 
  

Balance
Sheet Location

   Fair
Value
   

Balance
Sheet Location

   Fair
Value
 
Interest rate contracts    Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements    $ 1,002,538      Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements    $ 973,627   
Interest rate contracts    Due to broker—variation margin      31,544   Due to broker—variation margin      49,374
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

      $ 1,034,082         $ 1,023,001   
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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

 

The effects of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended February 28, 2013 are as follows:

 

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

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging
instruments, carried at fair value

  Options
Purchased
    Options
Written
    Futures     Swaps     Total  

Interest rate contracts

  $ 407,689      $ (374,899   $ (2,231,739   $ 31,584      $ (2,167,365
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging
instruments, carried at fair value

              Futures     Swaps     Total  

Interest rate contracts

      $ (283,870   $ (241,952   $ (525,822
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the Fund’s average volume of derivative activities is as follows:

 

Options
Purchased
(Cost)
    Futures
Long
Position
(Value at
Trade Date)
    Futures
Short
Position
(Value at
Trade Date)
    Interest
Rate
Swaps
(Notional
Amount in
USD (000))
    Inflation
Swaps
(Notional
Amount in
USD (000))
 
$ 19,929      $ 79,549,696      $ 76,986,459      $ 176,281      $ 1,385   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

as of February 28, 2013

 

Assets

        

Investments at value, including securities on loan of $20,243,873:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $580,628,649)

   $ 598,962,420   

Affiliated investments (cost $146,919,279)

     142,797,388   

Cash

     42,185   

Receivable for investments sold

     217,908,782   

Dividends and interest receivable

     2,002,788   

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

     1,002,538   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     549,771   

Prepaid expenses

     5,873   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     963,271,745   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable for investments purchased

     334,683,031   

Payable to broker for collateral for securities on loan

     20,722,165   

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     1,174,134   

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

     973,627   

Management fee payable

     232,669   

Accrued expenses

     215,842   

Distribution fee payable

     117,514   

Dividends payable

     106,535   

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     64,759   

Due to broker—variation margin

     64,185   

Deferred directors’ fees

     21,445   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     358,375,906   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 604,895,839   
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Common stock, at par

   $ 618,409   

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     589,041,016   
  

 

 

 
     589,659,425   

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (254

Accumulated net realized gain on investment transactions

     1,015,745   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     14,220,923   
  

 

 

 

Net assets, February 28, 2013

   $ 604,895,839   
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class A

        

Net asset value and redemption price per share
($469,188,371 ÷ 47,957,083 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 9.78   

Maximum sales charge (4.50% of offering price)

     0.46   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 10.24   
  

 

 

 

Class B

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($9,407,883 ÷ 960,130 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 9.80   
  

 

 

 

Class C

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($20,273,543 ÷ 2,067,797 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 9.80   
  

 

 

 

Class R

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($10,316,327 ÷ 1,052,995 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 9.80   
  

 

 

 

Class Z

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($95,709,715 ÷ 9,802,929 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 9.76   
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

 

Year Ended February 28, 2013

 

Net Investment Income

        

Income

  

Interest income

   $ 15,582,145   

Affiliated dividend income

     1,661,710   

Affiliated income from securities loaned, net

     39,739   
  

 

 

 

Total income

     17,283,594   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fee

     3,250,505   

Distribution fee—Class A

     1,279,838   

Distribution fee—Class B

     109,754   

Distribution fee—Class C

     216,777   

Distribution fee—Class R

     48,508   

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $315,000) (Note 3)

     747,000   

Custodian’s fees and expenses

     193,000   

Registration fees

     76,000   

Reports to shareholders

     57,000   

Audit fee

     34,000   

Directors’ fees

     24,000   

Legal fees and expenses

     23,000   

Insurance

     13,000   

Miscellaneous

     18,739   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     6,091,121   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     11,192,473   
  

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investments

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions (including affiliated: $(2,394,743))

     16,384,670   

Financial futures transactions

     (2,231,739

Swap agreement transactions

     31,584   

Options written transactions

     (374,899
  

 

 

 
     13,809,616   
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments (including affiliated: $7,288,286)

     (5,592,654

Financial futures contracts

     (283,870

Swap agreements

     (241,952
  

 

 

 
     (6,118,476
  

 

 

 

Net gain on investments

     7,691,140   
  

 

 

 

Net Increase In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ 18,883,613   
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Year Ended February 28/29  
     2013      2012  

Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets

                 

Operations

     

Net investment income

   $ 11,192,473       $ 14,848,321   

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     13,809,616         19,514,948   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (6,118,476      12,233,037   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     18,883,613         46,596,306   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions (Note 1)

     

Dividends from net investment income

     

Class A

     (11,032,625      (13,021,584

Class B

     (154,840      (220,167

Class C

     (303,907      (317,860

Class R

     (183,765      (161,231

Class Z

     (2,301,065      (2,710,397
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (13,976,202      (16,431,239
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net realized gains

     

Class A

     (14,796,796        

Class B

     (301,371        

Class C

     (646,860       

Class R

     (314,987        

Class Z

     (2,831,597        
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (18,891,611        
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

     

Net proceeds from shares sold

     93,645,514         138,281,858  

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

     29,331,266         14,661,945   

Cost of shares reacquired

     (178,837,574      (172,572,523
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

     (55,860,794      (19,628,720
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

     (69,844,994      10,536,347   

Net Assets

                 

Beginning of year

     674,740,833         664,204,486   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 604,895,839       $ 674,740,833   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14 (formerly Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.) (the “Company”) is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (“1940 Act”). The Company consists of two funds: Prudential Government Income Fund (the “Fund”) and Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund. These financial statements relate to Prudential Government Income Fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek high current return.

 

Note 1. Accounting Policies

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

 

Securities Valuations: The Fund holds portfolio securities and other assets that are fair valued at the close of each day 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 Trustees (the “Board”) has delegated fair valuation responsibilities to Prudential Investments LLC (“PI” or “Manager”) through the adoption of Valuation Procedures for valuation of the Fund’s securities. Under the current Valuation Procedures, a Valuation Committee is established and responsible for supervising the valuation of portfolio securities and other assets. The Valuation Procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers and other valuation methods in events when market quotations are not readily available or not representative of the fair value of the securities. A record of the Valuation Committee’s actions is subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, which are summarized in the three broad level hierarchies based on any observable inputs used as described in the table following the Portfolio of Investments. The valuation methodologies and significant inputs used in determining the fair value of securities and other assets classified as Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of the hierarchy are as follows:

 

Common stocks, exchange-traded funds and financial derivative instruments (including futures contracts and certain options and swap contracts on securities), that

 

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are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price as of the close of trading on the applicable exchange. Securities traded via NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. To the extent these securities are valued at the last sale price or NASDAQ official closing price, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

In the event there is no sale or official closing price on such day, these securities are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices, or at the last bid price in absence of an asked price. These securities are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as these inputs are considered as significant other observable inputs to the valuation.

 

For common stocks traded on foreign securities exchanges, certain valuation adjustments will be applied when events occur after the close of the security’s foreign market and before the Fund’s normal pricing time. These securities are valued using pricing vendor services that provide model prices derived using adjustment factors based on information such as local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, depositary receipts, and futures, as applicable. Securities valued using such model prices are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as the adjustment factors are considered as significant other observable inputs to the valuation.

 

Investments in open-end, non-exchange-traded mutual funds are valued at their net asset value as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. These securities are classified as Level 1 as these securities have the ability to be purchased or sold at their net asset value on the date of valuation.

 

Fixed income securities traded in the over-the-counter market, such as corporate bonds, municipal bonds, U.S. Government agencies issues and guaranteed obligations, U.S. Treasury obligations, and sovereign issues are usually valued at prices provided by approved independent pricing vendors. The pricing vendors provide these prices usually after evaluating observable inputs including yield curves, credit rating, yield spreads, default rates, cash flows as well as broker/dealer quotations and reported trades. Securities valued using such vendor prices are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Asset-backed and mortgage-related securities are usually valued by approved independent pricing vendors. The pricing vendors provide the prices using their internal pricing models with inputs from deal terms, tranche level attributes, yield curves, prepayment speeds, default rates and broker/dealer quotes. Securities valued using such vendor prices are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

 

Short-term debt securities of sufficient credit quality, which mature in sixty days or less, are valued using amortized cost method, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost on the date of purchase and thereafter assumes a constant amortization to maturity of the difference between the principal amount due at maturity and cost. These securities are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Over-the-counter financial derivative instruments, such as option contracts, foreign currency contracts and swaps agreements, are usually valued using pricing vendor services, which derive the valuation based on underlying asset prices, indices, spreads, interest rates, exchange rates and other inputs. These instruments are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Securities and other assets that cannot be priced using the methods described above are valued with pricing methodologies approved by the Valuation Committee. In the event there are unobservable inputs used when determining such valuations, the securities will be classified as Level 3 of 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.

 

Options: The Fund purchased and wrote options in order to hedge against adverse market movements or fluctuations in value caused by changes in prevailing interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates with respect to securities or financial instruments which the Fund currently owns or intends to purchase. The Fund also purchased options to gain exposure to certain securities and foreign currencies. The Fund’s principal reason for writing options is to realize, through receipt of premiums, a greater current return than would be realized on the underlying security alone.

 

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When the Fund purchases an option, it pays a premium and an amount equal to that premium is recorded as an asset. When the Fund writes an option, it receives a premium and an amount equal to that premium is recorded as a liability. The asset or liability is adjusted daily to reflect the current market value of the option.

 

If an option expires unexercised, the Fund realizes a gain or loss to the extent of the premium received or paid. If an option is exercised, the premium received or paid is recorded as an adjustment to the proceeds from the sale or the cost basis of the purchase in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. The difference between the premium and the amount received or paid on at a closing purchase or sale transaction is also treated as a realized gain or loss. Gain or loss on purchased options is included in net realized gain or loss on investment transactions. Gain or loss on written options is presented separately as net realized gain or loss on options written.

 

The Fund, as writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (called) or purchased (put). As a result, the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. Over-the-counter options involve the risk of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

 

When a Fund writes an option on a swap contract, an amount equal to any premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the written option on the swap. If a call option on a swap is exercised, the Fund becomes obligated to pay a fixed interest rate (noted as the strike price) and receive a variable interest rate on a notional amount. If a put option on a swap is exercised, the Fund becomes obligated to pay a variable interest rate and receive a fixed interest rate (noted as the strike price) on a notional amount. Premiums received from writing options on swaps that expire or are exercised are treated as realized gains upon the expiration or exercise of such options on swaps. The risk associated with writing put and call options on swaps is that the Fund will be obligated to be party to a swap agreement if an option on a swap is exercised.

 

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

basis as unrealized gain or loss. When the contract expires or is closed, the gain or loss is realized and is presented in the Statement of Operations as net realized gain or loss on financial futures contracts.

 

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

 

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

 

Swap Agreements: The Fund may enter into credit default, interest rate, total return and other forms of swap agreements. A swap agreement is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. Swap agreements are negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be executed either directly with the counterparty (“OTC Traded”) or through a central clearing facility, such as a registered commodities exchange (“Exchange Traded”). The swap agreements are valued daily at current market value and any change in value is included in the net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments. Upon entering into an exchange traded swap, the Fund pledges with the clearing broker an initial margin and thereafter, pays or receives an amount, known as “variation margin”, based on daily changes in valuation of swap contract. Payments received or paid by the Fund are recorded as realized gains or losses upon termination or maturity of the swap. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Swap agreements outstanding at period end, if any, are listed on the Portfolio of Investments.

 

Interest Rate Swaps: Interest rate swaps represent an agreement between counterparties to exchange cash flows based on the difference between two interest rates, applied to a notional principal amount for a specified period. The Fund is

 

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subject to interest rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund used interest rate swaps to generate steady cash flow by receiving a stream of fixed rate payments and to increase exposure to prevailing market rates by receiving floating rate payments. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life. This risk may be mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty which may permit the Fund to offset amounts payable by the Fund to the same counterparty against amounts to be received; and by the receipt of collateral from the counterparty by the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. However, there is no assurance that such mitigating factors are easily enforceable.

 

Inflation Swaps: The Fund entered into inflation swap agreements to provide a measure of protection against the effect of inflation on yield. Inflation swap agreements involve two parties exchanging cash flows at a later date at rates related to inflation indices.

 

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

 

Such over-the-counter derivative agreements include conditions which when materialized, give the counterparty the right to cause an early termination of the transactions under those agreements. Any election by the counterparty for early termination of the contract(s) may impact the amounts reported on financial statements.

 

As of February 28, 2013, the Fund has not met conditions under such agreements that give the counterparty the right to call for an early termination.

 

Securities Lending: The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to banks and broker-dealers. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. Collateral pledged by each borrower is invested in a highly liquid short-term money market fund and is marked to market daily, based on the previous

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

day’s market value, such that the value of the collateral exceeds the value of the loaned securities. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the Fund securities identical to the loaned securities. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Fund has the right to repurchase the securities using the collateral in the open market. The Fund recognizes income, net of any rebate and securities lending agent fees, for lending its securities, and any interest on the investment of cash received as collateral. The Fund also continues to receive interest and dividends or amounts equivalent thereto, on the securities loaned and recognizes any unrealized gain or loss in the market price of the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan.

 

Dollar Rolls: The Fund enters into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain (loss), and simultaneously contracts to repurchase somewhat similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities on a specified future date. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale and by the lower repurchase price at the future date. The difference between the sales proceeds and the lower repurchase price is recorded as a realized gain. The Fund maintains a segregated account, the dollar value of which is at least equal to its obligations, with respect to dollar rolls. The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales which, as a result, can increase its portfolio turnover rate.

 

Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains or losses from investment and currency transactions are calculated on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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 or 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.

 

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Dividends and Distributions: The Fund declares daily dividends from net investment income. Payment of dividends is made monthly. Distributions of net capital gains, if any, are made annually. Dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles, and are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gains are reclassified amongst distributions in excess of net income, accumulated net realized gain or loss and paid-in-capital in excess of par, as appropriate.

 

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 income and capital gains, if any, to its 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 PI. Pursuant to this agreement, PI has responsibility for all investment advisory services and supervises the subadviser’s performance of such services. PI has entered into a subadvisory agreement with Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (“PIM”). The subadvisory agreement provides that PIM will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, PIM is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. PI pays for the services of PIM, the cost of compensation of officers and employees 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 PI is accrued daily and payable monthly at an annual rate of .50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to and including $1 billion, .45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of the next $1 billion, .35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of the next $1 billion, and .30% of the average daily net assets of the Fund in excess of $3 billion. The effective management fee rate was .50% for the year ended February 28, 2013.

 

The Fund has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class Z shares of the Fund. The Fund compensates PIMS for distributing

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

and servicing the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares pursuant to plans of distribution (the “Class A, B, C and R 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 Class A, C and R Plans, the Fund compensates PIMS for distribution related activities at an annual rate of up to .30%, 1% and .75% of the average daily net assets of the Class A, C and R shares, respectively. For the year ended February 28, 2013, PIMS contractually agreed to limit such fees to .25% and .50% of the average daily net assets of the Class A and R shares, respectively. Pursuant to the Class B Plan, the Fund compensates PIMS for distribution related activities at an annual rate of up to 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class B shares up to $3 billion, .80% of the next $1 billion of such assets and .50% of such assets in excess of $4 billion. The effective distribution fee rate for Class B was 1% for the year ended February 28, 2013.

 

PIMS has advised the Fund that it has received $199,330 in front-end sales charges resulting from sales of Class A shares, for the year ended February 28, 2013. From these fees, PIMS paid a substantial portion of such sales charges to affiliated broker-dealers, which in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs.

 

PIMS has advised the Fund that for the year ended February 28, 2013, it received $679, $16,904 and $5,538 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by certain Class A, Class B, and Class C shareholders, respectively.

 

PI, PIM 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 PI and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations include certain out-of-pocket expenses paid to non-affiliates, where applicable.

 

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Prudential Investment Management, Inc., (“PIM”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, is the Fund’s security lending agent. For the year ended February 28, 2013, PIM has been compensated $11,870 for these services.

 

The Fund invests in the Prudential Core Short-Term Bond Fund, pursuant to an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in the Prudential Core Taxable Money Market Fund (the “Core Funds”), each a portfolio of the Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 registered under the 1940 Act and managed by PI. Earnings from the Core Funds are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as affiliated dividend income.

 

Note 4. Portfolio Securities

 

Purchases and sales of portfolio securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended February 28, 2013, aggregated $7,874,951,697 and $7,908,391,213, respectively.

 

The average balance of dollar rolls outstanding during the year ended February 28, 2013 was approximately $118,700,000. The amount of dollar rolls outstanding at February 28, 2013 was $34,615,938 (Principal $32,500,000), which was 5.7% of net assets.

 

Transactions in options written during the year ended February 28, 2013, were as follows:

 

     Contracts      Premiums
Received
 

Options outstanding at February 29, 2012

           $   

Options written

     437         62,551   

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (437      (62,551
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Options outstanding at February 28, 2013

           $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Note 5. Distributions and Tax Information

 

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-dividend date. In order to present distributions in excess of net investment income, accumulated net realized gain on investment transactions and paid-in capital in excess of par on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain adjustments have been made to distributions in excess of net investment income and accumulated net

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

realized gain on investment transactions. For the year ended February 28, 2013, the adjustments were to decrease distributions in excess of net investment income and decrease accumulated net realized gain on investment transactions by $2,821,448 due to differences in the treatment for book and tax purposes of premium amortization, paydown gains (losses), swaps, reclassification of dividends and other book to tax adjustment. Net investment income, net realized gain on investment and net assets were not affected by this change.

 

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the tax character of dividends paid as reflected in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets were $25,946,201 of ordinary income and $6,921,612 of long-term capital gains. For the year ended February 29, 2012, the tax character of dividends paid as reflected in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets was $16,431,239 of ordinary income.

 

As of February 28, 2013, the Fund had accumulated undistributed earnings on a tax basis of $490,766 of ordinary income and $2,770,002 of long-term capital gains.

 

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis

 

Appreciation

 

Depreciation

 

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Other Cost
Basis
Adjustment

 

Total Net
Unrealized
Appreciation

$729,810,780   $18,255,155   $(6,306,127)   $11,949,028   $26,873   $11,975,901

 

The difference between book basis and tax basis was primarily attributable to deferred losses on wash sales and difference in the treatment of premium amortization for book and tax purposes. Other cost basis adjustments are attributable to appreciation (depreciation) of swaps.

 

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal 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 and state 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.

 

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Note 6. Capital

 

The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class Z shares. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge of up to 4.50% and 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%, including investors who purchase their shares through broker-dealers affiliated with Prudential. Class B shares are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge which declines from 5% to zero depending on the period of time the shares are held. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis approximately seven years after purchase. Class C shares purchased are subject to a CDSC of 1% for 12 months from the date of purchase. A special exchange privilege is also available for shareholders who qualified to purchase Class A shares at net asset value. Class R and Class Z shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are available exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

 

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

 

There are 2.5 billion shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, divided into five classes, designated Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class Z common stock, each of which consists of 500,000,000 authorized shares.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

 

Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

Class A

     Shares      Amount  

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       4,383,056       $ 43,961,434   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       2,277,474         22,670,866   

Shares reacquired

       (12,442,194      (124,667,454
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (5,781,664      (58,035,154

Shares issued upon conversion from Class B and Class Z

       276,649         2,777,375   

Shares reacquired upon conversion into Class Z

       (39,837      (395,748
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (5,544,852    $ (55,653,527
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended February 29, 2012:

       

Shares sold

       7,493,452       $ 74,153,988   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

       1,158,947         11,418,621   

Shares reacquired

       (10,464,390      (103,173,459
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (1,811,991      (17,600,850

Shares issued upon conversion from Class B

       305,352         2,992,438   

Shares reacquired upon conversion into Class Z

       (133,979      (1,303,129
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (1,640,618    $ (15,911,541
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class B

               

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       186,445       $ 1,873,120   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       39,722         395,571   

Shares reacquired

       (308,895      (3,095,138
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (82,728      (826,447

Shares reacquired upon conversion into Class A

       (276,022      (2,775,593
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (358,750    $ (3,602,040
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended February 29, 2012:

       

Shares sold

       374,841       $ 3,723,017   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

       18,731         184,702   

Shares reacquired

       (277,768      (2,727,347
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       115,804         1,180,372   

Shares reacquired upon conversion into Class A

       (304,870      (2,992,438
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (189,066    $ (1,812,066
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Class C

     Shares      Amount  

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       665,793       $ 6,686,130   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       81,973         816,566   

Shares reacquired

       (819,513      (8,202,504
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (71,747      (699,808

Shares reacquired upon conversion into Class Z

       (6,825      (67,439
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (78,572    $ (767,247
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended February 29, 2012:

       

Shares sold

       992,626       $ 9,851,620   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

       26,319         260,101   

Shares reacquired

       (675,146      (6,652,506
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       343,799         3,459,215   

Shares reacquired upon conversion into Class Z

       (572      (5,711
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       343,227       $ 3,453,504   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class R

               

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       640,738       $ 6,428,100   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       41,902         417,270   

Shares reacquired

       (525,706      (5,251,396
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       156,934       $ 1,593,974   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended February 29, 2012:

       

Shares sold

       965,535       $ 9,589,491   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

       13,653         135,233   

Shares reacquired

       (722,797      (7,153,215
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       256,391       $ 2,571,509   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Z

               

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       3,477,516       $ 34,696,730   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       506,295         5,030,993   

Shares reacquired

       (3,765,799      (37,621,082
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       218,012         2,106,641   

Shares issued upon conversion from Class A and Class C

       46,770         463,187   

Shares reacquired upon conversion into Class A

       (180      (1,782
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       264,602       $ 2,568,046   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended February 29, 2012:

       

Shares sold

       4,142,709       $ 40,963,742   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

       270,881         2,663,288   

Shares reacquired

       (5,327,711      (52,865,996
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding before conversion

       (914,121      (9,238,966

Shares issued upon conversion from Class A and Class C

       134,829         1,308,840   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       (779,292    $ (7,930,126
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

 

Note 7. Borrowing

 

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 November 15, 2012 through November 14, 2013. The Funds pay an annualized commitment fee of .08% of the unused portion of the SCA. Prior to November 15, 2012, the Funds had another SCA with substantially similar terms. Interest on any borrowings under the SCA is paid at contracted market rates. The commitment fee for the unused amount is accrued daily and paid quarterly.

 

The Fund did not utilize the SCA during the year ended February 28, 2013.

 

Note 8. New Accounting Pronouncement

 

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2011-11 regarding “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”. The amendments, which will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and interim periods within those annual periods, require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements for assets and liabilities, financial instruments and derivatives that are either currently offset in accordance with current requirements or are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or similar agreements. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of ASU No. 2011-11 and its impact on the financial statements has not yet been determined.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Class A Shares  
     Year Ended February 28/29,  
     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year     $10.01        $9.57        $9.39        $8.78        $8.94   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                        
Net investment income     .17        .22        .25        .28        .30   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .12        .46        .20        .61        (.15
Total from investment operations     .29        .68        .45        .89        .15   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.22 )     (.24     (.27     (.28     (.31
Distributions from net realized gains     (.30 )     -        -        -        -   
Total dividends and distributions     (.52     (.24 )     (.27     (.28 )     (.31 )
Capital Contributions(f)     -        -        - (a)      -        -   
Net asset value, end of year     $9.78        $10.01        $9.57        $9.39        $8.78   
Total Return(b):     2.87%        7.18%        4.79%        10.25%        1.73%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net assets, end of year (000)     $469,188        $535,682        $527,773        $559,817        $562,826   
Average net assets (000)     $511,930        $533,151        $557,516        $561,947        $608,533   
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                        
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees(d)     .93%        .94%        .93%        .90%        .94%   
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .68%        .69%        .68%        .65%        .69%   
Net investment income     1.73%        2.21%        2.67%        3.09%        3.48%   
Portfolio turnover rate(e)     1,251%        1,404%        1,277%        971%        2,216%   

 

(a) Less than $.005 per share.

(b) Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Fund invests.

(d) The distributor of the Fund contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares.

(e) The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales which, as a result, can increase its portfolio turnover rate.

(f) The Fund received payments related to a former affiliate’s settlement of regulatory proceedings involving allegations of improper trading in Fund shares during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011. The Fund was not involved in the proceedings or in the calculation of the amount of the settlement.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

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Class B Shares  
     Year Ended February 28/29,  
     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year     $10.03        $9.59        $9.41        $8.79        $8.95   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                        
Net investment income     .08        .14        .16        .20        .23   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .13        .47        .22        .63        (.15
Total from investment operations     .21        .61        .38        .83        .08   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.14 )     (.17     (.20     (.21     (.24
Distributions from net realized gains     (.30 )     -        -        -        -   
Total dividends and distributions     (.44     (.17 )     (.20     (.21 )     (.24 )
Capital Contributions(e)     -        -        - (a)      -        -   
Net asset value, end of year     $9.80        $10.03        $9.59        $9.41        $8.79   
Total Return(b):     2.11%        6.37%        4.01%        9.54%        .98%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net assets, end of year (000)     $9,408        $13,225        $14,454        $25,219        $38,126   
Average net assets (000)     $10,975        $12,988        $18,360        $30,299        $44,738   
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                        
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees     1.68%        1.69%        1.68%        1.65%        1.69%   
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .68%        .69%        .68%        .65%        .69%   
Net investment income     .98%        1.46%        1.92%        2.33%        2.73%   
Portfolio turnover rate(d)     1,251%        1,404%        1,277%        971%        2,216%   

 

(a) Less than $.005 per share.

(b) Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Fund invests.

(d) The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales which, as a result, can increase its portfolio turnover rate.

(e) The Fund received payments related to a former affiliate’s settlement of regulatory proceedings involving allegations of improper trading in Fund shares during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011. The Fund was not involved in the proceedings or in the calculation of the amount of the settlement.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class C Shares  
     Year Ended February 28/29,  
     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year     $10.03        $9.59        $9.41        $8.80        $8.96   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                        
Net investment income     .10        .15        .19        .24        .26   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .11        .46        .19        .60        (.15
Total from investment operations     .21        .61        .38        .84        .11   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.14     (.17     (.20     (.23     (.27
Distributions from net realized gains     (.30 )     -        -        -        -   
Total dividends and distributions     (.44     (.17 )     (.20     (.23 )     (.27 )
Capital Contributions(f)     -        -        - (a)      -        -   
Net asset value, end of year     $9.80        $10.03        $9.59        $9.41        $8.80   
Total Return(b):     2.11%        6.37%        4.10%        9.69%        1.23%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net assets, end of year (000)     $20,274        $21,535        $17,294        $18,375        $17,295   
Average net assets (000)     $21,678        $18,831        $20,013        $17,575        $12,733   
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                        
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees(d)     1.68%        1.69%        1.60%        1.40%        1.44%   
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .68%        .69%        .68%        .65%        .69%   
Net investment income     .97%        1.45%        1.99%        2.59%        2.96%   
Portfolio turnover rate(e)     1,251%        1,404%        1,277%        971%        2,216%   

 

(a) Less than $.005 per share.

(b) Total return does not consider the effects of sales loads. Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Fund invests.

(d) The distributor of the Fund contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .75% of the average daily net assets of the Class C shares through June 30, 2010.

(e) The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales which, as a result, can increase its portfolio turnover rate.

(f) The Fund received payments related to a former affiliate’s settlement of regulatory proceedings involving allegations of improper trading in Fund shares during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011. The Fund was not involved in the proceedings or in the calculation of the amount of the settlement.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

continued

 

Class R Shares  
     Year Ended February 28/29,  
     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year     $10.03        $9.58        $9.41        $8.79        $8.95   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                        
Net investment income     .15        .19        .23        .26        .28   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .11        .48        .18        .62        (.15
Total from investment operations     .26        .67        .41        .88        .13   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.19 )     (.22     (.24     (.26     (.29
Distributions from net realized gains     (.30 )     -        -        -        -   
Total dividends and distributions     (.49     (.22 )     (.24     (.26 )     (.29 )
Capital Contributions(f)     -        -        - (a)      -        -   
Net asset value, end of year     $9.80        $10.03        $9.58        $9.41        $8.79   
Total Return(b):     2.62%        7.01%        4.42%        10.09%        1.49%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net assets, end of year (000)     $10,316        $8,984        $6,131        $3,565        $2,028   
Average net assets (000)     $9,701        $7,400        $5,062        $2,868        $1,328   
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                        
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees(d)     1.18%        1.19%        1.18%        1.15%        1.19%   
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .68%        .69%        .68%        .65%        .69%   
Net investment income     1.47%        1.94%        2.41%        2.84%        3.22%   
Portfolio turnover rate(e)     1,251%        1,404%        1,277%        971%        2,216%   

 

(a) Less than $.005 per share.

(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Fund invests.

(d) The distributor of the Fund contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .50% of the average daily net assets of the Class R shares.

(e) The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales which, as a result, can increase its portfolio turnover rate.

(f) The Fund received payments related to a former affiliate’s settlement of regulatory proceedings involving allegations of improper trading in Fund shares during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011. The Fund was not involved in the proceedings or in the calculation of the amount of the settlement.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class Z Shares  
     Year Ended February 28/29,  
     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  
Per Share Operating Performance:                                        
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Year     $9.99        $9.55        $9.37        $8.76        $8.92   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                        
Net investment income     .20        .24        .28        .30        .33   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .11        .46        .19        .61        (.16
Total from investment operations     .31        .70        .47        .91        .17   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                        
Dividends from net investment income     (.24 )     (.26     (.29     (.30     (.33
Distributions from net realized gains     (.30 )     -        -        -        -   
Total dividends and distributions     (.54     (.26 )     (.29     (.30 )     (.33 )
Capital Contributions(e)     -        -        - (a)      -        -   
Net asset value, end of year     $9.76        $9.99        $9.55        $9.37        $8.76   
Total Return(b):     3.13%        7.45%        5.06%        10.55%        1.98%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                              
Net assets, end of year (000)     $95,710        $95,314        $98,552        $95,895        $102,905   
Average net assets (000)     $95,810        $100,654        $99,126        $97,887        $106,949   
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                        
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .68%        .69%        .68%        .65%        .69%   
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .68%        .69%        .68%        .65%        .69%   
Net investment income     1.97%        2.46%        2.92%        3.34%        3.73%   
Portfolio turnover rate(d)     1,251%        1,404%        1,277%        971%        2,216%   

 

(a) Less than $.005 per share.

(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each year reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

(c) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolios in which the Fund invests.

(d) The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales which, as a result, can increase its portfolio turnover rate.

(e) The Fund received payments related to a former affiliate’s settlement of regulatory proceedings involving allegations of improper trading in Fund shares during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011. The Fund was not involved in the proceedings or in the calculation of the amount of the settlement.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14:

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Prudential Government Income Fund (hereafter referred to as the “Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14, including the portfolio of investments, as of February 28, 2013, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures when replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of February 28, 2013, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods described in the first paragraph above, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Federal Income Tax Information

 

(Unaudited)

 

We are advising you that during the year ended February 28, 2013, the Fund reports the maximum amount allowed per share but not less than $0.11 for Class A, B, C, R and Z shares as a capital gain distribution in accordance with Section 852(b)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the Fund reports the maximum amount allowable but not less than 79.13% as interest-related dividends in accordance with Sections 871(k)(1) and 881(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

In January 2014, you will be advised on IRS Form 1099-DIV or substitute 1099-DIV, as to the Federal tax status of the distributions received by you in calendar year 2013.

 

We are required by Massachusetts, Missouri and Oregon to inform you that dividends which have been derived from interest on federal obligations are not taxable to shareholders providing the Mutual Fund meets certain requirements mandated by the respective state’s taxing authorities. We are pleased to report that 48.57% of the dividends paid by the Fund qualify for such deduction.

 

For more detailed information regarding your state and local taxes, you should contact your tax adviser or the state/local taxing authorities.

 

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INFORMATION ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

(Unaudited)

Information about Board Members and Officers of the Funds is set forth below. Board Members who are not deemed to be “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act, are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Board Members who are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Funds are referred to as “Interested Board Members.” The Board Members are responsible for the overall supervision of the operations of the Funds and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Board in turn elects the Officers, who are responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the Funds.

 

Independent Board Members(1)            

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Kevin J. Bannon (60)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Managing Director (since April 2008) and Chief Investment Officer (since October 2008) of Highmount Capital LLC (registered investment adviser); formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (April 1993-August 2007) of Bank of New York Company; President (May 2003-May 2007) of BNY Hamilton Family of Mutual Funds.    Director of Urstadt Biddle Properties (since September 2008).

Linda W. Bynoe (60)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   President and Chief Executive Officer (since March 1995) and formerly Chief Operating Officer (December 1989-February 1995) of Telemat Ltd. (management consulting); formerly Vice President (January 1985-June 1989) at Morgan Stanley & Co (broker-dealer).    Director of Simon Property Group, Inc. (retail real estate) (May 2003-May 2012); Director of Anixter International, Inc. (communication products distributor) (since January 2006); Director of Northern Trust Corporation (financial services) (since April 2006); Trustee of Equity Residential (residential real estate) (since December 2009).

Michael S. Hyland, CFA (67)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Independent Consultant (since February 2005); formerly Senior Managing Director (July 2001-February 2005) of Bear Stearns & Co, Inc.; Global Partner, INVESCO (1999-2001); Managing Director and President of Salomon Brothers Asset Management (1989-1999).    None.

Douglas H. McCorkindale (73)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Formerly Chairman (February 2001-June 2006), Chief Executive Officer (June 2000-July 2005), President (September 1997-July 2005) and Vice Chairman (March 1984-May 2000) of Gannett Co. Inc. (publishing and media).    Director of Lockheed Martin Corp. (aerospace and defense) (since May 2001).

 

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Independent Board Members(1)            

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Stephen P. Munn (70)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Lead Director (since 2007) and formerly Chairman (1993-2007) of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (manufacturer of industrial products).    Lead Director (since 2007) of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (manufacturer of industrial products).

Richard A. Redeker (69)

Board Member & Independent Chair

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Retired Mutual Fund Senior Executive (44 years); Management Consultant; Independent Directors Council (organization of 2,800 Independent Mutual Fund Directors)-Executive Committee, Chair of Policy Steering Committee, Governing Council.    None.

Robin B. Smith (73)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Chairman of the Board (since January 2003) of Publishers Clearing House (direct marketing); Member of the Board of Directors of ADLPartner (marketing) (since December 2010); formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (August 1996-January 2003) of Publishers Clearing House.    Formerly Director of BellSouth Corporation (telecommunications) (1992-2006).

Stephen G. Stoneburn (69)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Chairman, (since July 2011), President and Chief Executive Officer (since June 1996) of Quadrant Media Corp. (publishing company); formerly President (June 1995-June 1996) of Argus Integrated Media, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Managing Director (January 1993-1995) of Cowles Business Media; Senior Vice President of Fairchild Publications, Inc. (1975-1989).    None.

 

Interested Board Members(1)            

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Stuart S. Parker (50)

Board Member & President

Portfolios Overseen: 61

   President of Prudential Investments LLC (since January 2012); Executive Vice President of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (since December 2012); Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of Prudential Investments LLC (June 2005-December 2011).    None.

 

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Interested Board Members(1)            

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Scott E. Benjamin (39)

Board Member & Vice President

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Executive Vice President (since June 2009) of Prudential Investments LLC; Executive Vice President (June 2009-June 2012) and Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, Prudential Investments (since February 2006); Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, Prudential Investments (2003-2006).    None.

 

(1)

The year that each Board Member joined the Fund’s Board is as follows:

Kevin J. Bannon, 2008; Linda W. Bynoe, 2005; Michael S. Hyland, 2008; Douglas H. McCorkindale, 2003; Stephen P. Munn, 2008; Richard A. Redeker, 1993; Robin B. Smith, 2003; Stephen G. Stoneburn, 2003; Stuart S. Parker, Board Member and President since 2012; Scott E. Benjamin, Board Member since 2010 and Vice President since 2009.

 

Fund Officers(a)(1)

Name, Address and Age

Position with Fund

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Raymond A. O’Hara (57)

Chief Legal Officer

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since July 2010) of Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential); Vice President (March 2011-Present) of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey; Vice President and Corporate Counsel (March 2011-Present) of Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation; Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Investments LLC (since June 2012); Chief Legal Officer of PMFS (since June 2012) and Corporate Counsel of AST Investment Services, Inc. (since June 2012); formerly Assistant Vice President and Corporate Counsel (September 2008-July 2010) of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.; formerly Associate (September 1980-December 1987) and Partner (January 1988–August 2008) of Blazzard & Hasenauer, P.C. (formerly, Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C.).

Deborah A. Docs (55)

Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2001) of Prudential; Vice President (since December 1996) and Assistant Secretary (since March 1999) of Prudential Investments LLC; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.

 

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Fund Officers(a)(1)

Name, Address and Age

Position with Fund

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jonathan D. Shain (54)

Assistant Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since August 1998) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since May 2001) of Prudential Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since February 2001) of PMFS; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.

Claudia DiGiacomo (38)

Assistant Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2005) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Prudential Investments LLC (since December 2005); Associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (1999-2004).

Andrew R. French (50)

Assistant Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since February 2010) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (2006-2010) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PMFS.

Amanda S. Ryan (35)

Assistant Secretary

   Director and Corporate Counsel (since March 2012) of Prudential; Director and Assistant Secretary (since June 2012) of Prudential Investments LLC; Associate at Ropes & Gray (2008-2012).

Timothy J. Knierim (54)

Chief Compliance Officer

   Chief Compliance Officer of Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (since July 2007); formerly Chief Risk Officer of Prudential Investment Management, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC (2002-2007) and formerly Chief Ethics Officer of Prudential Investment Management, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC (2006-2007).

Valerie M. Simpson (54)

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

   Chief Compliance Officer (since April 2007) of Prudential Investments LLC and AST Investment Services, Inc.; formerly Vice President-Financial Reporting (June 1999-March 2006) for Prudential Life and Annuities Finance.

Theresa C. Thompson (50)

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

   Vice President, Compliance, Prudential Investments LLC (since April 2004); and Director, Compliance, Prudential Investments LLC (2001-2004).

Richard W. Kinville (44)

Anti-Money Laundering

Compliance Officer

   Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering Unit (since January 2005) of Prudential; committee member of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (since January 2007); formerly Investigator and Supervisor in the Special Investigations Unit for the New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company (August 1994-January 1999); Investigator in AXA Financial’s Internal Audit Department and Manager in AXA’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (January 1999-January 2005); first chair of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (June 2007-December 2009).

 

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Fund Officers(a)(1)

Name, Address and Age

Position with Fund

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Grace C. Torres (53)

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

   Assistant Treasurer (since March 1999) and Senior Vice President (since September 1999) of Prudential Investments LLC; Assistant Treasurer (since May 2003) and Vice President (since June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (since May 2003) of Prudential Annuities Advisory Services, Inc.; formerly Senior Vice President (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.

M. Sadiq Peshimam (49)

Assistant Treasurer

   Vice President (since 2005) of Prudential Investments LLC.

Peter Parrella (54)

Assistant Treasurer

   Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2004-2007) within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration; formerly Tax Manager at SSB Citi Fund Management LLC (1997-2004).

 

(a)

Excludes Mr. Parker and Mr. Benjamin, interested Board Members who also serve as President and Vice President, respectively.

(1) 

The year that each individual became a Fund officer is as follows:

Raymond A. O’Hara, 2012; Deborah A. Docs, 1996; Jonathan D. Shain, 2004; Claudia DiGiacomo, 2005; Amanda S. Ryan, 2012; Andrew R. French, 2006; Timothy J. Knierim, 2007; Grace C. Torres, 1996; Valerie M. Simpson, 2007; Peter Parrella, 2007; M. Sadiq Peshimam, 2006; Richard W. Kinville, 2011; Theresa C. Thompson, 2008.

Explanatory Notes to Tables:

 

 

Board Members are deemed to be “Interested,” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of their affiliation with Prudential Investments LLC and/or an affiliate of Prudential Investments LLC.

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, the address of all Board Members and Officers is c/o Prudential Investments LLC, Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077.

 

 

There is no set term of office for Board Members or Officers. The Board Members have adopted a retirement policy, which calls for the retirement of Board Members on December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 75.

 

 

“Other Directorships Held” includes only directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the 1934 Act (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

 

 

“Portfolios Overseen” includes all investment companies managed by Prudential Investments LLC. The investment companies for which Prudential Investments LLC serves as manager include the Prudential Investments Mutual Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts, Target Mutual Funds, Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust.

 

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Newark, NJ 07102

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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
Kevin J. Bannon Scott E. Benjamin Linda W. Bynoe Michael S. Hyland Douglas H. McCorkindale Stephen P. Munn Stuart S. Parker Richard A. Redeker Robin B. Smith Stephen G. Stoneburn

 

OFFICERS
Stuart S. Parker, President Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President Grace C. Torres, Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Raymond A. O’Hara, Chief Legal Officer Deborah A. Docs, Secretary Timothy J. Knierim, Chief Compliance Officer Valerie M. Simpson, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Theresa C. Thompson, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Richard W. Kinville, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer Jonathan D. Shain, Assistant Secretary Claudia DiGiacomo, Assistant Secretary Amanda S. Ryan, Assistant Secretary Andrew R. French, Assistant Secretary M. Sadiq Peshimam, Assistant Treasurer Peter Parrella, Assistant Treasurer

 

MANAGER   Prudential Investments LLC    Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

INVESTMENT SUBADVISER   Prudential Investment
Management, Inc.
   Gateway Center Two
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

DISTRIBUTOR   Prudential Investment
Management Services LLC
   Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

CUSTODIAN   The Bank of New York Mellon    One Wall 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.prudentialfunds.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.prudentialfunds.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 Government Income Fund, Prudential Investments, Attn: Board of Directors, 100 Mulberry Street, Gateway Center Three, 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 (202) 551-8090. The Fund’s schedule of portfolio holdings is also available on the Fund’s website as of the end of each month.

 

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Directors and is available without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

Mutual Funds:

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PRUDENTIAL GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND

 

    SHARE CLASS   A   B   C   R   Z
  NASDAQ   PGVAX   PBGPX   PRICX   JDRVX   PGVZX
  CUSIP   74439V107   74439V206   74439V305   74439V503   74439V404

 

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PRUDENTIAL FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND

 

ANNUAL REPORT · FEBRUARY 28, 2013

 

 

Fund Type

Floating Rate

 

Objective

Primary objective is to seek to maximize current income. Secondary objective is to seek capital appreciation when consistent with primary objective.

 

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.

 

Prudential Investments, Prudential, the Prudential logo, the Rock symbol, and Bring Your Challenges are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc., and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

 

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April 15, 2013

 

Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the annual report for the Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the 12-month period that ended February 28, 2013.

 

We recognize that ongoing market volatility may make it a difficult time to be an investor. We continue to believe a prudent response to uncertainty is 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. Keep in mind, however, that diversification and asset allocation strategies do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

 

Prudential Investments® is dedicated to helping you solve your toughest investment challenges—whether it’s capital growth, reliable income, or protection from market volatility and other risks. We offer the expertise of Prudential Financial’s affiliated asset managers* that strive to be leaders in a broad range of funds to help you stay on course to the future you envision. They also manage money for major corporations and pension funds around the world, which means you benefit from the same expertise, innovation, and attention to risk demanded by today’s most sophisticated investors.

 

Thank you for choosing the Prudential Investments family of funds.

 

Sincerely,

 

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Stuart S. Parker, President

Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund

 

*Most of Prudential Investments’ equity funds are advised by Jennison Associates LLC, Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA), or Prudential Real Estate Investors. Prudential Investments’ fixed income and money market funds are advised by Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (PIM) through its Prudential Fixed Income unit. Jennison Associates, QMA, and PIM are registered investment advisers and Prudential Financial companies. Prudential Real Estate Investors is a unit of PIM.

 

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Your Fund’s Performance

 

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.prudentialfunds.com or by calling (800) 225-1852. The maximum initial sales charge is 3.25% (Class A shares). Gross operating expenses: Class A, 1.92%; Class C, 2.62%; Class Z, 1.62%. Net operating expenses: Class A, 1.20%; Class C, 1.95%; Class Z, 0.95%, after contractual reduction through 6/30/2014.

 

Cumulative Total Returns (Without Sales Charges) as of 2/28/13

     One Year     Since Inception

Class A

     7.11   10.00% (3/30/11)

Class C

     6.29        8.53    (3/30/11)

Class Z

     7.47      10.72    (3/30/11)

Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index

     8.11      10.19                 

Lipper Flexible Loan Participation Funds Average

     7.34      9.72               
    

Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charges) as of 3/31/13

     One Year     Since Inception

Class A

     3.55%      3.51% (3/30/11)

Class C

     5.33      4.54    (3/30/11)

Class Z

     7.39      5.58    (3/30/11)

Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index

     8.27      5.41                 

Lipper Flexible Loan Participation Funds Average

     7.51      5.19                 
    

Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charges) as of 2/28/13

     One Year     Since Inception

Class A

     3.62   3.29% (3/30/11)

Class C

     5.29      4.35    (3/30/11)

Class Z

     7.47      5.44    (3/30/11)
    

Average Annual Total Returns (Without Sales Charges) as of 2/28/13

     One Year     Since Inception

Class A

     7.11   5.08% (3/30/11)

Class C

     6.29      4.35    (3/30/11)

Class Z

     7.47      5.44    (3/30/11)

 

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Growth of a $10,000 Investment

 

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The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund (Class A shares) with a similar investment in the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index by portraying the initial account values at the commencement of operations of Class A shares (March 30, 2011) and the account values at the end of the current fiscal year (February 28, 2013) as measured on a quarterly basis. For purposes of the graph, and unless otherwise indicated, it has been assumed that (a) the maximum applicable front-end sales charge was deducted from the initial $10,000 investment in Class A shares; (b) all recurring fees (including management fees) were deducted; and (c) all dividends and distributions were reinvested. The line graph provides information for Class A shares only. As indicated in the tables provided earlier, performance for Class C and Class Z shares will vary due to the differing charges and expenses applicable to each share class (as indicated in the following paragraphs). Without waiver of fees and/or expense reimbursement, if any, the returns would have been lower.

 

Past performance does not predict future performance. Total returns and the ending account values in the graph include changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions in a hypothetical investment for the periods shown. The Fund’s total returns do not reflect the deduction of income taxes on an individual’s investment. Taxes may reduce your actual investment returns on income or gains paid by the Fund or any gains you may realize if you sell your shares.

 

Source: Prudential Investments LLC and Lipper Inc.

 

Inception returns are provided for any share class with less than 10 calendar years of returns.

 

The average annual total returns take into account applicable sales charges. Class A shares are subject to a maximum front-end sales charge of 3.25% and a 12b-1 fee of 0.30% annually. Investors who purchase Class A shares in an amount of $1 million or more and sell these shares within 12 months of purchases are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00. The CDSC is waived for purchases by certain retirement and/or

 

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Your Fund’s Performance (continued)

 

 

benefit plans. 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. Class C shares are not subject to a front-end sales charge but a CDSC of 1% for shares sold within 12 months from the date of purchase and an annual 12b-1 fee of 1%. Class Z shares are not subject to a 12b-1 fee or a CDSC. The returns in the tables reflect the share class expense structure in effect at the close of the fiscal period. The returns in the tables and graph do not reflect the deductions or taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or following the redemption of Fund shares. Without waiver of fees and/or expense reimbursement, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

 

Benchmark Definitions

 

Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index

The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is an unmanaged index that represents the investable universe of the dollar-denominated leveraged loan market.

 

Lipper Flexible Loan Participation Funds Average

The Lipper Flexible Loan Participation Funds Average (Lipper Average) is based on the average return of all mutual funds in the Lipper Loan Participation category.

 

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. The Since Inception returns for the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index and the Lipper Average are measured from the closest month-end to inception date, and not from the Fund’s actual inception date.

 

Distributions and Yields as of 2/28/13

     
    

Total Distributions
Paid for 12 Months

    

30-Day
SEC Yield

 

Class A

   $ 0.46         3.69

Class C

     0.39         3.05   

Class Z

     0.49         4.05   

 

Five Largest Holdings expressed as a percentage of net assets as of 2/28/13

  

U.S. Coatings Acquisition, Inc., Chemicals

     1.3

CPM Acquisition Corp., Capital Goods

     1.2   

Springleaf Financial Funding Co., Non-Captive Finance

     1.0   

First Data Corp., Technology

     0.9   

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc., Consumer

     0.9   
Holdings reflect only long-term investments and are subject to change.   

 

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Credit Quality* expressed as a percentage of net assets as of 2/28/13

  

Ba

     37.1

B

     58.6   

Caa or Lower

     0.8   

Not Rated**

     11.8   

Total Investments

     108.3   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

     –8.3   

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

*Source: Moody’s rating, defaulting to S&P when not rated by Moody’s.

**Approximately 11.4% of Not Rated is invested in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Credit Quality is subject to change.

 

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Strategy and Performance Overview

 

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month reporting period ending February 28, 2013, the Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund’s Class A shares gained 7.11%, underperforming the 8.11% gain of the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index (the Index), which does not include the effect of mutual fund operating expenses. The Fund underperformed the 7.34% gain of the Lipper Flexible Loan Participation Funds Average.

 

How did the market for floating rate loans in the United States perform?

Floating rate loans, which are provided by banks and other lenders to below-investment-grade companies, delivered strong and generally stable returns throughout the period. Total return was mainly driven by coupon return with a smaller contribution coming from price appreciation. Index returns in particular benefited from the price appreciation component as the Index includes lower-rated and low-priced securities that benefited from a strong market.

 

Healthy corporate fundamentals coupled with a very strong technical landscape provided support for the market despite the brief periods of volatility the broader markets experienced throughout the period. With default rates below the long term average and strong inflows from retail and institutional investors, the market showed an upward directional bias. Retail investors continued to add exposure to floating rate loans as low-duration products came into focus, and institutional investors looking for yield and diversification also added exposure either through direct investments or via collateral loan obligations (CLO).

 

How did sector and industry allocation affect the Fund’s performance?*

   

An underweight to the electric and media sectors hurt performance, as these sectors significantly outperformed the broader market during the reporting period.

 

   

An underweight to the aerospace/defense sector, coupled with an overweight to non-captive financials, one of the top-performing industries during the period, helped returns.

 

How did security selection affect the Fund’s performance?*

   

An underweight to BB-rated loans and an overweight to B-rated loans helped performance. However, this was offset by an underweight to lower-quality loans (CCC and below), since these loans significantly outperformed the market.

 

   

Strong issue selection, particularly within the healthcare, consumer, capital goods, and aerospace sectors, boosted returns. This was somewhat offset by select positions in the media and electric sectors.

 

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Avoiding textbook publisher Cengage Learning and aerospace/defense contractor Hawker Beechcraft added to performance. Overweights to Alliance Healthcare, Supermedia, Springleaf Financial, and Dockwise, whose term loans rallied over the period, were some of the top contributors to performance.

 

   

Select underweights in TXU, a highly leveraged company in the electricity industry, and Tribune Media partially offset some of the positive contribution from issue selection.

 

   

A modest cash position over the period detracted from returns.

 

*The Barclays U.S. High-Yield Loan Index is used for the purposes of discussing performance of the floating rate loan market in the United States and for discussing the Fund’s relative performance with respect to sector weightings, credit ratings, and security selection. Detailed information on sector weightings and credit ratings was unavailable for the Fund’s benchmark, the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index.

 

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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 invested on September 1, 2012, at the beginning of the period, and held through the six-month period ended February 28, 2013. The example is for illustrative purposes only; you should consult the Prospectus for information on initial and subsequent minimum investment requirements.

 

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 Prudential 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 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.

 

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.

 

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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 should 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.

 

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 Floating
Rate Income Fund
 

Beginning Account

Value

September 1, 2012

    Ending Account
Value
February 28, 2013
   

Annualized

Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period

    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period*
 
         
Class A   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,037.70        1.20   $ 6.06   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.84        1.20   $ 6.01   
         
Class C   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,033.80        1.95   $ 9.83   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,015.12        1.95   $ 9.74   
         
Class Z   Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,038.90        0.95   $ 4.80   
    Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.08        0.95   $ 4.76   

*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, 2013, and divided by the 365 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ended February 28, 2013 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying funds in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013

 

 

Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS    96.9%

       

BANK LOANS(a)    93.1%

         

Aerospace & Defense    2.1%

                           

Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

  Ba3   4.500%     07/31/19      $ 249      $ 251,401   

Sequa Corp.

  B1   5.250     06/19/17        450        455,438   

Tasc, Inc.

  B1   4.500     12/18/15        249        248,271   

WP CPP Holdings LLC

  B1   5.750     12/31/19        300        303,000   
         

 

 

 
            1,258,110   

Automotive    1.3%

                               

ASP HHI Acquisition Co., Inc.

  B2   4.039     10/05/18        250        252,188   

Chrysler Group LLC

  Ba1   6.000     05/24/17        274        279,351   

Schaeffler AG

  Ba3   6.000     01/27/17        211        211,905   
         

 

 

 
            743,444   

Banking    0.4%

                               

VFH Parent LLC

  Ba1   5.750     07/08/16        226        227,365   

Brokerage    0.4%

                               

HarbourVest Partners LLC

  Ba3   4.040     11/21/17        264        265,517   

Building Materials & Construction    2.2%

                       

Apex Tool Group, LLC

  B1   4.500     01/31/20        500        504,750   

QS0001 Corp./Tomkins Air Distribution

  B1   5.000     11/09/18        250        253,125   

Summit Materials LLC

  B1   5.000     01/30/19        273        274,558   

Wilsonart LLC

  B2   5.500     10/31/19        250        252,813   
         

 

 

 
            1,285,246   

Business Services    2.7%

                               

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc.

  B1   4.250     10/09/19        425        425,638   

Audio Visual Services Group, Inc.

  B1   6.750     11/09/18        349        346,943   

Global Cash Access, Inc.

  B1   7.000     03/01/16        66        67,053   

On Assignment, Inc.

  Ba3   5.000     05/15/19        282        283,802   

WCA Waste Corp.
(original cost $98,271; purchased 03/09/12)(b)(c)

  B1   5.500     03/23/18        99        99,870   

West Corp.

  Ba3   4.250     06/30/18        398        402,620   
         

 

 

 
            1,625,926   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

BANK LOANS(a) (Continued)

       

Cable    3.8%

                               

Bragg Communications, Inc.

  Ba3   3.500%     02/28/18      $ 200      $ 200,500   

Nine Entertainment Co.
Pty Ltd.

  Ba2   3.500     01/28/20        500        500,000   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd.

  Ba3   3.500     06/30/20        500        496,875   

WideOpenWest Finance LLC

  B1   6.250     07/17/18        497        501,964   

Yankee Cable Acquisition LLC

  B1   5.250     03/01/20        260        263,900   

Yankee Cable Acquisition LLC

  B1   6.250     08/26/16        296        297,107   
         

 

 

 
            2,260,346   

Capital Goods    5.9%

                               

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services

  B2   6.250     10/31/18        249        249,063   

Colfax Corp.

  Ba2   3.250     01/11/19        250        249,896   

CPM Acquisition Corp.

  B1   6.250     08/29/17        723        724,091   

Generac Power Systems, Inc.

  B2   6.250     05/30/18        131        133,795   

Hupah Finance, Inc.

  B1   4.500     01/21/19        124        124,295   

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.

  Ba3   5.750     07/02/18        232        234,854   

Pelican Products, Inc.

  B1   7.000     07/11/18        125        125,370   

Pro Mach, Inc.

  B2   5.000     07/06/17        345        346,673   

RBS Global, Inc./Rexnord LLC

  BB(d)   4.500     04/30/18        248        249,235   

Silver II Borrower S.C.A.

  B1   4.000     12/13/19        500        499,844   

Unifrax I LLC

  B2   4.250     11/28/18        133        134,187   

Wesco Distribution, Inc.

  Ba3   4.500     12/12/19        250        252,031   

WireCo WorldGroup, Inc.

  Ba2   6.000     02/15/17        150        151,308   
         

 

 

 
            3,474,642   

Chemicals    4.5%

                               

Emerald Performance Materials LLC

  B1   6.750     05/18/18        199        199,000   

Houghton International, Inc.

  B1   5.250     12/20/19        250        252,604   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

  Ba3   7.000     06/13/18        81        82,164   

Nexeo Solutions LLC

  B1   5.000     09/08/17        295        294,013   

Nusil Technology LLC

  B1   5.000     04/07/17        205        205,854   

PL Propylene LLC

  B1   7.000     03/27/17        248        253,088   

Tronox Pigments Netherlands BV

  Ba2   4.250     02/08/18        391        390,730   

 

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Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

BANK LOANS(a) (Continued)

       

Chemicals (cont’d.)

                               

Univar, Inc.

  B2   5.000%     06/30/17      $ 244      $ 243,639   

U.S. Coatings Acquistion, Inc.

  B1   4.750     02/03/20        750        758,949   
         

 

 

 
            2,680,041   

Consumer    8.2%

                               

Acosta, Inc.

  B1   5.000     03/02/18        200        201,744   

Alliance Laundry Holdings LLC

  B2   9.500     12/10/19        205        208,125   

Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.

  B1   5.000     01/31/19        500        503,928   

Bright Horizons Family Solutions

  B1   4.000     01/30/20        225        226,125   

Calceus Acquisition, Inc.

  B2   5.750     01/31/20        250        251,975   

GCA Services Group, Inc.

  B1   5.250     11/01/19        100        100,000   

Huish Detergents, Inc.

  Ba3   2.210     04/26/14        149        145,843   

Huish Detergents, Inc.

  B3   4.460     10/26/14        150        147,375   

Laureate Education, Inc.

  B1   5.250     06/15/18        250        250,938   

Party City Holdings, Inc.

  B1   4.250     07/27/19        200        201,453   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.

  Ba3   3.750     01/31/19        245        246,304   

Realogy Corp.

  B1   4.423     10/10/16        229        228,516   

Realogy Corp.

  B1   4.454     10/10/16        15        14,933   

Revlon Consumer Products Corp.

  Ba2   4.000     11/19/17        190        190,223   

Serta Simmons Holdings LLC

  B2   5.000     10/01/19        500        505,625   

SRAM Corp.

  Ba3   4.766     06/07/18        352        354,950   

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.

  Ba3   4.310     03/01/20        500        506,161   

Visant Corp.

  B1   5.250     12/22/16        463        442,686   

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc.

  Ba2   4.000     07/31/19        150        150,342   
         

 

 

 
            4,877,246   

Electric    1.6%

                               

AES Corp. (The)

  Ba1   3.750     06/01/18        499        500,620   

Freif North American Power I LLC

  Ba3   6.000     03/29/19        246        246,474   

GWF Energy LLC

  Ba2   6.000     12/13/18        198        197,563   
         

 

 

 
            944,657   

Energy - Other    2.9%

                               

Arch Coal, Inc.

  Ba3   5.750     05/16/18        373        379,256   

EP Energy LLC

  Ba3   4.500     04/30/19        275        277,807   

Frac Tech Services LLC

  B3   8.500     05/06/16        249        227,036   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

BANK LOANS(a) (Continued)

       

Energy - Other (cont’d.)

                               

Plains Exploration &
Production Co.

  Ba1   4.000%     11/30/19      $ 500      $ 500,357   

Walter Energy, Inc.

  Ba3   5.750     04/02/18        332        332,548   
         

 

 

 
            1,717,004   

Foods    3.5%

                               

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc.

  Caa1   5.750     07/10/17        250        253,021   

Albertson’s, LLC

  B3   5.750     03/31/16        250        252,188   

ARAMARK Corp.

  B1   4.000     09/30/19        250        250,625   

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.

  B3   4.250     09/26/19        499        500,776   

Del Monte Foods Co.

  Ba3   4.000     03/08/18        479        479,975   

Dole Food Co., Inc.

  Ba2   5.018     07/08/18        123        123,693   

Dole Food Co., Inc.

  Ba2   5.033     07/08/18        69        69,122   

Michael Foods, Inc.

  Ba3   4.250     02/25/18        135        137,078   
         

 

 

 
            2,066,478   

Gaming    2.3%

                               

Affinity Gaming LLC

  Ba2   5.500     11/09/17        124        125,613   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

  B2   5.551     01/29/18        238        219,010   

Cannery Casino Resorts LLC

  B2   6.000     10/02/18        249        252,305   

CCM Merger, Inc.

  B2   6.000     03/01/17        493        496,490   

Station Casinos LLC

  B2   4.289     03/02/20        300        302,500   
         

 

 

 
            1,395,918   

Healthcare & Pharmaceutical    9.6%

                       

Alere, Inc.

  B2   4.750     06/30/17        223        225,639   

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.

  Ba3   7.250     06/01/16        266        266,703   

AssuraMed Holding, Inc.

  B1   5.500     10/24/19        300        300,750   

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.

  B1   5.250     05/17/19        398        400,630   

Boston Luxembourg II S.a.r.l.

  Ba3   5.000     08/28/19        250        251,042   

Emergency Medical Services Corp.

  Ba3   4.000     05/25/18        467        468,295   

Grifols, Inc.

  Ba2   4.250     06/01/17        491        493,415   

HCR Healthcare LLC

  B1   5.000     04/06/18        194        187,233   

Health Management Associates, Inc.

  Ba3   4.500     11/16/18        495        499,022   

 

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Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

BANK LOANS(a) (Continued)

       

Healthcare & Pharmaceutical (cont’d.)

                       

Hologic, Inc.

  Ba2   4.500%     08/01/19      $ 498      $ 503,186   

IASIS Healthcare Corp.

  Ba3   4.500     05/03/18        246        246,623   

Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc.

  B1   4.250     09/28/19        399        398,751   

PTS Acquisition Corp.

  Ba3   4.250     09/15/17        397        398,489   

RadNet Inc.

  Ba3   5.500     10/10/18        299        301,775   

Rural/Metro Corp.

  B1   5.750     06/30/18        172        173,093   

Select Medical Corp.

  B1   5.500     06/01/18        249        249,372   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc.

  Ba3   5.750     06/06/19        100        100,868   

Warner Chilcott Corp.

  Ba3   4.250     03/15/18        230        231,925   
         

 

 

 
            5,696,811   

Insurance     0.4%

                               

AmWINS Group, Inc

  B1   5.000     09/06/19        250        250,625   

Media & Entertainment    8.1%

                           

AMC Entertainment, Inc.

  Ba2   3.750     02/22/18        421        422,639   

Ancestry.com, Inc.

  B1   7.000     12/28/18        250        248,750   

Crown Media Holdings, Inc.

  Ba2   5.750     07/14/18        90        90,617   

EMI Group North America Holdings, Inc.

  Ba3   5.500     06/29/18        348        352,516   

FoxCo Acquisition Sub, LLC

  B2   5.500     07/14/17        249        252,700   

Getty Images, Inc.

  B1   4.750     10/18/19        500        504,196   

Granite Broadcasting Corp. (original cost $96,994; purchased 05/23/12)(b)(c)

  B2   8.500     05/23/18        100        99,749   

Gray Television, Inc.

  B2   4.750     10/14/19        241        243,401   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.

  B1   4.500     04/02/18        294        296,577   

Mood Media Corp.

  Ba2   7.000     05/06/18        44        44,328   

NEP/NCP Holdco Inc.

  B1   4.750     01/22/20        500        501,562   

NEP/NCP Holdco Inc.

  Caa1   9.500     07/22/20        57        58,786   

SuperMedia, Inc.

  Caa3   11.000     12/31/15        222        163,520   

Telesat LLC

  Ba3   4.250     03/28/19        398        400,736   

Tribune Co.

  Ba3   4.000     12/31/19        475        476,544   

Univision Communications, Inc.

  B2   4.750     03/01/20        400        400,316   

Warner Music Group Corp.

  Ba2   4.288     11/01/18        250        253,125   
         

 

 

 
            4,810,062   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

BANK LOANS(a) (Continued)

       

Metals    1.8%

                               

Atlas Iron Ltd.

  B2   8.750%     12/11/17      $ 200      $ 201,000   

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd.

  Ba1   5.250     10/18/17        249        252,388   

JMC Steel Group, Inc.

  B1   4.750     04/01/17        247        248,104   

Metals USA, Inc.

  B2   6.250     12/13/19        200        200,250   

Phoenix Services International LLC

  B1   7.750     06/30/17        100        101,000   

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

  Ba1   4.000     07/26/18        53        53,217   
         

 

 

 
            1,055,959   

Non-Captive Finance    4.2%

                               

AWAS Finance Luxembourg SA

  Ba2   4.750     07/16/18        147        148,061   

BATS Global Markets Inc.

  B1   7.000     12/14/18        200        199,000   

Delos Aircraft, Inc.

  Ba2   4.750     04/12/16        250        251,562   

Fly Funding II S.a.r.l.

  B1   5.750     08/08/18        247        249,149   

Flying Fortress, Inc.

  Ba2   5.000     06/30/17        325        326,625   

iStar Financial, Inc.

  B1   4.500     10/15/17        234        233,652   

MIP Delaware LLC

  Ba2   5.500     07/12/18        76        75,682   

SNL Financial LC

  B2   5.500     10/23/18        375        376,641   

Springleaf Financial Funding Co.

  B3   5.500     05/10/17        600        603,375   
         

 

 

 
            2,463,747   

Packaging    2.1%

                               

BWAY Holding Co.
(original cost $498,750; purchased 10/25/12 - 01/15/13)(b)(c)

  B1   3.546     08/06/17        500        504,375   

Exopack LLC

  B2   6.500     05/31/17        246        247,686   

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc.

  B1   4.750     09/30/18        263        265,953   

Tricorbraun, Inc.

  B1   5.500     05/03/18        249        251,548   
         

 

 

 
            1,269,562   

Restaurants    1.4%

                               

Landry’s Restaurants, Inc.

  B1   6.500     04/24/18        248        248,807   

OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC

  B1   4.750     10/26/19        244        246,721   

 

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Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

BANK LOANS(a) (Continued)

       

Restaurants (cont’d.)

                               

PF Changs China Bistro, Inc.

  Ba3   5.250%     06/22/19      $ 75      $ 75,560   

Wendy’s International, Inc.

  B1   4.750     05/15/19        249        251,511   
         

 

 

 
            822,599   

Retailers    5.4%

                               

Academy, Ltd.

  B2   4.750     08/03/18        198        200,054   

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC

  Ba3   4.250     12/18/17        500        502,500   

Bass Pro Group LLC

  B1   4.000     11/20/19        250        251,429   

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc.

  B2   5.250     10/16/19        249        251,841   

Michaels Stores, Inc.

  B1   3.750     01/28/20        500        501,247   

Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. (The)

  B2   4.000     05/16/18        280        280,525   

Petco Animal Supplies Inc.

  Ba3   3.296     11/24/17        200        201,036   

Rite Aid Corp.

  B1   4.000     02/21/20        375        384,563   

Rite Aid Corp.

  B3   5.750     08/21/20        375        376,875   

Toys “R” Us Delaware, Inc.

  B1   5.250     05/25/18        248        236,587   
         

 

 

 
            3,186,657   

Technology    11.1%

                               

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.

  B1   6.250     08/01/16        250        252,589   

Avaya, Inc.

  B1   4.788     10/26/17        443        411,791   

Blackboard Inc.

  B1   6.250     10/04/18        448        451,595   

CDW Corp.

  B1   4.000     07/15/17        211        211,755   

Ceridian Corp.

  B1   6.042     05/09/17        499        504,518   

CompuCom Systems, Inc.

  B1   6.500     10/04/18        300        302,750   

Deltek, Inc.
(original cost $371,250; purchased 10/04/12)(b)(c)

  B1   6.000     10/10/18        375        378,984   

Expert Global Solutions, Inc.

  Ba3   8.000     04/03/18        149        149,903   

First Data Corp.

  B1   4.202     03/26/18        569        562,180   

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

  B1   4.452     12/01/16        497        496,958   

Genesys Telecom Holdings
U.S., Inc.

  B1   4.000     02/08/20        100        100,390   

Hyland Software, Inc.

  B2   4.551     10/25/19        250        251,328   

Interactive Data Corp.

  Ba3   3.750     02/12/18        487        488,004   

Kronos, Inc.

  Ba3   9.750     04/30/20        450        459,750   

MModal, Inc.

  Ba3   6.750     08/17/19        349        337,497   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

BANK LOANS(a) (Continued)

       

Technology (cont’d.)

                               

NXP BV

  B1   4.500%     03/03/17      $ 419      $ 424,145   

RP Crown Parent LLC

  B1   6.750     12/21/18        250        253,125   

Sensata Technologies BV

  Ba2   3.750     05/12/18        172        172,768   

Sophia LP

  B1   4.500     07/19/18        145        146,005   

SunGard Data Systems Inc.

  Ba3   4.500     01/31/20        250        252,578   
         

 

 

 
            6,608,613   

Telecommunications    4.9%

                               

Asurion LLC

  Ba2   4.500     05/24/19        486        486,663   

Fibertech Networks LLC

  B2   4.500     12/18/19        50        50,000   

Fibertech Networks LLC

  B2   5.750     12/18/19        142        142,651   

Global Tel*Link Corp.

  B2   6.000     12/14/17        353        353,344   

Level 3 Finance, Inc.

  Ba3   4.750     08/01/19        500        504,167   

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.

  Ba1   4.000     03/19/18        246        246,286   

nTelos, Inc.

  B1   5.750     11/09/19        249        243,556   

Securus Technologies, Inc.

  B2   6.500     05/31/17        99        99,250   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.

  B1   5.000     04/23/19        249        249,294   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.

  B1   4.000     04/23/19        250        249,375   

Zayo Group LLC

  B1   4.500     07/02/19        299        300,605   
         

 

 

 
            2,925,191   

Transportation    2.3%

                               

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC

  Ba1   4.250     03/15/19        248        248,953   

Dockwise Transport BV

  B1   4.704     07/11/16        250        248,750   

Hertz Corp.

  Ba1   1.000     03/12/18        500        490,000   

Pilot Travel Centers LLC

  Ba2   4.250     08/07/19        374        376,868   
         

 

 

 
            1,364,571   
         

 

 

 

TOTAL BANK LOANS
(cost $54,484,114)

            55,276,337   
         

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS    3.8%

         

Foods    0.7%

                               

ARAMARK Corp.,

         

Gtd. Notes

  B3   8.500     02/01/15        150        150,751   

Sr. Notes, 144A

  B3   5.750     03/15/20        250        255,000   
         

 

 

 
            405,751   

 

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Description   Moody’s
Ratings†
(Unaudited)
  Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount (000)#
    Value (Note 1)  

CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

       

Gaming    0.2%

                               

Yonkers Racing Corp.,
Sec’d. Notes, 144A (original cost $110,294; purchased 05/18/11 - 03/13/12)(b)(c)

  B1   11.375%     07/15/16      $ 100      $ 108,000   

Lodging    0.6%

                               

Felcor Lodging LP,
Sr. Sec’d. Notes, 144A

  B2   5.625     03/01/23        350        352,188   

Media & Entertainment    1.6%

                           

Cedar Fair, L.P.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

  B1   5.250     03/15/21        250        250,000   

Cinemark USA, Inc.,
Gtd. Notes, 144A

  B2   5.125     12/15/22        250        251,250   

Lamar Media Corp.,
Gtd. Notes

  Ba2   9.750     04/01/14        200        216,750   

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co.,
Gtd. Notes

  B2   11.625     02/01/14        200        218,500   
         

 

 

 
            936,500   

Paper    0.4%

                               

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.,

         

Gtd. Notes

  Ba3   9.500     06/15/17        250        266,875   

Retailers    0.3%

                               

Dufry Finance SCA (Luxembourg),
Sr. Unsec’d Notes, 144A

  Ba3   5.500     10/15/20        200        208,500   
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(cost $2,258,233)

            2,277,814   
         

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(cost $56,742,347)

          57,554,151   
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

Description   Shares     Value (Note 1)  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT    11.4%

   

AFFILIATED MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUND

               

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core
Taxable Money Market Fund(e)
(cost $6,753,874)

    6,753,874      $ 6,753,874   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS    108.3%
(cost $63,496,221; Note 5)

      64,308,025   

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS    (8.3)%

      (4,957,893
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS    100.0%

    $ 59,350,132   
   

 

 

 

 

The following abbreviations are used in the portfolio descriptions:

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.

NR—Not Rated

The ratings reflected are as of February 28, 2013. Ratings of certain bonds may have changed subsequent to that date. The Fund’s current Statement of Additional Information contains a description of Moody’s & Standard & Poor’s ratings.
# Principal amount is shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
(a) Variable rate instrument. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at February 28, 2013.
(b) Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.
(c) Indicates a restricted security; the aggregate original cost of such securities is $1,175,559. The aggregate value of $1,190,978 is approximately 2.0% of net assets.
(d) Standard & Poor’s Rating.
(e) Prudential Investments LLC, the manager of the Portfolio, also serves as manager of the Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 - Prudential Core Taxable Money Market Fund.

 

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—other significant observable inputs including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates and yield curves, prepayment speeds, foreign currency exchange rates, and amortized cost.

 

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2013 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Investments in Securities

        

Bank Loans

   $       $ 49,234,314       $ 6,042,023   

Corporate Bonds

             2,277,814           

Affiliated Money Market Mutual Fund

     6,753,874              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 6,753,874       $ 51,512,128       $ 6,042,023   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

     Bank Loans  

Balance as of 2/29/12

   $ 3,789,160   

Realized gain (loss)

     (19,967

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*

     177,007   

Purchases

     4,507,510   

Sales

     (3,510,548

Accrued discount/premium

     11,131   

Transfers into Level 3

     1,335,858   

Transfers out of Level 3

     (248,128
  

 

 

 

Balance as of 2/28/13

   $ 6,042,023   
  

 

 

 

 

* Of which, $148,354 was included in Net Assets relating to securities held at the reporting period end.

 

It is the Fund’s policy to recognize transfers in and transfers out at the fair value as of the beginning of period. At the reporting period end, there were 4 bank loans transferred into Level 3 as a result of using a single broker quote and 1 bank loan transferred out of Level 3 as a result of no longer using single broker quote.

 

Included in the table above, under Level 3, are securities that were fair valued using pricing methodologies approved by the Valuation Committee, which contain unobservable inputs. Such methodologies may include, but not limited to, using prices provided by a single broker/dealer, the cost of the investment, and prices of any recent transactions or bids/offers for such securities or any comparable securities.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

 

as of February 28, 2013 continued

 

 

The industry classification of portfolio holdings and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Affiliated Money Market Mutual Fund

     11.4

Technology

     11.1   

Media & Entertainment

     9.7   

Healthcare & Pharmaceutical

     9.6   

Consumer

     8.2   

Capital Goods

     5.9   

Retailers

     5.7   

Telecommunications

     4.9   

Chemicals

     4.5   

Foods

     4.2   

Non-Captive Finance

     4.2   

Cable

     3.8   

Energy—Other

     2.9   

Business Services

     2.7   

Gaming

     2.5   

Transportation

     2.3   

Building Materials & Construction

     2.2

Aerospace & Defense

     2.1   

Packaging

     2.1   

Metals

     1.8   

Electric

     1.6   

Restaurants

     1.4   

Automotive

     1.3   

Lodging

     0.6   

Banking

     0.4   

Brokerage

     0.4   

Insurance

     0.4   

Paper

     0.4   
  

 

 

 
     108.3   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

     (8.3
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

ANNUAL REPORT · FEBRUARY 28, 2013

 

Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund


 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

as of February 28, 2013

 

Assets

        

Investments at value:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $56,742,347)

   $ 57,554,151   

Affiliated investments (cost $6,753,874)

     6,753,874   

Cash

     304,073   

Receivable for investments sold

     4,121,381   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     551,175   

Dividends and interest receivable

     130,896   

Due from Manager

     6,066   

Prepaid expenses

     471   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     69,422,087   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable for investments purchased

     9,900,265   

Accrued expenses

     117,122   

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     43,436   

Distribution fee payable

     9,014   

Dividends payable

     1,456   

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     662   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     10,071,955   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 59,350,132   
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Common stock, at par

   $ 58,584   

Paid-in capital in excess of par

     58,535,721   
  

 

 

 
     58,594,305   

Accumulated net investment loss

     (5,968

Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions

     (50,009

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     811,804   
  

 

 

 

Net assets, February 28, 2013

   $ 59,350,132   
  

 

 

 

 

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Class A

        

Net asset value and redemption price per share
($22,058,513 ÷ 2,179,331 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 10.12   

Maximum sales charge (3.25% of offering price)

     0.34   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price to public

   $ 10.46   
  

 

 

 

Class C

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($7,402,649 ÷ 730,495 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 10.13   
  

 

 

 

Class Z

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share
($29,888,970 ÷ 2,948,617 shares of common stock issued and outstanding)

   $ 10.14   
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

 

Year Ended February 28, 2013

 

Net Investment Income

        

Income

  

Interest income (net of foreign withholding taxes of $336)

   $ 2,411,543   

Affiliated dividend income

     7,503   
  

 

 

 

Total income

     2,419,046   
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fee

     304,032   

Distribution fee—Class A

     31,134   

Distribution fee—Class C

     29,968   

Custodian’s fees and expenses

     240,000   

Audit fee

     50,000   

Registration fees

     38,000   

Reports to shareholders

     21,000   

Legal fees and expenses

     18,000   

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $2,700) (Note 3)

     12,000   

Directors’ fees

     11,000   

Miscellaneous

     11,368   
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     766,502   

Expense reimbursement (Note 2)

     (292,601
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     473,901   
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1,945,145   
  

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain On Investments

        

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     156,484   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

     997,113   
  

 

 

 

Net gain on investment transactions

     1,153,597   
  

 

 

 

Net Increase In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ 3,098,742   
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Year Ended
February 28, 2013
     March 30, 2011*
through
February 29, 2012
 

Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets

                 

Operations

     

Net investment income

   $ 1,945,145       $ 1,101,413   

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

     156,484         (32,123

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     997,113         (185,309
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     3,098,742         883,981   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions (Note 1)

     

Dividends from net investment income

     

Class A

     (522,690      (97,413

Class C

     (102,219      (41,715

Class Z

     (1,250,391      (1,028,222
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (1,875,300      (1,167,350
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net realized gains

     

Class A

     (67,017      (931

Class C

     (14,389      (583

Class Z

     (100,135      (9,422
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (181,541      (10,936
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fund share transactions (Note 6)

     

Net proceeds from shares sold

     29,270,637         37,755,185   

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

     2,027,427         1,149,263   

Cost of shares reacquired

     (7,356,487      (4,243,489
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets from Fund share transactions

     23,941,577         34,660,959   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase

     24,983,478         34,366,654   

Net Assets:

                 

Beginning of period

     34,366,654           
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 59,350,132       $ 34,366,654   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Commencement of Fund

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14 (formerly Prudential Government Income Fund, Inc.) (the “Company”) is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”). The Company consists of two funds: Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund (the “Fund”) and Prudential Government Income Fund. Investment operations of the Fund commenced on March 30, 2011. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek to maximize current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary investment objective, but only when consistent with the Fund’s primary investment objective of seeking to maximize current income.

 

Note 1. Accounting Policies

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

 

Securities Valuations: The Fund holds portfolio securities and other assets that are fair valued at the close of each day 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 Trustees (the “Board”) has delegated fair valuation responsibilities to Prudential Investments LLC (“PI” or “Manager”) through the adoption of Valuation Procedures for valuation of the Fund’s securities. Under the current Valuation Procedures, a Valuation Committee is established and responsible for supervising the valuation of portfolio securities and other assets. The Valuation Procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers and other valuation methods in events when market quotations are not readily available or not representative of the fair value of the securities. A record of the Valuation Committee’s actions is subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments, which are summarized in the three broad levels hierarchies based on any observable inputs used as described in the table following each Fund’s Portfolio of Investments. The valuation methodologies and significant inputs used in determining the fair value of securities and other assets classified as Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of the hierarchy are as follows:

 

Common stocks, exchange-traded funds and financial derivative instruments (including futures contracts and certain options and swap contracts on securities), that

 

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are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price as of the close of trading on the applicable exchange. Securities traded via NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. To the extent these securities are valued at the last sale price or NASDAQ official closing price, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

In the event there is no sale or official closing price on such day, these securities are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices, or at the last bid price in absence of an asked price. These securities are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as these inputs are considered as significant other observable inputs to the valuation.

 

For common stocks traded on foreign securities exchanges, certain valuation adjustments will be applied when events occur after the close of the security’s foreign market and before the Fund’s normal pricing time. These securities are valued using pricing vendor services that provide model prices derived using adjustment factors based on information such as local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, depositary receipts, and futures, as applicable. Securities valued using such model prices are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy as the adjustment factors are considered as significant other observable inputs to the valuation.

 

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

 

Fixed income securities traded in the over-the-counter market, such as corporate bonds, municipal bonds, U.S. Government agencies issues and guaranteed obligations, U.S. Treasury obligations, and sovereign issues are usually valued at prices provided by approved independent pricing vendors. The pricing vendors provide these prices usually after evaluating observable inputs including yield curves, credit rating, yield spreads, default rates, cash flows as well as broker/dealer quotations and reported trades. Securities valued using such vendor prices are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Asset-backed and mortgage-related securities are usually valued by approved independent pricing vendors. The pricing vendors provide the prices using their internal pricing models with inputs from deal terms, tranche level attributes, yield curves, prepayment speeds, default rates and broker/dealer quotes. Securities valued using such vendor prices are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

 

Short-term debt securities of sufficient credit quality, which mature in sixty days or less, are valued using amortized cost method, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost on the date of purchase and thereafter assumes a constant amortization to maturity of the difference between the principal amount due at maturity and cost. These securities are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Over-the-counter financial derivative instruments, such as option contracts, foreign currency contracts and swap agreements, are usually valued using pricing vendor services, which derive the valuation based on underlying asset prices, indices, spreads, interest rates, exchange rates and other inputs. These instruments are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Securities and other assets that cannot be priced using the methods described above are valued with pricing methodologies approved by the Valuation Committee. In the event there are unobservable inputs used when determining such valuations, the securities will be classified as Level 3 of 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: The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. 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

 

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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 Fund. However, the liquidity of the Fund’s investments in Rule 144A securities could be impaired if trading does not develop or declines.

 

Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains or losses from investment and currency transactions are calculated on the identified cost basis. 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. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts on purchases of debt securities as adjustments to interest income.

 

Net investment income or loss (other than distribution fees, which are charged directly to respective class) and unrealized and realized gains or 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.

 

Dividends and Distributions: The Fund declares daily dividends from net investment income. Payment of dividends is made monthly. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are made 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-dividend date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gains are reclassified amongst undistributed net investment income, accumulated net realized gain or loss and paid-in capital in excess of par, as appropriate.

 

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 income and capital gains, if any, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

 

Withholding taxes on foreign interests are recorded, net of reclaimable amounts, at the time the related income is earned.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

 

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 PI. Pursuant to this agreement, PI has responsibility for all investment advisory services and supervises the subadvisor’s performance of such services. PI has entered into a subadvisory agreement with Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (“PIM”). The subadvisory agreement provides that PIM will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management of the Fund. In connection therewith, PIM is obligated to keep certain books and records of the Fund. PI pays for the services of PIM, the cost of compensation of officers and employees 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 PI is accrued daily and payable monthly at an annual rate of .70% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. PI has contractually agreed through June 30, 2014 to limit net annual Fund operating expenses (excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees, extraordinary and certain other expenses, including taxes, interest and brokerage commissions) to each class of shares to .95% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

The Fund has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class A, Class C and Class Z shares of the Fund. The Fund compensates PIMS for distributing and servicing the Fund’s Class A and Class C shares pursuant to plans of distribution (the “Class A and C 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 Class A and C Plans, the Fund compensates PIMS for distribution related activities at an annual rate of up to .30% and 1% of the average daily net assets of the Class A and C shares, respectively. PIMS has contractually agreed to limit such expenses to .25% of the average net assets of the Class A shares through contractual reduction date of June 30, 2014.

 

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PIMS has advised the Fund that it has received $21,264 in front-end sales charges resulting from sales of Class A shares during the year ended February 28, 2013. From these fees, PIMS paid a substantial portion of such sales charges to affiliated broker-dealers, which in turn paid commissions to salespersons and incurred other distribution costs.

 

PIMS has advised the Fund that for the year ended February 28, 2013, it received $518 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by certain Class C shareholders.

 

PI, PIM 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 PI and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations include certain out-of-pocket expenses paid to non-affiliates, where applicable.

 

The Fund invests in the Prudential Core Taxable Money Market Fund (the “Core Fund”), a portfolio of the Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, registered under the 1940 Act and managed by PI. Earnings from the Core Fund are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as affiliated dividend income.

 

Note 4. Portfolio Securities

 

Purchases and sales of portfolio securities, other than short-term investments and U.S. Government securities, for the year ended February 28, 2013 were $68,689,810 and $45,217,725, respectively.

 

Note 5. Distributions and Tax Information

 

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-dividend date. In order to present accumulated net investment loss, accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions and paid-in capital in excess of par on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that more closely represent their tax character, certain adjustments have been made to accumulated net investment loss and accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions. For the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

year ended February 28, 2013, the adjustments were to increase accumulated net investment loss and decrease accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions by $29,177, due to differences in the treatment for book and tax purposes of certain transactions involving paydowns and premium amortization. Net investment income, net realized gain on investment transactions and net assets were not affected by this change.

 

For the year ended February 28, 2013 and the period ended February 29, 2012, the tax character of distributions paid as reflected in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets were $2,056,841 and $1,178,286 of ordinary income, respectively.

 

As of February 28, 2013, the accumulated undistributed earnings on a tax basis was $15,128 of ordinary income.

 

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of February 28, 2013 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis

 

Appreciation

 

Depreciation

 

Net
Unrealized

Appreciation

$63,561,190   $883,182   $(136,347)   $746,835

 

The difference between book basis and tax basis was primarily attributable to deferred losses on wash sales and the difference in the treatment of accreting premium amortization for book and tax purposes.

 

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal 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 and state 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 C and Class Z shares. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge of up to 3.25%. 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

 

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subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% effective October 1, 2012, including investors who purchase their shares through broker-dealers affiliated with Prudential. Class C shares purchased are subject to a CDSC of 1% for 12 months from the date of purchase. A special exchange privilege is also available for shareholders who qualified to purchase Class A shares at net asset value. Class Z shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are available exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

 

At February 28, 2013, Prudential through its affiliates owned 109 Class A shares, 107 Class C shares and 2,729,800 Class Z shares of the Fund.

 

There are 900 million shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, divided into three classes, designated Class A, Class C and Class Z common stock, each of which consists of 300,000,000 authorized shares.

 

Transactions in shares of common stock were as follows:

 

Class A

     Shares      Amount  

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       1,969,903       $ 19,702,668   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       56,721         569,499   

Shares reacquired

       (366,508      (3,676,095
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       1,660,116       $ 16,596,072   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Period ended February 29, 2012*:

       

Shares sold

       764,030       $ 7,539,636   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       8,779         85,349   

Shares reacquired

       (253,594      (2,423,591
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       519,215       $ 5,201,394   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class C

               

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       639,541       $ 6,451,732   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       11,181         112,382   

Shares reacquired

       (96,170      (965,585
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       554,552       $ 5,598,529   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Period ended February 29, 2012*:

       

Shares sold

       215,439       $ 2,138,484   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       3,526         34,234   

Shares reacquired

       (43,022      (415,220
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       175,943       $ 1,757,498   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund     35   


 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

continued

 

Class Z

     Shares      Amount  

Year ended February 28, 2013:

       

Shares sold

       311,402       $ 3,116,237   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       134,227         1,345,546   

Shares reacquired

       (272,050      (2,714,807
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       173,579       $ 1,746,976   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Period ended February 29, 2012*:

       

Shares sold

       2,815,112       $ 28,077,065   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

       105,499         1,029,680   

Shares reacquired

       (145,573      (1,404,678
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       2,775,038       $ 27,702,067   
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Commenced operations on March 30, 2011.

 

Note 7. Borrowing

 

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 November 15, 2012 through November 14, 2013. The Funds pay an annualized commitment fee of 0.08% of the unused portion of the SCA. Prior to November 15, 2012, the Funds had another Syndicated Credit Agreement with substantially similar terms. Interest on any borrowings under the SCA is paid at contracted market rates. The commitment fee for the unused amount is accrued daily and paid quarterly.

 

The Fund did not utilize the SCA during the year ended February 28, 2013.

 

Note 8. New Accounting Pronouncement

 

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11 regarding “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”. The amendments, which will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and interim periods within those annual periods, require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements for assets and liabilities, financial instruments and derivatives that are either currently offset in accordance with current requirements or are subject

 

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to enforceable master netting arrangements or similar agreements. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of ASU No. 2011-11 and its impact on the financial statements has not been determined.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Class A Shares                   
     Year Ended
February 28,
2013
         March 30,
2011(a)
through
February 29,
2012
 
Per Share Operating Performance:                    
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Period     $9.89            $10.00   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                    
Net investment income     .43            .35   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .26            (.09
Total from investment operations     .69            .26   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                    
Dividends from net investment income     (.42         (.37
Distributions from net realized gains     (.04         - (b) 
Total dividends and distributions     (.46         (.37
Net asset value, end of period     $10.12            $9.89   
Total Return(c):     7.11%            2.70%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                
Net assets, end of period (000)     $22,059            $5,136   
Average net assets (000)     $12,454            $2,434   
Ratios to average net assets(d):                    
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees(e)     1.20% (f)          1.20% (f)(g) 
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .95% (f)          .95% (f)(g) 
Net investment income     4.35% (f)          4.10% (f)(g) 
Portfolio turnover rate     106%            163% (h) 

 

(a) Commencement of Fund.

(b) Less than $.005 per share.

(c) 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. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than a full year are not annualized.

(d) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolio in which the Fund invests.

(e) The distributor of the Fund has contractually agreed to limit its distribution and service (12b-1) fees to .25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares through contractual reduction date of June 30, 2014.

(f) Net of expense waiver/reimbursement. If the investment manager had not waived/reimbursed expenses, the expense ratios including and excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees and net investment income ratio would have been 1.87%, 1.62%, and 3.68%, respectively, for the year ended February 28, 2013, and 2.40%, 2.15% and 2.90%, respectively, for the period ended February 29, 2012.

(g) Annualized.
(h) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Class C Shares                   
     Year Ended
February 28,
2013
         March 30,
2011(a)
through
February 29,
2012
 
Per Share Operating Performance:                    
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Period     $9.90            $10.00   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                    
Net investment income     .36            .28   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .26            (.08
Total from investment operations     .62            .20   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                    
Dividends from net investment income     (.35         (.30
Distributions from net realized gains     (.04         - (b) 
Total dividends and distributions     (.39         (.30
Net asset value, end of period     $10.13            $9.90   
Total Return(c):     6.29%            2.10%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                
Net assets, end of period (000)     $7,403            $1,742   
Average net assets (000)     $2,997            $1,235   
Ratios to average net assets(d):                    
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees     1.95% (e)          1.95% (e)(f) 
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .95% (e)          .95% (e)(f) 
Net investment income     3.57% (e)          3.43% (e)(f) 
Portfolio turnover rate     106%            163% (g) 

 

(a) Commencement of Fund.

(b) Less than $.005 per share.

(c) 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. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Total returns for periods less than a full year are not annualized.

(d) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolio in which the Fund invests.

(e) Net of expense waiver/reimbursement. If the investment manager had not waived/reimbursed expenses, the expense ratios including and excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees and net investment income ratio would have been 2.62%, 1.62%, and 2.90%, respectively, for the year ended February 28, 2013, and 3.15%, 2.15% and 2.23%, respectively, for the period ended February 29, 2012.

(f) Annualized.

(g) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

continued

 

Class Z Shares                   
     Year Ended
February 28,
2013
         March 30,
2011(a)
through
February 29,
2012
 
Per Share Operating Performance:                    
Net Asset Value, Beginning Of Period     $9.91            $10.00   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                    
Net investment income     .46            .37   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions     .26            (.07
Total from investment operations     .72            .30   
Less Dividends and Distributions:                    
Dividends from net investment income     (.45         (.39
Distributions from net realized gains     (.04         - (b) 
Total dividends and distributions     (.49         (.39
Net asset value, end of period     $10.14            $9.91   
Total Return(c):     7.36%            3.13%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                
Net assets, end of period (000)     $29,889            $27,488   
Average net assets (000)     $27,983            $25,812   
Ratios to average net assets(d):                    
Expenses, including distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .95% (e)          .95% (e)(f) 
Expenses, excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees     .95% (e)          .95% (e)(f) 
Net investment income     4.63% (e)          4.08% (e)(f) 
Portfolio turnover rate     106%            163% (g) 

 

(a) Commencement of Fund.

(b) Less than $.005 per share.

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

(d) Does not include expenses of the underlying portfolio in which the Fund invests.

(e) Net of expense waiver/reimbursement. If the investment manager had not waived/reimbursed expenses, the expense ratios including and excluding distribution and service (12b-1) fees and net investment income ratio would have been 1.62%, 1.62%, and 3.96%, respectively, for the year ended February 28, 2013, and 2.15%, 2.15% and 2.88%, respectively, for the period ended February 29, 2012.

(f) Annualized.

(g) Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders

Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14:

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Prudential Floating Rate Income Fund (hereafter referred to as the “Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14, including the portfolio of investments, as of February 28, 2013, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets and financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period March 30, 2011 (commencement of operations) through February 29, 2012. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures when replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of February 28, 2013, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods described in the first paragraph above, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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New York, New York

April 24, 2013

 

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Federal Income Tax Information

 

(Unaudited)

 

For the year ended February 28, 2013, the Fund reports the maximum amount allowable but not less than 89.23% as interest-related dividends in accordance with Sections 871(k)(1) and 881(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

In January 2014, you will be advised on IRS Form 1099-DIV or substitute 1099-DIV, as to the Federal tax status of the distributions received by you in calendar year 2013.

 

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INFORMATION ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

(Unaudited)

Information about Board Members and Officers of the Funds is set forth below. Board Members who are not deemed to be “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act, are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Board Members who are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Funds are referred to as “Interested Board Members.” The Board Members are responsible for the overall supervision of the operations of the Funds and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Board in turn elects the Officers, who are responsible for administering the day-to-day operations of the Funds.

 

Independent Board Members(1)

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Kevin J. Bannon (60)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Managing Director (since April 2008) and Chief Investment Officer (since October 2008) of Highmount Capital LLC (registered investment adviser); formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (April 1993-August 2007) of Bank of New York Company; President (May 2003-May 2007) of BNY Hamilton Family of Mutual Funds.    Director of Urstadt Biddle Properties (since September 2008).

Linda W. Bynoe (60)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   President and Chief Executive Officer (since March 1995) and formerly Chief Operating Officer (December 1989-February 1995) of Telemat Ltd. (management consulting); formerly Vice President (January 1985-June 1989) at Morgan Stanley & Co (broker-dealer).    Director of Simon Property Group, Inc. (retail real estate) (May 2003-May 2012); Director of Anixter International, Inc. (communication products distributor) (since January 2006); Director of Northern Trust Corporation (financial services) (since April 2006); Trustee of Equity Residential (residential real estate) (since December 2009).

Michael S. Hyland, CFA (67)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Independent Consultant (since February 2005); formerly Senior Managing Director (July 2001-February 2005) of Bear Stearns & Co, Inc.; Global Partner, INVESCO (1999-2001); Managing Director and President of Salomon Brothers Asset Management (1989-1999).    None.

Douglas H. McCorkindale (73)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Formerly Chairman (February 2001-June 2006), Chief Executive Officer (June 2000-July 2005), President (September 1997-July 2005) and Vice Chairman (March 1984-May 2000) of Gannett Co. Inc. (publishing and media).    Director of Lockheed Martin Corp. (aerospace and defense) (since May 2001).

 

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Independent Board Members(1)            

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Stephen P. Munn (70)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Lead Director (since 2007) and formerly Chairman (1993-2007) of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (manufacturer of industrial products).    Lead Director (since 2007) of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (manufacturer of industrial products).

Richard A. Redeker (69)

Board Member & Independent Chair Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Retired Mutual Fund Senior Executive (44 years); Management Consultant; Independent Directors Council (organization of 2,800 Independent Mutual Fund Directors)-Executive Committee, Chair of Policy Steering Committee, Governing Council.    None.

Robin B. Smith (73)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Chairman of the Board (since January 2003) of Publishers Clearing House (direct marketing); Member of the Board of Directors of ADLPartner (marketing) (since December 2010); formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (August 1996-January 2003) of Publishers Clearing House.    Formerly Director of BellSouth Corporation (telecommunications) (1992-2006).

Stephen G. Stoneburn (69)

Board Member

Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Chairman, (since July 2011), President and Chief Executive Officer (since June 1996) of Quadrant Media Corp. (publishing company); formerly President (June 1995-June 1996) of Argus Integrated Media, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Managing Director (January 1993-1995) of Cowles Business Media; Senior Vice President of Fairchild Publications, Inc. (1975-1989).    None.

 

Interested Board Members(1)            

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Stuart S. Parker (50)

Board Member & President Portfolios Overseen: 61

   President of Prudential Investments LLC (since January 2012); Executive Vice President of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (since December 2012); Executive Vice President of Jennison Associates LLC and Head of Retail Distribution of Prudential Investments LLC (June 2005-December 2011).    None.

 

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Interested Board Members(1)

Name, Address, Age

Position(s)

Portfolios Overseen

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Other Directorships Held

Scott E. Benjamin (39)

Board Member & Vice President Portfolios Overseen: 63

   Executive Vice President (since June 2009) of Prudential Investments LLC; Executive Vice President (June 2009-June 2012) and Vice President (since June 2012) of Prudential Investment Management Services LLC; Executive Vice President (since September 2009) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing, Prudential Investments (since February 2006); Vice President of Product Development and Product Management, Prudential Investments (2003-2006).    None.

 

(1)

The year that each Board Member joined the Fund’s Board is as follows:

Kevin J. Bannon, 2008; Linda W. Bynoe, 2005; Michael S. Hyland, 2008; Douglas H. McCorkindale, 2003; Stephen P. Munn, 2008;

Richard A. Redeker, 1993; Robin B. Smith, 2003; Stephen G. Stoneburn, 2003; Stuart S. Parker, Board Member and President

since 2012; Scott E. Benjamin, Board Member since 2010 and Vice President since 2009.

 

Fund Officers(a)(1)

Name, Address and Age

Position with Fund

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Raymond A. O’Hara (57)

Chief Legal Officer

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since July 2010) of Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential); Vice President (March 2011-Present) of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey; Vice President and Corporate Counsel (March 2011-Present) of Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation; Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Investments LLC (since June 2012); Chief Legal Officer of PMFS (since June 2012) and Corporate Counsel of AST Investment Services, Inc. (since June 2012); formerly Assistant Vice President and Corporate Counsel (September 2008-July 2010) of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.; formerly Associate (September 1980-December 1987) and Partner (January 1988–August 2008) of Blazzard & Hasenauer, P.C. (formerly, Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C.).

Deborah A. Docs (55)

Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2001) of Prudential; Vice President (since December 1996) and Assistant Secretary (since March 1999) of Prudential Investments LLC; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.

 

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Fund Officers(a)(1)

Name, Address and Age

Position with Fund

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jonathan D. Shain (54)

Assistant Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since August 1998) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since May 2001) of Prudential Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since February 2001) of PMFS; formerly Vice President and Assistant Secretary (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.

Claudia DiGiacomo (38)

Assistant Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since January 2005) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Prudential Investments LLC (since December 2005); Associate at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (1999-2004).

Andrew R. French (50)

Assistant Secretary

   Vice President and Corporate Counsel (since February 2010) of Prudential; formerly Director and Corporate Counsel (2006-2010) of Prudential; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of Prudential Investments LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since January 2007) of PMFS.

Amanda S. Ryan (35)

Assistant Secretary

   Director and Corporate Counsel (since March 2012) of Prudential; Director and Assistant Secretary (since June 2012) of Prudential Investments LLC; Associate at Ropes & Gray (2008-2012).

Timothy J. Knierim (54)

Chief Compliance Officer

   Chief Compliance Officer of Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (since July 2007); formerly Chief Risk Officer of Prudential Investment Management, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC (2002-2007) and formerly Chief Ethics Officer of Prudential Investment Management, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC (2006-2007).

Valerie M. Simpson (54)

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

   Chief Compliance Officer (since April 2007) of Prudential Investments LLC and AST Investment Services, Inc.; formerly Vice President-Financial Reporting (June 1999-March 2006) for Prudential Life and Annuities Finance.

Theresa C. Thompson (50)

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

   Vice President, Compliance, Prudential Investments LLC (since April 2004); and Director, Compliance, Prudential Investments LLC (2001-2004).

Richard W. Kinville (44)

Anti-Money Laundering

Compliance Officer

   Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering Unit (since January 2005) of Prudential; committee member of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (since January 2007); formerly Investigator and Supervisor in the Special Investigations Unit for the New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company (August 1994-January 1999); Investigator in AXA Financial’s Internal Audit Department and Manager in AXA’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (January 1999-January 2005); first chair of the American Council of Life Insurers Anti-Money Laundering and Critical Infrastructure Committee (June 2007-December 2009).

 

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Fund Officers(a)(1)

Name, Address and Age

Position with Fund

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Grace C. Torres (53)

Treasurer and Principal

Financial and Accounting Officer

   Assistant Treasurer (since March 1999) and Senior Vice President (since September 1999) of Prudential Investments LLC; Assistant Treasurer (since May 2003) and Vice President (since June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (since May 2003) of Prudential Annuities Advisory Services, Inc.; formerly Senior Vice President (May 2003-June 2005) of AST Investment Services, Inc.

M. Sadiq Peshimam (49)

Assistant Treasurer

   Vice President (since 2005) of Prudential Investments LLC.

Peter Parrella (54)

Assistant Treasurer

   Vice President (since 2007) and Director (2004-2007) within Prudential Mutual Fund Administration; formerly Tax Manager at SSB Citi Fund Management LLC (1997-2004).

 

(a)

Excludes Mr. Parker and Mr. Benjamin, interested Board Members who also serve as President and Vice President, respectively.

(1)

The year that each individual became a Fund officer is as follows:

Raymond A. O’Hara, 2012; Deborah A. Docs, 1996; Jonathan D. Shain, 2004; Claudia DiGiacomo, 2005; Amanda S. Ryan, 2012; Andrew R. French, 2006; Timothy J. Knierim, 2007; Grace C. Torres, 1996; Valerie M. Simpson, 2007; Peter Parrella, 2007; M. Sadiq Peshimam, 2006; Richard W. Kinville, 2011; Theresa C. Thompson, 2008.

Explanatory Notes to Tables:

 

 

Board Members are deemed to be “Interested,” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of their affiliation with Prudential Investments LLC and/or an affiliate of Prudential Investments LLC.

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, the address of all Board Members and Officers is c/o Prudential Investments LLC, Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077.

 

 

There is no set term of office for Board Members or Officers. The Board Members have adopted a retirement policy, which calls for the retirement of Board Members on December 31 of the year in which they reach the age of 75.

 

 

“Other Directorships Held” includes only directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the 1934 Act (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

 

 

“Portfolios Overseen” includes all investment companies managed by Prudential Investments LLC. The investment companies for which Prudential Investments LLC serves as manager include the Prudential Investments Mutual Funds, The Prudential Variable Contract Accounts, Target Mutual Funds, Prudential Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc., The Prudential Series Fund, Prudential’s Gibraltar Fund, Inc. and the Advanced Series Trust.

 

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n   MAIL   n   TELEPHONE   n   WEBSITE

Gateway Center Three

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

  (800) 225-1852
  www.prudentialfunds.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
Kevin J. Bannon Scott E. Benjamin Linda W. Bynoe Michael S. Hyland Douglas H. McCorkindale Stephen P. Munn Stuart S. Parker Richard A. Redeker Robin B. Smith Stephen G. Stoneburn

 

OFFICERS
Stuart S. Parker, President Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President Grace C. Torres, Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Raymond A. O’Hara, Chief Legal Officer Deborah A. Docs, Secretary Timothy J. Knierim, Chief Compliance Officer Valerie M. Simpson, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Theresa C. Thompson, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer Richard W. Kinville, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer  Jonathan D. Shain, Assistant Secretary Claudia DiGiacomo, Assistant Secretary Amanda S. Ryan, Assistant Secretary Andrew R. French, Assistant Secretary M. Sadiq Peshimam, Assistant Treasurer Peter Parrella, Assistant Treasurer

 

MANAGER   Prudential Investments LLC    Gateway Center Three

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

INVESTMENT SUBADVISER   Prudential Investment
Management, Inc.
   Gateway Center Two

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

DISTRIBUTOR   Prudential Investment
Management Services LLC
   Gateway Center Three

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

 

CUSTODIAN   The Bank of New York Mellon    One Wall 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.prudentialfunds.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.prudentialfunds.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 Floating Rate Income Fund, Prudential Investments, Attn: Board of Directors, 100 Mulberry Street, Gateway Center Three, 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 (202) 551-8090. The Fund’s schedule of portfolio holdings is also available on the Fund’s website as of the end of each month.

 

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Directors and is available without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

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 FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND

 

SHARE CLASS   A   C   Z
NASDAQ   FRFAX   FRFCX   FRFZX
CUSIP   74439V602   74439V701   74439V800

 

MF211E    0242416-00001-00


Item 2 – Code of Ethics — See Exhibit (a)

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the “Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies – Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers”) that applies to the registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer; the registrant’s Principal Financial Officer also serves as the Principal Accounting Officer.

The registrant hereby undertakes to provide any person, without charge, upon request, a copy of the code of ethics. To request a copy of the code of ethics, contact the registrant 800-225-1852, and ask for a copy of the Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies - Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers.

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert –

The registrant’s Board has determined that Mr. Stephen P. Munn, member of the Board’s Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert,” and that he is “independent,” for purposes of this Item.

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services –

(a) Audit Fees

For the fiscal years ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012, KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), the Registrant’s principal accountant, billed the Registrant $83,500 and $88,000 respectively, for professional services rendered for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

(b) Audit-Related Fees

None.

(c) Tax Fees

Not applicable for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2013. During the fiscal year ended February 29, 2012, KPMG billed the Registrant $179 for professional services rendered in connection with agreed upon procedures performed related to the receipt of payments pursuant to certain fair fund settlement orders.

(d) All Other Fees

None.

(e) (1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures


THE PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL FUNDS

AUDIT COMMITTEE POLICY

on

Pre-Approval of Services Provided by the Independent Accountants

The Audit Committee of each Prudential Mutual Fund is charged with the responsibility to monitor the independence of the Fund’s independent accountants. As part of this responsibility, the Audit Committee must pre-approve any independent accounting firm’s engagement to render audit and/or permissible non-audit services, as required by law. In evaluating a proposed engagement of the independent accountants, the Audit Committee will assess the effect that the engagement might reasonably be expected to have on the accountant’s independence. The Committee’s evaluation will be based on:

 

   

a review of the nature of the professional services expected to be provided,

 

   

a review of the safeguards put into place by the accounting firm to safeguard independence, and

 

   

periodic meetings with the accounting firm.

Policy for Audit and Non-Audit Services Provided to the Funds

On an annual basis, the scope of audits for each Fund, audit fees and expenses, and audit-related and non-audit services (and fees proposed in respect thereof) proposed to be performed by the Fund’s independent accountants will be presented by the Treasurer and the independent accountants to the Audit Committee for review and, as appropriate, approval prior to the initiation of such services. Such presentation shall be accompanied by confirmation by both the Treasurer and the independent accountants that the proposed services will not adversely affect the independence of the independent accountants. Proposed services shall be described in sufficient detail to enable the Audit Committee to assess the appropriateness of such services and fees, and the compatibility of the provision of such services with the auditor’s independence. The Committee shall receive periodic reports on the progress of the audit and other services which are approved by the Committee or by the Committee Chair pursuant to authority delegated in this Policy.

The categories of services enumerated under “Audit Services”, “Audit-related Services”, and “Tax Services” are intended to provide guidance to the Treasurer and the independent accountants as to those categories of services which the Committee believes are generally consistent with the independence of the independent accountants and which the Committee (or the Committee Chair) would expect upon the presentation of specific proposals to pre-approve. The enumerated categories are not intended as an exclusive list of audit, audit-related or tax services, which the Committee (or the Committee Chair) would consider for pre-approval.


Audit Services

The following categories of audit services are considered to be consistent with the role of the Fund’s independent accountants:

 

   

Annual Fund financial statement audits

 

   

Seed audits (related to new product filings, as required)

 

   

SEC and regulatory filings and consents

Audit-related Services

The following categories of audit-related services are considered to be consistent with the role of the Fund’s independent accountants:

 

   

Accounting consultations

 

   

Fund merger support services

 

   

Agreed Upon Procedure Reports

 

   

Attestation Reports

 

   

Other Internal Control Reports

Individual audit-related services that fall within one of these categories and are not presented to the Audit Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process will be subject to pre-approval by the Committee Chair (or any other Committee member on whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $50,000.

Tax Services

The following categories of tax services are considered to be consistent with the role of the Fund’s independent accountants:

 

   

Tax compliance services related to the filing or amendment of the following:

 

   

Federal, state and local income tax compliance; and,

 

   

Sales and use tax compliance

 

   

Timely RIC qualification reviews

 

   

Tax distribution analysis and planning

 

   

Tax authority examination services

 

   

Tax appeals support services

 

   

Accounting methods studies

 

   

Fund merger support services

 

   

Tax consulting services and related projects

Individual tax services that fall within one of these categories and are not presented to the Audit Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process will be subject to pre-approval by the Committee Chair (or any other Committee member on whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $50,000.


Other Non-audit Services

Certain non-audit services that the independent accountants are legally permitted to render will be subject to pre-approval by the Committee or by one or more Committee members to whom the Committee has delegated this authority and who will report to the full Committee any pre-approval decisions made pursuant to this Policy. Non-audit services presented for pre-approval pursuant to this paragraph will be accompanied by a confirmation from both the Treasurer and the independent accountants that the proposed services will not adversely affect the independence of the independent accountants.

Proscribed Services

The Fund’s independent accountants will not render services in the following categories of non-audit services:

 

   

Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund

 

   

Financial information systems design and implementation

 

   

Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports

 

   

Actuarial services

 

   

Internal audit outsourcing services

 

   

Management functions or human resources

 

   

Broker or dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services

 

   

Legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit

 

   

Any other service that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.

Pre-approval of Non-Audit Services Provided to Other Entities Within the Prudential Fund Complex

Certain non-audit services provided to Prudential Investments LLC or any of its affiliates that also provide ongoing services to the Prudential Mutual Funds will be subject to pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The only non-audit services provided to these entities that will require pre-approval are those related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. Individual projects that are not presented to the Audit Committee as part of the annual pre-approval process will be subject to pre-approval by the Committee Chair (or any other Committee member on whom this responsibility has been delegated) so long as the estimated fee for those services does not exceed $50,000. Services presented for pre-approval pursuant to this paragraph will be accompanied by a confirmation from both the Treasurer and the independent accountants that the proposed services will not adversely affect the independence of the independent accountants.

Although the Audit Committee will not pre-approve all services provided to Prudential Investments LLC and its affiliates, the Committee will receive an annual report from the Fund’s independent accounting firm showing the aggregate fees for all services provided to Prudential Investments and its affiliates.


(e) (2) Percentage of services referred to in 4(b) – 4(d) that were approved by the audit committee

One hundred percent of the services described in Item 4(c) was approved by the audit committee.

(f) Percentage of hours expended attributable to work performed by other than full time employees of principal accountant if greater than 50%.

The percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees was 0%.

(g) Non-Audit Fees

Not applicable to Registrant for the fiscal years 2013 and 2012. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by KPMG for services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the fiscal years 2013 and 2012 was $0 and $0, respectively.

(h) Principal Accountant’s Independence

Not applicable as KPMG has not provided non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X.

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 – Attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CODE-ETH

 

  (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 Investment Portfolios, Inc. 14

By:  

/s/ Deborah A. Docs

  Deborah A. Docs
  Secretary
Date:   April 22, 2013

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 22, 2013
By:  

/s/ Grace C. Torres

  Grace C. Torres
  Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Date:   April 22, 2013